Umberto Tachinardi, MD, MSc, Fellow ACMI, is a Brazilian-born chief information officer and biomedical informaticist. Trained by the founders (Candido Pinto de Melo, Lincoln de Assis Moura Jr and Sergio Shiguemi Furuie) of the prestigious Medical Informatics group of the Heart Institute of São Paulo University Medical School (InCor - Instituto do Coração da Universidade de São Paulo), he started his career developing biomedical signal processing systems on cardiology. Dr. Tachinardi pioneered the use of secure world-wide-web (internet) communications for transmission of medical records in 1994. In addition, he has devoted many years to innovate clinical practice through the development and deployment of integrated clinical information systems as CIO of the InCor and later as the CIO of the Secretary of Health, State of São Paulo.[2] Dr. Tachinardi has thus worked extensively on matters of reengineering the administration and management of medical practices on a large scale. Dr. Tachinardi, newly appointed Assistant Dean for Clinical Informatics[3] at the Indiana University School of Medicine is also a professor of statistics. Dr. Tachinardi has presented over 175 publications, invited lectures, and tutorials.[4]

Umberto Tachinardi
Born
Brazil
Alma materItajubá School of Medicine
University of São Paulo
Known forSustainable development and management of Health information systems
AwardsInducted Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics
Scientific career
FieldsHealth Informatics
Health information management
InstitutionsIndiana University School of Medicine
University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Chicago
State of São Paulo
Heart Institute (InCor)[1]
University of São Paulo

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Honors

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  • 2005 Nominated Best Information Technology Professional, Government Sector. Informatics Today [Plano Editorial, Informática Hoje], Brazil. (Top 5 best),[7][8][2]
  • 2004 Nominated Best Information Technology Professional, Government Sector. Informatics Today [Plano Editorial, Informática Hoje], Brazil. (Top 5 best)
  • 2003 First Place. Best Information Technology Professional, Health Care Sector. Informatics Today [Plano Editorial, Informática Hoje], Brazil.
  • 2002 Top 100 IT Leaders. Computerworld, Brazilian Edition.
  • 2001 Top 50 Information Technology Executives. Info Exame, Brazil
  • 1998 Best Implementation Project in Health Care, National Council of Public Informatics (CONIP), Brazil.

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References

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  1. ^ "Nova pagina 1". www.incor.usp.br.
  2. ^ a b "CliPSE". July 6, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06.
  3. ^ "Umberto Tachinardi, MD, MSc".
  4. ^ "CBIS 2010 - Palestrantes Nacionais e Internacionais". www.itarget.com.br.
  5. ^ "Revista Informática Médica 1(5): História da Informática em Saúde no Brasil (Sabbatini, RME)". www.informaticamedica.org.br.
  6. ^ "Revista Intermedic: Corpo Editorial". www.informaticamedica.org.br.
  7. ^ "Forum TI&Governo-SP". August 25, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-25.
  8. ^ "A Plano Editorial promove a 6ª edição do Prêmio Profissional de TI" (PDF). TI Governo (in Brazilian Portuguese). July 6, 2011. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
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