Digital Disruption in Healthcare (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783030956745)

Nilmini Wickramasinghe, PhD, is an active leader in designing and developing health informatics content in 3 continents for many years. Her simultaneous appointments in Melbourne, Australia at the Swinburne University of Technology where she is the Professor of Digital Health and Deputy Director of the Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute as well as Epworth Healthcare where she is Professor and Director of Health Informatics Management have given her unique access to both medical research and education at Epworth Health as well business applications of HCIS at the Swinburne University of Technology. Her research interests focus on the design, development, and deployment of successful digital health solutions to support high-value patient-centered wellness and care delivery. She is the recipient of the 2020 prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Award for outstanding contribution to Digital Health.
Suresh Chalasani, PhD, is a professor of management information systems at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Prior to joining UW-Parkside, he worked as an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Chalasani's teaching and research interests include healthcare management and healthcare information systems. Suresh received a number of research and teaching awards including the UW MBA Consortium's Outstanding Faculty Award and UW-P's Stella Gray Award for Teaching Excellence. He is a senior member of IEEE and received research and teaching grants from the National Science Foundation and the University of Wisconsin System. Dr. Chalasani's educational background includes a Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from the University of Southern California and a Master of Engineering degree in automation from the Indian Institute of Science. Elliot Sloane, PhD, is a practitioner, researcher, and educator in the Clinical Engineering and MIS fields. He is the Emeritus Co-Chair of Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise International (IHE) standards organization, and he has over 40 years of experience in healthcare technology management and HCIS, serving hospitals, government agencies around the globe, and manufacturers. His pre-academic experiences as a CIO, CTO, and CRO in the healthcare industry focused on patient safety, healthcare technology management, and privacy and security. That background fuels and informs his passion for research, education, teaching, and practice in the HCIS field.