Résumé of L. Philip Caillouet, Ph.D. (last updated April 23, 2008)

· Director, Health Informatics Center of Acadiana

· J. Robert Rivet M.D. / BORSF Fund Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Health Informatics

·               Professor, appointed in:
    Department of Health Information Management, College of Sciences
but also teaching in:
    Department of Business Systems, Analysis, & Technology, College of Business Administration

· Member of the Graduate Faculty, teaching in:
Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, Health Care Administration option

· Health Informatics Consultant

Biographical Narrative

Dr. L. Philip Caillouet is a Professor in the Department of Health Information Management at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette) and Director of the University’s Health Informatics Center of Acadiana. Health Informatics is the discipline focused on applications of information and communications technologies in the gathering and analysis of health-related data, and the dissemination of information to clinical, administrative, and public health policy decision makers. Dr. Caillouet has worked in the health industry as an information systems designer and management consultant since 1975. Currently, his principal interests are in the development of regional health networks and of baseline data to aid in Louisiana’s efforts to meet the U. S. Surgeon General’s Healthy People 2010 targets. Since the launch of Healthy People 2010 in January 2000, Dr. Caillouet has led a research team in the development and use of Louisiana HABITS, a public health surveillance tool for measuring healthcare access barriers in the state.

Philip Caillouet joined the faculty of The University of Louisiana at Lafayette in August of 1996, as an Associate Professor specializing in systems and technology for management of healthcare information. Returning to Louisiana was a welcomed homecoming for him, as he is a native of Houma, Louisiana, and received his doctorate in computer science from the same institution (when it was known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana or USL) in 1975. His research interests are in public health informatics and healthcare information systems management. He was the founding Interim Director of the Health Informatics Center of Acadiana (HICA) at its inception in February of 1999, and was named Director on July 1, 2001. He was successfully reviewed for tenure in the Spring of 2002, and promoted to Professor in the Fall of 2007.

Since launching HICA, Dr. Caillouet has succeeded in attracting over two-and-a-half million dollars ($2,502,868.36) in external funding from various governmental and philanthropic agencies including the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Rapides Foundation, the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Fund for Healthcare and Education in Southwest Louisiana, and the Lafayette Community Health Consortium. He has managed (or is currently managing) a total of twenty-seven (27) restricted-account contracted research projects that have provided (or are providing) partial support for twenty-three (23) different faculty members and for seventeen (17) different graduate students in the role of research assistants. In addition, Dr. Caillouet was instrumental in attracting one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000.00) in private donations which, when matched with eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000.00) in Board of Regents Support Fund monies have led to the establishment within HICA of two million-dollar chairs: the J. Robert Rivet MD / BORSF Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Health Informatics and the Acadian Ambulance / BORSF Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Telehealth. Dr. Caillouet currently has several additional funding projects pending final review.

While Philip has only recently returned to academia, teaching healthcare executives and information systems managers has always been part of his role in industry. His experience in the “real world” began immediately after receiving his degree, leading to his becoming a principal in a turnkey information systems vendor company specializing in the physician group practice and managed care markets during a twelve-year span with Edelman Systems, Inc. and Encore Associates, Inc. Immediately prior to returning to Lafayette, Philip was Director of Physician Services and Managed Care for the Health System Integration Practice of KPMG Peat Marwick, based in Chicago IL. He coordinated resources of the Firm in aspects of professional services to physicians, group practices, and related healthcare entities. Included in his scope of services were strategic planning for organizational alliances involving physicians, operations improvement and process reengineering activities, coding and reimbursement optimization, clinical records, and healthcare information management systems. Prior to joining KPMG, Dr. Caillouet was with Coopers & Lybrand from 1988 through 1994. While at C&L, he coordinated the 1991 Survey of Information Systems in Group Practice and associated workshops for the Center for Research in Ambulatory Health Care Administration of the Medical Group Management Association. Also in 1991, he was engaged by the John A. Hartford Foundation as a reviewer of the pre-publication draft report of the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Improving the Patient Record; the Hartford Foundation was one of the funders of this committee, whose report called for the formation of the Computer-based Patient Record Institute (CPRI). He participated in the development of the original Report of the Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), made in the summer of 1992 to then HHS Secretary Louis Sullivan. He also served five years as Secretary of Health Level Seven (HL7), the healthcare informatics standards developing organization, a position he held 1989-1994.

