IMIA Yearbook on PubMed Central

On behalf of the Editorial Team, IMIA and the publishers, Prof. Christoph Lehmann, IMIA VP Services, is pleased to announce that the IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics is available on PubMed Central.

See http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/2656/ for the link to contents. Currently, only the 2014 edition of the IMIA Yearbook is available via this route.

The Yearbook 2014 is also available directly from our publishers, Schattauer, at http://www.schattauer.de/de/magazine/uebersicht/zeitschriften-a-z/imia-yearbook/imia-yearbook-2014.html

Work is currently underway on publication of the 2015 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics.

AMIA 2015 Call for Participation and Reviewers

Christoph U. Lehmann, MD, FAAP, FACMI, Chair of the AMIA2015 Scientific Program Committee, together with Vice Chairs Sarah Ingersoll, MS, MBA, and Riccardo Bellazzi, PhD, FACMI, invite all informatics researchers, practitioners, professionals, students, trainees, friends, and colleagues to participate in and attend the AMIA 2015 Annual Symposium fueled by the Power of Informatics!

The Call for Participation is open – http://www.amia.org/amia2015  Deadline: March 12, 11:59 p.m. EDT

The AMIA Symposium is the premier event to present and hear the latest scientific discoveries, join your colleagues and peers in networking and fellowship, begin lasting collaboration and professional friendships, engage in spirited discussions and debates on controversial informatics topics, learn from others in your field, and connect to the mentors and leaders in informatics.

AMIA2015 will be held in San Francisco, on November 14 – 18. Please follow @AMIAinformatics and use the official hashtag #AMIA2015

The call for participation includes 2 tracks, 21 themes and the following submission categories.

Submission categories:

• Papers
• Student papers
• Podium Abstract Presentations
• Posters
• Didactic Panels
• Interactive Panels
• Systems Demonstrations
• Pre-symposium Tutorials
• AMIA Working Group Pre-symposia

Call for Reviewers
AMIA invites all members to actively participate in the development of program content for AMIA 2015. Members and non-members may review and recommend submissions within their areas of expertise. Contact Dasha Cohen at dasha@amia.org with questions. Go to https://amiaannual2015.abstractcentral.com Note: Sign up to become a reviewer does not guarantee placement.
Early Bird Registration for AMIA 2015 is open – http://www.amia.org/amia2015/registration

Summer School on Modern Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology: Italy, June 2015

The 2015 Edition of the Summer School on Modern Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology (http://www.biostatepi.org) will be held on June 7 to June 20, 2015 at Castello Brandolini Colomban, Cison di Valmarino – Treviso – Italy.

Registration is now open and the deadline for early registration is March 31^st 2015. Please visit the course homepage for more information on the courses and for details on registration: http://www.biostatepi.org

The School aims to provide introductory and advanced courses in medical statistics and epidemiology, and their application in etiology research and public health. The School is aimed at physicians, clinicians and public health professionals from public and private institutions who are looking for systematic training in the principles of epidemiology and biostatistics, or epidemiology applied to health care planning and evaluation. They will acquire familiarity with epidemiological and biostatistical principles and techniques and with the computational tools needed to solve practical problems.

The course teachers come from Harvard School of Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Bocconi University and University of Milano-Bicocca. Funding is kindly provided by Bocconi University and Stata®. Limited student tuition scholarships are available for current university students.; all queries should be addressed to the Summer School organisers, not to IMIA.

Please visit the course homepage for more information about the course: http://www.biostatepi.org or send an email to bioepiedu[at]ki.se

Enrollment application forms and other contact and query information is on the Summer School website at http://www.biostatepi.org/general_info.htm

Methods of Information in Medicine: eTOC 2015; 54(1)

METHODS of Information in Medicine is an IMIA Official Journal. The Impact Factors for 2013 have been published, and Methods of Information in Medicine is happy to report a new value of 1.083

Volume 54, Issue 1 is now available at: http://www.methods-online.com This latest issue of METHODS has 15 articles, including two free downloads.

Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems
Focus Theme – Editorial
M.-M. Bouamrane (1), C. Tao (2), I. N. Sarkar (3)
(1) Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K.; (2) School of Biomedical Informatics, UT Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA; (3) Center for Clinical and Translational Science, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 1-4    dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME15-10-0001

Platform for Efficient Switching between Multiple Devices in the Intensive Care Unit
Focus Theme – Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems
F. De Backere (1), T. Vanhove (1), E. Dejonghe (1), M. Feys (1), T. Herinckx (1), J. Vankelecom (2), J. Decruyenaere (2), F. De Turck (1)
(1) Information Technology Department (INTEC), Ghent University – iMinds, Gent, Belgium; (2) Department of Intensive Care, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 5-15    dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME13-02-0021

Clinical Data Integration Model – Core Interoperability Ontology for Research Using Primary Care Data
Focus Theme – Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems
J.-F. Ethier (1), V. Curcin (2), A. Barton (1), M. M. McGilchrist (3), H. Bastiaens (4), A. Andreasson (5), J. Rossiter (6), L. Zhao (6), T. N. Arvanitis (6), A. Taweel (7), B. C. Delaney (8), A. Burgun (1)
(1) INSERM UMR 1138 team 22 Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Faculté de médecine, Université Paris Descartes – Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; (2) Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; (3) Public Health Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom; (4) Department of Primary and Interdisciplinary Care, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; (5) Centre for Family Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden and Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; (6) Institute of Digital Healthcare, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom; (7) Department of Informatics, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom; (8) NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 16-23    dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME13-02-0024

Bridging Data Models and Terminologies to Support Adverse Drug Event Reporting Using EHR Data
Focus Theme – Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems
Online Supplementary Material
G. Declerck (1), S. Hussain (1), C. Daniel (1), M. Yuksel (2), G. B. Laleci (2), M. Twagirumukiza (3), M.-C. Jaulent (1)
(1) INSERM UMRS 1142, Paris, France; (2) SRDC Ltd, Ankara, Turkey; (3) AGFA HealthCare, Mortsel, Belgium
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 24-31    dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME13-02-0025

Semi Automated Transformation to OWL Formatted Files as an Approach to Data Integration   A Feasibility Study Using Environmental, Disease Register and Primary Care Clinical Data
Focus Theme – Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems
S. F. Liang (1), A. Taweel (2), S. Miles (2), Y. Kovalchuk (1), A. Spiridou (1), B. Barratt (3), U. Hoang (4), S. Crichton (4), B. C. Delaney (5), C. Wolfe (4)
(1) NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London, London, UK; (2) Department of Informatics, King’s College London, London, UK; (3) Environmental Research Group, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, King’s College London, London, UK; (4) South London Stroke Register, Division of Health and Social Care Research, King’s College London, London, UK; (5) NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London, London, UK
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 32-40    dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME13-02-0029

An Eligibility Criteria Query Language for Heterogeneous Data Warehouses
Focus Theme – Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems
Online Supplementary Material
R. Bache (1, 2), A. Taweel (1, 2), S. Miles (2), B. C. Delaney (1)
(1) Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK; (2) Department of Informatics, King’s College London, London, UK
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 41-44
dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME13-02-0027

Binding SNOMED CT Terms to Archetype Elements   Establishing a Baseline of Results
Focus Theme – Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems
I. Berges (1), J. Bermudez (1), A. Illarramendi (1)
(1) University of the Basque Country, Donostia – San Sebastián, Spain
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 45-49   dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME13-02-0022

Toward a View-oriented Approach for Aligning RDF-based Biomedical Repositories
Focus Theme – Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems
A. Anguita (1), M. García-Remesal (1), D. de la Iglesia (1), N. Graf (2), V. Maojo (1)
(1) Biomedical Informatics Group, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; (2) Department of Paediatric Oncology and Haematology, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 50-55   dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME13-02-0020

Prioritising Lexical Patterns to Increase Axiomatisation in Biomedical Ontologies   The Role of Localisation and Modularity
Focus Theme – Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems
M. Quesada-Martínez (1), J. T. Fernández-Breis (1), R. Stevens (2), E. Mikroyannidi (2)
(1) Departamento de Informática y Sistemas, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain; (2) School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 56-64    dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME13-02-0026

