UC Center for Health Informatics

2008

• Mack EH, Wheeler DS, Embi PJ. Clinical decision support systems in the pediatric intensive care unit.
  Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008 Dec 2. [Epub ahead of print]
  
  
• Embi PJ, Jain A and Harris CM, Physicians' perceptions of an electronic health record-based clinical trial alert approach to subject recruitment: a survey, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2008 Apr 2;8:13.
  
  
• Kissela BM, Eckman MH. Cost effectiveness of recombinant factor VIIa for treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage.
  BMC Neurol. 2008 May 19;8:17.
  
  
• Khanna D, Furst DE, Clements PJ, Tashkin DP, Eckman MH. Oral Cyclophosphamide for Active Scleroderma Lung Disease: A Decision Analysis. Med Decis Making. 2008 Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print]
  
  
• Wess ML, Schauer DP, Johnston JA, Moomaw CJ, Brewer DE, Cook EF, Eckman MH. Application of a decision support tool for anticoagulation in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
  J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Apr;23(4):411-7.
  
  

2007

• Wess ML, Embi PJ, Besier J, Lowry C, Anderson P, Besier C, Thelen G and Hegner C, Effect of a Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) System on Medication Orders at a Community Hospital and University Hospital, Proceedings of the AMIA Annual Symposium. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007 Oct 11:796-800.
  
  
• Embi PJ, Payne PR, Kaufman S, Logan J and Barr C, Identifying Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical Research Informatics: Analysis of a Facilitated Discussion at the 2006 AMIA Annual Symposium, Proceedings of the AMIA Annual Symposium. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007 Oct 11:221-5.
  
  
• Wess ML, Hegner C, Anderson PF, Thelen G, Embi PJ, Besier JL, Besier JC. Effect of a Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) system on provider and nurse satisfaction at a community hospital and university hospital. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007 Oct 11:1152.
  
  
• Mazloomdoost D, Mehregan S, Mahmoudi H, Soltani A, Embi PJ. Perceived barriers to information access among medical residents in Iran: obstacles to answering clinical queries in settings with limited Internet accessibility.
  AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007 Oct 11:523-7.
  
  
• Hurdle JF, Adams S, Brokel J, Chang B, Embi P, Petersen C, Terrazas E and Winkelstein, P, A Code of Professional Ethical Conduct for the American Medical Informatics Association a An AMIA Board of Directors approved White Paper, J Am Med Inform Assoc. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007 Jul-Aug;14(4):391-3. Epub 2007 Apr 25. Erratum in: J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007 Sep-Oct;14(5):686.
  
  
• Schauer DP, Johnston JA, Moomaw CJ, Wess M, Eckman MH. Racial disparities in the filling of warfarin prescriptions for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Am J Med Sci. 2007 Feb;333(2):67-73.
  
  

2006

• Embi PJ, Biddinger PW, Goldenhar LM, Schick LC, Kaya B, Held JD, Preferences regarding the computerized delivery of lecture content:a survey of medical students, AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006:916.
  
  
• Mazloomdoost D, Embi, PJ, Impacts of PDA-based Access to Clinical Data in a Teaching Hospital: Perceptions of Housestaff Physicians, AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006:1025.
  
  
• Yackel TR, Embi PJ. Copy-and-Paste-and-Paste. JAMA. 2006 Nov 15;296(19):2315.
  
  
• Embi PJ, Acharya P, McCuistion M, Kishman CP, Haag D, Marine S. Responding Rapidly to FDA Drug Withdrawals: Design and Application of a New Approach for a Consumer Health Website. J Med Internet Res 2006;8(3):e16
  
  
• Render ML, Brungs S, Kotagal U, Nicholson M, Burns P, Ellis D, Clifton M, Fardo R, Scott M, Hirschhorn L. Evidence-based practice to reduce central line infections. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006 May;32(5):253-60.
  
  
• Patterson ES, Rogers ML, Chapman RJ, Render ML. Compliance with intended use of Bar Code Medication Administration in acute and long-term care: an observational study. Hum Factors. 2006 Spring;48(1):15-22.
  
  
• Embi PJ. Increasing Physician Participation in Clinical Trial Recruitment. Physicians Weekly 2006 Jan;23(3).
  
