Research

Indranil Bardhan; Rajiv Kohli; Eivor Oborn; Abhay Mishra; Chuan Hoo Tan; Monica Chiarini Tremblay; Suprateek Sarker (2025) Human-Centric Information Systems Research on the Digital Future of Healthcare. Information Systems Research 0(0).

https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2025.editorial.v36.n1 

Veda C. Storey, Jeffrey Parsons, Arturo Castellanos Bueso, Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Roman Lukyanenko, Alfred Castillo, Wolfgang Maass (2025). Domain Knowledge in Artificial Intelligence: Using Conceptual Modeling to Increase Machine Learning Accuracy and Explainability, Data & Knowledge Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.datak.2025.102482.

Alan Hevner, Jeffrey Parsons, Alfred Benedikt Brendel, Roman Lukyanenko, Verena Tiefenbeck, Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Jan vom Brocke (2024), Transparency in design science research, Decision Support Systems, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2024.114236.

Tremblay, M. C., Kohli, R., & Rivero, C. (2023) Data Is the New Protein: How the Commonwealth of Virginia Built Digital Resilience Muscle and Rebounded from Opioid and Covid Shocks. MIS Quarterly, 47(1), 423-450. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2022/17260   

Herwix, A., Haj-Bolouri, A., Rossi, M., Tremblay, M. C., Purao, S., & Gregor, S. (2022). Ethics in Information Systems and Design Science Research: Five Perspectives. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 50(1), 34. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.05028

Tremblay, M. C., & Hevner, A. R. (2021). Missing Data in OLAP Cubes: Challenges and Strategies. Journal of Database Management. https://doi.org/10.4018/JDM.2021070101

Tremblay, M. C., Kohli, R., & Forsgren, N. (2021). Theories in flux: Reimagining theory building in the age of machine learning. MIS Quarterly, 45(1), 455-459. https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2021/15434.1

Castellanos, A., Tremblay, M. C., Lukyanenko, R., & Samuel, B. (2020). Basic classes in conceptual modeling: theory and practical guidelines. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 21(4), 3. https://doi.org/10.17705/1jais.00627

Tremblay, M. C., VanderMeer, D., & Beck, R. (2018). The effects of the quantification of faculty productivity: perspectives from the design science research community. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 43(1), 34. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04334

Chen, M., Tremblay, M. C., & Lukyanenko, R. (2017). Information Quality Challenges in Shared Decision Making. ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality 9, 1-3. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1145/3090056

Parra, C. M., Tremblay, M. C., & Castellanos, A. (2016). Visualizing Term Eigenvector Prominence in a Corporate Social Responsibility Context. Journal on Advances in Theoretical and Applied Informatics 2, 31-37. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.26729/jadi.v2i2.2092

Fenton, S. H., Tremblay, M. C., & Lehmann, H. P. (2016). Focusing on informatics education. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 23, 812. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocw094

Tremblay, M. C., Deckard, G. J., & Klein, R. (2016). Health informatics and analytics — building a program to integrate business analytics across clinical and administrative disciplines. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 23(4), 824-828. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocw055

Esmaeil Zadeh, P., & Tremblay, M. C. (2016). A review of the literature and proposed classification on e-prescribing: Functions, assimilation stages, benefits, concerns, and risks. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 12, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2015.03.001

Chatterjee, S., LeRouge, C. M., & Tremblay, M. C. (2013). Educating students in healthcare information technology: IS community barriers, challenges, and paths forward. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 33, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.03301

Smith, A. L., Bradley, R. V., Bichescu, B. C., & Tremblay, M. C. (2013). IT governance characteristics, electronic medical records sophistication, and financial performance in U.S. hospitals: An empirical investigation. Decision Sciences, 44, 483-516. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12019

Tremblay, M. C., Hevner, A. R., & Berndt, D. J. (2012). Design of an information volatility measure for health care decision making. Decision Support Systems, 52, 331-341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2011.08.009

