Selected Journal Articles: Health Informatics Only
Yu FB, Menachemi N, Berner ES, Allison JJ, Weissman N, Houston TK. (2009). Full implementation of computerized physician order entry and medication-related quality outcomes: a study of 3364 hospitals. Am J Med Qual. 24(4):278-86.
Moss J, Berner E, Bothe O, Rymarchuk I. (2008). Intravenous medication administration in intensive care: Opportunities for technological solutions. Proceedings AMIA Fall Symposium, 495-499.
Berner, ES. (2008) Ethical and legal issues in the use of health information technology to improve patient safety. HEC Forum, 20(3), 243-258.
Berner ES, Graber, ML. (2008) Overconfidence as a cause of diagnostic error in medicine. Amer J Med. 121(5A):S2-S23.
Yu F, Houston T, Ray M, Garner, D. and Berner E. (2007) Predictors of Use of Handheld Decision Support Tools in the Clinical Setting. Med Decis Making, 27(6):744-753.
Moss J, Berner ES, Savell K. (2007). A mobile data collection tool for workflow analysis. Medinfo. 2007;12(Pt 1):48-52.
Berner ES, Maisiak RS, Galt KA. (2006). Solutions in the non-peer-reviewed literature for reducing medication errors. Journal of Pharmaceutical Finance, Economics and Policy. 15(3), 7-41.
Ray MN, Houston TK, Yu FB, Menachemi N, Maisiak RS, Allison JJ, Berner, ES. (2006) Development and testing of a scale to assess physician attitudes about handheld computers with decision support. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association ,13(5), 567-572.
Berner, ES, Houston TK, Ray MN, Allison JJ, Heudebert GR, Chatham WW, Kennedy JI, Glandon GL, Norton PA, Crawford MA, and Maisiak RS. (2006) Improving ambulatory prescribing safety with a handheld decision support system: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association , 13, 171-179.
Berner, ES, Moss J. (2005) Informatics challenges for the impending patient information explosion. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 12, 614-617.
Berner, ES, Kasiraman, RK, Yu, F, Ray, MN, Houston, TK. (2005). Data quality in the outpatient setting: impact on clinical decision support systems. Proceedings AMIA Fall Symposium, 41-45.
Berner, ES, Sandhu AS, Goodman, KW. (2005) Consumer health informatics:ethics, evaluation and standards. Acta Bioethica, 11(2), 133-144.
Menachemi, N, Shewchuk, RM, O’Connor, SJ, Berner, ES, Allison, JJ. (2005) Perceptions of medical errors by internal medicine residents: Development and validation of a new scale. Quality Management in Health Care.14(3), 144-154.
Berner, ES, Detmer, DE, Simborg, D. (2005) Will the wave finally break? A brief view of the adoption of electronic medical records in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 12(1)3-7.
Phillips, MT and Berner, ES. (2004). Beating the system—pitfalls of bar code medication administration. J Healthcare Information Management, 18(4), 16-18.
Moore,RA and Berner, ES. (2004) Comparison of health/medical informatics curricula against two sets of professional criteria. J Healthcare Information Management, 18(3), 44-50.
Berner, ES, Savage, GT, Houston, TK, Williams, ES, Crawford, MA and Ray, MN. (2004) Impact of patient feedback on residents’ handheld computer use: a multi-site study. Medinfo 2004, 582-586.
Adams, B, Berner, ES and Wyatt, JR. (2004) Applying strategies to overcome user resistance in a group of clinical managers to a business software application: A case study. J Organizational and End User Computing,16(4) 55-64.. (reprinted as: Chapter IX in M. A. Mahmood, ( (Editor). Advanced Topics in End User Computing, Volume 4. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 2005, 174-185).
Berner, ES. and Adams, B. (2004) Added value of video compared to audio lectures for distance learning. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 73(2), 189-193.
Moore, RA and Berner, ES. (2004) Assessing graduate programs for healthcare information management (HIM/T) executives. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 73(2), 195-203.
McGowan, JJ and Berner, ES. (2004) Proposed curricular objectives to teach physicians competence in using the World Wide Web. Academic Medicine, 79(3), 236-240.
Berner, ES. (2003) Diagnostic Decision support systems: how to determine the gold standard. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 10 (6), 608-610.
Berner, ES, Maisiak, RS, Heudebert, GR and Young, KR, Jr. .(2003) Clinician performance and prominence of diagnoses displayed by a clinical diagnostic decision support system. Proceedings AMIA Fall Symposium, 76-80.
Houston, TK, Ray, MN, Crawford, MA, Giddens, T and Berner, ES. (2003) Patient perceptions of physician use of handheld computers. Proceedings AMIA Fall Symposium, 299-303.
