International Researcher Health Informatics & Open Source Software
Brazil
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- International collaborator at National Laboratory of Scientific Computing
- Owner at Timothy Cook Research & Consulting,LLC
- Visiting Researcher at Universidade Federal Fluminense
- Level 3 at UK Council for Health Informatics Professionals
- Member at Open Source Health Care Alliance
- Past
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- Advanced Interoperability Workgroup Member at Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
- Member, Health Information Technology Standards Panel at American National Standards Institute
- Honorary Research Assistant at University College London
- Researcher/Consultant at Researcher/Consultant
- Member, Architecture Review Board at openEHR Foundation
- Member at American Medical Informatics Association
- CIO at CHASE Health Informatics, Inc.
- President at Free Practice Management, Inc.
- Technician at Med-Pro Biomedical Systems, LLC
- Chapter Chairman at American Red Cross
- Information Systems Operations Manager at Baptist Healthcare Corporation, Memphis, TN
- MSgt at United States Marine Corps
- Managing partner at ClipCASE, Inc.
- Partner at EBS, Inc.
- Engineering Tech. at Gould Defense Electronics Division
- Education
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- University of Central Lancashire
- USMC
- USMC
- USMC
- USMC
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Timothy Cook’s Summary
Health Informatics Research & Consulting Services
"Improving Health Care with Free and Open Source Software and Standards"
Specializing in workshops on the multi-level modeling approaches to developing interoperable, future-proof health applications. https://launchpad.net/mlhim
This platform is designed especially for developing countries that need an entry way to interoperable health care applications without the multi-million dollar overhead of international corporations.
Timothy Cook’s Specialties:
Government and private industry research fullfillment.
International health system experience.
Information systems design & development.
Healthcare standards.
Timothy Cook’s Experience
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International collaborator
National Laboratory of Scientific Computing
(Information Services industry)
February 2009 — Present (11 months)
International collaborator for the National Institutes of Science and Technology - Medicine Assisted by Scientific Computing (INCT-MACC).
National Laboratory of Scientific Computing, Ministry of Science and Technology (LNCC-MCT), Brazil -
Owner
Timothy Cook Research & Consulting,LLC
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Research and consulting on health care IT specifications and implementation planning with a special focus on open source applications based on the openEHR information model.
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Visiting Researcher
Universidade Federal Fluminense
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department to perform research in clinical decision support systems.
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Level 3
UK Council for Health Informatics Professionals
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2004 — Present (5 years )
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Member
Open Source Health Care Alliance
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2001 — Present (8 years 9 months)
I am a co-founder of the organization and currently a member.
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Advanced Interoperability Workgroup Member
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
The Advanced Interoperability Work Group recommends optional criteria and technical testing, taking advantage of newly approved standards, to certify advanced EHR technology which can demonstrate compliance with these future “road-mapped” criteria, above and beyond that required by current certification programs.
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Member, Health Information Technology Standards Panel
American National Standards Institute
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
I work with healthcare interoperability standards.
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Honorary Research Assistant
University College London
(Educational Institution; Research industry)
December 2007 — 2009 (2 years )
Health Informatics research and standards development in the Centre for Health Informatics & Multiprofessional Education (CHIME).
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Researcher/Consultant
Researcher/Consultant
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2006 — February 2009 (2 years 6 months)
I currently hold workshops and attend conferences/workshops on health care information standards and application development.
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Member, Architecture Review Board
openEHR Foundation
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2004 — February 2009 (5 years 2 months)
The openEHR Architecture Review Board (ARB) has been established by the openEHR Foundation Executive to advise on its technical work, including deliverables, programmes of work and strategic direction. The initial membership includes four founding permanent members, two from UCL and two from Ocean Informatics.
The overall technical approach of openEHR, covering requirements, architecture, engineering and implementation, are documented in the openEHR architecture Change Management Plan (CMP), which provides a framework for the technical work programme that the ARB will manage and quality assure.
The Terms of Reference will be kept under review, as required, by the Foundation Executive, in consultation with the ARB members.
