Morris Collen
From Rutgers Medical Informatics History Project
Name: Dr. Morris Frank Collen
Elected ACMI Fellow: 1984 President ACMI, 1987-1988
Birthdate:1913 (11-12-13) St. Paul, MN
Degrees: BEE 1934, MB 1938, MD 1939 U. Minn.
Current Location: Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
Current email: mfcollen@aol.com
Curriculum Vitae (1986)
Consultant, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, 3451 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA 9461 1, (4 15) 428-5688. Home: 4155 Walnut Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA 94596, (415) 935-5451. Birth Date: November 12, 1913. Place: St. Paul, Minnesota. citizenship: USA. Education: Los Angelas County Hospital - residency, internal medicine 1940-42. Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago - medical internship - 1938- 40. Univ. of Minnesota: M.D., 1939; M.B. (with distinction), 1938; B.E.E. (elec. engin.), 1934. Organization Appointments: Permanente Medical Group : Consultant, Division of Research 1983 ---; Director, Division of Technology Assessment 1979-83; Director, Medical Methods Research 1961-79; Chairman, Executive Committee 1949-73; Medical Director, West Bay Division 1953-79; Member, Executive Committee 1948-79. Kaiser Foundation Research Institute: Director, Medical Methods Research 1968-79 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals: Chief, Medical Service, Oakland 1942-52; Medical Director, Oakland 1952-53; Chief of Staff, San Francisco 1953-61 Other Appointments : Scholar-in-Residence, National Library of Medicine, 1987 Fellow, Stanford Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, 1985-86. Member, Board of Scientific Counselors, Natfl Library Med., 1984-87; Chair, 1985-87 Member, Information Panel, Institute of Medicine (IOM) Council on Health Care Technology, 1986-87. Member, DOD-TRIMIS Peer Review Advisory Group, 1978 -. Member, Med. Tech. Advisory Panel, U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, 1980-85. Member, IOM-NAS Committee to Evaluate Medical Technologies in Clinical Use, 1981-85. Member, Organizing Committee, MEDINFO '86, Washington, D.C., 1984-86. Program Chairman, MEDINFO '80 Tokyo; AAMSI Congresses '82-84, San Francisco. Member, NASA Workshop on Space Shuttle Studies, 1980. Member, Advisory Group, US. Congress Natfl Commission on Digestive Diseases, 1977-78. Member, NAS-NAE-IOM Committee on Technology in Health Care, 1977. Member, Steering Group for Prevention, Control & Education, Lung Disease, N.H.L.I., 1975. Member, NAS Advisory Sub-Committee, Computers and Bioengineering, 1972-73. Workshop Chairman, President's Advisory Council on Management Improvement, 1973. Member, President's O.S.T. Ad Xoc Panel on Prevention and Personal Health Care, 1971. Director, Health Services Res. Center, 1969-73 (grant from .HEW-NCHSRiD). Sub-committee Chairman, Quality Guidelines for AMHT, HEW-NCHSRDLD, 1969. Member, Jt. Com. Hosp. Accred., Int. Med. Adv. Com., 1968-72. Consultant, U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), HEW, 1965-76. Chairman, Health Care Systems Study Section, HEW, 1968-72. Member, Advisory Committee on Demonstration Grants, HEW, 1966-68. Consultant, W.H.O. Regional Office for Europe, 1968-72; PAHO, 1970. Member: Aeromed. Task Force, U.S. Ai r Force, 1968; V.A. Data Management Adv. Com., 1968. Member, HEW Secy's Workshop on Development of New Tech. Systems in Health Services, 1966. Professiona1 Honors, Societies and Activities Member, Inst. of