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CURRICULUM VITAE
CLIFFORD C. DACSO, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A

DATE OF BIRTH:

ADDRESS:
Abramson Center For The Future Of Health 6550 Fannin, Suite 1001 Houston, Texas 77030 tel: (713) 441-2750 545 Chelsea Street Bellaire, Texas 77401
CIVIL STATUS:
Married to Dr. Sheryl Tatar 1974 Three children: Matthew, 1979, Mara, 1982, Rebecca, 1986
EDUCATION:

Philadelphia, PA Bachelor of Arts (BA), Philosophy of Science Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Philadelphia, PA Master of Arts (MA) History and Philosophy of Science Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas Doctor of Medicine (MD) University of Texas Health Sciences Center School of Public Health Houston, Texas Disease Control Master of Public Health (MPH) Pepperdine University School of Business and Management Los Angeles, CA Master of Business Administration (MBA)
GRADUATE TRAINING
INTERN: St.
Baylor Affiliated Programs Texas Medical Center Houston, Texas 77030
RESIDENT:

CHIEF RESIDENT:
Baylor Affiliated Programs St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Houston, Texas 77030
FELLOWSHIP:
Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas 77030
CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor University Senior Member The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Professor of Clinical Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College John S. Dunn, Sr. Research Chair in General Internal Medicine The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Adj. Professor Electrical & Computer Eng.
CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Executive
Abramson Center for the Future of Health PREVIOUS ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

Professor of Medicine, and Family and Community Vice Chairman for Strategic Development Department Chief, General Internal Medicine Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital Chief, International Medicine Section Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Medical Director Institute for Preventive Medicine The Methodist Hospital Houston, Baylor Internal Medicine Consultants, Inc. Houston, Medical Director & President of Medical Staff Transitional Hospitals Corporation-Houston Director of Clinical Affairs Office of Clinical Affairs Baylor College of Medicine Founding Medical Director Harris County Hospital District Professor of Medicine College of Medicine University of California at San Diego Medical Director UCSD Medical Group (MSCCP) University of California at San Diego Director Internal Medicine Group University of California at San Diego Chief Medical Officer VA Outpatient Clinic San Chief, General Medicine and Geriatrics VA Medical Center San College of Medicine University of California at San Diego Vice-Chairman, Department of Medicine University of South Alabama Chief, General Internal Medicine Division University of South Alabama Chief, Infectious Diseases Division University of South Alabama Associate Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology University of South Alabama Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs University of South Alabama Assistant Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology University of South Alabama Infection Control Officer University of South Alabama Associate Program Director Medicine Service St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Houston, Texas Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology Texas A & M University, College of Medicine College Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Baylor College of Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Instructor Department of Internal Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Board of Directors Jewish Institute for Medical Research Houston, Board of Directors “Community Health Choice” HMO Board of Trustees Carondelet Health System Medical Advisory Board on Sexually Transmitted Diseases Alabama Department of Public Health
Board of Directors
Congregation Sha'ari Shomayim
Mobile,
HONORS AND AWARDS
University of California at San Diego Senior Resident Teaching Award University of California at San Diego Antarctica Service Medal National Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas Medical Residents and Students “Most Outstanding Visiting Teacher” HVAMC, Baylor College of Medicine Visiting Professor, University of Mie Mie, Medical Residents and Students “Most Outstanding Teacher” HVAMC, Baylor College of Medicine Eisenhower Exchange Fellow in Health Policy, Budapest, Hungary, and Prague, Czech Republic Chief Residents Visiting Professor University of Texas, Galveston Fulbright and Jaworski Award for Excellence in Baylor College of Medicine Silver Medal, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival Documentary, “Now That You Have Cancer” Documentary, “Now That You Have Cancer”
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Subspecialty Board in Infectious Diseases Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners California Board of Medical Quality Assurance 1988 Certificate of Added Qualification in Physician’s Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education with Special Commendation for Self-Directed Learning, Three-Year Award. American Medical Association
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Fellow, American College of Physicians Governor's Council Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America American Association for the Advancement of Science American Federation for Clinical Research Councilor, Southern Section SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Volunteer Physician, Joan Kroc St. Vincent de Paul Center for the Homeless Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Chair Texas Commission on Health and Human Services, Medical Care Advisory Comm. Texas Health Information Council of the Texas Ad Hoc Medical Examiner for Asylum for victims
RESEARCH GRANTS

