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David Chartash, PhD

Lecturer in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
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Yale School of Medicine

100 College Street

New Haven, CT 06511

United States

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Lecturer in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Biography

Dr. Chartash's interests are in understanding the adage in medicine that,

The history is the foundation of diagnosis, management and rapport with the patient, and that diagnosis is based on, first, a focused and meticulous history, followed by a focused and confirmatory physical examination and ending with a parsimonious ancillary investigation. — Crombie, D. L. "General Practice Today and Tomorrow. X. Diagnostic Methods." The Practitioner 191 (1963): 539-545.

Methodologically, his research aims to model information within the medical record and clinical encounter through the use of cognitive science, computational linguistic and complex systems science approaches.

Dr. Chartash earned his bachelor's degree in engineering science from The University of Western Ontario in electrical engineering, focusing on biomedical signals and systems analysis. He completed a masters degree in health science by research at the University of Toronto in clinical engineering, during the course of this degree, practicing as an engineer at the Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative and Toronto General Hospital. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from Indiana University Bloomington, specializing in medical informatics and complex systems. During the course of this doctorate he was a fellow at the Center for Biomedical Informatics at the Regenstrief Institute, as well as the Department of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

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Education & Training

PhD
Indiana University Bloomington, Medical Informatics and Complex Systems
MHS
University of Toronto, Clinical Engineering
BEngSci
The University of Western Ontario, Electrical Engineering

Research

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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Biomedical Engineering; Clinical Decision-Making; Decision Making; Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Decision Theory; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Errors; Folklore; General Practice; History of Medicine; Information Theory; Medical Informatics; Medical Writing; Narrative Medicine; Pediatrics; Semantics; Systems Integration

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of David Chartash's published research.

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2024

2023

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Yale School of Medicine

100 College Street

New Haven, CT 06511

United States