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Publications

  • Powell VJH and Acharya A (2012). “Disease Prevention: Data Integration.” Science 338 (7 December 2012): 1285-1286. See: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6112.toc
  • Powell VJH, Din FM, Acharya A, Torres-Urquidy MH, editors, Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data. Health Informatics Series, Vol. 3. (Springer-UK, February 2012). See: http://www.springer.com/public+health/book/978-1-4471-2184-8 

  • Powell VJH, Din FM, Chapter 1, Rationale and Need to Articulate Medical and Dental Care, in: Powell VJH, Din FM, Acharya A, Torres-Urquidy MH, editors, Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data. Health Informatics Series, Vol. 3, 2012.
  • Torres-Urquidy MH, Powell VJH, Section 2.1.1, “The Role of Standards in Records Integration,” in: Powell VJH, Din FM, Acharya A, Torres-Urquidy MH, editors, Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data. Health Informatics Series, Vol. 3, 2012.
  • Geist, SMRY, Powell VJH, Section 2.3, “Physicians’ Dental Needs and Oral Health Care Providers’ Needs: The Clinical Rationale,” in Powell VJH, Din FM, Acharya A, Torres-Urquidy MH, editors, Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data. Health Informatics Series, Vol. 3, 2012.
  • Powell VJH. Section 3.1, “Performance and Quality Measures,” in Powell VJH, Din FM, Acharya A, Torres-Urquidy MH, editors, Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data. Health Informatics Series, Vol. 3, 2012
  • Powell VJH, Boulter S, Cassamassimo P, Mouradian W, Section 4.2.1, “Integration of Pediatric Medical and Pediatric Dental Care,” in: Powell VJH, Din FM, Acharya A, Torres-Urquidy MH, editors, Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data. Health Informatics Series, Vol. 3, 2012.
  • Din FM, Powell VJH, Chapter 7, “Conclusion and Recommendations,” in: Powell VJH, Din FM, Acharya A, Torres-Urquidy MH, editors, Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data. Health Informatics Series, Vol. 3, 2012.
  • Powell VJ, Holdan EG, Mishra S, Wu PY, Maxwell MM, Acharya S, Wood DF, eds., Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals, 4th edition. (Moon Township, PA: Dept. of C&IS, RMU, 2011)
  • Powell VJH, Din F, Acharya A, AHRQ Input, “Patient Safety and Quality of Care Compromised Due to Separation of Medical and Dental Records,” January 22, 2011.
  • Powell VJH, Din F, Acharya A, “PCAST HIT Input, January 17, 2011.”
  • Torres-Urquidy MH, Din FM, Powell VJH, “Qualitative Issues Influencing the Electronic Integration of Medical and Dental Data,” 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (Medinfo 2010), September 13, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa. See: http://www.medinfo2010.org/docs/detailed_programme.pdf
  • Groen PJ and Powell VJH, “Electronic Dental Records (EDR): 'Open Source' and Commercial-Off-The Shelf (COTS) Solutions,” Virtual Medical Worlds Monthly, August 23, 2010, online at: http://www.hoise.com/vmw/10/articles/vmw/LV-VM-08-10-5.html
  • Review of Reengineering Health Care: A Manifesto for Radically Rethinking Health Care Delivery, August 11, 2010; See: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3IJIC48GT6MYX
  • Powell VJH, Din F, Torres-Urquidy MH, Farman AG, Acharya A, Geist SMRY, Geist JR., “Internet Use For Health: Socially Convenient Communication Technologies Support Integrated Medical and Dental Care,” IADIS 2010 eHealth, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, July 30, 2010. See: http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/proxy/MCRF-Centers-BIRC-IADIS_e-Health_2010_Internet_Use_for_Health.1.pdf and http://www.ehealth-conf.org/Preliminary_Program_EH_2010.pdf
  • Powell VJH and Din FM, “The Medical-Dental Home: Achieving Comprehensive Care for Chronic Illness through Integrating Medical-Dental Care and Data,” Medical Home News 1, 3 (May, 2009): 1, 5-7. See: http://www.connected-health.org/media/224380/mhnnews0509.pdf
  • Din FM and Powell VJH, “Integration of Medical and Dental Records to Improve Healthcare Outcomes, Costs, and Overall Public Health,” Report to Obama-Biden Transition Team. December 2008. See: http://www.himss.org/advocacy/d/hc_comm_discussion/MoonTownship_record_report_Obama_Admin.pdf and http://beepdf.com/doc/219473/local_health_it_professionals_issue_recommendations_to_obama_biden_.html
  • Powell VJH and Din FM, “Call for an Integrated (Medical/Dental) Health Care Model that Optimally Supports Chronic Care, Pediatric Care, and Prenatal Care as a Basis for 21st Century EHR Standards and Products: EHR Position Paper,” Submitted to Obama-Biden Transition Team, December 2008. http://www.himss.org/advocacy/d/hc_comm_discussion/MoonTownshipPennPositionPaper.pdf

  • Powell VJH, Johnson RS, Davis CT, Turchek JC, Powell JC, “Designing Hands-on Network Instruction Using Virtualization,” Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Proceedings of CELDA 2008, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, October 2008, eds: Kinshuk DG, Sampson J, Spector M, Isaías P, and Ifenthaler D, pp. 103-112. Available online for IADIS members at http://www.iadis.net/dl/Search_list_open.asp?code=5448
  • Powell, Valerie J H, “NQF measures are lacking dental-care provision: In response to Jean DerGurahian's ‘Forum backs nine standards for information technology,’” Modern Healthcare, September 4, 2008
  • Powell, Valerie J H, “Integration of Medical and Dental Records for Chronic Care,” 17th VistA Community Meeting, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, June 27, 2008.
  • Powell, Valerie J H, Editorial input: “Health, oral records need to connect,” Modern Healthcare, April 11, 2008.
  • Powell, VJH, Turchek JC, Wu PY, Franzi LC, Johnson RS, Parker IW, and Davis CT. “VLabNet: A Virtual Laboratory Environment for Teaching Networking and Data Communications.” In The Proceedings of ISECON 2007, v 24 (Pittsburgh): §2335. ISSN: 1542-7382.
  • Powell, Johnson, Turchek, Davis, Wu, Parker, “VLabNet: The Integrated Design of Hands-on Learning in Information Security and Networks.” Proceedings of the 2007 Information Security Currículum Development Conference, Kennesaw State University (September 2007.) See: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1409918
  • Harvey, Johnson, and Turchek (2007). “Virtual Laboratory Intrusion Detection Experience for Information Systems Professionals,” Information Systems Education Journal, 5 (5). http://isedj.org/5/5/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (Online at http://isedj.org/5/5/; also appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2006: §3722. ISSN: 1542-7382.)