Darin P. Gonzalez has over 30 years of experience in clinical research, health policy, quality assurance, and medical administration. He has a Masters in Health Policy and Administration and degrees in biology, chemistry, and emergency medical services. His experience includes positions at hospitals, universities, and healthcare companies where he has led clinical studies, quality improvement initiatives, data analysis, and policy work. He has extensive proficiencies in research design, regulatory compliance, database management, and statistical software.
Checking in on Healthcare Data AnalyticsCybera Inc.
Data science and the use of big data in healthcare delivery could revolutionize the field by decreasing costs and vastly improving efficiency and outcomes. There is an abundance of healthcare data in Canada, but it is mostly siloed and difficult to access due to privacy and security challenges.
Health research, clinical registries, electronic health records – how do they...Koray Atalag
This is a talk I gave at my own organisation - National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI) of the University of Auckland on 6 Aug 2014. Abstract as follows:
In this talk I’ll first cover the topic of clinical registry – an invaluable tool for supporting clinical practice but also gaining momentum in research and quality improvement. NIHI has been very active in this space: we have delivered the prestigious and highly successful National Cardiac Registry (ANZACS-QI) together with VIEW research team and also very recently launched the Gestational Diabetes Registry with Counties Manukau DHB & Diabetes Projects Trust. A few others are in likely to come down the line. This is a huge opportunity for health data driven research and NIHI to position itself as ‘the health data steward’ in the country given our independent status and existing IT infrastructure and “good culture” of working with health data . NIHI’s ‘health informatics’ twist in delivering these projects is how we go about defining ‘information’ – using a scientifically credible and robust methodology: openEHR. This is an international (and now national too) standard to non-ambiguously define health information so that they are easy to understand and also are computable. We build software (even automatically in some cases!) using models created by this formalism. I’ll give basics of openEHR approach and then walk you through how to make sense out of all these. Hopefully you may have an idea about its ‘value proposition’ (as business people call) or Science merit as I like to call it ;)
Understand what healthcare analytics is.
Identify the 5-stage Analytics Program Lifecycle (APL).
Understand how data analytics can be used in healthcare.
Check it on Experfy: https://www.experfy.com/training/courses/introduction-to-healthcare-analytics.
To address family history collection, interpretation, and application in busy primary care practices, NCHPEG has collaborated collaborating with the March of Dimes, Genetic Alliance, Harvard Partners, and the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop and evaluate a novel family history tool that focuses on prenatal and neonatal health. The tool helps to improve health outcomes for the female patient, fetus, and family by providing clinical decision support and educational resources for risk assessment based on family history. A set of screenshots and an overview of the module can be reviewed via this downloadable ppt.
Investigating the Health of Adults: Leveraging Large Data Sets For Your Stud...CTSI at UCSF
Overview of UCSF-CTSI Comparative Effectiveness Large Dataset Analysis Core with emphasis on large, public data sets for studying the health of adults and the care they receive.
With half of the world’s population lacking access to healthcare services, and 30% of the adult population in the US having inadequate health insurance coverage to get even basic access to services, it should have been clear that a pandemic like COVID-19 would strain the global healthcare system way over its maximum capacity. In this context, many are trying to embrace and encourage the use of telehealth as a way to provide safe and convenient access to care. However, telehealth in itself can not scale to cover all our needs unless we improve scalability and efficiency through AI and automation.
In this talk, we will describe how our work on combining latest AI advances with medical experts and online access has the potential to change the landscape in healthcare access and provide 24/7 quality healthcare. Combining areas such as NLP, vision, and automatic diagnosis we can augment and scale doctors. We will describe our work on combining expert systems with deep learning to build state-of-the-art medical diagnostic models that are also able to model the unknowns. We will also show our work on using language models for medical Q&A . More importantly, we will describe how those approaches have been used to address the urgent and immediate needs of the current pandemic.
Checking in on Healthcare Data AnalyticsCybera Inc.
Data science and the use of big data in healthcare delivery could revolutionize the field by decreasing costs and vastly improving efficiency and outcomes. There is an abundance of healthcare data in Canada, but it is mostly siloed and difficult to access due to privacy and security challenges.