Education

1975 Doctor of Philosophy -- Computer Science, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette LA.

1973 Master of Science -- Computer Science, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette LA.

1968 Bachelor of Science -- Physics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA.

Postgraduate and Professional Chronology

1996-present Member of the Undergraduate and Graduate Faculties at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

· 2007 Promoted to the faculty rank of Professor in the Department of Health Information Management, College of Sciences.

· 2005-present Appointed to the Louisiana Health Care Commission by President Dr. Sally Clausen as the sole representative of the UL System. (Re-appointed 2007).

· 2002-present Appointed holder of the J. Robert Rivet/BORSF Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Health Informatics, in the Department of Health Information Management, College of Sciences. (Reappointed 2005.)

· 2002 Successfully reviewed for tenure by joint committee formed from the College of Business Administration and the College of Sciences.

· 1999-present Added role as the founding Director (initially Interim Director 1999-2001) of the Health Informatics Center of Acadiana.

· 1998-2002 Appointed holder of the Louisiana Health System/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Health Care Administration / Health Information Management.

· 1997-2002 Jointly appointed in the Department of Business Systems, Analysis, & Technology in the College of Business Administration and in the Department of Health Information Management in the College of Sciences.

· 1997-2000 Elected Faculty Senator (Associate Professor rank) representing the College of Business Administration.

· 1997-2000 Member of the first Student Technology Enhancement Program (STEP) Council.

· 1996-present Member of the Graduate Faculty. (Re-appointed 2001 and 2006.)

· 1996-2002 Associate Professor, first in the Department of Management, then the Department of Business Systems, Analysis, & Technology (after its creation in 1997), in the College of Business Administration.

1994-1996 Director, Physician Group Practice and Managed Care Services, Health System Integration Practice of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP in Chicago IL, a major office of that international public accounting and management consulting firm.

· Position description equivalent to previous one at Coopers & Lybrand.

· A noteworthy assignment was management of an engagement to create a business plan for the Metropolitan Chicago Community Health Information Network (CHIN).

1988-1994 Director, in the Healthcare Information Systems National Practice of Coopers & Lybrand in Chicago IL, a major office of that international public accounting and management consulting firm (now part of the firm of Price Waterhouse Coopers).

· Engaged in professional services to physicians, group practices, and other interested healthcare entities; included in this scope of services were strategic planning and organizational alliances involving physicians, operations improvement activities, coding and reimbursement optimization, clinical records, and information management systems.

· Responsible for consultative services to physician group practices, managed care organizations (HMOs, PPOs, IPAs), health insurers (Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans and commercial carriers), and healthcare EDI utilities and clearinghouses.

· Supported field operations through liaison with professional organizations and vendors, presentations and publications, proposal and engagement assistance, and regional education.

· Personally active in all C&L U. S. regions and internationally in ongoing consultative engagements with significant clients as project leader or technical advisor.

· Primary C&L liaison with Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and with Health Level Seven (HL7).

1987-1988 Assistant Professor (Part-Time) of Computer Science at Southern University in Baton Rouge LA.

· Activities involved instruction and counseling of Master's Degree candidates.

· Courses taught at the graduate level included Database Management Systems and Data Structures.

1987-1988 President, Professional Information Management Corporation, a healthcare information systems consultancy in Baton Rouge LA.

· Specialized in professional and healthcare information systems.

· Clients included software developers, accounting firms, insurance companies, professional associations, healthplans, hospitals, and physician group practices.

