MSHI Faculty

Dorine Bennett, MBA, RHIA, FAHIMA
Associate Professor and Director of Health Information Management
ABD in Doctor of Education (EdD) in Educational Administration program at USD, with emphasis in Adult and Higher Education
MBA with emphasis in management information systems
Member of AHIMA
External funding:

South Dakota Electronic Health Record Assessment project grant
SD eHealth Collaborative project grant
Health Information Security and Privacy Collaborative project grant

Research:

Healthcare Professionals' Acceptance of Electronic Medical Records

Joyce Havlik, MSIS, RHIA
Assistant Professor of Health Information Management
MSIS with specialization in database management
Member of AHIMA
External funding:

South Dakota Electronic Health Record Assessment project grant
SD eHealth Collaborative project grant
Health Information Security and Privacy Collaborative project grant

Research:

Healthcare Professionals' Acceptance of a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)

Amit V. Deokar, PhD
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from V. J. Technological Institute, Mumbai
M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona, Tucson
Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona
Member of ACM, AAAI, AIS and DSI
Research:

Design and analysis of business and workflow processes
Collaboration process management
Decision support systems
Knowledge management
Healthcare informatics

Surendra Sarnikar, PhD
Assistant Professor in Information Systems
Bachelors degree in engineering
PhD in MIS from the University of Arizona, Tucson
Research:

Knowledge management
Health Informatics
Healthcare data exchange and interoperability
Medical information filtering
Medical event reporting systems

Ronghua Shan, PhD
Associate Professor in Information Systems
BE, Zhejiang University of Technology
MA, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
PhD, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Research:

Database management
Data mining and data warehousing
Health Informatics
Medical event reporting systems

Omar El-Gayar, PhD
Associate Professor in Information Systems
BS, University of Alexandria
MS, University of Alexandria
MA, University of Hawaii at Manoa
PhD, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Research:

Decision Support Systems
Health Informatics
Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Knowledge management

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MSHI Faculty