S C Porter

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Getting the data right: information accuracy in pediatric emergency medicine
    S C Porter
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boson, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Qual Saf Health Care 15:296-301. 2006
  2. ncbi Patients providing the answers: narrowing the gap in data quality for emergency care
    Stephen C Porter
    Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Main South CB0101, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Qual Saf Health Care 19:e34. 2010
  3. ncbi Impact of a patient-centered technology on medication errors during pediatric emergency care
    Stephen C Porter
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Ambul Pediatr 8:329-35. 2008
  4. ncbi The asthma kiosk: a patient-centered technology for collaborative decision support in the emergency department
    Stephen C Porter
    Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 11:458-67. 2004
  5. ncbi Parents as partners in obtaining the medication history
    Stephen C Porter
    Division of Emergency Medicine, MA 001, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 12:299-305. 2005
  6. ncbi Impact of patient-centered decision support on quality of asthma care in the emergency department
    Stephen C Porter
    Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 117:e33-42. 2006
  7. ncbi Parents as direct contributors to the medical record: validation of their electronic input
    S C Porter
    Divisions of Emergency Medicine and General Pediatrics, Informatics Program, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 35:346-52. 2000
  8. ncbi The value of parental report for diagnosis and management of dehydration in the emergency department
    Stephen C Porter
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 41:196-205. 2003
  9. ncbi The value of patient self-report for disease surveillance
    Florence T Bourgeois
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:765-71. 2007
  10. ncbi Data acquisition in emergency medicine: electronic communication using free text
    Stephen C Porter
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 18:15-8. 2002

Research Grants

  1. ParentLink: Better and Safer Emergency Care for Children
    Stephen Porter; Fiscal Year: 2005
  2. Health Literacy and Information Management in ADHD: Designing an Optimal Record
    Stephen Porter; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi Getting the data right: information accuracy in pediatric emergency medicine
    S C Porter
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boson, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Qual Saf Health Care 15:296-301. 2006
    ....
  2. ncbi Patients providing the answers: narrowing the gap in data quality for emergency care
    Stephen C Porter
    Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Main South CB0101, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Qual Saf Health Care 19:e34. 2010
    ....
  3. ncbi Impact of a patient-centered technology on medication errors during pediatric emergency care
    Stephen C Porter
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Ambul Pediatr 8:329-35. 2008
    ..The aim of this study was to determine the impact of a patient-centered health information technology (HIT) on the error rate for ordering and prescribing of medications during emergency pediatric care...
  4. ncbi The asthma kiosk: a patient-centered technology for collaborative decision support in the emergency department
    Stephen C Porter
    Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 11:458-67. 2004
    ..The asthma kiosk successfully links parents' data to guideline recommendations and identifies data critical to health improvements for asthmatic children that otherwise remains undocumented during ED-based care...
  5. ncbi Parents as partners in obtaining the medication history
    Stephen C Porter
    Division of Emergency Medicine, MA 001, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 12:299-305. 2005
    ..Our specific aims were (1) to estimate the validity of parents' electronically entered medication history for asthma and (2) to compare the parents' kiosk entries regarding medications to the documentation of ED physicians and nurses...
  6. ncbi Impact of patient-centered decision support on quality of asthma care in the emergency department
    Stephen C Porter
    Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 117:e33-42. 2006
    ....
  7. ncbi Parents as direct contributors to the medical record: validation of their electronic input
    S C Porter
    Divisions of Emergency Medicine and General Pediatrics, Informatics Program, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 35:346-52. 2000
    ..We assessed the validity and completeness of data in the past medical history (PMH) obtained electronically from parents and examined effects of the human-computer interface and sociodemographic variables on electronic parental report...
  8. ncbi The value of parental report for diagnosis and management of dehydration in the emergency department
    Stephen C Porter
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 41:196-205. 2003
    ..We also sought to compare the reports of physical signs related to dehydration made by parents and nurses...
  9. ncbi The value of patient self-report for disease surveillance
    Florence T Bourgeois
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:765-71. 2007
    ..To determine the accuracy of self-reported information from patients and families for use in a disease surveillance system...
  10. ncbi Data acquisition in emergency medicine: electronic communication using free text
    Stephen C Porter
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Pediatr Emerg Care 18:15-8. 2002
    ....
  11. ncbi Parent-driven technology for decision support in pediatric emergency care
    Andrew M Fine
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, USA
    Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 35:307-15. 2009
    ....
  12. ncbi Incidence of morbidity from penetrating palate trauma
    Kara Hennelly
    Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 126:e1578-84. 2010
    ..The true rate of neurologic sequelae and infection from penetrating palatal trauma in children is unknown, which leads to significant variation in testing and treatment...
  13. ncbi Optimal data entry by patients: effects of interface structure and design
    S C Porter
    Children s Hospital Informatics Program, Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Stud Health Technol Inform 84:141-5. 2001
    ..an iterative usability experiment to answer 2 questions: 1) How can maximal electronic data input from a patient be achieved, and 2) Do varying structures for data entry promote differential documentation of specified data elements?..
  14. ncbi Patient-centered design of an information management module for a personally controlled health record
    Colin M Sox
    Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Centre and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, 02118, USA
    J Med Internet Res 12:e36. 2010
    ....

Research Grants5

  1. ParentLink: Better and Safer Emergency Care for Children
    Stephen Porter; Fiscal Year: 2005
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  2. Health Literacy and Information Management in ADHD: Designing an Optimal Record
    Stephen Porter; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Findings will provide a usable and useful technology product that overcomes literacy related barriers and thereby improves care for the most common pediatric mental health disorder. ..