Brigham and Women's Hospital | Main / Melody In Chang, PhD

Melody In Chang, PhD

Visiting Scientist at DSG
Deputy Director, Bio-Tech office, Science and Advisory Group, Executive Yuan, Taiwan
Assistant Professor at National Cheng-Kung University, Medical School, Taiwan
Senior Computer Engineer, Department of Medical Informatics, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Taiwan

Research Interests and Projects

My research interests are in Clinical Decision Support, Medical Information Exchange, Electronic Medical Records, Telemedicine & Telecare. Some of the projects I currently am involved in are

A Strategic Planning Research of Interorganizational Health Information Exchange Platform
A Planning Research for Building an Electronic Medical Record Environment in NCKUH

Past Positions

Director, Department of Medical Informatics, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
MIS Consultant, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Board Member, HL7 Taiwan
Board Member, DICOM Taiwan

Education and Training

Ph.D. Management Science, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
Doctoral program, MIS in Business Education, New York University, NY
M.S. Computer Science, Villanova University, PA
B.A., Economics, National Taiwan University

Contact

Location: C1337, 900 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Phone : 617-525-8909
Email : ichang@dsg.harvard.edu

Publications

In Chang, et al., 2004, “Establishing a community-based regional referral system -- An example of a referral system in southern medical network”, Proceedings, International Medical Informatics Symposium in Taiwan, pp. pp.349-353.
In Chang, et al., 2003, “A Planning Research for Public Information Exchange Platform of South Regional Medical Network”, Proceedings, International Medical Informatics Symposium in Taiwan, pp.53-55.
Chinho Lin, Tzer-Chyun Yang, Bertram Tan, In Chang, "Hospital Electronic Commerce Applications in Taiwan---A Value Chain Analysis", International Journal of Technology and Management, Vol. 4, No. 1/2, pp. 106-117, 2002.
Chih-Hsien Chi & In Chang, "Realtime Telemedicine for Teaching A First Aid Course", Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, Vol. 8, pp. 36-40, 2002.
Bertran Tan, Chinho Lin, Su-Chao Chang, In Chang, Kun-Shou Shih, 2002, "Impact of Organizational Characteristics and Information Technology Maturity on Internet Business Application: A Taiwan Survey", Journal of Asia-Pacific Business, Vol. 4(2): 41-66, 2002.
Tzer-Chyun Yang & In Chang, "A Framework of Implementing a Hospital Data Warehouse in a Web-based Environment", Proceedings, The 8th Asia Pacific Management Conference, Hong Kong City University and National Cheng Kung University, Novermber, 2002.
Chih-Hsien Chi, In Chang, Wu Wei-Ping, "Emergency Department-Based Telemedicine Project in Taiwan" , American Journal of Emergency Medicine,Vol: 17, pp. 408-411, 1999 .
In Chang, Chih-Hsien Chi, Bertram Tan, Su-Chao Chang, "The Evaluation of Distance Learning on Medical Education : An Example of the First Aid Course Among NCKU, CNCPS and CCMT" , Proceedings, pp.191-195, International Medical Informatics Symposium in Taiwan, October, 1999.
In Chang, Chih-Hsien Chi, "Telemedicine in Taiwan -- A Peng-Hu Islands Pilot Project Experiences" , Proceedings, pp.53-55, International Medical Informatics Symposium in Taiwan, Novemver, 1998.
There are 40 other Chinese papers published in Taiwanese Journals