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| Lemuel R WaitmanSummaryAffiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Adopting real-time surveillance dashboards as a component of an enterprisewide medication safety strategyLemuel R Waitman
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 37:326-32. 2011..High-alert medications are frequently responsible for adverse drug events and present significant hazards to inpatients, despite technical improvements in the way they are ordered, dispensed, and administered...
Effects of blood glucose transcription mismatches on a computer-based intensive insulin therapy protocolThomas R Campion
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 400 Eskind Biomedical Library, 2209 Garland Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Intensive Care Med 36:1566-70. 2010..We quantified the frequency and effect of blood glucose transcription mismatches on IIT protocol performance...
A computerized provider order entry intervention for medication safety during acute kidney injury: a quality improvement reportAllison B McCoy
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 56:832-41. 2010..Frequently, prescribers fail to account for changing kidney function when prescribing medications. We evaluated the use of a computerized provider order entry intervention to improve medication management during acute kidney injury...
Characteristics and effects of nurse dosing over-rides on computer-based intensive insulin therapy protocol performanceThomas R Campion
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 18:251-8. 2011..To determine characteristics and effects of nurse dosing over-rides of a clinical decision support system (CDSS) for intensive insulin therapy (IIT) in critical care units...
A framework for evaluating the appropriateness of clinical decision support alerts and responsesAllison B McCoy
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 77030, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 19:346-52. 2012..The authors present a comprehensive framework for evaluating the clinical appropriateness of synchronous, interruptive medication safety alerts...
Analyses of longitudinal, hospital clinical laboratory data with application to blood glucose concentrationsJonathan S Schildcrout
Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Stat Med 30:3208-20. 2011..To illustrate these points, we present a detailed analysis of the relationship between blood glucose levels and insulin doses on the basis of data from an intensive care unit...
Development of inpatient risk stratification models of acute kidney injury for use in electronic health recordsMichael E Matheny
Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, Tennessee Valley Health System, Veterans Health Administration, Nashville, TN, USA
Med Decis Making 30:639-50. 2010....
Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Discrepancies within Three Computerized Pre-Admission Medication ListsJosh F Peterson
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2010:642-6. 2010..Potentially harmful medication discrepancies were found within all lists. The authors concluded no single list was sufficiently accurate to avoid serious medication errors...
Physicians' response to guided geriatric dosing: initial results from a randomized trialJosh F Peterson
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Nashville, TN, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 129:1037-40. 2007..0,4.0]) than the control group (median 3.0 interquartile range [1.5,5.0], p<0.001). While physicians selected the recommended dose less than a third of the time, guided geriatric dosing modestly improved compliance with guidelines...
Commonly used surrogates for baseline renal function affect the classification and prognosis of acute kidney injuryEdward D Siew
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
Kidney Int 77:536-42. 2010..Our study found that commonly used surrogates for baseline serum creatinine result in bi-directional misclassification of the incidence and prognosis of acute kidney injury in a hospital setting...
Effects of clinical decision support on initial dosing and monitoring of tobramycin and amikacinZachary L Cox
Department of Pharmacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 68:624-32. 2011..The impact of clinical decision support (CDS) on initial doses and intervals and pharmacokinetic outcomes of amikacin and tobramycin therapy was evaluated...
Social, organizational, and contextual characteristics of clinical decision support systems for intensive insulin therapy: a literature review and case studyThomas R Campion
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Int J Med Inform 79:31-43. 2010..Studies of CDSS for intensive insulin therapy (IIT) are no exception, and the literature lacks an understanding of effective computer-based IIT implementation and operation...
Medication administration discrepancies persist despite electronic orderingFern Fitzhenry
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:756-64. 2007....
