N. Michael Scofield, MBA Asst Clin Prof, Health Information Management School of Allied Health Professions

Publications 

  Scholarly Journals--Published

• Michael Scofield. "CRM: Reining in Unrealistic Expectations." Data Management Review . (2002): -. ( 1/2002 ) Understanding the shortcomings of customer relationships management.

  Non-Scholarly Journals

• "Tricked by the Tabular Paradigm"  article  EW-Solutions Newsletter, April, 2010.  A discussion of common mistakes made about data meaning, data behavior, and data quality when such data is found in tabular structures of either flat files or relational databases.  Particular emphasis on data reliability, and ambiguity of dates in historical contexts.  ( 4/2010 )

• "Data Quality for Derived Data"  2-part article, Newsletter of the International Association of Information and Data Quality.  October and December, 2009.  Discussion how to define and measure quality in derived data in data warehouses and decision-support systems.  ( 10/2009 - 12/2009 )

• "Understanding the Behavior of Keys"  (article in two parts)   IAIDQ Newsletter, fall 2008 and winter 2009.  ( 10/2008 - 2/2009 )

• "Connecting Geospatial Data to Business Intelligence"    Real World Decision Support magazine.   Dec., 2008.   ( 12/2008 )

• "About About:  Masking Ambiguity in Tabular Databases"   IRM-UK Newsletter, London, November, 2008.   ( 11/2008 )

• "Fundamentals of Data Quality"  (series of 4 articles)  Northern California Oracle User Group Journal, winter 2008 through fall 2008.  ( 2/2008 - 11/2008 )

• "Looking at the Data:  What a Concept!"   IAIDQ Newsletter,  July, 2008.  ( 7/2008 )

• "The Illusion of Precision in Tabular Databases"   IAIDQ Newsletter, April, 2008 ( 4/2008 )

• "Connecting Geospatial Data to Business Intelligence"   IRM-UK Newsletter,  April, 2008.;  ( 4/2008 )

• Michael Scofield"Introduction to GIS Data ." The Data Administration Newsletter 01 10 2006: ( 10/2006 )

• Michael Scofield"The Future of Data Management." Data Management Review 01 03 2005: ( 3/2005 )