Vlad OLCHANSKI, BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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• Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University website. Since 1998. “http://www.intmed.vcu.edu/”
• Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Virginia Commonwealth University website. Since 1999. “http://www.pulm.vcu.edu/”
• Electronic Residency Program Information Center (ERIC) Since 2000. “http://www.eric.vcu.edu”
• Primary Care Resources on the Internet: VOLC-R. Recommended by Encyclopedia Britannica’s Internet Guide. Since 1995. “http://www.primcare.vcu.edu”
• Medical and Health Related Newsgroups of the USENET. Since 1997. “http://www.mipt.vcu.edu/ng.html”
• Surgical Outcomes Information Exchange. Since 1997. “http://www.soix.com”
• PhysTech: The Exclusive Soviet Nuclear Arms and Rocket Scientist Forge. Since 1995. “http://www.mipt.vcu.edu/”
• Medical Informatics: Computers and Decisions. Since 1995. “http://www.medinf.vcu.edu”

National and Regional Health Care Systems Analysis

• Behind the Physician Licensure Numbers: False Impressions, Retirement Crisis, and Migration. Clinical Performance and Quality Health Care, 1998; 6:142-146. ( with D. Marsland, L. Rossiter, R. Johnson)
• Primary Care Physician Supply Policy Analysis on the State Level. Clinical Performance and Quality Health Care, 1998; 6:129-137. (with D. Marsland, R. Johnson, L. Rossiter)
• Modeling Physician Supply at the State Level. Modeling Health Professions Supply and Needs: A Workshop for State Planners. Sponsored by the Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, and Cecil Shepps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, NC, November 1997.
• Primary care physicians supply in Virginia: Preliminary analysis with a dynamic simulation model. 23rd Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG), Houston, November 1995. (with R.B. Williams)
• An approach to modeling health care systems. Automation and Remote Control. 1978, No,3 (with A.Yashin, A.Petrovski).
• Some socio-economic aspects of health care planning. IFAC Workshop on Urban, Regional, and National Planning (Environmental Aspects). Kyoto, Japan. 1977 (with coauthors).
• On influence of health care system on parameters of regional human populations (Planning aspects). IFAC Symposium on control mechanisms in bio- and ecological systems. Leipzig, The GDR. 1977 (with A.Yashin et al).
• On a method for analyzing interrelations within complex systems. IIASA. WP-76-23. Laxenburg, Austria. 1976
• A basic model of health care systems. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). WP-76-20. Laxenburg, Austria, 1976.

Information/Knowledge Support of Health Care

• Internet-based monitoring and benchmarking in ambulatory surgery centers. Joint Commission J Quality Improvement, 2000 Aug;26(8):450-465. (With Bovbjerg VE, Zimberg SE, Green JS, Rossiter LF)
• Email Medicine: Dawn of a New Era in Doctor–Patient Communications. Clinical Performance and Quality Health Care, 1998; 6:138-141. (with M.D. Nettleman, J.B. Perlin)
• On the design of an information/knowledge support system for primary health care. MEDINFO-92 World Congress on Medical Informatics, Pt. 1, P.362, Geneva, Switzerland, September 1992
• Information/knowledge support for family doctor. 5th International Conference on Systems Science. Prague,Czecho-Slovakia, July 1992.
• Documentation and information/knowledge support for family doctor. 3rd Conference of the German Association of Medical Documentalists. Hannover, Germany. March 1992 (with Y.Komarov).
• Collaboration for the design of expert systems. European General Practice Research Workshop. Porto, Portugal. 1991. (with Y.Komarov).
• Main Problems in General Practice in Russia. European General Practice Research Workshop. Como, Italy. 1991. (with Y.Komarov).
• New medical decision support systems. A review of MEDINFO-86 World Congress on Medical Informatics. Automation and Remote Control. 1990, No.6 (with S.Butko).

Integrated Approach to Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention

