a truly meaningful use of electronic health records freely available to all: automated anticipation...
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A Truly Meaningful Use of Electronic
Health Records Freely Available to All:
Automated Anticipation and Resolution of
Clinical Information Needs at the Point of
Care through Infobuttons
James J. Cimino, MD, FACMI, FACP Laboratory for Informatics Development
NIH Clinical Center and the National Library of Medicine
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Covell et al.Information Needs
Infobutton Timeline
Studying Information Needs
Covell DG, Uman GC, Manning PR. Information needs in office practice: are they being met? Ann Intern Med. 1985 Oct;103(4):596-9.
Knowledge Resources in Clinical Care
Knowledge Resources in Clinical Care
?
Information Needs of EHR Users
• Common tasks may have common needs• System knows:
– Who the user is– Who the patient is– What the user is doing– What information the user is looking at
• So we may be able to predict the specific need• User is sitting at a computer!• So we may be able to automate the answer
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
Covel et al.Information Needs
UMLSProject
First Versionof UMLS
ICD9MeSH
MedlineButton
Infobutton Timeline
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
G.O. BarnettDXplain
Covel et al.Information Needs
UMLSProject
First Versionof UMLS
ICD9MeSH
MedlineButton
Mosaic
Web-basedGeneric Queries
PubMED
Web DXplain
DXplainButton
WebCIS
Infobutton Timeline
Cholesterol
Hypercholesterolemia
Serum Cholesterol Test
Serum Specimen
Serum
From Data to Findings
Abnormalities ofSerum Cholesterol
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
G.O. BarnettDXplain
Covel et al.Information Needs
UMLSProject
First Versionof UMLS
ICD9MeSH
MedlineButton
Mosaic
Infobuttons
Web-basedGeneric Queries
PubMED
Web DXplain
DXplainButton
WebCIS
Infobutton Timeline
Portable Usability LabUser’s Workstation
Microphone
Video Converter
75 foot cable
Converter Controller
Cassette RecorderVCR
Headphones
Video Monitor
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
G.O. BarnettDXplain
Covel et al.Information Needs
UMLSProject
First Versionof UMLS
ICD9MeSH
MedlineButton
Mosaic
Infobuttons
Web-basedGeneric Queries
InfobuttonManager
PubMED
Web DXplain
DXplainButton
WebCIS
Infobutton Timeline
Infobuttons vs. Infobutton Manager
Pageof
Hyperlinks
InfobuttonClinical System Resourc
e
InfobuttonManager
ContextQuery
KnowledgeBase
s
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
G.O. BarnettDXplain
Covel et al.Information Needs
UMLSProject
First Versionof UMLS
ICD9MeSH
MedlineButton
Mosaic
Infobuttons
Web-basedGeneric Queries
InfobuttonManager
InfobuttonManagerStandard
PubMED
Web DXplain
DXplainButton
WebCIS
MicromedexInfobutton
Access
Infobutton Timeline
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
G.O. BarnettDXplain
Covel et al.Information Needs
UMLSProject
First Versionof UMLS
ICD9MeSH
MedlineButton
Mosaic
Infobuttons
Web-basedGeneric Queries
InfobuttonManager
InfobuttonManagerStandard
PubMED
Web DXplain
DXplainButton
WebCIS
MicromedexInfobutton
Access
LibrarianInfobuttonTailoring
Environment(LITE)
Infobutton Timeline
Institution Customization Tasks
i
Clinical Applicationwith Infobutton Link
User (Physician,Nurse, etc.)
Patient (with ageand gender)
Institution
InfobuttonManager
Page of Links
Infobutton ManagerKnowledge Base
Institutional Librarian(or other LITE users)
The Librarian Infobutton Tailoring Environment
(LITE)
1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
G.O. BarnettDXplain
Covel et al.Information Needs
UMLSProject
First Versionof UMLS
ICD9MeSH
MedlineButton
Mosaic
Infobuttons
Web-basedGeneric Queries
InfobuttonManager
InfobuttonManagerStandard
PubMED
Web DXplain
DXplainButton
WebCIS
MicromedexInfobutton
Access
LibrarianInfobuttonTailoring
Environment(LITE)
Infobutton Timeline
MeanginfulUse Stage 2
Conclusions
• Infobuttons improve patient care
• The World Wide Web makes resources available and makes integration feasible, even easy
• The HL7 standard is driving adoption by clinical system vendors and knowledge vendors
• EHRs achieve meaningful use with infobuttons
• OpenInfobutton and LITE allow everyone to play
www.infobuttons.com
www.infobuttons.org
lite.bmi.utah.edu
www.openinfobuttons.org