Stahl, B. C., Tremblay, M. C., & LeRouge, C. M. (2011). Focus groups and critical social IS research: how the choice of method can promote emancipation of respondents and researchers. European Journal of Information Systems, 20(4), 378-394. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2011.21

M. C. Tremblay, K. Dutta, D. VanderMeer.  “Using Data Mining Techniques to Discover Bias Patterns in Missing Data,” ACM J. Data and Information Quality, Volume 2, 1 (2010). http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1805286.1805288

Tremblay, M. C., Hevner, A. R., & Berndt, D. J. (2010). Focus Groups for Artifact Refinement and Evaluation in Design Research. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 26, 83. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.02627

M.C. Tremblay, D. Berndt, S. Luther, P. Foulis, D. French. “Identifying Fall-Related Injuries: Text Mining the Electronic Medical Record,” Information Technology and Management (December 2009), Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 253-265. http://www.springerlink.com/content/p218724663444728/

Baskett, L., LeRouge, C., & Tremblay, M. C. (2008). Using the dashboard technology properly. Health Progress (Saint Louis, Mo.), 89, 16-23.

Tremblay, M. C., Fuller, R., Berndt, D., & Studnicki, J. (2007). Doing more with more information: Changing healthcare planning with OLAP tools. Decision Support Systems, 43, 1305-1320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2006.02.008

Davis, C. J., Fuller, R. M., Tremblay, M. C., & Berndt, D. J. (2006). Communication challenges in requirements elicitation and the use of the repertory grid technique. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 47, 78-86. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2006.11645926

2013 Co-Investigator - “Evaluation of the State of Rhode Island HIE”, Rhode Island Quality Institute [$100,000]

2013 Co-Investigator - “Evaluation of the Florida Medicaid Reform Demonstration to Deter Fraud and Abuse”, Agency for Healthcare Administration [$228,000]

2012 Principal Investigator - “Use Case Stories As A Tool For Demonstrating Helpful Business Practices And Policies Of The Multi-State Implementation And Use Of Direct”, RTI, as a subcontract for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, State Health Policy Consortium Project [$250,000]

2012 Principal Investigator- "Evaluation of Outcomes Through the Use of Electronic Medical Passports at Our Kids". Grant awarded to Our Kids of Miami Dade and Monroe by the Health Foundation of South Florida [$ 26,727.61]

2011-2014 Principal Investigator - "Evaluation of the “Implementation of the Statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) for the State of Florida”, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) [$ 495,980]

2010 “Stakeholder Distrust as a Barrier to Health Information Exchange (HIE) participation HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) of North Central Florida [$18,000]

2008 Co-Investigator - "Using Knowledge Discovery Strategies to Identify Fall-related Injuries in the VA", Veterans Administration, Health Services Research and Development [$386,000]

2008 Co-Investigator "Using Text Mining to Differentiate Between PTSD and Mild TBI in OEF/OIF Veterans", Veterans Administration, Health Services Research and Development [$122,400]

2009-2012 Co-Investigator in “Consortium for Healthcare Informatics Research”, Veterans Administration, Health Services Research and Development [$704,000]

Tremblay, M., VanderMeer, D., Rothenberger, M., Gupta, A., & Yoon, V. (2014).  Advancing the Impact of Design Science: Moving from Theory to Practice, Switzerland:  Springer International Publishing.  

M.C. Tremblay, D. Berndt, A. Hevner. "Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery on EHRs," with Donald Berndt, Steve Luther, in: Information Discovery on Electronic Health Records, C. Hall/CRC (ed.), 2009. https://www.dropbox.com/s/qxyvw0knb81iubd/Data%20Mining%20and%20Knowledge%20Discovery%20on%20EHRs.pdf?dl=0

D. Berndt, M.C. Tremblay, S. Luther.  “Focus Groups in Design Science Research” with Alan Hevner and Donald Berndt in: Alan Hevner and Samir Chatterjee. Design Science Research in Information Systems: Theory & Practice, Springer, Fall 2010.

