The Clinical Reminder System for the Practice of Evidence-Based Medicine

The Clinical Reminder System is a prototype Decision Support System that combines a relational database, a knowledge base consisting of algorithms that implement disease management guidelines, integration with hospital information systems and a web-based interface allowing for physician management of patient data and suggested medical responses. It is a joint research project of The Heinz School at Carnegie Mellon University and The Department of Medicine at The West Penn Allegheny Health System. This application has been in use within a clinical setting since 2001. Formal evaluation and assessment of patient outcomes associated with use of this system is currently being performed by Carnegie Mellon University and The Western Pennsylvania Hospital.

Carnegie Mellon researchers include Kai Zheng, PhD, Rema Padman, PhD, and Michael P. Johnson, PhD. Collaborators from The Western Pennsylvania Hospital include Drs. Herbert Diamond, MD and Michelina Fato, MD. Many physicians and Residents from the Department of Medicine have provided valuable insights and feedback during the development and evaluation of this application.

 

CRS Related Publications

Zheng, K., Padman, R., Johnson, M.P., "User Interface Optimization via Sequential Pattern Analysis: A Preliminary Case Study", forthcoming in Proceedings of MEDINFO 2007: Proceedings of Twelfth World Congress on Medical Informatics, August 20-24, 2007, Brisbane, Australia.

Zheng, K., Padman, R., Johnson, M.P., and Diamond, H.S. (2005). Understanding Technology Adoption in Clinical Care: Clinician Adoption Behavior of a Point-of-Care Reminder System. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 74(7-8), 535-543.

Zheng, K., Padman, R., and Johnson, M.P., and Diamond, H.S. (2005). User Acceptance and Adoption of a Clinical Reminder System: Interpreting the Effects of User Characteristics. In Trauth, E.M. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology Idea Group Publishing.

Zheng, K., Padman, R., Johnson, M.P., Engberg, J.B., and Diamond, H.S. (2004). An Adoption Study of a Clinical Reminder System in Ambulatory Care Using a Developmental Trajectory Approach. In Fieschi M et al. (Ed.) MEDINFO 2004: Proceedings of Eleventh World Congress on Medical Informatics (1115-1120). IOS Press, Amsterdam.

CRS Related Links

Zheng, K., Padman, R., Johnson, M.P., and Diamond, H.S. (2005). Clinical Reminder System: A Relational Database Application for Evidence-Based Medicine Practice. Heinz School Working Paper (pdf)

CRS User Manual (pdf)