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Prof Ewart Carson
Professor
Room: A304
Centre for Health Informatics
School of Informatics
City University
London EC1V OHB

E.R.Carson@soi.city.ac.uk
tel: +44 20 7040 8367
fax: +44 20 7040 8364

Profile

Ewart Carson is Professor of Systems Science in the Centre for Health Informatics. Previous positions include being Director of the Centre for Measurement and Information in Medicine (1983-2003) and Director of the Institute of Health Sciences (1993-1999).

Areas of research interest and expertise include: modelling in physiology and medicine; modelling methodology for health resource management; clinical decision support systems; development and evaluation of model-based decision support systems; evaluation methodologies with particular application in telemedicine; and integrated policy modelling for ICT-enhanced public healthcare. As a systems scientist, all this research is undertaken within a clear systemic framework.

As a member of City University for over 38 years, he has led a range of major research projects funded by UK and European agencies and has successfully supervised more than 40 research students. Publications include some 13 authored and edited books and more than 300 journal papers and chapters.

Current professional activities include being a member of the Executive Team of the Healthcare Technologies Professional Network of the IET, a Technical Board member of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) and Chairman of the IFAC Co-ordinating Committee for Bio- and Ecological systems. He is Associate Editor of Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine.

Honours include Honorary Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (London), Fellowship of the IEEE, Fellowship of the International Academy of Medical and Biological engineering, Fellowship of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Career Achievement Award 2005.

Ewart Carson was educated at Liverpool College, the University of St Andrews and City University, London. He lives in Ludlow, Shropshire.

Key Publications

Books

• C Cobelli, ER Carson. Physiological Modeling: a Guidebook. San Diego: Elsevier (forthcoming 2008)
• ER Carson, C Cobelli (eds). Modelling Methodology for Physiology and Medicine. San Diego: Academic Press 2001 [ISBN 0 12 160245 1]
• T Deutsch, D Cramp, ER Carson. Decisions, Computers and Medicines: the Informatics of Pharmacotherapy. Amsterdam: Elsevier 2001 [ISBN 0 444 50004 9]
• T Deutsch, ER Carson, E Ludwig. Dealing with Medical Knowledge. New York: Plenum 1994 [ISBN 0 306 44849 1]
• RL Flood, ER Carson. Dealing with Complexity: an Introduction to the Theory and Application of systems Science (2nd ed). New York: Plenum 1993 [ISBN 0 306 4429 X

