Emotion and ambulatory EHR in the ARRA era.

There is a growing focus in change management literature on the role of emotion in managing change. Barriers to adoption and effective implementation of ambulatory EHR-ranging from technical to financial to logistical-are well-described in the health-care IT literature. In the ARRA era, ambulatory practices are under increasing pressure to overcome these barriers.

A qualitative study of barriers to postpartum sterilization and women's attitudes toward unfulfilled sterilization requests.

Background: This longitudinal, qualitative study explores barriers to postpartum sterilization from the perspective of low-income minority women. We examine women's feelings and attitudes regarding a canceled or postponed procedure over time.

Study Design: We conducted structured, in-depth baseline interviews with 34 postpartum women with unfulfilled sterilization requests in a university hospital setting.

Interpersonal and personal factors influencing sexual debut among Mexican-American young women in the United States.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to better understand factors influencing the age of sexual initiation among Latina youth.

Methods: Prior qualitative research with young women from the target population and the existing literature determined the theoretical framework for this study. A quantitative instrument was then developed and pre-tested.

Factors associated with willingness to use the contraceptive vaginal ring.

Introduction: The objective of this study was to examine factors associated with willingness to use the contraceptive vaginal ring among college students.

Material And Methods: We electronically surveyed a random sample of female undergraduates. Factors associated with willingness to use the contraceptive vaginal ring were evaluated using a logistic regression model.

A taxonomic description of computer-based clinical decision support systems.

Objective: Computer-based clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) vary greatly in design and function. Using a taxonomy that we had previously developed, we describe the characteristics of CDSSs reported in the literature.

Methods: We searched PubMed and the Cochrane Library for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in English between 1998 and 2003 that evaluated CDSSs.

Characteristics of outpatient clinical decision support systems: a taxonomic description.

Computer-based clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) have been championed for their potential to improve health-care quality. However, there has been no systematic study of the types of CDSSs that have been developed. In previous work, we developed the CDSS Taxonomy for comprehensively describing the technical, workflow, and contextual characteristics of CDSSs.

A framework for classifying decision support systems.

Background: Computer-based clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) vary greatly in design and function. A taxonomy for classifying CDSS structure and function would help efforts to describe and understand the variety of CDSSs in the literature, and to explore predictors of CDSS effectiveness and generalizability.

Objective: To define and test a taxonomy for characterizing the contextual, technical, and workflow features of CDSSs.