Monday, November 6 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Pasadena Room Exhibition Hall

Organizational Issues of Health Informatics: Challenges in Education Authors: J.E. Aarts, MSc, and M. Berg, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, United Kingdom.

The Automated Record for Child Health (ARCH): Improving the Quality of Pediatric Primary Care Authors: W.G. Adams, A. Mann, and H. Bauchner, Boston University, Boston, MA.

A Better Blue Book: A Web-based Residency Procedure Log System Authors: L.B. Afrin, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

Java-based World Wide Web Clinical Trial Data Management Authors: V. Aggarwal, MD, V. Rudrapatna, and C. Johnson, University of Texas Houston, Houston, TX.

Migration of the Japanese Health Care Enterprise from a Financial to Integrated Management: Strategy and Architecture Authors: M. Akiyama, International Medical Center of Jaoan, and R. Keayes, Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.

Basic Computing Skills for Entering Medical Students Authors: M. Altman, MD, B. Nadler, MS, and R. Kubilius, MALS, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

Database Infrastructure Systems for Correlation of Laboratory and Clinical Trials Research Data Authors: L. Anderson, MS, and L. Anderson, MS, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL.

Multiperspective Comparison of Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS), International Classification of Diseases, and Diagnosis Related Groups Authors: N. Aoki, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, M.C . Shek, T.R. Johnson, Ph.D, University of Texas Health Science Center, M.A. Schreiber, MD, J.B. Holcomb, MD, M.J. Wall, MD, R.W. Cone, MD, and J. Beck, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Making Public Health Data Available to Community Level Decision Makers-Goals, Issues and a Case Report Authors: P.V. Asaro, MD, J.W. Hales, PhD, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, and G.H. Land, MPH, Missouri Department of Health, Jefferson City, MO.

Designing, Piloting, and Evaluating SchoolhealthLink: A WWW Health Information Resource for Missouri School Nurses Authors: J. Bachman, RN, DSN, J.A. Bachman, RN, DSN, University of Missouri-St.Louis, St. Louis, MO, P.F. Brennan, PhD, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, and T.B. Patrick, PhD, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, MO.

Synergy of Push and Pull Technologies in a Consumer Health Information Resource Authors: G.P. Barnas, MD, A.W. Stodder, and C.E. Kahn, Jr., MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

Telemedicine: Primary Health Care-A New Way to Take Health Care Services to Brazilian Slums Authors: C.N. Barsottini, RN MS, P. Lopes, P. Paiva, D.M. Sigulem, M.P. Ramos, M.S. Ancao, and D. Sigulem, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Evaluating the Impact of a Computerized Ambulatory Record Authors: D.W. Bates, MD, MSc, J. Studer, C.A. Reilly, PhD, RN, E.L. Cureton, C.D. Spurr, RNC, and G. J . Kuperman, MD, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA.

Conceptual GREP for Medical Texts Authors: R.H. Baud, PhD, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

Cost-effective Management of GP Records with XML Authors: R. Bengulescu, and K. Ohe, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Trajections: A Linguistics-based Method for the Development of the Spanish Version of SNOMED Authors: C.M. Berra, R.P. Strobietto, CEMIC-Centro de Educación, A.D. March, MD, Universidad del Salvador, and G. A. Reynoso, MD, CEMIC-Centro de Educación, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

A Semantic Navigation Tool for the UMLS Authors: O. Bodenreider, MD, PhD, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.

Reusing OncoDoc, A Guideline-based Decision Support System, Across Institutions: A Successful Experiment in Sharing Medical Knowledge Authors: J. Bouaud, PhD, and B. Seroussi, Service d'Informatique Medicale/AP-HP, Paris, France.

Creating and Testing a Computerized Protocol for the Management of Community-acquired Pneumonia Authors: R.L. Bradshaw, MS, and T.D. East, PhD, Cottonwood Hospital, Murray, UT.

Exploring the Semantic Relations of Radiological Terms UMLS Resources Authors: D.A. Campbell, D.P. Harrington, and J.J. Cimino, Columbia University, New York, NY.

A Systems Innovation and Development Framework: The MiCHI SID Authors: K.B. Cease, MD, MBA, D.T. Cox, MBA, B.N. Miller, BSEE, and K.A. Smith, MS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Evaluation of Internet as a Tool for Providing Computerized Guidelines Authors: G. Chatellier, Hopital Broussais, Paris, P. Moulin, Hôpital Cardio-Vasculaire, Lyon, F. Liard, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, P. Passa, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, I. Duprat-Lomon, N. Mortier, Laboratoires Bayer, Paris La Defense, P. Loyer, and J. Paget, Lincoln Systems, Boulogne Billancourt, France.

Implementation of Mobile Computing System in Clinical Environment: MobileNurse(TM) Authors: J. Choi, MD PhD, S. Hyun, Seoul National University, Seoul, J. Chun, Myongji University, Yong-In, S. Lee, Seoul National University, Seoul, D. Shin, JTEL Company, Bundang, D. Kim, Myongji University, Yong-In, D. Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

A Probabilistic Diagnostic Aid System on Internet, Using Data from a Large Medical Knowledge Base Authors: M. Cleret, F. Le Duff, A. Burgun, and P. Le Beux, Faculte De Medecine, Rennes Cedex, France.

A Software Engineering Approach to the Development of Computer-based Patient Record Systems Authors: C. Da Costa, R. Quaresma, and R. Sabbatini, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.

Digital Radiography-Impact on Workflow and Patient Throughput Authors: D.A. Dackiewicz, RN, D. Piraino, MD, and C. Bergsneider, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.

Knowledge Representation and Communication: Imparting Current State Information Flow to CPR Stakeholders Authors: N.B. De La Cruz, PhD, and L.J. Spiece, MT (ASCP), MBA, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

A Web-based Clinical Monitoring and Educational System for Home Care Patients Authors: G. Demiris, MS, S. Finkelstein, PhD, and S. Speedy, PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Web-enhanced Activities to Build Search Strategy Skills Authors: M.G. Dieter, MLIS, and M.G. Dieter, MLIS, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL.

A Spelling Suggestion Technique for Terminology Servers Authors: G. Divita, A.C. Browne, M.L. Cheh, T. Tse and R.F. Loane, PhD, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.

Modeling Challenges for Structured Data Entry Authors: P. Doupi, A.M . van Ginneken, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

From Mainframe to Main Street: Access to Clinical Data via the Web Authors: R.M. Duvoisin, DO, Mercy Medical Center, Redding, CA, and P.M. Gee, RN, MSN, AristoMed, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT.

Using Decision Tree Classifiers to Confirm Pneumonia Diagnosis Authors: D.D. Eardley, BS, D. Aronsky, MD, W.W. Chapman, and P.J. Haug, MD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

Using a Relational Database for Curriculum Evaluation Authors: J.A. Effken, PhD, RN, J. Verran, FAAN, PhD, RN, C. Larson, MS, RN, and J. Lewis, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Information Kiosks: Portals to our Patients and their Families Authors: L.E. Ershler, MS, and T.D. East, PhD, Intermountain Health Care, Murray, UT.

