Chiehwen Ed Hsu

University of California, Hastings College of Law

Health Law

UTSBMI, University of Maryland, Adjunct Associate Professor, Public Health Informatics

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Peer-Review Journal Articles

A Human Centered Geovisualization framework to facilitate visual exploration of telehealth data: A case study (with Ashish Joshi), Technology and Healthcare. PMID: 23187012 (2012)

Factors Associated with the Process of Adaptation Among Pakistani Adolescent Females Living in United States. (with Salma Khuwaja), Journal of Immigrants and Minority Health. PMID: 22940911 (2012)

Controlling Influenza A (H1N1) in China: Bayesian or Frequentist Approach (with Dejian Lai), Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. PMID:20685666 (2012)

Communicating H1N1 risk to college students: a cross-sectional survey study (with Francisco G. Soto Mas), Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (2012)

Designing Human Centered GeoVisualization application - the SanaViz - for telehealth users: A case study. (with Ashish Joshi), Journal of Technology and Healthcare. PMID: 23187013 (2012)

Understanding Public Health Informatics Competencies for Mid-Tier Public Health Practitioners – an Online, Web-based Survey. (with Francisco G. Soto Mas), Health Informatics Journal. PMID: 22447878 (2012)

Do EHR Investments Lead to Lower Staffing Levels? (with Jeff Helton), Journal of Healthcare Financial Management. PMID: 22372293 (2012)

Understanding Behavioral Intent to Participate in Shared Decision-Making in Medically Uncertain Situations (with Roxana Marie Maffei), Methods of Information in Medicine. PMID: 22814528 (2012)

Evaluation of a tele-education programme in Brazil (with Ashish Joshi), Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. PMID:21933894 (2011)

Assessing the Needs and Guiding the Future: Findings from the Health Needs Assessment in 13 Asian American Communities of Maryland in the United States (with Sunmin Lee), Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. PMID: 20012202 (2011)

Risk communication and college students: the 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza (with Francisco G. Soto Mas), Preventive Medicine. PMID: 21524661 (2011)

Using Emerging Informatics Techniques to Evaluate the Delivery of National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center training Programs in Addressing HIV/AIDS Disparities, Journal of the National Medical Association. (2010)

Towards Shared Situational Awareness and Actionable Knowledge – An Enhanced Public Health Informatics Paradigm for Keeping the Human in the Loop (with William Chris Chambers), Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (2010)

What made a successful Hepatitis B prevention program: educational intervention, infection status, and missing responses of at-risk Asian Americans (with GuangYu Zhang and Alice F Yan), Journal of Community Health (2010)

Barriers to Health Care Access in 13 Asian American Communities (with Sunmin Lee), American Journal of Health Behavior (2010)

Self-Assessed Emergency Readiness and Training Needs of Nurses in Rural Texas (with Holly E. Jacobson and Francisco G. Soto Mas), Public Health Nursing. (2010)

Applying Informatics to Improve Vulnerable Population Registration for Emergency Preparedness in the Gulf Coast Region of Texas (with Akom Phosuwan and Kim Dunn), Texas Public Health Association Journal (2009)

Model minority at risk: expressed needs of mental health by Asian American young adults (with Sunmin Lee), Journal of Community Health (2009)

Effects of Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Serum Ferritin Concentration and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence from Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study (ACLS) (with Tuan Le), Review of Diabetes Studies (2008)

A new application of spatiotemporal analysis for detecting demographic variations in AIDS mortality: an example from Florida (with Yuwen Chiu), Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences. PMID: 19239990 (2008)

The Association between Government Expenditure and Economic Growth: Granger Causality Test of US Data, 1947~2002 (with Chi-Hung Louis Liu), Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management (2008)

Assessing bioterrorism preparedness and response of rural veterinarians: experiences and training needs (with Francisco G. Soto Mas), Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (2008)

Examining Geographic and Temporal Variations of AIDS Mortality: Evidence of Racial Disparities (with Yuwen Chiu), Journal of the National Medical Association (2008)

Factors Influencing Women’s Quality of Life in the Later Half of Life (with Yuwen Chiu), Climacteric - Journal of International Society of Menapause (2008)

Correlates of tobacco cessation counseling among Hispanic physicians in the US: a cross-sectional survey study (with Francisco Soto Mas), BMC Public Health (2008)

Capacity Building in Biodefense Informatics for Public Health Preparedness in Rural Regions: EpiInfo, GIS, and Data Management Training (with Francisco G. Soto Mas, Jerry A. Miller, Ella T. Nkhoma, and W. Chris Chambers), Journal of Emergency Management (2008)

Reducing Liver Cancer Disparities - A Community-based Hepatitis B Prevention Program for the Asian American Communities in Maryland, Journal of the National Medical Association. (2007)

A Review of the Adoption of Just in Time Method and its Effect on Efficiency (with H. Younis and B. Barhem), Public Administration and Management (2007)

A Spatial-Temporal Approach to Surveillance of Prostate Cancer Disparities in Population Subgroups, Journal of the National Medical Association (2007)

Public Health Preparedness of Health Providers: Meeting the Needs of Diverse, Rural Communities (with Francisco Soto Mas and Holly Jacobson), Journal of the National Medical Association. (2006)

Physician Assistants and Bioterrorism Preparedness (with Francisco Soto Mas), Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science (2006)

Surveillance of the Colorectal Cancer Disparities Among Demographic Subgroups: A Spatial Analysis (with Francisco Soto Mas), Southern Medical Journal (2006)

