Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Dr. Patterson’s research interests are in clinical informatics and geriatric emergency medicine. His work aims to use routinely collected clinical data to generate actionable insights to improve the quality and safety of emergency care for older adults. To achieve these goals, Dr. Patterson works in collaboration with investigators from the business and engineering schools as well as in the department of biostatistics and medical informatics. His current work, supported by an AHRQ R18, focuses on automated risk scoring to identify older adults at high risk for falling after ED visits, and automating referral to interventions to prevent future falls. Dr. Patterson has also taken on the inaugural role as the Physician Informatics Director of Predictive Analytics for UW Health. In this role, Dr. Patterson works with hospital leadership to establish workflows and governance for the application of machine learning and other predictive analytic technologies throughout UWHealth.
Abbott Diagnostics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant; Cue (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant