Theresa Cullen
Research Scientist
Centre for biomedical informatics
Regenstrief Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Cullen is a family physician who retired from the US Public Health Service in 2012 after leading multiple software development and deployment initiatives within the Indian Health Service (IHS). Under her leadership as the CIO for Indian Health Service, RPMS (the HIT system for IHS) became the only certified HIT software suite within the federal government. Between 2012 and 2015, Dr. Cullen worked as the Chief Medical Information Officer for the Veterans Health Administration. She worked to develop a new model for field/community involvement in HIT as well as support and expand work in multiple domains, including interoperability/data sharing, standards and terminology, and informatics patient safety
Research Interest
Her interests are in using HIT to help achieve health equity throughout the globe as well as ensure utilization of appropriate technology to meet identified clinical needs.
Publications
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Osherroff JA, Teich JM, Middleton B,Steen EB, Wright A (2007) A Roadmap for National Action on Clinical Decision Support. J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:141-145.
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Sequist TD, Cullen T, Hays H, Taualli MM, Simon SR (2007) Implementation and Use of an Electronic Health Record within the Indian Health Service. J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:191-197.
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Carroll M, Cullen T, Ferguson S, Hogge N, Horton M (2011) Innovation in Indian Healthcare: Using Health Information Technology to Achieve Health Equity for American Indian and Alaska Native Populations Perspect Health Inf Manag 8:1d.