An Integrated Method for Remote Training in Public Health on the Internet Authors: A. Flahault, and A. Valleron, Inserm, Paris, France.

UT DOCS: A Web-based Scheme for Coordinated Access to Diverse Clinical Data Sources Authors: J.W Fowler, MD, University of Tennessee Memphis, Memphis, TN.

Interactive Multimedia Pediatric Asthma Computer Tutorial (IMPACT), A Web-enabled Patient Education and Decision-support Program Authors: B. Francisco, MSN, and S. Krishna, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

Appropriate Technology for Telemedicine in Developing Countries Authors: H.S. Fraser, MB, MSc, Harvard Medical School, Boston, D. Jazayeri, P. Szolovits, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and S.D. McGrath, Tufts University, Boston, MA.

Obstacles to Implementation of an Electronic Referral Application Authors: T.K. Gandhi, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, D.F. Sittig, PhD, WebMD, Portland, OR, M.J. Franklin, SB, D.W. Bates, MD, MSc, Partners HealthCare, D.G. Fairchild, MD, and A. J. Sussman, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Human Sexuality-Counselling and Education on the Internet Authors: G.G Garbe, J. Harada, MD, M.S. Ancao, MD, PhD, M.P. Ramos, MSc, and D. Sigulem, MD, PhD, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Workflow Improvements from Use of Wireless Technology: The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Experience Authors: A. Gettinger, MD, J. Lee, MD, D.E. Dulac, RN, MBA, E.H. Turpin, MS, and P.A. Johnson, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.

Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Primary Prevention: The Esper Project Authors: P. Gillois, MD, G. Chatellier, MD, Hospital Broussais, Paris, J. Dufour, MD, LERTIM, Marseille, I. Colombet, MD, MPH, A. Ruelland, MS, L. Falco, MS, P. Degoulet, MD, PhD, Hospital Broussais, Paris, and M. Fieschi, MD, PhD, LERTIM, Marseille, France.

Use of Telemedicine and Information Technology in the Treatment of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury and Dysfunction: Improving Access to Specialty Medical Care Authors: L. Goldschmidt, Livermore Divison, Livermore, M. Hill, G. Sullivan, I. Perkash, S. Pejoro, and L. Love, Palo Alto Health Care VAMC, Palo Alto, CA.

How to Partition a Complex Schema of a Medical Terminology Authors: H. Gu, PhD, UMDNJ, Y. Perl, PhD, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, M. Halper, PhD, Kean University, Union, J. Geller, PhD, F. Kuo, MS, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, and J.J. Cimino, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY.

From Informal Medical Terminologies to Formal Medical Knowledge Bases Authors: U. Hahn, and S. Schulz, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

Implementation and Testing of Problem-knowledge Coupling at the Point of Care for Inpatients and Outpatients Authors: W.S Harris, MD, E.P. Cutolo Jr., MD, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL, R.M. Kolodner, MD, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, G.W. Donham, MS, Department of Veterans Affairs, Bay Pines, and J.R. Goolsby, PhD, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Benefits Analysis of an Ambulatory EMR Pilot Authors: F. Hawkins, EdD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Delivery of a Nursing Informatics Course Asynchronously Using a Course Management System Authors: J.A. Heermann, PhD, RN, and J.J. Warren, PhD, RN, University Nebraska, Omaha, NE.

The Usability of Multimedia Automated Psychological Tests to Screen for Alzheimer's Disease Authors: E. Hill, and K.W. Hammond, Puget Sound Health Care System VAMC, Seattle, WA.

A Survey of Academic and Industry Professionals Regarding the Preferred Skillset of Graduates of Medical Informatics Programs Authors: S. Hoffmann, and J. Ash, PhD, MLS, MBA, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR.

Meta-modeling the Medical Record: Design and Application Authors: B.J. Huet, PhD, University Paris Nord, Bobigny Cedex, B. Lesueur, and G. Blain, Universite P. et M. Curie, Paris, France.

Guideline Development: A Web-based Interactive Process Authors: S. Ingersoll, RN, MBA, R. Fishman, Birch & Davis Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, MD, O. Susskind, Institute for Health Care Improvement, Brookline, MA, and S. Ingersoll, Birch & Davis Associates, Inc, Pasadena, CA.

Correction of Data Capture Errors by Users of a Pediatric Immunization Registry Authors: R.A. Jenders, MD, MS, and F. Fries, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Integration in Hospital Information Systems. The Microbiology Lab as an Example Authors: J.J. Joch, T. Bürkle, and J. Dudeck, University Hospital of Giessen, Giessen, Germany.

Using Datamining to Discover and Validate Outcomes Measures in Gait Analysis Authors: K.A. Johnson, N.M. Follansbee, and M.D. Dang, University of Texas Houston, Houston, TX.

A Logic-based Model of Decision-support for Clinical Protocols Authors: H. Kanoui, ESIL, Marseille, France.

Patient-specific Computerized Outpatient Reminders to Improve Physician Compliance with Clinical Guidelines Authors: A.S Karson, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, G.J. Kuperman, MD, PhD, Partners HealthCare System, J. Horsky, MA, D.G. Fairchild, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, J.M. Fiskio, BS, Partners HealthCare System, and D.W. Bates, MD, MSc, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

The Use of Computer Telephony to Provide Interactive Health Information Authors: E. Kerzhner, B. Bassey, R.H. Friedman, and H.Z. Ramelson, Boston University, Boston, MA.

Medical Education System in Headache Domain Developed from Object Modeling Technique (OMT) and Patient Satisfaction with Quality of Education Authors: A. Khatri, George Mason University, Baltimore, MD, and D.C. Rine, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

A Generic Data Form Designer Based on XML/XSL Technology Authors: J. Kim, MD, PhD, C. Safran, MD, MS, W.V. Slack, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Rule-based Methods for the Extraction of Medical Terminology and their Associated Definitions from Online Text Authors: J.L Klavans, and S. Muresan, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Evaluation of the Effect of Mobile Computers Authors: J. Kramer, MD, T. Laing, M. Fendrick, and S. Rhodes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

NetNote: Why and How for a Web-based Structured Data Entry Interface for the Clinical Encounter. Authors: C.W. Kreis, MD, and H.C. Chueh, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

Requirements For Integrated Decision-support Systems-AsthmaCritic Authors: M.M. Kuilboer, MD, MSc, J. van der Lei, M. Mosseveld, and J.H. van Bemmel, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Comparing Diagnostic Decision Support Systems for Pneumonia Authors: C. Lagor, MD, University of Utah, P.J. Haug, D. Aronsky, and M. Fiszman, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT.

