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Dr. Diane M Dolezel

  • Associate Professor - Dept of Health Informatics and Info Mgmt
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Biography and education

Diane Dolezel, PhD, MSCS, RHIA, CHDA, is an Associate Professor in the Health Informatics and Health Information department at Texas State University. She teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in healthcare statistics, healthcare informatics, advanced healthcare data analytics, healthcare quality management, and healthcare databases. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy, an MS in Computer Science, and a BS in Health Information Management.

She edited a book on healthcare informatics and authored several chapters in that book. At the university, she serves on the faculty-student research forum and works on several university initiatives seeking to engage students in data science.

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Principal), Royal, Cindy L (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Co-Principal), Dolezel, Diane M (Supporting), Omana Sudhakaran, Pratheesh O (Supporting), Lollar, Jonathan Ernest (Supporting), Booth, Chad (Co-Principal), Roundtree, Aimee Kendall (Supporting), Ekin, Tahir (Supporting), Cordero, Rafael A (Supporting), Lopez, Omar S (Supporting), Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Co-Principal), Sriraman, Vedaraman (Co-Principal), Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth (Co-Principal), Mendez, Francis A (Supporting). STEM-CLEAR: Creating Contextualized Learning Pathways across Academic and Cultural Boundaries, National Science Foundation, Federal, $2646529. (Submitted: August 8, 2023, Funded: June 1, 2024 - June 2029). Grant.
  • Hewitt, Barbara (Principal), Percent Contribution: %55, Dolezel, Diane M (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %45. Exploring Factors that Influence Ethical Decision-Making in Healthcare, Texas Society of Allied Health Professionals, State Professional Organization, $1500. (Submitted: June 30, 2022, Funded: September 30, 2022 - September 15, 2023). Grant.
  • Dolezel, Diane M, Percent Contribution: %70, Beckett, Phil (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %30. SecureTexas: A Collaborative Cybersecurity Initiative for Healthcare Organizations, Texas State Research Accelerator Program, Texas State University, $20400. (Submitted: June 13, 2025, Funded: 2025 - 2027). Grant.
  • Dolezel, Diane M (Principal), Wang, Tiankai (Co-Principal), Gobert, Denise Valencia Newbur (Co-Principal). Predicting High Urinary Tract Infection Rates in Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Machine Learning Approach, Texas State Williamson Fund, Texas State University, $10000. (Submitted: January 24, 2025, Funded: February 26, 2025 - Present). Grant.
  • Moczygemba, Jackie (Principal), Dolezel, Diane (Co-Principal). Implementing EHRs: An Exploratory Study to Examine Current Practices in Migrating Longitudinal Clinical Data., Texas State University Research Enhancement Program Grant, Institutional (Higher Ed), $7402. (Submitted: December 1, 2012, Funded: January 4, 2013 - January 3, 2014). Grant.
  • Betancourt, J. A., Dolezel, D. M., Shanmugam, R., Pacheco, G. J., Stigler Granados, P. E., & Fulton, L. V. (2023). The Health Status of the US Veterans: A Longitudinal Analysis of Surveillance Data Prior to and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare, 11(14), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142049
  • Fulton, L. V., McLeod, A. J., Dolezel, D. M., Bastian, N., & Fulton, C. (2021). Deep Vision for Breast Cancer Classification and Segmentation. Cancers, 13(21), 5384. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13215384
  • McLeod, A. J., & Dolezel, D. M. (2021). Information Security Policy Non-Compliance: Can Capitulation Theory Explain User Behaviors? Computers & Security, 11, 112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2021.102526
  • Fulton, L. V., Dolezel, D. M., Yan, Y., & Fulton, C. P. (2019). Classification of Alzheimer’s Disease with and without Imagery Using Gradient Boosted Machines and ResNet-50. Brain Sciences, 9(9), 212. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9090212
  • McLeod, A. J., & Dolezel, D. M. (2018). Cyber Analytics: Modeling Factors Associated with Healthcare Data Breaches. Decision Support Systems and Electronic Commerce, 108(218), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2018.02.007
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  • Award / Honor Nominee: Council for Educational Excellence (CEE) nomination, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). May 2025 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2018 College Achievement Award for Excellence in Research, College of Health Professions. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 21st Annual Faculty/Student Research Forum, College of Health Professions. August 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: American Health Information Management Association Foundation Merit Scholarship recipient. December 1, 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Award for Academic Excellence, Texas State University/HIM Dept. 2009
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  1. Chair

    Healthcare Journal

  2. Member

    Capital Area TxHIMA Conference Planning Committee

  3. Member

    HealthSec Sumit USA: Program Committee Member

  4. Other

    Texas State University

  5. Other

    American Medical Informatics Association: Master Educators WorkGroup

  6. Member

    Discover Avery - undergraduate recruiting

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