Marion Ball, EdD
Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae of
Marion J. Ball, EdD Health Intelligence Atlas:
With Abbreviated Listing of Publications 1994-2021
Marion J. Ball, EdD
Presidential Distinguished Professor and Executive Director
Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics (MICHI)
Professor Emerita, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Affiliate Professor, Division of Health Sciences Informatics,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
655 W Mitchell Street
Arlington, TX 76019
Phone: 817.272.1878
Mobile: 443.802.5490
Email: marion.ball@uta.edu marionball6@gmail.com
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=q26128AAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
SUMMARY
Roles: Innovator, educator, change agent, consultant
Foci: Clinical informatics, international collaboration, electronic health records, nursing informatics, patient safety, point of care initiatives, work force initiatives
Mission: Theory to practice, better health through informatics
EDUCATION
Temple University, EdD, Continuing Medical Education
University of Kentucky, MA, BA, with distinction
Northwestern University
EXPERIENCE
University of Texas at Arlington, 2020-Present
Executive Director, Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics (MICHI)
IBM, 2016-Present
Senior Advisor, Healthcare Informatics, Center for Computational Health, IBM Research
IBM, 2014-2016
Senior Advisor, Research Industry Specialist, Healthcare Informatics, IBM Research
IBM, 2013
Senior Advisor, Healthcare Informatics, IBM Research
University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2011-Present
Affiliate Professor, Information Systems Department
IBM, 2009-2013
Senior Advisor, Healthcare & Life Sciences Institute, IBM Research
Johns Hopkins University, 2007-Present
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing
IBM, 2006-2009
Fellow, Center for Healthcare Management, IBM Research
IBM, 2005-2006
Fellow, Global Leadership Initiative
Johns Hopkins University, 2005-2007
Professor, School of Nursing
Johns Hopkins University, 2003-Present
Affiliate Professor, Division of Health Sciences Informatics, School of Medicine
Healthlink Incorporated, 2001-2005
Vice President, Clinical Informatics Strategies
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 1999-present
Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Informatics
Johns Hopkins University, 1996-2005
Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing
First Consulting Group, 1996-2000
Vice President
University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1990-2011
Adjunct Professor of Information Systems
University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1985-1997
Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1985-1997
Vice President Information Services/Chief Information Officer, 1991-1996
Associate Vice President, 1987-1991
Director, Academic Computing, 1985-1987
Additional Academic Appointments, 1985-present
Temple University, 1968-1985
Director, Computer Systems and Management Group, 1972-1985
Assistant Director, Medical Computing Activity, 1968-1972
Academic Appointments, 1968-1985
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Programmer and Instructor
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
Awards
International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSA), elected as a Founding Member, 2017
Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), recognized as one of The Most Influential Women in Health IT, 2017
Health Data Management, Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT, 2017
Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), awarded Life Membership for 30 years of membership in the Society and for significant contributions to the field of healthcare information technology, 2014
International Advisory Board Member, China Hospital Information Management Association (CHIMA), 2012
IBM Industry Academy, elected Member, 2011
HIMSS 50 in 50, Received this HIMSS honor as one of the most influential IT contributors to the field over the last 50 years, 2011.