Med. (1OM)-Natll Acad. of Sci. (NAS), 1971. Distinguished Practitioner, Natll Acad. of Practice in Med., 1983. Alpha Omega Alpha (Medical honorary society); Tau Beta Pi (Engineering honorary society). Diplomate, American Board of Icternal Medicine (19G6). Fellow: American College for Medical Informatics (ACMI) (1984); American College of Cardiology ( 1958); American College of Chest Phys. (ACCP) (1958) ; American College of Phys. (ACP) (1957). Chair, Natll Acad. Pract. i n Med., 1983-88; Pres. ACMI, 1987-88; Pres. AAMSI, 1984; Pres. SAMS, 1973; V.P. Salutis Unitas, 1970-81; Vice Chair Com. Biomed. Eng., AACP, 1967-69. Member: Am. Assn. of Med. Sys. 8 Inform. (AAMSI); Am. Med. Assn.; Calif. Med. Assn.; Internatll Health Evaluation Assn.; GHAA Med. Dir. Div.; Who's Who in America, in the West, in the World; American Men and Women in Science. Johns Hopkins University Centennial Scholar, 1976. Lecturer: School of Pub. Health, UC-Berkeley 1965-79; Med. Information Sci., UC-SF 1979-86; Stanford Med. School 1984-86. Member, Editorial Boards of: J. Med. Systems, Methods, Inform. Med., J. Health Care Technology, Computers in Biomedical Research. Editor, Permanente Foundation Medical Bulletin, 1943-53. Author of 165 scientific articles and four books (on internal medicine, preventive medicine, health services research, multiphasic testing, technology assessment and medical informatics). Invited lecturer, speaker, discussant, or session chairman on occasions.
Current Organizations:
Sample Publications:
Rosie the Riveter's Wartime Medical Records. Collen MF, Culp B, Debley T. Perm J. 2008 Summer;12(3):84-9. PMID: 21331218 Fifty years in medical informatics. Collen MF. Yearb Med Inform. 2006:174-9. PMID: 17051312 Los Angeles County Hospital Hcuse Staff Manual, (Editor) Third Edition, 1942. Interrelation of the Factors influencing Mortality in Diabetic Coma. Arch Intern Med 1942;70(Sept):369. Mortality in Diabetic Coma. Arch Intern Med 1942;70(Sept):347. and Dybhahl GL. Management of Pneumonia; A Review of 517 Cases. Permanente Foundation Med. Bull. 1943; 1(July):14 and Hatschek G. Acuta Benign Cavitation in Pneumonia. Permnente Foundation Med. ~u1l.l 1943(0ct). Dybdahl GL, OtBrien GF. A Study of Pneumonia in the Shipbuilding Industry. J Indust Hyg and Toxic 1944;26(Jan):1. Stuart MM, Collen. Psychoses Associated with Sulfadiazine Therapy. Permanente Foundation Med. Bull. 1944;2(0ct):153. and Sellers AL. Penicillin Therapy of Pneumococcic Pneumonia. Permanente Foundation Med. Bull. 1945;3(April):49. and Phillips B. Optimum Dose of Sulfadiazine in Treatment of Pneumococcic Pneumonia. Arch Intern Med 1945;76(July):22. Seeberg VP, Collen. Calcium Carbonate as an Antacid for Oral Penicillin. Science 1945;102(Aug 31) :225. and Sellers AL, Dobson RL, Seeberg VP. Oral Administration of Penicillin. Permanente Foundation Med. Bull. 1945;3(0ct):155. Chu WC, Frese HJ, Cutting WC, Collen. Absorption of Penicillin from the Nose and Alimentary Canal. Soc Exper Biol and Med 1945;60(0ct):159. and Sellers AL, Kast EC. Combined Penicillin and Sulfadiazine Therapy in Pneumococcic Pneumonia. Am J Med Sci 1946;211(Mar):299. Raimondi PJ, Collen. Recurrence Rate of Symptoms in Peptic Ulcer Patients on Conservative Medical Treatment. Gastroenterology 1946;3(Mar) :176. Kuh JR, Kuh C, Collen. Metal Fume Fever. Permanente Foundation Med. Bull. 1946;4(Nov):145. The Treatment of Pneumococcic Pneumonia with Penicillin and Sulfadiazine. Calif Med 1947:66(Feb):1. Geier FM, Collen. Oral