"Aztreonam in the Treatment of Serious Gram Negative Infections" Squibb Research Institute $23,000 1983 "Endemic Resistance to Amikacin" Bristol-Meyers "A Randomized Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Ceftazidime (Fortaz) and Piperacillin/Amikacin in the Treatment of Burn Patients with Sepsis" Glaxo Pharmaceuticals $50,000 1986-1987 "Pharmocokinetics of Ceftazidime" Glaxo Pharmaceuticals $15,000 1986-1987 "Comparison Trial of Cefadroxil and Amoxicillin in Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections" Bristol Laboratories $7,200 "Cancer Education Grant" National Cancer Institute 5% effort "Women's Health Initiative" Co-investigator, “First Annual Teleconference on Women’s Health” Pfizer “Second Annual Teleconference on Women’s Health” NIH Planning Grants for Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Awards (JM Musser, MD, PHD PI) (Dacso Co-PI) 2006-2007 J. Clement Trust: “Blue Box Research in Congestive Heart Failure” Dacso, PI NSF Collaborative Research: “CRI/IAD: Information Communication and Processing at Scale for Under-Resourced Urban Communities.” Edward Knightly, PhD, and Dacso, PI $1.5 m total cost National Space Biomedical Research Institute: “Early Detection and Prediction: A Cross Disciplinary Conference.” Dacso PI National Science Foundation: “MRI: Development of mobileWARP – A Platform for Next Generation Wireless Networks and Mobile Applications.” Joint with Rice University. Dacso PI Gillson Correlation of Volatile Organic Compounds in Exhaled Breath Versus Serum Insulin and Glucose Levels in Participants With and Without Non- Insulin-Dependent Type 2 Diabetes Phase “Detection of Breast Cancer in Under-resourced Environments” Dacso, PI “Non-Invasive Monitoring of Physiological Measurements in a Distributed Health Care Environment” U.S. Patent #: 12/108,177 (Pending) Continuation in part, reg # 12484192 (Pending)

EDITORIAL BOARDS AND AD HOC REVIEW ACTIVITIES

Journal of General Internal Medicine American Journal of Medical Sciences POST-GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARS MENTORED

1. Kamran Ahmed, Medical Student, Mayo Clinic Volatile organic compounds in exhaled gas 3. Jamie Xu Brown, Medical Student, Texas A&M Health Science Center Video game applications in childhood asthma Decision making in cardiovascular monitoring 5. Jonathon Carrasco, PhD Candidate in Finance, University of Houston Decision making in cardiovascular monitoring Video game applications in childhood asthma 7. Elizabeth Farfán, PhD, University of California at Berkeley Serious games in prostate cancer decision making 8. Morgan Harcrow, ,Vanderbilt University Role of community health workers in Houston Role of community health workers in Houston 10. Carmit Keren, MS, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Information-gap decision theory and signal processing 11. Swati Laroia, Medical Student, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine 12. Lewis Leavitt, MBA Candidate, University of Texas at Austin 13. Dennis Li, MPH, University of Texas School of Public Health Video game applications in childhood asthma 15. Caroline Novark,, University of Houston Developmental history of general practice in Houston 16. Ryan Peacock, PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering, Stanford University Use of common hemodynamic measures in cardiac prediction 17. Nithin Rajan, MBA Student, University of Houston Development of decision making algorithms in prostate cancer 18. Shuai “Steve” Xu, Rice University Individualized value metric for decision making in technology deployment 19. Pooya Tabesh, MS in Engineering, UH School of Engineering o Heart Failure Monitoring,Detection, and Prediction Using Data Mining 19. Pierre Elias, undergraduate, Rice University Faculty Sponsor, “Blue Scale,” Finalist: American Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Innovation
Award. Student Inventors: Nithin O. Rajan and Shuai Xu.
SYLLABUS CHAPTERS
Urinary Tract Infection A Review of Family Practice Baylor College of Medicine April, 1981 Infection Control. The Old and the New in Infectious Disease American College of Physicians Houston, Texas October, 1982 Infection in Trauma American College of Surgeons San Francisco, California October, 1984 Clinical Screening and Preventive Medicine Topics in Internal Medicine University of California at San Diego February, 1989 Evaluation of Fevers of Unknown Origin Topics in Internal Medicine University of California at San Diego 1990 Immunization in Adults. Immunobiology of Sepsis Semana Scientifico, Hospital M. Catarina Rivas San Pedro Sule, Honduras, 1993 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Topics in Internal Medicine University of California, San Diego, 1994 Immunology of Sepsis. Adult Immunization TNF and Sepsis AIDS Update Antibiotic Chemoprophylaxis Baylor Week, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1994 Approach to Capitation Pricing Strategy ALI-ABA (American Bar Association) Phoenix, AZ, 1996 Economic Analysis of End of Life Care American Board of Quality Assurance and Review Physicians New Orleans, 1997 Quality and Outcome Measures American Board of Quality Assurance and Review Physicians Tampa, 1998 Executive Programs in Health Administration Rice University, Jones School, 1997-2001
AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATIONS
Practical Reviews in Internal Medicine 1982-1988 "Hepatitis B" Videotape 1986 "Infection Control and Employee Health" Transitional Hospitals Corporation, 1993 “The Practice of Medicine in the New World” (4 part nationwide teleconference) 1997 Host and editor of “The Roundtable” Weekly show on The Health Channel 1997-1999 (72 shows) Weekly show in The Health Channel 1998-199 (5 shows) "Developmental History of Biochemical Genetics, 1850-1950" University of Pennsylvania, 1972 "A Mathematical Model for the Prediction of Epidemic Influenza" University of Texas School of Public Health, 1980 "Economic Foundation of the Academic Medical Center" Pepperdine University of School of Business and Management 1990 PUBLISHED WORK
Original Articles

