Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Volume 4

Volume 4, Number 1, January / February 1997

Telehealth

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  David C. Balch, John M. Tichenor:
  Application of Technology: Telemedicine Expanding the Scope of Health Care Information. 1-5
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  Theodore A. Morris, J. Roger Guard, Stephen A. Marine, Leslie Schick, Doris Haag, Gaylene Tsipis, Birsen Kaya, Steve Shoemaker:
  Application of Technology: Approaching Equity in Consumer Health Information Delivery: Net Wellness. 6-13
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  Christopher C. S. Lindberg:
  Application of Technology: Implementation of In-home Telemedicine in Rural Kansas: Answering an Elderly Patient's Needs. 14-17
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  Jack W. London, Daniel E. Morton, Donna Marinucci, Robert Catalano, Robert L. Comis:
  Application of Technology: The Implementation of Telemedicine within a Community Cancer Network. 18-24
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  Lawrence B. Afrin, Valarmathi Kuppuswamy, Barbara Slater, Robert K. Stuart:
  Application of Technology: Electronic Clinical Trial Protocol Distribution via the World-Wide Web: A Prototype for Reducing Costs and Errors, Improving Accrual, and Saving Trees. 25-35
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  Andrea Hassol, Gary Gaumer, Carol Irvin, Jim Grigsby, Carole Mintzer, Dena Puskin:
  Brief Review: Rural Telemedicine Data/Image Transfer Methods and Purposes of Interactive Video Sessions. 36-37

The Practice of Informatics

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  Erich B. Schulz, Colin Price, Philip J. B. Brown:
  Application of Technology: Symbolic Anatomic Knowledge Representation in the Read Codes Version 3: Structure and Application. 38-48

Original Investigations

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  Leslie A. Lenert, Roy M. Soetikno:
  Research Paper: Automated Computer Interviews to Elicit Utilities: Potential Applications in the Treatment of Deep Venous Thrombosis. 49-56
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  Nunzia Bettinsoli Giuse, Jeffrey T. Huber, Suzanne R. Kafantaris, Dario A. Giuse, M. Dawn Miller, Dwight E. Giles Jr., Randolph A. Miller, William W. Stead:
  Research Paper: Preparing Librarians to Meet the Challenges of Today's Health Care Environment. 57-67

Editorial Comments

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  Michael J. Ackerman, Betsy L. Humphreys:
  A Focus on Telehealth. 68
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  Daniel R. Masys:
  Telehealth: The Need for Evaluation. 69-70

Letter to the Editor

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  Benoît Thirion, Stéfan Jacques Darmoni:
  CliniWeb: Managing Clinical Information on the World-Wide Web. 71

Volume 4, Number 2, March / April 1997

Focus on People and Organization Issues

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  Nancy M. Lorenzi, Robert T. Riley, Andrew J. C. Blyth, Gray Southon, Bradley J. Dixon:
  Review: Antecedents of the People and Organizational Aspects of Medical Informatics: Review of the Literature. 79-93
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  Bonnie Kaplan:
  Review: Addressing Organizational Issues into the Evaluation of Medical Systems. 94-101
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  Joan S. Ash:
  Research Paper: Organizational Factors that Influence Information Technology Diffusion in Academic Health Sciences Centers. 102-111
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  Frank Charles Gray Southon, Chris Sauer, Christopher N. G. Dampney:
  Research Paper: Information Technology in Complex Health Services: Organizational Impediments to Successful Technology Transfer and Diffusion. 112-124

The Practice of Informatics

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  David P. Strum, Luis G. Vargas, Jerrold H. May:
  Application of Technology: Design of RCSS: Resource Coordination Systems For Surgical Services Using Distributed Communications. 125-135
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  Daniel R. Masys:
  Book Review: Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications in Health Care. 136-137

Original Investigation

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  Susan E. Grajek, Pascal V. Calarco, Sandra J. Frawley, James McKay, Perry L. Miller, John A. Paton, Nancy K. Roderer, Joseph E. Sullivan:
  Research Paper: Evaluating IAIMS at Yale: Information Access. 138-149

Editorial Comment

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  Robert M. Braude:
  People and Organizational Issues in Health Informatics. 150-151

Volume 4, Number 3, May / June 1997

Medical Imaging Informatics

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  James F. Brinkley, Cornelius Rosse:
  Synthesis of Research: The Digital Anatomist Distributed Framework and Its Applications to Knowledge-based Medical Imaging. 165-183
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  Hemant D. Tagare, C. Carl Jaffe, James S. Duncan:
  Synthesis of Research: Medical Image Databases: A Content-based Retrieval Approach. 184-198
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  W. Dean Bidgood Jr., Steven C. Horii, Fred W. Prior, Donald E. Van Syckle:
  Review: Understanding and Using DICOM, the Data Interchange Standard for Biomedical Imaging. 199-212

The Practice of Informatics

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  Clement J. McDonald:
  Viewpoint: The Barriers to Electronic Medical Record Systems and How to Overcome Them. 213-221
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  Suzanne Bakken Henry, Charles N. Mead:
  Review: Nursing Classification Systems: Necessary but not Sufficient for Representing "What Nurses Do" for Inclusion in Computer-based Patient Record Systems. 222-232
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  Thomas B. Newman, Andrew N. Brown:
  Implementation Brief: Use of Commercial Record Linkage Software and Vital Statistics to Identify Patient Deaths. 233-237

Original Investigation

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  James R. Campbell, Paul C. Carpenter, Charles Sneiderman, Simon P. Cohn, Christopher G. Chute, Judith J. Warren:
  Research Paper: Phase II Evaluation of Clinical Coding Schemes: Completeness, Taxonomy, Mapping, Definitions, and Clarity. 238-251