IMIA Award of Excellence, International Medical Informatics Association, 2010
American Academy of Nursing (AAN), Honorary Member, 2008
Book-of-the-Year Award, Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), for Consumer Informatics: Application and Strategies in Cyber Health Care, 2005
Honorary Membership in Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing, 2003
Morris F. Collen Lifetime Achievement Award, 2002
President’s Award, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), 2001, 2000, 1995
Fellow, Institute of Medicine, 1996
Fellow, College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME), 1996
Honorary Member, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), 1996
Honorary Member, Medical Library Association (MLA), 1996
Clinical Systems Award, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), 1995
Distinguished Service Award, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), 1993
Founding Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, 1992
Pioneer Award Winner, Computers in Healthcare, 1992
Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), 1984
Board and Committee Memberships
Current
The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas, 2020
External Advisory Board of the National Library of Medicine T15 training grant, for the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo, 2019-present
Editorial Board Member, Healthcare Innovation Group, Journal “Healthcare Innovation”, 2019-present
Editorial Board Member, European Journal for Biomedical Informatics, 2018-present
Board Member, Health Record Banking Alliance (HRBA), 2017-Present
TIGER International Honorary Member, under the auspices of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), 2016-Present
Program Committee Member, Summer Institute of Nursing Informatics (SINI), University of Maryland, School of Nursing, 2013-Present
IBM Representative and Honorary Member, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) General Assembly, 2006-Present
Member, Institute of Medicine (IOM), now named the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1996-Present
Advisory Board Member, Health On the Net (HON), 1996-present
Past (Partial Listing)
Board Member and Co-Chair, TIGER Foundation, became part of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in 2014; 2011-2016
Board of Regents Member, National Library of Medicine (NLM), 1992-2015
Member of Advisory Committee for NI2014 (Nursing Informatics), Taipei, Taiwan, 2013-2014
Advisory Board, Center for Connected Medicine, UPMC/IBM, 2009-2014
Board, College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME)
Member, National Long Range Planning Committee, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Advisory Board, Microsoft Health Users Group (MS-HUG)
External Advisory Board, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007-2009
Board Member, WISER Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2006-2007
Friends of Stellenbosch Foundation, South Africa, 2006-2007
Chair, Nominating Committee, Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), 2006
Committee Member, Planning and Resource Development Committee, the Foundation for Research in Education (FORE) for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), 2005-2007
Board of Directors, Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), 2004-2006
Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), 2007
Committee Member, IMIA Program Committee, Australia, 2004-2007
Advisory Board Member, the Foundation for Research in Education (FORE), for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), 2003-2007
Oversight Board, UMIT University for Medical Informatics and Technology, Innsbruck, Austria, 2002-2006
Board, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), 1991-1994Board, Health Information
President and Board Member, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), 1993-1995
Management and Systems Society (HIMSS), 1992-1995
Board Member, International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), 1985-2000
Professional Memberships
Current
Professional Memberships:
American Academy of Nursing (AAN)2008
American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI)1985
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) (over 20 years ago)
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)1985
American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA-CARING) (1987)
International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI), Founding Member2017
Life Fellow, Health Information Management and Systems Society (LFHIMSS)
(over 33 years ago)
Institute of Medicine (IOM) - as of 2015, known as National Academy of Medicine (around 2002) not sure
International Academy for Health Sciences Informatics, 2017-Present
International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)1975
Johns Hopkins Academy for Retired Faculty, 2018-Present
Medical Library Association (MLA) 1996
Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), London 2017
The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas, 2020
Past
College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME)
National Library of Medicine (NLM), Board of Regents
Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER)
Editorial Boards
Present
Healthcare Informatics (Vendom Group), 2007-present
Healthcare Informatics (Churchill Livingston, UK), 2001-present
Journal of Healthcare Information Management (JHIM), 2004-present
Past
Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI), first electronic journal on applied health informatics, (Schattauer), 2009-2012
Health Informatics Journal (Sage Publications, London), 2001-2006
Health Information Management Manual, 3rd Edition (HIMM), 2006
Health Management Technology (Nelson Publishing), 2001-2006
Healthcare Informatics (McGraw-Hill), 2001-2006
Healthcare Informatics (Cardiff Publishing)
International Journal of Medical Informatics (Elsevier), 1997-2006
MD Computing (Springer)
Methods of Information Medicine (Schattauer), 2003-2010
PUBLICATIONS
Series Editor Emerita
Health Informatics, 60 volumes (Springer-Verlag, New York)
Books (Partial Listing, 1995-Present)
Hübner, U., Mustata Wilson, G., Shaw, T., & Ball, M. J. (Eds.) Nursing Informatics - A Global and Interprofessional Health Informatics Perspective.
Kiel, J., Kim, G., & Ball, M. J. (Eds.) Healthcare Information Management Systems: Cases, Strategies, and Solutions. (5th ed.).