Penicillin in Pneumonia. Permanente Foundation Med. Bull. l947;5(Mar) :43. King RW, Collen. Thiouracil in the Treatment of Hyperthyroidism Complicating Pregnancy. Permanente Foundation Med. Bull. 1947;5(Mar):15. A Study of Pneumonia in Shipyard Workers, witb Special 3eference to Welders. J Indust Hyg and Toxic 1947;29iMsr):113. Feinfield A, Collen. Oral Penicillin in the Treatment of the Common Cold. Permanente Foundation Wsd. Eull. 1947;5(July):81. and Dobson L. Clinical Ev;llaiicjrt of the Treatment; or" Paeiunococcic Type I11 Pneumonia. Am J Med 1948;q(Mar):383. Treatment of Pneumococcic Pneumonia in the Adult. Permanente Foundation 1948. and Raimondi PJ. The Variability of Penicillin Blood Concentrations When Using Procaine Penicillin. Permanente Foundation Med. Bull. 1948;6(July) :175. Blood Cholesterol Studies in Coronary Artery Disease. Permanente Foundation Med. Bull. 1949;8(July):55. and De Kruif D, Geier F. Plasma Cholesterol Concentrations Following Ingestion of Five Grams of Cholesterol in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Permanente Foundation Med. Bull. 1949;7(July):60. Kuh C, Collen. Mass Penicillin Prophylaxis. JAMA 1949;140(Aug 27):1324. Problems in the Treatment of Virus Pneumonia. Permanente Foundation Med. Bull. 1952;10(Aug):237. and Linden C. Screening in a Group Practice Prepaid Medical Care Plan. J Chronic Di s 1955;2(0ct):400. and Rubin L, Neyman J, Dantzig.G, Baer R, Siegelaub A. Automated Multiphasic Screening and ~iagnosis. Am J Public Health 1964 ;54(May) :74 1. Machine Diagnosis from a Multiphasic Screening Program. 5th IBM Medical Symposium, Endicott, New York, Oct 1963. Periodic Physical Examinations and Multiphasic Screening. Group Zealth Institute, Detroit, May 1963. and Morgenstern L, Rao YR. Automation in Der Analytischien Chemic. Intern. Technicon Symposium, Frankfurt, 1964. Multiphasic Screening as a Diagnostic Method in Preventive Medicine. Methods Inform Med 1965;4(June);71. and Rubin L, Davis L. Computers in Multiphasic Screening. Chapter 14. : Stacy RW, Waxman BD, eds. Computers in Biomedical Research, Vol 1. New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1965. Computers in Preventive Health Services Research. 7th IBM Medical Symposium, Poughkeepsie , Oct 27, 1 965. Periodic Health Examinations Using an Automated Multitest Laboratory. JLIA 1966;195(Mar 7):830-833. Also, Editorial in Arch Environ Health 1966;12(Mar):275. A Multiphasic Screening Programme. Colloquium on Surveillance and Early Diagnosis in General Practice, Oxford, July 7, 1965. Office of Health Economics, London, May 1966. Statement in Detection and Prevention of Chronic Disease Utilizing Multiphasic Health Screening Techniques, Hearings before the Sub-committee on Health of the Elderly of the Special Committee on Aging of the United States Senate. 214-223, September 20-22, 1966. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Bassis M, Collen. Normal Chemistry Values in an Automated Multiphasic Screening Program. In: Automation in Analytical Chemistry. Technicon Co., New York, Oct 1966. Computer Medicine, Its Application Today and Tomorrow. Minn Med 1966;49(Nov):1705-1707. Rubin L, Collen, Goldman GE. Frequency Decision Approach to Automated Medical Diagnosis. In: LeCam L, Neyman J, eds. Fifth Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability, Vol. IV. