Faculty Information Sheet
Name: Elizabeth J Layman
1. Rank: Professor
2. Degrees: Ph.D.
3. Teaching Experience (with emphasis on past five years)
a. Courses
 Management of Health Information Services Department
 Health Care Reimbursement
 Health Data Structures
 Health Service Coding
 Research Design
 Managed Care in Health Systems
 Courses Taught at Graduate Level:
 COHE 6420, Evaluation Methods in Health Informatics
b. Overall nature of workload assignments
 15% teaching
 31% research
 5% service
 49% administration
c. Graduate student supervisory experience (theses/dissertations)
 One – served on theses committee for student in Communications Sciences
Disorders
4. Scholarly & Professional Activities related to proposed degree (with emphasis on the past five
years)
a. PublicationsArticles in Refereed Journals
 Layman, E., Bamberg, R., Campbell, C., & Wark, E. (accepted). Environmental
scanning: Allied health leaders’ selection of strategic information. Journal of Allied
Health.
 Layman, E.J. (2009, October-November). Human experimentation: Historical
perspective of breaches of ethics in U. S. health care. Health Care Manager, 28(4),
in press.
 Layman, E. (2009, Summer). Research and policy model for health informatics and
information management. Perspectives in Health Information Management 6:1-7.
http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_044319.pdf
 Layman, E. J. (2008). Ethical Issues and the Electronic Health Record. Health Care
Manager, 27 (2), 165-176.
 Rosenthal, D. A. & Layman, E. J. (2008). Utilization of information technology in
eastern North Carolina physician practices: determining the existence of a digital
divide. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 5 (3), 1-20.
 Layman, E. (2007). Job Redesign and the Health Care Manager. Health Care
Manager, 26 (2),98-110.
 Layman, E. & Bamberg, R. (2006). Coping with a Turbulent Health Care
Environment: An Integrative Review. Journal of Allied Health, 35 (1), 50-60.
 Layman, E. J. & Bamberg, R. (2005). Environmental Scanning and the Health Care
Manager.Health Care Manager, 24 (3), 200-208.
 Shah, M. A. & Layman, E. (2005). Using a Multi-Pronged Approach to Implement
Organizational Performance Improvements. Health Care Manager, 24 (1), 48-54.
 Layman, E. (2003). Health Informatics: Ethical Issues. Health Care Manager, 22 (1),
2-15. Articles not refereed (i.e. invited, editorial)
 Layman, E. (2008). Training Health Care Personnel to Work with Health Care Data.
North Carolina Medical Journal, 69 (2), 159-162. (Invited) Refereed Proceedings Full
Paper
 Layman, E. (2007). Electronic Health Records: Ethical Issues. International
Federation of Health Records Organizations, 15th Congress and General Assembly,
Seoul, Korea, May 26-31,2007, 26-31.
 Rosenthal, D. & Layman, E. (2007). Utilization of Information Technology in Eastern
North Carolina Physician Practices: Determination of a Digital Divide. International
Federation of Health Records Organizations, 15th Congress and General Assembly,
Seoul, Korea, May 26-31, 2007. Book/TextBook
 Layman, E. (2010). Chapter 16: Research methods. In K. M. LaTour & S.
Eichenwald Maki (Eds.), Health information management: Concepts, principles, and
practice, 3rd ed. (pp. 461-516). Chicago, IL: American Health Information
Management Association.
 Layman, E.J. & Watlaf, V.J. (2009). Health Informatics Research Methods: Principles
and Practice, Chicago, IL: American Health Information Management Association.
 Casto, A. B. & Layman, E. (2009). Principles of Healthcare Reimbursement, 2nd ed.,
Chicago, IL: American Health Information Management Association.
 Casto, A. B. & Layman, E. (2006). Principles of Healthcare Reimbursement, Chicago,
IL: American Health Information Management Association.
 Chapter
 Layman, E. (2006). Research Methods. In LaTour, Kathleen M.;Maki, Shirley
Eichenwald (Ed.) Health Information Management: Concepts, Principles, and
Practice, 2nd ed., (pp. 437-487). Chicago: American Health Information Management
Association.
 Editor: Academic PRJ
o 2005-2006: Perspectives in Health Information Management (National).
2003-2004 through 2004-2005: Perspectives in Health Information
Management (National).
b. Grants and Contracts – none
c. Invited Research Presentations outside ECU “Writing for Scholarly Publication and Disseminating Research.” Faculty of Allied
Health Sciences Center, Kuwait University. Invited presentation, Kuwait, June 2,
2008.
 “Ethics and Health Information Management.” Triangle Region of the North Carolina
Health Information Management Association, Meeting, Raleigh, NC, March 28, 2008.
