OUR WORK
Publications
Medical AI Neglects Real Treatment Outcomes
Kaul S, Khurshid A. Medical AI Neglects Real Treatment Outcomes. Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026). Seoul, Korea. PMLR 306, 2026.
Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) as Novel Sources for Population-Based Post Marketing Surveillance of Medical Products: A Pilot Study from the FDA Sentinel Innovation Center
FHIRedApp: A LEAP in health information technology for promoting patient access to their medical information.
The health data utility and the resurgence of health information exchanges as a national resource
FHIRedApp: A LEAP in health information technology for promoting patient access to their medical information.
The Role of Health Data Utilities in Supporting Health AI
Alkasir A, Gabriel S, Bari L, Rozio J, Khurshid A. Health Data Utility Supporting Health AI. New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Artificial Intelligence. 2024;10(1)
Enhancing Referrals to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program through Clinical Integration of a Standards-Based Decision Support System
FHIRedApp: A LEAP in health information technology for promoting patient access to their medical information.
Sustained Community Involvement in Translational Research: Evaluating the Acceptability of a Multisession Community Engagement Studio Approach
FHIRedApp: A LEAP in health information technology for promoting patient access to their medical information.
OUR WORK
Publications
Medical AI Neglects Real Treatment Outcomes
Kaul S, Khurshid A. Medical AI Neglects Real Treatment Outcomes. Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026). Seoul, Korea. PMLR 306, 2026.
Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) as Novel Sources for Population-Based Post Marketing Surveillance of Medical Products: A Pilot Study from the FDA Sentinel Innovation Center
The health data utility and the resurgence of health information exchanges as a national resource
The Role of Health Data Utilities in Supporting Health AI
Enhancing Referrals to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program through Clinical Integration of a Standards-Based Decision Support System
Sustained Community Involvement in Translational Research: Evaluating the Acceptability of a Multisession Community Engagement Studio Approach
The Verbose Context Problem in Medical Records
Kaul, S., Kim, M., Khurshid, A., & Vishwanath, S. The verbose context problem in medical records. In Proceedings of the ICML 2026 Workshop on Structured Data for Health (SD4H). 2026.
Publication on SHIP: Piloting a Standards-Based, Digital Platform Linking SDoH Data into Clinical Workflows
Article evaluates (SDoH) integration for treating pediatric asthma
Patient Engagement Platforms
Khurshid A, Oliveira E, Lakshminarayanan, Abrol V. FHIRedApp: A LEAP in health information technology for promoting patient access to their medical information.
Khurshid A, Oliveira E, Kaerwer A, et al. Developing a real-time EHR-integrated SDoH clinical tool.
Zhang W, Kirsch L, Khurshid A. Texas Healthcare Learning Collaborative: Medicaid Quality of Care in the Travis Service Area
COVID-19 Related
Riley C, Xie B, Khurshid A. Challenges Encountered While Comparing International Policy Responses to COVID-19 and Their Effects.
Xie B, Charness N, Fingerman W, Kaye J, Kim MT, Khurshid A. When Going Digital Becomes a Necessity: Ensuring Older Adults’ Needs for Information, Services, and Social Inclusion During COVID-19.
Khurshid A. Applying Blockchain Technology to Address the Crisis of Trust During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Public Health Informatics
Khurshid A, Shah G, Nguyen T, Jones J. Building informatics capacity of local health departments to combat Covid-19: A call to action. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
Pounders K, Agarwal D, Lindstadt C, Love B, Khurshid A. Child Blood Lead Testing Rates in Texas.
Nguyen T, Shah G, Khurshid A, Olivas M. Local Health Departments’ Engagement in Activities to Address Opioid Use and Abuse: The Influence of Surveillance Systems’ Use.
Zhang W, Kirsch L, Khurshid A. Texas Healthcare Learning Collaborative: Medicaid Quality of Care in the Travis Service Area.