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1967. Computer Analyses in Preventive Health Research. Method Inform Med 1967;6(Jan):8-14. The Multitest Laboratory in Health Care of the Future. Hospitals 1967;41(May):119. Automated Multiphasic Screening and Occupational Data. Arch Environ Health 1967;15(Sept):280-284. Davis LS, Collen, Rubin L, Van Brunt EE. Computer-Stored Medical Record. Computers & Biomedical Research 1968 ; (May) : 1,5. Automated Multiphasic Screening. In: Sharp C, Keen A, eds. Presymptomatic Detection and Early Diagnosis. London: Pitman Med Pub Co, Ltd, 1968. Kidd PH, Feldman R, Cutler JL. Cost Analysis of A Multiphasic Screening Program. N Engl J Med 1969;280(May 8):1043-1045. Cutler JL, Siegelaub AB, Cella RL. Reliability of a Self-Administered Medical Questionnaire. Arch Intern Med 1969;123(June). and Davis LS. The Multitest Laboratory in Health Care. J Occup Med 1969;2( July) :7. Development of Health Systems-11. In: Dickson James F 111, Brown JHU, eds. Future Goals of Engineering in Biology and Medicine. New York: Academic Press, 1969. Planning and Operations Requirements of an Automated Multiphasic Screening Program. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Gerontology, Vol. 1, 1969. and Siegelaub AB, cutler JL, Goldberg R. Aspects of Normal Values in Medicine. Ann NY Acad Sci 1969;161/2(Sept 30):572. Cutler JL, Collen, Siegelaub AB, Feldman R. Normal Values for Multiphasic Screening Tests. Technicon Internatl Congress, Chicago, 1 969. Cutler JL, Collen, Siegelaub AB, Feldman R. Determination of Normal Values for Blood Chemistry Tests. Pathologist 1969;Oct. Automated Multiphasic Screening Clinics. Southern Medical Bulletin of Southern Medical Association 1969;57(Sept):3. Preventive Medicine and .Automated Multiphasic Screening. 9th IBM Medical Symposium. Burlington, Vermont, October 24-26, 1969. Van Brunt EE, Collen, Davis LS, Besag E, Singer SJ. A Pilot Data System for a Medical Center. Proceedings of the IEEE 1969;57(Nov):11. Comments on Health Planning: Problems of Concepts and Methods1. 'In: Attinger: Global Systems Dynamics. Karger, New York, 1970;281-286. and Feldman R, Siegelaub A, Crawford D. Dollar Cost per Positive Test for Automated Multiphasic Screening. N Engl J Med 1970;283(Aug):459-463. Editor. Proceedings of a Conference on Medical Information Systems. Jan. 1970. San Francisco. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Editor. Provisional Guidelines for Automated Multiphasic Health Testing and Services. Vol. 2. Operational Manual. July 1970. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. General Requirements for a medical Information System. Comp and Biomed Res 1970;3(Oct)* Van Brunt EE, Davis LS, Terdiman J, Singer S, Besag E, Collen. Current Status of a Medical Information System. Method Info Med 1970;9:149-160. Problems with Presentation of Computer Data. In: Information Processing of Medical Records. North-Holland 1970. Information Processing of Physical Examinations for Computerized Medical Records. In: Information Processing of Medical Records. North-Holland 1970. Implementation of an AHT System. Hospitals 1971;45(Mar):49-58. and Davis LS, Van Brunt EE. The Computer Medical Record in Health Screening. Methods Info Med 1971;:O(Julyj:138-142. Friedman GD, Collen, Harris LE, Van Brunt EE, Davis LS. Experience in Monitoring Drug Reactions in Outpatients. JAMA 1971;217(Aug 2):567-572. Kodlin D, Collen. Automated Diagnosis in Multiphasic Screening. Sixth Berkeley Symposium on Math. Stat. and Prob. J. Neyman, ed., Vol IV, U.C. Press, Berkeley, CA, 1971. Friedman GD, Collen. A Method for Monitoring Adverse Drug