PAUL E. PANCOAST

 

 

 

SUMMARY:

 

Paul is an MD and MBA with over 20 years in the medical/clinical industry.  For the last three years Paul has focused his career on Medical Informatics.  He is currently completing a three-year grant wherein his research included controlled vocabularies and structured terminology.  Additionally, Paul developed a clinical database for a pediatric clinic and was instrumental in implementing an electronic medical record application.  Residency trained and boarded in emergency medicine, Paul practiced as a clinician for 15 years.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATICS, INFORMATICS

NLM Post-doctoral Fellow

Appointed: 2001 to 2004

 

·        Hospital Committee Member for EMR Security Committee, University Physicians Electronic Technology Committee.

·        Coordinated with the PowerNote (Cerner PowerChart) Development Committee, to develop and implement structured physician documentation templates for clinical use. (implementation)

·        Developed a clinical database for use by the Special Needs Pediatric Clinic.  The database was designed using a Relational Database System with a secure web-based user interface.  It will be utilized for research and clinical purposes.  After development and demonstration of usability, the application was given to hospital IT Services for implementation. (implementation)

·        PI on a K-22 grant submitted to the NLM to evaluate methods of representing medical questions using a vector space model with vector calculations match individual questions.  Used Java and C programs with natural language processing techniques to find medical concepts in medical text using UMLS and SNOMED as sources for controlled terminology, and substitute concept identifiers (CUI) and semantic types (TUI) for use in calculations. (research)

·        Member of the IDS Committee of the Family Practice Inquiries Network (http://www.fpin.org) participating in the development and deployment of a portal to evidence-based answers for clinicians’ questions. (research)

·        Developed a policy for physician use of PDAs containing patient information that is in compliance with HIPAA standards. (publication)

·        Contributed to an IAIMS-funded project to develop an application that allowed clinicians to access information from the Health Sciences Library using their PDAs and email. (publication)

·        Co-investigator on R-01 submitted to NLM (PI – Dr. Chi-Ren Shyu) to evaluate methods of matching medical questions with knowledge sources to answer clinical questions asked by clinicians.  Using SNOMED and UMLS as sources for controlled terminology. (research)

·        Designed a seminar for physicians on Physician Use of PalmOS PDAs.  The seminar granted 3.5 hours of Category 1 CME credit to physicians, and was presented at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI.  The educational objectives for the seminar were to educate physicians regarding the use of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) in medical practice.  The two areas of focus were on basic PDA utility and applications, and on specific medical applications. (education)

·        Developed a Trauma Database application in conjunction with a trauma surgeon, for use by the trauma team for documentation of clinical processes. (implementation)

 

 

 

SELF-EMPLOYED

Consultant

1999 to 2001

 

·        Provided systems analysis and design of information systems for small businesses and non-profit organizations.

·        Provided software design and installation, as well as Webpage design and development.

·        Performed hardware installation and repair.

 

UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Graduate Student

1997 to 1999

 

·        Contributed to several projects involving design and deployment of Electronic Medical Record Systems for healthcare organizations.

 

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, ANESTHESIOLOGY

Resident Physician

1994 to 1996

 

·        Clinical medical practice.

 

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Emergency Physician

1994 to 1996

 

·        Clinical medical practice, primary practice and resident supervision.

 

HANFORD COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Assistant Director

1990 to 1994

 

·        Deployed two small-scale EMR projects within the Emergency Department--one for patient registration and tracking, and one for physician documentation, discharge instructions and prescription writing.

·        Clinical medical practice.

·        County EMS Director.

·        Emergency Department Quality Assurance Director.

·        California Emergency Physicians task force for computer applications in Emergency Medicine.

·        California Emergency Physicians Quality Assurance Committee Member.

 

 

HANFORD COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER

Emergency Physician

1989 to 1994

 

·        Clinical medical practice.

 

PEER REVIEW SYSTEMS, INC. - Columbus, OH

Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs

1987 to 1988

 

·        Led the statewide Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Committees.

·        Recruited physicians to work as physician advisors for chart reviews.  Supervised their activities.

·        Delivered presentations to educate local medical societies and healthcare groups about the PRO.

 

PEER REVIEW SYSTEMS, INC. - Columbus, OH

Physician Advisor

1986 to 1987

 

·        Performed chart reviews to evaluate medical care with standards of practice.

 

MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL - Chillicothe, OH

Emergency Physician

1984 to 1989

 

·        Clinical medical practice.

 

WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Resident Physician

1981 to 1984

 

·        Clinical medical practice.

 

FUNDING RECEIVED:

 

Biomedical and Health Informatics Research Training Grant, $150,000, from Aug. 2001 to Oct. 2004

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

·        Pancoast PE, Patrick TB, Mitchell JA. Physician PDA use and the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : Jamia. 10(6): 611-2, 2003

·        Pancoast PE, Patrick TB, Mitchell JA. Physician PDA Use and the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Proc. AMIA Symposium 2003 (Poster Presentation). Nov 2003

·        Pancoast PE, Reeves W, Soni C, et. al. A PDA Alerts System for the Health Sciences Library. IAIMS Poster Presentation; Philadelphia, PA. May 2003

·        Pancoast PE, McCabe JB. Microbiologic Studies. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 4(2): 345-66, May 1986

·        Pancoast PE, Hamilton GC. Electrical Interventions in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Cardioversion. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 1(3): 535-9, Dec 1983

·        Johnson ED, Pancoast PE, Mitchell JA. Evaluation of a PDA-based Alerting Service for Clinicians. Journal of the Medical Library Association.(under review)

·        Pancoast PE, Smith AB, Shyu CR. Codifying Semantic Information in Medical Questions Using Lexical Sources. MedINFO 2004.(under review)

·        Smith AB, Shyu CR, Pancoast PE. Classification of Clinical Questions Using Semantic Type Sequence Rules. MedINFO 2004.(under review)

 

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION:

 

American Medical Informatics Association

 

EDUCATION:

 

University of Toledo
International Business - M.B.A.

1998

 

Loma Linda University

M.D. - Human Biology

1981