Berner, ES, Baker, CS, Funkhouser, E, Heudebert, GR, Allison, JJ, Fargason, CA, Li, Q, Person, SD and Kiefe, CI. (2003). Do local opinion leaders augment hospital quality improvement efforts? a randomized trial to promote adherence to unstable angina, Guidelines. Medical Care, 41, 420-431.
Berner, ES. (2002). Ethical and legal issues in the use of clinical decision support systems. J. Healthcare Information Management, 16 (4), 34-37.
Berner, ES, McGowan JJ, Hardin JM, Spooner AS, Raszka WV, Berkow RL.(2002). A model for assessing information retrieval and application skills of medical students. Academic Medicine, 77, 547-551.
Maisiak, R.S. and Berner, E.S. (2000) Comparison of measures to assess change in diagnostic performance due to a decision support system. Proceedings AMIA Fall Symposium, 532-536.
Berner, E.S., Maisiak, R.S., Cobbs, C.G., and Taunton, O.D. (1999). Effects of a decision support system on physician diagnostic performance, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 6, 420-427.
Berner, E.S. and Maisiak, R.S. (1999). Influence of case and physician characteristics on perceptions of decision support systems. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 6, 428-434.
Berner, E.S. Differential diagnosis. (1999). In Middleton, B., editor, Clinical Decision Support Systems, Journal of Healthcare Information Management, 13(2), 33-42.
Berner, E. S., Partridge, E. E. and Baum, S. (1997).The effects of the PDQ patient information file (PIF) on patients’ knowledge, enrollment in clinical trials and satisfaction. Journal of Cancer Education, 12(2), 121-5.
Berner, E. S., Jackson, J. R. and Algina, J. (1996). Relationships among performance scores of four diagnostic decision support systems. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 3, 208-215.
Berner, E. S. and Boulware, D. W. (1996). Medical informatics for medical students: Not just because it's there. Medical Education Online, 1,3. http://www.med-ed-online.org/f0000001.htm#f0000001 (Complete Online Article).
Berner, E. S. (1996). Computer-assisted diagnosis--consensus and controversies. Journal of the Irish Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, 25(1), 43-46.
Berner, E. S., Webster, G. D. and Shugerman, A. A., et al. (1994). Performance of four computer-based diagnostic systems. New England Journal of Medicine, 330(25), 1792-1796.
Berner, E. S. (1993). The problem with software reviews of decision support systems. M.D. Computing, 10(1), 8-12.
Berner, E. S. and Shugerman, A. A. (1991). "Needs Assessment for Diagnostic Decision Support Systems (DDSS)", in Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium of Computer Applications in Medical Care. Washington, DC: McGraw Hill, Inc., 605-608.
Boker, J. R. and Berner, E. S. (1990). Summary Report of testing the NBME computer-based examination at the University of Alabama. In S. G. Clyman and N. A. Orr, "Status Report on the NBME's computer-based testing." Academic Medicine, 65, 235-241.
Berner, E. S., Brooks, C. M., Miller, R. A., Masarie, F. E., Jr. and Jackson, J. R. (1989). Evaluation issues in the development of expert systems in medicine. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 12(3), 270-281.
Berner, E. S. and Brooks, C. M. (1988). "Needs assessment for computer-based medical decision support systems," in Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Symposium of Computer Applications in Medical Care. Washington, DC: Computer Society of the IEEE, 232-236.
Selected Books/Book Chapters/Monographs : Health Informatics Only
Berner, ES.( June 2009) Clinical Decision Support Systems: State of the Art. AHRQ Publication No.09-0069-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Smaltz DH and Berner ES. (2007)The Executive’s Guide to Electronic Health Records. Chicago IL: Health Administration Press.
Berner, E.S. ( 2007). Editor, Clinical Decision Support Systems: Theory and Practice (2nd edition), New York: Springer-NY, Inc.
Berner, E.S. and La Lande T.J. (2007).Overview of CDSS. in Berner, E.S., (ed), in Clinical Decision Support Systems: Theory and Practice (2nd edition), New York: Springer-Verlag,.
Berner, E.S. and La Lande,T. ( 2004). Chapter 36: Clinical Decision Support Systems: Impacting the Future of Clinical Decision Making. In Ball, M.J., Weaver, C. Kiel, J. (eds). Healthcare Information Management Systems, Third Edition. New York: Springer-Verlag, 463-477.
McGowan, J.J. and Berner, E.S. (2002) Chapter 17: Computers in Medical Education. In Norman G. R., Van der Vleuten, C.P.M. and Newble, D.I.(eds.) International Handbook of Research in Medical Education. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 537-79.
Berner, E.S. ( 1999). Editor, Clinical Decision Support Systems: Theory and Practice, New York: Springer-Verlag.