Reactions. Sixth Berkeley Symposium on Math Stat and Prob. J. Neyman, cd., Vol VI, U.C. Press, Berkeley, CA, 1971. Guidelines for Multiphasic Health Checkup. Arch Intern Med 1971;127(Jan):99-100. Multiphasic Systems in Health Care. Arch Med Mutualistica, Rome, 1970. Ramcharan S, et al. Kaiser Permanente Multiphasic Health Checkup Evaluation Project: 2. Disability and Chronic Disease After Seven Years [Abstract]. APHA 1971(0ct 12). Research with a Defined Population. In: Somers A, ed. The Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, A Symposium. NYC, The Commonwealth Fund, 1971:Chapter XII. Friedman GD, Goldberg M, Ahuja JN, Siegelaub AB, Bassis ML, Collen. Biochemical Screening Tests: Effect of Panel Size on Medical Care. Arch Intern Med 1972;129:91-97. Friedman GD, Seltzer CC, Siegelaub AB, Feldman R, Collen. Smoking Among White, Black and Yellow, Men and Women: Kaiser Permanente Multiphasic Health Examination Data, 1964-1968. Am J Epidemiol 1972;96:23-35. Gleser MA, Collen. Towards Automated Medical Decisions. Comp and Biomed Res 1972;5:180-189. Editor. Technology and Health Care Systems in the 1980's. DHEW Pub (HSM) 73-30 16 , 1972. Data Processing Techniques for Multitest Screening and Hospital Facilities. Chapter 6. In: Bekey G, Schwartz M, eds. Hospital Information Systems. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1972. A Systems Approach to Health Maintenance for the Future. In: Technicon Int Cong. New York City, 1972(June). Hospital Computer Systems: Reasons for Failures and Factors Making for Success, in Public Health in Europe. 1. Health Planning and Organization of Medical Care. WHO, Copenhagen, 1972. History and Organization of the Kaiser Foundation Medical Checkup. Intntl Congress Series #285, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. Proc. of VI I I World Congress of Anatomic & Clinicai Pathology. Munich, Sept 12-16, 1972. Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam. Woodrbow KM, Friedman GD, Siegelaub AB, Collen. Pain Tolerance: Differences According to Age, Sex and Race. Psychosomatic Medicine 1972 ;34( Nov-Dec 1 :6, 548-556. Introduction to Multiphasic Health Testing Form. Prev Med 1973;2 : 175-176- Cutler JL, Ramcharan S, Feldman R, Siegelaub AB, Campbell B, Friedman G, Dales L, Collen. Multiphasic Checkup Evaluation Study: 1. Methods and Population. Prev Med 1973;2:197-206. Ramcharan S, Cutler JL, Feldman R, Siegelaub AB, Campbell B, Friedman G, Dales L, Collen. Multiphasic Checkup Evaluation Study: 2. Disability and Chronic Disease After Seven Years of Multiphasic Health Checkups. Prev Med 1973;2:207-220. Dales L, Friedman G, Siegelaub AB, Campbell B, Feldman R, Collen. Multiphasic Checkup Evaluation Study: 3. Outpatient Clinic Utilization, Hospitalization, and Mortality Experience After Seven Years. Prev Med 1973;2:221-235. Dales LC, Friedman GD, Flagle CD, Feldman R, Siegelaub AB. Multiphasic Health Checkup Evaluation Study. 4. Preliminary Cost Benefit Analysis for Middle-Aged Men. Prev Med 1973;2:236-246. and Terdiman J. Technology of Multiphasic Screening. In: Annual Review of Biophysics & Bioengineering, Vol 2, 103-114. Ann. Rev., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, 1973. Levatin P, Prasloski PF, Collen. The Swinging Flashlight Test in Multiphasic Screening for Eye Disease. Canad J Ophthal 1973;8(April):356. Friedman GD, Siegelaub AB, Seltzer CC, Feldman R, Collen. Smoking Habits and the Leukocyte Count. Arch Environ Health 1973;26(March):137-143. How Automated