Health research, clinical registries, electronic health records – how do they...Koray Atalag
This is a talk I gave at my own organisation - National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI) of the University of Auckland on 6 Aug 2014. Abstract as follows:
In this talk I’ll first cover the topic of clinical registry – an invaluable tool for supporting clinical practice but also gaining momentum in research and quality improvement. NIHI has been very active in this space: we have delivered the prestigious and highly successful National Cardiac Registry (ANZACS-QI) together with VIEW research team and also very recently launched the Gestational Diabetes Registry with Counties Manukau DHB & Diabetes Projects Trust. A few others are in likely to come down the line. This is a huge opportunity for health data driven research and NIHI to position itself as ‘the health data steward’ in the country given our independent status and existing IT infrastructure and “good culture” of working with health data . NIHI’s ‘health informatics’ twist in delivering these projects is how we go about defining ‘information’ – using a scientifically credible and robust methodology: openEHR. This is an international (and now national too) standard to non-ambiguously define health information so that they are easy to understand and also are computable. We build software (even automatically in some cases!) using models created by this formalism. I’ll give basics of openEHR approach and then walk you through how to make sense out of all these. Hopefully you may have an idea about its ‘value proposition’ (as business people call) or Science merit as I like to call it ;)
Understand what healthcare analytics is.
Identify the 5-stage Analytics Program Lifecycle (APL).
Understand how data analytics can be used in healthcare.
Check it on Experfy: https://www.experfy.com/training/courses/introduction-to-healthcare-analytics.
To address family history collection, interpretation, and application in busy primary care practices, NCHPEG has collaborated collaborating with the March of Dimes, Genetic Alliance, Harvard Partners, and the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop and evaluate a novel family history tool that focuses on prenatal and neonatal health. The tool helps to improve health outcomes for the female patient, fetus, and family by providing clinical decision support and educational resources for risk assessment based on family history. A set of screenshots and an overview of the module can be reviewed via this downloadable ppt.
Investigating the Health of Adults: Leveraging Large Data Sets For Your Stud...CTSI at UCSF
Overview of UCSF-CTSI Comparative Effectiveness Large Dataset Analysis Core with emphasis on large, public data sets for studying the health of adults and the care they receive.
With half of the world’s population lacking access to healthcare services, and 30% of the adult population in the US having inadequate health insurance coverage to get even basic access to services, it should have been clear that a pandemic like COVID-19 would strain the global healthcare system way over its maximum capacity. In this context, many are trying to embrace and encourage the use of telehealth as a way to provide safe and convenient access to care. However, telehealth in itself can not scale to cover all our needs unless we improve scalability and efficiency through AI and automation.
In this talk, we will describe how our work on combining latest AI advances with medical experts and online access has the potential to change the landscape in healthcare access and provide 24/7 quality healthcare. Combining areas such as NLP, vision, and automatic diagnosis we can augment and scale doctors. We will describe our work on combining expert systems with deep learning to build state-of-the-art medical diagnostic models that are also able to model the unknowns. We will also show our work on using language models for medical Q&A . More importantly, we will describe how those approaches have been used to address the urgent and immediate needs of the current pandemic.
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Peter Embi: Leveraging Informatics to Create a Learning Health SystemPAÍS DIGITAL
Presentación del Dr. Peter Embi, Presidente y CEO del Regenstrief Institute, en el marco del Primer Simposio Salud: Nuevas Tecnologías, Avances y Desafíos, realizado en Santiago de Chile los días 18 y 19 de julio, 2017
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Bill Given, PhD
Kathleen Oberst, RN, PhD Director of Research
Michigan State University
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Medical statistics are essential for research, quality improvement, and decision-making in today's data-driven healthcare environment. Medical statisticians are specialists in applying statistical techniques to analyze and interpret medical data. They support evidence-based decision-making, trend, and pattern recognition, and treatment effectiveness understanding for healthcare organizations. The significance of medical statisticians in Phoenix and their contributions to the healthcare sector will be covered in this article.
With the upcoming move to ICD-10 Procedure Codes across the world, information flow will reach many new recipients to improve the world's health conditions!