Blockchain
Bautista JR, Usman M, Harrell DT, Meyer ET, Khurshid A. Clinical, organizational and regulatory, and ethical and social (CORES) issues and recommendations on blockchain deployment for healthcare: Evidence from experts.
Mustafa A, Usman M, Harrell DT, Khurshid A. Improving transitions of care: Designing a Blockchain application for patient identity management.
Harrell D, Usman M, Hanson L, Desai I, Shriram J, Holan C, Cowley C, Alexander J, Oliveira, Bautista J, Khurshid S, Meyer E, Khurshid A. Technical design and development of a healthcare identity management platform using blockchain technology.
Khurshid A, Holan C, Cowley C, Alexander J, Harrell D, Usman M, Desai I, Bautista J, Meyer E. Designing and testing a blockchain application for identity management in healthcare.
Khurshid A. Empowering patients in the U.S. Health system by using blockchain technology.
Mercer T, Khurshid A. Advancing Health Equity for People Experiencing Homelessness Using Blockchain Technology for Identity Management: A Research Agenda.
Usman M, Kalhoff V, Khurshid A. The Case for Establishing a Blockchain Research and Development Program at an Academic Medical Center.
Khurshid A. Applying Blockchain Technology to Address the Crisis of Trust During the COVID-19 crisis.
Khurshid A, Rajeswaren V, Andrews S. Using Blockchain Technology to Mitigate Challenges in Service Access for the Homeless and Data Exchange Between Providers: Qualitative Study.
Khurshid A, Gadnis A. Using Blockchain to create transaction identity for persons experiencing homelessness in America: Policy proposal.
Bautista, J.R., Harrell, D.T., Hanson, L., Oliveira, E., Meyer, E.T., Khurshid, A. (in press). MediLinker: A blockchain-based decentralized health information management platform for patient-centric healthcare. Frontiers in Big Data (Special Issue: Innovations in Digital Health and Wellbeing), https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2023.1146023
Social Determinants of Health
Khurshid A, Rousseau JF, Andrews S, Tierney WM. Establishing a Data Sharing Environment for a 21st Century Academic Health Center.
Khurshid A, Oliveira E, Kaerwer A, et al. Developing a real-time EHR-integrated SDoH clinical tool.
Vest JR, Adler-Milstein J, Gottlieb LM, Bian J, Campion Jr TR, Cohen GR, Donnelly N, Harper J, Huerta TR, Kansky JP, Kharrazi H, Khurshid A, Kooreman HE, McDonnell C, Overhage JM, Pantell MS, Parisi W, Shenkman E, Tierney WM, Wiehe S, Harle CA. Assessment of structured data elements.
Tierney WM, Rousseau JF, Khurshid A. Measuring and managing population health.
Khurshid A, Oliveira E, Lakshminarayanan, Abrol V. FHIRedApp: A LEAP in health information technology for promoting patient access to their medical information.
Khurshid A, Oliveira E, Kaerwer A, et al. Developing a real-time EHR-integrated SDoH clinical tool.
COVID-19 Related
Riley C, Xie B, Khurshid A. Challenges Encountered While Comparing International Policy Responses to COVID-19 and Their Effects.
Xie B, Charness N, Fingerman W, Kaye J, Kim MT, Khurshid A. When Going Digital Becomes a Necessity: Ensuring Older Adults’ Needs for Information, Services, and Social Inclusion During COVID-19.
Khurshid A. Applying Blockchain Technology to Address the Crisis of Trust During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Public Health Informatics
Khurshid A, Shah G, Nguyen T, Jones J. Building informatics capacity of local health departments to combat Covid-19: A call to action. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
Pounders K, Agarwal D, Lindstadt C, Love B, Khurshid A. Child Blood Lead Testing Rates in Texas.
Nguyen T, Shah G, Khurshid A, Olivas M. Local Health Departments’ Engagement in Activities to Address Opioid Use and Abuse: The Influence of Surveillance Systems’ Use.
