Ross Koppel

Ross Koppel (born August 18, 1946)[1] is an American sociologist. He is a senior fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and an adjunct professor of sociology at The University of Pennsylvania.[2][3] He is known for studying the impact of healthcare information technology on medical practice.[4][5][6] Koppel’s work led to controversy in the health care informatics industry and significant changes to guarantee the safety and accuracy of medical records.[7][8][9] Koppel has served as president of the Sociological Practice Association and the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology and has received numerous awards from professional associations. [10] In 2010, Koppel was awarded the Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology by the American Sociological Association.[10]

Ross Koppel
Born (1946-08-18) August 18, 1946
EducationTemple University (B.A., 1969;M.A., 1971; Ph.D., 1981)
Known forResearch on the impact of healthcare information technology on medication errors
Spouse(s)Meg Shope Koppel
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
ThesisThe Role of Social Psychological Variables in Status Attainment of Young Men (1980)

References
  1. "Ross Koppel". Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. "Ross Koppel, PhD, FACMI".
  3. "Ross Koppel, Ph.D. - Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania". sociology.sas.upenn.edu.
  4. R Koppel, J Metlay, A Cohen, et al., “Role of Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems in Facilitating Medication Errors,” J Am Medical Association, 2005;293(10):1197-1203
  5. R Koppel, T Wetterneck, J Telles, B Karsh, “Workarounds to Barcode Medication Administration Systems: Their Occurrences, Causes, and Threats to Patient Safety,” J Am Med Inform Assoc (2008) 15 (4): 408-423
  6. M Harrison, R Koppel, S Bar-Lev, “Unintended consequences of information technologies in health care—an interactive sociotechnical analysis,” J Am Med Inform Assoc (2013) 20 (e1): e2-e8.
  7. Joseph Conn, “Raising Questions", Modern Health Care, 26 January 2013.
  8. Steve Lohr, “Panel Emphasizes Safety in Digitization of Health Records”, New York Times, 8 November 2011.
  9. “Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Riskm,” Washington Post, 3 July 2008.
  10. “Ross Koppel Award Statement”


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