Division of Medical Informatics and Outcomes Research

As health care databases are becoming important sources of health care data, the anomalies these data may contain are increasing concern. This paper addresses anomalies b [...]

The mobile, or handheld computer has attracted attention as a tool that can benefit communication among members of a health care team. However, to date the ideal role for [...]

This thesis describes a prototype software tool that intervenes in the process of searching the web for health information. The tool automatically analyzes a collection o [...]

The research to be presented in this thesis addresses the topic of information gathering, information extraction and information filtering in the area of bioinformatics. [...]

Over the past several years, the Internet has become a ubiquitous part of computing. While early Internet applications focused on electronic communication in the governme [...]

The goals of this study were to examine how students in medical informatics distance education allocated their study time across predefined study categories. Additionally [...]

It is imperative for nurses to develop standardized means to communicate the treatments performed on patients as well as the outcomes of these treatments. By standardizin [...]

Access through the computer, medical knowledge resources are increasingly being provided on the Internet. And, it is as through the user interface that the user communica [...]

While much debate has occurred over the use of simulation testing and medical education, no research has been done to provide insight into the benefits of simulation test [...]

Text forms a significant part of the medical record. Being able to map text to concepts in a controlled medical vocabulary can be useful for teaching, patient care, and r [...]