Neil Mehta, MD, FACP                

Neil Mehta is an internist with joint appointments in CMERAD and Information Technology Division.  His interests include teaching evidence based medicine, use of computers and the Internet in the education of patients, medical students, house staff and the continuing education of physicians, use of web-based survey tools for automation and streamlining of data collection for research projects, and studying the role of computers and the Internet in healthcare and educating patients and physicians about it.  He has been a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine of the Penn State University since 1995 and an Associate Professor of Ohio State University School of Medicine since 1999.  He is an Associate Editor and reviewer, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, Reviewer for the Annals of Internal Medicine, Editorial Board Member of Medical Matrix.  

Research Interests:

• Online education
• User-interface
• Curriculum development

Web Publication:

• Online CME at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation a series of interactive educational modules based on articles from the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine.  www.clevelandclinicmeded.org/ccjmcme

Selected Publications/ Presentations:

• Mehta N, Jain A.  A Strategy for Using Online Resources for Evidence-Based Medicine.  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine.  in press
• Litaker DG, Mion LC, Planavsky L, Kippes C, Mehta N et al.  New Approaches to Chronic Disease Management:  Creating Value in a Cost-Conscious Health Market:  A Randomized Controlled Trial.  work in progress
• Planavsky L, Mion L, Litaker D, Kippes C, Mehta N.  Ending a nurse practitioner-patient relationship, Uncovering Patients' Perceptions.  under review
• Mehta N.  Carrying Out Surveys Using the World Wide Web.  IH Page Center for Outcomes Research, July 2000 Newsletter.
• Mehta N, Copeland L, Litaker D, Land W.  Creating Health-Related World Wide Web Surveys:  Advantages, Challenges, Solutions and Techniques.  Precourse workshop at the 23rd Annual SGIM meeting in Boston, May 2000.
• Copeland HL, Mehta N.  Valuing of Various Instructional Strategies in a Computer-Based Health Education Program.  Roundtable presentation at the American Educational Research Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 2000. 
• Land W, Liktaker DG, Isaacson JH, Asher C, Mehta N.  Why We Do The things We Do:  Understanding Physician Test Bordering Behavior.  Poster presented at the SGIM in Boston, 2000.