  
• Mathis BR, Diers T, Hornung R, Ho M, Rouan GW. Implementing duty-hour restrictions without diminishing patient care or education: can it be done? Acad Med. 2006 Jan;81(1):68-75.
  
  

2005

• Elder NC, Jacobson CJ, Zink T, Hasse L. How experiencing preventable medical problems changed patients' interactions with primary health care. Ann Fam Med. 2005 Nov-Dec;3(6):537-44.
  
  
• Schauer DP, Moomaw CJ, Wess M, Webb T, Eckman MH. Psychosocial risk factors for adverse outcomes in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation receiving warfarin. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Dec;20(12):1114-9.
  
  
• Guard JR, Brueggemann RF, Highsmith RF, Marine SA, Riep JR, Schick LC. Building research administration applications for the academic health center: a case study.
  Acad Med. 2005 Nov;80(11):1032-8.
  
  
• Embi PJ, Jain A, Clark J, Bizjack S, Hornung R, Harris CM. Effect of a Clinical Trial Alert System on Physician Participation in Trial Recruitment Archives of Internal Medicine, 2005 Oct 24;165:2272-2277
  
  
• Embi PJ, Jain A, Clark J, Harris CM. Development of an Electronic Health Record-based Clinical Trial Alert System to Enhance Recruitment at the Point of Care. Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2005; 231-235
  
  
• Marine SA, Embi PJ, Guard JR, Haag DA, McCuistion MA. NetWellness 1995-2005: Ten Years of Experience and Growth as a Non-Profit Consumer Health Information and Ask-an-Expert Service. American Medical Informatics Association 2005 Symposium Proceedings;:1043.
  
  
• Lieberman MI, Embi PJ, Ricciardi TN, Tabb K. Accelerating Biopharmaceutical Development in the Decade of Health Information Technology: Applications of electronic health records for outcomes research and clinical trials recruitment. Biotechnology Healthcare, August 2005;2(4):52-57.
  
  
• Eckman MH. "Bridging on the river Kwai": the perioperative management of anticoagulation therapy. Med Decis Making. 2005 Jul-Aug;25(4):370-3.
  
  
• Saleem JJ, Patterson ES, Militello L, Render ML, Orshansky G, Asch SM. Exploring barriers and facilitators to the use of computerized clinical reminders. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005 Jul-Aug;12(4):438-47. Epub 2005 Mar 31.
  
  
• Wade SL, Wolfe C, Brown TM, Pestian JP. Putting the pieces together: preliminary efficacy of a web-based family intervention for children with traumatic brain injury. J Pediatr Psychol. 2005 Jul-Aug;30(5):437-42. Epub 2005 Feb 23.
  
  
• Johnston JA, Brill-Edwards P, Ginsberg JS, Pauker SG, Eckman MH. Cost-effectiveness of prophylactic low molecular weight heparin in pregnant women with a prior history of venous thromboembolism. Am J Med. 2005 May;118(5):503-14.
  
  
• Render ML, Kim HM, Deddens J, Sivaganesin S, Welsh DE, Bickel K, Freyberg R, Timmons S, Johnston J, Connors AF Jr, Wagner D, Hofer TP. Variation in outcomes in Veterans Affairs intensive care units with a computerized severity measure. Crit Care Med. 2005 May;33(5):930-9.
  
  
• Wilson SE, Leonard A, Moomaw C, Schneeweiss S, Eckman MH. Underuse of controller medications among children with persistent asthma in the Ohio medicaid population: evolving differences with new medications. Ambul Pediatr. 2005 Mar-Apr;5(2):83-9.
  
  
• Vukkadapu SS, Belli JM, Ishii K, Jegga AG, Hutton JJ, Aronow BJ, Katz JD. Dynamic interaction between T cell-mediated beta-cell damage and beta-cell repair in the run up to autoimmune diabetes of the NOD mouse. Physiol Genomics. 2005 Apr 14;21(2):201-11. Epub 2005 Jan 25.
  
  
• Hickner JM, Fernald DH, Harris DM, Poon EG, Elder NC, Mold JW. Issues and initiatives in the testing process in primary care physician offices. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005 Feb;31(2):81-9.
  
