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Michael B. Strong

Michael B. Strong, MD, FHM

Languages spoken: English, Spanish
  • Dr. Strong has a strong interest in Information Technology and was appointed as the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) for the University of Utah in 2008. He is active in the development, design, and implementation of the Electronic Health Record systems for the University of Utah Hospital and Clinics. He is interested in the creation of computer assisted decision support for clinicians to improve patient care.

    Board Certification

    American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
    American Board of Preventive Medicine (Clinical Informatics)
    Federal Licensing Examination
  • Dr. Strong has a strong interest in Information Technology and was appointed as the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) for the University of Utah in 2008. He is active in the development, design, and implementation of the Electronic Health Record systems for the University of Utah Hospital and Clinics. He is interested in the creation of computer assisted decision support for clinicians to improve patient care.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary
    Biomedical Informatics -Adjunct
    Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
    American Board of Preventive Medicine (Clinical Informatics)
    Federal Licensing Examination

    Education history

    Certification Biomedical Informatics - University of Utah Certificate
    University of Utah Chief Resident
    Residency University of Utah Resident
    University of Utah Intern
    Professional Medical Baylor College of Medicine M.D.
    Brigham Young University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Kawamoto K, Kukhareva PV, Weir C, Flynn MC, Nanjo CJ, Martin DK, Warner PB, Shields DE, Rodriguez-Loya S, Bradshaw RL, Cornia RC, Reese TJ, Kramer HS, Taft T, Curran RL, Morgan KL, Borbolla D, Hightower M, Turnbull WJ, Strong MB, Chapman WW, Gregory T, Stipelman CH, Shakib JH, Hess R, Boltax JP, Habboushe JP, Sakaguchi F, Turner KM, Narus SP, Tarumi S, Takeuchi W, Ban H, Wetter DW, Lam C, Caverly TJ, Fagerlin A, Norlin C, Malone DC, Kaphingst KA, Kohlmann WK, Brooke BS, Del Fiol G (2021). Establishing a multidisciplinary initiative for interoperable electronic health record innovations at an academic medical center. JAMIA Open, 4(3), 1-15.
    2. Kawamoto K, Martin CJ, Williams K, Tu MC, Park CG, Hunter C, Staes CJ, Bray BE, Deshmukh VG, Holbrook RA, Morris SJ, Fedderson MB, Sletta A, Turnbull J, Mulvihill SJ, Crabtree GL, Entwistle DE, McKenna QL, Strong MB, Pendleton RC, Lee VS (2015). Value Driven Outcomes (VDO): a pragmatic, modular, and extensible software framework for understanding and improving health care costs and outcomes. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 22(1), 223-35.
    3. Adams TD, Davidson LE, Litwin SE, Kolotkin RL, LaMonte MJ, Pendleton RC, Strong MB, Vinik R, Wanner NA, Hopkins PN, Gress RE, Walker JM, Cloward TV, Nuttall RT, Hammoud A, Greenwood JL, Crosby RD, McKinlay R, Simper SC, Smith SC, Hunt SC (2012). Health benefits of gastric bypass surgery after 6 years. JAMA, 308(11), 1122-31.
    4. Owan T, Avelar E, Morley K, Jiji R, Hall N, Krezowski J, Gallagher J, Williams Z, Preece K, Gundersen N, Strong MB, Pendleton RC, Segerson N, Cloward TV, Walker JM, Farney RJ, Gress RE, Adams TD, Hunt SC, Litwin SE (2011). Favorable changes in cardiac geometry and function following gastric bypass surgery: 2-year follow-up in the Utah obesity study. J Am Coll Cardiol, 57(6), 732-9.
    5. McMillin GA, Melis R, Wilson A, Strong MB, Wanner NA, Vinik RG, Peters CL, Pendleton RC (2010). Gene-based warfarin dosing compared with standard of care practices in an orthopedic surgery population: a prospective, parallel cohort study. Ther Drug Monit, 32(3), 338-45.
    6. Adams TD, Pendleton RC, Strong MB, Kolotkin RL, Walker JM, Litwin SE, Berjaoui WK, LaMonte MJ, Cloward TV, Avelar E, Owan TE, Nuttall RT, Gress RE, Crosby RD, Hopkins PN, Brinton EA, Rosamond WD, Wiebke GA, Yanowitz FG, Farney RJ, Halverson RC, Simper SC, Smith SC, Hunt SC (2010). Health outcomes of gastric bypass patients compared to nonsurgical, nonintervened severely obese. Obesity (Silver Spring), 18(1), 121-30.
    7. Pendleton RC, Wheeler M, Wanner N, Strong MB, Vinik R, Peters CL (2010). A safe, effective, and easy to use warfarin initiation dosing nomogram for post-joint arthroplasty patients. J Arthroplasty, 25(1), 121-7.
    8. Adams TD, Avelar E, Cloward T, Crosby RD, Farney RJ, Gress R, Halverson RC, Hopkins PN, Kolotkin RL, Lamonte MJ, Litwin S, Nuttall RT, Pendleton R, Rosamond W, Simper SC, Smith SC, Strong M, Walker JM, Wiebke G, Yanowitz FG, Hunt SC (2004). Design and rationale of the Utah obesity study. A study to assess morbidity following gastric bypass surgery. Contemp Clin Trials, 26(5), 534-51.

    Case Report

    1. Shakespeare WA, Davie D, Tonnerre C, Rubin MA, Strong M, Petti CA (2005). Nalidixic acid-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi presenting as a primary psoas abscess: case report and review of the literature. J Clin Microbiol, 43(2), 996-8.

    Other

    1. Kawamanto K, Flynn MC, Kukhareva P, ElHalta D, Hess R, Gregory T, Walls C, Wigren AM, Borbolla D, Bray BE, Parsons MH, Clayson BL, Briley MS, Stipelman CH, Taylor D, King CS, Del Fiol G, Reese TJ, Weir CR, Taft T, Strong MB (2018). A Pragmatic Guide to Establishing Clinical Decision Support Governance and Addressing Decision Support Fatigue: a Case Study. AMIA Annu Symp Proc (2018, pp. 624-633). United States.
    2. Adams TD, Heath EM, LaMonte MJ, Gress RE, Pendleton R, Strong M, Smith SC, Hunt SC (2007). The relationship between body mass index and per cent body fat in the severely obese. Diabetes Obes Metab (9(4), pp. 498-505). England.
    3. Avelar E, Cloward TV, Walker JM, Farney RJ, Strong M, Pendleton RC, Segerson N, Adams TD, Gress RE, Hunt SC, Litwin SE (2006). Left ventricular hypertrophy in severe obesity: interactions among blood pressure, nocturnal hypoxemia, and body mass. Hypertension (49(1), pp. 34-9). United States.