Paul Gorman, MD, FACMI

Paul received his bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from  the University of Chicago and his MD from Rush Medical  College. He completed postgraduate training in internal medicine  at Rush Presbyterian and the VA Medical Center in  Portland, OR. He is currently Associate Professor in the  Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology  and Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science  University and Assistant Director of Medical Education,  Providence Portland Medical Center.

Dr. Gorman is internationally known for his research on the  information needs, information seeking, and information use  (ISU) by clinicians. He significantly expanded understanding  of ISU in health care by emphasizing primary care and especially  rural primary care, by including nonphysician clinicians.  Dr. Gorman expanded on conventional notions of  information seeking by clinicians in his National Science  Foundation–funded project entitled ‘‘Tracking Footprints in  an Information Space.’’ He has worked with ACMI Fellow  Joan Ash and other colleagues on the design and conduct of  a multisite, multidisciplinary observational research program  on physician order entry that has on an ongoing basis documented  its limited application in U.S. hospitals.

Dr. Gorman has been successful at applying concepts and  skills of informatics research to the emerging patient safety  agenda, as Principal Investigator or Co-investigator on four  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality–funded patient  safety projects, including a current project focused on ‘‘Using  IT to Improve Medication Safety for Rural Elders.’’ For these  varied and substantial contributions to the field, he is recognized  by election to the College.