Morris F. Collen

Morris Frank Collen
Collen on his 100th birthday
Born(1913-11-12)November 12, 1913
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
DiedSeptember 17, 2014(2014-09-17) (aged 100)
Walnut Creek, California, USA[1]
EducationUniversity of Minnesota
Scientific career
FieldsBioinformatics, health informatics
InstitutionsLos Angeles County General Hospital
Permanente Medical Group

Morris Frank Collen[1] (November 12, 1913 – September 14, 2014) was founder of the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and an original member of the Permanente Medical Group,[2] pioneering developer of Automated Multiphasic Health Testing (AMHT) systems,[3] and Electronic Health Records (EHRs) for Public Health and Clinical Screening,[4] serving as a model for pre-paid healthcare at the national level.[5] Collen was a Founder of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) in 1984,[6] and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)[7] in 1989. The Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence was established in his honor by ACMI in 1993.[8] In 1971 Collen was elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (now the National Academy of Medicine).

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  2. ^ Safran, Charles (2015). "Celebrating Morris F. Collen (1913-2014)". Yearbook of Medical Informatics. 24 (1): 02–04. doi:10.1055/s-0038-1638944. ISSN 0943-4747. S2CID 74202251.
  3. ^ Weinerman, E. Richard; Breslow, Lester; Belloc, Nedra B.; Waybur, Anne; Milmore, Benno K. (1952). "Multiphasic Screening of Longshoremen with Organized Medical Follow-Up". American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health. 42 (12): 1552–1567. doi:10.2105/ajph.42.12.1552. ISSN 0002-9572. PMC 1526306. PMID 13007868.
  4. ^ Roberts, Dean W. (1956-08-11). "Multiple Screening in the Baltimore Study of Chronic Illness". Journal of the American Medical Association. 161 (15): 1442–1446. doi:10.1001/jama.1956.02970150010003. ISSN 0002-9955. PMID 13345603.
  5. ^ Garfield, Sidney R. (1970-11-12). "Multiphasic Health Testing and Medical Care as a Right". New England Journal of Medicine. 283 (20): 1087–1089. doi:10.1056/NEJM197011122832006. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 5470852.
  6. ^ "FACMI Group". amia.org. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  7. ^ "AMIA - American Medical Informatics Association". amia.org. 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  8. ^ "Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence | AMIA - American Medical Informatics Association". amia.org. Retrieved 2023-10-28.