health AI Research Lab

MARKERS OF LAB'S IMPACT

1. Book author: "Healthcare That Learns: Value-Based Care, Artificial Intelligence, and the Learning Health System." (Routledge, Taylor & Francis).

2. Lead Guest Editor, Special Theme Issue: Journal of Medical Internet Research. "Navigating AI-Enabled Uncertainty - Strategic Implications for Digital Health Management."

3. Associate Editor: Journal of Medical Internet Research (a senior role equivalent to DE/SE in business).

4. Joined the strategic AI-enabled Learning Health System project at the UC Garnder Neuroscience Institute.

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

6. Lindner College of Business's Summer Research Fellow.

7. Teaching Case: "MetroCare Health System - Leveraging AI and Social Data for Dynamic Risk Stratification." Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases.

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

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

HealthAI Research Lab

Academic Contributions

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 (online first).

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

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.