Health Testing Aids the Physician in Doing a Better Job for a Greater Number of Patients. pp. 19-32, Automation in Medicine. Futura Pub Co, Mt . Kisco, New York 1973. and Soghikian K, Van Brunt EE. Multiphasic Health Examinations Using Computer Systems. Journees dfInformatique Medicale 1973, I.R.I.A. Symposium on Medical Data Processing. Toulouse, France, March 1973. and Davis LS. Computerized Medical Records in Multiphasic Testing. Computer 1973;23-27. Oakes TW, Syme SL, Feldman R, Friedman GD, Siegelaub AB, Collen. Social Factors in Newly Discovered Elevated Blood Pressure. J Health & Social Behavior 1973; 14(Sept). Measurements of Effectiveness of Health Evaluation Systems. In: Health Evaluation An Entry to the Health Care System. Intercontinental Med Book Corp. New York City 1973;23-26. and Soghikian K, Feldman R, Cella R. Implementation of a New Medical Care Delivery System Model. In: Collen MF, ed. An International Conference on Health Technology Systems. O.R.S.A. Publications 1974;136-144. Multiphasic Testing as a Triage to Medical Care. In: Ingelfinger, et al. Controversy in Internal Medicine 11. Saunders, 1974;85-9. Dales L, Siegelaub A, Feldman R, Friedman G, Seltzer C, Collen. Racial Differences in Serum and Urine Glucose after Glucose Challenge. Diabetes 1974;23:4(April):327-332. Syme S, Oakes T, Friedman G, Feldman R, Siegelaub A, Collen. Social Class and Racial Differences in Blood Pressure. AJPH 1974;64:6(~une):619-620. Hospital Computer Systems. (Editor), John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1974. Dales LG, Friedman GD, Collen. Evaluation of a Periodic Multiphasic Health Checkup. Methods Inform Med 1974;13:3(July):140-146. Van Brunt EE, Collen. Nursing Station Subsystem. In: Collen M, ed. Hospital Computer Systems. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1974. Van Brunt EE, Davis L, Collen. Kaiser Permanente Hospital Computer Systems. In: Collen M, ed. Hospital Computer Systems. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1974. Terdiman J, Van Brunt EE, Davis L, Collen. A Pilot Computer System for Health Care Delivery to a Community. Int. Fed. for Inform. Processing Conf., Stockholm, 1974(Aug). Soghikian K, Richart R, Feldman R, Garfield S, Cella R, Collen. A New Medical Care Delivery System - Summation of Results. In: An International Conference on Health,Technology Systems. ORSA Publications, 1974;145-160. Oakes T, Friedman G, Seltzer C, Siegelaub A, Collen. Health Services Utilization by Smokers and Non-Smoke~s. Med Care 1974;12:958-966. Seltzer C, Friedman G, Siegelaub A, Collen. Smoking Habits and Pain Tolerance. Arch Environ Health 1974;29:170-172. Seltzer C, Siegelaub A, Friedman G, Collen. Differences in Pulmonary Function Related to Smoking Habits and Race. Am Rev Respir Di s 1974 ; 1 10: 598-608. and Davis L, Van Brunt EE, Terdiman J. Functional Goals and Problems in Large Scale Patient Record Management and Automzted Screening, in FASEB Fed. Proc. 1974;33(Dec):12. Cost Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis and Screening, In: Proc. 25th Annual Group Heaith Institute. Croup Health hssoc. of Am, Washington, DC, 1975;32-39. Van Brunt EE, Collen. Health Examinations in the United States. Proc. of Symposium on Information Systems in the Field of Health. WHO and European Council, organization' of Econ. Coop. & Develop. CAS/Science/IM( 27 ) 1 Paris, Dec. 1-5, 1975. Garfield S, Collen, Richart R, Soghikian K, Feldman R, Duncan J. Evaluation of an Ambulatory Medical-Care