CAROL L. ALBRIGHT, M.S.

EXPERIENCE

ALBRIGHT CONSULTING 1/90 - Present

Provide consulting and contract services to health care research studies and human services organizations. Current services include:
 
• Research data services including questionnaire design critique, sample selection, data management, statistical analysis and reporting, and project documentation.  Coach researchers in design, implementation and management of research databases.  Collaborate with research team on manuscripts to be published in academic journals.
• Technical writing. Example projects include:
• Guide to using a World Wide Web site for a national medical professional society
• Users' manual for conducting a quality of life improvement survey for a national non-profit health care advocacy organization

Past services and projects have included:  Freelance articles on informatics for a variety of publications .  Coaching in selection and use of computers and software. Facilitating a computer task force at a family practice clinic and residency.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 6/90 - 3/91

• Research Assistant, 8/90 - 3/91

Developed and field-tested a major upgrade to a computer-based (Macintosh HyperCard) patient questionnaire and education tool on reducing dietary fats. Coordinated project team.


• Applications Programmer, 6/90 - 12/90

Developed interactive videodisc computer -aided instruction modules on kidney anatomy using IBM's Learning System/1 software under direction of anatomy instructor.

FIRST BANK SYSTEM, 12/85 - 12/89

• Human Resources Data Manager, 10/88 - 12/89

Interim project manager for changes to Human Resources System caused by enterprise restructuring. Researched and documented usage of key data fields affected by system change; wrote guidelines to aid system modifications. Developed, documented and implemented security procedures for end-user access to human resources systems in mini and mainframe environments.


• Planning and Development Specialist, 9/87 - 10/88

Administered executive succession planning data collection and reporting process requiring coordination with Human Resources staff across the corporation. Assisted staff industrial psychologist in conducting employee surveys: Created survey layouts for smaller surveys. Created databases for data collection (dBase III+, PC-Stargraph). Requisitioned and supervised temporary data entry employees. Drafted data content coding for open-ended questions. Analyzed data using SPSS-PC. Created graphical survey reports.


• HRIS/Compensation Assistant, 3/87 - 9/87
• Administrative Secretary, 12/85 - 3/87

Assisted compensation specialist with employee salary reviews and personnel data management. Maintained human resources data on a mainframe and on a custom PC-based Human Resources system. Produced monthly standard and ad hoc reports and graphs from PC HR system. Assisted productivity consultant in diagramming work processes. Coordinated employee newsletter. Assisted marketing staff in analyzing customer information.

EDUCATION

• UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Minneapolis, Minnesota
• M.S. Health Informatics - 4/93
• Plan B Project and Paper, "Development and Evaluation of a Computer-Based Dietary Analysis and Education Tool"
• UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Minneapolis, Minnesota
• B.S. Rehabilitation Science/Business - 6/88
• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN Madison, Wisconsin
• Studies focused on Physical Therapy

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Miner, M, Robinson, BE, Hoffman, L, Albright, CL, & Bockting, WO.  Improving safer sex measures through the inclusion of relationship and partner characteristics . AIDS Care , 2002 Dec, 14(6): 827-837.

• Managing Research Data:  A Decade's Do's and Don'ts   Presentation on November 29, 2001 to the Health Informatics Seminar at the University of Minnesota.

• Gifford, DR; Holloway, RG; Frankel, MR; Albright, CL; Meyerson, R; Griggs, RC; Vickrey, BG.  Improving adherence to demenetia guidelines through education and opinion leaders.  A randomized controlled trial. Annals of Internal Medicine, 1999 Aug, 131(4):237-246.

• Del Valle ML; Morgenstern H; Rogstad TL; Albright C; Vickrey BG. A randomized trial of the impact of certified mail on response rate to a physician survey, and a cost-effectiveness analysis.  Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1997 Dec, 20(4):389-406.

• Vickrey, BG; Rogstad, TL and Albright, CL. Neurologists 1993 - 1994 . 1996, published by the American Academy of Neurology.
 
• Albright, CL. CD-ROMs for Practicing FPs Florida Family Physician, January, 1996. Also reprinted in Minnesota Family Physician Summer, 1996
 
• Vickrey, BG; Rogstad, TL and Albright, CL: American Academy of Neurology 1993 Socioeconomic Survey. 1995, published by the American Academy of Neurology.
 
• Articles published in Minnesota Physician  
• Patients on-line: Easing the quest for health information. October, 1997
• How private are your patients' records? The art of preserving confidentiality. April, 1997
• Inside Information: Health systems are establishing their own private intranets. December, 1996
• Computer-Assisted Dietary Analysis. October, 1992
• Improving Preventive Health Care With Information Systems. September 1990. Volume 4, Number 6

• Articles published in AMIA's Family Practice/Primary Care working group newsletter:
• For Your Bookshelf: Computers in Clinical Practice Winter 1995 Volume 2, Number 1
• Informatics News: Computer Petting Zoos Spring 1995 Volume 2, Number 2

TECHNICAL

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