Cheng-Kai Kao
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Institution | University of Chicago |
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Department | Medicine-Hospital Medicine |
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Address | Chicago IL 60637
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Overview Cheng-Kai Kao, MD, is an academic hospitalist board-certified in clinical informatics. In addition to clinical practice and residency education, his areas of interest in informatics include clinical decision support systems, documentation improvement, clinical pathways, mobile health, and healthcare innovation. As Chief Clinical Informatics Innovation Officer, he leads multiple initiatives that leverage information technology to provide decision support for the frontline clinicians to ensure patient safety, optimize clinical workflow to increase work efficiency, enhance usability of the electronic health record system to reduce screen time, and make innovations to improve care quality and patient experience. He is the course instructor of clinical informatics at Pritzker School of Medicine and master program of biomedical informatics at University of Chicago.
Dr. Kao also serves as the medical director in the office of international programs. He oversees the clinical course of international patients from all over the world, optimizes their care quality and patient experience, promotes the knowledge transfer service, and fosters collaboration with overseas academic medical centers and healthcare organizations.
Dr. Kao is also the site principal investigator of several phase III clinical trials on novel oral anticoagulants, one of which led to the FDA approval of the new oral anticoagulant. Dr. Kao is named Top Hospitalist by American College of Physicians Hospitalist magazine in 2017.
CLINICAL LEADERSHIP Medical Director, Office of International Programs, University of Chicago Medicine (2014-present) Medical Director of Informatics, University of Chicago Medicine (2014-2017) Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Chicago Medicine (2017-2022) Chief Clinical Informatics Innovation Officer (2022-)
EDUCATION ACTIVITIES Course Director, ‘Leadership and Innovation’ and ‘Decision Support Systems and Health Care,’ Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics (MScBMI), University of Chicago Graham School Course Director, ‘Building the Business Plan,’ Certificate in the Business of Biotechnology Program, University of Chicago Graham School Course Director, ‘Overview of Medical Informatics’, Medical Student 4th Year Elective, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Biography National Taiwan University, Taiwan | MD | 06/2006 | Medicine | Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia | Residency | 06/2011 | Internal Medicine | Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon | | 11/2012 | AMIA 10x10 | University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago | | 10/2013 | D4Lab Fellowship | National Library of Medicine, Georgia | | 07/2016 | Biomedical Informatics |
1999 | Gold Medal, International Chemistry Olympiad | 2004 | Presidential Award, National Taiwan University | 2005 | Outstanding College Youth, National Taiwan University | 2006 | Excellent Practical Training Award of Internship, National Taiwan University | 2006 | Student Service Education Award, National Taiwan University | 2017 | American College of Physician Top Hospitalist, ACP Hospitalist |
ORNG Applications Research NCT01337063 (Jeffrey L. Schnipper)Sep 1, 2011 - Sep 30, 2012 Multi-Center Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study Role: Site Adjudicator |
| CDPH (David Pitrak)Jul 1, 2014 - Jun 30, 2020 Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) HIV Prevention Grant Role: Inpatient Lead |
| NCT01583218 (Cheng-Kai Kao)Jul 1, 2015 - Feb 28, 2016 Acute Medically Ill VTE Prevention with Extended Duration Betrixaban Study (APEX) Role: Site Principal Investigator |
| NCT02111564 (Cheng-Kai Kao)Apr 1, 2016 - Aug 31, 2018 Medically Ill Patient Assessment of Rivaroxaban Versus Placebo in Reducing Post-Discharge Venous Thrombo-Embolism Risk (MARINER) Role: Site Principal Investigator |
| NCT03196349 (Cheng-Kai Kao)Dec 1, 2018 - Mar 30, 2019 Comparison of Oral Anticoagulants for Extended VEnous Thromboembolism (COVET) Role: Site Principal Investigator |
| ACTION III Concept (Barry Blumenfeld)Oct 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2021 AHRQ Clinical Decision Support for Chronic Pain Management Role: Site Co-Principal Investigator |
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Bartlett AH, Makhni S, Ruokis S, Selling MK, Hall L, Umscheid CA, Kao CK. Use of Clinical Pathways Integrated into the Electronic Health Record to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Mar 22; 1-27. PMID: 35314010.
