Mohammad Ishtiaque Rahman
Assistant Professor | CIS
Thomas More University
Crestview Hills, Kentucky
Contact: rahmanm[at]thomasmore[dot]edu

I have contributed to multiple applied health IT and analytics projects that translate research into usable software and decision-support tools for healthcare stakeholders. These projects include building and maintaining toolkits for home health performance analytics and Medicaid data quality remediation, as well as developing web-based infrastructures to publish and operationalize computable biomedical knowledge artifacts.
Health Informatics Data Quality Analytics Public Sector Desktop + Web

Home Care Quality Toolkit (HCQT)

A desktop application to summarize, visualize, and compare the performance of Home Health Agencies (HHAs) using Home Health Compare (HHC) data.

  • Core capability: performance comparison and visual analytics for HHA measures.
  • Typical outputs: summary tables, agency comparisons, trend plots, and quick benchmarking views.
  • Target users: analysts, administrators, and quality improvement stakeholders.
Tech used: Tcl/Tk, Python, Gnuplot, SQLite

Data Quality Toolkit

A toolkit funded by the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) to identify, document, and support remediation of Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) data defects.

  • Core capability: data defect identification and structured tracking to support remediation workflows.
  • Operational value: improved reliability of downstream analytics and reporting.
  • Stakeholders: state health administration teams and collaborating analysts.
Tech used: Tcl/Tk, C++, Python, Gnuplot, SQLite

Transition Plan of a Federal System

A comprehensive transition plan for migrating a Maryland federal/state web system from one staging environment to another, emphasizing operational continuity and controlled risk.

  • Scope: hardware update requirements, code refactoring requirements, and cost estimation.
  • Focus: deployment readiness, dependency mapping, and phased transition strategy.
  • Deliverable: actionable plan for administrators and engineering teams.
Tech used: Systems planning, deployment documentation, cost estimation (tech stack varied by environment)

CBK.PUB — Public Repository for Computable Biomedical Knowledge

A public repository for publishing computable biomedical knowledge artifacts (CBKs) to improve findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reuse.

  • Core capability: publishing and indexing CBK artifacts with web-based access.
  • Design goals: standardized metadata, lightweight publishing workflow, and improved discoverability.
  • Audience: biomedical informatics researchers, developers, and learning health system stakeholders.
Tech used: HTML, CSS, jQuery, Postgres, REST API