Tremblay, M. C., Castellanos, A., Espinosa, E., Kohli, R., Bergengruen, M., Mallick, A., Dasgupta, A., Zajac, G., Porter, R., & Ling, Z. (2024). Process Mining for Juvenile Justice: Integrating Mental Health Insights to Enhancing Interventions. Proceedings of the Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS). Retrieved from https://witsconf.org/wits2024-program-schedule/ 

Tremblay, Monica Chiarini, Kohli, Rajiv, Erin Espinosa (2024), “Bending the Arc of the Moral Universe: Leveraging Data for Accountable Justice for Transition Age Youth”, The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences -57 https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/104c22f2-cfc3-4e1d-8b23-ac731da58092   

Maass, Wolfgang; Castellanos, Arturo; Tremblay, Monica; Lukyanenko, Roman; Storey, Veda C.; and Almeida, Jonas S., "Conceptual Alignment Method" (2023). AMCIS 2023 Proceedings, 23.Panama City, Panama.  https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2023/sig_odis/sig_odis/23 

Maas,W., Castellanos A., Tremblay M.C., Lukyanenko R., Storey V., “AI Explainability: A Conceptual Model Embedding” (2022). International Conference for Information Systems (ICIS), Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lukyanenko, Roman; Castellanos, Arturo; Samuel, Binny; Tremblay, Monica C.; and Maass, Wolfgang, "Research Agenda for Basic Explainable AI" (2021). AMCIS 2021 Proceedings. 7. https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2021/art_intel_sem_tech_intelligent_systems/

art_intel_sem_tech_intelligent_systems/7

Roderick T., Pengetnze Y., Miff S., Tremblay M.C., Kohli R. (2021) Building a Vulnerability Index of Biological and Socioeconomic Risk Factors to Combat COVID-19 Spread. In: Chandra Kruse L., Seidel S., Hausvik G.I. (eds) The Next Wave of Sociotechnical Design. DESRIST 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12807. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82405-1_3 

Lukyanenko, R., Castellanos, A., Storey, V. C., Castillo, A., Tremblay, M. C., and Parsons, J. (2020). "Superimposition: Augmenting Machine Learning Outputs with Conceptual Models for Explainable AI," in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). pp. 26-34.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/boatcom1rkv74i7/Lukyanenko-2020-Superimposition-augmenting-machine-.pdf?dl=0

Lina Bouayad, Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Hemant Jain and Carmelo Gaudioso (2020)

“Intrinsic motivation to share health information: Design guidelines and features for patient sharing platforms” 15th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST)

Maria Cucciniello, Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Rosanna Tarricone, Gregory Porumbescu and Kevin Desouza (2020) “Delivering Effective Care through Mobile Apps: Findings from a Multi-Stakeholder Design Science Approach” 15th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/27z3b80btl489n3/DeliveringEffectiveCare.pdf?dl=0

Lukyanenko, R., Castellanos, A., Storey, V. C., Castillo, A., Tremblay, M. C., & Parsons, J. (2020, November). Superimposition: Augmenting Machine Learning Outputs with Conceptual Models for Explainable AI. In International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (pp. 26-34). Springer, Cham.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/boatcom1rkv74i7/Lukyanenko-2020-Superimposition-augmenting-machine-.pdf?dl=0

Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Rajiv Kohli (2019). “Development of machine learning algorithms that identify factors associated with timely permanency in foster care case management” Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA)

Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Rajiv Kohli, Arun Nethi, Manjula Julka (2019). “Success Factors in Implementing Machine Learning at Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation:  The Case of Real-time Prediction of Patients at Risk for Adverse Drug Events (PARADE)” Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA)

Lukyanenko, Roman, Arturo Castellanos, Jeffrey Parsons, Monica Chiarini Tremblay, and Veda C. Storey. "Using Conceptual Modeling to Support Machine Learning." In International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering: CAiSE Forum 2019, Rome, Italy, June 3–7, 2019, Proceedings (p. 170). Springer.

