Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Volume 5

Volume 5, Number 1, January / February 1998

Focus on the Unified Medical Language System

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  Betsy L. Humphreys, Donald A. B. Lindberg, Harold M. Schoolman, G. Octo Barnett:
  Technical Milestone: The Unified Medical Language System: An Informatics Research Collaboration. 1-11
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  Keith E. Campbell, Diane E. Oliver, Edward H. Shortliffe:
  Viewpoint: The Unified Medical Language System: Toward a Collaborative Approach for Solving Terminologic Problems. 12-16
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  Cornelius Rosse, José L. V. Mejino Jr., Bharath R. Modayur, Rex M. Jakobovits, Kevin P. Hinshaw, James F. Brinkley:
  Research Paper: Motivation and Organizational Principles for Anatomical Knowledge Representation: The Digital Anatomist Symbolic Knowledge Base. 17-40
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  James J. Cimino:
  Research Paper: Auditing the Unified Medical Language System with Semantic Methods. 41-51
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  Michel Joubert, Marius Fieschi, Jean-Jacques Robert, Françoise Volot, Dominique Fieschi:
  Model Formulation: UMLS-based Conceptual Queries to Biomedical Information Databases: An Overview of the Project ARIANE. 52-61
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  Gregory F. Cooper, Randolph A. Miller:
  Research Paper: An Experiment Comparing Lexical and Statistical Methods for Extracting MeSH Terms from Clinical Free Text. 62-75
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  Olivier Bodenreider, Anita Burgun, Geneviève Botti, Marius Fieschi, Pierre Le Beux, François Kohler:
  Case Report: Evaluation of the Unified Medical Language System as a Medical Knowledge Source. 76-87

The Practice of Informatics

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  Robert A. Nordyke, Casimir A. Kulikowski:
  Synthesis of Research: An Informatics-based Chronic Disease Practice: Case Study of a 35-year Computer-based Longitudinal Record System. 88-103
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  Beverley Kane, Daniel Z. Sands:
  White Paper: Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Electronic Mail with Patients. 104-111

Original Investigations

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  Gilad J. Kuperman, Debbie Boyle, Ashish K. Jha, Eve Rittenberg, Nell Ma'Luf, Milenko Tanasijevic, Jonathan M. Teich, James Winkelman, David W. Bates:
  Research Paper: How Promptly Are Inpatients Treated for Critical Laboratory Results? 112-119
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  Nicholas R. Hardiker, Alan L. Rector:
  Research Paper: Modeling Nursing Terminology Using the GRAIL Representation Language. 120-128

Editorial Comments

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  Alexa T. McCray, Randolph A. Miller:
  Making the Conceptual Connections: The UMLS after a Decade of Research and Development. 129-130
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  William W. Stead:
  It's the Information That's Important, Not the Technology. 131

Letters to the Editor

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  Beverley Kane:
  Responsibilities of Authorship. 132

Volume 5, Number 2, March / April 1998

The Practice of Informatics

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  Prakash M. Nadkarni, Cynthia Brandt, Sandra J. Frawley, Frederick G. Sayward, Robin Einbinder, Daniel Zelterman, Lee Schacter, Perry L. Miller:
  Application of Technology: Managing Attribute-Value Clinical Trials Data Using the ACT/DB Client-Server Database System. 139-151
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  William T. F. Goossen, Paul J. M. M. Epping, Ton Feuth, Theo W. N. Dassen, Arie Hasman, Wim J. A. van den Heuvel:
  Review Paper: A Comparison of Nursing Minimal Data Sets. 152-163

Original Investigations

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  Randy D. Cork, William M. Detmer, Charles P. Friedman:
  Research Paper: Development and Initial Validation of an Instrument to Measure Physicians' Use of, Knowledge about, and Attitudes Toward Computers. 164-176
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  Cecilia Sjöberg, Toomas Timpka:
  Research Paper: Participatory Design of Information Systems in Health Care. 177-183
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  Talib Damij:
  Research Paper: Development of a Hospital Information System Using the TAD Method. 184-193
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  Manon M. Kuilboer, Johan van der Lei, Johan C. de Jongste, Shelley E. Overbeek, Ben Ponsioen, Jan H. van Bemmel:
  Research Paper: Simulating an Integrated Critiquing System. 194-202
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  Robert H. Dolin, Stanley M. Huff, Roberto A. Rocha, Kent A. Spackman, Keith E. Campbell:
  Research Paper: Evaluation of a "Lexically Assign, Logically Refine" Strategy for Semi-automated Integration of Overlapping Terminologies. 203-213

Special Features

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  Daniel R. Masys:
  Presentation of the Morris F. Collen Award to Donald A. B. Lindberg, MD. 214-216