Harmonization of Detailed Clinical Models with Clinical Study Data Standards
Focus Theme – Managing Interoperability and Complexity in Health Systems
G. Jiang (1), J. Evans (2), T. A. Oniki (3), J. F. Coyle (3), L. Bain (2), S. M. Huff (3), R. D. Kush (2), C. G. Chute (1)
(1) Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA; (2) Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), Austin, Texas, USA; (3) Intermountain Medical Center, Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, Utah, USA
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 65-74    dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME13-02-0019

Health Level Seven Interoperability Strategy: Big Data, Incrementally Structured
Original Article
R. H. Dolin (1), B. Rogers (2), C. Jaffe (3)
(1) Orange, California, USA; (2) Apixio, Inc, Advanced Development Department, San Mateo, California, USA; (3) Health Level Seven International, Del Mar, California, USA
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 75-82    dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME14-01-0030

Frequency Analysis of Medical Concepts in Clinical Trials and their Coverage in MeSH and SNOMED-CT
Original Article
Online Supplementary Material
J. Varghese (1), M. Dugas (1)
(1) Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 83-92    dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME14-01-0046

Analysis of Underlying Causes of Inter-expert Disagreement in Retinopathy of Prematurity Diagnosis   Application of Machine Learning Principles
Original Article
E. Ataer-Cansizoglu (1), J. Kalpathy-Cramer (2), S. You (1), K. Keck (3), D. Erdogmus (1), M. F. Chiang (3)
(1) Cognitive Systems Laboratory, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; (2) Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA; (3) Department of Ophthalmology & Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 93-102    dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME13-01-0081

Interventions to Increase Physician Efficiency and Comfort with an Electronic Health Record System
Original Article
Online Supplementary Material
L. Jalota (1), M. R. Aryal (1), M. Mahmood (1), T. Wasser (2), A. Donato (1)
(1) Reading Health System, Department of Internal Medicine, West Reading, PA, USA; (2) Sr. Scientist for Biostatistics, Consult-Stat: Complete Statistical Services, Macungie, PA, USA
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 103-109    dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME14-01-0047

iRobot, MD – Are We Ready for the Future Becomes the Present?
Communications Editor´s Corner
R. Röhrig (1)
(1) Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany
Methods Inf Med 2015 54 1: 110-110    dx.doi.org/10.3414/ME15-15-0001

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You may also find interesting information in our eJournal ACI – Applied Medical Informatics and in the IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics.

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Medinfo2015 – Register as Reviewer; Panel, Tutorial, Workshop and Demo Deadline – 22 January 2015 (Revised)

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Revised submission deadline for panels, tutorials, workshops, demos, etc  – 22 January, 2015 (see http://medinfo2015.com/#call-for-submissions)  Please also register as a reviewer.

The holiday season may be here, but the work for Medinfo2015 goes on. Whether you are making submissions or not, we ask you to consider signing up as a reviewer, and contributing your professional expertise for ensuring the best materials are selected. Reviewers are acknowledged by name in the Medinfo2015 Proceedings and outstanding reviewers will be recognized by name at the opening session of the conference. Please see the PDF instructions for the process and how to sign up (if you have already got an account at https://medinfo2015.online-registry.net/, then log-in and select “Apply as Reviewer”, or update your profile).

The 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics will be held in São Paulo city, Brazil, from 19 to 23 August, 2015. It will be the first time that Latin America will host this important and prestigious international medical informatics conference. MEDINFO is the main conference of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and its 15th edition will be organized by the Brazilian Health Informatics Association (SBIS).

Local Organising Committee (LOC) Chairs Beatriz de Faria Leão and Claudio Giulliano Alves da Costa, from Brazil, invite you to attend and look forward to welcoming everyone. Scientific Programme Committee (SPC) Chairs Fernando Martin Sanchez (Australia) and Kaija Saranto (Finland), and Editorial Committee Chair Indra Neil Sarkar (USA) and their teams look forward to receiving your scientific submissions.