The Learning Health System: Thinking and Acting Across ScalesPhilip Payne
A Learning Health System (LHS) can be defined as an environment in which knowledge generation processes are embedded into daily clinical practice in order to continually improve the quality, safety, and outcomes of healthcare delivery. While still largely an aspirational goal, the promise of the LHS is a future in which every patient encounter is an opportunity to learn and improve that patient’s care, as well as the care their family and broader community receives. The foundation for building such an LHS can and should be the Electronic Health Record (EHR), which provides the basis for the comprehensive instrumentation and measurement of clinical phenotypes, as well as a means of delivering new evidence at the patient- and population levels. In this presentation, we will explore the ways in which such EHR-derived phenotypes can be combined with complementary data across a spectrum from biomolecules to population level trends, to both generate insights and deliver such knowledge in the right time, place, and format, ultimately improving clinical outcomes and value.
1. Darin P. Gonzalez
3137 S. Oak Park Ave. darin_gnzlz@yahoo.com
Berwyn, Illinois 60402 Phone (708) 795-9415
Education:
2000-2002 University of Illinois School of Public Health
Masters Degree: Health Policy and Administration (Research Design and Policy Analysis)
Thesis: Analysis of American Medical Association: Health Policies and Racial Disparities,
Development of Statistical Model to Analyze Quality of Health Care Outcomes in Medicare.
Proficiencies: SQL/SAS/SPSS/Microsoft/Oracle: Statistical Analysis, Epidemiology,
Management, Quality/Efficiency Analysis, N.I.H. Proposals, Policy Analysis and Development,
Environmental/Occupational Health, Health Policy Management, Non-Profit Organizational
Management. Microsoft Office Suites 2010 and 2013. Quality, HEDIS, CMS Policy and
Regulations, HIPAA, GCP, IRB, NCQA, CMS, HHS compliance.
1996-1998 University of Toledo, Medical Research and Design
Biochemistry, Clinical Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology, Microbiology, Histology, Pathology,
Statistics, and Anatomy, Research and Clinical Management.
1994-1996 Southern Illinois University, Biochemistry and Clinical Research
Quantum/Newtonian Physics, Advanced Organic/Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Genetics,
Cellular and Developmental Embryology, Microbial Physiology, Advanced Biochemistry,
Human Histology/Pathology
1989-1994 University of Illinois
Baccalaureate of Science, Biology and Chemistry
1988 Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital Nursing School, Chicago
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Trauma Certification
1986-1988 Chicago Fire Dept., City Wide College
Emergency Medical Service Paramedic Training Program
2. Professional Experience:
July 2016- Present
Da Vita Healthcare Partners, Lifeline Vascular Access
Clinical Studies Coordinator, Project Manager
“An Assessment of Humacyte’s Human Acellular Vessel in Patients Needing Renal
Replacement Therapy: A Comparison with EPTFE Grafts as Conduits for Hemodialysis
(HUMANITY)
Medicare/CMS Compliance and Quality Assurance Lifeline Vascular Clinics
Budgets and Payment Schedules, CMS Documentation
• Management of FDA Regulatory Documents
• Study Site Management, Rave Clinical Study Management System
• Physical/Surgical Assessment, and Documentation
• Next Gen EHR, Meditech EHR
• Consent and Study Subject Management
June 2014- Nov 2015
Trinity Health Corp., Loyola University, Gottlieb Memorial Health System
Medical Staff System Improvement and Quality
• Quality Review and Improvement
• Morbidity and Mortality Review OPPE & FPPE
• Database Management
• Peer Review and Quality Presentations
• Meaningful Use Measures and Metrics
• Data Analysis and Statistics
• Proposals and Presentations
• Quality Improvement Implementation
• Epic/Clarity EHR
• MIDAS/STATIT
• Morrissey Credentials and Quality Improvement
March 2012- Feb 2014
University of Chicago, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
National Immunization Survey
• Research Interviews
• Data Management
• Data Security
• Research Coding
• Compliance
• Survey Development
3. February 2012- September 2012
Pillars, Illinois Children's Health Care Foundation.
