Regenstrief Institute, Inc. Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Improvement and Research

William M. Tierney, MD, is the Executive Director of the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Improvement and Research (RCHIR) and Senior Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.; Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Medicine of the Indiana University School of Medicine; Director of Research for the Indiana University Kenya Program; Director of Global Health for the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, and Director of ResNet, one of the oldest and most productive practice-based research networks in the U.S.

Dr. Tierney is an internationally recognized expert in medical informatics and health services research, known for implementing and assessing electronic medical record systems to enhance quality of care. He led the team that was first to demonstrate that computerization of hospital orders can substantially reduce cost and medical errors. The technology he evaluated now supports care for large patient populations in Indiana and sub-Saharan Africa.

In addition to informatics-based health services research, he has also performed dozens of epidemiologic studies utilizing the clinical data stored in the clinical data repositories created by the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University’s collaborative care program in east Africa.