Journal Papers

• Mukotekwa C, Carson ER. Improving the discharge planning process: a systems study. Journal of Research in Nursing 2007 (in press)
• Carson ER, Feng DD, Pons M-N, Soncini-Sessa R, van Straten G. Dealing with bio- and ecological complexity: challenges and opportunities. Annual Reviews in Control 2006; 30: 91-101
• Greenwood MC, Hakim AJ, Carson ER, Doyle DV. Touch screen computer systems in the rheumatology clinic offer a reliable and user-friendly means of collecting quality-of-life and outcome data from patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology 2006; 45(1): 66-71
• Kamel Boulos MN, Harvey FE, Roudsari AV, Bellazzi R, Hernando ME, Deutsch T, Cramp DG, Carson ER. M2DM, decision support, and improving clinical outcomes by education: a proposed semantic framework for diabetes education content management, customisation, delivery and evaluation. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 2006; 83; 188-197
• Kanwal K, Carson ER, Cramp DG. An illustration of whole systems thinking. Health Services Management Research 2006; 19(3): 174-185
• Roy A, Kostkova P, Catchpole M, Carson E. Web-based provision of information on infectious diseases: a systems study. Health Informatics Journal 2006; 12(4): 276-294
• Hughes M, Carson ER, Morgan C, Silvester P. Evaluating control in a surgical progressive-care system. Control Engineering Practice 2005; 13(9): 1123-1128
• Lloyd M, Parikh A, Clarke A, Withey S, Carson ER, Simmons J, McEvoy H. Butler PEM. Formal decision trees in plastic surgery. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2005; 116(5): 1550-1553
• Collinson PO, John C, Lynch S, Rao A, Canepa-Anson R, Carson E, Cramp D. A prospective randomised controlled trial of point of care testing on the coronary care unit. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry 2004; 41: 397-404.
• Fahey DK, Carson ER, Cramp DG, Muir Gray JA. Applying systems modelling to public health. Systems Research and Behavioural Science 2004; 21(6): 635-649.
• Hashimoto Y, Farkas L, Murase H, Carson ER, Sano A. Control approaches to bio- and ecological systems. Control Engineering Practice 2004; 12: 595-603.
• Roudsari AV, Leicester HJ, Carson ER. The developing science and technology of home data collection illustrated with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Measurement and Control 2004; 37(5): 141-145.
• Roudsari A, Nengquan Zhao, Carson E. A web-based diabetes management system Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control 2004; 26: 201-222.
• Kalogeropoulos D, Carson ER, Collinson PO. Towards knowledge-based systems in clinical practice: development of an integrated clinical information and knowledge management support system. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 2003; 72: 65-80
• Fahey DK, Carson ER, Cramp DG, Gray M. Information and communication technology in public health: the role of systems modelling. Health Informatics Journal 2003; 9(3): 163-181
• Montani S, Magni P, Bellazzi R, Larizza C, Roudsari AV, Carson ER. Integrating model- based decision support in a multi-modal reasoning system for managing type 1 diabetic patients. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2003; 29(1/2): 131-151
• Fahey DK, Carson ER, Cramp DG, Muir Gray J. User requirements and understanding of public health networks in England. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2003; 57: 938-944
• Skiadas M, Agroyiannis B, Carson ER, Cramp DG, Fortunas C, Darnige A, Morgan A, Murley D, Tsavdaris H, Hassomeris C, Skouras C. Design, implementation and preliminary evaluation of a telemedicine system for home haemodialysis. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2002; 8: 157-164
• Hughes M, Carson ER, Makhlouf MA, Morgan CJ, Summers R. Towards the development of computerised healthcare delivery in the hospital setting. Control Engineering Practice 2002; 10; 111-117
• Kamel Boulos MN, Roudsari AV, Carson ER. A simple method for serving Web hypermaps with dynamic database drill-down. International Journal of Health Geographics 2002; 1; 1
• Kamel Boulos MN, Roudsari AV, Carson ER. A dynamic problem to knowledge linking semantic web service based on clinical codes. Medical Informatics & The Internet in Medicine 2002; 27(3):127-137
• Kamel BoulosMN, Roudsari AV, Carson ER. HealthCyberMap: a semantic visual Browser of medical internet resources based on clinical codes and the human body metaphor. Health Information and Libraries Journal 2002; 19(4): 189-200
• Kamel Boulos MN, Roudsari AV, Carson ER. Towards a semantic medical web: HeathCyber Map?s tool for building an RDF metadata base of health information resources based on the Qualified Dublin Core Metadata Set. Medical Science Monitor 2002; 8(7): MT124-MT136
• Cramp DG, Carson ER. A model-based framework for assessing the value of ICT-driven healthcare delivery. Health Informatics 2001; 7: 90-95
• Hughes MLW, Carson ER, Makhlouf MA, Morgan CJ, Summers R. Modelling a progressive care system using a coloured timed Petri net. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control 2000; 22: 271-283
• Perlman F, Watts C, Carson ER, Jenkins L. The use of Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data analysis to investigate the appropriateness of clinical practice in relation to demand management and waiting list initiatives. Public Health Medicine 2000; 2; 135-139
• Weller PR, Hennessy TR, Carson ER. The IBIS system architecture. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 2000; 63: 229-235
• Sabry-Rizk M, Zgallai W, Carson ER, El-Khafif S, Morgan C, Grattan KTV. Novel detection strategy for P wave detection utilising non-linearly synthesised ECG components and their enhanced preudospectral resonances. IEE Proceedings ? Science, Measurement and Technology 2000; 147: 389-396
• Sabry-Rizk M, Zgallai W, Carson ER, Hardiman P, MacLean A, Grattan KTV. Nonlinear dynamic tools for characterising abdominal pain during labour. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control 2000; 22: 243-270
• Carson ER Decision support systems in diabetes: a systems perspective. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 1998; 56: 77-91
• Carson ER, Cramp DG, Morgan A, Roudsari AV. Clinical decision support, systems methodology and telemedicine: their role in the management of chronic disease. IEEE Transactions on IT Applications in Biomedicine 1998; 2: 80-88
• Carson ER, Hovorka R, Roudsari AV, Summers R. Modelling and decision support in physiology and medicine: a methodological framework with illustrations. Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems 1998; 4: 73-99
• Carson ER, Deutsch T, Leicester HJ, Roudsari AV, S?nksen PH. Challenges for measurement science and measurement practice: the interpretation of home-monitored blood glucose data. Measurement 1998; 24: 281-293
• Cavan DA, Hejlesen OK, Hovorka R, Evans JA, Metcalfe JA, Cavan ML, Halim M, Andeassen S, Carson ER, S?nksen PH. Preliminary experience of the DIAS computer model in providing insulin dose advise to patients with insulin dependent diabetes, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 1998; 56: 157-164