Delivery System, New Engl J Med 1976;294(February 19) :426-431. and Van Brunt EE, Davis LS. Problems of Computerization of Large Computer Medical Record Systems. Med Informatics 1976;1:47-53. Periodic Health Examinations. Why? What? When? How? Primary Care 1976;3( June) : 197-204. and Garfield SR, Richart RH, Duncan JH, Feldman R. Cost Analyses of Alternative Health Examination Modes. Arch Int Med 1977;137(Jan):73-79. Richart RH, Duncan JH, Collen, Garfield SR. An Evaluation Model for Health Care System Change. J Med Systems 1977;1:65-77. Feldman R, Taller S, Garfield S, Collen, Richart R, Cella R, Sender J. Nurse Practitioner Multiphasic Health Checkups. Prev Med 1977;6(Sept):391- 403. Self-Administered Questionnaires. J Clin Computing 1977;7:36-52. Multiphasic Health Testing Services. (Editor). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1978. Patient Data Acquistion. Med Instrumentation 1978;12(Aug):222-225. The Case For Preventive Medicine. Proc Int Health Eva1 Assoc, 1978. Cost and Technology: The Case for Preventive Medicine. Clinical Engineering 1978 ; 65-68. Management of Major Evaluation Efforts. Proc of Health Care Technology Symposium, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, 1978. and Garfield SR, Duncan JH. The Multiphasic Checkup for Evaluation of Well People. In: Emlet H (ed). Challenges and Prospects for Advanced Medical Systems. Mi ami , Florida: Symposia Specialists, 1978;11-24. Cost Effectiveness of Automated Laboratory Testing. In Young DS, et al, (eds). Clinician and Chemist. Proc. of First A.O. Beckman Conf. in Clinical Chemistry, Am Assoc Clin Chem, Washington, D.C., 1979;121-130. A Case Study of Mammography. In: Medical Technology and the Health Care System: A Study of the Diffusion of Equipment-Embodies Technology, by the Committee on Technology and Health Care. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1979. A Case Study of Multiphasic Health Testing. In: Medical Technology and the Health Care System: A Study of the Diffusion of Equipment-Embodied Technology, by the Committee on Technology and Health Care. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1979. Medical Computer Systems - The International Picture. In: Chacko GK, ed. Health Handbook. No. Holland Pub. Co., 1979. A Guideline Matrix for Technological System Evaluation. J Med Systems 1979;2:249-254. Dales LG, Friedman GD, Collen. Evaluating Periodic Multiphasic Health Checkups: A Controlled Trial. J Chronic Di s 1979;32:385-404. Multiphasic Screening Experience in The Kaiser Permanente Program. Proceedings of Working Conference on Evaluation of Efficacy of Medical Action. Bordeaux. No. Holland Pub. Co., Amsterdam, 1979. A Model for Evaluating Screening Systems. Proceedings of Working Conference on Evaluation of Efficacy of Medical Action, Bordeaux, No. Holland Pub. Co., Amsterdam, 1979. Functional Specifications for Well-Care Information Systems. Proceedings of Well-Care Systems of the Future. Stockholm, 1979. and Van Brunt EE. Comprehensive Health Screening. Appendix V in Health and Human Services Innovations. AAAS, Washington, D.C., 1979. Evaluation of. MHTS. In: Progress in Health Monitoring (AMHTS). Proceedings of the International Conference on Automated Multiphasic Health Testing Services. Takyo, 1980, Yasaka, T. Ed. Exerpta Med., Amsterdam, 1981. Periodic Health Evaluations. The Multiphasic Approach. The Internist 1981;(May):13-15. Utilization of Diagnostic X-Ray Examinations, Pub. DFA-BRH, U.S., Govt. Printing