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Key Publications in Health Informatics

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A few key publications are listed below:

Health care organizations should adopt a new standard of care that holds patient safety as a core value and practice. To do so, they should build and maintain a culture of patient safety, provide leadership for patient safety that establishes a blame-free environment, proactively survey and monitor for adverse events, continually engineer patient safety into health care processes, and provide information and communication technologies to support patient safety.

—Ralston JD, Larson EB (2005). Crossing to safety: transforming healthcare organizations for patient safety. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 51 (1): 61–67.

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This pilot project describes the experiences of people with type 2 diabetes with a Web-based disease management program based on an interactive electronic medical record at Group Health. The patients seemed to benefit from open access to their electronic medical records and online communication with their care providers. The researchers urge other developers of Web-based disease management programs to take into account patients’ specific needs and expectations and to encourage patients and providers to discuss candidly what Web-based care can and cannot provide.

—Ralston JD, Revere D, Robins LS, Goldberg HI (2004). Patients' experience with a diabetes support programme based on an interactive electronic medical record: qualitative study. British Medical Journal, 328 (7449): 1159.

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A Web-based diabetes care module was developed and succeeded in involving patients and their providers in collaborative management of type 2 diabetes from home, between office visits. Patients could: gain access to their electronic medical records; upload blood glucose readings; enter medication, nutrition, and exercise data into an online diary; communicate with providers by using clinical e-mail; and browse an education site with endorsed content.

—Goldberg HI, Ralston JD, Hirsch IB, Hoath JI, Ahmed KI (2003). Using an Internet comanagement module to improve the quality of chronic disease care. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety, 29 (9): 443–451.

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