Consultant, Berwyn/Cicero Children's Mental Health Initiative
• Project Management and Operations
• Creation and Development of Data Collection Plan
• HIPAA Healthcare Data Security and Compliance and Collection Methods
• Institutional Review Board Submissions and Revisions
• Oversight/Supervision Data
• Development of Computing and Reporting Methods
• Statistical Design and Analysis
October 2009- 2012
Rapid Motion Research LLC
• Operations and Finance
• Project Management
• Research and Statistical Design
• Database Design and Analysis
• Data Security
• Contract Negotiation, Implementation
• Program Development and Management
October 2008- November 2010
Consultant Sub-Contractor, Manhattan Strategy Group, Thomson Reuters
• Project Management
• Policy Development Pharmaceutical Errors, New York State Department of Public Health
• Quality Improvement Pharmaceutical Dispensing Process
• Statistical Analysis of Prevalence
• Quality, Process Improvement
• System Analysis Institutions
November 2006- June 2008
Sage Publications, Healthcare Encyclopedia and Manuscript Author: “Encyclopedia of
Health Services Research, Volume 1, 2009”
• Emerging Infectious Disease
• Infectious Disease and Bio-terrorism
• Analysis and Review U.S. Federal Policy, Infectious and Contagious Disease
4. November 2004- August 2007
Advocate Healthcare Corp. Trauma Network;
Lutheran General Hospital, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Christ Medical Center,
Good Samaritan Hospital, Good Shepard Hospital
Project Manager, Trauma Research Specialist
• Co- Investigator for Clinical Studies
• Voting Member for the Advocate Health Care Institutional Review Board
• Author of Manuscripts and Clinical Articles
• Initiation, Oversight and Management of Clinical Research
• Management of Research Regulatory Process, Good Clinical Practice,
•Review Board, Health and Human Services, Illinois and Chicago Dept. of Public Health
•Proposals National Institute of Health, Department of Defense
• Contract Negotiation, Budget and Financial Management
• Continuing Education and Training for Study
• Database Construction and Analysis
• Statistical Design and Analysis
May 2004- July 2006
Chicago Department of Public Health, Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease, HIV
and AIDS, Community Health.
Grant Reviewer, Voting Member of Executive Board
• Review and Approval for Grant Submissions
• Review of Statistical Clinical Studies
• Review of Ethical Practices
• Good Clinical Practices for Grant Applications
• Funding Allocation and Awards
February 2002- November 2004
University of Illinois Chicago, College of Medicine Cancer Center, College of Dentistry
Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Illinois Medical Emergency Response Team
Senior Research Specialist, Research Co-Investigator, Project/Research Manager
• Initiation and Management of Clinical Studies/Clinical Trials Phases and Devices
• Grant Proposals Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
• Budget Development and Management
• Negotiation and Development of Clinical Contracts
• Institutional Review Board Submissions, HIPAA, Data Security and Validation
• Statistical Analysis, SAS, SPSS, Excel
• Research, Good Clinical Practice, IRB and Management Certifications
April 2002- December 2004
Great Lakes Healthcare Veteran's Administration
Jesse Brown (West Side)VA Hospital, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital
Senior Research Specialist, Research Co-Investigator, Project/Research Manager
5. • Initiation and Management of Clinical Studies/Clinical Trials Phases and Devices
• Grant Proposals Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
• Budget Development and Management
• Negotiation and Development of Clinical Contracts
• Institutional Review Board Submissions, HIPAA, Data Security and Validation
• Statistical Analysis, SAS, SPSS, Excel
March 1999- February 2002
Temporary Medical Personnel, The Matrix Group, Meyer Medical, Alexian Brothers
Clinical Supervisor, Site Manager, Family Practice and Pediatrics
• Senior Clinical Operations Consulting and Development
• Establish New Multi-Site Clinical Facilities
• Management of Clinical Staff
• Management of Patient Flow
• Referrals and Billing
• Direct Patient Medical Care
• Management of Site Laboratory Facilities
February1997- March 1999
Laboratory Corporation of America