1984-1987 Partner and Vice President for Development at Encore Associates Inc., a software developer, original equipment manufacturer, and systems integrator in Baton Rouge LA, specializing in automating the accounting and record keeping functions of physician group practices and clinics.

1975-1984 Director of Development at Edelman Systems Inc., a software developer, original equipment manufacturer, and systems integrator in Baton Rouge LA, specializing in automating the accounting and record keeping functions of physician group practices and clinics.

1971-1975 Pursued and attained Master of Science in Computer Science (1973) and Doctor of Philosophy (1975) in Computer Science at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette LA; dissertation title: “Multi-Level Interpretative Computing Systems: Implications for Hardware Failure Toleration”; major professor: Dr. Bruce Shriver.

1971 Returned after military service to pursuit of Master of Science in Physics as Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Physics at Florida State University, Tallahassee FL.

1969-1971 U. S. Army: highest rank attained was Staff Sergeant (E6); assigned to Fort Polk LA for Basic Training, Leader Preparation Course, and Advanced Infantry Training (recoilless rifleman specialty) and to Fort Benning GA for Non-Commissioned Officer Candidate School (infantry operations and intelligence specialty); assigned to Intelligence Data Handling Systems (IDHS), Office of Intelligence (J2), Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV).

1968-1969 Pursued Master of Science in Physics as Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Physics at Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, until interrupted by required military service.

Professional Affiliations

American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) – Member.

Health Level Seven (HL7) – Member; Past Secretary (1989-1994).

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) – Member.

Louisiana Chapter of HIMSS – Member; past Board Member and Membership Chair (2001-2004).

Louisiana Public Health Association – Member.

Awards

2006 – UL Lafayette MBA Program Professor of the Year Award.

2005 – Re-appointed as J. Robert Rivet MD / BORSF Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair

in Health Informatics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

2002 – Awarded the J. Robert Rivet MD / BORSF Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair

in Health Informatics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

2001 – Linkage Award, 2nd Place (on behalf of the Health Informatics Center of Acadiana)

from the Council on Linkages between Academia and Public Health Practice.

2001 – UL Lafayette MBA Program Mentor of the Year Award.

2001 – Re-appointed as Louisiana Health System / BORSF Endowed Professorship in Health Care

Administration / Health Information Management at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

2000 – UL Lafayette MBA Program Faculty Citizenship Award.

1998 – Awarded the Louisiana Health System / BORSF Endowed Professorship in Health Care

Administration / Health Information Management at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

1996 – Health Level Seven (HL7) Pioneer Award.

Community Activities

2007-2009 – Member, Louisiana Health Care Commission,
re-appointed by Dr. Sally Clausen, President of the University of Louisiana System.

2006-2007 – Member, Southern Governors’ Association’s Gulf Coast Health Information Technology
Task Force, appointed by Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Governor of Louisiana.

2005-2007 – Member, Louisiana Health Care Commission,
appointed by Dr. Sally Clausen, President of the University of Louisiana System.

2005- – Member, Region IV Health Care Consortium.

2004 – Delegate, Louisiana Health Care Summit.

2003-2004 – Member, Region IV Healthcare Planning Council.

1998-2004 – Incorporator and Member, Lafayette Community Health Consortium.

1997-2000 – Co-Chair, Health Assessment Work Group, Louisiana Turning Point Partnership.

1997-1999 – Steering Committee Member, 123 Grow!, Louisiana Office of Public Health, Region IV.

1997-1999 – Advisory Council Member, Lafayette Education Foundation.

1997-1998 – Member, Louisiana Health Data Advisory Panel, Office of Public Health.

1997-1998 – Chair, Healthcare Trendbender Team, Partnership for a Healthier Lafayette.

1996-1997 – Lecturer, Physicians’ Information Systems & Technology Project,
Lafayette Parish Medical Society.

Courses Taught

BSAT 303 Information Systems.

BSAT 460 Seminar.

BSAT 465 Business Process Analysis and Design.

BSAT 518 Management of Information Technology.

CMPS 207 Computers in Healthcare Organizations.

