Toward a measured approach to medical informatics.
Author(s): Friedman, C P
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060176
Author(s): Friedman, C P
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060176
In the Netherlands, several general practice registrations exist. Groups of general practitioners register elements of patient care according to agreed-upon criteria, and these data are collected in a central database. By means of a questionnaire the authors interviewed the managers of all nine computerized registration networks extensively about the possibilities and limitations of their registration. In addition, respondents answered some questions with data from the central database of their network [...]
Author(s): Hart, H E, van der Wouden, J C, Höppener, P, van Schendel, G J, Knottnerus, J A
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060173
Finding documents on the World Wide Web relevant to a specific medical information need can be difficult. The goal of this work is to define a set of document content description tags, or metadata encodings, that can be used to promote disciplined search access to Internet medical documents.
Author(s): Malet, G, Munoz, F, Appleyard, R, Hersh, W
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060163
The authors surveyed existing standard codes for units of measures, such as ISO 2955, ANSI X3.50, and Health Level 7's ISO+. Because these standards specify only the character representation of units, the authors developed a semantic model for units based on dimensional analysis. Through this model, conversion between units and calculations with dimensioned quantities become as simple as calculating with numbers. All atomic symbols for prefixes and units are defined [...]
Author(s): Schadow, G, McDonald, C J, Suico, J G, Föhring, U, Tolxdorff, T
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060151
To assess the reliability of a reference standard for an information extraction task.
Author(s): Hripcsak, G, Kuperman, G J, Friedman, C, Heitjan, D F
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060143
Two of the greatest obstacles to the implementation of the standardized electronic medical record are physician and staff acceptance and the development of a complete standardized medical vocabulary. Physicians have found the familiar desktop computer environment cumbersome in the examination room and the coding and hierarchic structure of existing vocabulary inadequate. The author recommends the use of digital ink, the graphic form of the pen computer, in telephone messaging and [...]
Author(s): Arvary, G J
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060134
To evaluate the influence of computer-based reminders about influenza vaccination on the behavior of individual clinicians at each clinical opportunity.
Author(s): Tang, P C, LaRosa, M P, Newcomb, C, Gorden, S M
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060115
In this systematic review, the authors analyze the functionality provided by recent computer-based guideline implementation systems and characterize the effectiveness of the systems. Twenty-five studies published between 1992 and January 1998 were identified. Articles were included if the authors indicated an intent to implement guideline recommendations for clinicians and if the effectiveness of the system was evaluated. Provision of eight information management services and effects on guideline adherence, documentation, user [...]
Author(s): Shiffman, R N, Liaw, Y, Brandt, C A, Corb, G J
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060104
Author(s): Stead, W W
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060088
To design a document model that provides reliable and efficient access to clinical information in patient reports for a broad range of clinical applications, and to implement an automated method using natural language processing that maps textual reports to a form consistent with the model.
Author(s): Friedman, C, Hripcsak, G, Shagina, L, Liu, H
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060076