  
• Wade SL, Wolfe C, Brown TM, Pestian JP. Putting the pieces together: preliminary efficacy of a web-based family intervention for children with traumatic brain injury. J Pediatr Psychol. 2005 Jul-Aug;30(5):437-42. Epub 2005 Feb 23.
  
  
• Britto MT, Kotagal UR, Boat TF. Listening to families: first steps toward improved hospital care. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Feb;159(2):187-8.
  
  
• Elder NC, Hickner J. Missing clinical information: the system is down. JAMA. 2005 Feb 2;293(5):617-9.
  
  
• Render ML, Hirschhorn L. An irreplaceable safety culture. Crit Care Clin. 2005 Jan;21(1):31-41, viii.
  
  

2004

• Guard JR, Brueggemann RF, Fant WK, Hutton JJ, Kues JR, Marine SA, Rouan GW, Schick LC. Integrated advanced information management systems: a twenty-year history at the University of Cincinnati. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2004; 92(2):171-8.
  
  
• Nugent GN, Hendricks A, Nugent L, Render ML.Value for taxpayers' dollars: what VA care would cost at medicare prices. Med Care Res Rev. 2004 Dec;61(4):495-508.
  
  
• Patterson ES, Doebbeling BN, Fung CH, Militello L, Anders S, Asch SM. Identifying barriers to the effective use of clinical reminders: bootstrapping multiple methods.
  J Biomed Inform. 2005 Jun;38(3):189-99. Epub 2004 Dec 15.
  
  
• Vidal-Trecan GM, Stahl JE, Eckman MH. Radioiodine or surgery for toxic thyroid adenoma: dissecting an important decision. A cost-effectiveness analysis. Thyroid. 2004 Nov;14(11):933-45.
  
  
• Hutton JJ, Jegga AG, Kong S, Gupta A, Ebert C, Williams S, Katz JD, Aronow BJ. Microarray and comparative genomics-based identification of genes and gene regulatory regions of the mouse immune system. BMC Genomics. 2004 Oct 25;5(1):82.
  
  
• Bogucki B, Jacobs BR, Hingle J; Clinical Informatics Outcomes Research Group. Computerized reminders reduce the use of medications during shortages. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2004 Jul-Aug;11(4):278-80. Epub 2004 Apr 2
  
  
• Embi PJ, Yackel TY, Logan J, Bowen JL, Cooney TG, Gorman PN. Impacts of Computerized Physician Documentation in a Teaching Hospital: Perceptions of Faculty and Resident Physicians. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2004 Jul-Aug;11(4):300-309    
  (Finalist for AMIA's 2005 Diana Forsythe Award)
  
  
• Elstein AS, Fryback DG, Weinstein MC, Pauker SG, Holmes-Rovner M, Young MJ,
  Barry MJ, Eckman MH, Hunink MG, Tsevat J, Wong JB. Presidential reflections on the 25th anniversary of the society for medical decision making. Med Decis Making. 2004 Jul-Aug;24(4):408-20. No abstract available.
  
  
• Patterson ES, Rogers ML, Render ML. Fifteen best practice recommendations for bar-code medication administration in the Veterans Health Administration. Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2004 Jul;30(7):355-65.
  
  
• Yi MS, Tsevat J, Wilmott RW, Kotagal UR, Britto MT. The impact of treatment of pulmonary exacerbations on the health-related quality of life of patients with cystic fibrosis: does hospitalization make a difference? J Pediatr. 2004 Jun;144(6):711-8.
  
  
• Muething S, Schoettker PJ, Gerhardt WE, Atherton HD, Britto MT, Kotagal UR. Decreasing overuse of therapies in the treatment of bronchiolitis by incorporating evidence at the point of care. J Pediatr. 2004 Jun;144(6):703-10.
  
  
• Doyne EO, Alfaro MP, Siegel RM, Atherton HD, Schoettker PJ, Bernier J, Kotagal UR. A randomized controlled trial to change antibiotic prescribing patterns in a community. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004 Jun;158(6):577-83.
  
  
• Wade SL, Wolfe CR, Pestian JP. A web-based family problem-solving intervention for families of children with traumatic brain injury.
  Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput. 2004 May;36(2):261-9.
  