Laboratory Site Manager
• Management of Outpatient Laboratory
• Phlebotomy
• Data Base Management
January 1995- February 1997 Part Time
The Matrix Group, Children's Memorial Hospital, Otolaryngology and Speech Clinic
Clinical Manager, Supervisor
• Management of Clinic and Staff
• Scheduling for Appointments and Procedures
• Direct Patient Care and Management
• Billing and Referrals
May 1994- September 1994
The Matrix Group, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
Orthopedic Technician
• Direct Patient Care
• Assist Orthopedic Surgeon with Patient Care
• Patient Referrals
• Billing
May1992- September1996
Saint Anthony Hospital
Emergency Room Technician/ E.M.T./Paramedic
May 1988- May 1992
Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital
July 1986- May 1988
Emergency Room Technician/E.M.T./Paramedic
Holy Family Hospital
Orthopedic Technologist/ Emergency Medical Technician
6. Publications Google Search: “Darin P. Gonzalez”
Gonzalez, Darin P. A Pilot Multi- Center Examination of of Near Infra Red Spectroscopy
(NIRS) in the Evaluation of Hemoglobin Levels in Trauma Patients Receiving Blood
Transfusions. J Applied Research. 2009 (Vol 8, 3) 199-208
Gonzalez, Darin P. Emerging Infectious Disease. In: Mullner R ed., Encyclopedia of Health
Services Research: Sage. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage 2009 350-354
Ebrahiem N, Gonzalez D. Anatomical Consideration of the Lateral Approach to L5-S1
Fusion/Fixation. J Spine. 1997
Ebrahiem N, Gonzalez D. Location and Identification of the Neurovascular Bundle in Pelvic
Pubic Symphysis Fixation. J Spine. 1996
Gonzalez D. Gene Regulation and Transport of Carbohydrates across the cell membrane in
E. Coli. SIU Science Journal 1995
Research/Grants: Clinical Research: Co-Investigator, Senior Manager
A Multi-Site Prospective Examination of the Hutchinson Technology In Spectra 325
Spectrometer in Evaluating Hemoglobin and Hematocrit Levels in Trauma Patients Admitted
to the SICU. Funding: Hutchinson Technologies Inc., Department of Defense
A Retrospective Examination of the Chicago Department of Public Health, Response to the
Hurricane Katrina Population Displaced to Illinois.
Funding: Chicago Dept. of Public Health, University of Illinois
A Phase II, Multi-Center, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Dose Ranging Study of the
Effects of RK-0202 on Oral Mucositis in Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Carcinoma
of the Oral Cavity, FDA Protocol No. RK-02020:02. Funding: Rx Kinetics Inc., BASF
7. A Double Blind, Randomized, Vehicle Controlled Study Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of
Benzydamine Hydrochloride Oral Rinse, Including a Separate Open Label Standard of Care
Arm in Subjects with Radiation- Induced Oral Mucositis, FDA Protocol 03980:02. Funding:
McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Johnson and Johnson Corporation
The Use of Oral Spectroscopy with adjunct use of Vital Dye (Tolonium Chloride) staining in
the evaluation and detection of dysplastic tissue of the oral mucosa.
Funding: Trylon Corporation
Final End Points and Analysis of Doxepin Rinse in Pain Management of Oral Mucositis.
Funding: McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Johnson and Johnson Corporation
Intralesional Injection of Cisplatin for Advanced Head and Neck Carcinoma Cancer Patients
Funding: Bristol Myers Squibb
Invited Presentations and Proposals
Effects of Menstrual Cyclic Status on Trauma Outcomes in Female Patients,
Chicago Committee on Trauma
Training the Oral Healthcare Provider, Survey of UIC Faculty and Staff to Determine
Preparedness for All-Hazards Response,
Illinois Dept. of Public Health
Development of Oral Cancer Clinic, University of Illinois Otolaryngology
Illinois and Chicago Department of Public Health, UIC Cancer Center, American Cancer
Society
Establishment of Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Illinois
Illinois and Chicago Department of Public Health, Cancer Center Executive Committee
Community Based Osteoporosis Prevention and Education, Quantitative and Chemical
Endpoints.
National Institutes of Health
Congressional Bill; Prohibiting Smoking on Aircraft, Airliner Cabin Air Quality
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?
dbname=105_cong_bills&docidf:h552ih.txt Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act 1997