Volume 5, Number 3, May / June 1998

Focus on Clinical Guidelines and Patient Preferences

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  Lesley Duff, Anne Casey:
  Viewpoint: Implementing Clinical Guidelines: How Can Informatics Help? 225-226
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  Rita D. Zielstorff:
  Review: Online Practice Guidelines: Issues, Obstacles, and Future Prospects. 227-236
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  Suzanne Bakken Henry, Kathy Douglas, Grace Galzagorry, Anne Lahey, William L. Holzemer:
  Application of Information Technology: A Template-based Approach to Support Utilization of Clinical Practice Guidelines Within an Electronic Health Record. 237-244
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  Holly B. Jimison, Paul Phillip Sher, Richard Appleyard, Yvonne LeVernois:
  Research Paper: The Use of Multimedia in the Informed Consent Process. 245-256
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  Patricia Flatley Brennan, Indiana Strombom:
  Review: Improving Health Care by Understanding Patient Preferences: The Role of Computer Technology. 257-262
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  Carole A. Gassert:
  White Paper: The Challenge of Meeting Patients' Needs with a National Nursing Informatics Agenda. 263-268
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  Evelyn J. S. Hovenga, Joe Hovel, Jeanette Klotz, Patricia Robins:
  Case Report: Infrastructure for Reaching Disadvantaged Consumers: Telecommunications in Rural and Remote Nursing in Australia. 269-275

The Practice of Informatics

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  Stanley M. Huff, Roberto A. Rocha, Clement J. McDonald, Georges J. E. De Moor, Tom Fiers, W. Dean Bidgood Jr., Arden W. Forrey, William G. Francis, Wayne R. Tracy, Dennis Leavelle, Frank Stalling, Brian Griffin, Pat Maloney, Diane Leland, Linda Charles, Kathy Hutchins, John Baenziger:
  Technical Milestone: Development of the Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINC) Vocabulary. 276-292
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  Charles P. Friedman, Mark E. Frisse, Mark A. Musen, Warner V. Slack, William W. Stead:
  Forum Paper: How Should We Organize to Do Informatics?: Report of the ACMI Debate at the 1997 AMIA Fall Symposium. 293-304

Original Investigation

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  Ashish K. Jha, Gilad J. Kuperman, Jonathan M. Teich, Lucian Leape, Brian Shea, Eve Rittenberg, Elisabeth Burdick, Diane L. Seger, Martha Vander Vliet, David W. Bates:
  Research Paper: Identifying Adverse Drug Events: Development of a Computer-based Monitor and Comparison with Chart Review and Stimulated Voluntary Report. 305-314

Editorial Comments

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  Susan J. Grobe:
  Nursing Informatics 1997 Postconference on Patient Guidelines and Clinical Practice Guidelines: The State of Our Knowledge and a Vision. 315-316
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  Patricia Flatley Brennan:
  Knowing What To Do: International Perspectives on the Roles of Clinical Guidelines and Patient Preferences in Patient Care. 317-318

Volume 5, Number 4, July / August 1998

Focus on Implementation of Nursing Vocabularies in Systems

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  Suzanne Bakken Henry, Judith J. Warren, Linda L. Lange, Patricia Button:
  Review: A Review of Major Nursing Vocabularies and the Extent to Which They Have the Characteristics Required for Implementation in Computer-based Systems. 321-328
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  Diana E. Forsythe:
  Viewpoint: An Anthropologist's Viewpoint: Observations and Commentary Regarding "Implementation of Nursing Vocabularies in Computer-based Systems". 329-331
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  Patricia Button, Ida M. Androwich, Lyn Hibben, Valeria Kern, Gay Madden, Karen Marek, Bonnie L. Westra, Chris Zingo, Charles N. Mead:
  Viewpoint: Challenges and Issues Related to Implementation of Nursing Vocabularies in Computer-based Systems. 332-334
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  Judith J. Warren, Amy Coenen:
  Brief Review: International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP): Most-frequently Asked Questions. 335-336

The Practice of Informatics

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  Erich B. Schulz, James W. Barrett, Colin Price:
  Application of Technology: Read Code Quality Assurance: From Simple Syntax to Semantic Stability. 337-346
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  Susan Weber McRoy, Alfredo Liu-Perez, Syed S. Ali:
  Application of Technology: Interactive Computerized Health Care Education. 347-356