HCA 503 Healthcare Information Systems.

HIM 303 Information Systems.

HIM 401 Concepts in Healthcare Delivery Systems.

HIM 403(G) Medical Informatics.

HIM 472 Health Information Management Seminar.

MBA 502 Fundamentals of Management Information Systems.

MGMT 303 Information Systems.

Grants and Contracts

“Evaluation of Safe Schools / Healthy Students in Lafayette Parish – Program Year 4”, Joint Department of Education / Department of Justice / Department of Health and Human Services (DoEd / DoJ / DHHS – federal) via contract with Lafayette Parish School System, 10/01/2007 – 09/30/2008, $127,800.00.

“Evaluation of Healthy Start in Lafayette Parish – Program Year 4”, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA – federal) via contract with The Family Tree, 06/01/2007 – 05/31/2008, $37,500.

“Data Collection for Louisiana Adults Tobacco Survey (LA ATS) 2007”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Smoking and Health (CDC/OSH – federal) via contract with Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI), 01/01/2007 – 12/31/2007, $270,000.

“Data Collection for Steps for a Healthier New Orleans using Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2007”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Behavioral Surveillance Branch (CDC/BSB – federal) via contract with Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI), 01/01/2007 – 12/31/2007, $55,000.

“Data Collection for Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2007 (amended)”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Behavioral Surveillance Branch (CDC/BSB – federal) via contract with Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health (BPCRH) of the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH-Louisiana), 01/01/2007 – 12/31/2007, $205,000 (originally) $274,000 (as amended).

“Evaluation of Safe Schools / Healthy Students in Lafayette Parish – Program Year 3”, Joint Department of Education / Department of Justice / Department of Health and Human Services (DoEd / DoJ / DHHS – federal) via contract with Lafayette Parish School System, 10/01/2006 – 09/30/2007, $194,250.07.

“Evaluation of Healthy Start in Lafayette Parish – Program Year 3”, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA – federal) via contract with The Family Tree, 06/01/2006 – 05/31/2007, $39,500.

“Evaluation of Lafayette Jail Diversion Program (LJDP) – Program Years 1, 2, and 3”, Targeted Capacity Expansion grant (TCE) – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA – federal) via contract with Office of Mental Health (OMH) of the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH-Louisiana), 04/01/2006 – 03/31/2009, $302,076.

“Data Collection for Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2006”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC – federal) via contract with Office of Public Health (OPH) of the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH-Louisiana), 01/01/2006 – 12/31/2006, $229,990.

“Evaluation of Safe Schools / Healthy Students in Lafayette Parish – Program Year 2”, Joint Department of Education / Department of Justice / Department of Health and Human Services (DoEd / DoJ / DHHS – federal) via contract with Lafayette Parish School System, 10/01/2005 – 09/30/2006, $204,750.07.

“Evaluation of Healthy Start in Lafayette Parish – Program Year 2”, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA – federal) via contract with The Family Tree, 06/01/2005 – 05/31/2006, $39,500.

“Evaluation of Safe Schools / Healthy Students in Lafayette Parish – Program Year 1”, Joint Department of Education / Department of Justice / Department of Health and Human Services (DoEd / DoJ / DHHS – federal) via contract with Lafayette Parish School System, 01/20/2005 – 09/30/2005, $197,012.55.

“Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Information Systems / Information Technology Assessment”, Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH – Louisiana) via direct contract, 01/17/2005 – 06/30/2005, $64,000.

“Evaluation of Healthy Start in Lafayette Parish – Program Year 1”, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA – federal) via contract with The Family Tree, 01/01/2005 – 05/31/2005, $38,300.

“Louisiana HABITS Data Collection and Analysis in Beauregard, Calcasieu, and Cameron Parishes in Southwest Louisiana”, via contract with The Fund for Health Care and Education in Southwest Louisiana, with funding from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center (SWLAHEC), fiscal agent for Louisiana Rural Health Access Program / Louisiana Office of Rural Health, Department of Health & Hospitals / Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 06/15/2004 - 12/31/2004, $27,500.

