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Collect once, use many. Enabling the reuse of clinical data through controlled terminologiesJames J Cimino
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA
J AHIMA 78:24-9; quiz 31-2. 2007..Capturing patient information with controlled terminologies can enable its reuse for a wide variety of purposes, from bed assignments to reporting to clinical alerts...- Consistency across the hierarchies of the UMLS Semantic Network and MetathesaurusJ J Cimino
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Biomed Inform 36:450-61. 2003.... - The patient clinical information system (PatCIS): technical solutions for and experience with giving patients access to their electronic medical recordsJames J Cimino
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, VC 5, New York, NY 10032, USA
Int J Med Inform 68:113-27. 2002..Both they and their physicians believed that use of the system enhanced the patients' understanding of their conditions and improved their communication with their physicians. There were no adverse events encountered during the study... - Practical considerations for exploiting the World Wide Web to create infobuttonsJames J Cimino
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, VC 5, New York, NY 10032, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 107:277-81. 2004..We then sought general methods for accessing information resources to answer the questions... - What do patients do with access to their medical records?J J Cimino
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 84:1440-4. 2001..Both they and their physicians believed that use of the system enhanced the patients' understanding of their conditions and improved their communication with their physicians. There were no adverse events encountered during the study... - In defense of the DesiderataJames J Cimino
Department of Biomedical Informatic, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Biomed Inform 39:299-306. 2006..To that end, additional Desiderata are defined that deal with the purpose, rather than the structure, of controlled medical terminologies... - Studying the human-computer-terminology interfaceJ J Cimino
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, VC 5, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 8:163-73. 2001.... - An integrated approach to computer-based decision support at the point of careJames J Cimino
Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 118:273-88. 2007..The Infobutton Manager has been successfully deployed in five systems at four institutions and provides users with over 1,000 accesses to on-line health information each month, with a positive impact on patient care... - Medication reconciliation using natural language processing and controlled terminologiesJames J Cimino
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 129:679-83. 2007..This approach has implications for efforts to improve medication history-taking, order entry, and automated auditing of patient records for quality assurance... - Building a knowledge base to support a digital libraryE A Mendonca
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 84:221-5. 2001..Future directions include the validation of the knowledge, based on an evaluation of system performance... - Access to data: comparing AccessMed with Query by ReviewG Hripcsak
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 3:288-99. 1996..To evaluate the performance of tools for authoring patient database queries... - Accessing heterogeneous sources of evidence to answer clinical questionsE A Mendonca
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, Vanderbilt Clinic, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Biomed Inform 34:85-98. 2001..We believe that by helping clinicians to pose well-structured clinical queries and including in them relevant information from individual patients' medical records, we can enhance information retrieval and thus can improve patient-care... - From data to knowledge through concept-oriented terminologies: experience with the Medical Entities DictionaryJ J Cimino
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 7:288-97. 2000..On the basis of this experience, current efforts to create standard knowledge-based terminologies appear to be justified... - Desiderata for controlled medical vocabularies in the twenty-first centuryJ J Cimino
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, USA
Methods Inf Med 37:394-403. 1998..Standards developers are beginning to recognize and address these desiderata and adapt their offerings to meet them... - Auditing the Unified Medical Language System with semantic methodsJ J Cimino
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 5:41-51. 1998..Meta has been constructed through lexical matching techniques and human review. The purpose of this study was to audit the Meta using semantic techniques to identify possible inconsistencies... - Representation of ophthalmology concepts by electronic systems: intercoder agreement among physicians using controlled terminologiesJohn C Hwang
Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
Ophthalmology 113:511-9. 2006..Intercoder reproducibility is essential for accurate and consistent electronic representation of medical data... - Development and representation of a fall-injury risk assessment instrument in a clinical information systemLeanne M Currie
Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Nursing, Columbia University, 630 W 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 107:721-5. 2004..The concepts contained in the instrument are well represented by Clinical LOINC and the UMLS. Associated concepts have been identified in the existing clinical information system data dictionary for pre-population of the instrument... - The effects of redesigning the IDEATel architecture on glucose uploadsCharlyn A Hilliman
Department of Biomedical Informatics, New York Presbyterian Hospital, The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York, New York, USA
Telemed J E Health 15:248-54. 2009..98, p < 0.01. The system redesign made a significant impact in reducing glucose upload delays of IDEATel participants. However, upload delays were significantly impacted by the region where the participants resided... - Toward vocabulary domain specifications for health level 7-coded data elementsS Bakken
Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 7:333-42. 2000.... - Evaluation of the clinical LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers, Names, and Codes) semantic structure as a terminology model for standardized assessment measuresS Bakken
Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 7:529-38. 2000..The purpose of this study was to test the adequacy of the Clinical LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers, Names, and Codes) semantic structure as a terminology model for standardized assessment measures... - Developing tailored theory-based educational content for WEB applications: illustrations from the MI-HEART projectR Kukafka
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 84:1474-8. 2001..With informatics technology, our ability to collect information from individuals and provide educational content tailored to the specific information collected is not only possibly, but practical... - Beyond the superhighway: exploiting the Internet with medical informaticsJ J Cimino
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 4:279-84. 1997..In other cases, researchers described new tasks that are now possible with this technology. Still others examined this technology to show how it can be evaluated and improved. This paper summarizes their accomplishments... - Terminology tools: state of the art and practical lessonsJ J Cimino
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Methods Inf Med 40:298-306. 2001..The tool set at NYPH provides a case study to demonstrate one feasible architecture... - PalmCIS: a wireless handheld application for satisfying clinician information needsElizabeth S Chen
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 11:19-28. 2004..The focus was on achieving end-to-end security and developing a highly usable system. This report discusses the motivation behind PalmCIS, design and development of the system, and future directions... - An automated approach to studying health resource and infobutton useElizabeth S Chen
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 122:273-8. 2006..The availability of effective links to on-line medical knowledge sources from the patient health record can assist in resolving information needs, potentially improving patient care and decision-making... - Integrating evidence into clinical information systems for nursing decision supportSuzanne Bakken
Columbia University, School of Nursing, 630 W 168th Street, Mailbox 6, New York, NY 10032, USA
Int J Med Inform 77:413-20. 2008..To illustrate approaches for providing decision support for evidence-based nursing practice through integration of evidence into clinical information systems (CISs) with examples from our experience at Columbia University Medical Center... - A scale-free network view of the UMLS to learn terminology translationsChintan O Patel
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 129:689-93. 2007..A hub-driven traversal strategy provides a promising approach to generate high quality cross-terminology translations from the UMLS... - A randomized trial comparing telemedicine case management with usual care in older, ethnically diverse, medically underserved patients with diabetes mellitus: 5 year results of the IDEATel studySteven Shea
Division of General Medicine, New York, NY, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 16:446-56. 2009..Mortality was not different between the groups, although power was limited. Trial Registration http://clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00271739... - Multitasking by clinicians in the context of CPOE and CIS useSarah Collins
Columbia University School of Nursing, Department of Biomedical Informatics, and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York 10032, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 129:958-62. 2007..Nine secondary actions, potentially resulting in a slip or a mistake, suggest that CPOE may necessitate different forms of safety nets than traditional clinician communication... - Understanding workflow in telehealth video visits: observations from the IDEATel projectDavid R Kaufman
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Biomed Inform 42:581-92. 2009..Explicating these properties can serve as a needs requirement analysis to develop more effective systems and implementation plans... - Information needs, Infobutton Manager use, and satisfaction by clinician type: a case studySarah A Collins
Columbia University School of Nursing, 630 West 168th Street, Mailbox 6, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 16:140-2. 2009..Observational data suggest that IM success rates may be improved by tailoring anticipated questions to clinician type. Clinicians reported that a more visible Infobutton may increase use... - A network-theoretic approach for decompositional translation across Open Biological OntologiesChintan O Patel
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, Vanderbilt Clinic, New York, NY 10032, United States
J Biomed Inform 43:608-12. 2010..The results indicate that the network structure provides strong cues for decompositional ontology translation and the existing relationships can be used to identify new translations... - Using semantic and structural properties of the Unified Medical Language System to discover potential terminological relationshipsChintan O Patel
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, Vanderbilt Clinic, 5 Floor, 622 West 168 Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 16:346-53. 2009..To use the semantic and structural properties in the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Metathesaurus to characterize and discover potential relationships... - Practical experience with the maintenance and auditing of a large medical ontologyDavid Baorto
New York Presbyterian Hospital, 622 West 168th Street, VC 5, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Biomed Inform 42:494-503. 2009..In this paper, we describe this process, with examples of its effectiveness. We believe that our process provides lessons for others who seek to maintain complex, concept-oriented controlled terminologies... - A review of auditing methods applied to the content of controlled biomedical terminologiesXinxin Zhu
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, VC 5, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Biomed Inform 42:413-25. 2009..We also identify which terminologies have been audited with the methods and provide examples to illustrate each part of the framework... - Terminology model discovery using natural language processing and visualization techniquesLi Zhou
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Biomed Inform 39:626-36. 2006..We believe that a general method based on NLP and information visualization will facilitate the modeling of medical terminologies... - Heuristic evaluation of paper-based Web pages: a simplified inspection usability methodologyMureen Allen