Editorial Comments

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  Casimir A. Kulikowski:
  Medical Imaging Informatics: Challenges of Definition and Integration. 252-253
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  W. Edward Hammond:
  Call for a Standard Clinical Vocabulary. 254-255

Letters to the Editor

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  William Henry Hay:
  Computer-based Diagnostic Support Systems. 256

Volume 4, Number 4, July / August 1997

The Practice of Informatics

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  Reid Cushman:
  Review: Serious Technology Assessment for Health Care InformationTechnology. 259-265
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  Robert B. Elson, John G. Faughnan, Donald P. Connelly:
  Viewpoint: An Industrial Process View of Information Delivery to Support Clinical Decision Making: Implications for Systems Design and Process Measures. 266-278
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  James J. Cimino:
  Review: Beyond the Superhighway: Exploiting the Internet with Medical Informatics. 279-284

Original Investigations

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  Linda Tetzlaff:
  Research Paper: Consumer Informatics in Chronic Illness. 285-300
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  Daniel J. Cher, Leslie A. Lenert:
  Research Paper: Rapid Approximation of Confidence Intervals for Markov Process Decision Models: Applications in Decision Support Systems. 301-312
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  William M. Tierney, Michael D. Murray, Denise L. Gaskins, Xiao-Hua Zhou:
  Research Paper: Using Computer-based Medical Records to Predict Mortality Risk for Inner-city Patients with Reactive Airways Disease. 313-321

Editorial Comment

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  Mark S. Tuttle:
  Medical Informatics Challenges of the 1990s: Acknowledging Secular Change. 322-324

Volume 4, Number 5, September / October 1997

Medical Imaging Informatics

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  Ira J. Kalet, Mary M. Austin-Seymour:
  Review: The Use of Medical Images in Planning and Delivery of Radiation Therapy. 327-339

The Practice of Informatics

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  Board of Directors of the American Medical Informatics Association - Position Paper: A Proposal to Improve Quality, Increase Efficiency, and Expand Access in the U.S. Health Care System. 340-341
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  William R. Hogan, Michael M. Wagner:
  Review: Accuracy of Data in Computer-based Patient Records. 342-355
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  Anita Burgun, Patrick Denier, Olivier Bodenreider, Geneviève Botti, Denis Delamarre, Bruno Pouliquen, Philippe Oberlin, Jean M. Lévéque, Bertrand Lukacs, François Kohler, Marius Fieschi, Pierre Le Beux:
  Application of Information Technology: A Web Terminology Server Using UMLS for the Description of Medical Procedures. 356-363

Original Investigations

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  J. Marc Overhage, William M. Tierney, Xiao-Hua Zhou, Clement J. McDonald:
  Research Paper: A Randomized Trial of "Corollary Orders" to Prevent Errors of Omission. 364-375
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  George Hripcsak, Charles Knirsch, Nilesh L. Jain, Ariel Pablos-Mendez:
  Research Paper: Automated Tuberculosis Detection. 376-381
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  Richard N. Shiffman:
  Model Formulation: Representation of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Conventional and Augmented Decision Tables. 382-393

Editorial Comment

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  William W. Stead:
  The Responsibilities of Authorship. 394-395

Volume 4, Number 6, November / December 1997

Focus on Consumer Health

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  Mary Gardiner Jones:
  Viewpoint: Telemedicine and the National Information Infrastructure: Are the Realities of Health Care Being Ignored? 399-412
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  Robert H. Friedman, John E. Stollerman, Diane M. Mahoney, Leonid Rozenblyum:
  Synthesis of Research: The Virtual Visit: Using Telecommunications Technology to Take Care of Patients. 413-425
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  Roy M. Soetikno, Ramzi Mrad, Victoria Pao, Leslie A. Lenert:
  Research Paper: Quality-of-Life Research on the Internet: Feasibility and Potential Biases in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis. 426-435
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  David F. Rosenthal, JoAnne M. Bos, Rachael Sokolowski, Jennifer B. Mayo, Kerry A. Quigley, Roger A. Powell, Mary-Marshall Teel:
  Application of Information Technology: A Voice-enabled, Structured Medical Reporting System. 436-441

The Practice of Informatics

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  Randolph A. Miller, Reed M. Gardner:
  Position Paper: Recommendations for Responsible Monitoring and Regulation of Clinical Software Systems. 442-457
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  John D. Halamka, Peter Szolovits, David M. Rind, Charles Safran:
  Application of Information Technology: A WWW Implementation of National Recommendations for Protecting Electronic Health Information. 458-464
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  David J. Robinson, Erich B. Schulz, Philip J. B. Brown, Colin Price:
  Application of Information Technology: Updating the Read Codes: User-interactive Maintenance of a Dynamic Clinical Vocabulary. 465-472
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  Alison Cawsey, Bonnie L. Webber, Ray B. Jones:
  Brief Review: Natural Language Generation in Health Care. 473-482
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  Policy of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) on Documents for Circulation, Position Papers and Policy Statements. 483

Original Investigations

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  Betsy L. Humphreys, Alexa T. McCray, May L. Cheh:
  Research Paper: Evaluating the Coverage of Controlled Health Data Terminologies: Report on the Results of the NLM/AHCPR Large Scale Vocabulary Test. 484-500
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  Annette L. Valenta, Ulrike Wigger:
  Research Paper: Q-methodology: Definition and Application in Health Care Informatics. 501-510
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  Linda H. Harpole, Ramin Khorasani, Julie M. Fiskio, Gilad J. Kuperman, David W. Bates:
  Research Paper: Automated Evidence-based Critiquing of Orders for Abdominal Radiographs: Impact on Utilization and Appropriateness. 511-521

Editorial Comment

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  Patricia Flatley Brennan:
  Information Technology in the Community: The Right Tools for the Job. 522-523