Rational Design of a Computer-based Decision Support System for Primary Care Settings Authors: K. Langton, MSc, BEd, Saint Joseph's Hospital, J.P. Kerby, V. Janjusevic, K. Keshavjee, and A. Holbrook, COMPETE Study, Ontario, Canada.

Provider Order Entry Impact on Pharmacy Order Turn Turn-around-times Authors: M.L Lehman, J.H. Brill, MD, D. Keller, RPh, C. Lee, MA, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's, Chicago, IL.

Proposed Pharmacy Data Element Ontology Authors: J. Li, M. Martin, DVM, MPH, K. Shuster, RPH, MBA, and L. Reed-Fourquet, MS, Connecticut Hospital Association, Wallingford, CT.

Online Prescription Renewals: A Web-based Solution to Streamlining Hospital Workflow and Improving Patient Services Authors: C. Lin, J. Kim, P.M. Russell, D.M. Rind, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Representation of Nursing Guidelines Using the EON Guideline Model Authors: Z. Lin, RN, MS, S.W. Tu, M.A. Musen, and Z. Lin, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

Development of a Multi-axial Taxonomy for Clinical Documents Authors: W. Lober, MD, and P. Tarczy-Hornoch, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Using Prior Models as a Measure of Novelty in Knowledge Discovery Authors: J.R. Ludwig, M.J. Fine, G.R. Livingston, E. Vozalis, and B. Buchanan, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Improving the Development of Composite Educational Guidelines Using: James J. Cimino, MD Authors: Y.A. Lussier, MD, D. Wang, BEng, R. Kukafka, DPH, and J.J. Cimino, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Current Usage Patterns and Attitudes Toward Handheld Computers in Clinical Care Authors: J. Lyman, MD, B.E. Churchill, RN, MS, Oregon Health Sciences University, H.B. Jimison, PhD, Healtheon/WebMD, Inc., M.F. Mailhot, MD, E.A. Quick, and D.A. Simpson, DVM, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR.

The Effectiveness of a Medical Informatics Workshop Series for Internal Medicine Residents: A Controlled Trial Authors: R. Mangrulkar, MD, University of Michigan, C.T. Whelan, B.C. Williams, Ann Arbor VAMC, Ann Arbor, MI.

Open Source Technology in Health Care: Obstacles to Implementation, Strategies for Success Authors: A.B. Marcelo, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.

A Comparison of Open Source Electronic Medical Records Systems Authors: A.B. Marcelo, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.

Bridging the Terminology Gap between Health Care Professionals and Patients with the Consumer Health Terminology (CHT) Thesaurus Authors: P. Marshall, MD, MPH, Well Med, Inc., Portland, OR.

Java Technology and BioImages: Towards Remote High Quality Medical Imaging Authors: M.Masseroli, P. Cerveri, and F. Pinciroli, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.

An Integrated, Mobile Web-based Billing and Diagnosis Program Authors: J. McAlduff, MD, Harvard University, D. Berkowicz, MD, O. Barnett, MD, and H. Chueh, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

Standardizing and Computerizing Decision Making: Nutritional Support is Basic Life Support for the ICU Trauma Patient Authors: M.M. Mcquiggan, Memorial Hermann Hospital, R. Sailors, B.A. McKinley, C.S. Cocanour, R.M. Pousman, University of Texas Houston, J. LaWalker, Memorial Hermann Hospital, R.G. Marvin, and F.A. Moore, University of Texas Houston, Houston, TX.

Hospital Quality Outcomes: The Results of a Pilot Study Performed to Define Risk Adjustment and Internet Report Specifications Authors: K. Meyer, PhD, HBSI.com, Bellvue, C. Posse, Talaria, Inc., D. Masuda, University of Washington, Seattle, N. Rosenblatt, P. Macko, HBS International, Bellevue, and P.Dunbar, Talaria, Inc. and University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

A Blueprint for a Standardized Approach to Rapid Clinical Application Development Authors: C. Mitchell, R. Dulbandzhyan, D.L. Saperia, RD, J.X. Polaschek, RN, R. Duncan, MD, and D.T. Jones, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Use of Information Flow Diagrams for Determination of HIPAA Security and Privacy Regulations Authors: M. Mitchell, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, TX, and D.Hayko, St.Josephs Hospital, Omaha, NE.

Error Estimation in Linking Heterogeneous Data Sources Authors: H.K. Monga, MD, and T.B. Patrick, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

Clinical Computing: Enriching the Canopy Authors: M.W. Morgan, MD, Dr. M. Morgan, and B.P. Tripp, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.

Approaches to Implementing Clinical Decision Support in Commercial Hospital Information Systems using JAVA/CORBA/XML Authors: M.L. Muller, MD, T. Ganslandt, MD, WWU Muenster, Muenster, H. Eich, K. Lang, C. Ohmann, PhD, HHU Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf and H. Prokosch, PhD, WWU Muenster, Muenster, Germany.

House Officer Satisfaction with the TDS 7000 Hospital Information System Authors: H.J. Murff, M. Cho, and J. Kannry, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.

Establishment the Mobile Documentation System to Solve the Problem of Immediate Data Entry for Anesthesia and Critical Care and Adapting It to RETRANSPLANT Project Authors: G. Nagy, Semmelweis Hospital, Miskolc, S.G. Vari, Varimed Ltd., Budapest, Z. Onodi-Szucs, Hospnet Ltd., Debrecen, and G. Avar, Bull Hungary Ltd., Budapest, Hungary.

An Interoperable Disease Description Database Authors: S.J. Nelson, MD, and H.F. Chang, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.

Influence of the Size of Color Images Taken by Digital Camera on Image Reading: ROC Curve on Red Simulative Wound Authors: K. Ogasawara, K. Ito, G. Jiang, MD, Y. Uematsu, MSc, A. Endoh, PhD, T. Sakurai, MD, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, M. Kimura, MD, Hamamatsu University, Hamamatsu, and Y. Fukuhara, Olympus Optical Co., Tokyo, Japan.

First Steps Towards Implementing an International Training Program in Medical Informatics: The Brazil/USA Project Authors: L. Ohno-Machado, MD,MHA,PhD, Brigham & Women's Hospital, A. Boxwala, H. Fraser, R.A. Greenes, I.S. Kohane, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, H. Marin, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, E. Marques, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, E. Massad, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, B. Rocha, R. Rocha, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, L. Smeaton, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and P. Szolovits, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Terminology Support for Diagnostic Coding in Primary Health Care Authors: H. Petersson, MSc, H.E. Petersson, and H. Åhlfeldt, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden.

