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Linda Dimitropoulos

Director, Center for the Advancement of Health IT

Linda Dimitropoulos, PhD, leads and manages the efforts of all initiatives and projects led by team members of the Center for the Advancement of Health IT. RTI's health IT portfolio encompasses a wide range of substantive areas related to the use of technologies to improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery. Dr. Dimitropoulos has a strong background in social psychology as well as qualitative and survey research methods. For the past 5 years, she has focused primarily on health information privacy policy issues, patient engagement, and electronic health information exchange policy, and has provided support to various state-level programs related to health IT and health information exchange. She also specializes in large, complex project management.

Education

PhD, Social Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago; MA, Social Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago; BA (summa cum laude), Psychology, St. Xavier University.

Publications

Privacy challenges in health information exchange
Koontz, L. (Ed.) (Apr 2013)
Barriers to meaningful use in Medicaid: Analysis and recommendations. Final report
Kissam, S.M., Banger, A.K., Dimitropoulos, L.L., & Thompson, C.R. (Aug 2012)
Public attitudes toward health information exchange: Perceived benefits and concerns — American Journal of Managed Care
Dimitropoulos, L., Patel, V., Scheffler, S.A., & Posnack, S. (Dec 2011)
Technical assistance for health IT and health information exchange in Medicaid and CHIP: Assessment of Medicaid and CHIP health IT and HIE activities and needs, 2008
Banger, A., Dimitropoulos, L.L., Dolan, M., Kissam, S., Knops, N.M., Lasater, B., Rizk, S., Suarez, W.G., & West, S. (Jul 2009)
Privacy and security solutions for interoperable health exchange information: Perspectives on patient matching: Approaches, findings, and challenges
Dimitropoulos, L.L. (Jun 2009)
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