Consumer health information on the Internet.
Author(s): Carroll, Aaron E, Saluja, Sunil, Tarczy-Hornoch, Peter
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1114
Author(s): Carroll, Aaron E, Saluja, Sunil, Tarczy-Hornoch, Peter
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1114
The AMIA Annual Symposium began life as the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC) in 1977. Inaugurated as a multidisciplinary meeting with multiple sponsors, the Symposium quickly became a force in the development of the field of medical informatics. The authors summarize the 25-year history of the meeting and its proceedings, drawing on information in the printed programs and proceedings and on the personal recollections of some Symposium [...]
Author(s): Lindberg, Donald A B, Humphreys, Betsy L
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1076
As the Internet continues to grow as a delivery medium for health information, the design of effective Web sites becomes increasingly important. In this paper, the authors provide an overview of one effective model for Web site design, a user-centered process that includes techniques for needs assessment, goal/task analysis, user interface design, and rapid prototyping. They detail how this approach was employed to design a family health history Web site [...]
Author(s): Kinzie, Mable B, Cohn, Wendy F, Julian, Marti F, Knaus, William A
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m0822
Author(s): Patterson, Robert
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1022
A comprehensive data warehouse framework is needed, which encompasses imaging and non-imaging information in supporting disease management and research. The authors propose such a framework, describe general design principles and system architecture, and illustrate a multimodality neuroimaging data warehouse system implemented for clinical epilepsy research. The data warehouse system is built on top of a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) environment and applies an iterative object-oriented analysis and design [...]
Author(s): Wong, Stephen T C, Hoo, Kent Soo, Knowlton, Robert C, Laxer, Kenneth D, Cao, Xinhau, Hawkins, Randall A, Dillon, William P, Arenson, Ronald L
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m0988
Problems involving drug knowledge are one of the most common causes of serious medication errors. Although the information that clinicians need is often available somewhere, retrieving it expeditiously has been problematic. At the same time, clinicians are faced with an ever-expanding pharmacology knowledge base. Recently, point-of-care technology has become more widely available and more practical with the advent of handheld, or palmtop, computing. Therefore, the authors evaluated the clinical contribution [...]
Author(s): Rothschild, Jeffrey M, Lee, Thomas H, Bae, Taran, Bates, David W
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1001
The authors developed a novel feature in their clinical information systems, which allows clinicians to request notification about laboratory results. Clinicians who are expecting a particular laboratory result for a particular patient can request a report of the result via an alphanumeric pager as soon as the result is filed into the patient database. This feature has gained popularity and is heavily used in both inpatient and outpatient settings, at [...]
Author(s): Poon, Eric G, Kuperman, Gilad J, Fiskio, Julie, Bates, David W
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1009
The Patient-Centered Access to Secure Systems Online (PCASSO) project is designed to apply state-of-the-art-security to the communication of clinical information over the Internet.
Author(s): Masys, Daniel, Baker, Dixie, Butros, Amy, Cowles, Kevin E
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1005
Web-based applications have been developed that allow patients to enter their own information into secure personal health records. These applications are being promoted as a means of providing patients and providers with universal access to updated medical information. The authors evaluated the functionality and utility of a selection of personal health records.
Author(s): Kim, Matthew I, Johnson, Kevin B
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m0978
The goal of this study was to complete a literature-based needs assessment with regard to common pediatric problems encountered by pediatric health care providers (PHCPs) and families, and to develop a problem-based pediatric digital library to meet those needs. The needs assessment yielded 65 information sources. Common problems were identified and categorized, and the Internet was manually searched for authoritative Web sites. The created pediatric digital library (www.generalpediatrics.com) used a [...]
Author(s): D'Alessandro, Donna, Kingsley, Peggy
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m0991