Center for Health Information and Decision Systems

The Center for Health Information & Decision Systems (CHIDS) is an academic research center in the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland at College Park.  CHIDS works in collaboration with industry, clinical and government partners to develop solutions to the challenges surrounding the design, adoption and integration of information technologies into the healthcare system.  The research at CHIDS seeks to understand how digital technologies can be more effectively deployed to address outcomes such as patient safety, healthcare quality, efficiency in healthcare delivery, and a reduction in health disparities.  CHIDS draws on the expertise of the Decision, Operations & Information Technologies Department (DO&IT) at the Smith School and the University of Maryland Schools of Engineering, Public Health, Medicine, and Pharmacy. DO&IT is acknowledged by several publications as a Top 5 performer in research production worldwide and the Information Systems group ranks in the top 10 worldwide in Business Week and U.S. News and World Report.  Since its inception in 2005, CHIDS has served as a focal point for thought leadership around the topic of digitally-enabled health transformation.

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Insights & Research

3 Keys to Addressing Bias in Health Data and Algorithms and Why it Matters

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How Privilege and Politics Are Affecting Disparity in Vaccine Rates

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How Our Need To Reciprocate Could Be The Key To Getting Healthy

The Human Desire To Repay Favors Is A Better Motivator Than Personal Gain To Change Behaviors, Finds New Research

Read the article : How Our Need To Reciprocate Could Be The Key To Getting Healthy
10 COVID-Era Trends That Are Here To Stay

From healthcare to banking, how our lives have changed

Read the article : 10 COVID-Era Trends That Are Here To Stay
How COVID-19 Is Changing Healthcare in America

Two trends that are likely to linger long after the pandemic

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Data Science, Machine Learning and the Looming Shakeup

Why Healthcare Is the Industry To Watch

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CHIDS News

CHITA 2022: Using AI to Improve Healthcare Without Introducing New Biases
Healthcare is in the midst of an AI-driven transformation, but a lot of work is needed to realize AI’s potential work in real world…
Read News Story : CHITA 2022: Using AI to Improve Healthcare Without Introducing New Biases
Smith Study Selected for Part of $3M in Seed Grants for Collaborative Research
A study co-led by Maryland Smith’s Ritu Agarwal to improve clinical decision making in the treatment of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome…
Read News Story : Smith Study Selected for Part of $3M in Seed Grants for Collaborative Research
Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA 2022) Set for March 4-5 in D.C.
Experts in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, health equity, and related emerging innovation areas will…
Read News Story : Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA 2022) Set for March 4-5 in D.C.

 

Contact Us

Center for Health Information
and Decision Systems

Van Munching Hall, 4th Floor
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301-405-2206
Fax: 301-405-8655
Email: chids@umd.edu

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