Historic ACMI Biography
Dr. David A. Dorr, MD, MS, is a Professor and Vice Chair in Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology as well as Internal Medicine & Geriatrics. Dr. Dorr is also the Chief Research Information Officer at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He focuses on improving capabilities and use of innovations to manage data, information and knowledge in research and in translating it to health care, including in measuring and improving health care quality. He also leads OHSU’s AI Governance Committee, and is a founder and co-director for the Center for AI-Enabled Learning Health Sciences (CAILHS).
His interests lie in collaborative care, chronic disease management, quality and what clinical information systems need to support these areas. Dr. Dorr wants to provide the best care for older adults and people with chronic diseases. He has worked on longitudinal care management systems, which are holistic, patient-centred plans. They help keep better track of patients’ needs and goals, help them manage their conditions better, and make them feel like a valued member of the team. More broadly, Dr. Dorr's interests include complex care management, especially for older adults and other at-risk populations, coordination of care, collaborative care, chronic disease management, quality, and the requirements of clinical information systems to support these areas. From these interests, he has broadened into clinical information needs, Electronic Health Record (EHR) deployment and Health Information Exchange as a way to expand systems-based approaches to all of health care. Dr. Dorr also leads the AI Governance Committee at OHSU. Finally, Dr. Dorr performs evaluations of care management and informatics initiatives using a variety of methodologies.
His research team – known as Care Management Plus – has received a number of grants and contracts related to these goals from The John A. Hartford Foundation, the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, The Commonwealth Fund, NIH, AHRQ, and PCORI.
His interests lie in collaborative care, chronic disease management, quality and what clinical information systems need to support these areas. Dr. Dorr wants to provide the best care for older adults and people with chronic diseases. He has worked on longitudinal care management systems, which are holistic, patient-centred plans. They help keep better track of patients’ needs and goals, help them manage their conditions better, and make them feel like a valued member of the team. More broadly, Dr. Dorr's interests include complex care management, especially for older adults and other at-risk populations, coordination of care, collaborative care, chronic disease management, quality, and the requirements of clinical information systems to support these areas. From these interests, he has broadened into clinical information needs, Electronic Health Record (EHR) deployment and Health Information Exchange as a way to expand systems-based approaches to all of health care. Dr. Dorr also leads the AI Governance Committee at OHSU. Finally, Dr. Dorr performs evaluations of care management and informatics initiatives using a variety of methodologies.
His research team – known as Care Management Plus – has received a number of grants and contracts related to these goals from The John A. Hartford Foundation, the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, The Commonwealth Fund, NIH, AHRQ, and PCORI.
Affiliations
Fellows of AMIA (FAMIA)
FAMIA stands for “Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association” and it recognizes the contributions and professional accomplishments of AMIA members who apply informatics skills and knowledge to their practice – be that in a clinical setting, a public or population health capacity, or as a clinical researcher.
Year Inducted
2020
The American College of Medical Informatics
ACMI is a college of elected Fellows from the U.S. and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics. It is the central body for a community of scholars and practitioners who are committed to advancing the informatics field.
Year Elected
2014
Learning Health Systems
Working Group
Chair
The goals of the AMIA LHS-WG are to build a community of LHS practitioners and researchers in AMIA, foster LHS research and applications, and establish connections among the group from different scientific backgrounds including outside of informatics, and countries.
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