“Louisiana HABITS Data Collection and Analysis in Acadia and Jefferson Davis Parishes in South Central and Southwest Louisiana”, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation via contract with Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center (SWLAHEC), fiscal agent for Louisiana Rural Health Access Program / Louisiana Office of Rural Health, Department of Health & Hospitals / Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 12/1/2003 - 3/31/2004, $27,000.

“Evaluation of Project CARES (Violence Prevention in Lafayette Parish Schools) – Year 3”, Coalitions for Prevention grant (PRISM) – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA - federal) via contract with Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center, 07/01/2003 - 06/30/2004, $35,000.

“Community Empowerment Initiative”, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA – federal) via contract with Bayou Teche Community Health Network (ByNet), 11/01/2002 – 08/31/2003, $90,000.

“Evaluation of Project CARES (Violence Prevention in Lafayette Parish Schools) – Year 2”, Coalitions for Prevention grant (PRISM) – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA - federal) via contract with Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center, 07/01/2002 - 06/30/2003, $35,000.

“Health Care Access Initiative (Assessment of Barriers to Health Service Delivery Encountered by Residents of Concordia, Evangeline, and Natchitoches Parishes and Means Utilized to Access Care”, The Rapides Foundation via contract with Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center (CLAHEC), 05/18/2002 - 03/31/2003, $67,000.

“Louisiana HABITS Data Collection and Analysis in Iberia and St. Landry Parishes in South Central Louisiana”, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation via contract with Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center (SWLAHEC), fiscal agent for Louisiana Rural Health Access Program / Louisiana Office of Rural Health, Department of Health & Hospitals / Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 12/15/2001 - 11/14/2002, $25,125.

“Health Care Access Initiative (Assessment of Barriers to Health Service Delivery Encountered by Residents of Allen, Avoyelles, Catahoula, and Vernon Parishes and Means Utilized to Access Care”, The Rapides Foundation via contract with Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center (CLAHEC), 05/13/2001 - 06/30/2002, $82,229.

“Evaluation of Project CARES (Violence Prevention in Lafayette Parish Schools) – Year 1”, Coalitions for Prevention grant (PRISM) – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA - federal) via contract with Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center, 02/22/2001 - 06/30/2002, $46,667.

“Louisiana HABITS Data Collection and Analysis in Vermilion and St. Martin Parishes in South Central Louisiana”, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation via contract with Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center (SWLAHEC), fiscal agent for Louisiana Rural Health Access Program / Louisiana Office of Rural Health, Department of Health & Hospitals / Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 02/01/2001 - 06/30/2001, $27,500.

“Louisiana HABITS Data Collection and Analysis in St. Mary Parish in South Central Louisiana”, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation via contract with Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center (SWLAHEC), fiscal agent for Louisiana Rural Health Access Program / Louisiana Office of Rural Health, Department of Health & Hospitals / Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 06/18/2001 - 08/31/2001, $3,750.

“Health Care Access Initiative (Assessment of Barriers to Health Service Delivery Encountered by Residents of Grant, La Salle, Rapides, and Winn Parishes and Means Utilized to Access Care”, The Rapides Foundation, 05/15/1999 - 05/14/2000, $78,229.

“Louisiana HABITS Data Collection and Analysis in St. Mary Parish”, Contract with Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 09/01/2000 – 12/31/2000, $10,000.

“LCHC-HICA Partnership Development 2000”, Contract with Lafayette Community Health Consortium, 09/01/2000 – 12/31/2000, $4,000.

Refereed Publications

“The Health Informatics Center of Acadiana –Informing Health Policymaking in Post-Katrina/Rita Louisiana”, Proceedings of 12^th World Congress on Medical Informatics (MedInfo 2007), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, August 22, 2007.