Information will be continuously updated on the Medinfo2015 website – www.medinfo2015.org – and through IMIA’s website and social media channels. We ask all IMIA members and colleagues to help promote the event and encourage them to submit materials and attend.

For submissions and reviews, go to: https://medinfo2015.online-registry.net

Important deadlines:
Deadline for Panel, Tutorial, Workshop and Demo submissions 22 January 2015

MEDINFO 2015: ¡Participe en el XV Congreso Mundial de Informática Biomedica y de la Salud! Bajo el lema “La Salud, facilitada por la eSalud”, la comunidad internacional se reunirá entre el 19 y el 23 de agosto en São Paulo, Brasil, para compartir conocimientos y discutir cómo las innovaciones en Salud digital y en Informática biomédica están ayudando a resolver los principales problemas en atención sanitaria, Salud Pública, Salud del consumidor e Investigación biomédica. ¡Súmese y aporte sus conocimientos, conectándose con colegas de todo el mundo, y disfrutando de la cosmopolita ciudad de São Paulo!

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Call for Nominations: IMIA François Grémy Award of Excellence 2015

The IMIA François Grémy Award of Excellence committee is pleased to announce that the call for nominations  is open. The closing date for receipt of nominations and all supporting materials is February 28, 2015. The committee will consider all nominations and  reach a decision by March 15, 2015, for report to the IMIA Board meeting of March 22, 2015.

The primary criterion for a potential recipient of the IMIA François Grémy Award of Excellence is “an individual whose personal commitment and dedication to medical informatics has made a lasting contribution to medicine and healthcare through her or his achievements in research, education, development or application in the field of medical informatics.”

Nominations have no specific format, but must include sufficient information and supporting details about the nominee to both demonstrate how they meet the primary criterion and allow their nomination to be judged against others. They should contain, at a minimum:

• a one page summary of the nominee’s most important accomplishments/contributions;
• a current CV; and
• 2-3 letters of support from named referees, or nominator and seconders.

Nominations should be sent to the IMIA Office via email: imia@imia-services.org

As agreed by the IMIA General Assembly at its 2014 meeting in New Delhi, India, the IMIA Award of Excellence will now be known as the IMIA François Grémy Award of Excellence. The process for nominations and selection of the award winner will be essentially the same as in previous award years – see http://www.imia-medinfo.org/new2/node/35 IMIA gratefully acknowledges the input and support from the Association Française d’Informatique Médicale (French Medical Informatics Association – AIM) in the changes to the award.

The award winner will be invited to give a presentation lecture at Medinfo2015. AIM will work with IMIA on the format of the ceremony, and will provide an introduction to the work of Dr. François Grémy. Financial support for the award winner to participate will be provided by AIM and IMIA.

Notice of HELINA Conference: 7 – 11 March 2015; Accra, Ghana

HELINA, and the organisers of the delayed HELINA2014 conference, are pleased to confirm that the event will be held in Accra, Ghana at the University of Ghana, ISSER Conference Centre from March 7 – 11, 2015. See http://www.helina-online.org/en/conferences/helina-2014 for further updates.

They write, in the latest HELINA newsletter: “With regard to the notice of postponement of the HELINA 2014 conference due to the ban on international conference in Ghana as part of measures to prevent the outbreak of Ebola in Ghana, we are happy to announce to the community that the ban has come to an end. In view of this, the HELINA and GHIA Council would like to announce that the HELINA 2014 conference will be held in Accra, Ghana at the University of Ghana, ISSER Conference Centre from March 7 – 11, 2015. With regard to this new development the organizers of HELINA 2014 are pleased to announce that the conference fees remain unchanged. We are looking forward to seeing you in Accra.”

Please direct all questions to HELINA (hcs[at]helina-online.org), not to IMIA.

