News Articles August 2005
August 31, 2005
Poll shows patients heading online for health info
Elizabeth Bowen
in: Healthcare IT News, August 29, 2005
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Randomised trial of telephone intervention in chronic heart failure: DIAL trial
GESICA Investigators
in: BMJ 2005;331:425, doi:10.1136/bmj.38516.398067.E0
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Health Information Exchange Initiatives Accelerating Says Annual Survey
Neil Versel
in: Health IT World News, August 31, 2005
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Guidance to Focus on Patient Diaries
Mark D. Uehling
in: Bio-IT World, August 29, 2005
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August 26, 2005
Towards a Health Interop Framework v1.8
Australian National e-Health Authority
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Barriers to effective communication across the primary/secondary interface: examples from the ovarian cancer patient journey (a qualitative study)
M.C. FARQUHAR, S.I.G. BARCLAY, H. EARL, G.E. GRANDE, J. EMERY, R.A.F. CRAWFORD
in: European Journal of Cancer Care, Volume 14 Issue 4 Page 359 – September 2005, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2354.2005.00596.x
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Handheld computers and the 21stcentury surgical team: a pilot study
Omer Aziz, Sukhmeet S Panesar, Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, Paraskevas Paraskeva, Aziz Sheikh and Ara Darzi in: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2005, 5:28 doi:10.1186/1472-6947-5-28
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Exploring cancer register data to find risk factors for recurrence of breast cancer – application of Canonical Correlation Analysis
Amir R Razavi, Hans Gill, Olle Stal, Marie Sundquist, Sten Thorstenson, Hans Ahlfeldt, Nosrat Shahsavar and The South-East Swedish Breast Cancer Study Group
in: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2005, 5:29 doi:10.1186/1472-6947-5-29
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Revamped Veterans’ Health Care Now a Model
Gilbert M. Gaul
in: Washington Post, August 22, 2005
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August 19, 2005
An Internet-Based Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Kava and Valerian for Anxiety and Insomnia
Jacobs, Bradly P. MD, MPH; Bent, Stephen MD; Tice, Jeffrey A. MD; Blackwell, Terri MA; Cummings, Steven R. MD, FACP
in: Medicine. 84(4):197-207, July 2005
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See also: The Washington Post: The Right Stuff.
A wristband that checks the right drug? Brilliant
in: e-Health Insider, Aug. 12, 2005
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Awash in Information, Patients Face a Lonely, Uncertain Road
Jan Hoffman
in: New York Times, Aug. 14, 2005
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Enter your PIN, get a prescription
Shari Roan
in: LA Times, Aug. 15, 2005
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Gene-IT Unveils Sequence-Centric Data Integration Approach to Overcome Challenges of Genome-Scale Research
in: bio.com, Aug. 17, 2005
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Building a Virtual Microbe, Gene by Gene by Gene
Carl Zimmer
in: The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2005
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e-Source Document Triggers Controversy, Curiosity
Mark D. Uehling
in: Bio-IT World, Aug. 16, 2005
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Doctors Log on for Patients’ Records
Elizabeth Kay
in: News & Star, Aug. 15, 2005
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August 12, 2005
Computer generated patient information focused on discontinuation of chronic diazepine use
In a recent study, ordered by the Dutch Health Care Insurers Board (CVZ) from the Leiden University it was shown that “individual, computer generated information on reducing or stopping chronic use of benzodiazepines (sleeping and relaxing medication) is twice to four times as effective as general information.”
The CVZ published the full study, in Dutch, on its website on July 28.
Telemedicine Helps Victims of Stroke
In an article in NetworkWorld by Jason Meserve from May 23, it is described how A Massachusetts company is looking to use videoconferencing technology to extend critical care to stroke patients in rural hospitals.
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Which? report into choice in health
Choose and Book is a national service that will, for the first time, combine electronic booking and a choice of time, date and place for first outpatient appointment. By the end of 2005 it will be available to all patients in England requiring elective care (over 10 million each year), according to the NHS Choose and Book Website.
But the consumer organization Which? has published a study into patient choice, in which it is said that: “People cannot make choices without relevant, accessible and timely information and support. Some information that consumers want and need to make informed choices about healthcare is not available, is poorly distributed or gives insufficient detail. Some consumers also have less access to information than others, or have additional or more specialised information needs.”
