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Electronic screening of dictated reports to identify patients with do-not-resuscitate statusDominik Aronsky
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 8340, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 11:403-9. 2004..The authors developed and validated a simple computerized search method, which screens dictated reports to detect patients with DNR status...- The prevalence and inaccessibility of Internet references in the biomedical literature at the time of publicationDominik Aronsky
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2209 Garland Ave, Nashville, TN 37232 8340, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:232-4. 2007..To determine the prevalence and inaccessibility of Internet references in the bibliography of biomedical publications when first released in PubMed... - Accuracy of references in five biomedical informatics journalsDominik Aronsky
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2209 Garland Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232 8340, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 12:225-8. 2005..To determine the rate and type of errors in biomedical informatics journal article references... - Supporting patient care in the emergency department with a computerized whiteboard systemDominik Aronsky
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2209 Garland Ave, Nashville, TN 37232 8340, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 15:184-94. 2008..As an information center, the computerized whiteboard supports our ED environment not only for providing patient care, but also for operational, educational, and research activities... 
Accuracy of administrative data for identifying patients with pneumoniaDominik Aronsky
Department of Biomedical Informatics and Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 2209 Garland Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Am J Med Qual 20:319-28. 2005..ICD-9-based algorithms did not influence patient variables in our population. Identifying pneumonia patients with DRG codes is significantly less precise...- Forecasting emergency department crowding: a prospective, real-time evaluationNathan R Hoot
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 16:338-45. 2009..The authors sought to implement and validate the previously developed ForecastED discrete event simulation for real-time forecasting of emergency department crowding... - Tracking workload in the emergency departmentScott Levin
Vanderbilt University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2044 Convent Pl, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
Hum Factors 48:526-39. 2006..The primary objective of this study was to create a methodology for measuring transient levels of physician workload in a live emergency department (ED) environment... - Shifting toward balance: measuring the distribution of workload among emergency physician teamsScott Levin
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Ann Emerg Med 50:419-23. 2007..A secondary aim was to demonstrate how ED demand patterns and the timing of shift changes influence the balance of workload among a physician team... 
Forecasting emergency department crowding: a discrete event simulationNathan R Hoot
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Ann Emerg Med 52:116-25. 2008..To develop a discrete event simulation of emergency department (ED) patient flow for the purpose of forecasting near-future operating conditions and to validate the forecasts with several measures of ED crowding...- The effect of physician triage on emergency department length of stayJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 4700, USA
J Emerg Med 39:227-33. 2010..Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding is a serious public health issue, but few solutions exist... - A computerized pneumococcal vaccination reminder system in the adult emergency departmentJudith W Dexheimer
Division of Biomedical Informatics, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University, 2209 Garland Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232 8340, USA
Vaccine 29:7035-41. 2011..We examined whether an information technology supported approach would provide a feasible and sustainable method to increase vaccination rates in an adult ED... - Placing physician orders at triage: the effect on length of stayStephan Russ
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 4700, USA
Ann Emerg Med 56:27-33. 2010..The goal of this study is to assess the effect of order placement by a triage physician on length of stay for patients ultimately treated in a bed within the ED... - Decreasing lab turnaround time improves emergency department throughput and decreases emergency medical services diversion: a simulation modelAlan B Storrow
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:1130-5. 2008..Furthermore, such models may suggest the advantage of bedside or point-of-care testing and how they might affect efficiency measures... - The life and death of URLs in five biomedical informatics journalsRandy J Carnevale
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, 2209 Garland Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232 8340, USA
Int J Med Inform 76:269-73. 2007..To determine the decay rate of Uniform Record Locators (URLs) in the reference section of biomedical informatics journals... - The effect of emergency department expansion on emergency department overcrowdingJin H Han
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 14:338-43. 2007..To examine the effects of emergency department (ED) expansion on ambulance diversion at an urban, academic Level 1 trauma center... - Evaluation of the microbiology of soft-tissue abscesses in the era of community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an argument for empirical contact precautionsThomas R Talbot
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:730-2. 2007..7%) of 182 culture samples from episodes in the pediatric cohort. Thus, empirical use of contact precautions for patients with skin abscesses should be strongly considered... - Measuring and forecasting emergency department crowding in real timeNathan R Hoot
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Ann Emerg Med 49:747-55. 2007.... - Comparing decision support methodologies for identifying asthma exacerbationsJudith W Dexheimer
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 8340, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 129:880-4. 2007..Population: All patients 2-18 years of age presenting to a pediatric emergency department during a 2-month study period... - Forecasting emergency department crowding: an external, multicenter evaluationNathan R Hoot