 “Writing for Scholarly Publications.” American Health Information Management
Association. Invited presentation, Chicago, December 4, 2007.
 “Ethics and Health Information Management.” Piedmont Region of the North Carolina
Health Information Management Association, Summer Workshop, Greensboro, NC,
June 7, 2006.
 “Personal Health Records.” United Medical Services, Kuwait. Invited presentation,
Kuwait, June 4, 2008.
 “Personal Health Records.” Kuwait Ministry of Health and Faculty of Allied Health
Sciences Center, Kuwait University. Invited presentation, Kuwait, June 3, 2008.
 “Accreditation and Professional Practice Experience.” Faculty of Allied Health
Sciences Center, Kuwait University. Invited presentation, Kuwait, June 1, 2008.
 “AHIMA Fellowship Program: Mentoring for Success.” Invited Panelist, Healthcare
Informatics and Information Management Faculty Development Institute of the
Assembly on Education of the American Health Information Management
Association, Nashville, TN, June 25, 2006.
 “Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education Versus CAHIIM’s Program Evaluation.”
Kuwait University, Health Information Administration Program, Faculty of Allied
Health Sciences, Kuwait, June 7, 2005.
 “Coping with a Turbulent Health Care Environment.” Kuwait University, Health
Information Administration Program, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait, June
5, 2005.
 “Education Update.” Coastal Carolina Region of the North Carolina Health
Information Management Association, Quarterly Meeting, Greenville, NC, November
11, 2004.
 “Integrated Curriculum.” Kuwait University, Health Information Administration
Program, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait, June 2, 2004.
 “Best Practices in HIA Education.” Kuwait University, Health Information
Administration Program, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait, June 1, 2004.
 “Motivation and Change.” Kuwait University, Health Information Administration
Program, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait, March 16, 2004.
d. Patents/Disclosures/Copyrights – none
e. Participation in scholarly collaborations with other universities, laboratories, and
centers Research on existence of digital divide for physicians is being replicated in
Tennessee with the University of TN at Memphis, faculty of Health Information
Administration
5. RHIA (Registered Health Information Management Administrator) FAHIMA (Fellow of the American
Health Information Management Association), CCS (certified coding specialist)
Faculty Information Sheet
Name: Paul David Bell
1. Rank: Professor
2. Degrees: Ph.D.
3. Teaching Experience (with emphasis on past five years)
a. Courses
 HIMA 4160 Concepts in Health Information Technology
 HIMA 3113, 3118 Applied Medical Sciences
 HIMA 3120 Record Documentation Systems
 Courses Taught at Graduate Level:
 COHE 6000 Health Care Systems and Problems
b. Overall nature of workload assignments
 63% teaching
 21% research
 16% service
c. Graduate student supervisory experience (theses/dissertations) – none
4. Scholarly & Professional Activities related to proposed degree (with emphasis on the past five
years)
a. Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
 Royal, P. & Bell, P. D. (2009). Leveling the playing field for on-line testing.
International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning; (6) 5, 43-48.
 Royal, P. & Bell, P. D. (2008). The Relationship Between Performance Levels and
test Delivery Methods. International Journal of Instuctional Technology and Distance
Learning,5 (7), 43 - 50.
 Bell, P. D., Brown, M. M. , & Harris, S. T. (2008). The Profession of Health
Information Management. Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice, 14
(1), 18-20.
 Bell, P. D. (2007). Predictors of College Student Achievement in Undergraduate
Asynchronous Web-based Courses. Education, 127 (4), 523-533.
 Zeng, X. & Bell, P. D. (2007). Web 2.0: What a Health Care Manager Needs to Know.
Health Care Manager, 27 (1), 1-13.
 Ross, T. K. & Bell, P. D. (2007). No Significant Difference: Only on the Surface.
International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 4 (7).
 Bell, P. D. & Akroyd, D. (2006). Can Factors Related to Self-Regulated Learning
Predict Learning Achievement in Undergraduate Asynchronous Web-based
Courses?
 International Journal of Instuctional Technology and Distance Learning. Bell, P. D.
(2006). Can Factors Related to Self-regulated Learning and Epistemological
 Beliefs Predict Learning Achievement in Undergraduate Asynchronous Web-based