Berner, E.S. (1999). Testing system accuracy. in Berner, E.S., (ed), in Clinical Decision Support Systems: Theory and Practice, New York: Springer-Verlag, 62-74.
Selected Published Abstracts: Health Informatics Only
Saini D, Orthner H, Berner E, Mirza M, Godwin CJ, Brown TB. Expert Verification of the Knowledge Base of FEED A Feedback Expert System for EMS Documentation. (2008). Proceedings AMIA Fall Symposium, 1120.
Yu F, Houston T, Ray M, and Berner E. (2005) Predictors of Use of Handheld Decision Support Tools in the Clinical Setting. Med Decis Making.;25(1):E40.
Moore RA and Berner ES. Comparison of Health/Medical Informatics Curricula Against Multiple Sets of Criteria. (2003) Proceedings AMIA Fall Symposium,) 942.
Heudebert GR, Berner ES, Baker S, Funkhouser E, Fargason CA, Weissman NW, Kiefe CI. (2001) Improving Adherence to Guidelines: Impact of an Opinion Leader Quality Improvement Intervention. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 16, Supp 1).
Berner, E.S., Miller, M.D., Maisiak, R.S., and Randolph, V. (2000) The Impact of a Decision Support System on Physician Work-up Strategies. Proceedings AMIA Fall Symposium, 968.
Berner E.S. and Maisiak, R.S. (1999) User Interaction and Decision Support System Performance. Proceedings, AMIA Fall Symposium, 1027.
Berner, E. S., Dev, P., Smith, N.B., and Harding, S.M. (1998) Strategy for Efficient Construction of Multimedia Case Simulations. Proceedings, AMIA Fall Symposium, 974.
Berner, E. S., and Maisiak, R. S. (1997). Physician use of Interactive Functions in Diagnostic Decision Support Systems. Proceedings, AMIA Fall Symposium, 842.
Berner, E. S., Partridge, E. E. and Baum, S. (1996). The Effects of the PDQ Patient Information File (PIF) on Patients’ Knowledge, Enrollment in Clinical Trials and Satisfaction. Journal of Cancer Education (Supp), 11(3):12.
Berner, E. S., Kennedy, J. I., Blackwell, G. and Box, J. B. (1995). Use of Computer-Generated ECG Reports by Residents and Faculty. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium of Computer Applications in Medical Care. Philadelphia, PA: Hanley & Belfus, Inc., 953.
Berner, E. S. (1989). Issues in Research on Computer-Based Instruction in Medical Education. Research in Medical Education, 28, 233.
Selected Letters to the Editor/Editorials/Other
Berner ES, Graber, ML. (2008) On Overconfidence and Diagnostic Error--Reply. Amer J Med., 121(11):E19. (Response to letter to the editor).
Graber ML, Berner, ES.(2008) Diagnostic Error: Is Overconfidence the Problem? Guest Editors of Special Supplement, Am J Med, 121(5A).
Berner ES. (.2008) Implementation Challenges for Clinical and Research Information Systems: Recommendations from the 2007 Winter Symposium of the American College of Medical Informatics (Introduction to special section) Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 15(3), 281-82.
Berner ES, Miller RA, Graber ML.(2007) Missed and delayed diagnoses in the ambulatory setting. Annals of Internal Medicine, 146(6), 470. (Letter to the Editor)
Yu FB, Allison JJ, Berner ES, Houston TK. CPOE in the United States. Health Affairs, 2006/ 25(2):567. (Letter to the Editor).
Berner, ES. Clinical Case. Confusion over Cholesterol Testing, Commentary 2. Virtual Mentor (Online Ethics Journal of the American Medical Association), December 2004.;6(12). http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/14279.html Accessed December 3, 2004.
Houston, T.K. and Berner, E.S. (2003) What is medical informatics? Advanced Studies in Medicine, 3(1):53-54.
Juul, D. and Berner, E.S. (2002) Memoriam—Christine McGuire. 1918—2001. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 14(3), 202-203.
Berner, E.S. Review of “Demanding Medical Excellence:Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age, by Michael L. Millenson.” In Healthcare Informatics, July, 2002.
Berner, E.S. (1998) Monitoring and regulating clinical software. Annals of Internal Medicine, 128(12), 1049-1050.
Berner, E.S. (1998) Moving medical education from the ice box to the refrigerator. Academic Medicine, 73(1), 1.
Berner, E. S. (1997) When to teach Bayesian reasoning. Medical Decision Making, 17(2), 233.
Berner, E. S., Webster, G. D. and Shugerman, A. A. (1994). Computer-based diagnostic systems. (Response to letters to the editor.) New England Journal of Medicine, 331(15), 1023-1024.