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Ann Emerg Med 54:514-522.e19. 2009..We apply a previously described tool to forecast emergency department (ED) crowding at multiple institutions and assess its generalizability for predicting the near-future waiting count, occupancy level, and boarding count... - Factors affecting stress in emergency medicine residents while working in the EDKeith Wrenn
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 4700, USA
Am J Emerg Med 28:897-902. 2010..The aim of this study was to identify factors other than work hours in the emergency department (ED) work environment contributing to resident stress... - Systematic review of emergency department crowding: causes, effects, and solutionsNathan R Hoot
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Ann Emerg Med 52:126-36. 2008..This structured overview of the literature may help to identify future directions for the crowding research agenda... - Prompting clinicians about preventive care measures: a systematic review of randomized controlled trialsJudith W Dexheimer
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 15:311-20. 2008..Despite increased implementation of electronic health records, randomized controlled trials evaluating computerized reminder systems are infrequent... - Clinicians' perceptions of clinical decision support integrated into computerized provider order entryS Trent Rosenbloom
Tennessee Technological Institute, Cookeville, TN, USA
Int J Med Inform 73:433-41. 2004..There were no significant differences between subspecialties and by advancing years of training among housestaff. Respondents agreed that the integrated clinical decision support enhanced their medical training... - Development of an asthma management system in a pediatric emergency departmentJudith W Dexheimer
Dept of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2009:142-6. 2009..The system was developed in conjunction with the pediatric ED multidisciplinary care team. The computerized system is entirely automatic and a prospective evaluation of the diagnostic component is ongoing... - Providers' beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors before implementing a computerized pneumococcal vaccination reminderJudith W Dexheimer
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:1312-8. 2006..Applying information technology may overcome some barriers and facilitate an ED-based vaccination initiative... - Relationships among initial hospital triage, disease progression and mortality in community-acquired pneumoniaSamuel M Brown
Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Respirology 17:1207-13. 2012..Worse outcomes from delayed intensive care unit (ICU) admission have long been suspected but have not been verified... - Emergency physicians' behaviors and workload in the presence of an electronic whiteboardDaniel J France
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, S1108 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232 2668, USA
Int J Med Inform 74:827-37. 2005..Information technology (IT) solutions are beginning to find their place in the emergency department (ED) and it is time to begin understanding how these systems are effecting physician behavior, communication and workload... - Identifying asthma exacerbations in a pediatric emergency department: a feasibility studyDavid L Sanders
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 8340, United States
Int J Med Inform 76:557-64. 2007..The goal of the study was to examine the accuracy of an algorithm to identify asthma patients at triage in real-time using only electronically available data... - Biomedical informatics applications for asthma care: a systematic reviewDavid L Sanders
Dept. of Biomedical Informatics, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2209 Garland Ave, Nashville, TN 37232-8340, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 13:418-27. 2006..Few studies demonstrated evidence of computerized applications improving clinical outcomes. Further research is needed to prospectively evaluate the impact of using biomedical informatics to improve care of asthmatic patients... - The emergency department occupancy rate: a simple measure of emergency department crowding?Melissa L McCarthy
Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
Ann Emerg Med 51:15-24, 24.e1-2. 2008..We examine the validity of the emergency department (ED) occupancy rate as a measure of crowding by comparing it to the Emergency Department Work Index Score (EDWIN), a previously validated scale... - The challenge of predicting demand for emergency department servicesMelissa L McCarthy
Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:337-46. 2008..The objective was to develop methodology for predicting demand for emergency department (ED) services by characterizing ED arrivals... - The Frontlines of Medicine Project progress report: standardized communication of emergency department triage data for syndromic surveillanceEdward N Barthell
Department of Emergency Medicine, St Mary s Hospital Ozaukee, Mequon, WI, USA
Ann Emerg Med 44:247-52. 2004..An initial retrospective validation of the codified chief complaint values is provided, and prospective study of the proposed Frontlines' standards is encouraged... - The measurement of daily surge and its relevance to disaster preparednessMelissa L McCarthy
Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
Acad Emerg Med 13:1138-41. 2006..A better understanding of daily ED surge capacity and influencing factors will improve our ability to simulate the potential impact that different types of catastrophic events may have on the surge capacity of hospital EDs nationwide... - Computer-based decision support for critical and emergency careTze-Yun Leong
J Biomed Inform 41:409-12. 2008 - Validation of the 2001 American Thoracic Society criteria for severe community-acquired pneumoniaPeter D Riley
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Crit Care Med 32:2398-402. 2004..Additional factors not reflected in the definition may contribute to ICU admission and the need for mechanical ventilation... - Performance of an algorithm for assessing smallpox risk among patients with rashes that may be confused with smallpoxSonja S Hutchins
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 46:S195-203. 2008..Use of the algorithm did not result in misclassification of AGVPR as high risk for smallpox. The algorithm is a highly specific tool for clinical evaluation of suspected smallpox disease...