Min Chen, Monica Chiarini Tremblay, Rajiv Kohli (2018) "The Maternity Conundrum: Can Information Technology Improve Intergenerational Health Outcomes of Mothers and of Babies?", Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA) – Best Paper Runner Up

Bouyad,L., Jain, H., Tremblay M.C., Gandioso, C. (2018) “Sharing clinical pathways & patient experiences for better health outcome: A blockchain-based design,” Prototype.  14th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST).

Forsgren, N., Tremblay, M. C., VanderMeer, D., & Humble, J. (2017, May). DORA Platform: DevOps Assessment and Benchmarking. In International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems (pp. 436-440). Springer.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vmeqhjticw8ddah/DORA.7.pdf?dl=0

Castellanos, A., Castillo, A., Lukyanenko, R., & Tremblay, M. C. (2017).  “Understanding Benefits and Limitations of Unstructured Data Collection for Repurposing Organizational Data,” Accepted to the 10th SIGSAND/PLAIS EuroSymposium on Systems Analysis and Design (Gdansk - Sopot, Poland).

Castellanos, Arturo, Tremblay, Monica, Roman Lukyanenko, Alfred Castillo. “Repurposing User-Generated Electronic Documentation: Lessons from Case Management in Foster Care,” Fifteenth  SIGSAND Symposium on Research in Systems Analysis and Design, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Zhang, John, Tremblay M.C., Xia W. “An Empirical Investigation of Health Information Exchange Success Factors,” International Conference on Information Systems. Dublin, Ireland (2016).

Maddah, Mahed, Roman Lukyanenko, and Monica Chiarini Tremblay. "Toward theory and method of hybrid data collection." Breakthroughs and Emerging Insights from Ongoing Design Science Projects: Research-in-progress papers and poster presentations from the 11th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) 2016. St. John, Canada, 23-25 May. DESRIST 2016.

Castellanos, Arturo, Lukyanenko, Roman, Samuel, Binny M., and Tremblay, Monica. “Conceptual Modeling in Open Information Environments,” Sixteenth SIGSAND Symposium on Research in Systems Analysis and Design, Lubbock, Texas, May 12-14 (2016).

Zhang J., Tremblay, M.C., Deckard, S.  “A Multi-Agent Approach for HIE Design and Implementation,” Proceedings of the American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Puerto Rico 2015.

Tremblay, M.C., Parra C., Castellanos A. “Corporate Social Responsibility Reports: Understanding Topics via Text Mining,” Proceedings of the American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Puerto Rico 2015.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x9yq0e1wdtnh15c/Corporate%20Social%20Responsibility%20Reports_%20Understanding%20Topics%20via.pdf?dl=0

M.C. Tremblay, Carlos Parra, Arturo Castellanos. “Analyzing Corporate Social Responsibility Reports Using Unsupervised and Supervised Text Data Mining,” Ninth International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) 2015. Dublin, Ireland. May 2015. 

A. Castillo, A. Castellanos, M.C. Tremblay. “Improving Case Management Via Statistical Text Mining in a Foster Care Organization,” DESRIST 2014.  Miami, Florida. May 2014.  

M.C. Tremblay, Cynthia LeRouge, G. Deckard. “Crossing the Early Adopter Chasm for HIE,” AUPHA Academic Forum at HIMSS-2014. Orlando, Florida. February 2014.

M.C. Tremblay, G. Deckard. Abstract Presentation Podium – “Evaluating the Implementation of a Statewide HIE:  Approach, Challenges and Lessons Learned”. American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2012 Annual Symposium. Chicago, Illinois.  November 2012.

B. Carsten Stahl, M.C. Tremblay. “Why Link in? Proposal for a Critical Analysis of a Professional Social Network Site,” with Bernd Carsten Stahl. The Seventh International Critical Management Studies (CMS) Conference. Naples, Italy.  July 2011.

D. J. Berndt, M.C. Tremblay, S. L. Luther, D. K. Finch, P. Foulis, R. Vanderploeg. “Using Text Mining to Differentiate Between PTSD and Mild TBI in OEF/OIF Veterans: Preliminary Results,” American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Spring Congress, Orlando, Florida, May 28-30, 2009.