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Kovacs H, Sarkozi L., Dacso CC. "Automated Method for the Determination of the Drug Handling Enzyme Aminopyrine Demethylase." Automated Chemistry (Technicon) 1970. Smolensky M, Tatar SE, Dacso CC, et al. "Circadian Rhythmic Aspects of Human Cardiovascular Function: A Review by Chronobiologic Statistical Methods." Chronobiologica 3:337-71, 1976. Norman JC, Cooley DA,. Dacso CC, et al. (12 authors) "Total Support of the Circulation of a Patient with Post-cardiotomy Stone Heart Syndrome." Lancet I:1123, May 27, 1978. Norman JC, Dacso CC, Ruel GJ, et al. "Partial Artificial Heart Use with Subsequent Cardiac and Renal Allografting in a Patient with Stone Heart Syndrome." Artificial Organs 2 (4):413, 1978. Dacso CC, Greenberg SB, Margin RR. "Rosarimicin as a Treatment of Uncomplicated Gonorrhea." Sexually Transmitted Diseases 7:133,4, 1978. Dacso CC. "A Sick Cambodian Refugee." Hospital Practice 14 (11):38, 1979. Greenberg SB, Harmon MW, Couch RB, Johnson PE, Wilson SZ, Dacso CC, et al. "Prophylactic Effect of Low Doses of Human Leukocyte Interferon Against Infection with Rhinovirus." Journal of Infectious Disease 145:542-546, 1982. Dacso CC, Bass JB, Pollock HM, Sparkman TB. "Aztreonam in the Treatment of Severe Gram Negative Infections." Proc. 13th International Congress of Chemotherapy, 1983. Peters J, Robinson F, Dacso CC, Gentry LO. "Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Due to A. actinomycetemcomitans." American Journal of Medical Science 286(3):35-41, 1983. Dacso CC, Couch RB, Six HR, et al. "Sporadic Occurrence of Zoonotic Swine Influenza Virus Infections." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 20:833-835, 1984. Dacso CC, Rodning CB. "A Physician/Medical Industrial Ethos." American Journal of Medicine 79:675, 1985. Sanders RV, Kirkpatrick MB, Dacso CC, Bass JB. "Suppurative Thrombophlebitis of the Internal Jugular Vein." Alabama Journal of Medical Science 23:92-95, 1986. Luterman A, Dacso C, Curreri P. "Infections in Burn Patients." American Journal of Medicine 81:45-52, 1986. Dacso CC, Lokey R, Wisneski V. "Gas in the Pelvis Two Months After Laparotomy" Hospital Practice 21:40-43, 1986. Rodning CB, Dacso CC. "Realistic Expectations of a Patient-Physician Encounter." Southern Medical Journal 80:1208-1209, October, 1987. Rodning CB, Dacso CC. "A Physician/Advertiser Ethos." The American Journal of Medicine 82:1209-1212, June, 1987. Eichold SE, Velek M, Dacso CC. "Pellagra: A Revisionist Approach." American Journal of Dacso CC. "Requiescat in Pace." Journal of General Internal Medicine 4:30, 1989. Dacso CC, Bortz DL. "The Significance of the Argyll Robertson Pupil in Clinical Medicine." American Journal of Medicine 86:199-202, 1989. Dacso CC. "Factors Influencing Ambulatory Care Education in the U.S. Department of Veterans." Academic Medicine October 64 (10 Suppl):S4-8, 1989. Dacso CC. "Pericarditis in AIDS." Journal Article; Review, Tutorial; Review. Cardiology Clinics 8 (4):697-9, November 1990. 