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Key References

 


Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record

Imperatives/Advantages of the EMR

Audet, A.M., Doty, M.M., Peugh, J., Shamasdin, J., Zapert, K., & Schoenbaum, S. (2004, December 6). Information technologies: when will they make it into physicians' black bags? MedGenMed, 6(4), 2.

Bates, D.W., Ebell, M., Gotlieb, E., Zapp, J., & Mullins, H.C. (2003, January-February). A proposal for electronic medical records in U.S. primary care. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 10(1), 1-10.

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Quality of Care and Patient Safety

Adams, J. et al. (2006). Healthcare 2015: Win-win or lose-lose? A portrait and a path to successful transformation [Executive summary]. IBM Institute for Business Value.

Amarasingham, R., Plantinga, L., Diener-West, M., Gaskin, D.J., & Powe, N.R. (2009, January 26). Clinical information technologies and inpatient outcomes: a multiple hospital study. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169(2), 108-14.

DesRoches, C.M., Campbell, E.G., Rao, S.R., Donelan, K., Ferris, T.G., Jha, A., et al. (2008, July 3). Electronic health records in ambulatory care--a national survey of physicians. New England Journal of Medicine, 359(1), 50-60.

Kuo, G.M., Phillips, R.L., Graham, D., & Hickner, J.M. (2008, August). Medication errors reported by US family physicians and their office staff. Quality & Safety in Health Care, 17(4), 286-90.

Mass Technology Cooperative/New England Healthcare Institute. (2008). Saving Lives, Saving Money: the imperative for computerized physician order entry in Massachusetts hospitals.

Mounibe, E. (2008, July). Healthcare 2015 and care delivery. Delivery models refined, competencies defined. IBM Institute for Business Value.

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Governance and Implementation Process

Dolan, P.L. (2008, December 8). Go tech go: Championing new health IT. Website.

Medical Group Management Association. (2007, October). Electronic Health Records: Perspectives from the Adopters.

Gladwell, M. (2002). The tipping point: How little things can make a big difference (pp. 12, 90, 104). New York: Little Brown & Company.

Ludwick, D.A., Doucette, J. (2009, January). Adopting electronic medical records in primary care: lessons learned from health information systems implementation experience in seven countries. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 78(1), 22-31.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2006). Health information technology in the United States: the information base for progress.

Rogers, E.M. (1995). Diffusion of Innovations (5th ed.). Chapter 10: Innovations in Organizations, 414-417. New York: Free Press.

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Government and Insurer Incentives and/or Mandates

Connolly, D. (2008, December 11). Methodist LeBonheur to expand data entry system. The Commercial Appeal.

Landro, L. (2009, January 19). Incentives push more doctors to E-prescribe. Wall Street Journal, B7.

Mass Technology Cooperative/New England Healthcare Institute. (2008). Saving Lives, Saving Money: the imperative for computerized physician order entry in Massachusetts hospitals.

Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. (2008, May 12). Vermont’s legislature establishes health IT fund.

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Investment and Return

Grieger, D.L., Cohen, S.H., & Krusch, D.A. (2007, July). A pilot study to document the return on investment for implementing an ambulatory electronic health record at an academic health center. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 205(1), 89-96.

Miller, R.H., West, C., Brown, T.M., Sim, I. & Ganchoff, C. (2005, September-October). The value of electronic health records in solo or small group practices. Health Affairs: The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere (Millwood), 24(5), 112-137.

Wang, S.J., Middleton, B., Prosser, L.A., Bardon, C.G., Spurr, C.D., Carchidi, P.J., et al. (2003, April 1). A cost-benefit analysis of electronic medical records in primary care. The American Journal of Medicine, 114(5), 397-403.

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Survey Publications of EMR Implementation/Usage

DesRoches, C.M., Campbell, E.G., Rao, S.R., Donelan, K., Ferris, T.G., Jha, A., et al. (2008, July 3). Electronic health records in ambulatory care--a national survey of physicians. New England Journal of Medicine, 359(1), 50-60.

Hing, E.S., Burt, C.W., & Woodwell, D.A. (2007, October 26). Electronic medical record use by office-based physicians and their practices: United States, 2006. Advance Data, (393), 1-7.

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Full vs. Basic EMRs

DesRoches, C.M., Campbell, E.G., Rao, S.R., Donelan, K., Ferris, T.G., Jha, A., et al. (2008, July 3). Electronic health records in ambulatory care--a national survey of physicians. New England Journal of Medicine, 359(1), 50-60.

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End User Adoption

Jha, A.K., Ferris, T.G., Donelan, K., DesRoches, C., Shields, A., Rosenbaum, S., et al. (2006, November-December; Epublished in 2006, October 11). How common are electronic health records in the United States? A summary of the evidence. Health Affairs: The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere (Millwood), 25(6), w496-507.

Rogers, E.M. (1995). Diffusion of Innovations (5th ed.). Chapter 1: Elements of Diffusion, 21. New York: Free Press.

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Physician Adoption

Barriers to Adoption

Drezner, J.L. (2000, February 7). Understanding adoption of new technologies by physicians. MedGenMed, 2(1), E16.

Gans, D., Kralewski, J., Hammons, T., & Dowd, B. (2005, September-October). Medical groups' adoption of electronic health records and information systems. Health Affairs: The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere (Millwood), 24(5), 1323-33.

Gillette, B. (2006, March 1). Industrywide EMR adoption accelerates as barriers are overcome. Modern Healthcare Executive.

Miller, R.H., & Sim, I. (2004, March-April). Physicians' use of electronic medical records: barriers and solutions. Health Affairs: The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere (Millwood), 23(2), 116-26.

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Facilitators of Adoption

Ciotti, V., & Mathis, B. The real deal on EMR implementations. With ROI for large-scale IT projects still questionable, it's important to focus on quality improvements, not dollars and cents. (2008, February). Healthcare Informatics, 25(2), 90, 92-4.

Ovretveit, J., Scott, T., Rundall, T.G., Shortell, S.M., & Brommels, M. (2007, October). Improving quality through effective implementation of information technology in healthcare. International Journal for Quality in Healthcare, 19(5), 259-66.

Sittig, D.F., Kuperman, G.J., & Fiskio, J. (1999). Evaluating physician satisfaction regarding user interactions with an electronic medical record system. AMIA Symposium Library, 400-4.

Virapongse, A., Bates, D.W., Shi, P., Jenter, C.A., Volk, L.A., Kleinman, K., et al. (2008, November 24). Electronic health records and malpractice claims in office practice. Archives of Internal Medicine, 168(21), 2362-7.

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Application of Learning Theory to TBG Methodology

Learning References

Starmer, Frank. About Education: Fundamental Concepts of Forgetting and Learning. Retrieved April 6, 2009.

Fred, Charles F. (2002). Breakaway: Deliver Value to Your Customers – Fast! (pp. 26-30). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

The Commission on Technology and Adult Learning. (2001, June). A Vision of E-learning for America’s Workforce.

TBG Summary of Article

Clark, Ruth. (2002, September 10). Six principles of effective e-learning: what works and why. The e-Learning Guild’s Learning Solutions e-Magazine. (pp. 1-9).

TBG Summary of Article

Tsai, S.L., et. al. (2008). The Use of Virtual Reality Computer Simulation in Learning Port-A Cath Injection. Advances in Health Sciences Education (v. 13: pp. 71-87).

TBG Summary of Article

Galagan, P.A. (2001, February). Mission E-Possible. Training and Development Magazine. (Washington, DC).

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