M.C. Tremblay, A. Hevner, D. Berndt. “Measuring Information Volatility in a Health Care Information Supply Chain. Fourth International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2009.  Best paper runner up.

B. Carsten Stahl, M.C. Tremblay, C. LeRouge. "Focus Groups and Critical Social IS Research: How the Choice of Method Can Promote Emancipation of Respondents and Researchers," European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Verona 2009.

M. C. Tremblay, K. Dutta, D. VanderMeer. “Using Data Mining Techniques to Discover Systematic Biases in Missing Data,” Proceedings of Workshop of Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Paris 2008.

M.C. Tremblay, A. Hevner, D. Berndt. “The Use of Focus Groups in Design Science Research,” (DESRIST), Atlanta, Georgia 2008.

M.C. Tremblay, A. Hevner, D. Berndt, R. Collins. “Uncertainty in the Information Supply Chain: Integrating Multiple Data Sources” Fourth Annual CABIT Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona 2006.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lvnvrxbpjbm0wcl/Uncertainty%20in%20the%20information%20supply%20chain_%20Integrating%20multiple.pdf?dl=0

A. Yassin, D. Berndt, M.C. Tremblay. “Investigative Data Warehousing and Mining for Database Security,” Proceedings of the American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Acapulco 2006.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gw9pffw6qvoup0x/Investigative%20Data%20Warehousing%20and%20Mining%20for%20Database%20Security.pdf?dl=0

M.C. Tremblay, D. Berndt, J. Studnicki. “Feature Selection for Predicting Surgical Outcomes,”  Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 39 (2006). 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gasfki77sf0mhiq/Hiccs%20Feature%20Selection.pdf?dl=0

M.C. Tremblay, D. Berndt, P. Foulis, S. Luther. “Utilizing Text Mining Techniques to Identify Fall Related Injuries” with Donald Berndt, Steve Luther Proceedings of the American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Omaha 2005 – Nominated for best paper.

J. Jones, M.C. Tremblay. “Simulating Decision Making in Multi-Attribute Reverse Auctions,” Work in progress. The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Denver 2004. 

P Foulis, M Tremblay, S Luther, D Berndt, D French, G Powell-Cope. “Using Knowledge Discovery Strategies to Identify Fall Related Injuries,” Veterans Administration Health Services Research & Development Service Annual Meeting, Baltimore 2005.

S. Luther, M.C. Tremblay, D. Berndt, P. Foulis, D. French, L.Z. Rubenstein “Using Knowledge Discovery in Databases to Identify Fall-related Injuries”. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting. Boston, MA. 2005.

Dhillon,G., Smith,K., Tremblay, M.C. “Blockchain for Privacy and Security: The Case of Health Informatics” American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2017 Annual Symposium Washington DC, November 2017.

Malgorzata, K and Tremblay M.C. “Selecting Health Insurance Coverage: Can Complexity and Context Be Used to Manipulate Choices?” American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2016 Annual Symposium Chicago, November 2016.

Castellanos, A., Castillo, A., Tremblay, M. C., & Lukyanenko, R. (2016). Fueling the Manual Process: Extending the “Gold Standard” in Case Management presented at ACM-Digital Health, Montreal, Canada, April 11-13, 2016.

P.E. Zadeh, M. C. Tremblay, and Deckard G.  “A Survey On E-Prescribing: Awareness, Satisfaction, Benefits and Barriers in Florida,” American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2015 Annual Symposium. San Francisco, November 2015.

Zhang P., Tremblay, M.C., Deckard G., “Lack of Unique Healthcare Identifier in Healthcare Information Exchanges: A Field Study,” American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2015 Annual Symposium. San Francisco, November 2015.

Castellanos A., Castillo F., Tremblay M.C. “Improving Case Management via Statistical Text Mining of in a Foster Care Organization: Examining Psychotropic Drug Use,” American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2013 Annual Symposium. Washington D.C., November 2014.