C Weaver, MJ Ball, J Kiel, G Kim, Healthcare Information Management Systems: Cases, Strategies, and Solutions, 4th Edition, Springer-Verlag, 2016.
Morris Collen and Marion Ball, Editors, book The History of Medical Informatics in the United States, 2nd Edition, Springer-Verlag, 2015.
William Hersh, Marion Ball, Editors, Health Informatics for the Curious: Why Study Health Informatics (The Truth about the College Majors, Research Degree, Student Scholarships, and Career Success), Kindle Edition, 2015.
M Kennedy, K Hannah, MJ Ball, P Hussey, eds. Introduction to Nursing Informatics, Fourth Edition: New York: Springer-Verlag, January, 2015.
MJ Ball, JV Douglas, PH Walker, et.al. The 4th Edition entitled Nursing Informatics: Where Technology and Caring Meet was published in January, 2011.
MJ Ball, JV Douglas, D DuLong, "Nursing and Informatics," chapter for book Nursing Informatics: Where Technology and Caring Meet, 4th Edition, January, 2011.
K Hannah, MJ Ball, Heimar Marin, et.al., "Introduction to Nursing Informatics," translated into Portuguese language, May 2010.
MJ Ball, K Hannah, H Marin, "Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet," 3rd Edition, Portuguese edition to premier at the national medical informatics meeting in Brazil, December 2008.
K Hannah, MJ Ball, et.al., "Introduction to Nursing Informatics," translated into Korean language, December 2008.
Ball MJ, Hannah KJ, Newbold SK, Douglas JV, Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet, 3rd Edition, Chinese translation, March 2006.
HLehmann, PAbbott, NRoderer, ARothschild, SMandell, JFerrer, RMiller, MBall, Aspects of the Computer Based Patient Record Systems, New York: Springer-Verlag, March 2006.
KHannah, MBall, MEdwards, eds. Introduction to Nursing Informatics, Third Edition: New York: Springer-Verlag, January 2006.
MJ Ball, CA Weaver, JM Kiel, eds. Health Information Management Systems (3rd ed.). New York: Springer-Verlag, 2004.
R Nelson, MJ Ball, eds. Consumer Informatics: Applications and Strategies in Cyber Health Care. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2004.
JS Silva, MJ Ball, CG Chute, JV Douglas, CP Langlotz, JC Niland, WL Scherlies, eds. Cancer Information: An Essential Technology for Clinical Trials. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2002.
P Ramsaroop, MJ Ball, D Beaulieu, JV Douglas, eds. Advancing Federal Sector Health Care: A Model for Technology Transfer. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2001.
MJ Ball, KJ Hannah, JV Douglas, SK Newbold, eds. Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet (3rd ed.). New York: Springer-Verlag, 2000.
MJ Ball, DE Garets, JV Douglas, eds. Strategies and Technologies for Health Care Information: From Theory Into Practice. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1999.
MJ Ball and JV Douglas, eds. Performance Improvement Through Information Management: Health Care's Bridge to Success. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1999.
KJ Hannah, MJ Ball, MJA Edwards. Introduction to Nursing Informatics. 2nd edition. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998.
MJ Ball, KJ Hannah, S Newbold, JV Douglas. Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet. 2nd edition. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995. (1996 Nursing Book of the Year Award, 1996 Brandon/Hill Selection, 1996 American Journal of Nursing Book Award.)
MJ Ball, DW Simborg, JW Albright, JV Douglas. Healthcare Information Management Systems: A Practical Guide. 2nd edition. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995.
NM Lorenzi, RT Riley, MJ Ball, JV Douglas. Transforming Health Care Through Information: Case Studies. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995.
Chapters in Books (Partial Listing, 1995-Present)
Shaw, T., Hübner, U., Mustata Wilson, G., & Ball, M. J. Outlook and Future: Health Informatics Career. A Global and Interprofessional Health Informatics Perspective (5th ed.).