“Use of Law Enforcement Personnel in Schools: A Survey in Lafayette Parish Louisiana”, S. Lyman, C. Duncan, P. Joshi, L. LeBlanc, P. Caillouet, T. LeBlanc, B. Bienvenu & B. Friedrichs, Louisiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (LAHPERD) Journal, 70 (2), 31, Spring 2007.

“Connecting Our Resources: Louisiana’s Approach to Community Health Network Development”, Marsha Broussard MPH, Robyn Blackwell MS, L. Philip Caillouet PhD, Kristy Holloway Nichols MS, and Margaret Shipman MBA, The Journal of Rural Health, 19 (S), Fall 2003, pp. 372-383.

“School Violence Prevention Program”, S. Lyman, L. LeBlanc, P. Caillouet, D. Aucoin, D. Benoit, & T. LaGarde, Louisiana Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (LAHPERD) Journal, 66 (2), 44, Spring 2003.

“The Health Informatics Center Of Acadiana – Supporting Community Health Status Enhancement”, submitted to Methods of Information in Medicine, July 2001.

“Bonne Santé À Lafayette! Community Health Status Enhancement through Informed Leadership”, (Caillouet, L. Philip; Solis-Daigle, Jeanne; and Richard, Larry), http://www.phf.org/Link/SecondPlace.htm, Public Health Foundation, Council on Linkages between Academia and Public Health Practice, May, 2001.

“Teens working in skill training – ‘TWIST’”, C. Sanders, S. Lyman, L. LeBlanc, E. Doré, P. Caillouet, J. Tanner, and Z. Johnson, published research abstract from LAHPERD (Louisiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) Convention, Spring 2001, LAHPERD Journal, 64, (2), 21.

“Supporting Community Health Status Enhancement With A Health Informatics Center”, Proceedings, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2001 Annual Conference, New Orleans LA, February 7, 2001, Session 105, pp. 1-9.

“Inventing the Future of Physicians and Information Technology: Methods and Results of the 1997 Lafayette Parish Medical Society Information Systems and Information Technology Project”, L. Philip Caillouet PhD, James R. Lipstate MD, and Daniel J. Carroll MD, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society, June, 1999, pp. 319-328.

“Medical Informatics in an Undergraduate HIM Curriculum”, L. Philip Caillouet PhD and Carol A. Venable MPH RRA, Educational Perspectives in Health Information Management, 1:2 Winter 1998, pp.29-34.

“Independent Physicians Seek Basis for Cooperation in Clinical Systems Implementation”, Proceedings, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 1998 Annual Conference, Orlando FL, February 23, 1998, pp. 113-138.

“Maximizing Community Physicians’ Readiness for Clinical Systems Implementation”, 1997 American Medical Informatics Annual Fall Symposium, Nashville TN, October 28, 1997, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Supplement, Proceedings, p. 920.

“Instilling Computer Competence and Confidence in Community Physicians”, MedTec 1997 Medical Technical Conference and Exposition, Tysons Corner VA, August 15, 1997, MedTec 1997 Proceedings, pp. 75-86.

“Successful Computer System Selection and Contracting”, RBMA Bulletin, January-February, 1994.

Refereed Presentations

“Disparities in Adequacy of Prenatal Care within a Healthy Start Program”, research study poster presentation with Susan Lyman, Steven Sabatier, T. Daigle, Glynis DeRoche, and Lisa LeBlanc at the Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference, American Journal of Health Promotion, San Diego, California, March 6-7, 2008.

“Healthy Start Program Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health (Lafayette Louisiana)”, case study poster presentation with Glynis DeRoche, Lisa LeBlanc, and Susan Lyman at the Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference, American Journal of Health Promotion, San Diego, California, March 6-7, 2008.

“Safe Schools: A Successful Return on Investment for Healthy Students!”, case study poster presentation with Susan Lyman, Charles Duncan, and Lisa LeBlanc at the Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference, American Journal of Health Promotion, San Diego, California, March 6-7, 2008.