  
• Rosand J, Eckman MH, Knudsen KA, Singer DE, Greenberg SM. The effect of warfarin and intensity of anticoagulation on outcome of intracerebral hemorrhage. Arch Intern Med. 2004 Apr 26;164(8):880-4.
  
  
• Render ML. Research and redesign are safer than warnings and rules. Crit Care Med. 2004 Apr;32(4):1074-5.
  
  
• Guard JR, Brueggemann RF, Fant WK, Hutton JJ, Kues JR, Marine SA, Rouan GW,
  Schick LC. Integrated advanced information management systems: a twenty-year history at the University of Cincinnati. J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 Apr;92(2):171-8.
  
  
• Patterson ES, Roth EM, Woods DD, Chow R, Gomes JO. Handoff strategies in settings with high consequences for failure: lessons for health care operations. Int J Qual Health Care. 2004 Apr;16(2):125-32.
  
  
• Elder NC, Vonder Meulen M, Cassedy A. The identification of medical errors by family physicians during outpatient visits. Ann Fam Med. 2004 Mar-Apr;2(2):125-9.
  
  
• Patterson ES, Nguyen AD, Halloran JP, Asch SM. Human factors barriers to the effective use of ten HIV clinical reminders. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2004 Jan-Feb;11(1):50-9. Epub 2003 Oct 5.
  
  

2003

• Ebright PR, Patterson ES, Chalko BA, Render ML. Understanding the complexity of registered nurse work in acute care settings.J Nurs Adm. 2003 Dec;33(12):630-8.
  
  
• Guard JR, Riep JR, Sanders SP, Brueggemann RF, Marine SA, Hutton JJ, Hoffert, WL Jr, Highsmith RH. eGrants: University of Cincinnati's Digital grants preparation, workflow
  routing, and submission system. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2003;:1067.
  
  
• Kues JR, Brueggemann R, Fant WK, Guard JR, Mincarelli DA. Integrating mobile technology into a health professions curriculum: using flexible technology to meet expectations. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2003;:900.
  
  
• Johnston JA, Eckman MH. Use of regression modeling to simulate patient-specific decision analysis for patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Med Decis Making. 2003 Sep-Oct;23(5):361-8.
  
  
• Embi PJ, Desai S, Cooney TG. The Use and Utility of Web-Based Residency Program Information: A Survey of Residency Applicants. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2003 5(3):e22.
  
  
• Johnston JA, Cluxton RJ Jr, Heaton PC, Guo JJ, Moomaw CJ, Eckman MH. Predictors of warfarin use among Ohio medicaid patients with new-onset nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Arch Intern Med. 2003 Jul 28;163(14):1705-10.
  
  
• Eckman MH, Rosand J, Knudsen KA, Singer DE, Greenberg SM. Can patients be anticoagulated after intracerebral hemorrhage? A decision analysis. Stroke. 2003 Jul;34(7):1710-6. Epub 2003 Jun 12.
  
  
• Render ML, Kim HM, Welsh DE, Timmons S, Johnston J, Hui S, Connors AF Jr, Wagner D, Daley J, Hofer TP; VA ICU Project (VIP) Investigators. Automated intensive care unit risk adjustment: results from a National Veterans Affairs study. Crit Care Med. 2003 Jun;31(6):1638-46.
  
  
• Render ML, Roselle G, Franchi E, Nugent LB. Methods for estimating private sector payments for VA acute inpatient stays. Med Care. 2003 Jun;41(6 Suppl):II
  
  
• Guard JR, Peay WJ. Tracing technology in the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries. J Med Libr Assoc. 2003 Apr;91(2):173-7.
  
  
• Yi MS, Britto MT, Wilmott RW, Kotagal UR, Eckman MH, Nielson DW, Kociela VL, Tsevat J. Health values of adolescents with cystic fibrosis. J Pediatr. 2003 Feb;142(2):133-40.
  
  
• Eckman MH, Erban JK, Singh SK, Kao GS. Screening for the risk for bleeding or thrombosis. Ann Intern Med. 2003 Feb 4;138(3):W15-24.
  
