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March 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The authors recently found documentation discrepancies in 60 percent of resident daily-progress notes with respect to patient weight, medications, or vascular lines. To what extent information systems can decrease such discrepancies is unknown. The ...
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D., expanded his earlier research by focusing on the allocation of health care resources and the effect on health outcomes, with an emphasis on the over-65 population.
December 15, 2007 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine examined the feasibility of using physician profiling software systems to rank physician specialists by their "cost efficiency".
October 18, 2011 | Journal Article
Video interpreting services had minimal impact on health care outcomes in this study of two hospitals in California.
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study to determine the relationship between the acquisition of surgical robots and the amount of radical prostatectomy (RP) procedures in hospitals and regions found increased performance of RPs in hospitals and regions that had surgical robots.
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In an effort to increase health literacy, this pilot study examined the use of short television clips from ER in health literacy curriculum, finding that their use led to student engagement in the content and demonstrated knowledge acquisition.
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Emergency physician Adam Landman—a former corporate consultant with a background in information systems—is eager to re-enter the digital age. He is tired of writing scripts, thumbing through paper records and trying to decipher his colleagues’ handw ...
February 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are increasingly used in medical practice. Although they have been touted as having the ability to improve efficiency and safety, little is known about pediatricians' use of and attitudes about PDAs. The authors' g ...
January 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Medical blogs are growing in popularity and are relatively unmonitored. This study identified 271 medical blogs (defined as written by either physicians or nurses) and analyzed them by coding 16 characteristics of the content.
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
The authors discuss the positive outcomes from a year-long experimental study, OpenNotes, where patients could access their doctor’s notes.