“Evaluation of Principle Woods Curriculum Implemented in a Safe Schools/Healthy Students Grant”, poster presentation with Susan Lyman, Praphul Joshi, Charles Duncan, Lisa LeBlanc, and Jacqueline Benedik at the Louisiana Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (LAHPERD) Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 1, 2007.

“Adequacy of Prenatal care in a Healthy Start Program”, poster presentation with Susan Lyman, Steven M. Sabatier, Glynis DeRoche, G., T. Daigle, J. Duhon, T. Gilchrist, T., and Michelle Meaux, at the Louisiana Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (LAHPERD) Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 1, 2007.

“Initiation of Prenatal Care in a Healthy Start Program”, poster presentation with Susan Lyman, Steven M. Sabatier, Glynis DeRoche, T. Daigle, and J. Duhon, J. at the Louisiana Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (LAHPERD) Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 1, 2007.

“Evaluating the Satisfaction Level of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Task Force Members”, poster presentation with Lisa LeBlanc, Susan Lyman, Charles Duncan, Praphul Joshi, and Tracy LeBlanc at the Louisiana Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (LAHPERD) Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 1, 2007.

“Evaluation of Collaboration in Implementing Lasting partnerships for Safe Schools”, poster presentation with Lisa LeBlanc, Susan Lyman, Charles Duncan, Praphul Joshi, and Tracy LeBlanc at the Louisiana Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (LAHPERD) Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 1, 2007.

“Catch a STAR: School-based Therapy, Assessment & Referral Services”, poster presentation with Susan Lyman, Charles Duncan, Praphul Joshi, Lisa LeBlanc, and Barbara Friedrichs at the 12th Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health, Champions Gate, Florida, October 26, 2007.

“Child Abuse and Neglect in Louisiana: 2004-2006”, poster presentation with Praphul Joshi, Susan Lyman, and Charles Duncan at the International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT): San Diego, California, September 17, 2007.

“Violent Behaviors Among High School Students in New Orleans”, poster presentation with Praphul Joshi, Susan Lyman, and Charles Duncan, at the International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT): San Diego, California, September 17, 2007.

“LPSS2 School Violence Prevention Grant: Year 3”, with Susan Lyman, Charles Duncan, Praphul Joshi, Lisa LeBlanc, and Barbara Friedrichs, International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT): San Diego, California, September 17, 2007.

“The Health Informatics Center of Acadiana –Informing Health Policymaking in Post-Katrina/Rita Louisiana”, 12^th World Congress on Medical Informatics (MedInfo 2007), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, August 22, 2007.

“The Health Informatics Center of Acadiana Informing Health Policymaking in Pre- and Post-Katrina/Rita Louisiana”, poster presentation at the AMIA 2007 Spring Meeting, Orlando, Florida, May 22, 2007.

“Assisting Pregnant Teens in School: The Nurse Family Partnership Program”, poster presentation with Charles Duncan, Praphul Joshi, Susan Lyman, and Lisa LeBlanc at the National Conference on Girls & Womens Health, Physical Activity, and Sport, LSU Shreveport, February 16, 2007.

“Lasting Partnerships for Safe Schools: Implementing Best Practice Approaches to Prevent School Violence”, American School Health Association Annual School Health Conference, with Susan Lyman, Praphul Joshi, Charles Duncan, Lisa LeBlanc, Tracy LeBlanc, and Barbara Friedrichs, St. Louis, Missouri, October 13, 2006.

“Foundations for Healthy Minds for Safe Schools”, American School Health Association Annual School Health Conference, with Susan Lyman, Praphul Joshi, Charles Duncan, Lisa LeBlanc, Tracy LeBlanc, and Barbara Friedrichs, St. Louis, Missouri, October 12, 2006.

“Formative Evaluation of Violence Prevention and Safety Programs in Lafayette Parish Schools”, American School Health Association Annual School Health Conference, with Praphul Joshi, Susan Lyman, Charles Duncan, Lisa LeBlanc, Tracy LeBlanc, and Barbara Friedrichs, St. Louis, Missouri, October 12, 2006.