Courses? Perspectives in Health Information Management, 3 (7).
 Bell, P. D., Heinan, M., & Hudson, S. (2004). Effect of Teaching/Learning
Methodology on Effectiveness of a Web-Based Medical Terminology Course.
International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 1, 55-63.
 Bell, P. (2002). Body Language Blues: Know What Your Gestures Are Saying to
Others. Advance for Health Information Professionals, 12, 16-17.
 Bell, P. D. & Hudson, S. (2001). Equity in the Diagnosis of Chest Pain: Race and
Gender. American Journal of Health Behavior, 25 (1), 60-71.
 Bell, P. D., Heinan, M., & Hudson, S. (2001). Learning medical terminology in a
traditional classroom versus the World Wide Web: Is there a difference in PA student
performance? Perspective on Physician Assistant Education, 12 (4), 232 - 235.
 Bell, P. D. (2000). Standards and the Integrated Electronic Health Care Record. The
Health Care Manager, 19 (1), 39-43.
 Bell, P. D. (1999). Evaluating the Use of Computer-Assisted Instruction in Allied
Health Professional Education: A Review of the Literature. Educational Perspectives
in Health Information Management, 2(2), 29-40.
 Bell, P. D., Micke, M., & Kasa, M. (1998). Equity in the Diagnosis and Treatment of
Chest Pain: Gender, Age, Comorbidity. American Journal of Health Behavior, 22 (6),
443 -450.
Articles not refereed (i.e. invited, editorial)
Refereed Proceedings
Full Paper
 Bell, P. (2002). Learning Medical Terminology on the Web: A High Tech
Correspondence Course. Breaking Boundaries for Global Learning, Ninth Annual
EDiNEB International Conference, 56.
 Bell, P. (1998). Equity in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chest Pain: Influence of
Age, Race, Gender, and Comorbidity . 1999 Assembly on Education Summer
Symposium: Proceedings , 5 - 5 .
 Abstract Only
Bell, P. (2000). Chest Pain Research: Data Analysis to Improve Patient Care. Data
Driven Knowledge Bound:2000 AHIMA Convention , 309 - 324. Monograph
 Bell, P. D. (2007). Self Regulated Learning and Epistemological Beliefs- A Predictive
Model for Undergraduate Asynchronous Web-based Learning, Germany: VDM
Verlag Dr. Muller
 Reviewer: Ad Hoc Reviewer for a Journal
2007-2008: Editorial review board of Perspectives in Health Information Management
(PHIM) (National)
b. Grants and Contracts Funded-External
2008 - Zeng, X. & Bell, P.D., "Development of a New Graduate Certificate Program in
Health Informatics at ECU", UNC General Administration, ($50,000).
 Funded-Internal
2008 - Zeng, X. & Bell, P.D., "The Determination of Reasons and Solutions for Low
Quality ICD- 9-CM Coding in Cardiovascular Cases: A Qualitative Approach", East
Carolina University Graduate Research and Study, ($12,774)
c. Invited Research Presentations outside ECU 2006: 78th AHIMA Assembly on Education Conference, Social Software: Hype or
Help for Distance Education? Co-presented with colleague: Dr. Xiaoming Zeng,
Nashville, Tennessee (National).
d. Patents/Disclosures/Copyrights – none
e. Participation in scholarly collaborations with other universities, laboratories, and
centers – none
5. RHIA (Registered Health Information Management Administrator) CTR (Certified Tumor Registrar)
Chair Formal Education Committee National Cancer Registrar’s Association.
Faculty Information Sheet
Name: Michael Kennedy
1. Rank: Associate Professor
2. Degrees: PhD, MHA, FACHE
3. Teaching Experience (with emphasis on the past five years)
a. Courses
 Health care Finance and Accounting
 Outcomes Assessment and management in Health Care
 Health Care Systems and Problems
 Health Care Payment Systems
 Decision Support Systems
b. Overall nature of workload assignments
 65%teaching
 20%research
 15%service/)
c. Graduate student supervisory experience (theses/dissertations)
 Thesis / Dissertation Committee – Chair
 2006-2007 - Hall, T. L. (2007). Communication quality, patient view of waiting times,
and satisfaction in the fast track emergency department. Unpublished doctoral
dissertation, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
 2006-2007 - Murtha, P. J. (2007). Identifying strategies that enable decision-making
authority for inpatients. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Central Michigan
University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
 2006-2007 - Taueg, C. (2006). Improving access to care for the uninsured: The
effects of the Voices of Detroit Initiative collaborative approach on redirecting low
income, self-pay emergency department users to primary care. Unpublished doctoral
dissertation, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859.