23. Hutchison M, Dacso CC, Sabin D, Shaw A. Examining Operational and Scheduling Efficiency in Ambulatory Academic Practices: Opportunities for Optimizing Resource Utilization. J. Amb. Care Mgmt. 1997 Apr;20(2):61-9. McArthur K, Dacso CC. Submaximal Decision Making and Effective Health Resource exploitation: The Example of Congestive Heart Failure. Ca. J. Health Promotion. 2007;5:41-47. Harris AM, McArthur K, Huang C, Harcrow M, Dacso CC. The Houston Community Health Worker Survey: Unanticipated Effects of Certification. Proceedings of the Third International Community-University Partnerships Scientific Meeting. May 2008:103-107. 26. Dacso C, Jones SL, Dacso M. Focus reform on shortage of primary care providers. Houston 27. Dacso CC, Dacso M. Stimulus provides chance to restructure health care. Houston Chronicle 9 28. Dacso M, Dacso C. How would your doctor rank on Angie’s List? Houston Chronicle 7 March 29. Ben-Haim Y, Zacksenhouse M, Keren C, Dacso CC. Do we know how to set decision thresholds for diabetes? Medical Hypotheses. Med Hypotheses. 2009;73:189-93. 30. Ben-Haim Y, Dacso, CC. Heterogeneous Uncertainties in Cholesterol Management. Int. J. Approximate Reasoning. 2009;50:1046-1065. Ben-Haim Y, Dacso CC. Info-gap decision theory and its potential applications in the clinic. Personalized Medicine. 2010 (in press) Pollonini L, Rajan N, Xu S, Madala S, Dacso C. A Novel Handheld Device for Use in Remote Patient Monitoring of Heart Failure Patients—Design and Preliminary Validation on Healthy Subjects. J Med Syst. 2010 Jun 7; Book Chapters
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Dacso CC, Nolan P. "Antibiotics in Ophthalmology." Modern Management of Ocular Disease. Ed. TC Spoor. Thorofare NJ: CB Slack, 1985. Dacso CC, Luterman A, Curreri. "Use of Systemic Antibiotics in Burn Patients." The Art and Science of Burn Care. Ed. J.A. Boswick. Baltimore, University Park Press, 1986. Dacso CC, Nolan PE. "The Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases." Blue Book of Diagnostic Tests. Ed. Pl Liu. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co., 1986. Spoor TC, Wynn D, Dacso CC. "Ocular Syphilis in Neuro-ophthalmology." Neuroophthalmology Now Ed. JL Smith . Chicago: Field Rich, 1986 Dacso CC. "Skin Testing for Tuberculosis." Clinical Methods. Ed. HK Walker, WD Hall, JW Hurst. Dacso CC. "Tuberculosis," "Legionella," "Brucellosis," "Listeria Monocytogenes," "Chronic Fatigue," "Lymphocytic Chriomeningitis," Epstein-Barr Virus.≅ Office Practice of Neurology. Ed. MA Samuels, S , Feske, M-M Mesulam et al. New York: Churchill-Livingstone, 1995 14-21. Dacso CC. “Tuberculosis,” “Legionella, “ “Brucellosis,” Listeria Monocytogenes,””Chronic Fatigue,””Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis” “Epstein-Barr Virus.” Office Practice of Neurology. 2nd Ed. MA Samuels, S , Feske, M-M Mesulam et al. New York: Churchill-Livingstone, 2003 Dacso, CC. “Vector-borne Diseases” in, Chandra A, Dacso MM, Pocket Guide to Global Health, New York: Tarascon, 2010
Books

