The Implementation and Acceptability of a Mobile Application for Screening for Atrial Fibrillation at Home.

Although patients are able to easily record electrocardiograms using consumer devices, these are typically not shared with their clinicians. This article discusses the development and acceptability of a mobile application (app) that integrates with the electronic health record to facilitate screening for atrial fibrillation (AF). After app development and implementation, we compared workflows with and without the mobile app.

Do drug interaction alerts between a chemotherapy order-entry system and an electronic medical record affect clinician behavior?

Introduction: We developed an enhancement to a chemotherapy order-entry system that alerted prescribers to potential drug interactions between patients' usual outpatient medications and those prescribed for onsite cancer treatment. This report summarizes the interactions and analyzes the impact of alerts on clinician behavior.

Methods: We studied electronic orders created from November 2010 to December 2011 by oncology clinicians at two comprehensive cancer centers who shared a chemotherapy order-entry system and an ambulatory electronic medical record.

Development and implementation of a computerized system for collection, processing, and administration of cellular therapy products.

Great strides have been made in computerization of ordering processes for general medications and chemotherapy agents. However, systems for ordering, processing, and administration of cellular therapies continue to be largely paper-based, without the safety features of computerized order entry. To address this deficit, Partners Healthcare System Information Services (PHS-IS; Boston, MA) has worked with oncologists and staff in the cell processing laboratory at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, MA) to develop and implement a novel, comprehensive computerized system for physician ordering and management of cellular products.