• A computerized health screening and follow-up system in diabetes mellitus. Diabetic Medicine, J. British Diabetic Association, Vol. 12, p. 271-276, 1995 (with J.Azzopardi, F.Fenech, Z.Junoussov, A.Mazovetsky)
• Using Logical Decision Rules for Making-up Diabetes Mellitus Risk Groups. Problems of Endocrinology (Problemy endokrinologii, the journal of the Academy of Medical Sciences)), 1990, V.36, No.6 (with Z.Junoussov, A.Mazovetski, et al)
• A Test of Integrated Population Health Screening and Follow-up System in Diabetes Mellitus and Other Non-communicable Diseases. 1st Maltese Medical School Conference, December 1989, Malta. (with J.Azzopardi, A.Mazovetski, Z.Junoussov, F.Fenech).
• Some Approaches to Improve Population Health Care. Sovetskoe Zdravoohranenie (Soviet Health Care, the journal of the USSR Ministry of Health)), No.8, 1988, P.32-37. (with Coauthors).
• "FOR YOU" - A Practical System for Early Detection and Risk Group Follow-up in Non-communicable Diseases. In: INFORMATICA'88, International Conference on Informatics in Health sponsored by UNESCO, IBI, IMIA, Government of Cuba. 15-18 February 1988, Habana, Cuba. Vol.3 (with A.Mazovetski, J.Azzopardi et al.).
• "FOR YOU" - Integrated Population Health Screening and Follow-up Expert System in Diabetes Mellitus and Other Non-Communicable Diseases. 13th International Diabetes Federation Congress. Sydney, Australia, November 1988. (with A.Mazovetsky, A.Petrovski, Z.Junoussov).
• Using a Questionnaire in Diabetes Mellitus Surveillance in Population. Problems of Endocrinology (Problemy endokrinologii, the journal of the Academy of Medical Sciences), 1987, V.33, No.2. (with Y.Sountsov, A.Mazovetsky et al).
• Computer-aided Health Surveillance System - ASKIS. In: R.Salamon, B.Blum, M.Jorgensen (Eds.) MEDINFO-86. 5th World Congress on Medical Informatics, Washington, D.C., USA, 1986. Pt.1. P.319-321.(with A.Petrovski, L.Manoukian).
• Integrated Primary Health Care in the USSR: an Innovative Approach. Bulletin of the International Diabetes Federation. Vol.XXXI, No.3, November 1986, P. 106-108. (with A.Mazovetsky, A.Petrovski)
• On design and implementation of a database management system for a health center. Proc. of National conference "Applications of mathematical methods in medical engineering", National Institute of Medical Instrumentation (VNIIMP), 1984 (with L.Manoukian, A.Petrovski).
• Use of mathematical models in cancer control. International symposium "Modeling systems in biology and medicine", Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, 1984.

Expert Systems: Drugs Prescription Expert System

• Principles of the PHARM-X expert system to choose multi-component pharmacotherapy. 6th World Congress on Medical Informatics MEDINFO-89 Beijing-Singapore, 1989 (with S.Butko et al)
• Drug therapies efficiency measurement for an expert system knowledge base. 10th Annual Conf. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. New Orleans, 1988 (with S.Efuni, S.Butko et al)
• PHARM-2, Expert system of the decision support in drug therapy. 5th World Congress on Medical Informatics MEDINFO-86, Washington, USA. 1986. (with S.Butko et al).

The WHO Program for the Coordination of Cancer Research

• Identification of the structure of interrelationships among scientific research areas - a step in developing international collaborative programmes. Proc. of Biomedical Conference IIASA, CP-77-005. 1977. Laxenburg, Austria, (with D.Venedictov, I.Muchnik et al).
• On the possibility of establishing a programme for international scientific cooperation (based on the program for cancer control). Automation and Remote Control. 1976, No.1 (with D.Venedictov, I.Muchnik et al.)
• On the problem of elaboration of a long-term programme for international cooperation in cancer research. Voprosy Onkologii (Problems of Oncology, the journal of the Academy of Medical Sciences). 1975, No.11 (with D.Venedictov, I.Muchnik et al.).

Statistical Industrial Process Control

• GOST 18242-72. State Standard on Industrial Statistical Acceptance Quality Control. 1974 (with coauthors).
• An Optimal Method for Statistical Process Control in Manufacturing. Automation and Remote Control. 1973, No.4.
• A system of economic adjustable industrial quality control plans. All-Union Conference on Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics Applications in National Economy. Chisineu, Moldova, 1972.
• Dual Control with Random Duration of the Process Existence. Automation and Remote Control. 1969, No.12 (with E.Maslov).

Differential Games

• Simplest differential pursuit games with the system of two evaders. Automation and Remote Control. 1974, No.1. (with E.Roubinovich).
• A Simplest Piece-wise Open Loop Control Differential Game. Automation and Remote Control. 1973, No.11.
• On a piece-wise open-loop control differential game. 3rd IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Symposium on Sensitivity, Adaptivity and Optimality. Iscia, Italy. 1973, (with E.Maslov, E.Roubinovich)
• A Pursuit Game of the Homicidal Chauffeur Type with the Limited Number of Evader Observations by the Pursuer. Automation and Remote Control. 1972, No.8.

Publications in the World Health Organization

• Improving country access to WHO documentation (WHODOC Users' Requirement Study). WHO/ISD/HBI, 1982. (with B.Ruff, D.Berg, R.Weitzel, F.Rodriguez Alonso).
• Report on the information systems support to WHO research activities. WHO/ISD, 1981.
• An initial survey of computerized hospital information systems. WHO/ISD. 1980 (with S.Mandil).
• The proposal for WHO documents information system (WHODIS). WHO/ISD, 1979 (with F.Rodrigues Alonso, R.Weitzel).
• Information Systems Programme's role in Health Related Literature Information System (HERIS). WHO/ISD/HBI, 1979 (with F.Rodrigues Alonso, R.Weitzel).
• Information services and systems supporting the international exchange of information. World Health Organization, WHO/ISD, 1978 (with S.Mandil, H.Koudry, F.Molina).

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