Development of a Parent-completed Electronic Interview to Assess Dehydration Authors: S.C. Porter, MD, MPH, G.R. Fleisher, MD, I.S. Kohane, MD, PhD, and K.D. Mandl, MD,MPH, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Improving the Detection of Metastatic Breast Cancer Using a Virtual Lymph Node and Genetic Algorithms Authors: M. Pradhan, and G. Farshid, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Closing the Information Chain between Guidelines and Original Article Authors: G. Quade, S. Zenker, B. Burde, R. Riedel, and A. Goldschmidt, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

Work Process Analysis: The Role of Voice Recognition in Radiology Authors: S. Rajappan, MBBS, MS, V. Aggarwal, V. Rudrapatna, S. Rajappan, B. Raval, and A. Tonneson, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX.

Controlled Comparison of Emergency Department Charting Software with a Case Simulation Comparator Model Authors: S. Rajappan, MBBS, MS, K. Walker, MEE, MD, and T.R. Johnson, PhD, University of Texas, Houston, Houston, TX.

Evaluating the Reliability of Information Systems in Health Care Authors: R.L. Rauscher, MS, Moffitt Cancer Center, Wesley Chapel, FL.

CHIME-Trust: A Trusted Third Party Service for Health Care Authors: L.L. Reed-Fourquet, MSCS, M.K. Martin, DVM, MPH, W. Leung, MSCS, J. Li, MSCS, R. Byczko, and J.T. Lynch, MPH, CHIME, Wallingford, CT.

A Secure Internet-based Forum for Patient and Provider Interaction Authors: R. Richmond, PhD, R. Rudick, MD, and D.M. Miller, PhD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

User Preferences and Design Issues of a Clinical System for Use in a Dental Educational Setting Authors: M. Robinson, DMD, and J.L. Zimmerman, DDS, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Using an Intranet to Disseminate Institutional and Educational Information Authors: B. Rocha, MD, PhD, R.A. Rocha, MD, PhD, L.J.D. Matias, MD, Universidade Federal do Parana, S.L. Bihaiko, L.M. Nunes, BS, P. Branco, BS, Centro Intern.de Tecnologia de Software, J.S.P. Pinto, BS, and G.D. Fiol, MD, MS, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.

A Study of the Impact of Email Use on Nurse Practice Authors: M.L. Rogers, and P. Flately Brennan, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI.

Managing Name Ambiguity in the UMLS Metathesaurus Authors: L.A. Roth, MLS, and W.T. Hole, MD, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.

Survey of Physicians' Experience Using a Handheld Drug Reference Guide Authors: J. Rothschild, MD, MPH, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Newton, MA, T.H. Lee, MD, T. Bae, MD, R. Yamamoto, ePocrates, Inc., San Carlos, CA, J. Horsky, and D.W. Bates, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

DREAMS (Disaster Relief and Emergency Medical Services) and Digital Emergency Medical Services Authors: R. Sailors, J.H. Duke, Jr., University of Texas Health Sciences, Houston, J.A. Wall, L.D. Flournoy, J. Salinas, Texas A & M University System, College Station, R. Tindall, Univeristy of Texas Health Sciences, Houston, A.S. Tonnesen, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, and G.T. Mogel, United Stated Army, Fort Detrick, MD.

Publishing Web-based Guidelines Using Interactive Decision Models Authors: G.D. Sanders, PhD, D.K. Owens, MD, MS, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, and R.F. Nease, PhD, Washington University, St.Louis, MO.

Evaluation of a Data Warehouse: Understanding Users' Needs Authors: J.R. Schubart, MBA, MS, J.R. Schubart, MBA, MS, and J.S. Einbinder, MD, MPH, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Improving Search Results for Diagnoses or Procedures Using an ICD-9-CM Clustering Standard Authors: K.W. Scully, J.R. Schubart, MBA, MS, and J.S. Einbinder, MD, MPH, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Challenges of Mapping Microbiology Data to a Common Data Dictionary Authors: S.C. Shakib, MT, E. Knight, MT, and L. Lau, MD PhD, 3M Health Information System, Murray, UT.

XML Information Retrieval Mapped to Hybrid Storage Model Authors: D. Shin, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.

A New PDQ or a Refurbished One? Authors: K.Specklesh, RN, EdM, MS, The KEVRIC Company, Inc., Silver Spring, MD.

An Information System Supporting Electromagnetic Compatibility and Radiation Risk Management in the Modern Hospital Authors: B. Spyropoulos, PhD, D. Batistatos, D. Glotsos, Technological Educational Institution, Athens, Greece, and I. Marneris, BNL, Upton, NY.

Assuring a Successful Telehealth System (Update) Authors: P.P. Stamford, M.A. Novaes, and R.B. Rebelian, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.

Scope of Consumer Responses to an E-mail Health Newsletter Authors: A.W. Stodder, PhD, MLIS, G.P. Barnas, MD, and C.E. Kahn, Jr., MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

Semantic Networks for Information Exchange Between Medical Databases Author: Y. Sun, MD, Brigham and Womens' Hospital, Boston, MA.

Application of Knowledge Discovery Process to Hospital Information System Author: S. Tsumoto, MD, PhD, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.

Creating Effective Web-based Multimedia for the Medical Curriculum Authors: S. Uijtdehaage, PhD, A. Relan, and C.R. Houser, PhD, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

To Choose to be Poor Today but Have Good Future Prospects : Economic Effects of Consumer Participation in the Development of Information Systems in Health Care Organizations Authors: V. Vimarlund, PhD, and T. Timpka, MD, PhD, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.

Designing A Navigational Ontology for Browsing and Accessing 3D Anatomical Images Authors: N. Wacholder, J.M. Venuti, M.Krauthammer, and P. Molholt, Columbia University, New York, NY.

The UMassMed Question Database: A Web-based Educational Resource Authors: S.L. Wertheim, PhD, R.M. Plovnick, B.E. Terry, C.A. Cardasis, PhD, R.A. Baldor, PhD, and L. Riza, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.

Issues Encountered While Standardizing Diagnostic Imaging Procedures of Multiple Health Care Institutions to LOINC Authors: P.S. Wilson, RT(R) CPC, L. Lau, MD PhD, 3M Health Information Systems, Murray, and S.M. Huff, MD, Intermountain Health Care, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT.

Inheritance of Drug Information Authors: C.J. Wroe, MA, MB, BChir, W.D. Solomon, A.L. Rector, and J.E. Rogers, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Integrating Medical Applications in an Open Architecture through Generic and Reusable Components Authors: Y. Xu, L. D'Alessio, M. Jaulent, D. Sauquet, Broussais University Hospital, Paris, France, S. Spahni, J. Andany, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, and P. Degoulet, Broussais University Hospital, Paris, France.

Hereditary Disease Discovery from a Clinical Data Warehouse Authors: H. Yu, MS, MPhil, and G. Hripcsak, Columbia University, New York, NY.

IDEM Knowledge Manager: A Tool to Maintain Expert Knowledge in Pathology Authors: E. Zapletal, C. Le Bozec, MD, P. Degoulet, MD, and M. Jaulent, PhD, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

Managing an Online Research Survey Using Java Servlet, XML, and Session Tracking Technologies Authors: X. Zeng, D. Pothen, and J. Wang, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Tuesday, November 7 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Pasadena Room Exhibition Hall

Analysis of User-feedback as a Tool for Improving Software Quality Authors: S. Abookire, MD, MPH, M.T. Martin, J.M. Teich, G.J. Kuperman, and D.W. Bates, Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA.

