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Faculty Scholar Detail, 2003-2004Arkalgud RamaprasadProfessor and Department Head Department of Information and Decision Sciences College of Business Administration Bridging the Digital-Divide in e-Health Applications During his time as a GCI Faculty Scholar, Dr. Arkalgud Ramaprasad continued his research Bridging the Digital-Divide in eHealth Applications. In order to show the nature and sources of the digital-divide, Ramaprasad collected institutional data about all the hospitals, their eHealth applications, demographic data about their patients, and infrastructure data for the patients’ location. This data was collected from public sources and through analysis of their websites, and then integrated in a data-warehouse. During the 2003-2004 academic year, Ramaprasad completed and analyzed the data-warehouse for the city of Chicago, published two papers on this data in international conferences, and submitted one paper for publication in an online journal. Dr. Ramaprasad also completed the data-warehouse for the state of Illinois and is in the process of analyzing this data. The Center for Research in Information Management (CRIM), for which Ramaprasad is the Director, organized a breakfast roundtable on eHealth applications in the city of Chicago based on the data he collected. CRIM is also is the process of organizing an industry-university forum on eHealth application strategies utilizing the data. Professor Ramaprasad is the Head of the Department of Information and Decision Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. The Great Cities Institute Faculty Scholars Program brings UIC faculty to the Institute for a year in residence to begin, further, or complete an engaged research project. Scholars are free from their formal teaching responsibilities during their term. Prospective scholars apply by submitting a proposal that is peer reviewed along three key metrics of engaged research: interdisciplinarity, partnership, and impact. GCI Faculty Scholars implement and further their own research agendas, as well as develop grant proposals, participate in the Great Cities Institute Lecture Series, and contribute to the Great Cities Institute Working Paper Series. Applications are released in the fall semester and due at the start of the spring semester. |
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