Original Investigations

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  Lucila Ohno-Machado, John H. Gennari, Shawn N. Murphy, Nilesh L. Jain, Samson W. Tu, Diane E. Oliver, Edward Pattison-Gordon, Robert A. Greenes, Edward H. Shortliffe, G. Octo Barnett:
  Research Paper: The GuideLine Interchange Format: A Model for Representing Guidelines. 357-372
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  Stephen E. Brossette, Alan P. Sprague, J. Michael Hardin, Ken B. Waites, Warren T. Jones, Stephen A. Moser:
  Research Paper: Association Rules and Data Mining in Hospital Infection Control and Public Health Surveillance. 373-381
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  Elizabeth Berry, Christine Parker-Jones, Richard G. Jones, Patrick J. R. Harkin, Harold O. Horsfall, Joseph A. Nicholls, Nicholas J. A. Cook:
  Research Paper: Systematic Assessment of World Wide Web Materials for Medical Education: Online, Cooperative Peer Review. 382-389

Editorial Comments

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  Carole A. Gassert:
  A Focus on Implementing Nursing Vocabularies. 390
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  Milton Corn:
  Funding for Nursing Vocabularies. 391-392

Volume 5, Number 5, September / October 1998

Focus on an Agenda for Biomedical Informatics

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  Robert A. Greenes, Nancy M. Lorenzi:
  White Paper: Audacious Goals for Health and Biomedical Informatics in the New Millennium. 395-400
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  Harold M. Schoolman:
  Viewpoint: Then and Now and When. 401-403
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  Thomas C. Rindfleisch, Douglas L. Brutlag:
  Viewpoint: Directions for Clinical Research and Genomic Research into the Next Decade: Implications for Informatics. 404-411
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  William W. Stead:
  Viewpoint: The Networked Health Enterprise: A Vision for 2008. 412-415
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  Thomas C. Rindfleisch:
  Viewpoint: (Bio)Medical Informatics in the Next Decade. 416-420

The Practice of Informatics

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  Keith E. Campbell, Diane E. Oliver, Kent A. Spackman, Edward H. Shortliffe:
  Review: Representing Thoughts, Words, and Things in the UMLS. 421-431
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  Kip Canfield, Michele Ritondo, Richard Sponaugle:
  Application of Information Technology: A Case Study of the Evolving Software Architecture for the FDA Generic Drug Application Process. 432-440
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  Kevin M. McNeill, Ronald S. Weinstein, Michael J. Holcomb:
  Implementation Brief: Arizona Telemedicine Program: Implementing a Statewide Health Care Network. 441-447

Original Investigations

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  Theodore A. Morris, Katherine W. McCain:
  Research Paper: The Structure of Medical Informatics Journal Literature. 448-466
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  Vimla L. Patel, Vanessa G. Allen, José F. Arocha, Edward H. Shortliffe:
  Research Paper: Representing Clinical Guidelines in GLIF: Individual and Collaborative Expertise. 467-483

Volume 5, Number 6, November / December 1998

The Practice of Informatics

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  Vimla L. Patel, David R. Kaufman:
  Viewpoint: Science and Practice: A Case for Medical Informatics as a Local Science of Design. 489-492
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  Vimla L. Patel, David R. Kaufman:
  Review: Medical Informatics and the Science of Cognition. 493-502
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  Christopher G. Chute, Simon P. Cohn, James R. Campbell:
  Position Paper: A Framework for Comprehensive Health Terminology Systems in the United States: Development Guidelines, Criteria for Selection, and Public Policy Implications. 503-510
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  Prakash M. Nadkarni:
  Application of Information Technology: Data Extraction and Ad Hoc Query of an Entity - Attribute - Value Database. 511-527

Original Investigations

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  Fred B. Wood, Victor H. Cid, Elliot R. Siegel:
  Research Paper: Evaluating Internet End-to-end Performance: Overview of Test Methodology and Results. 528-545
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  Michael D. Murray, Bonnie Loos, Wanzhu Tu, George J. Eckert, Xiao-Hua Zhou, William M. Tierney:
  Research Paper: Effects of Computer-based Prescribing on Pharmacist Work Patterns. 546-553
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  Kaveh G. Shojania, Deborah Yokoe, Richard Platt, Julie M. Fiskio, Nell Ma'Luf, David W. Bates:
  Research Paper: Reducing Vancomycin Use Utilizing a Computer Guideline: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. 554-562
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  Paul C. Tang, Carol Newcomb:
  Research Paper: Informing Patients: A Guide for Providing Patient Health Information. 563-570
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  Huibert J. Tange, Harry C. Schouten, Arnold D. M. Kester, Arie Hasman:
  Research Paper: The Granularity of Medical Narratives and Its Effect on the Speed and Completeness of Information Retrieval. 571-582

Editorial Comments

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  William W. Stead:
  Medical Informatics - On the Path Toward Universal Truths. 583-584
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  Antoine Geissbühler:
  Clinical Information Systems - What Is the Bottom Line? 585-586