Quality Assessment of Guideline-oriented Medical Care Using Recognition of Clinician Intentions Authors: A. Advani, MD, MPH, Y. Shahar, and M.A. Musen, Stanford University, Stanford, CA .

How Useful is the Web for Clinical Trial Accrual? Three Years of Experience with ACT Authors: L.B. Afrin, MD, S. Shaban, PhD, C. Adelman, J. Gentry, MA, N. Maitre, PhD, O. Matar, MS, B. Slater, W. Khan, and D. Nawabi, MD, University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

Promoting Workflow Integration with Information Management Services and GEM-encoded Guidelines Authors: A. Agrawal, MD, C.A. Brandt, and R.N. Shiffman, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Building FACET-based Tutorials: The ElderCare Project Authors: C.M. Allendoerfer, PhD, B. Raffety, PhD, J. Minstrell, PhD, and W. Neeley, PhD, Talaria, Inc., Seattle, WA.

Interactive Diffusion of Knowledge about Nutrition to Consumers on the WWW: The Experience of NutriWeb Magazine Authors: A. Alves, C. da Costa, S. Cardoso, and R. Sabbatini, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.

Design of a Clinical Decision Support System for Assist Support Devices Authors: J. Antonsson, H. Granfeldt, A. Kircher, A. Babic, U. Lönn, and H.Casimir Ahn, Linköping University, Linkoping, Sweden.

A Retrospective Study of the Effect of a Prognostic Model on the Hospital Admission Decision for Patients with Low Risk Community-acquired Pneumonia Authors: J.M. Aronis, PhD, G.F. Cooper, MD, PhD, and M. Fine, Md, MSc, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Creating a Statewide Nursing Quality Measurement Database Using Automated Scanning Technology and Electronic Data Author: C.E. Aydin, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Senex: A Point of Contact Reference for Internal Medicine and Molecular Pathology Authors: S.S. Ball, PhD, MD, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, and V.H. Mah, Senex Medical Software, Fresno, CA.

Securing the HealthHeritage Web: A Family Health History Web Site Authors: J.R. Barrett, D.P. Wagner, W.D. Woolfolk, University of Virginia, A.J. Wenzel, MS, Dominion Digital, Inc., and W.A. Knaus, MD, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Enterprise Application Integration Services (EAIS): an Aggressive Collaboration between Pittsburgh IAIMS and UPMC-HS Authors: K.Batch, and J.Truxal, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.

Comparing Time Spent Writing Orders on Paper and Physician Computer Order Entry Authors: D.W. Bates, MD, MSc, Partners HealthCare, K. Shu, D. Narasimhan, and J. Horsky, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Developing a Web-based Electronic Patient Record Authors: R.B. Belian, MSc, and M.A. Novaes, PhD, UFPE, Recife-Pernambuco, Brazil.

The Impact of a Decision Support System on Physician Work-up Strategies Authors: E.S. Berner, EdD, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, M.D. Miller, Erwin Community Hospital, Fort Riley, KS, R.S. Maisiak, and V. Randolph, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

Cascaded Surrogates Can Protect Patient Confidentiality in Outcome Studies Authors: C.W. Bishop, PhD, Erie County Medical Center, and G.C. Bishop, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

Analysis to Develop a Standardized Minimum Data Set for Emergency Health Care Authors: E.P. Borsato, J.S. Dias, and J.B.Paula, Pontifícia Universidade, Curitiba, Brasil.

Modeling Guidelines Using Domain-level Knowledge Representation Components Authors: A.A. Boxwala, MBBS, PhD, P. Mehta, N. Ash, R. Lacson, R.A. Greenes, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, E.H. Shortliffe, M. Peleg, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, and J. Bury, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, United Kingdom.

The Difference Between Clinical Terminologies and Statistical Classifications-Semantic Versus Extensional Definitions Author: P.J. Brown, MD, MRCGP, Hethersett Surgery, Norfolk, United Kingdom.

Strategic and Management Lessons Learned in the Implementation of a Data Dictionary Authors: E.M. Cassin, MBA, and L.M. Lau, MD, PhD, 3M Health Information Systems, Murray, UT.

HONselect: Educative Multilingual and Intelligent Search Tool Integrating Heterogeneous Web Sources Authors: B. Celia, S.J. Raoul, and B. Vincent, Health On the Net Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland.

Partitioning the Semantic Network of the UMLS Authors: Z. Chen, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, M.H. Halper, Kean University, Union, J.Geller, and Y. Perl, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ.

A Web-based System for Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Using the Framingham Algorithm Authors: J. Chuang, MD, MS, R. Kukafka, DrPH, Y.A. Lussier, PEng, MD, R.A. Jenders, MD, MS, and J.J.Cimino, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY.

The Use of a Pharmacy Data Mart to Manage Pharmaceutical Costs Authors: N.A. Coblio, MSEM, James A Haley VAMC, Tampa, V. Calabrese, M. Walton III, Bay Pines VAMC, Bay Pines, M.T. McCormick, James A Haley VAMC, Tampa, R. Goodhope, MD, K. Mowrey, VISN 8 UM, Tampa, R.Coakley, VISN 8 UM, West Palm Beach, FL, G. Rivera, VISN 8 UM, San Juan, PR, N. Becky, VISN 8 UM, Gainseville, and J. Triplett, VISN 8 UM, Miami, FL.

Electronic Consult Implementation at the SLC VHA Authors: R. Crockett, RN, C.R. Weir, PhD, S. Gohlinghorst, and C.McCarthy, Salt Lake City VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT.

Teaching of Electrocardiogram Interpretation Guided by a Tutorial Expert System Authors: J. De Britto, CPGEI/CEFETPR, Curitiba, R.K. Stasiu, J. Dias, and E. Scalabrin, Pontificia Universidade Catolica Paraná, Curitiba-Parana, Brazil.

Successful Implementation of a Multiple-ICU Clinical Information System in a Tertiary Care Medical Center Authors: M. Delima, RN, M. Shabot, MD, K. Morris, RN, MPA, CNA, J. Mould, RN, E. Torre-Javier, RN, M. LoBue, and J. Chen, PharmD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Children's Primary Care Research Group Research Computing Infrastructure Systems Architecture Authors: M.C. Diehl, DDS, MA, MPH, First Consulting Group, Frederick, MD, P. Margolis, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, and C. Schlusberg, First Consulting Group, Somerset, NJ.

Frontiers of Health Informatics Research: An Innovative Graduate-level Computer Science Course Authors: C. DiMarco, PhD, and H.D.J. Covvey, University of Waterloo, Vancouver, Canada.