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Biomed Inform 39:412-23. 2006..We were able to implement solutions to approximately 70% of the violations. Our study found that a heuristic evaluation using paper-based screen shots of a user interface was expeditious, inexpensive, and straightforward to implement... - Participant perceptions of the influences of the NLM-sponsored Woods Hole medical informatics courseVimla L Patel
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 3720, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 12:256-62. 2005..Many of the participants feel and show evidence of becoming effective agents of change in their institutions in the area of medical informatics, which is one of the objectives of the program... - Promoting patient safety and enabling evidence-based practice through informaticsSuzanne Bakken
Department of Nursing and Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Med Care 42:II49-56. 2004.... - Representation of ophthalmology concepts by electronic systems: adequacy of controlled medical terminologiesMichael F Chiang
Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
Ophthalmology 112:175-83. 2005.... - Personal digital educatorsJames J Cimino
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA
N Engl J Med 352:860-2. 2005 - Patterns of usage for a Web-based clinical information systemElizabeth S Chen
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, 622 W 168th Street, Vanderbilt Clinic 5th Floor, New York, NY 10032, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 107:18-22. 2004..We present our method and these results as well as describe how the results can be used to customize menus, shortcut lists, and patient reports in WebCIS and similar systems... - Toward semantic interoperability in home health care: formally representing OASIS items for integration into a concept-oriented terminologyJeungok Choi
School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 12:410-7. 2005.... - Approach to mobile information and communication for health careEneida A Mendonca
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Int J Med Inform 73:631-8. 2004..These extensions include clinical and information resources, event monitoring, and a virtual whiteboard (VWB)... - Adequacy of evolving national standardized terminologies for interdisciplinary coded concepts in an automated clinical pathwayPatricia C Dykes
Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Biomed Inform 36:313-25. 2003.... - Scenario-based assessment of physicians' information needsYoon Ho Seol
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, VC 5, New York, NY 10032, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 107:306-10. 2004..These observations supported our approach of using patterns of information needs in facilitating digital information access... - Distributed cognition and knowledge-based controlled medical terminologiesJ J Cimino
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
Artif Intell Med 12:153-68. 1998..The knowledge they include is being used to support distributed cognition in two forms: complex medical decisions involving multiple people and applications, and coordination of maintenance of the terminologies themselves... - Effectiveness of topic-specific infobuttons: a randomized controlled trialGuilherme Del Fiol
Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 15:752-9. 2008..The objective of this study was to determine whether infobutton links that direct to specific content topics ("topic links") are more effective than links that point to general overview content ("nonspecific links")... - Review paper: coding systems in health careJ J Cimino
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Methods Inf Med 35:273-84. 1996.... - Integrating nursing diagnostic concepts into the medical entities dictionary using the ISO Reference Terminology Model for Nursing DiagnosisJee In Hwang
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 10:382-8. 2003.... - Requirements specification for automated fall and injury risk assessmentLeanne M Currie
School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 122:134-8. 2006..Focus groups are a useful methodology to specify requirements for healthcare applications. Outcomes evaluation of the automated instrument is in process... - Core content for the subspecialty of clinical informaticsReed M Gardner
Department of Medical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 16:153-7. 2009..The AMIA Board of Directors approved the Core Content for Clinical Informatics in November 2008... - An enriched unified medical language system semantic network with a multiple subsumption hierarchyLi Zhang
CS Department, NJIT, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 11:195-206. 2004..In this article, the SN is expanded into a multiple subsumption structure with a directed acyclic graph (DAG) IS-A hierarchy, allowing a semantic type to have multiple parents. New viable IS-A links are added as warranted... - Towards the development of a conceptual distance metric for the UMLSJorge E Caviedes
Intel Corporation, 5000 W Chandler Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85226, USA
J Biomed Inform 37:77-85. 2004..Finally, conceptual matching is relevant for terminology development and maintenance, machine learning research, decision support system development, and data mining research in biomedical informatics and other fields... - Analysis of a study of the users, uses, and future agenda of the UMLSYan Chen
Department of Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:221-31. 2007..The UMLS constitutes the largest existing collection of medical terms. However, little has been published about the users and uses of the UMLS. This study sheds light on these issues... - Providing concept-oriented views for clinical data using a knowledge-based system: an evaluationQing Zeng
Decision System Group, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 9:294-305. 2002..g., laboratory, radiology). This study evaluates the functionality and utility of a knowledge-based system that generates concept-oriented views (organized around clinical concepts such as disease or organ system) of clinical data... - Relationship structures and semantic type assignments of the UMLS Enriched Semantic NetworkLi Zhang
Computer Science Department, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 12:657-66. 2005..Compared to the SN, the ESN provides a more accurate unifying semantic abstraction of the UMLS Metathesaurus...