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William Trick, MD

Director, Collaborative Research Unit, Cook County Health
Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, RUSH Medical College
Associate Chair of Research, Cook County Health
Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago
Education

MD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota
Fellowship, EIS officer, CDC

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Biography

Integration of informatics for patient-reported outcomes: Installed kiosks for audio-computer assisted self interviews. Assessed patients’ self-reported outcomes and symptom burden. Integrated these primary self-reported data with a research data warehouse.

Surveillance and public health informatics: Dr. Trick has been involved in building and maintaining a research data warehouse. A primary goal is to use data captured in the EHR to automate infection detection. Such algorithmic detection has proved to be more reliable, and more efficient than manual determinations. In response to a regional increase in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, we developed a state-wide bidirectional alert system (the Illinois XDRO Registry). Hospital admissions are sent to the registry and matched using encrypted IDs. Infection control professionals are notified about patient admissions. Notification occurs within 1 hour of patient admission.

Honors and Activities

Charles C. Shepard Science Award, 2001
Most outstanding research paper published by CDC/ATSDR scientists. For the manuscript “Control of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus in Health Care Facilities in a Region”.

James H. Nakano Citation: National Center for Infectious Diseases, 2001.
Control of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in healthcare facilities in a region. N Engl J Med 2001;344:1427-33.

Honor Award Certificate
Statistical research and services group national nosocomial infection surveillance team

USPHS Outstanding Unit Citation
CDC Siouxland vancomycin-resistant enterococcus study team

National Association of Public Hospitals Quality Improvement Award, 2009
WeAsk SBIRT Program for substance use recognition, intervention and referral to treatment.

California Healthcare Foundation, 2013
Recipient of award for technology programs that supports complex care management. “Leading the Way: Complex Care Management Program Overviews”. http://www.chcf.org/publications/2013/07/complex-care-program-overviews

Charles C. Shepard Science Award Nomination, 2013
Most outstanding research paper published by CDC/ATSDR scientists during 2013. For the manuscript “Effect of screening for partner violence on women’s quality of life: a randomized controlled trial”.

Gage Award for Innovation in Excellence in America’s Essential Hospitals, 2014
Healthy Lungs Initiative Clinical Tobacco Program.

Publications

PubMed MyBibliography

Invited Presentations

Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). Denver, CO. Meet the Expert Session: “Simplifying HAI Surveillance Definitions: Not Just More Convenient, but Better Information?”. September 2013.

Epidemiology-Biostatistics seminar, University of Illinois School of Public Health: “Surveillance of Bloodstream Infections among Hospital Patients: Rationale and Methods for Automation”. February 2014.

Community Health & Technology panel member. Illinois Medical District’s third annual meeting. September 2014.

Central Illinois CRE Workshop, “CRE in Illinois: A Situational Update”. Springfield IL, July 28, 2015.

Academic Internal Medicine Conference, University of Illinois, Chicago, “The Actionable Research Data Warehouse: Linking Research to Clinical Care”, October, 2015.

Illinois Hospital Quality Initiative Best Practice Symposium, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Headquarters, Chicago, IL, May 2016.

WTTW “Chicago Tonight”, panel discussion on antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Chicago, IL, May 2016.

Cook County Health & Hospitals System Internal Medicine Grand Rounds “Hypertriglyceridemic Pancreatitis: On Walkabout in the Cook County Hospital”. June, 2016.

Chicago Prevention Epicenter presentation to Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky & Congressman Peter Roskam, staffers for Senator Dick Durbin and Congressman Danny Davis, and for CDC delegation. June 27, 2016.

Epidemiology seminar for MPH students, Emory School of Public Health: “Bloodstream Infections among Hospital Patients: Rationale and Methods for Automation”. February 1, 2017.

Bioinformatics seminar for Masters in Clinical Research, Rush University Medical Center: “Linking Clinical Data to Research”. May 4, 2017, repeated April 15, 2018.

Clinical Translational Science Awards Program, Rush University Medical Center, University of Chicago and CCHHS: “Standardized Data Warehouse: Opportunities for Research”. November 14, 2017.

HealthDataPalooza. Using Big Data to Fight Antibiotic Resistance, Panel Presentation: Data driven AR Interventions at the State Level. Washington DC, April 27, 2018.