Bagchi, S., Chen, C.H., Kim, G., George, J., Gagliardi, T.A., Ball, M., Ballen, S., & Snowdon, J.L. Predictive Preventive Care Service Usage in a Direct Primary Care Setting Using Machine Learning. Healthcare Information Management Systems: Cases, Strategies, and Solutions (5th ed.).
Snowdon, J.L., Ballen, S.E., Gruen, D., Gagliardi, T.A., George, J., Park, Y., Sylla, I., Rosario, B., Kim, G., Chen, C.H., & Ball, M. Direct Primary Care: A New Model for Patient-Centered Care Personal Health Informatics: Reimagining Consumer Health Informatics for Precision Medicine and Healthcare.
Silva, J.S., Ball, M.J., Polyak, M., & Wilson, G. The Future of Health Systems: Health Intelligence. Healthcare Information Management Systems: Cases, Strategies, and Solutions. (5th ed.).
Hübner, U., Wilson, G., Shaw, T., & Ball, M. Why Nursing and Health Informatics: Towards a 360° Stakeholder View. Nursing Informatics - A Global and Interprofessional Health Informatics Perspective. (5th ed.).
Mustata Wilson, G., & Obassanya, M. Principles of Health Informatics. Nursing Informatics - A Global and Interprofessional Health Informatics Perspective. (5th ed.).
Mustata Wilson, G., Hinton Walker, P. & Ball, M. J. Emerging Need for a New Vision of Multi-Interprofessional Training in Health Informatics. Healthcare Information Management Systems: Cases, Strategies, and Solutions. (5th ed.).
Bemmel, J.V. & Ball, M. Contributions to Professional Organizations. Tribute to: Donald A B Lindberg
Dan Pelino, Bud Ramey, Marion Ball, Chapter 13 in book entitled “Trusted Healer” IAHSHI: Strategy and Focus Areas, 2019
J Silva, MJ Ball, Chapter, Engineering the Next Generation of Health Systems, in book Healthcare Information Management Systems, 4th Edition, pages 461-476, 2016.
M Collen, edited by MJ Ball, Chapter 8 Specialized High-Intensity Clinical Settings: A Brief Review, in book The History of Medical Informatics in the United States, 2nd Edition, Springer-Verlag, 2015.
Catalina Davis, MJ Ball, M Minniti, “Patient Engagement at the Point of Care: Technology as an Enabler,” pages 199-226, in A Grando, et.al., Information Technology for Patient Empowerment in Healthcare, 2015.
George Kim MD and Marion Ball Ed.D, Chapter title: "Health Informatics and e-Health for the Curious," in book Health Informatics for the Curious: Why Study Health Informatics?, W. Hersh, MD, et.al.
George Mihalas, Jana Zvarova, Casimir Kulikowski, Marion Ball, Jan van Bemmel, Arie Hasman, Izet Masic, Diane Whitehouse, Barry Barber, Chapter 15 entitled, “History of Medical Informatics in Europe - a Short Review by Different Approach,” in book “The History of Medical Informatics,” July 2014.
J Silva, N Seybold, MJ Ball, "Leapfrogging Unusable Health IT - The Smart Point of Care system," chapter for book Nursing Informatics: Where Technology and Caring Meet, 4th Edition, January, 2011.
MJ Ball, JV Douglas, D DuLong, “TIGER Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform: A Nursing Imperative,” In Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet, 4th Edition, January 2011.
MJ Ball, JV Douglas, D DuLong, "Nursing and Informatics," chapter for book Nursing Informatics: Where Technology and Caring Meet, 4th Edition, January 2011.
Melinda Costin, Marion Ball, entitled "Chapter 7: Lessons Learned from IT-Enabled Clinical Transformation." Raymond Gensinger, Jr., MD, Editor, in book entitled "Introduction to Healthcare Information Enabling Technologies." HIMSS, February 2010.
Donna DuLong, Marion Ball. Chapter 2 entitled "TIGER: Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform-A Nursing Imperative" in Book "Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century: An International Look at Practice, Education and EHR Trends." HIMSS, February 2010.