Zhang P., Tremblay, M.C. “A Quest for HIE Success - Agency Theory and Technology Mutual Adaptation Framework,” American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2014 Annual Symposium. Washington DC, November 2014.

Parra C., Tremblay M.C., “RESEARCH IN PROGRESS - Analyzing US Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Reports using Text Data Mining,” DESRIST 2014, Miami, FL May 2014.

M.C. Tremblay, D. VanderMeer, G. Deckard “Capturing the Adoption of the Direct Standard for Health Information Exchange: A UML Approach” 

Brandon Rahn, B.S., Kelvin, P.A., Cynthia LeRouge, Ph.D. Monica Chiarini Tremblay “Crossing the Early Adopter Chasm: Promoting State HIE to Healthcare Organizations, Providers, and Consumers,” American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2013 Annual Symposium. Washington DC , November 2013.

"Theories in flux: Reimagining theory building in the age of machine learning", PhD Seminar, The Australian National University, May 5, 2022.

"Bending the Arc of the Moral Universe: How Digital Technologies Enable Social Justice for Young Adult Offenders (WIP)" Bentley University, April 22, 2022.

"Data Is the New Protein: How Commonwealth of Virginia Built Digital Resilience Muscle and Responded to Opioid and COVID Shocks," Shidler College of Business, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, as a Shidler Speaker, April 5, 2021

Keynote Speaker - Information Systems in Latin America (ISLA2021), an ancillary conference that is part of the Americas Conference of Information Systems (AMCIS 2021). It is organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of the Association for Information Systems.

Techday Panel Moderator, Raymond A. Mason School of Business - Data Bias: Assessing and Addressing Roadblocks, November 1, 2020

Washington Area Alumni Business Alliance Thought Leadership Series. Panel Moderator.  AI and the future of work. Panelists from Intel, Amazon Web Services, Infor, and Accenture. Washington, D.C., 10/25/2019

SUNY Buffalo Research Talk, “Research in Healthcare IT”, January 25, 2020

University of Temple, Fox School of Business, twentieth anniversary of MIS, Digitization 20 conference, Invited Speaker.

 “Data Management- ETL” 2019 -Workshop at the University of the Caribbean Cancun, Mexico

“My Greatest Fear as a New Doctoral Student”, Panel at the AMCIS 2019 Early Student Doctoral Consortium, Cancun, Mexico

“The Things You are Guaranteed to Do Wrong (and what to do about it)” Panel at the AMCIS 2019 Early Student Doctoral Consortium, Cancun, Mexico

“Quick Prep and Innovative Teaching Strategies” 2019 PhD Project, Information Systems Doctoral Student Association (ISDSA) Conference.

“Reviewing Reviews: The Good and the Lessons Learned” 2019 PhD Project, Information Systems Doctoral Student Association (ISDSA) Conference.

“The Singularity is Near: Will Artificial Intelligence Surpasses Humans in Problem Solving and Design and How Can We Prepare for That Future?” Panel at the 2019 Design Science Conference, Boston Massachusetts

“SMART Technology Moderated Panel Discussion”, Your Connected Future/Jacobs Tech days, April 11, 2019 Newport News, VA

“Healthcare Day” at Center for the Business of Healthcare, Keynote speaker Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma.  October 12, 2018.

“Battling Brand Maturity in the Age of Big Data” at William and Mary Tech Day 2018, Panel Moderator Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William and Mary. November 2, 2018.

“Repurposing User Generated Electronic Documentation Practices: Lessons from Case Management in Foster Care,” Invited speaker Fox School of Business, Temple University.  March 6, 2017.

“Storytelling with Data - The Importance of Data Visualization,” Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference event in Miami on February 3, 2017. Microsoft Venture Hive and Stanford University.

“Improving Case Management Via Statistical Text Mining,” Claremont University guest speaker. August 2016.

“Big data as a source of innovation in healthcare,” Amity University New York Campus.  November, 2016.