1. Dacso ST, Dacso CC. The Managed Care Answer Book. Panel Publishing of Aspen Press, 1995
2. Dacso ST, Dacso CC. Supplement to The Managed Care Answer Book. Panel Publishing of 3. Dacso ST, Dacso CC. The Managed Care Answer Book (2nd Ed.) Panel Publishing of Aspen Press, 4. Dacso, ST, Dacso CC. The Managed Care Answer Book. Supplement to the 2nd Edition. Panel 5. Dacso CC, Dacso ST. Risk Contracting and Capitation Strategies. Gaithersburg, MD, Aspen Press
6. Dacso ST, Dacso CC. The Managed Care Answer Book (3rd ed. ) Aspen Press . 1999
7. Dacso ST, Dacso CC. The Managed Care Forms Book. Aspen Press, 1998
8. Dacso ST, Dacso CC. The Managed Care Answer Book Compendium (4th ed. ) Aspen Press,2001
9. Dacso ST, Dacso CC. The Managed Care Answer Book, 5thed. Aspen Press, 2003
Book Reviews
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Dacso CC. "A Practical Approach to Infectious Diseases." Ed. Reese and Douglas. New England Journal of Medicine 309:22, 1395-6, 1983. Dacso CC. "Infections in the Elderly." Ed. Gleckman and Glantz. New England Journal of Medicine 311:203, 1984. Dacso CC. "Medicine for the practicing Physician." Ed. MA Stoneham. American Journal of
Invited Articles