DuLong D, Ball MJ, "TIGER Technology Informatics Guiding Educational Reform: A Nursing Imperative," in Nursing Informatics Issues, Charlotte Weaver, et.al., ed., Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, 2010.
MJ Ball, JH van Bemmel, S Kaihara, "IMIA Presidential Retrospectives on Medical Informatics," published in IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2007, pp. 165-175, August 2007.
Chapter 19 "Collaborating for Change" in book Health Information: Management of a Strategic Resource, Edition 3, by Mervat Abdelhak, pages 688-692, Summer 2007.
Article entitled "Moving Forward, Looking Back… Reminiscences!" for IMIA Yearbook, History of Medical Informatics section, Summer 2007.
Ball MJ, McBride AB, “Chapter 13. Skills and Competencies Needed in the Nursing Informatics Role.” Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century, C Weaver, ed. Chicago: Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, June 2006.
MJ Ball, JV Douglas. Human Factors: Changing Systems, Changing Behaviors. Chapter 6 in book, Person-Centered Health Records: Toward Healthe People in the Health Informatics Series. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2005.
KL Knecht, MJ Ball, N Cortes-Comerer. “Aligning Process and Technology: Balancing Capability With Reality-Based Process.” Healthcare Information Management Systems, 3rd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2004.
MJ Ball. "Better Health Through Informatics: Managing Information To Deliver Value." In Public Health Informatics and Information Systems, PW O’Carroll, W Yasnoff, et.al., eds. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 39-51, 2003.
Journal Articles, 1994 to Present
• Haux, R., Ball, M. J., Kimura, M., Martin-Sanchez, F., Otero, P., Huesing, E., Koch, S., Lehmann, C. U. (2020). The International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI): IMIAs Academy is Now Established and on Track. Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 29(01), 11-14.
• Mustata Wilson, G., Ball, M.J., Szczesny, P., Haymann, S., Polyak, M., Silva, J. Health Intelligence Atlas: A Core Tool for Public Health Intelligence. Journal of Applied Clinical Informatics. (under review).
• Martin-Sanchez, F., Ball, M. J., Kimura, M., Otero, P., Huesing, E., Lehmann, C. U., Haux, R. (2020). International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI): Strategy and Focus Areas, 1st Version. Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 29(01), 15-25.
Krysia W. Hudson, George R. Kim, Grace T. Osipowicz, Nicole L. Mollenkopf, Nikki E. Akparewa, Marion J. Ball, “Examining stress and coping: Program improvements of pre-licensure nursing students,” http://jnep.sciedupress.com Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 2019, Vol. 9, No. 9, pages 131-138.
Marion Ball, Krysia Hudson, “The Challenge for Nursing and Healthcare in the Digital Age,” Texto Contexto Enferm, 2018, 27(2), June 2018.
Johannes Thye, Toria Shaw, Jens Hüsers, Moritz Esdar, Marion Ball, Birgit Babitsch and Ursula Hübner “What Are Inter-Professional eHealth Competencies?”, Proceedings of the GMDS, Osnabruck, Germany, page 201-205.
Toria Shaw, Jens Husers, Moritz Esdar, Marion Ball, Birgit Babitsch and Ursula Hubner, "What are Inter-Professional eHealth Competencies?", (open source), IOS Press
Ursula Hubner, Marion Ball, Toria Shaw, co-editors, for "Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER): An International Recommendation Framework of Core Competencies in Health Informatics for Nurses," Methods (open source), June 2018 issue.
Marion Ball, collaborative participant of TIGER Usability Collaborative Team/ Committee Member, "Informatics Competencies for Every Practicing Nurse: Recommendations from the TIGER Collaborative," Health Information Management Systems Society publication, August 2016, pages 1-34.
Marion Ball, John Silva, "Reflections on the Yearbook from the 1990's to the Present," for IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2016, Schattauer, August 2016 issue, pages 10-11.
Marion Ball, Michelle Troseth, Toria Shaw, et.al., "HIMSS TIGER Committee Informatics Definitions," Health Information Management Systems Society publication, June 2016, pages 1-6.
