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Name Daniel J. Vreeman
Degree PT, DPT, MSc
Specialty Physical Therapy
Professional Title

Assistant Research Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine; Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute

Work Phone 317-423-5515
Secretary Phone Number 317-423-5579
Fax Number 317-423-5695
Expertise and Research Interests

Dr. Vreeman's research interests are centered on understanding and promoting effective organization, analysis, management, and use of information in healthcare. The principle focus areas are: (1) The use of standardized clinical vocabularies to support electronic health information exchange, and (2) Investigation of medical informatics applications to improve healthcare delivery and research. Dr. Vreeman also has a primary role in the development of the LOINC database of universal codes for clinical observations.

More information on Dr. Vreeman's research and professional interests can be found at: http://dr.danielvreeman.net

Professional Appointments

2006-present President, Technology SIG, Health Policy and Administration Section of APTA

Other Appointments and Professional Consultantships

2003 – present Clinical and Laboratory LOINC Committees

Professional Organizations

2000-present American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

2002-present American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)

Honors and Awards

2006 Distinguished Paper Award – Finalist, AMIA Annual Symposium

2007 Distinguished Paper Award, AMIA Annual Symposium

2008 Distinguished Paper Award – Finalist, AMIA Annual Symposium



Publications

Robbins, CB, Vreeman, DJ, Sothmann, MS, Wilson, SL, and Oldridge, NB (2009).
A review of the long-term health outcomes associated with war-related amputation.
Mil Med 174(6):588-92.

Vreeman, DJ, Stark, M, Tomashefski, GL, Phillips, DR, and Dexter, PR (2008).
Embracing change in a health information exchange.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc:768-72.

Vreeman, DJ (2007).
Keeping up with changing source system terms in a local health information infrastructure: running to stand still.
Stud Health Technol Inform 129:775-9.

Vreeman, DJ, Finnell, JT, and Overhage, JM (2007).
A rationale for parsimonious laboratory term mapping by frequency.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc:771-5.

Vreeman, DJ (2006).
Maintaining mappings from source systems in a local health information infrastructure.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc:1131.

Vreeman, DJ (2006).
Clinical prediction rules.
Phys Ther 86(5):761-2.

Vreeman, DJ and McDonald, CJ (2006).
A Comparison of Intelligent Mapper and Document Similarity Scores for Mapping Local Radiology Terms to LOINC.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc:809-13.

Vreeman, DJ, Taggard, SL, Rhine, MD, and Worrell, TW (2006).
Evidence for electronic health record systems in physical therapy.
Phys Ther 86(3):434-46; discussion 446-9.

Vreeman, RC, Madsen, KA, Vreeman, DJ, Carroll, AE, and Downs, SM (2006).
Compliance with guidelines for ADHD: A pilot study of an evaluation tool.
J Pediatr 149(4):568-571.

Vreeman, DJ and McDonald, CJ (2005).
Automated Mapping of Local Radiology Terms to LOINC.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc:769-73.