4. Scholarly & Professional Activities related to proposed degree (with emphasis on the past five
years)
a. Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
 Finley, F. R., Ivanitskaya, L. V., & Kennedy, M. H. (2007). Mentoring junior healthcare
administrators: A description of mentoring practices in 127 U.S. hospitals. Journal of
Healthcare Management, 52 (4), 260 - 69.
 Book/Textbook
Johnson, J. A., Kennedy, M. H., & Delener, N. (2005). Volume 2: A community of
organizations: Roles, responsibilities, and collaboration to deter and respond to
terrorism, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger.
 Kennedy, M. H. (2002). Administrative decision support systems. In S. Englebardt &
R. Nelson (Eds.), Information technology in health care: An interdisciplinary approach
(Chapter 4). Chapel Hill: Mosby, Inc.
b. Grants & Contracts Funded-Internal
2005 - Kennedy, M. H. & Ivanitskaya, L., "Strategic Staffing," Central Michigan
University Research Corporation, ($14,410). The project applied system dynamics to
strategic staffing models
2004 - Lee, C. & Kennedy, M.H., "Predictive Model for Inpatient Volumes," Central
Michigan University Research Corporation, ($12,079). The project combined data
mining and regression analysis to predict inpatient volumes from emergency room
and ambulatory visits.
c. Invited research presentations outside ECU – None
d. Patents/disclosures/copyrights – None
e. Participation in scholarly collaborations with other universities, laboratories, & centers
f. Service on related state/national/international boards or committees
 2008-2009: North Carolina Healthcare Financial Management Association, Chair of
the Information Management Committee (State).
5. FAHCE (Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives)
Faculty Information Sheet
Name: Robert R Kulesher, PhD
1. Rank: Associate Professor
2. Degrees: PhD, MHA, BA
3. Teaching Experience (with emphasis on the past five years)
a. Overall nature of workload assignments
 67% teaching
 18% research
 7% service
 5% administration
 3% other
b. Courses
East Carolina University (2003 to Present)
COHE 6600
Management of Health Care Operations
COHE 6610
Financial Management of Health Care Organizations
HIMA 3120
Healthcare Delivery Systems
HSMA 3020
Healthcare Payment Systems
HSMA 3030
Written Communication and Documentation in Health Care
HSMA 3050
Leadership in Healthcare
HSMA 4028
Health Care Reimbursement: Policy and Research
HSMA 4055
Healthcare Finance and Accounting
HSMA 4083
Advance Topics in Health Care Management and Service Delivery
HSMA 4903
Allied Health Management Experience
Rutgers University-Campus at Camden (2002-2003) All Graduate Level Courses
Department of Public Policy and Administration, Visiting Assistant Professor
834:515
Introduction to Public Budgeting and Finance
834:520
Health Care Financial Management
834:536
Public Information Systems
834:552
Principles of Health Care Management
834:553
Financial Management of Public Programs
University of Delaware
College of Arts and Science
Instructor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations
POSC 455
Public Budgeting and Financial Management
School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy
Lecturer in health policy for doctoral level course
UAPP 823
Proseminar: Social and Urban Policy
Penn State University
College of Health and Human Development
Instructor in the Department of Health Policy and Administration
HPA 101
HPA 332
HPA 442
HPA 447
HDFS 5603
Introduction to Health Services Administration
Health Systems Management
Long Term Care Administration
Health Care Financing
Introduction to Adult Development and Aging
Wilmington (DE) University
Graduate Studies
Instructor in the Master of Science in Management Program
Health Care Administration
HCA 7900
Special Topics in Health Care Administration: Long Term Care
HCA 8800
Strategic Management of Health Organizations
HCA/MPA 7900 Public Administration of Health Care
Public Administration
MPA 6501
Public Administration
MPA 7202
Public Sector Budgeting
MPA 7900
Special Topics in Public Administration: The New Public Service
Saint Josephs University
The Graduate School
Instructor in the Department of Education and Health Services (1989-1992)
HAD 4645
Health Care Organizations
c. Graduate student supervisory experience (theses/dissertations)
Central Michigan University
Dissertation Committee Member (2008-Present)
”Identification of Accrual Barriers to Cancer Clinical Trials in Massachusetts”
Wilmington (DE) University
Thesis Advisor (
“Utilization of Community Space in Continuing Care Retirement Communities:
Developing a Process for Analysis”
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
School of Business and Management
Preceptor for Graduate Program in Health Administration (1986-1988)
4. Scholarly & Professional Activities related to proposed degree (with emphasis on the past five years)
a. Publications/Scholarly Activity related to proposed degree

