Digitizing Survivorship Care Plans Through the POST-Treatment Health Outcomes of Cancer Survivors (POSTHOC) Mobile App: Protocol for a Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Survivorship care plans (SCPs) are provided at the completion of cancer treatment to aid in the transition from active treatment to long-term survivorship. They describe the details of a patient's diagnosis and treatment and offer recommendations for follow-up appointments, referrals, and healthy behaviors. The plans are currently paper-based and become outdated as soon as a patient's health status changes.

Linking Electronic Health Record and Trauma Registry Data: Assessing the Value of Probabilistic Linkage.

Background: Electronic health record (EHR) systems contain large volumes of novel heterogeneous data that can be linked to trauma registry data to enable innovative research not possible with either data source alone.

Objective: This article describes an approach for linking electronically extracted EHR data to trauma registry data at the institutional level and assesses the value of probabilistic linkage.

Methods: Encounter data were independently obtained from the EHR data warehouse ( = 1,632) and the pediatric trauma registry ( = 1,829) at a Level I pediatric trauma center.

Physician Perceptions of the Electronic Problem List in Pediatric Trauma Care.

Objective: To describe physician perceptions of the potential goals, characteristics, and content of the electronic problem list (PL) in pediatric trauma.

Methods: We conducted 12 semistructured interviews with physicians involved in the pediatric trauma care process, including residents, fellows, and attendings from four services: emergency medicine, surgery, anesthesia, and pediatric critical care. Using qualitative content analysis, we identified PL goals, characteristics, and patient-related information from these interviews and the hospital's PL etiquette document of guideline.

Mapping the Flow of Pediatric Trauma Patients Using Process Mining.

Background: Inhospital pediatric trauma care typically spans multiple locations, which influences the use of resources, that could be improved by gaining a better understanding of the inhospital flow of patients and identifying opportunities for improvement.

Objectives: To describe a process mining approach for mapping the inhospital flow of pediatric trauma patients, to identify and characterize the major patient pathways and care transitions, and to identify opportunities for patient flow and triage improvement.

Methods: From the trauma registry of a level I pediatric trauma center, data were extracted regarding the two highest trauma activation levels, Alpha ( = 228) and Bravo ( = 1,713).

Communication in the Electronic Age: an Analysis of Face-to-Face Physician-Nurse Communication in the Emergency Department.

We describe the patterns and content of nurse to physician verbal conversations in three emergency departments (EDs) with electronic health records. Emergency medicine physicians and nurses were observed for 2 h periods. Researchers used paper notes to document the characteristics (e.

Usability evaluation of an emergency department information system prototype designed using cognitive systems engineering techniques.

This article presents an evaluation of novel display concepts for an emergency department information system (EDIS) designed using cognitive systems engineering methods. EDISs assist emergency medicine staff with tracking patient care and ED resource allocation. Participants performed patient planning and orientation tasks using the EDIS displays and rated the display's ability to support various cognitive performance objectives along with the usability, usefulness, and predicted frequency of use for 18 system components.