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August 5, 2005
Clinical Decision Support and Electronic Prescribing Systems: A Time for Responsible Thought and Action
Randolph A. Miller, MD, Reed M. Gardner, PhD, Kevin B. Johnson, MD, MS and George Hripcsak, MD, MS in: J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005;12:403-409. DOI 10.1197/jamia.M1830
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Handheld Computer-based Decision Support Reduces Patient Length of Stay and Antibiotic Prescribing in Critical Care
Vitali Sintchenko, MD, Jonathan R. Iredell, MD, PhD, Gwendolyn L. Gilbert, MD and Enrico Coiera, MBBS, PhD
in: J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005;12:398-402. DOI 10.1197/jamia.M1798
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Clinical Decision Support in Electronic Prescribing: Recommendations and an Action Plan
Jonathan M. Teich, MD, PhD, Jerome A. Osheroff, MD, Eric A. Pifer, MD, Dean F. Sittig, PhD, Robert A. Jenders, MD, MS and the CDS Expert Review Panel
in: J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005;12:365-376. DOI 10.1197/jamia.M1822
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Toward Semantic Interoperability in Home Health Care: Formally Representing OASIS Items for Integration into a Concept-oriented Terminology
Jeungok Choi, Melinda L. Jenkins, James J. Cimino, Thomas M. White, and Suzanne Bakken
in: J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005; 12: 410-417. doi:10.1197/jamia.M1786
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KAT: A Flexible XML-based Knowledge Authoring Environment
Nathan C. Hulse, Roberto A. Rocha, Guilherme Del Fiol, Richard L. Bradshaw, Timothy P. Hanna, and Lorrie K. Roemer
in: J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005; 12: 418-430. doi:10.1197/jamia.M1701
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A Randomized Trial of Electronic Clinical Reminders to Improve Quality of Care for Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease
Thomas D. Sequist, Tejal K. Gandhi, Andrew S. Karson, Julie M. Fiskio, Donald Bugbee, Michael Sperling, E. Francis Cook, E. John Orav, David G. Fairchild, and David W. Bates
in: J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005; 12: 431-437. doi:10.1197/jamia.M1788
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Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to the Use of Computerized Clinical Reminders
Jason J. Saleem, Emily S. Patterson, Laura Militello, Marta L. Render, Greg Orshansky, and Steven M. Asch
in: J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005; 12: 438-447. PrePrint published March 31 2005; doi:10.1197/jamia.M1777
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Health Information Technology and Physician-Patient Interactions: Impact of Computers on Communication during Outpatient Primary Care Visits
John Hsu, Jie Huang, Vicki Fung, Nan Robertson, Holly Jimison, and Richard Frankel
in: J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005; 12: 474-480. PrePrint published March 31 2005; doi:10.1197/jamia.M1741
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Integrating SNOMED CT into the UMLS: An Exploration of Different Views of Synonymy and Quality of Editing
Kin Wah Fung, William T. Hole, Stuart J. Nelson, Suresh Srinivasan, Tammy Powell, and Laura Roth
in: J Am Med Inform Assoc 2005; 12: 486-494. PrePrint published March 31 2005; doi:10.1197/jamia.M1767
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Bar Coding for Patient Safety
Alexi A. Wright, M.D., and Ingrid T. Katz, M.D., M.H.S.
in: NEJM Volume 353:329-331
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Straight from the Shoulder
John Halamka, M.D.
in: NEJM Volume 353:331-333
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Article by the chief information officer at the CareGroup Healthcare System and an emergency physician at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston on the RFID he had implanted in his arm.
Challenges to implementing the national programme for information technology (NPfIT): a qualitative study
Jane Hendy, Barnaby C Reeves, Naomi Fulop, Cristina Masseria, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
in: BMJ 2005;331:331-336
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What Internet Services Would Patients Like From Hospitals During an Epidemic? Lessons From the SARS Outbreak in Toronto
Carlos A Rizo, Doina Lupea, Homayoun Baybourdy, Matthew Anderson, Tom Closson, Alejandro R Jadad
in: J Med Internet Res 2005 (Aug 3); 7(4):e46
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An Internet-Based Patient-Provider Communication System: Randomized Controlled Trial
Chen-Tan Lin, Loretta Wittevrongel, Laurie Moore, Brenda L Beaty, Stephen E Ross
in: J Med Internet Res 2005 (Aug 5); 7(4):e47
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Strategies for containing an emerging influenza pandemic in Southeast Asia
Neil M. Ferguson, Derek A.T. Cummings, Simon Cauchemez, Christophe Fraser, Steven Riley, Aronrag Meeyai, Sopon Iamsirithaworn and Donald S. Burke
in: doi: 10.1038/nature04017 (aug. 3)
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See also: Computer Model Could Help Prevent Flu Pandemic.
Safety in Numbers
Mark Hagland
Healthcare Informatics, August 2005
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Electronic Health Records: Just around the Corner? Or over the Cliff?
Richard J. Baron, MD; Elizabeth L. Fabens, MD; Melissa Schiffman, MD; and Erica Wolf, MD
in: Annals of Internal Medicine, 2 August 2005 | Volume 143 Issue 3 | Pages 222-226
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Canada sets up e-health innovation lab
Bob Brewin
in: Government Health IT, Aug. 12, 2005
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Implementing electronic medical record systems in developing countries
Fraser, Hamish S.F.; Biondich, Paul; Moodley, Deshen; Choi, Sharon; Mamlin, Burke W.; Szolovits, Peter
in: Informatics in Primary Care, Volume 13, Number 2, June 2005, pp. 83-96(14)
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Seniors’ views on the use of electronic health records
Morin, Diane; Tourigny, Andre; Pelletier, Daniel; Robichaud, Line; Mathieu, Luc; Vézina, Aline; Bonin, Lucie; Buteau, Martin
in: Informatics in Primary Care, Volume 13, Number 2, June 2005, pp. 125-134(10)
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A framework for mobile healthcare answers to chronically ill outpatient non-adherence
Cocosila, Mihail; Archer, Norm
in: Informatics in Primary Care, Volume 13, Number 2, June 2005, pp. 145-152(8)
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