Zhang W, Kirsch L, Khurshid A. Texas Healthcare Learning Collaborative: Medicaid Quality of Care in the Travis Service Area.
Blockchain
Bautista JR, Usman M, Harrell DT, Meyer ET, Khurshid A. Clinical, organizational and regulatory, and ethical and social (CORES) issues and recommendations on blockchain deployment for healthcare: Evidence from experts.
Mustafa A, Usman M, Harrell DT, Khurshid A. Improving transitions of care: Designing a Blockchain application for patient identity management.
Harrell D, Usman M, Hanson L, Desai I, Shriram J, Holan C, Cowley C, Alexander J, Oliveira, Bautista J, Khurshid S, Meyer E, Khurshid A. Technical design and development of a healthcare identity management platform using blockchain technology.
Khurshid A, Holan C, Cowley C, Alexander J, Harrell D, Usman M, Desai I, Bautista J, Meyer E. Designing and testing a blockchain application for identity management in healthcare.
Khurshid A. Empowering patients in the U.S. Health system by using blockchain technology.
Mercer T, Khurshid A. Advancing Health Equity for People Experiencing Homelessness Using Blockchain Technology for Identity Management: A Research Agenda.
Usman M, Kalhoff V, Khurshid A. The Case for Establishing a Blockchain Research and Development Program at an Academic Medical Center.
Khurshid A. Applying Blockchain Technology to Address the Crisis of Trust During the COVID-19 crisis.
Khurshid A, Rajeswaren V, Andrews S. Using Blockchain Technology to Mitigate Challenges in Service Access for the Homeless and Data Exchange Between Providers: Qualitative Study.
Khurshid A, Gadnis A. Using Blockchain to create transaction identity for persons experiencing homelessness in America: Policy proposal.
Social Determinants of Health
Khurshid A, Rousseau JF, Andrews S, Tierney WM. Establishing a Data Sharing Environment for a 21st Century Academic Health Center.
Khurshid A, Oliveira E, Kaerwer A, et al. Developing a real-time EHR-integrated SDoH clinical tool.
Vest JR, Adler-Milstein J, Gottlieb LM, Bian J, Campion Jr TR, Cohen GR, Donnelly N, Harper J, Huerta TR, Kansky JP, Kharrazi H, Khurshid A, Kooreman HE, McDonnell C, Overhage JM, Pantell MS, Parisi W, Shenkman E, Tierney WM, Wiehe S, Harle CA. Assessment of structured data elements.
Tierney WM, Rousseau JF, Khurshid A. Measuring and managing population health.
OUR WORK
Publications
Medical AI Neglects Real Treatment Outcomes
Kaul S, Khurshid A. Medical AI Neglects Real Treatment Outcomes. Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026). Seoul, Korea. PMLR 306, 2026.
Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) as Novel Sources for Population-Based Post Marketing Surveillance of Medical Products: A Pilot Study from the FDA Sentinel Innovation Center
The health data utility and the resurgence of health information exchanges as a national resource
The Role of Health Data Utilities in Supporting Health AI
Enhancing Referrals to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program through Clinical Integration of a Standards-Based Decision Support System
Sustained Community Involvement in Translational Research: Evaluating the Acceptability of a Multisession Community Engagement Studio Approach
The Verbose Context Problem in Medical Records
Kaul, S., Kim, M., Khurshid, A., & Vishwanath, S. The verbose context problem in medical records. In Proceedings of the ICML 2026 Workshop on Structured Data for Health (SD4H). 2026.
Publication on SHIP: Piloting a Standards-Based, Digital Platform Linking SDoH Data into Clinical Workflows
Article evaluates (SDoH) integration for treating pediatric asthma
Patient Engagement Platforms
Khurshid A, Oliveira E, Lakshminarayanan, Abrol V. FHIRedApp: A LEAP in health information technology for promoting patient access to their medical information.
Khurshid A, Oliveira E, Kaerwer A, et al. Developing a real-time EHR-integrated SDoH clinical tool.