  

2002

• Elder NC, Dovey SM. Classification of medical errors and preventable adverse events in primary care: a synthesis of the literature. J Fam Pract. 2002 Nov;51(11):927-32. Erratum in: J Fam Pract. 2002. Dec;51(12):1079.
  
  
• Price SL, Hersh WR, Olson DD, Embi PJ. SmartQuery: Context-Sensitive Links to Medical Knowledge Sources from the Electronic Patient Record. Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Symposium, 2002 627-631.
  
  
• Johnston JA, Wagner DP, Timmons S, Welsh D, Tsevat J, Render ML. Impact of different measures of comorbid disease on predicted mortality of intensive care unit patients. Med Care. 2002 Oct;40(10):929-40.
  
  
• Ebright PR, Patterson ES, Render ML. The "New Look" approach to patient safety: a guide for clinical nurse specialist leadership. Clin Nurse Spec. 2002 Sep;16(5):247-53; quiz, 254-5.
  
  
• Patterson ES, Cook RI, Render ML. Improving patient safety by identifying side effects from introducing bar coding in medication administration. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2002 Sep-Oct;9(5):540-53.
  
  
• Mrus JM, Yi MS, Eckman MH, Tsevat J. The impact of expected HIV transmission rates on the effectiveness and cost of ruling out HIV infection in infants. Med Decis Making. 2002 Sep-Oct;22(5 Suppl):S38-44.
  
  
• Eckman MH, Singh SK, Erban JK, Kao G. Testing for factor V Leiden in patients with pulmonary or venous thromboembolism: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Med Decis Making. 2002 Mar-Apr;22(2):108-24. Summary for patients in: J Fam Pract. 2002 Jul;51(7):598.
  
  
• Jegga AG, Sherwood SP, Carman JW, Pinski AT, Phillips JL, Pestian JP, Aronow BJ. Detection and visualization of compositionally similar cis-regulatory element clusters in orthologous and coordinately controlled genes. Genome Res. 2002 Sep;12(9):1408-17
  
  
• Eckman MH, Singh SK, Erban JK, Kao G. Testing for factor V Leiden in patients with pulmonary or venous thromboembolism: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Med Decis Making. 2002 Mar-Apr;22(2):108-24. Summary for patients in: J Fam Pract. 2002 Jul;51(7):598.
  
  

2001

• Embi PJ. Information at Hand: Using Handheld Computers in Medicine. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 2001 Oct;68:840-53.
  
  
• Eckman MH. Patient-centered decision making: a view of the past and a look toward the
  future. Med Decis Making. 2001 May-Jun;21(3):241-7.
  
  
• Embi PJ, Bowen J, Singer E. Implementing a Web-Based Curriculum to Improve Resident Education in Outpatient Medicine. Academic Medicine 2001 May;76(5):545.
  
  

2000

• Render ML, Welsh DE, Kollef M, Lott JH 3rd, Hui S, Weinberger M, Tsevat J, Hayward RA, Hofer TP. Automated computerized intensive care unit severity of illness measure in the Department of Veterans Affairs: preliminary results. SISVistA Investigators. Scrutiny of ICU Severity Veterans Health Sysyems Technology Architecture. Crit Care Med. 2000 Oct;28(10):3540-6.
  
  
• Kelly RE Jr, Wenger A, Horton C Jr, Nuss D, Croitoru DP, Pestian JP. The effects of a pediatric unilateral inguinal hernia clinical pathway on quality and cost. J Pediatr Surg. 2000 Jul;35(7):1045-8.
  
  
• Kelly CS, Andersen CL, Pestian JP, Wenger AD, Finch AB, Strope GL, Luckstead EF. Improved outcomes for hospitalized asthmatic children using a clinical pathway. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2000 May;84(5):509-16.
  
  
• Snyderman R, Hutton JJ, et al. For the Health of the Public: Ensuring the Future of Clinical Research: Report of the AAMC Task Force on Clinical Research. I: January 2000.
  
  
• Guard, JR., Fredericka, M.T., Kroll, S., Marine, S., Roddy, C., Steiner, T., Wentz, S. Health Care, Information Needs, and Outreach: Reaching Ohio's Rural Citizens. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 2000; 88(4): 374-381.