Morris F. Collen
Morris Frank Collen | |
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Collen on his 100th birthday | |
| Born | November 12, 1913 St. Paul, Minnesota, USA |
| Died | September 17, 2014 (aged 100) |
| Education | University of Minnesota |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Bioinformatics, health informatics |
| Institutions | Los Angeles County General Hospital Permanente Medical Group |
Morris Frank Collen (November 12, 1913 – September 14, 2014) was founder of the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and an original member of the Permanente Medical Group, pioneering developer of Automated Multiphasic Health Testing (AMHT) systems, and Electronic Health Records (EHRs) for Public Health and Clinical Screening, serving as a model for pre-paid healthcare at the national level. Collen was a Founder of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) in 1984, and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) in 1989. The Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence was established in his honor by ACMI in 1993. In 1971 Collen was elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (now the National Academy of Medicine).