Reduction of Clinic Telephone Consultation Workload Through a Novel Process Using Physician Extenders and Computer-based Medication Refill Algorithms Authors: N.V. Do, MD, C. Peterson, MD, D. Marcum, PA-C, and M.Marshall, PA-C, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA.

HealthDialogue: An XML-based Document System for Facilitating Patient-Physician Communication Authors: A.K. Dubey, MD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Quincy, R. Gabriel, D. Volpe, Harvard University, Boston, and Y. Ageeva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA.

Journey of Hearts: A Web Site for Web-education on Grief, Loss, and Depression Authors: K.A. Dyer, MD, MS, Alliance Medical Internet Professionals, Lafayette, and C.D. Thompson, MA, Journey of Hearts, Lafayette, CA.

Effects of Cognitive Style on Use of Computer Simulations Authors: J.A. Effken, PhD, RN, and M. Doyle, MS, RN, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

A Knowledge Framework for Representing Family Health History Authors: J.S. Einbinder, MD, MPH, W.F. Cohn, PhD, J.R. Barrett, PhD, S.L. Pelletier, PhD, University of Virginia, A.J. Wenzel, MSEE, Dominion Digital, Inc., M. Harrison, MD, S. Miesfeldt, MD, M. Reitmeyer, MD, A. Tucker, MD, B. Worrall, MD, and W.A. Knaus, MD, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Uses of Health Care Utilization and Attendant Cost Data: Models, Database, and Examples Author: I. Farquhar, PhD, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ.

Initial Offering of a Project Management Course in a Medical Informatics Curriculum: Release 1.0 Authors: L.C. Fournier, K.A. Gorris, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, J. Pettit, MedicaLogic Inc., Hillsboro, M.L. Wilson, and E.H.Wood, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR.

Development of a Clinical Information System for Childhood Asthma Author: B.D. Francisco, MSN, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

Graphical Navigation of the UMLS Meta-thesaurus on a Locally Installed Database Implementing Corbamed's Lexicon Query Service Authors: T. Frankewitsch, and U. Prokosch, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.

Improving the Potential Clinical Significance of Decision-support Systems Authors: M. Frize, PhD, PEng, and C.M. Ennett, MSc, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

An Infrastructure for the Online Presentation of Practice Guidelines Integrated into the Clinical Workflow Authors: T. Ganslandt, MD, University of Muenster, M.L. Mueller, MD, C. Krieg, MD, C.F. Krieglstein, N. Senninger, MD, and H. Prokosch, PhD, WWU Muenster, Muenster, Germany.

Building a Clinical Information System with People, Processes, and Information: from Architecture to Town Planning Author: A. Geissbuhler, MD, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.

A Terminology Server Based Tool to Support the Composition of Medical Documents Authors: R. Giffen, MD, Middleton Medical Clinic, Middleton, Canada, and L. Alpay, PhD, Institute of Educational Technology, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.

Computer Usage and Preference Patterns of Health Practitioners in an Academic Setting Authors: E. Goldlust, and R.D. Langer, MD, MPH, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA.

What Is Happening In Canadian Health Informatics ? Authors: D. Gordon, PhD, Praxia Information Intelligence, Toronto, D. Buckeridge, K. Leonard, Faculty of Medicine, and M.Carter, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Toronto, Canada.

ReMind System: The Implementation of Data Warehouse and OLAP for Rehabilitation Outcome Evaluation Authors: F. Guo, B. Parmanto, J.J. Irrgang, J. Wang, and H. Fang, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

A Methodology for the Customization of an Electronic Medical Record in a Rural Health Care Setting Authors: K.D. Harris, PhD, J.T. Parsons, MS, Arizona School of Health Sciences, Phoenix, and R. Jimenez, DO, Sun Life Community Health Center, Casa Grande, AZ.

Migrating a Pharmaceutical Expert System from a National Drug Code Based System to a Multum Drug ID Based System Authors: R.J. Harrison, L.A. McNamee, B.D. Launsby, E. Resetar, T.C. Bailey, MD, Washington University, R. Reichley, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and R.J. Harrison, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

Productivity Measurement: A Faculty Portfolio System Authors: D.M. Hayko, Saint Joseph Hospital, Omaha, NE, M. Mitchell, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, TX, and L. Goodwin, Duke University, Durham, NC.

A Framework for Classifying and Evaluating Consumer-oriented Medical Records Authors: R.L. Herting, MD, J.W. Hales, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, MO, and J.M. Overhage, MD, PhD, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

Portable Digital Assistant Use in a Medicine Teaching Program Authors: W.L. Ho, MD, J. Forman, MD, and J. Kannry, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.

HEART SENSE: A Game-based Approach to Reducing Delay in Seeking Care for Acute Coronary Syndrome Authors: J.H. Holmes, B.G. Silverman, Y. Chen, R. Weaver, S. Kimmel, C. Branas, and D. Ivins, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

The Population Care Registry: Automating Chronic Disease Management Authors: P. Huley, MSN, RN, J. Jones, MNEd, RN, and E. Villanueva, MA, MEd, RN, CS, Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA.

The GUIDE Database: Gaining a Better Understanding of the Internet through a Database of Evidence from Peer-reviewed Journals Authors: A.R. Jadad, MD, DPhil, McMaster University, L.L. Kendry, L.F. Booker, Health Information Research Unit, Hamilton, and R. Kakuma, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

How Well Do Clinicians Use Computer-based Information for Clinical Practice? Postal Survey of Clinicians' View in Japan Authors: G. Jiang, K. Ogasawara, MMedSci, A. Endoh, PhD, and T. Sakurai, MD, PhD, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.

Health Informatics Research and Evaluation Design Students Overwhelmingly Prefer Hypertutorial Web-based Instruction in Randomized Comparison Author: C.W. Johnson, PhD, University of Texas, Houston, TX.

DocFind: A Web-based Application that Facilitates Attending and Housestaff Provider Communication Authors: J.L. Kannry, MD, and C. Moore, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.

Decision-support Systems and Contexts Authors: D. Karlsson, and U.Forsum, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden.

Using Names and Codes Authors: K. Keck, Lexical Technology, Inc., Alameda, and M.S. Tuttle, Apelon, Inc., Alameda, CA.

Comparison of Diagnostic Codes in a Clinical-research Database and an Administrative Database Authors: K. Keshavjee, MD, Searle Canada, Mississauga, J. Kerby, MSc, Centre for Evaluation of Medicines, and A.M. Holbrook, MD, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

Randomized Crossover Study to Evaluate Access to On-line Clinical Practice Guidelines Published on the World Wide Web as an Educational Tool Authors: Y. Khaykin, University Health Network, Toronto, S. Prakash, University of Western Ontario, London, and M. Bacchus, University of Western Ontario, Toronto, Canada.

