health AI Research Lab

MARKERS OF LAB'S IMPACT

1. Core research member for an AI-enabled Learning Health System initiative at the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute.

2. DG Ko, U Tachinardi, BM Kissela (business professional book): "Healthcare That Learns: Value-Based Care and the AI-Enabled Learning Health System." (Routledge, Taylor & Francis, forthcoming).

3. DG Ko, U Tachinardi, EJ Warm, BM Kissela. "Leveraging AI-Enabled Learning Health Systems to Advance Value-Based Healthcare: A Conceptual Framework." Health Care Management Review, April 2026.

4. Teaching case study: "Riverbend Medical Center: AI-Enabled E-Visit Billing." Ivey Publishing, December 2025.

5. Lead Guest Editor (with Guest Advisors U Tachinardi and BM Kissela), Journal of Medical Internet Research Special Theme Issue: Navigating AI-Enabled Uncertainty - Strategic Implications for Digital Health Management.

6. Editorial Board, Journal of Medical Internet Research.

7. USPTO: Full Utility patent application filed by UC Technology Transfer office (PCT/US25/46662).

8. Lindner College of Business's Summer Research Fellow (2025).

9. USPTO : Provisional patent application filed by UC Technology Transfer office (63/783,599).

10. Pilot Grant (PI) ($25,000): UC Office of Sponsored Research Award, Convergence Research with College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

Ko Lab (HealthAI Research Lab)

Academic Contributions

DG Ko, E Zeldin, A Paul, BM Kissela, L Ngwenya. “AI-Enabled Learning Health System for Traumatic Brain Injury Care Transitions, Functional Recovery, and Readiness.” Military Health System Research Symposium, Orlando, FL, August 3-6, 2026. 

DG Ko. “AI-Accelerated Organizational Learning: Curated Insights, Workflow Routines, and Governance in an Epilepsy Learning Health System.” Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, Jakarta, Indonesia, July 4-8, 2026.

DG Ko, U Tachinardi, EJ Warm, BM Kissela. "Leveraging AI-Enabled Learning Health Systems to Advance Value-Based Healthcare: A Conceptual Framework." Health Care Management Review, April 2026.

DG Ko. "Decision Complexity in Asynchronous Patient Portal Messages: Implications for Provider Experience and EHR Usability." The HEALTHINF 2026 Conference, Marbella, Spain, March 2-4, 2026. 

DG Ko. "Advancing Fairness in Clinical AI Decision-Making Through a Sociotechnical Threshold Bias Audit." The HEALTHINF 2026 Conference, Marbella, Spain, March 2-4, 2026. 

DG Ko, U Tachinardi, EJ Warm. "Riverbend Medical Center: AI-Enabled E-Visit Billing," December 2025. (Ivey Publishing Teaching Case).

DG Ko, U Tachinardi, EJ Warm, F Rahim, SA Schoenl. "Beyond Time-Based Billing: An AI-Enabled Complexity Model for Secure Message Reimbursement." Telemedicine and e-Health, September 2025.

DG Ko. "MetroCare Health System - Leveraging AI and Social Data for Dynamic Risk Stratification." Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases, September 2025.

M Pawar, J Shaffer, DG Ko. "LLM-Extracted Sentiment and ICD-10 Data for Identifying Patient Risk Factors: Predicting Adverse Health Outcomes." The 35th Annual POMS Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 8-12, 2025. 

J Galla, J Shaffer, DG Ko. "Impact of Patient-Provider Relationships on Telehealth Responses: Empathy, Turnaround Time, and Predictive Insights." The 35th Annual POMS Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 8-12, 2025. 

DG Ko, U Tachinardi, EJ Warm. "Secure Messaging Telehealth Billing in the Digital Age: Moving Beyond Time-Based Metrics." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, January 2025.

SA Ko, EJ Warm, DP Schauer, DG Ko. "Secure Messaging Use Among Patients With Depression: An Analysis Using Real-World Data." Telemedicine and e-Health, August 2024. 

DG Ko, EJ Warm, U Tachinardi. "The Role of Telehealth, Big Data, and Generative AI: Creating Value in Healthcare Operations." POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management, Minneapolis, MN, April 25, 2024.

A Kitroo, AS Pandey, R Cohen, DG Ko. “Integrated Medical and Social Care Machine Learning Models for Developing Personalized ‘Whole Person’ Intervention Strategies.” The 34th Annual POMS Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 25-29, 2024. 

DG Ko, R Cohen, A Kitroo. “Predicting Patients at Risk of Developing Cardiovascular Diseases Complication: Integration of Medical and Social Care.” The 17th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes, Florence, Italy, March 6-9, 2024. 

DG Ko, K Mannava, NS Bodapati, DP Schauer, E Warm. “Communication Behavior Changes Among Patients With Type II Diabetes: The Impact of COVID-19 on Telehealth Utilization.” The 17th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes, Florence, Italy, March 6-9, 2024. 

DG Ko. “Classifying Secure Messages by Examining Providers’ Behavior.” The 17th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes, Florence, Italy, March 6-9, 2024.