Dean Sittig

Dean Sittig

Associate Professor, University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston

Houston, Texas Area

Current
  • Member at AMIA
Past
  • Director, Applied Research in Medical Informatics at Kaiser Permanente
  • Corporate Manager, Clinical Information Systems R&D at Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Corporate Manager, Clinical Information Systems R&D at Partners Healthcare
  • Corporate Manager, Clinical Information Systems R&D at Partners Healthcare System
  • Assistant Professor Medical Informatics at Vanderbilt University
  • student at Intermountain Healthcare
Education
  • Oregon Health and Science University
  • University of Utah
Connections
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Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Dean Sittig’s Summary

I have been involved in medical informatics research and education for 20 years at various academic medical centers including: Yale, Vanderbilt, Harvard, Oregon Health & Science University, and now University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Dean Sittig’s Specialties:

Clinical Decision Support; clinical information systems


Dean Sittig’s Experience

  • Associate Professor

    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    (Medical Practice industry)

    2008Present (1 year )

    University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston

  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Medical Informatics

    Oregon Health &Science University (OHSU)

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    1999Present (10 years )

  • Owner and Founding Editor

    The Informatics Review (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 1998Present (11 years 1 month)

    The Informatics Review is the e-journal of the Association of Medical Directors of Information System. It is an on-line journal devoted to the field of clinical informatics and computer-based decision making.

  • Member

    AMIA

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    1987Present (22 years )

  • Director, Applied Research in Medical Informatics

    Kaiser Permanente

    (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    20012008 (7 years )

  • Corporate Manager, Clinical Information Systems R&D

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19961999 (3 years )

  • Corporate Manager, Clinical Information Systems R&D

    Partners Healthcare

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19961999 (3 years )

  • Corporate Manager, Clinical Information Systems R&D

    Partners Healthcare System

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19961999 (3 years )

  • Assistant Professor Medical Informatics

    Vanderbilt University

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19911995 (4 years )

  • student

    Intermountain Healthcare

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19841988 (4 years )


Dean Sittig’s Education

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    Medical Informatics 19992008

  • University of Utah

    Ph.D. , Medical Informatics , August 1984June 1988


Additional Information

Dean Sittig’s Websites:

Dean Sittig’s Interests:

Co-author of "Improving Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: An Implementer’s Guide" available at: http://www.himss.org/ASP/book.asp?ContentID=65044, Co-founder of the Improve-IT Institute see: http://www.improve-it-institute.org/ for more information Legal matters related to clinical information systems, health information technology and clinical decision support

Dean Sittig’s Groups:

Member of the American Medical Informatics Association
Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics

  •    Penn State Alumni
  •    University of Utah Biomedical Informatics Alumni and Faculty
  •    Healthcare Analytics and Informatics, Healthcare Analytics, Healthcare Informatics
  •    Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
  •    AMIA members( American Medical Informatics Association)
  •    AMDIS Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems.
  •    University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston
  •    The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  •    Friends of the National Library of Medicine

Dean Sittig’s Honors:

1987 Martin Epstein Award "Best Student Paper" Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC) now known as Fall Symposium of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)


Dean Sittig’s Contact Settings

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  • new ventures
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