“Best Practice Methods for Preventing School Violence and Promoting Safety in Schools: Practical Issues for Implementation”, Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence Persistently Safe Schools 2006: Collaborating with Students, Families, and Communities, with Susan Lyman, Praphul Joshi, Charles Duncan, Lisa LeBlanc, Tracy LeBlanc, and Barbara Friedrichs,. Washington, D.C., September 19-21, 2006.

“Violence and Safety Programs in Schools: Evaluation Strategies”, Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence Persistently Safe Schools 2006: Collaborating with Students, Families, and Communities, with Praphul Joshi, Susan Lyman, Charles Duncan, Lisa LeBlanc, Tracy LeBlanc, and Barbara Friedrichs, Washington, D.C., September 19-21, 2006.

“Best Practices for School Violence Prevention and Safe Schools”, 11^th International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, with Susan Lyman, Praphul Joshi, Charles Duncan, Lisa LeBlanc, Tracy LeBlanc, and Barbara Friedrichs, San Diego, California, September 18, 2006.

“Violence Prevention in Schools: Mental Health Connection”, 11^th International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, with Susan Lyman, Praphul Joshi, Charles Duncan, Lisa LeBlanc, Tracy LeBlanc, and Barbara Friedrichs, San Diego, California, September 18, 2006.

“Violence and Safety Programs in School: Evaluation Strategies”, with Praphul Joshi, Susan Lyman, Charles Duncan, Lisa LeBlanc, Tracy LeBlanc, and Barbara Friedrichs, 11^th International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma. San Diego, California, September 17, 2006.

“Fostering Diversity in Research”, Sixth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations, with Phebe Hayes, New Orleans LA, June 12 2006.

“Reducing Youth Violence and Substance Abuse”, poster presentation of research, American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) 2004 National Convention and Exposition, with Lisa McDonald LeBlanc, Susan Ann Lyman, Donna Aucoin, and Denise Benoit, New Orleans LA, April; 1, 2004.

“Project CARES: Reduction of Youth Violence”, poster presentation of research, National Conference on Girls' and Women's Health, Physical Activity and Sport, LSU Shreveport, Louisiana, with Susan Lyman, Lisa LeBlanc, Donna Aucoin, Denise Benoit, February 8, 2003.

“School Violence Prevention Program”, poster session, Louisiana Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (LAHPERD) State Convention, with Susan Lyman, Lisa LeBlanc, Donna Aucoin, Denise Benoit, T. LeGarde, Lafayette, Louisiana, November 2002.

“The Health Informatics Center Of Acadiana – Supporting Community Health Status Enhancement”, accepted for presentation at Information Technology in Health Care: Sociotechnical Approaches, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 6-7 2001.

“Bonne Santé À Lafayette! Community Health Status Enhancement through Informed Leadership”, poster session, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Annual Conference, Raleigh NC, June 27-30 2001, with Jeanne Solis-Daigle and Larry Richard.

“Drug Abuse Prevention Through Life Skills Training”, National Conference on Health Education & Health Atlanta GA, April 25, 2001, with Lisa LeBlanc, Connie Sanders, Susan Lyman, John Tanner, and Ethel Doré.

“Teens Working in Skill Training: ‘TWIST’”, poster session, Louisiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (LAHPERD) – Louisiana Recreation and Park Association (LRPA), Spring 2001, with Connie Sanders, Susan Lyman, Lisa LeBlanc, Ethel Doré, John Tanner, and Z. Johnson.

“The Health Informatics Center of Acadiana: Structure & Action in Community Health Assessment”, Healthy People 2010, Partnerships for Health in the New Millennium, Washington DC, January 24-28, 2000.

“Informatics Foundation: Medical Informatics in an Undergraduate HIM Curriculum”, American Health Information Management Association Assembly on Education 1999 Summer Symposium, Milwaukee WI, June 28, 1999.

“Designing Information Systems for the New Healthcare Environment”, 69th Annual Conference, Medical Group Management Association, New Orleans,