“The Importance of Encounter Form Design.” Second author to Harris, Susie T. The
Health Care Manager, Volume 28, Number 1, January-March 2009, pp.75-80.

“The Impact of PPS on Hospital-Sponsored Post-Acute Services: A Case Study of
Delaware Medicare Providers.” Journal of Healthcare Management, Volume 53, Number
1, January/February 2008, pp. 54-66.

“The Development of Profession of Health Services Management in the United States.”
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice, Volume 14, Number 1, January
2008, pp.15-17.

“Prospective Payment and the Provision of Post-Acute Care: How the Provision of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 Altered Utilization Patterns for Medicare Providers.” Journal
of Health Care Finance, Volume 33, Number 1, August 17, 2006, pp. 1-16.

“Impact of Medicare’s Prospective Payment System on Hospitals, Skilled Nursing
Facilities, and Home Health Agencies.” The Health Care Manager, Volume 25, Number
3, July-September, 2006, pp. 198-205.

"Managed Care and the Bottom Line of Your Practice." Second author to Harris, Susie T.
The Health Care Manager, Volume 25, Number 3, July-September, 2006, pp. 228-232.

“Medicare’s Operational History and Impact on Health Care.” The Health Care Manager,
Volume 25, Number 1, January-March 2006, pp.53-63.

“Medicare-The Development of Publicly Financed Health Insurance.” The Health Care
Manager, Volume 24, Number 4, October-December 2005, pp. 320-329.
b. Status of Grants & Contracts submitted related to proposed degree (including agency names,
years of funding, collaborative partners) N/A
c. Invited research presentations outside ECU

“Transformation of the Urban Health Care Safety Net: The Devolution of a Public
Responsibility.” Presentation at the annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association,
Baltimore MD, April 24, 2008.

“Discovering Who Pays for the Health Care of the Poor and Uninsured: Developing a
Community Services Budget for Health Care.” Presentation, Urban Affairs Association
Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, May 5, 2000.

"The Continuum of Long-Term Care.” Presentation to Department of Medicine of
Christiana Care Health Services, Wilmington, DE, 1998.

“Protecting Medical Practice Income,” Presentation at Continued Medical Education
Conference, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 1993.

