Objectives This review examines work on automated summarization of electronic health
record (EHR) data and in particular, individual patient record summarization. We organize …

Cloud computing is an IT service paradigm that can, if used meaningfully, enhance
traditional health IT approaches and offer major benefits to the healthcare industry …

Current research suggests that the rate of adoption of health information technology (HIT) is
low, and that HIT may not have the touted beneficial effects on quality of care or costs. The …

Objective There is a need to integrate the various theoretical frameworks and formalisms for
modeling clinical guidelines, workflows, and pathways, in order to move beyond providing …

Objective The goal of this study was to develop an in-depth understanding of how a health
information exchange (HIE) fits into clinical workflow at multiple clinical sites. Materials and …

Background Updating, improving and spreading the evidence base for healthcare practices
has proven to be a challenge of considerable magnitude–a wicked, multi-dimensional …

Process map**, often used as part of the human factors and systems engineering
approach to improve care delivery and outcomes, should be expanded to represent the …

Handoff among healthcare providers has been recognized as a major source of medical
errors. Most prior research has often focused on the communication aspects of handoff, with …

The objective of this review was to describe methods used to study and model workflow. The
authors included studies set in a variety of industries using qualitative, quantitative and …

This article examines the role that clinical workflow plays in successful implementation and
meaningful use of electronic health record (EHR) technology in ambulatory care. The …