Matthew S. Farmer, PhD, RN

Clinical Data Scientist | Healthcare Analytics Leader | Coffee Nerd | Nurse Hollister, Missouri, USA
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TL;DR

Nurse who can code

Professional Experience

Data Science and Payer Analytics Program Director | Samaritan Health Services

April 2025 – Present

Lead of data science and data operations programs

Senior Research Scientist | University of Missouri

July 2024 – Present

Research focus on AI applications in healthcare communication and patient safety. Lead NLP projects analyzing nursing home staff communications to predict adverse events.

Director, Population Health | CoxHealth

July 2020 – April 2025

Strategic and technical leader of 50+ clinical professionals delivering value-based care across the largest non-profit health system in Southwest Missouri.

Director of Nursing | CoxHealth, Branson

January 2017 – July 2020

Operational leadership of critical care and emergency services

Manager, Clinical Education | CoxHealth, Branson

January 2016-December 2016

Site leader for education, clinical orientation, graduate nurse internship, and nurse aide training program.

Owner | Vintage Paris

May 2012-Current

Business owner in Hollister, Missouri. Developed financial, operations, and quality processes leading to successful operations in the longest running, highest rated, locally owned business in our region of our business type.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nursing | University of Missouri, Columbia

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | Western Governors University

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) | College of the Ozarks

Key Publications

Recent High-Impact Publications

  1. Farmer MS, Popescu M, Powell K. Development and evaluation of a 4M taxonomy from nursing home staff text messages using a fine-tuned generative language model. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2025. DOI:10.1093/jamia/ocaf006
  2. Farmer MS, Powell KR, Sales A, et al. The Relationship Between Broadband Internet Adoption and Self-reported Diabetes Prevalence in US Counties. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing. 2025. DOI:10.1097/CIN.0000000000001355
  3. Farmer MS, Powell KR. Feasibility of fall-risk detection in older adults: Real-world use of sensor data with machine learning. J Gerontol Nurs. 2024. DOI:10.3928/00989134-20240912-03
  4. Herbert D, Westendorf J, Farmer MS, Reeder B. Generative AI-Derived Information About Opioid Use Disorder Treatment During Pregnancy. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2025. DOI:10.15288/jsad.24-00319

Technical Projects & Code Examples

Available on GitHub:

Awards & Recognition