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Christopher C. Tsai, MD, MPH

• NLM Biomedical Informatics Fellow, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
• Preventive Medicine Physician, Board Certified

Education and Training

• BA, Anthropology. U.C. Berkeley.
• MD, Columbia University College of Physician & Surgeons.
• MPH, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention. Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
• MPH, Health Service Administration, focus on Health Information Technologies. U.C. San Diego-San Diego State University.
• Emergency Medicine Internship. Yale-New Haven Hospital.
• Preventive Medicine Residency. U.C. San Diego.

Research Interests

My main areas of focus are:

1. Patient-centered information technology. Application areas I have explored:

• Individual-specific Risk Prediction Modeling
• Connected Health/Telemedicine
• Ubiquitous/Pervasive Health
• Personal Health Records
• Quality of Health 2.0 Applications

2. Knowledge Management for clinicians and patients. Application areas I have explored:

• Clinical decision support architecture and sharing
• Knowledge gap analysis

Current and Recent Projects

• Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction Systematic Review
• Diabetes Clinical Decision Support Architecture Vision Statement
• Knowledge Gap Analysis of Diabetes Clinical Decision Support
• Physician Acceptance and Adoption of Personal Health Records
• Quality of User-generated Health Information

Past Projects

• PmEB (PACE Mobile Energy Balance)
• IDEATel (Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine)
• MI-HEART (Myocardial Infarct Health Education Aimed at Rapid Therapy)

Software

• PmEB (PACE Mobile Energy Balance)

Past Positions

• National President, Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association.
• Chief Resident, Preventive Medicine. U.C. San Diego.
• Principal Physician and Coordinator, ALIVE Weight Management Clinic. U.C. San Diego.

Publications

Chen C, Tzeng W, Tsai C, Mak C, Chen C, Chou M. Adjustment of Medical Audit Recommendations in a Population with Lower Incidence Rates: Results and Analysis of 8,680 Digital Mammography Screening Examinations in Taiwan. Submitted.

Tsai C, Lee G, Raab F, Norman G, Sohn T, Griswold W, Patrick K. Usability and Feasibility of PmEB: A Mobile Phone Application for Monitoring Real Time Caloric Balance. Mobile Networks and Applications. 2007;12(2-3):173-184. Paper

Starren J, Tsai C, Bakken S, Aidala A, Morin P, Hilliman C, Weinstock R, Goland R, Teresi J, Shea S; for the IDEATel Consortium. The Role of Nurses in Installing Telehealth Technology in the Home. Comput Inform Nurs. 2005;23(4):181-189. PubMed

Tsai C and Starren J. Patient participation in electronic medical records. MSJAMA. 2001 April;285:1765. PubMed

Select Presentations and Posters

American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) 2008 Conference accepted. “Gap Analysis of Diabetes-Related Clinical Decision Support at Partners Healthcare.” Poster.

American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2007 Conference. “Patient-Centered Consumer Health Social Network Websites: A Pilot Study of Quality of User-Generated Health Information.” Poster.

Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2006 Conference. “Usability and Feasibility of PmEB: A Mobile Phone Application for Monitoring Real Time Caloric Balance.” Presentation.

Links

My LinkedIn Profile

Contact Information

900 Commonwealth Ave East, 3rd Fl.

Boston, MA 02215-1204

617-732-8545

Email: cctsai at partners dot org