Conference Fees IMIA / HELINA / GHIA members 150.00 USD NON-MEMBERS 200.00 USD Students (Excluding PhD Students) 30.00 USD Package (IMIA/HELINA/GHIA members)* 750.00 USD Package (NON-MEMBERS)* 800.00 USD *Package includes conference fee, accommodation and meals. Important dates Registration Opened Until February 27, 2015 Notification of acceptance of submissions January 9, 2015 Camera-ready paper deadline February 16, 2015 Conference March 7 – 11, 2015 Contact: hcs[at]helina-online.org

SINI 2015 (Nursing Informatics) Call for Abstracts is Open

SINI 2015 (Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics) is the 25th anniversary event of this long-running series, hosted by the University of Maryland School of Nursing. See http://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/sini/ for information on attending, submission, registration, etc. SINI 2015 will be held on 22-24 July, 2015.

The Call for Abstracts is open, and will close on 01 March, 2015 – see http://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/sini/abstracts/  All abstracts are to be submitted using the online submission form.  Be sure to review the submission and abstract guidelines before you submit. If you have questions during this process, contact Sonia Smith at pe[at]son.umaryland.edu or call 410-706-3767

 

 

 

 

eTOC for ACI eJournal: 2014 Volume 5 (4), More New Articles Available

New articles of ACI – Applied Clinical Informatics (2014, Volume 5 (4)) are available. There are currently twelve articles available in this issue.

+++ ACI now has an IMPACT FACTOR of 0,386. Looking forward to your submissions! +++

The Table of Contents below is online at www.aci-journal.org.

Identifying Consumer’s Needs of Health Information Technology through an Innovative Participatory Design Approach among English- and Spanish-speaking Urban Older Adults
Research Article
R. Lucero (1), B. Sheehan (1), P. Yen (2), O. Velez (3), D. Nobile-Hernandez (4), V. Tiase (5)
(1) Columbia University, School of Nursing, New York, NY; (2) The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Biomedical Informatics, Columbus, OH; (3) IFC International, Rockville, MD; (4) ARC XVI Fort Washington, New York, NY; (5) NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Department of Information Technology, New York, NY 10032
Appl Clin Inform 2014 5 4: 943-957    dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2014-07-RA-0058
In this paper, the authors describe a process of eliciting the perspectives of older adults on their needs for health information technology services. The findings supported the development of a fall prevention system that was responsive to patients needs.

User-Centered Design and Usability Testing of an Innovative Health-Related Quality of Life Module
Research Article
Z. J. Nagykaldi (1), M. Jordan (2), J. Quitoriano (2), C. A. Ciro (3), J. W. Mold (1)
(1) University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine; (2) University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine; (3) University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Appl Clin Inform 2014 5 4: 958-970    dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2014-08-RA-0067
Capturing health-related quality of life related to patient goals and needs will help providers tailor care to patient needs. However, systems for doing this are rare. In this paper, the authors describe the development and testing of a HRQoL module that is patient goal oriented and highlighted areas for improvement, such as action-oriented recommendations for clinicians to facilitate shared decision-making.

Design Challenges for Electronic Medication Administration Record Systems in Residential Aged Care Facilities – A Formative Evaluation
Research Article
Supplementary Material
A. Tariq (1), E. Lehnbom (1), K. Oliver (1), A. Georgiou (1), C. Rowe ‎ (2), T. Osmond (2), J. Westbrook (1)
(1) Centre of Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia; (2) UnitingCare Ageing, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Appl Clin Inform 2014 5 4: 971-987    dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2014-08-RA-0062
Electronic medication administration records (eMAR) have been promoted as a way to improve medication safety in residential care facilities. This study evaluated an eMAR system being piloted in a residential care facility to identify areas for improvement. Their findings demonstrate that system interactivity, resolving inconsistencies in data entry, and dedicated organization support to minimize connectivity issues would provide immediate system improvements, while decision support and interoperability between stakeholder groups would have longer-term benefits.

Assessment of Readiness for Clinical Decision Support to Aid Laboratory Monitoring of Immunosuppressive Care at U.S. Liver Transplant Centers
Research Article
J. Jacobs (1), C. Weir (1), R. S. Evans (1, 2), C. Staes (1)
(1) Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; (2) Medical Informatics, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Appl Clin Inform 2014 5 4: 988-1004    dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2014-08-RA-0060
Liver-transplant recipients require life-long immunosuppressive cafre that can benefit from clinical decision support systems. However, it is unknown how ready liver transplant information systems are to implement CDS systems. This study examined current practices and identified barriers to CDS uptake. The findings demonstrate that though EHRs are widely used, the majority of sites still depend on paper-based manual monitoring of immunosuppression for patients.