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Spyropoulos AC, Ageno W, Albers GW, Elliott CG, Halperin JL, Hiatt WR, Maynard GA, Steg PG, Weitz JI, Suh E, Spiro TE, Barnathan ES, Raskob GE. Rivaroxaban for Thromboprophylaxis after Hospitalization for Medical Illness. N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 20; 379(12):1118-1127. PMID: 30145946.
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Gibson CM, Korjian S, Chi G, Daaboul Y, Jain P, Arbetter D, Goldhaber SZ, Hull R, Hernandez AF, Lopes RD, Gold A, Cohen AT, Harrington RA. Comparison of Fatal or Irreversible Events With Extended-Duration Betrixaban Versus Standard Dose Enoxaparin in Acutely Ill Medical Patients: An APEX Trial Substudy. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Jul 11; 6(7). PMID: 28698258.
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Kao CK., Arora V., Yu R., Pahwa A., Agrawal A., Dalal A. The eDoctor: Effective Use of Mobile Technology to Advance Care and Learning. Journal of Health & Medical Informatics. 2017; 8(3):270.
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Prasad R., Airan-Javia S., Barazi H., Bodoutchian A., Briones A., Clay B., El-Kareh R., Feterik K., Gershanik E., Iroku-Malize T., Kao CK., Kaushik S., Lineberger R., Lupu R., Palabindala V., Premkumar P., Rogers K., Young A., Yu R., Vulgamore P. Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) Whitepaper. Hospitalist Perspectives on Electronic Medical Records. 2017.
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Kao CK, Liebovitz DM. Consumer Mobile Health Apps: Current State, Barriers, and Future Directions. PM R. 2017 May; 9(5S):S106-S115. PMID: 28527495.
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Gibson CM, Halaby R, Korjian S, Daaboul Y, Arbetter DF, Yee MK, Goldhaber SZ, Hull R, Hernandez AF, Lu SP, Bandman O, Leeds JM, Gold A, Harrington RA, Cohen AT. The safety and efficacy of full- versus reduced-dose betrixaban in the Acute Medically Ill VTE (Venous Thromboembolism) Prevention With Extended-Duration Betrixaban (APEX) trial. Am Heart J. 2017 Mar; 185:93-100. PMID: 28267480.
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Gibson CM, Chi G, Halaby R, Korjian S, Daaboul Y, Jain P, Arbetter D, Goldhaber SZ, Hull R, Hernandez AF, Gold A, Bandman O, Harrington RA, Cohen AT. Extended-Duration Betrixaban Reduces the Risk of Stroke Versus Standard-Dose Enoxaparin Among Hospitalized Medically Ill Patients: An APEX Trial Substudy (Acute Medically Ill Venous Thromboembolism Prevention With Extended Duration Betrixaban). Circulation. 2017 02 14; 135(7):648-655. PMID: 27881569.
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Cohen AT, Harrington RA, Goldhaber SZ, Hull RD, Wiens BL, Gold A, Hernandez AF, Gibson CM. Extended Thromboprophylaxis with Betrixaban in Acutely Ill Medical Patients. N Engl J Med. 2016 08 11; 375(6):534-44. PMID: 27232649.
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IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. Patient Adoption of mHealth- Use, Evidence and Remaining Barriers to Mainstream Acceptance. 2015.
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Kao CK., Rogers K. The Hospitalist. Hospitalists Can Lead Health Information Technology Field. 2015; (6).
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IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics (now IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science). Patient Apps for Improved Healthcare- From Novelty to Mainstream. 2013.
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Saunders M., Jung A., Kao CK., Paesch E., Pho M., Soni N. The Hospitalist. In the Lit: Physician Reviews of Hospital Medicine-Relevant Research. 2012; (5).
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Sa Leitao D, Mendonca D, Iyer H, Kao CK. Neurologic complication after a roller coaster ride. Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Jan; 30(1):249.e5-7. PMID: 20980120.
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Yang YH, Lai HJ, Kao CK, Lin YT, Chiang BL. The association between transforming growth factor-beta gene promoter C-509T polymorphism and Chinese children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura. Pediatr Nephrol. 2004 Sep; 19(9):972-5. PMID: 15257453.
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