“The Future of Hospital Management.” Presentation at Continuing Medical Education
Conference, the Germantown Hospital and Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 1987.
d. Patents/disclosures/copyrights
e. Participation in scholarly collaborations with other universities, laboratories, & centers
f. Service on related state/national/international boards or committees
Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA)
 Undergraduate Program Committee, member since 2007.
Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
 NC Chapter Publications Council, member.
 NC Chapter Information Management Committee, member.
5. Other N/A
Faculty Information Sheet
Name: Xiaoming Zeng
1. Rank: Associate Professor
2. Degrees: MD, PhD
3. Teaching Experience related to proposed degree (with emphasis on the past five years)
a. Courses
 Concepts in health Information technology
 Health Information Systems
 Health Informatics
 Quality management in health care
b. Overall nature of workload assignments
 60%teaching
 25%research
 15%service
c. Graduate student supervisory experience (theses/dissertations) Student AssignStudents Advised (GRAD)
 2007-2008 - 1 student, mentoring an MPH student Bradford Wheeler to work on his
master thesis project that builds an web based interface to make the health care data
available to researchers and public health practitioners
4. Scholarly & Professional Activities related to proposed degree (with emphasis on the past five
years)
a. Publications/Scholarly Activity related to proposed degree
Articles in refereed journals
 Zeng, X., Reynolds, R., Sharp, M., Redefining the Roles of Health Information
Management Professionals in Health Information Technology, Perspectives in Health
Information Management 6, Summer 2009.
 Harris, S. T. & Zeng, X. (2008). Using Wiki in an Online Record Documentation
Systems Course. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 5 (1).
 Sligar, S. R. & Zeng, X. (2008). Evaulation of Website Accessibility of State
Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies. Journal of Rehabilitation, 74 (1), 12-18.
 Zeng, X. & Bell, P. (2008). Web 2.0: What a Health Care Manager Needs to Know.
Health Care Manager, 27 (1), 58-70.
 Trujillo, L. & Zeng, X. (2006). Data entry workers perceptions and satisfaction
response to the stop and stretch software program. Work, 27 (2), 111-121.
 Zeng, X. (2006). Development of Web Accessibility: Policies, Theories and
Approaches. Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice, 12 (9), 762-767.
 Hackett, S., Parmanto, B., & Zeng, X. (2005). A retrospective look at website
accessibility over time. Behaviour & Information Technology, 24(6), 407-417.
 Parmanto, B. & Zeng, X. (2005). Metric for Web accessibility evaluation. Journal of
the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 56, 1394-1404.
 Zeng, X. & Harris, S. T. (2005). Blogging in an Online Health Information Technology
Class. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 2, 6.
 Zeng, X. & Parmanto, B. (2004). Web content accessibility of consumer health
information websites for people with disabilities: a cross sectional study. Journal of
Medical Internet Research, 6(2), e19.
 Zeng, X. (2004). Removing a barrier to computer-based outbreak and disease
surveillance—the RODS Open Source Project. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report, 53 Suppl, 32-9.
Articles not refereed (i.e. invited, editorial)
 Bell, P. & Zeng, X. (2007). Web 2.0: What a Speech and Hearing Professional
Needs to Know. ASHA SID 11 Perspectives on Administration and Supervision,
17 (3), 17-20. (Invited)
Non-Refereed Articles
 Cohen, M. R., Amatayakul, M., & Zeng, X. (2007). SOA: A Potential Silver Bullet?
Advance for Health Information Executives.
RefereedProceedings
Full Paper
 Sligar, S., Atherton, L., Zeng, X., & Toriello, P. (2008). Project Working Recovery
(PWR): An Innovative Intervention for Unemployed Substance Abusers. 8th Annual
National Rehabilitation Educators Conference. 8th Annual National Rehabilitation
Educators Conference.
 Zeng, X. & Sligar, S. R. (2008). Web Accessibility and Usability of the Homepages
from Academy of Human Resource Development Members. AHRD 2008
International Research Conference, 312-317.
 Zeng, X. (2004). Accessibility of Internet websites through time. ACM SIGACCESS
Accessibility and Computing, 32-39.
 Zeng, X. (2004). The RODS Open Source Project: Removing a Barrier to Syndromic
Surveillance. MEDINFO 2004, 1192-6.
 Zeng, X. (2004). Accessibility Transformation Gateway. Proceedings of the 38th
Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'05), 183a.
b. Status of Grants & Contracts submitted related to proposed degree (including agency
names, years of funding, collaborative partners)
Research Grants
Funded-External
 2008 - Zeng, X. & Bell, P., "Development of a New Graduate Certificate Program in
Health Informatics at ECU", University of North Carolina General Administration, (
$50,000).
 2004 - Zeng, X., "Evaluation and Enhancement of Accessibility of Consumer Health
Information for People with Physical and Device Limitations", American Health
Information Association FORE foundation, ( $7,060).
 Zeng grant: submission to DOL: Regional Partnership to Expand the Health
Information Technology Workforce in Eastern North Carolina with a total account of
$4,926.434.
Funded-Internal
 2008 - Zeng, X. & Bell, P.D., "The Determination of Reasons and Solutions for Low
Quality ICD-9-CM Coding in Cardiovascular Cases: A Qualitative Approach", East
Carolina UniversityGraduate Research and Study, ( $12,774).
 2006 - Zeng, X., "Virtual Lab: Creating Simulations for an Online Health Information
Technology Course", ECU Teaching Grant, ( $3,198).
Not Funded-External
 2007 - Mansfield, C., Zeng, X., & Wilson, J., "Eastern North Carolina Online Health
Data Repository (ENCOHDR)", Collaboration with Center for Health Services
Research and Development. Sent in the letter of intent. Did not get invitation to send
in the full proposal.,Brody Brothers Foundation Endowment.
 2007 - Zeng, X., Campbell, R.J., & Kragel, P., "Personal Health Records Initiative at
East Carolina (PHRIEC)", Sent in the letter of intent. Did not pass the ECU internal
screening., Kate B. Reynolds Charity Fund.
 2007 - Cummings, D. M., Mansfield, C.J., & Zeng, X., "Electronic Health Records and
Quality of Care in Rural Health Clinics: A Nationwide Study", GOV-Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA).
 2006 - Zeng, X., Simmons, S., Lunsford, P., Yao, J., & Li, C., "Using Personal Health
Records to Improve Care of Children with Complex and Chronic Conditions", PRIRobert Wood Johnson Foundation.
 2006 - Zeng, X., "Web Health Information on The Phone (WHIP): Providing Health
Information to Visually Impaired People via Computer Technology Service", GOVNational Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
 2005 - Zeng, X., "Workshop Series on Electronic Health Records for Health
Information Professionals", Golden Leaf Foundation
c. Invited research presentations outside ECU
Paper Presentations-Refereed
International
 Zeng, X. & Sligar, S. (2008). Web Accessibility and Usability of the Homepages
from Academy of Human Resource Development Members. Presented at AHRD
2008 International Research Conference, Panama City, Florida.
National
 Sligar, S. (2008). Project Working Recovery (PWR): An Innovative Intervention
for Unemployed Substance Abusers. 8th Annual National Rehabilitation
Educators Conference. Presented at 8th Annual National Rehabilitation
Educators Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
 Zeng, X., Bell, P., & Harris, S. (2007, August). Web 2.0 Technologies for Online
Teaching. Presented at AHIMA AOE, Chicago, Illinois.