Case Report: Patient Portal versus Telephone Recruitment for a Surgical Research Study
Case Report
R. B. Baucom (1), J. Ousley (2), B. K. Poulose (1), S. T. Rosenbloom (3, 4, 5), G. P. Jackson (1, 3, 5)
(1) Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Surgery; (2) Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine; (3) Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Biomedical Informatics; (4) Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine; (5) Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics
Appl Clin Inform 2014 5 4: 1005-1014    dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2014-07-CR-0059
Use of patient portals is increasing and research has demonstrated its value in primary care practice. However, little has been done to test the usability of a patient portal in a surgical or research recruitment setting. In this case study, the authors describe their experience using a patient portal to recruit surgical patients compared to a telephone-based recruitment process. Their findings demonstrate that patient portal recruitment is feasible and relatively effective compared to telephone-based recruitment.

User Centered Clinical Decision Support Tools  – Adoption across Clinician Training Level
Research Article
L. J. McCullagh (1), A. Sofianou (2), J. Kannry (2), D. M. Mann (3), T. G. McGinn (1)
(1) Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY; (2) Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NYC, NY; (3) Department of Medicine, Section of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Appl Clin Inform 2014 5 4: 1015-1025    dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2014-05-RA-0048
Clinical decision support tools are an important part of meaningful use, but it is not clear how accepted they are across different clinician training levels. In this paper, the authors examined CDS tool use and ordering practices in an academic medical center. Their findings suggest that first year residents were more likely to use the CDS tool and to follow recommended medication ordering as a result.

For further information on this peer-reviewed eJournal, go to www.aci-journal.org.

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Medinfo2015 Paper/Poster Submission Deadline – 22 December 2014 (revision)

MEDINFO2015: eHealth-enabled Health

Submission deadline for full papers (including student papers and vision papers) and posters – 22 December 2014 (revised date – see http://medinfo2015.com/#call-for-submissions)

Please also register as a reviewer.

The 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics will be held in São Paulo city, Brazil, from 19 to 23 August, 2015. It will be the first time that Latin America will host this important and prestigious international medical informatics conference. MEDINFO is the main conference of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and its 15th edition will be organized by the Brazilian Health Informatics Association (SBIS).

Local Organising Committee (LOC) Chairs Beatriz de Faria Leão and Claudio Giulliano Alves da Costa, from Brazil, invite you to attend and look forward to welcoming everyone. Scientific Programme Committee (SPC) Chairs Fernando Martin Sanchez (Australia) and Kaija Saranto (Finland), and Editorial Committee Chair Indra Neil Sarkar (USA) and their teams look forward to receiving your scientific submissions.

Information will be continuously updated on the Medinfo2015 website – www.medinfo2015.org – and through IMIA’s website and social media channels. We ask all IMIA members and colleagues to help promote the event and encourage them to submit materials and attend.

For submissions, go to: https://medinfo2015.online-registry.net In addition to submitting your work, we encourage you to sign up as a reviewer.

Important deadlines:

Deadline for Full Paper, Student Paper, Vision Paper and Poster submissions 22 December 2014
Deadline for Panel, Tutorial, Workshop and Demo submissions 15 January 2015

MEDINFO 2015: ¡Participe en el XV Congreso Mundial de Informática Biomedica y de la Salud! Bajo el lema “La Salud, facilitada por la eSalud”, la comunidad internacional se reunirá entre el 19 y el 23 de agosto en São Paulo, Brasil, para compartir conocimientos y discutir cómo las innovaciones en Salud digital y en Informática biomédica están ayudando a resolver los principales problemas en atención sanitaria, Salud Pública, Salud del consumidor e Investigación biomédica. ¡Súmese y aporte sus conocimientos, conectándose con colegas de todo el mundo, y disfrutando de la cosmopolita ciudad de São Paulo!

https://twitter.com/MedInfo2015

https://www.facebook.com/events/713378355362712/

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