Melek Somai

Introduction

Melek Somai is the principal in digital health engineering at Inception Health. He holds also the position of Assistant Professor of Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr Somai’s expertise is in health informatics and data engineering. Melek is trained in medicine, data scientist, and public health. He was formerly a research fellow at the Neuro-Epidemiology and Ageing Research at Imperial College and the Associate Director of the Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering exploring the deployment of Blockchain Technology in Health Care and Life Sciences. He is a former Fulbright scholar. Dr Somai has a special interest in the impact of information technology and data in shaping the provision of care. He is also interested in the development of new approaches to public and global health using data science. As part of his global health activities, Dr Somai is the founder and the current president of the Tunisian Center for Public Health.

Publications

• Addressing depression and behavioral health needs through a digital program at scale

  innovations-care-delivery

  Published by Zak Sharif-Sidi, Bill Wong, Christine Shen, Melek Somai, Bradley Crotty in Healthcare on June, 2021
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• Impact of Pre-visit Contextual Data Collection on Patient-Physician Communication and Patient Activation: a Randomized Trial

  patient contextual data

  Published by Jeana Holt, Rachel Cusatis, Onur Asan, Melek Somai, Bradley Crotty in Journal of General Internal Medicine on February, 2021
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• Augmenting patient safety through participation by design – An assessment of dual monitors for patients in the outpatient clinic

  engagement

  Published by Bradley Crotty, Melek Somai, Onur Asan in International Journal of Medical Informatics on February, 2021
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• The Impact of Previsit Contextual Data Collection on Patient-Provider Communication and Patient Activation: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

  patient contextual data

  Published by Jeana Holt, Rachel Cusatis, Bradley Crotty, Melek Somai, Aaron Winn, Onur Asan in JMIR Research Protocols on September, 2020
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• Digital Engagement: How Serious Are Hospitals?

  Published by Bradley Crotty, Melek Somai in Journal of General Internal Medicine on February, 2020
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• Data Science in Global Health—Highlighting the Burdens of Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer in the MENA Region Using Open Source Data and Spatial Analysis

  Published by Melek Somai in Leveraging Data Science for Global Health on January, 2020
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• Association of Use of Online Symptom Checkers With Patients’ Plans for Seeking Care

  machine learning

  Published by Aaron Winn, Melek Somai, Bradley Crotty in JAMA Network Open on December, 2019
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• Clinical trials of neurointervention : 2007–2018

  Published by Melek Somai in Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery on September, 2019
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• Predictive analytics and machine learning in stroke and neurovascular medicine

  Published by Melek Somai in Neurological Research on April, 2019
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• Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

  Published by Melek Somai in The Lancet on June, 2018
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