“Population Health: Public Health Focus Using Analytics” at 2016 Student/Networking Event, HIMSS South Florida Chapter - March 14, 2016, Ft Lauderdale, Florida

“Data Concierge: Telling Stories with data” at Big Data & Marketing Innovation Summit

November 3 – November 4, Miami, Florida 2016 https://theinnovationenterprise.com/summits/big-data-marketing-innovation-summit-miami-2016/speakers#sthash.Bi2H4hKv.dpuf

“The Importance of Cyber Security” at the 17th annual Shared Ownership Investment Conference, September 20- October 2, 2015, in Miami Beach, Florida.

“Big Data Opportunities Panel,” PhD Project, AMCIS.  Fajardo, Puerto Rico 2015

“Cybersecurity and Business Panel,” Cybersecurity Conference, Florida International University, March 2015. https://sipa.fiu.edu/events/2015/cybersecurity-conference/

“Navigating Academic Politics,” PhD Project, AMCIS, Savannah. August 2014.

“Healthcare in Latin America: eHealth, Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” E-Merge conference. May 2014

“Capturing the Impact of the Direct Standard for Health Information Exchange: a UML Approach,” Seminar at William and Mary University, April 2014

"One Size Doesn't Fit All: Observations from the Process Evaluation of HIE in Four States: Alabama, Florida, Illinois, and Rhode Island," Center for Health Informatics and Policy, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York. October 2013.

“State of Florida Evaluation,” State HIE Evaluations: Advancing the Exchange of Health Information, Knowledge, and Evidence Webinar. October 2012.

“Evaluation of the Implementation of the Statewide HIE in Florida,” 3rd annual South Florida Healthcare Trade Faire & Regional Conference

 “Effective Healthcare Informatics Teaching Strategies: Finding the Right Road” teaching panel.  Seventeenth Americas Conference on Information Systems.  Seattle, Washington on August 8th, 2012

"Information Systems Research in Healthcare" at the Information Systems Doctoral Student Association (ISDSA) PhD Project Conference, Seventeenth Americas Conference on Information Systems.  Seattle, Washington on August 8th, 2012

"Physician Engagement, Consumer Connectivity & Population Health Management," Accountable Care & Health IT Strategies Summit, Panelist.  Doral, Florida, January 17-19, 2012.

Richard Klein (Chair), Misha Pavel (Presenter), Ann Fruhling, Diane Strong, Monica Tremblay, and Bengisu Tulu (Panelists). 2011. “Healthcare IT Research and Grant Opportunities”. Panel Discussion.  Sixteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems. Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. August 4, 2011.

"Independent eHealth Solutions: Is an Integration Necessary?" Bled eConference. Future: Creating Solutions for the Individual, Organizations and Society.  Panelist.  Bled, Slovenia, June 2011.

Steering Committee, “Innovations in Patient Empowerment; Technological Breakthroughs, New Ideas and Best Practices in Health Optimization,” November 11-12, 2012; Claremont, California

“Evaluating a Statewide HIE Implementation,” State HIE Evaluation Design Workgroup, Office of the National Coordinator of HIT.  April 11, 2012 and April 13, 2012.

“Progress of the independent evaluation of the state health information exchange (HIE): demonstrating the power of HIE” at the Florida Healthcare Information IT Legislative Forum, Tallahassee, February 8, 2012 (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Central/North Florida)

“Stakeholders Distrust as a Barrier to Health Information Exchange Participation” at Central North Florida HIMSS Spring Executive Conference, Melbourne, Florida, April 2010.

Panelist “Women Who Lead,” a daylong conference designed to further enhance the leadership development of female students at FIU. March 2010

“Designing a Community-Benefit Dashboard” with Cynthia LeRouge, Lynn Basket for The Association for Community Health Improvement, Audio Panel, November 2008

“Designing a Community-Benefit Dashboard” with Cynthia LeRouge, Making an Impact: Evidence-Based Community Benefit sponsored by the Catholic Health Association, VHA, and St. Louis University School of Public Health, St. Louis, Missouri, July 2008.

“Utilizing Text Mining Techniques to Identify Fall Related Injuries” at M2007 SAS Data Mining Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. October 2007.