Paul R. Dexter, MD

• Research Scientist, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. 
• Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine

Dr. Paul Dexter has been a research scientist at Regenstrief Institute for more than 20 years with a focus on adapting Regenstrief’s information systems for both clinical and research purposes and has conducted multiple trials related to computerized clinical reminder systems. He served as Chief Medical Information Officer at Wishard/ Eskenazi hospital for 12 years.

Dr. Dexter helped implement a robust research IT infrastructure that includes tools related to decision support, natural language processing, and the efficient performance of identified and de-identified data queries. He currently serves as Co-Chair of NHGRI’s Implementing Genomics in Practice (IGNITE) consortia.

“More clinician engagement could greatly enhance computer systems’ increasing use in health care delivery and improve patient safety.”