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Dacso CC, Luterman A. "Clinical and Microbiological Considerations in Burn Wound Infections." IV Congreso Venezolano De Microbiologia. Caracas, Venezuela, November, 1986. Dacso CC, Luterman A, Curreri PW. "Systemic Antibiotic Treatment in Burn Victims." Surgical Clinics of North America 67:57-68, 1987. Dacso CC, Luterman A, Curreri PW. "Systemic Antibiotic in Burn Patients." Infections in Surgery 7 (10):624-630, 1988. Dacso CC, Teague RB. Infrastructure in e-Health. Future of Health Care Technology, MIT, 2001. Dacso CC, Harris AM, McArthur K, Carrasco J, Rajan N. Improving Chronic Disease Outcomes by Technology and Community-Based Interventions at Scale, Keck Futures Conference, 2007. Dacso CC. Extension Technologies in Developed and Developing Economies. 3rd Technology Innovation Forum, The Future Delivery of Medicine: 2020, London, November 2008. Dacso CC. Health Care Community Discussion Report. Report to the Obama-Biden Healthcare Transition Team. December 19, 2008. Dacso CC. Keynote Address. The New Personalized Medicine is Inexpensive Biosensors in a Ubiquitous Computing Environment, 1st ACM International Workshop on Medical-grade Wireless Networks (WiMD 2009), New Orleans, May 2009. Dacso CC. The New Personalised Medicine: Low Cost Sensors, Robust Analytics, Ubiquitous Computing, pHealth 2009: The 6th International Workshop on Wearable Micro and Nano Technologies for Personalized Health, Oslo, June 2009.
Abstracts
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Dacso CC, Tatar SE, Martin RR. "The Law as a Barrier to Seeking Health Care." American Public Health Association National Meeting. New York, 1979. Dacso CC, Couch RB, Quarles JM. "The Sporadic Occurrence of Swine Influenza in Man." American Society for Microbiology, Annual Meeting. Miami, 1980. Dacso CC, Harmon MW, Quarles JM, et al. "Serologic Diagnosis of Influenza B." Interscience Congress of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. New Orleans, 1980. Quarles JM, Couch RB, Dacso CC. "Differential Response to Attenuated H1N1 Live Virus Vaccine." Interscience Congress of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. New Orleans, 1980. Dacso CC. "Swine Influenza in Man" (invited paper). American Public Health Association. Los Angeles, 1981. Dacso CC, Bass JB, Pollock H, Sparkman T. "Aztreonam in the Therapy of Severe Gram Negative Infections." 13th International Congress of Chemotherapy. Vienna, 1983. Dacso CC. "A Stratification System for Rational Antibiotic Prescribing." Southern Medical Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, 1984. Dacso CC, Lokey RH, Davis SA, Myers TC. Pneumococcal Cellulitis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Distinct Clinical Syndrome." Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. January, 1985. Hartig PC, Nolan PE, Dacso CC. "HTLV-III Antigen in the Brain of a Patient with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome." Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. October, 1985. Nolan PC, Dacso CC, Lorino G. "The Microbiology of Central Venous Catheter Tracts." Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. October, 1985. Weinacker A, Dacso CC, Luterman A. "The Effect of Inter-Service Cooperation on Residents' Consulting Practices." Clinical Research 38:844A, 1986. Lokey RH, Dacso CC, Schlitt M, Lim G, Lum G. "Aggressive Rhizopus Infections in Humans." Clinical Research 34:193A, 1986. Nolan PE, Chartrand SA, Ronnlund RD, Pollock HM, Dacso CC, et al. "Comparison of Ticarcillin (TIC) + Tobramycin (TOB) with and without Rifampin (R) Versus P. aeruginosa (PA) Isolates from Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Patients." Interscience Congress of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. New Orleans, 1986. Dacso CC. "Comparison of Commercial Insurance: Staff-Model HMO, and Self-pay Reimbursements in a University Hospital: Implications for Uncompensated Care." Clinical Research 35:737A, 1987. Dacso CC, Dymond A, Date V. "The Use of an Expert System in Emergency Room Triage." Clinical Research 37 (2):792A, 1989. Carrasco J, Rajan N, Kudrle W, Dacso CC. Uses of Info-gap Decision Making in Managing Medical Uncertainty. Information Gap Conference. U. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. 29 September 2005. Ben-Haim Y, Rajan N, Carrasco J, Dacso CC. Robust Satisficing Decisions Under Severe Uncertainty. Birmingham (UK), June 2006. Ben Haim Y, Carrasco J, Rajan N, Dacso CC. Information Gap in Medical Decisioning. International Society of Medical Decision Making. Medical Decision Making, Cambridge (MA) October 2006. Carrasco J, Rajan N. Ben-Haim Y, Dacso CC. Robust-Satisficing Decision Making Under Severe Uncertainty Illuminates Patient Choice. SMDM, Cambridge, 2007 Dacso CC, Rajan NO, Harris AM, McArthur K. Development of a Serious Video Game to Reduce Uncertainty in the Treatment Choices of Men with Localized Prostate Cancer. American Public Health Association. (abstract) 136th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. October 2008. Dacso CC. The New Personalized Medicine is Inexpensive Biosensors in a Ubiquitous Computing Environment. Fifth Annual HP Health and Life Sciences Symposium. Phoenix, AZ. March 2009. Queen CM, Harris AM, Rajan NO, McArthur K, Dacso CC. Using Community and Technology to Improve Access to Care for Heart Failure Patients in an Underserved Urban Neighborhood in Houston, Texas. 137th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. November 2009.
Electronic Magazines

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Dacso CC. Classifying Provider Organizations for HIPAA. HIPAAdvisory (http://www.hipaadvisory.com) April 10, 2000 Dacso CC. Why Are Physicians Complacent About HIPAA? HIPAAdvisory (http://www.hipaadvisory.com) April 24, 2000 Dacso CC. Hype or Help: Talking With the Docs. HIPAAdvisory (http://www.hipaadvisory.com) May 15, 2000 Dacso CC. HIPAA and ePCCC. HIPAAdvisory (http://www.hipaadvisory.com) June 12, 2000 Dacso CC. What in the World is a Preexisting Condition? HIPAAdvisory (http://www.hipaadvisory.com) July 7, 2000, Dacso CC. New Technologies - New Perils. HIPAAdvisory (http://www.hipaadvisory.com) September 12, 2000, Dacso CC. HIPAA and Outcomes Research. http://outcometools.com , August 29, 2000 Lederer E, Dacso C. “Lithium Nephropathy”

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