Biography
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. Recently served as the first author on two chapters for a forthcoming book on healthcare AI. At the university, she serves on the faculty-student research forum and works on several university initiatives seeking to engage students in data science.
She edited a book on healthcare informatics and authored several chapters in that book. Recently served as the first author on two chapters for a forthcoming book on healthcare AI. At the university, she serves on the faculty-student research forum and works on several university initiatives seeking to engage students in data science.
Research Interests
Dr. Dolezel’s research focuses on health informatics, artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, digital health, and healthcare analytics. Her work aims to improve healthcare quality, organizational performance, patient outcomes, and workforce preparedness. Through interdisciplinary collaborations, she leverages healthcare data and advanced analytical methods to generate evidence that informs healthcare practice, education, policy, and organizational decision-making.
Research areas include:
- Healthcare Cybersecurity and Data Privacy: Healthcare data breaches, cybersecurity risk, information governance, and the privacy and security implications of emerging technologies. Artificial Intelligence and Workforce Readiness: AI literacy, competency development, curriculum innovation, and AI policy in health informatics and health information management education. Healthcare Analytics and Performance Improvement: Application of machine learning, predictive analytics, and data envelopment analysis to healthcare quality improvement, risk mitigation, operational efficiency, and organizational performance.
Dr. Dolezel also serves as a guest editor for two peer-reviewed journals, contributing to scholarly leadership in health informatics, digital health, and healthcare analytics. Additionally, she has published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Decision Support Systems, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Computers & Security, Brain
Sciences, and the Journal of American College Health, among other journals.
She presents regularly at the CAHIIM Higher Education Summit, International Federation of Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA). American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), and the Texas Health Informatics Alliance (THIA) conferences.
Research areas include:
- Healthcare Cybersecurity and Data Privacy: Healthcare data breaches, cybersecurity risk, information governance, and the privacy and security implications of emerging technologies. Artificial Intelligence and Workforce Readiness: AI literacy, competency development, curriculum innovation, and AI policy in health informatics and health information management education. Healthcare Analytics and Performance Improvement: Application of machine learning, predictive analytics, and data envelopment analysis to healthcare quality improvement, risk mitigation, operational efficiency, and organizational performance.
Dr. Dolezel also serves as a guest editor for two peer-reviewed journals, contributing to scholarly leadership in health informatics, digital health, and healthcare analytics. Additionally, she has published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Decision Support Systems, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Computers & Security, Brain
Sciences, and the Journal of American College Health, among other journals.
She presents regularly at the CAHIIM Higher Education Summit, International Federation of Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA). American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), and the Texas Health Informatics Alliance (THIA) conferences.
Teaching Interests
Teaching Interests: Healthcare biostatistics, health informatics, machine learning applications in healthcare, healthcare quality management, and healthcare database systems.