d. Patents/disclosures/copyrights
e. Participation in scholarly collaborations with other universities, laboratories, & centers
f. Service on related state/national/international boards or committees
 Board Member: PRJ Editorial Review Board
2008-2009: Perspectives in Health Information Management, Editorial Review
Board Member of the Journal Perspectives in Health Information Management
(National).
 Member: Committee/Task Force
2007-2008 through 2008-2009: AHIMA FORE Research Committee, Serves as
member on the AHIMA FORE Research Committee (National).
 Reviewer: Conference Paper
2008-2009: HIMSS, Review presentation proposals for the HIMSS 2008
conference, Orlando, Florida (International).
Faculty Information Sheet
Name: Robert Campbell
1. Rank: Assistant Professor
2. Degrees: Ed.D.
3. Teaching Experience (with emphasis on past five years)
a. Courses
 Health Information Systems
 Health Information Management
 Health Data Structures
b. Overall nature of workload assignments
 70% teaching
 20% Research,
 10% Service
c. Graduate student supervisory experience (theses/dissertations)
4. Scholarly & Professional Activities related to proposed degree (with emphasis on the past five
years) - None
a. Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
 Campbell, R.J. (2009) Creating a Winning Organizational Culture. The Health Care
Manager ; 28 (4), 1-16.
 Campbell, R.J. (2009) Thinking Lean in Health care. The Journal of AHIMA; 80/6,
40-43
 Campbell, R. J. (2008). Change Management in Health Care. The Health Care
Manager, 27 (1), 23-39.
Paper Presentations-Refereed
 Zeng, X. & Campbell, R. J. (2008, February). Personal Health Records in Rural
Communities. Presented at Mills Symposium, Greenville, North Carolina.
 Campbell, R.J. (2007, November). Using Confluence to Teach Creativity Skills.
Presented at Think-in Conference, Greenville, North Carolina.
b. Grants and Contracts
Research Grants
Not Funded-External
 2008 - Resick, L., Campbell, R.J., Tamenne, B., Gross, C., & Paraska, K.,
"Older Adults and the Internet - Focus Group Project", Older Adults and the
Internet classes were started with the intention of teaching seniors to use
computers and the Internet to research their health issues and questions.
The initial notion for creating this project was for seniors to become
knowledgeable about health issues and make informed decisions about their
care. The Older Adults and the Internet classes to date have been taught in
the City of Pittsburgh senior centers, low income apartment high-rises, and
libraries. Attendance has been steady, but recruitment and retention of class
participants have been lower than expected. When researching the computer
classes offered elsewhere in the City of Pittsburgh a trend appeared.
Computer classes designed for older adults are being taught, and
successfully attended. In addition, organizations sponsoring classes
throughout the Pittsburgh region are charging fees as high as $135 for a
class series. As all services offered through the Nurse-Managed Wellness
Center the Older Adults and the Internet classes are free and focused toward
the needs of vulnerable older adults. Identifying the reasons for choosing to
attend and not attend computer classes will be researched. The additional
needs identified by vulnerable older adults in the context of computer training
classes will be researched. Duquesne University Faculty Development
Grant.
c. Invited Research Presentations outside ECU
 National Campbell, R.J. (2008, July). Integrating Change and Transition
Management in a Health Information Management Course. Accepted for
American Health Information Management Association Assembly on Education
Symposium, Louisville, Kentucky.
 Campbell, R.J. (2008, July). Teaching Creativity Skills to Health Information
Management Students. Accepted for American Health Information Management
Association Assembly on Education: Faculty Development Institute, Louisville,
Kentucky.
 Campbell, R.J. (2007, October). Using Computer Based Technology to Increase
Adherence to Health Communications Policy Within A Nurse Managed Wellness
Center. Presented at Nurse-Managed Health Centers: Policy Solutions to
Improving Health Care for All 2007 Conference, Washington, District of
Columbia.
d. Patents/Disclosures/Copyrights – none
e. Participation in scholarly collaborations with other universities, laboratories, and
centers –none
5. MLS, CPEHR (Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records)
Faculty Information Sheet
Name: Susie T Harris
1. Rank: Assistant Professor
2. Degrees: Ph.D.
3. Teaching Experience (with emphasis on past five years)
a. Courses
 Record Documentation Systems
 Diagnostic and Procedural Coding
 Health Services Coding
 Management of Health Information Services Department
b. Overall nature of workload assignments
 65% teaching
 20%research
 15% service

