Publications by authors named "Patricia Van Dyke"

The healthcare industry has an increasing need for clinical data content standards to support patient care and data re-use in areas such as research, quality and public health. The Diabetes Data Strategy (Diabe-DS) project was formed in 2009 by the HL7 EHR Working Group to demonstrate a repeatable process that identifies disease-specific Common Data Elements (CDEs) for clinical care and secondary use. The Diabe-DS project previously developed a set of important CDEs and supporting data models for clinical care, quality and research uses of diabetes data.

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An increased percentage of miscarriages among coworkers at one air medical transport company in 2008 prompted a literature review of selected hazards relevant to the profession of rotor wing air medical flight crew. Because of a lack of known research specific to this population, relevant studies from 1990 to 2008 were chosen to investigate pregnancy risks associated with exposure to vibration, jet fuel, noise, altitude, and fatigue in other occupations. Findings were summarized and recommendations made for future research.

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