Dr. Neset Hikmet is the Director of Health Information Technology Consortium. Research interests are healthcare budget, policy and politics; healthcare cost, financing, and rationing; healthcare quality and process improvement; healthcare information systems and technologies. He is the lead data scientist in the consortium and is involved in numerous applied research projects with industry.
Biographical Profile
College
Molinaroli College of Engineering & Computing
Department
IIT - Engineering
Tenure Status
Tenured
International Activity
International Activities
Yes
Type of Activity
Research, Teaching, Service, Other (PhD dissertation co-chair for Ms. Gamze Tarcan, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.)
Countries
Turkey
Description
Research & teaching. Started Management Information Systems program at an university. Started a Healthcare Management program at another university. Worked with health ministry as work group leader for healthcare facilities transformation initiative
Institution/Entity
Ministry of Health, Republic of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey
Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey
Nisantasi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Institutional Focus Areas
Social Sciences, Science and Engineering (Other), Health Sciences, Computational Sciences, Business and Entrepeneurship
Extended Residence in Foreign Country
Yes
(Turkey)
Speaks Non-English Language
Yes
(Turkish (native))
Interest Background
Do you include students in your research?
Undergraduates and Graduates
Interest Keywords
Healthcare, technology, analytics, data science, quality management, process improvement
Institutional Focus Areas
Social Sciences, Science and Engineering (Other), Health Sciences, Computational Sciences, Business and Entrepeneurship
Personal Focus Areas
Information technology, Data Science, Quality and Business Process Improvement., Health information systems and technologies., Operation Management and Management Science
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
Dates
Institution
Location
Degree
Field of Study
09/1995 - 08/1999
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration
Management Science and Information Systems
09/1993 - 05/1995
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island
Masters in Business Administration
Marketing
09/1974 - 11/1979
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Construction Engineering
Memberships & Professional Activities
Dates
Type
Description
Institution/Entity
2015 - Present
Membership
Member
DSI, Decision Sciences Institute
Present
Membership
Member
AIS, Association of Information Systems
Present
Membership
Member
ACM, Association for Computing Machinery
Present
Membership
Member
HIMSS, Health Information and Management Systems Society
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Dates
Type
Description
Foundation/Entity
2009
Award
Distinguished Track Award
National Decision Sciences Institute Conference, New Orleans, LA
2011
Award
IBM Shared University Research Award
IBM
2011
Award
IBM Shared University Research Award
IBM
2020
Award
Recipient of the Stafford Beer medal from The Operational Research Society for the joint paper “User response to mandatory IT use: a coping theory perspective” published in European Journal of Information Systems, 27 (4): 395-414
The Operational Research Society
2008
Honor
Otto Candies Endowed Chair in Information Systems
Nicholls State University, LA
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