Ursula Hubner, Toria Shaw, Marion Ball, co-editors, for "The TIGER Initiative," Hospital Healthcare Europe, April 2016 issue, pages 6-9.
MJ Ball, S Ballen, C Danis, A Concordia, M Minniti, “No Patient Engagement, No Chance for Adherence!” Journal of Healthcare Information Management, Volume 29, Number 2, pages 24-27, Spring 2015.
MJ Ball, “Looking Back and Looking Forward: Marion Ball’s Perspectives on the Future of Healthcare and Healthcare IT,” interview by Mark Hagland, Healthcare Informatics, March 10, 2014. http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/article/looking-back-and-looking-forward-marion-ball-s-perspectives-future-healthcare-and-healthcare?page=2
Catalina Davis, S Ballen, R Farrell, MJ Ball, M Minniti, et.al., “Bringing Patients into the Loop: Using Technology to Engage Patients and Improve Health Outcomes,” in Journal of Health Information Management (JHIM), Volume 28, Number 1, pages 20-27, Winter 2014.
G Mihalas, J Zvarova, C Kulikowski, M Ball, J van Bemmel, A Hasman, I Masic, D Whitehouse, B Barber. "History of Medical Informatics in Europe - a Short Review by Different Approach," ACTA Informatica Medica, Journal of Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2014.
M Ball, D Lindberg, I Masic. "Morris F. Collen: Charismatic Leader of Medical Informatics," ACTA Informatica Medica, Journal of Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2014.
D.A.B. Lindberg, M.J.Ball, Editorial on the Centennial Birthday for Morrie Collen, Schattauer, Methods for Medicine, pages 371-373, October 2013.
Ming-Chuan Kou, Polun Chang, Rung-Chuang Feng, Marion Ball, Bonnie Westra. From Passion to Excellence: National NI** Movement in Taiwan. Published in Computers, Informatics, Nursing (CIN), May, 2012. ** Nursing Informatics
C Lovis, MJ Ball, C Boyer, et.al. Article in the IMIA Yearbook. Report on the South Africa HIS Working Conference. "Hospital Information Systems - Current Perspectives," Schattauer, June 2011.
Ball, MJ. Article, "Back to the Future: What have we failed to learn? How does the Future look?" IMIA Award Presentation at MedInfo 2010, South Africa, held in September 2010, Schattauer, published in 2011 IMIA Yearbook, September 2011, pp. 196-198.
Silva J, Seybold N, Ball MJ, "Creating Usable Health IT for Physicians - The Smart Point of Care System," submitted as poster for MedInfo 2010 in South Africa, Elsevier, September 2010.
J Silva, N Seybold, MJ Ball, “Creating Usable Health IT for Physicians - The Smart Point of Care System," article in Healthcare Informatics journal, July 2010, pages 40-43.
Haux R, Ball MJ, "From Theory into Practice: Bridging the Clinical Informatics Divide!," Applied Clinical Informatics Journal, 1st Edition, editorial in online journal, Schattauer, December, 2009.
Article by Associate Editor Kate H. Gamble, Healthcare Informatics journal, "One-on-One" with IBM Research Fellow and Johns Hopkins Professor Marion Ball, Ed.D. - Clinicians need intuitive, mobile technologies that adapt to their needs and provide the right data at the point of care,” Vol. 26, Number 7, pp. 36-38, July, 2009. http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/article/one-one-ibm-research-fellow-and-johns-hopkins-professor-marion-ball-edd#.WNQQ8TUBAbp.email
JD Gold, MJ Ball, "The Health Record Banking Imperative: A Conceptual Model," translated into Chinese by Professor B. Li, China Digital Medicine, pp. 29-35, May-June, 2009.
MJ Ball, et.al., "Failure to Provide Clinicians Useful IT Systems: Opportunities to Leapfrog Current Technologies," translated into Chinese by Professor B. Li, China Digital Medicine, pp. 77-81, March-April, 2009.