Use of Best Design Practices for a Family Health History Web Site: Needs Assessment, Rapid Prototyping, and a Focus on the User Interface Authors: M.B. Kinzie, PhD, W.F. Cohn, PhD, M.F. Julian, MEd, and W.A. Knaus, MD, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

A Bayesian Framework to Determine Patient Compliance in Glaucoma Cases Authors: R.B. Korrapati, MS, MBA, Nova Southeastern University, Columbia, SC, S. Mukherjee, PhD, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, and K.V. Chalam, MD, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL.

Using BLAST, A DNA and Protein Sequence Comparison Tool, for Finding Gene and Protein Names in Journal Articles Authors: M. Krauthammer, MD, A. Rzhetsky, P. Morozov, and C. Friedman, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Evaluation of a Web-based Interactive Multimedia Pediatric Asthma Education Program Authors: S. Krishna, EdS, B.D. Rancisco, RN, MSN, and S.A. Boren, MHA, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, MO.

Developing and Evaluating Theory-based Educational Content for Web Applications Authors: R. Kukafka, DrPH, Y.A. Lussier, and J.J.Cimino, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY.

A Clinical Data Warehouse Effort to Support the Measurable Organizational Patient Care and Health Outcomes Improvement Initiative Author: S.Y. Lai, PhD, HealthSystem Minnesota, Saint Louis Park, MN.

Qualitative Analysis of Handheld Computers in Critical Care Authors: S.E. Lapinsky, S. Mehta, M. Varkul, and T.Srewart, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

The Use of Computer-based Simulation in the Design Process of Information Systems for Patients Authors: K. Leonard, PhD, C.MA, University of Toronto, Toronto, and C. Patry, Kaviar Information Technology, Oakville, Canada.

Application of Internet Voice Technology to an Academic Instructional Program Authors: D.E. Lighter, MD, CyberCE, Inc., Knoxville, M.J. Stahl, and R. Jackson, MBA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

PatientCareWeb: Connecting Patients to Their Medication Records Authors: C. Lin, J. Kim, P.M. Russell, and D.M. Rind, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

A Personal Annotated Image Server Authors: W. Lober, MD, and J.F. Brinkley, MD, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Developing a Program for Tracking Heart Authors: W.J. Long, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, H. Fraser, MRCP, MSc, S. Naimi, MD, K. Perry, RN, L. Cotter, RN, and M.A. Konstam, MD, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Automating ICD-9-CM Encoding Using Medical Language Processing: A Feasability Study Authors: Y.A. Lussier, MD, C. Friedman, PhD, and L. Shagina, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Representing Clinical Information in an Internal Medicine Teaching Image Database Authors: J. Lyman, MD, W.R. Hersh, MD, and K.A. Spackman, MD, PhD, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR.

A Distributed, Secure File System for Personal Medical Records Authors: K.D. Mandl, MD, MPH, A. Riva, and I.S. Kohane, MD, PhD, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Interactive Computerized Chronic Pain Education Program Authors: C.M. Mar, Talaria, Inc., C. Chabal, L.J acobson, University of Washington, A.J. Mariano, Puget Sound Health Care System VAMC, and A.Vore, Talaria, Inc., Seattle, WA.

Developing Health Care Applications Using Common Open Source Medical Objects (COSMOS) Author: A.B. Marcelo, MD, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.

The SenseLab Database: System Design Towards Interoperability Authors: L. Marenco, MD, P. Nadkarni, MD, P. Miller, MD, PhD, and G.Shepherd, MD, DPhil, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

A Flexible and Adaptive Tutoring Process for Case-oriented and Web-based Training in Medicine Authors: A. Martens, University of Ulm, and J. Bernauer, University of Applied Science, Ulm, Germany.

Software Agents and Java Technology for Cardiology Data Retrieval and Visualization Authors: M. Masseroli, P. Cerveri, and F. Pinciroli, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.

Health Informatics Delivered by Distance Education: Quality and Satisfaction Perceptions of the Student. Authors: W. McPhee, Centre of Medical Informatics, Clayton, and B. Cesnik, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.

Health Information Search Metrics Using Popular Internet Search Engines Authors: R.M. Merion, MD, University of Michigan, D.E. Merion, MSW, Spark Communications, and S.S. Haskin, MFA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

The Follow-up Note: Format and Requirements, Specifications for the Computerized Medical Record Authors: K.C. Meyers, MD, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, A.S. Kanter, MD, MPH, R. Charlot, MS, and F. Naeymi-Rad, PhD, MBA, Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc., Northbrook, IL.

A Scalable Solution for Online Management Reporting Authors: C.A. Mitchell, G. Narayanan, S. Abbas, and M. Carter, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Replacement of Hospital Information System and the Risk: A Survey in National University Hospitals in Japan Authors: M. Miyamoto, MD, DSC, M. Sako, MD, PhD, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, and T. Sakamaki, PhD, Gunma University Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.

The Electronic Patient Record as a Foundation for Clinical Decision Support Authors: M.W. Morgan, MD, S.J. Cherian, and A.D. Glussich, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.

A Palm Pilot© [XX use copyright symbol] Curriculum: A Model of Resident Initiated and Developed Applied Medical Informatics Authors: S.J. Morgan, and R. Kostecke, Crozer-Keystone Health System, Upland, PA.

The Impact of a Pediatric Anti-infective Decision Support Tool Authors: C.J. Mullett, MD, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, R.S. Evans, PhD, LDS Hospital, J.C. Christenson, MD, J.M. Dean, MD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

Health Care Informatics in Developing Countries: Trends and Strategies Author: S. Nagpal, MD, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Indore, India.

ECGweb: A System to Share ECG Data in Real-time Via the Internet Authors: L. Nathanson, MD, Center for Clinical Computing, D.Z. Sands, MD, MPH, and D.M. Rind, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

An Interactive On-line Curriculum for Office Laboratory Management in a Family Medicine Residency Program Authors: T. Nguyen, MD, F. Wians, PhD, and K. Land, MD, University of Texas, Dallas, TX.

Collating of a Distributed XML-based Medical Records into a Relational Database Authors: D. Oh, MD, R. Alberto, PhD, K.D. Mandl, MD, MPH, and I.S. Kohane, MD, PhD, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

General Dentists' MEDLINE Search Skills and Satisfaction. Authors: S.S. Pai, W.S. Borgnakke, L.V. Nyquist, and W. Lang, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Exploiting the Terminological Knowledge of UMLS MetathesaurusT to Facilitate Information Integration Authors: D.M. Pisanelli, A. Gagnemi, and G. Steve, Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche, Rome, Italy.

TARAS: A Statistical System for Risk Adjustment Authors: C. Posse, Talaria Inc., Seattle, K. Meyer, HBS International, Bellevue, P. Dunbar, University of Washington, Seattle, N. Rosenblatt, and K. Kelly, HBS International, Bellevue, WA.

Modeling Clinical Information Needs in the Context of a Specific Patient Author: S.L. Price, MD, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR.

