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Here's The New Champ : Dr. Shirali Announces App For Infants With Heart Defects, Children's Mercy Hospital

Our Story Continues

News articles about the Cardiac High-Acuity Monitoring Program developed under Dr. Gigish Shirali's leadership which reduces mortality among children with single ventricle heart defects. This CHAMP app has since been used by other children's hospitals with continued success.

Assessing Technologies For Information-Seeking On Prostate Cancer Screening By Low-Income Men, Susan W. Mcroy, Emily M. Cramer, Hayeon Song

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews

Purpose: This paper presents a multipart investigation of the benefits and challenges in deploying automated question-answering as an alternative to web-based searching to provide information about prostate cancer screening for low-income men age 40 years and older.

Methods: The study comprised: 1) a survey assessing current use of the Internet, mobile phones and texting; 2) a controlled observational study of both web-based searching and automated question-answering for information about prostate cancer; and 3) a formative field study in which subjects interacted with a health department nurse using text messages.

Results: Survey results suggest the target population has greater access to, …

Systematic Review Of The Use Of Online Questionnaires Of Older Adults, Meegan Remillard, Kathleen Mazor, Sarah Cutrona, Jerry Gurwitz, Jennifer Tjia

Jennifer Tjia

OBJECTIVES: To describe methodological approaches to population targeting and sampling and to summarize limitations of Internet-based questionnaires in older adults.

DESIGN: Systematic literature review.

SETTING: Studies using online questionnaires in older adult populations.

PARTICIPANTS: English-language articles using search terms for geriatric, age 65 and over, Internet survey, online survey, Internet questionnaire, and online questionnaire in PubMed and EBSCO host between 1984 and July 2012. Inclusion criteria were study population mean age 65 and older and use of an online questionnaire for research. Review of 336 abstracts yielded 14 articles for full review by two investigators; 11 articles met inclusion criteria. …

An Electronic Health Record-Based Intervention To Increase Follow-Up Office Visits And Decrease Rehospitalization In Older Adults, Jerry Gurwitz, Terry Field, Jessica Ogarek, Jennifer Tjia, Sarah Cutrona, Leslie Harrold, Shawn Gagne, Peggy Preusse, Jennifer Donovan, Abir Kanaan, George Reed, Lawrence Garber

Jennifer Tjia

OBJECTIVES: To assess the effect of an electronic health record-based transitional care intervention involving automated alerts to primary care providers and staff when older adults were discharged from the hospital.

DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial.

SETTING: Large multispecialty group practice.

PARTICIPANTS: Individuals aged 65 and older discharged from hospital to home.

INTERVENTION: In addition to notifying primary care providers about the individual's recent discharge, the system provided information about new drugs added during the inpatient stay, warnings about drug-drug interactions, recommendations for dose changes and laboratory monitoring of high-risk medications, and alerts to the primary care provider's support staff to schedule …

Introduction Of Evidence-Based Diagnostic Order Sets In An Electronic Medical Record Is Associated With An Increase In Laboratory Orders, Bryan G. Kane Md, Justin Arnold Do, Joshua Morrison Do, Ryan Southworth Do, William Greenhut Do, Will Russell Do, Jeremy Selley Do, Michael Stanley Do

Bryan G Kane MD

No abstract provided.

The Capus Project-Innovative Solutions For Hiv/Aids Linkage To Care, Melanie Gwynn, Jamila Ealey, Kate Racoff Musgrove

9th Annual Rural HIV Research and Training Conference (2014-2019)

“The CAPUS Project-Innovative Solutions for HIV/AIDS Linkage to Care”

Objectives: 1) Expand knowledge of the current linkage to care landscape within Georgia; 2) Identify essential components of the Resource Hub to enhance linkage to care efforts throughout Georgia; and 3)Promote effective use of the Resource Hub to facilitate HIV/AIDS linkage to care within highly impacted communities

Wirelesseeg: Data Aquisition + Handheld Device, Michael Dylan Snowden, Madeline Threatt, Brent Mcferrin, David Platillero, Karsten Solies, Lindsey Hopf

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

No abstract provided.

International Telemedicine Consultations For Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Phillip L. Pearl, Craig A. Sable, Sarah Helen Evans, Joseph Knight, Parker Cunningham, Gaetano R. Lotrecchiano, Andrea L. Gropman, Sheela Stuart, Penny J. Glass, Anne Conway, Issam Ramadan, Tania Paiva, Mark L. Batshaw, Roger J. Packer

Neurology Faculty Publications

Background: A telemedicine program was developed between the Children's National Medical Center (CNMC) in Washington, DC, and the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Foundation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A needs assessment and a curriculum of on-site training conferences were devised preparatory to an ongoing telemedicine consultation program for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities in the underserved eastern region of the UAE.

Materials and Methods: Weekly telemedicine consultations are provided by a multidisciplinary faculty. Patients are presented in the UAE with their therapists and families. Real-time (video over Internet protocol; average connection, 768 kilobits/s) telemedicine conferences are held weekly following previews …

Introduction Of Evidence-Based Diagnostic Order Sets In An Electronic Medical Record Is Associated With An Increase In Laboratory Orders, Bryan G. Kane Md, Justin Arnold Do, Joshua Morrison Do, Ryan Southworth Do, William Greenhut Do, Will Russell Do, Jeremy Selley Do, Michael Stanley Do

Department of Emergency Medicine

No abstract provided.

Information Flow And Clinical Outcomes In A Fully Functional Perinatal Continuum Of Care, Donald Levick Md, Michael Sheinberg Md, Chad Meyerhoefer Phd, Mary Deily, Shin-Yi Chou Phd, Susan Sherer Phd

Donald Levick MD

No abstract provided.

The Use Of A Kiosk-Model Bilingual Self-Triage System In The Pediatric Emergency Department, Madhumita Sinha, Kai-Ning Khor, Ashish Amresh, David Drachman, Alan Frechette

Ashish Amresh