Assessing the Readiness and Training Needs of Non-urban Physicians in Public Health Emergency and Response, Disaster Management and Response (2005)

Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices: a cross-sectional survey study (with Francisco Soto Mas), BMC Public Health (2005)

Tobacco control: are we appropriately training future health professionals (with Francisco Soto Mas), American Journal of Health Studies (2005)

Detecting spatiotemporal clusters of accidental poisoning mortality among Texas counties, U.S., 1980 – 2001 (with Ella T. Nkhoma), Int J Health Geogr. (2004)

Evaluating the disparity of female breast cancer mortality among racial groups - a spatiotemporal analysis, Int J Health Geogr (2004)

Promoting Health Information Literacy - Collaborative Opportunities For Faculty of Health Sciences and Academic Librarians, Academic Exchange Quarterly. (2003)

The Association Between Income and Mortality in Texas and Taiwan - a Comparative Study of Spatial Statistics., Journal of Advances and Applications in Statistics. (2002)

Contributions to Books

E-Public Health Information Systems: E-Technologies for Public Health. Preparedness and Surveillance. (with Francisco g. Soto Mas), E-Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for E-Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals (2005)

Chapters 13 and 14: Book chapters translation in Chinese Mandarin, Designing and and conducting health surveys: a comprehensive guide. Authored by Lu Ann Aday. (2000)

Media Communication on Public Health Informatics

Many Schools Unprepared For Next Pandemic, ABCNews Medical Unit (2012)

Popular People Help Experts Predict Flu Outbreak?, ABCNews (2010)

Whether to get an H1N1 vaccination or not?, HealthCheck, ABCNews Channel 13 (2009)

Swine Flu Myths - Experts Debunk Four Common Myths About Swine Flu, ABCNews (2009)

Should I Wear A Mask To Protect Myself From The Flu?, ABCNews OnCall Flu & Cold (2009)

Can one Get H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) From Eating Pork?, ABCNews OnCall Flu & Call (2009)

Swine Flu vs. Bird Flu: Which Is the Greater Pandemic Threat? New Research Hints at Why Swine Flu Overshadows Bird Flu in Pandemic Potential, ABCNews (2009)

2 Billion Infected? WHO Stokes Swine Flu Fear, ABCNews (2009)

Swine Flu Likely to Return to U.S. Next Winter - Experts can't predict whether it will be more virulent or not, US News and World Report (2009)

1976 Swine Flu Outbreak Offers Echoes, Lessons Today. Current response more coordinated, precise, U.S. experts say, US News and World Report (2009)

Delaware must weigh drastic flu scenarios - A balance between awareness, warning,, Delaware Online (2009)

Did we overreact to the flu threat?, Houston ABC Channel 13 (2009)

Flu Experts Debate Potential Number of H1N1 Infections Worldwide, Kaiser Foundation & ABCNews (2009)

Protecting the Young From Pandemic Flu., ABCNews (2009)

Cautious optimism on swine flu?, Houston Chronicle (2009)

Swine Flu -- Answers to Your Questions., ABCNews (2009)

Public Health Informatics Perspective on Swine Flu, ABCNews (2009)

Keeping Swine Flu in Perspective, KUHF Houston Public Radio, Texas (2009)

Swine Flu: Top 5 Reasons Not to Panic - Numbers Keep Swine Flu in Perspective, ABCNews (2009)

In the Eye of the Storm: Is Your Hospital Prepared for disasters?, Infection Control Today (2007)

Comments on Emergency Preparedness Re: National Response Plan, 2006, Newswire (2007)

Avian Influenza's threat to human in the US, Howard Scripps Howard Foundation (2007)

Pandemic Flu Risk Downplayed , United Press International (UPI) (2007)

Hospital closure will cause economic impact in the PG County, Washington Examiner (2007)

Healthy Research - Avian Flu Surveillance, Maryland Press - Terps (2007)

Expert on Homeland Security Public Health Preparedness Plan, University of Maryland Media (2007)

Bird Flu Pandemic - Can It Happen?, University of Maryland Press (2006)

Calming Pandemic Fears - Public Health Informatics Approach to Analyzing the Potential Risks, Maryland Outlook Online (2006)

Evaluation of the federal government's human health preparedness plan developed in response to the H5N1 threat., National Press Club, Washington DC. (2005)

Manuscripts

Evaluating knowledge changes of breast cancer risk factors in underserved Vietnamese American women through a culturally targeted prevention program. (with Jerry A. Miller), Submitted to Ethnicity and Health. (2012)

The Relationship Between Hospital Financial Performance And Information Technology Integration Strategy Selection (with Yue Xie and Jeffrey Helton) (2012)

Theoretical Review for Practicing Shared Decision-Making in Medically Uncertain Situations. (with Roxana Maffei), Submitted to Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. (2012)

Letters to Editor

Research budget overhaul, Taipei Times (2013)

Facing the fear factor in Taiwan election, Taipei Times (2012)

Taiwanese American Identity in the U.S. Census. Taipei times. (2011)

Keeping National Health Insurance (NHI) accessible for all. 論台灣健保局修法規定海外中華民國國民返臺需住四個月才能加(復)保政策. 台北時報論壇, editorial letter, Taipei Times (2009)

What free election is meant for Taiwan. Taipei Times (2001)

台灣媒體變成了緊張大師. 台北中國時報論壇 (2001)

Presentations

Workflow Simulation in Second Life for an Ambulatory Care Clinic: Developing Essential Workflow Modeling Skills (with Julie Brixey), MedBiquitous Annual Conference (2012)