Managing Non-compliance in Guideline-based Careflow Systems Authors: S. Quaglini, M. Stefanelli, V. Caporusso, University of Pavia, S. Panzarasa, CBIM, Pavia, Italy.

Continuous Speech Recognition in Radiology Reporting Authors: S. Rajappan, MBBS, MS, V. Aggarwal, V. Rudrapatna, B. Raval, A. Tonnesen, and J. Zhang, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX.

Self-organizing Hypertext Notebooks: Weaving the Web with Jrju (The Spider) Author: R.J. Rathe, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Effects of Computer-based Patient Records on Physician-patient Interactions: Physicians' Perspectives Authors: M. Reddy, C. Seeraty, T. Lin, and W. Pratt, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA.

Creating a New Therapeutic Relationship: Using Two-way Pagers to Deliver Continuous Care to Outpatients Authors: D. Revere, MA, MLIS, and P.J. Dunbar, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

EDIFACT Messaging: Enabling Laboratory to General Practitioner Exchange of Pathology Reports Authors: D. Robinson, MD, MS, S. Pill, N. Apperley, and R. Jones, NHS Information Authority, Leicester, United Kingdom.

Implementation of a Medical Informatics Education and Research Program at Universidade Federal do Paraná Authors: B.H. Rocha, MD, PhD, R.A. Rocha, MD, PhD, G.D. Fiol, MD, MS, Universidade Federal do Parana, and L.J. Matias, MD, Assessoria de Informatica, Curitiba, Brazil.

Converting Data from a Hospital Information System to an Analytical Data Repository Authors: R.A. Rocha, MD, PhD, Universidade Federal do Parana, L.J. Matias, MD, Hospital de Clinicas, G.D. Fiol, MD, MS, R. Bonacin, MS, and B.H. Rocha, MD, PhD, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.

Using Norms to Facilitate the Multiple Functions of the Electronic Health Record Authors: J. Rooksby, University Of Manchester, Manchester, and S. Kay, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom.

A Severity Adjustment System Using Electronic Data Sources for Predicting Financial Outcomes for Oncology Authors: J. Rothschild, MD, MPH, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, H.R. Underwood, MD, Avandel Incorporated, Seattle, WA, J. Weeks, MD, C.C. Earle, MD, Center for Outcomes & Policy Research, J. Fiskio, Partners HealthCare Systems, and D.M. Bates, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Graphical Prototyping and Training for Computerized Clinical Decision Support Systems Authors: R. Sailors, and B.A. McKinley, University of Texas Houston, Houston, TX.

A System to Simulate the Crowding in an Out-patient Clinic Authors: T. Sakamaki, MD, T. Sugie, Gunma University, Maebashi, and T. Ito, PhD, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.

An Object Oriented Tool for Clinical Queries Authors: R.D. Schoenberg, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, I. Scheonberg, MD, iMD-Soft Inc., Andover, and C. Safran, MD, MS, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Management of Clinical XML Documents: A Pragmatic Approach Authors: R. Schweiger, T. Buerkle, S. Hoelzer, and J. Dudeck, Institute of Medical Informatics, Giessen, Germany.

Knowledge-driven Highlighting of Clinical Texts: Does it Help or Distract? Authors: I. Shablinsky, PhD, J. Starren, MD, and C. Friedman, PhD, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Explanations for a Hypertension Decision-support System Authors: R.D. Shankar, S.W. Tu, M.K. Goldstein, and M.A. Musen, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.

Web-based 3D Online Crown Preparation Course for Dental Students Authors: H. Spallek, DMD, PhD, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, R. Kaiser, University of Applied Sciences, Dresden, Germany, K. Boberick, DMD, D. Boston, DMD, T. Schleyer, DMD, PhD, Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, PA

Development of a Multi-purpose CCU Monitoring System Adapted to Cardiac Arrest Risk Assessment Authors: B. Spyropoulos, PhD, M. Botsivaly, and C. Coutsourakis, Technological Educational Institution, Athens, Greece.

Supporting Blood-bank Personnel Introductory and Continuous Education Authors: B. Spyropoulos, PhD, Technological Education Institution, Athens, M. Sigala, M. Igoumenidis, P. Spyropoulou, A. Kolokytha, C. Alepi, I. Haliori, M. Mylona, K. Tsalafouti, and L. Dadiotis, General Regional Hospital of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece.

The Pittsburgh IAIMS Evaluation Process Authors: E.H. Stanley, MLS, University of Pittsburgh, C.S. Gadd, PhD, and C.P. Friedman, PhD, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Pittsburgh, PA.

A Visual Medical Modeling Language Author: W. Sumner, MD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

The Web-based Interactive Family History Questionnaire Authors: T. Torkzadeh, C.M. Johnson, RN, M.D. Anderson, and C.W. Johnson, PhD, University of Texas Houston, Houston, TX.

Optimal Therapy Planning in Liver Transplantation Author: G. Tusch, PhD, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Methods and Tests for the Evaluation and Comparison of Decision Support Oriented Databases Authors: A. Venot, MD, PhD, and H. Dreau, MD, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France.

Medical Readiness Trainer: Semper Paratus Et Semper Fidelis Authors: D. Von Lubitz, and M. Tim, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Real-time Detection of Disease Outbreaks Authors: M.M. Wagner, MD, PhD, J. Espino, MD, F. Tsui, PhD, W.A. Pasculle, ScD, and L.H. Harrison, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

An Information Engineering Approach to Implementing a Large Population-based Clinical Research Study Authors: D. Willett, MD, T. Andrews, MD, B. Moses, RN, MBA, T. Bosler, M. Socoteanu, and R. Peshock, MD, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX.

Expanding the Scope of a Resident Sign-out Database via an Intranet Author: P. Winkelstein, MD, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

TransMonitor: A Database for Monitoring Blood Component Utilization in A Teaching Hospital Authors: J. Xiao, MD, PhD, and W. Chang, MPH, University of Texas Houston, Houston, TX .

Visual Editor for Template Design of Electronic Patient Record Authors: S. Yamazaki, University Hospital of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, K. Takabayashi, Y.Satomura, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, T. Kamiyama, and H. Matsuo, Central Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.

A Large Scale, Cross-disease Family Health History Data Set Authors: H. Yu, MS, MPhil, and G. Hripcsak, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY.

A Three-layer Domain Ontology for Guideline Representation and Sharing Authors: Q. Zeng, PhD, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, S. Tu, MS, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, A.A. Boxwala, PhD, MBBS, Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Boston, MA, M . Peleg, PhD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, R.A. Greenes, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, and E.H. Shortliffe, MD PhD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

Telepathology Using Dual Camera Hybrid System Authors: J. Zhou, MD, University of California Davis, Davis, M.A. Hogarth, MD, R.F. Walters, PhD, R. Green, MD, and T.S. Nesbitt, MD, University of California, Sacramento, CA.