Contributor to article, "A Brief History of Nursing Informatics in the United States of America," by JG Ozbolt, VK Saba, Special Issue Informatics: Science and Practice, Nursing Outlook, Volume 56, Number 5, p. 204, September/October 2008.
Senior authors S Arnold, WW Wieners. MJ Ball, member of Global Enterprise Task Force, Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), "Electronic Health Records: A Global Perspective," September, 2008.
MJ Ball, M Costin, C Lehmann, “The Personal Health Record: Consumers Banking on their Health,” IOS Press, 2008, pp. 35-46.
MJ Ball, C Lehmann, “Translational Research in Medical Informatics or From Theory to Practice: A Call for an Applied Informatics Journal,” Methods of Information in Medicine, January, 2008.
MJ Ball, et.al., “Failure to Provide Clinicians Useful IT Systems: Opportunities to Leapfrog Current Technologies,” Methods of Information in Medicine, January, 2008.
CU Lehmann, MM Altuwaijri, YC Li, MJ Ball, RHaux, “Translational Research in Medical Informatics or from Theory to Practice: A Call for an Applied Informatics Journal,” Methods of Information in Medicine, January, 2008.
Co-author with Carla Smith (HIMSS) and Richard Bakalar (IBM), "Personal Health Records: Empowering Consumers." For Journal of Health Information Management, Winter Issue, Volume 21, Number 1, February 2007.
Co-author with Jonathan Gold. The Health Record Banking Imperative (A Conceptual Model). For special issue of IBM Systems Journal on Information Based Medicine, January 2007.
MJBall, TMerryman, CLehmann. Patient Safety: A Tale of Two Institutions. Journal of Healthcare Information Management, Vol. 20, No. 4, Fall 2006, pp. 26-34.
Ball MJ, Gold J. Banking on Health: Personal Records and Information Exchange. Journal of Health Information Management. Vol. 20, No. 2 Spring issue, May 2006.
Ball MJ, Wieners WW. Experts Corner: Spanning the Globe. Healthcare Informatics, pp. 48-50, April 2006.
Ball MJ, Merryman T. Unalienable Rights. Online eArticle. ADVANCE, March 20, 2006.
Co-author with Tami Merryman. Patient Safety at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside. Advance, March 6, 2006.
Ball MJ, de Crescenzo N. Personal Health Records (PHRs): Delivering Value to Consumers and the “C-Suite” White paper, internal IBM document for National Manufacturers Association Meeting, March 2006
MJBall. PHR: An Introduction to the electronic Personal Health Record. Internal IBM publication with Center of Healthcare Management. FAQ. Spring 2006.
MJBall, WWWieners. Nurses: Critical Members of the IT Team. Healthcare Informatics. February 2006 (this is the HIMSS issue)
MJ Ball & MY Costin, “Whose Record Is It, Anyway? Consumers Bank on Health” Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Meeting, Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society, February 2006.
MJ Ball & WW Wieners. “Nurses: Critical Members of the IT Team.” Healthcare Informatics, February, 2006 (this is the HIMSS issue).
MJ Ball. “Ask the Expert .. A Round-Up. Question: What Will 2006 Mean for e-Healthcare?” eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, January, 2006.
ARothschild, LDietrich, MJBall, “Leveraging Systems Thinking to Design Patient-Centered Clinical Documentation Systems,” International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2005.
MBall, Nursing: A Culture of Safety. Johns Hopkins’ initiative improves interdisciplinary communication to better protect patients and staff, Advance for Nurses, October 24, 2005, pp. 31-32.
LDietrich, ARothschild, MJBall, “Patient-Centered Clinical Documentation.” Healthcare Informatics Online, March 16, 2005.
Ball MJ, Nursing Informatics of Tomorrow. Healthcare Informatics February, 2005; pp. 74-75.
MJBall, NCortes-Comerer, MCostin, KHudson, BAugustine, “HCA Inc.: Standardization in Action.” Journal of Healthcare Information Management, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 59-63, (2004).
