Michael G. Leu
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View article: Structure and Funding of Clinical Informatics Fellowships: A National Survey of Program Directors
Structure and Funding of Clinical Informatics Fellowships: A National Survey of Program Directors Open
Background In 2011, the American Board of Medical Specialties established clinical informatics (CI) as a subspecialty in medicine, jointly administered by the American Board of Pathology and the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Subse…
View article: Optimizing electronic blood ordering and supporting administration workflows to improve blood utilization in the pediatric hospital setting
Optimizing electronic blood ordering and supporting administration workflows to improve blood utilization in the pediatric hospital setting Open
Background Red blood cell wastage occurs when blood is discarded rather than transfused, and ineffective ordering results in unnecessary crossmatch procedures. We describe how a multimodal approach to redesigning electronic ordering tools …
View article: OR32-02 Thyroid Cancer Polygenic Risk Score Improves Risk Stratification Of Thyroid Nodules When Added To Ultrasound Imaging
OR32-02 Thyroid Cancer Polygenic Risk Score Improves Risk Stratification Of Thyroid Nodules When Added To Ultrasound Imaging Open
Disclosure: N. Pozdeyev: None. M. Dighe: None. M. Barrio: None. C. Raeburn: None. H.A. Smith: None. M. Fisher: None. S. Chavan: None. N. Rafaels: None. J. Shortt: None. M. Leu: None. T. Clark: None. C. Marshall: None. B.R. Haugen: None. D.…
View article: Creation and Evaluation of a Clinical Informatics Match: Initial Findings
Creation and Evaluation of a Clinical Informatics Match: Initial Findings Open
Background Clinical Informatics (CI) fellowship programs utilize the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) to gather applications but until recently used an American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) member-developed, simult…
View article: Thyroid Cancer Polygenic Risk Score Improves Classification of Thyroid Nodules as Benign or Malignant
Thyroid Cancer Polygenic Risk Score Improves Classification of Thyroid Nodules as Benign or Malignant Open
Context Thyroid nodule ultrasound-based risk stratification schemas rely on the presence of high-risk sonographic features. However, some malignant thyroid nodules have benign appearance on thyroid ultrasound. New methods for thyroid nodul…
View article: Thyroid cancer polygenic risk score improves classification of thyroid nodules as benign or malignant.
Thyroid cancer polygenic risk score improves classification of thyroid nodules as benign or malignant. Open
Supplementary Data for the manuscript: Thyroid cancer polygenic risk score improves classification of thyroid nodules as benign or malignant. Nikita Pozdeyev, MD, PhD (ORCiD ID: 0000-0001-8574-1972), Manjiri Dighe, MD, Martin Barrio, MD, M…
View article: Thyroid cancer polygenic risk score improves classification of thyroid nodules as benign or malignant.
Thyroid cancer polygenic risk score improves classification of thyroid nodules as benign or malignant. Open
Supplementary Data for the manuscript: Thyroid cancer polygenic risk score improves classification of thyroid nodules as benign or malignant. Nikita Pozdeyev, MD, PhD (ORCiD ID: 0000-0001-8574-1972), Manjiri Dighe, MD, Martin Barrio, MD, M…
View article: Uses of Electronic Health Record Data to Measure the Clinical Learning Environment of Graduate Medical Education Trainees: A Systematic Review
Uses of Electronic Health Record Data to Measure the Clinical Learning Environment of Graduate Medical Education Trainees: A Systematic Review Open
Purpose This study systematically reviews the uses of electronic health record (EHR) data to measure graduate medical education (GME) trainee competencies. Method In January 2022, the authors conducted a systematic review of original resea…
View article: Thyroid cancer polygenic risk score combined with deep learning analysis of ultrasound images improves the classification of thyroid nodules as benign or malignant
Thyroid cancer polygenic risk score combined with deep learning analysis of ultrasound images improves the classification of thyroid nodules as benign or malignant Open
Evaluating thyroid nodules to rule out malignancy is a very common clinical task. Image-based clinical and machine learning risk stratification schemas rely on the presence of thyroid nodule high-risk sonographic features. However, this ap…
View article: RF11 | PSAT234 Deep learning analysis of thyroid nodule ultrasound images has high sensitivity and negative predictive value to rule-out thyroid cancer
RF11 | PSAT234 Deep learning analysis of thyroid nodule ultrasound images has high sensitivity and negative predictive value to rule-out thyroid cancer Open
Purpose To evaluate deep learning analysis of thyroid nodule ultrasound images as a rule-out test for thyroid malignancy. Methods Supervised deep learning (DL) classifier of thyroid nodules was trained on 32,545 thyroid US images from 621 …
View article: Lessons Learned from Creating Alert Governance during an Electronic Health Record Transition
Lessons Learned from Creating Alert Governance during an Electronic Health Record Transition Open
Background Our multihospital transition to a single electronic health record (EHR) provided an opportunity to transform alert governance. Our case provides insights into the unique challenges and opportunities of creating governance during…
View article: IT Department Demand Governance in Health Care: Reflections on a Case Series
IT Department Demand Governance in Health Care: Reflections on a Case Series Open
Background Little is written on how best to structure IT governance in health care organizations. Governance is challenging because these groups may contain administrators, clinicians, and staff in addition to IT employees; projects may be…
View article: Preventing Home Medication Administration Errors
Preventing Home Medication Administration Errors Open
Medication administration errors that take place in the home are common, especially when liquid preparations are used and complex medication schedules with multiple medications are involved; children with chronic conditions are disproporti…
View article: Web Services and Cloud Computing in Pediatric Care
Web Services and Cloud Computing in Pediatric Care Open
Electronic health record (EHR) systems do not uniformly implement pediatric-supportive functionalities. One method of adding these capabilities across EHR platforms is to integrate Web services and Web applications that may perform decisio…
View article: Impact of a Standardized Clinical Pathway for Suspected and Confirmed Ileocolic Intussusception
Impact of a Standardized Clinical Pathway for Suspected and Confirmed Ileocolic Intussusception Open
Introduction: Clinical pathways for specific diagnoses may improve patient outcomes, decrease resource utilization, and diminish costs. This study examines the impact of a clinical pathway for emergency department (ED) care of suspected an…
View article: A Clinical Informatics Program Directors' Proposal to the American Board of Preventive Medicine
A Clinical Informatics Program Directors' Proposal to the American Board of Preventive Medicine Open
In 2013, the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) and the American Board of Pathology (ABPath) offered the first board certification examination in Clinical Informatics to eligible physicians in the United States. In 2022, the Prac…
View article: Responding to COVID-19: The UW Medicine Information Technology Services Experience
Responding to COVID-19: The UW Medicine Information Technology Services Experience Open
Background UW Medicine was one of the first health systems to encounter and treat COVID-19 patients in the United States, starting in late February 2020. Objective Here we describe the rapid rollout of capabilities by UW Medicine Informati…
View article: Evaluation of Secure Messaging Applications for a Health Care System: A Case Study
Evaluation of Secure Messaging Applications for a Health Care System: A Case Study Open
Objective The use of text messaging in clinical care has become ubiquitous. Due to security and privacy concerns, many hospital systems are evaluating secure text messaging applications. This paper highlights our evaluation process, and of…
View article: Characteristics of the National Applicant Pool for Clinical Informatics Fellowships (2016-2017).
Characteristics of the National Applicant Pool for Clinical Informatics Fellowships (2016-2017). Open
We conducted a national study to assess the numbers and diversity of applicants for 2016 and 2017 clinical informatics fellowship positions. In each year, we collected data on the number of applications that programs received from candidat…