Collaborating institutions are groups that are actively contributing to the research or teaching mission of the Division of Clinical Informatics at BIDMC. 

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) - DCI has a collaboration agreement with PAHO to bring education and capacity building in e-health and informatics to Latin American Countries.

Collaborator:  Marcelo D’Agostino, Senior Advisor, Information Systems and Digital Health, Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization

World Health Organization - DCI is working with WHO Regional Office for Europe to bring informatics training to European Centers.

Collaborator: Dr David Novillo Ortiz, MLIS, MSc, PhD, Programme Manager & Unit Leader Health Information, Monitoring and Analysis (HMA),, Division of Country Health Policies and Systems (CPS), World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.

VA Caribbean Healthcare System

The VA Caribbean Healthcare System provides for the health care needs of Veterans in the Caribbean islands. The VA Caribbean Healthcare System provides services to a population of 150,000 Veterans in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. DCI and the VAI are currently working on a VA Funded Research Study: Enhancing Access: A Pilot Study to evaluate Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) assessment in rural areas of U.S. territories using appropriate English and Spanish instrumentsvia Telehealth and Veterans Video Connect (VVC) interventions. The goal of this research study is to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate the implementation of Telehealth and VVC interventions for TBI assessment, in the language of preference, of Veterans residing in rural areas of the Caribbean U.S. territories.

Collaborating Scientists: Dr. Irma Molina, Associate Chief of Staff for Research & Development & Dr. George Velez, Deputy Director, VA Caribbean Healthcare System.