Joseph Tan, Ph.D., currently on leave from the University of British Columbia, is professor and head of the Information System and Manufacturing Department at Wayne State University. He serves as guest editor and editorial board member for various journals and sits on key organizing committees for local, national, and international meetings and conferences. Tan's research--which has enjoyed significant support from local, national, and international funding agencies and other sources--has been widely cited and applied across a number of major disciplines, including health care informatics and