c. Graduate student supervisory experience (theses/dissertations) – none
4. Scholarly & Professional Activities related to proposed degree (with emphasis on the past five
years)
a. Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
 Harris, S. & Zeng, X. (2010). Using an Audience Response System (ARS) in a Face-toFace and Distance Education CPT/HCPCS Coding Course. Perspectives in Health
Information Management. To be published in the Winter 2010 issue.
 Harris, S. T. & Kulesher, R. (2009). The Importance of Encounter Form Design (in press).
Health Care Manager.
 Harris, S. T. & Pokorney, M. E. (2009). Experience of Teaching in a Diabetes Program (in
press). Health Care Manager, 29 (1).
 Bell, P. D., Brown, M. M., & Harris, S. T. (2008). The Profession of Health Information
Management.Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice, 14 (1).
 Harris, S. T. & Zeng, X. (2008). Using Wiki in an Online Record Documentation Systems
Course. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 5 (1).
 Culbertson, D. & Harris, S. T. (2007). Are We Coming Back to AR? Perspectives on
Administration and Supervision.
 Harris, S. T. & Kulesher, R. R. (2006). Managed care and the bottom line of your
practice. Health Care Manager, 25 (3), 228-232.
 Zeng, X. & Harris, S. T. (2005). Blogging in an Online Health Information Technology
Class. Perspectives in Health Information Management, 2 (6).
 Book/TextBook
 Harris, S. T. (2008). Health Information Management Role Play Book (proposal in
review), Chicago, IL: American Health Information Management Association.
b. Grants and Contracts – none
c. Invited Research Presentations outside ECU
National
Harris, S.T. (2008, July). Web 2.0 for Online Education. Accepted for AHIMA AOE,
Louisville, Kentucky.
Harris, S.T. (2007, August). Web 2.0: Technologies and Applications for Online
Education. Presented at AHIMA AOE, Chicago, Illinois.
State
Harris, S.T. (2007, November). Analysis of NCVR Client Satisfaction Survey Data.
Presented at North Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Office, Raleigh, North Carolina.
d. Patents/Disclosures/Copyrights – none
e. Participation in scholarly collaborations with other universities, laboratories, and
centers
5. RHIA, CCS
Faculty Information Sheet
Name: Thomas K. Ross
1. Rank: Assistant Professor
2. Degrees: Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Business Administration, Master of Arts, and
Bachelor of Business Administration
3. Teaching Experience related to proposed degree (with emphasis on the past five years)
a. Courses
Health Care Administration
ECU
King’s
IUSB
Interpersonal Team Skills for Health Supervisors HSMA 3035
Quality Management in Health Care
HIMA 4030
Outcomes Assessment and Management
HSMA 4070
Applied Health Services Research
HIMA 4075
Health Finance and Budgeting
HCA 352
H352
Graduate Level courses taught
Health Systems and Problems
COHE 6000
HCA 500
Health Policy
HCA 501
Health Economics
HCA 504
Health Services Financial Management COHE 6610
HCA 507
H509
Statistical Methods for Health Services
HCA 511
H518
Managerial Accounting for Health Care Admin.
HCA 541
Health Care Information Systems
HCA 573
Strategic Management in Health Care
COHE 6620
HCA 597
Health Services Management
Ambulatory Care and Managed Care Programs
H604
Quality Improvement and Risk Management
H501
H514
H628
V631
V543
H606
b. Overall nature of workload assignments:
 75% teaching
 15% research
 10% service/administration/clinical practice
c. Graduate student supervisory experience (theses/dissertations): none
4. Scholarly & Professional Activities related to proposed degree (with emphasis on the past five
years)
a. Publications/Scholarly Activity related to proposed degree:
“A Second Look at 100,000 Lives Campaign”, Quality Management in Health Care, April
2009 .
“No Significant Difference” Only on the Surface” International Journal of Instructional
Technology and Distance Learning, July 2007, coauthored with Paul Bell.
“Leadership Frames and Perceptions of Effectiveness among Health Information
Management Program Directors”, Perspectives in Health Information Management, Fall
2007 coauthored with Bonita Sasnett.
“A Statistical Process Control Case Study”, Quality Management in Health Care, October
2006.
“Turkish Version of the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward Physician-Nurse
Collaboration: A Preliminary Study, Contemporary Nursing”, co-authored with Aysegul
Yildirim, Fevzi Akinci, Metin Ates, Emre Isci, and Denis Selimen, October 2006.
“What Patients Want: The Foundation of Strategic Management”, Healthcare Financial
Management. August 2005.
“Physician-Nurse Attitudes Toward Collaboration in Istanbul’s Public Hospitals”,
International Journal of Nursing Studies, co-authored with Aysegul Yildirim, Metin Ates,
Fevzi Akinci, Denis Selimen, Halim Issever, Aylin Erdim and Mefftun Akgun, May 2005.
“The Economic Costs of High-Risk Health Behaviors” in High Risk Health Behaviors,
Padakami Press, 2005.
“Analyzing Health Care Operations Using ABC”, Journal of Health Care Finance, Spring
2004.
“Quality Management” in Understanding Health Care: A Guide for Directors of Health
Care Institutions, Padakami Press, 2002.
b. Status of Grants & Contracts submitted related to proposed degree (including agency
names, years of funding, collaborative partners): none
c. Invited research presentations outside ECU: none
d. Patents/disclosures/copyrights: none
e. Participation in scholarly collaborations with other universities, laboratories, & centers:
none
f. Service on related state/national/international boards or committees:
5. Other N/A
none