Additional Roles
Professor, Biomedical Informatics
Adjunct Professor, Computer Science, University of Arkansas
Affiliate Faculty, Gerontology Program, University of Maryland
Professor Emeritus, Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Education
Ph.D. – Computer Science, Southern Methodist University
M.Sc. – Software Engineering, Southern Methodist University
M.Sc. – Computer Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
B.Sc. – Computer Engineering, Ege University, Turkey
Areas of Expertise
Home Healthcare and Hospice
Data Quality Management
Privacy and Security
Software Engineering
Data Visualization
Introduction
Dr. Koru serves as the Director of the Office of Public Health Informatics at UAMS to support the development of data, informatics, and technology platforms to support public health missions.
Credentials, Accreditations, and Awards
2020 AMIA Fellow
2018 Mid-Career Faculty Excellence Award, University of Maryland
2018 Outstanding Research Award, Summer Institute for Nursing Informatics
2017 Finalist, Diane Forsythe Award, AMIA
2016 Nursing Informatics Practice Award, Summer Institute for Nursing Informatics
Teaching Focus
Dr. Koru teaches courses on effectively and efficiently leveraging data, informatics, and technology to serve the triple aims in healthcare: better care, better outcomes, and reduced costs.
Research Overview
Dr. Koru’s research areas include informatics maturity, data quality, public data access and communication, and IT adoption and use for healthcare quality improvement. He has worked with interdisciplinary teams to address these complex challenges in home healthcare and hospice, healthcare administration, and maternal health by using both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Recent Books or Publications
- Koru G, Zhang Y, Felix H. Identifying the Process and Agency Characteristics Associated with Poor Utilization Outcomes in Home Healthcare. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2024 Jan 17; 1-15. PMID: 38230702.
- Koru G. Transforming health and well-being through publishing computable biomedical knowledge (CBK). Learn Health Syst. 2023 Oct 5; 7(4): e10396. PMCID: PMC10582207.
- Koru G, Zhang Y, Tamakuwala P. Systems and Methods of Analyzing User-Entered or Machine-Generated Values in Data for Determining Defective Entries. US Patent App. 17/734,236, 2022 May 2.
- Koru G, Alhuwail D, Topaz M, Norcio AF, Mills ME. Investigating the Challenges and Opportunities in Home Care to Facilitate Effective Information Technology Adoption. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2016 Jan; 17(1):53-58. PMID: 26612483.
- Emam KE, Koru G. A Replicated Survey of IT Software Project Failures. IEEE Software. 2008 25(5):84-90. doi: 10.1109/MS.2008.107.