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A survey of informatics platforms that enable distributed comparative effectiveness research using multi-institutional heterogenous clinical dataDean F Sittig
School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA
Med Care 50:S49-59. 2012..We expect that over the next several years these projects will provide answers to many important, and heretofore unanswerable, clinical research questions...- Recommended practices for computerized clinical decision support and knowledge management in community settings: a qualitative studyJoan S Ash
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 12:6. 2012..s... - Towards successful coordination of electronic health record based-referrals: a qualitative analysisSylvia J Hysong
Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Michael E, DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houaron, Texas, USA
Implement Sci 6:84. 2011..abstract:.. - Understanding the management of electronic test result notifications in the outpatient settingSylvia J Hysong
Houston VA Health Sciences Research and Development Center of Excellence, The Center of Inquiry to Improve Outpatient Safety Through Effective Electronic Communication, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 11:22. 2011..We sought to understand barriers, facilitators, and potential interventions for safe and effective management of abnormal test result delivery via electronic alerts... - Prescriber and staff perceptions of an electronic prescribing system in primary care: a qualitative assessmentEmily Beth Devine
Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 7630, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 10:72. 2010..We describe prescriber and staff perceptions of implementation of a CPOE system for medications (electronic- or e-prescribing system) in the ambulatory setting... - The state of the art in clinical knowledge management: an inventory of tools and techniquesDean F Sittig
UT Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, University of Texas School of Health Information Science, 6410 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Int J Med Inform 79:44-57. 2010..To explore the need for, and use of, high-quality, collaborative, clinical knowledge management (CKM) tools and techniques to manage clinical decision support (CDS) content... 
Defining health information technology-related errors: new developments since to err is humanDean F Sittig
University of Texas Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, National Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Arch Intern Med 171:1281-4. 2011..We describe how a sociotechnical approach can be used to understand the complex origins of HIT errors, which may have roots in rapidly evolving technological, professional, organizational, and policy initiatives...- Legal, ethical, and financial dilemmas in electronic health record adoption and useDean F Sittig
University of Texas Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics at Houston, 6410 Fannin St, UTPB 1100 43, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Pediatrics 127:e1042-7. 2011..These actions can help identify and prioritize solutions to the key legal, ethical, and financial dilemmas discussed, so that widespread, safe, effective, interoperable EHRs can help transform health care... - Comparison of clinical knowledge management capabilities of commercially-available and leading internally-developed electronic health recordsDean F Sittig
UTHealth Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 11:13. 2011.... - A new sociotechnical model for studying health information technology in complex adaptive healthcare systemsDean F Sittig
UT Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics at Houston, 6410 Fannin St UTPB 1100 43, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Qual Saf Health Care 19:i68-74. 2010..Conceptual models have been developed to address challenges inherent in studying health information technology (HIT)... - Toward a statewide health information technology center (abbreviated version)Dean F Sittig
School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
South Med J 103:1111-4. 2010.... - Improving follow-up of abnormal cancer screens using electronic health records: trust but verify test result communicationHardeep Singh
The Center of Inquiry to Improve Outpatient Safety Through Effective Electronic Communication, VA Medical Center 152 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 9:49. 2009..We determined if technical and/or workflow-related aspects of automated communication in the electronic health record could lead to the lack of response... - Effectiveness of an electronic health record-based intervention to improve follow-up of abnormal pathology results: a retrospective record analysisArchana Laxmisan
Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Med Care 50:898-904. 2012..We examined the impact of this intervention on improving follow-up of abnormal outpatient pathology results... - Follow-up actions on electronic referral communication in a multispecialty outpatient settingHardeep Singh
Houston VA HSR and D Center of Excellence and The Center of Inquiry to Improve Outpatient Safety Through Effective Electronic Communication, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:64-9. 2011..We used an EHR to examine follow-up actions on electronic referral communication in a large multispecialty VA facility... - How the continuity of care document can advance medical research and public healthJohn D D'Amore
School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA
Am J Public Health 102:e1-4. 2012..Transitioning to the use of this new interoperability standard should be a priority for public health investment, research, and development... - Notifications received by primary care practitioners in electronic health records: a taxonomy and time analysisDaniel R Murphy
Houston VA HSR and D Center of Excellence, TX, USA
Am J Med 125:209.e1-7. 2012..Our objective was to create an asynchronous alert taxonomy and measure the impact of different alert types on practitioner workload... - Safer electronic health records: Using the science of informatics to develop safety assessment guidesDean F Sittig
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2012:11-3. 2012..As the country continues its rapid EHR deployment, we believe that these tools are essential to ensure that the safety of the "EHR-enabled healthcare system" continues to improve... - Improving the effectiveness of electronic health record-based referral processesAdol Esquivel
Houston VA HSR and D Center of Excellence and The Center of Inquiry to Improve Outpatient Safety Through Effective Electronic Communication, both at the Michael E, DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, VA Medical Center 152, 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston 77030, TX, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 12:107. 2012..Recommendations are relevant to system designers, practicing clinicians, and other stakeholders considering use of electronic health records to support referral communication... - Development and evaluation of a crowdsourcing methodology for knowledge base construction: identifying relationships between clinical problems and medicationsAllison B McCoy
School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston UTHealth, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 19:713-8. 2012..We describe a novel, crowdsourcing method for generating a knowledge base of problem-medication pairs that takes advantage of manually asserted links between medications and problems... - Provider management strategies of abnormal test result alerts: a cognitive task analysisSylvia J Hysong
Houston VA HSR and D Center of Excellence, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 17:71-7. 2010.... - A set of preliminary standards recommended for achieving a national repository of clinical decision support interventionsDean F Sittig
University of Texas Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, School of Health Information Sciences, Houston, TX, USA
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2009:614-8. 2009.... - Electronic health records and national patient-safety goalsDean F Sittig
University of Texas Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, USA
N Engl J Med 367:1854-60. 2012..EHRs bring the risks of both technical failures and inappropriate use, but they can also help to monitor and improve patient safety... - A prototype knowledge base and SMART app to facilitate organization of patient medications by clinical problemsAllison B McCoy
School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston UTHealth, Houston, TX, USA
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2011:888-94. 2011..1% and specificity of 98.9%. The SMART API successfully utilized the knowledge base to generate problem-medication links for test patients. Future work is necessary to improve knowledge base sensitivity and efficiency... - The promise of the CCD: challenges and opportunity for quality improvement and population healthJohn D D'Amore
School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2011:285-94. 2011..This research highlights the promise of CCDs for population health and recommends changes for future interoperability standards... - Notification of abnormal lab test results in an electronic medical record: do any safety concerns remain?Hardeep Singh
Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Am J Med 123:238-44. 2010..We examined whether automated notifications of abnormal laboratory results (alerts) in an integrated electronic medical record resulted in timely follow-up actions... - Implementation pearls from a new guidebook on improving medication use and outcomes with clinical decision support. Effective CDS is essential for addressing healthcare performance improvement imperativesAnwar M Sirajuddin
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, USA
J Healthc Inf Manag 23:38-45. 2009..This paper provides further details about these CDS five rights, and highlights other important strategies for successful CDS programs...