Office, 1981. Past and Present are Future. AAMSI Congress. Proceedings of SAMS-SCM Conf., 1981(0ct). Ongoing Assessment of Multiphasic Health Testing. Diagnostic Med 1982; July/Aug:2-11. Multiphasic Health Testing - Current Status. Proceedings 7th SCAMC Conference, Baltimore, October 1983. General Requirements for Clinical Departmental Systems. Proceedings of MEDINFO 83 Seminars. Amsterdam, August 1983. The Functions of a HIS: An Overview. Proceedings of MEDINFO 83. Amsterdam, August 1983. Automated Multiphasic Health Testing. In: Blum B (ed.). Information Systems for Patient Care. New York: Springer-Verlag, Chap. 28, 1984. Medical Technology Assessment: An Emerging Evaluation Methodology. Methods Inform Med 1984;23:1-3. The Kaiser Permanente Experience. Proceedings of Symposium of IHEA: Promoting the Well-Being of the Elderly. London, June 1984:34-38. The Cost-Effectiveness of Health Checkups. An Illustrative Study. Western J of Med 1984; 141 (Dec) :786-792. Technology Assessment of Medical Information Systems. Proceedings of AAMSI Congress. San Francisco, May 1985:409-413. Cost-Effectiveness of Multiphasic Health Checkups. Proceddings of AAMSI Congress. San Francisco, May 1985:267-271. and Goodman C. Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analyses. In: Mosteller F, ed. Assessing Medical Technologies. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1985:136-144. Full-Text Medical Literature Retrieval by Computer. JAMA 1985;254(Nov 15):2768-2774. Economic Analysis of Preventive Maintenance Programs. Proceedings IMIA Working Conference. Kobe, Japan, April 1986. Automated Multiphasic Health Testing After 35 Years . Proceedings of AAMSI Congress, May 1986. Friedman GD, Collen, Fireman BH. Multiphasic Health Checkup Evaiuation: A 16-Year Follow-up. J Chronic Di s 1986;39:453-463. Full-Text Medical Literature Retrieval for Continuing Medical Education. Mobius 1986 ; 6 (April) : 40-45. Full-Text Medical Literature Retrieval. Proceedings of AAMSI Congress, May 1986. Online Full-Text Medical Literature Retrieval. Proceedings of MEDINFO 86, October 1986. Origins of Medical Informatics. West J Med 1986 Dec;145 :778-785.
Books
Aging in Good Health: A Quality Lifestyle for the Later Years (ed), 1993 Aspects of the Computer-Based Patient Record (ed), 1992 Computer Healthcare Sytems in Some European Countries and the United States (ed), 1976 Hospital Computer Systems (ed),1974 Multiphasic Health Testing Services (ed), 1978 Technology and Health Care Systems in the 1980s(ed), 1974 History of Medical Informatics in the United States 1950-1990, 1995 Computer Medical Databases: The First Six Decades (1950-2010) (Health Informatics) Utilization of diagnostic x-ray examinations (HHS publication) 1983 Payments to physicians in the Permanente Medical Group 1985 The treatment of pneumococcic pneumonia in the adult 1948
Honors and Awards: Elected to Institute of Medicine - NAS, 1971
Other Works:
Wrote "History of Medical Informatics in the United States 1950-1990, 1995"
Other Information:
Additional Media:
[[mediawiki/media/morriscollen.mp4 A short description of Dr. Collen's research on adverse drug interactions]] (from youtube)
[http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/03/local/me-olddoc3 LA Times article on Dr. Collen]
Kaiser Permanente Oral History Project interview with Dr. Collen</a>
Sources:
Kaiser Permanent Medical Care Program Oral History Project interview, 1986
Kaiser Permenente describes Dr. Collen's "Ten Commandments"
