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William Edward Hammond II

Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health
Duke Box 2748, Durham, NC 27705
2424 Erwin Road, Suite 9002, Room 9020, Durham, NC 27705

Overview


Main areas of interest include computer-based medical records, hospital information systems, national and international standards, artificial intelligence, networking and computerization in ambulatory care.

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health · 2021 - Present Family Medicine and Community Health, Clinical Science Departments
Research Professor in the School of Nursing · 2011 - Present School of Nursing
Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics · 2022 - Present Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Translational Biomedical, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Recent News Items


Published November 16, 2015
Ed Hammond Honored for “Thought Leadership in Informatics”

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Recent Scholarly Works


Clarifying the relationship between biomedical and health informatics and digital health: expert perspectives.

Journal article BMJ Health Care Inform · June 22, 2026 The rise of digital health (DH) has sparked debates about its relationship with the long-established field of biomedical and health informatics (BMHI), with some questioning the need for new academic programmes in DH since much of the likely content is alr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bringing Knowledge to Health and Healthcare.

Journal article Stud Health Technol Inform · August 7, 2025 Health and healthcare have become one of the most complex problems in the world. The rapid growth of new knowledge, medical treatments, procedures, drugs, and technologies complicates it. Humans alone cannot keep up with the latest developments. This paper ... Full text Link to item Cite

Making Digital Health Equitable.

Journal article Stud Health Technol Inform · January 25, 2024 Most agree that the current healthcare system is broken. Fortunately, technology is increasing at an exponential rate and provides a solution for the future. Digital Health is an integrator concept that has the potential to take advantage of technological ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


1/3 CTSA UM1 at Duke University

ResearchFaculty Member · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2032

Analytics & Machine-learning for Maternal-health Interventions (AMMI): A Cross-CTSA Collaboration

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2022 - 2027

CDS for CDC Opioid Guidelines - Opt. #1

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Security Risk Solutions · 2019 - 2021

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Education


Duke University · 1967 Ph.D.