Zhang W, Kirsch L, Khurshid A. Texas Healthcare Learning Collaborative: Medicaid Quality of Care in the Travis Service Area
COVID-19 Related
Riley C, Xie B, Khurshid A. Challenges Encountered While Comparing International Policy Responses to COVID-19 and Their Effects.
Xie B, Charness N, Fingerman W, Kaye J, Kim MT, Khurshid A. When Going Digital Becomes a Necessity: Ensuring Older Adults’ Needs for Information, Services, and Social Inclusion During COVID-19.
Khurshid A. Applying Blockchain Technology to Address the Crisis of Trust During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Public Health Informatics
Khurshid A, Shah G, Nguyen T, Jones J. Building informatics capacity of local health departments to combat Covid-19: A call to action. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
Pounders K, Agarwal D, Lindstadt C, Love B, Khurshid A. Child Blood Lead Testing Rates in Texas.
Nguyen T, Shah G, Khurshid A, Olivas M. Local Health Departments’ Engagement in Activities to Address Opioid Use and Abuse: The Influence of Surveillance Systems’ Use.
Zhang W, Kirsch L, Khurshid A. Texas Healthcare Learning Collaborative: Medicaid Quality of Care in the Travis Service Area.
Blockchain
Bautista JR, Usman M, Harrell DT, Meyer ET, Khurshid A. Clinical, organizational and regulatory, and ethical and social (CORES) issues and recommendations on blockchain deployment for healthcare: Evidence from experts.
Mustafa A, Usman M, Harrell DT, Khurshid A. Improving transitions of care: Designing a Blockchain application for patient identity management.
Harrell D, Usman M, Hanson L, Desai I, Shriram J, Holan C, Cowley C, Alexander J, Oliveira, Bautista J, Khurshid S, Meyer E, Khurshid A. Technical design and development of a healthcare identity management platform using blockchain technology.
Khurshid A, Holan C, Cowley C, Alexander J, Harrell D, Usman M, Desai I, Bautista J, Meyer E. Designing and testing a blockchain application for identity management in healthcare.
Khurshid A. Empowering patients in the U.S. Health system by using blockchain technology.
Mercer T, Khurshid A. Advancing Health Equity for People Experiencing Homelessness Using Blockchain Technology for Identity Management: A Research Agenda.
Usman M, Kalhoff V, Khurshid A. The Case for Establishing a Blockchain Research and Development Program at an Academic Medical Center.
Khurshid A. Applying Blockchain Technology to Address the Crisis of Trust During the COVID-19 crisis.
Khurshid A, Rajeswaren V, Andrews S. Using Blockchain Technology to Mitigate Challenges in Service Access for the Homeless and Data Exchange Between Providers: Qualitative Study.
Khurshid A, Gadnis A. Using Blockchain to create transaction identity for persons experiencing homelessness in America: Policy proposal.
Bautista, J.R., Harrell, D.T., Hanson, L., Oliveira, E., Meyer, E.T., Khurshid, A. (in press). MediLinker: A blockchain-based decentralized health information management platform for patient-centric healthcare. Frontiers in Big Data (Special Issue: Innovations in Digital Health and Wellbeing), https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2023.1146023
Social Determinants of Health
Khurshid A, Rousseau JF, Andrews S, Tierney WM. Establishing a Data Sharing Environment for a 21st Century Academic Health Center.
Khurshid A, Oliveira E, Kaerwer A, et al. Developing a real-time EHR-integrated SDoH clinical tool.
Vest JR, Adler-Milstein J, Gottlieb LM, Bian J, Campion Jr TR, Cohen GR, Donnelly N, Harper J, Huerta TR, Kansky JP, Kharrazi H, Khurshid A, Kooreman HE, McDonnell C, Overhage JM, Pantell MS, Parisi W, Shenkman E, Tierney WM, Wiehe S, Harle CA. Assessment of structured data elements.
Tierney WM, Rousseau JF, Khurshid A. Measuring and managing population health.