MJBall and HFarish-Hunt, “Standards at Center Stage: Safe, efficient care delivery depends on standardization,” Healthcare Informatics, Nov 2003, pp. 52-54.
MJBall, DEGarets, TJHandler, “Leveraging Information Technology Towards Enhancing Patient Care and a Culture of Safety in the U.S.” Methods Inf Med 2003, pp. 503-508.
MJBall, “Hospital information systems: perspectives on problems and prospects, 1979 and 2002”, International Journal of Medical Informatics, Vol. 69, pp. 83-89, (2003)
MJ Ball, C Weaver, PA Abbott. "Enabling Technologies Promise to Revitalize the Role of Nursing in an Era of Patient Safety", International Journal of Medical Informatics, Vol. 69, Issue 1, pp. 29-38 (January 2003).
MJ Ball, DE Garets, TJ Handler. "Leveraging IT to Improve Patient Safety." IMIA Yearbook 2003, pp. 1-12.
JS Silva, MJ Ball. "Health Care in the Information Society: A Prognosis for the Year 2013. A Response to R Haux, E Ammenwerth, W Herzog, P Knaup." International Journal of Medical Informatics, Vol. 66, Issues 1-3, pp. 45-49 (Nov 2002).
G Lechleitner, K-P Pfieffer, I Wilhelm, MJ Ball. "Cerner Millennium: The Innsbruck Experience." Methods of Information in Medicine, 2002.
MJ Ball. "Nursing Informatics: New Opportunities, New Responsibilities." BJHC, 2002.
MJ Ball, JV Douglas. "Redefining and Improving Patient Safety: Information Technology an Enabler." Methods of Information in Medicine, 2002; 41: 243-156, pp. 271-276.
MJ Ball, JV Douglas. "IT, Patient Safety, and Quality Care." Journal of Healthcare Information Management, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 28-33 (Winter 2002).
MJ Ball. "Welcome to E-Health." Healthcare Informatics, Vol. 18, No. 10, pp. 45-52, October 2001.
Health Leaders Roundtable. "Reducing Medical Errors, Improving Patient Safety: Taking the Next Step." Health Leaders Special Supplement (June 2001).
MJ Ball, D Beaulieu. "Transforming Healthcare: The Role of Federal Innovations." MD Computing, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 24-27 (January/February 2001).
MJ Ball. "E-Health: Transforming the Physician-Patient Relationship," International Journal of Medical Informatics, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 1-10 (January 2001).
MJ Ball, JC Lillis. "Health Information Systems: Challenges for the 21st Century." AACN. Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 386-395 (2000).
P Ramsaroop, MJ Ball. "The 'Bank of Health': A Model for More Useful Patient Records," MD Computing, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 45-48 (July/August 2000).
P Ramsaroop, MJ Ball. "Banking on Good Healthcare: A Futuristic Concept For Using Health Data That is Here Today." Healthcare Informatics, pp. 143-148 (June 2000).
Ball, MJ. "International Efforts in Informatics: Creating a Global Village for Healthcare." MD Computing. Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 50-53 (May/June 2000).
MJ Ball, R Haux, W Swinkels, P Knaup, KC Lun. "Transformation of Health Care through Innovative Use of Information Technology: Challenges for Health and Medical Informatics Education." International Journal of Medical Informatics. (March 1998).
MJ Ball, FO Weise, GA Freiburger, JV Douglas. Library of the Future. In: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 44 (September 1994).
MJ Ball, JS Silva, JV Douglas, P Degoulet, S Kaihara. The Healthcare Professional Workstation. In: International Journal of Biomedical Computing, 34 (1994).
Videos, 1994 to Present
• Presentation to the Texas Christian University Medical Students enrolled in the FUTURE ACCELERATORS OF MEDICINE AND BEYOND (FAB); March 1, 2021. Presenters: Mustata Wilson, G., Silva, J. & Ball, M.J.; Topic: Artificial Intelligence and Future Trends in Healthcare
“How Did We Get Here: A History Celebrating 130 Years of Hopkins Nursing, Marion Ball,” YouTube Video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxfJxoymkxM