Ross Koppel

In my work on healthcare information technology (HIT) I’ve focused on patient safety, the integration of HIT with clinical workflow, usability, implementation, and evaluation. It’s fair to say that my work has altered the profession’s understanding how human-computer design and interactions affect patient safety. I’ve published hundreds of articles on the HIT implementation processes, workflow, vendor-provider relations, legal and ethical issues, and on usability. My articles in JAMA, JAMIA, Annals of Internal Medicine, NEJM, Health Affairs, etc. are considered seminal works because, I suspect, I have one strength here that others usually do not possess, i.e., my original training as a sociologist of work, the professions and technology—along with research methods and statistics. My work thus combines ethnographic research, extensive statistical analysis, surveys, observations, interviews, plus organizational and financial analyses. I’m the only social scientist to be elected as a fellow of the AMIA, and more recently as only one of about 20 distinguished fellows of the college. I’ve also written extensively on evaluation research methods and on cybersecurity. I’ve also served twice as the chair of the evaluation working group of the American Medical Informatics Association. I’m also Chair of the AMIA working group on Ethics, Social and Legal Issues and serve on the nominations and election committee of ACMI