Goals
The goals of the ARB are:
* to assure the quality of openEHR technical outputs (documents and software);
* to guide the technical strategy of the openEHR Foundation, in keeping with its overall mission and objectives. -
Member
American Medical Informatics Association
(Information Services industry)
October 2003 — December 2008 (5 years 3 months)
I am the founder of the Open Source Working Group and a current member of multiple working groups.
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CIO
CHASE Health Informatics, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2003 — August 2006 (2 years 9 months)
Health Information Systems Research
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President
Free Practice Management, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2001 — April 2003 (1 year 9 months)
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Technician
Med-Pro Biomedical Systems, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Medical Devices industry)
January 2000 — April 2003 (3 years 4 months)
Part-time biomed equipment technician.
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Chapter Chairman
American Red Cross
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
October 1998 — January 2001 (2 years 4 months)
I was the County (Chapter) Chairman as well as a trained Emergency Services worker.
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Information Systems Operations Manager
Baptist Healthcare Corporation, Memphis, TN
(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
November 1997 — January 2000 (2 years 3 months)
Hospital IT systems operations manager.
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MSgt
United States Marine Corps
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USMC; Defense & Space industry)
November 1975 — April 1997 (21 years 6 months)
Air traffic control and air defense systems design and maintenance. Information systems design and implementation.
Certified TQM facilitator.
Certified Small Computer Systems Information Specialist
Certified Government Contract Specialist
Certified Secure (cryptographic) Materials Management Specialist
Considered a leadership expert and was called in multiple times to correct productivity and motivational issues in areas of electronics maintenance, information systems, logistics and personel management.
1994-1997 San Diego Recruit Depot
1985-1994 Memphis Naval Air Station
1984-1985 Inactive Reserve
1982-1984 Va. Beach, Va.
1981-1982 Quantico,Va.
1980-1981 29 Palms,Ca
1977-1980 Cherry Point,NC
1976-1977 29 Palms,CA
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Managing partner
ClipCASE, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 1985 — August 1990 (5 years 6 months)
xBase CASE tool development.
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Partner
EBS, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Networking industry)
April 1986 — June 1989 (3 years 3 months)
Novell networking specialist.
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Engineering Tech.
Gould Defense Electronics Division
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
December 1983 — September 1984 (10 months)
I designed and built test equipment for next generation passive sonar arrays design teams.
Timothy Cook’s Education
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University of Central Lancashire
MSc (w/Merit Distinction) , Health Informatics , 2004 — 2006
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USMC
Certificate , Cryptographic Materials Management , 1990 — 1990
Certification in the management and secure handling of cryptographic keys and other sensitive materials.
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USMC
Certificate , Informations Systems Management , 1988 — 1988
Certified to design and implement local area networks and interface them to leased line wide area networks.
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USMC
N/A , Electronics , 1979 — 1981
Electronics engineering mathematics and hands on electronics system repair and development in data and voice communications and cryptographic systems.
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USMC
N/A , Electronics , 1976 — 1977
From basic electronics to voice/data communications systems.
- Activities and Societies:
- Aviation Communications Technology
Additional Information
Timothy Cook’s Websites:
Timothy Cook’s Interests:
Health information management, open source development communities, health policy and funding models.
Timothy Cook’s Groups:
UK Council of Health Informatics Professions #466,
Open Source Health Care Alliance (co-founder),
American Medical Informatics Assoc. (founder of the Open Source WG),
Zope & Plone users/developers,
LMN Postings and other OS in healthcare communications, OpenHealth List, AMIA, COACH, OSHCA, IMIA
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UK Council for Health Informatics Professions, Level 3 -
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Healthcare Town Hall -
NHS Analyst Network
Timothy Cook’s Honors:
Inaugural recipient of the LinuxMedicalNews Open Source Developer's Award,
MSc (w/Merit) Health Informatics,
Navy Commendation Award (for information systems design and implementation.
Marine Corps Good Conduct Award (3 Awards)
Organized Marine Corps Reserve Medal (2 Awards)
National Defense Medal
Navy Meritorious Unit Citation (2 Awards)
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