About Lisa

I have been a Clinical Informationist (aka Medical Librarian) for Emory University since September 2013. Prior to that, I was a Medical Librarian for Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) from March 2007 to August 2013 and served its DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM), Caylor School of Nursing, and allied health programs. From January 2002 - March 2007, I served the Medical Assisting (MA), Occupational Therapy Assistant, Physical Therapy Assistant, Radiologic Technologist, and Nursing programs at South College in Knoxville, Tennessee. I graduated from The University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences with a Master of Science degree in December 2000. Received a Educational Specialist (EdS) degree in Educational Administration and Supervision with a higher education focus in August 2010 from LMU.

Reminder systems in electronic medical records

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Lisa

To view articles on reminder systems, go to the HSCL webpage: http://health.library.emory.edu
Click on PubMed.
Copy this link into your browser and hit enter:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1HMKnKhQm_d5i/collections/50799713/public/
The list of references will appear in PubMed.
By using these instructions, you will be able to click on a reference and see the Find it at Emory button which will lead to full text if available.

Fair and just culture in healthcare

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Lisa

To view articles on fair and just cultures written within the last six years (2010-2016), go to the HSCL webpage: http://health.library.emory.edu/
Click on PubMed.
Copy this link into your browser and hit enter: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1HMKnKhQm_d5i/collections/50813998/public/
The list of references will appear in PubMed.
By using these instructions, you will be able to click on a reference and see the Find it at Emory button which will lead to full text if available.

Effect of orientation on job satisfaction in nurses

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Lisa

To open the collection of 6 articles, go to the HSCL webpage: http://health.library.emory.edu/
Click on PubMed.
Copy this link into your browser and hit enter: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1HMKnKhQm_d5i/collections/50650916/public/
The list of references will appear in PubMed. By using these instructions, you will be able to click on a reference and see the Find it at Emory button which will lead to full text if available.

Search technique: (orientation OR orientations) AND “job satisfaction”[Mesh] AND (nurses OR nurse OR hospital nursing staff)

Articles about double checking items/performing independent checks during medication administration

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Lisa

Double-checking high-risk medications in acute settings: a safer process Double-checking high-risk medications in acute settings: a safer process. Kellett P, Gottwald M. Nurs Manag (Harrow). 2015 Feb;21(9):16-22. doi: 10.7748/nm.21.9.16.e1310. PMID: 25629347. Abstract.

Sustaining and spreading the reduction of adverse drug events in a multicenter collaborative. Tham E, Calmes HM, Poppy A, Eliades AB, Schlafly SM, Namtu KC, Smith DM, Vitaska MC, McConnell C, Potts AL, Jastrzembski J, Logsdon TR, Hall M, Takata GS. Pediatrics. 2011 Aug;128(2):e438-45. PMID: 21727100. Abstract.

Independent double-checks are vital, not perfect. [No authors listed]. Alta RN. 2009 Apr;65(4):22-3. PMID: 19475902. Abstract.

Paediatric nurses’ understanding of the process and procedure of double-checking medications. Dickinson A, McCall E, Twomey B, James N. J Clin Nurs. 2010 Mar;19(5-6):728-35. PMID: 20500316. Abstract.

Enhancing medication use safety: benefits of learning from your peers. Kazandjian VA1, Ogunbo S, Wicker KG, Vaida AJ, Pipesh F. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009 Oct;18(5):331-5. PMID: 19812093. Abstract.

A systems approach to reducing errors in insulin therapy in the inpatient setting. Hellman R. Endocr Pract. 2004 Mar-Apr;10 Suppl 2:100-8. PMID: 15251647. Abstract.

Before you press that button: a look at chemotherapy errors. Bruce SD. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2013 Feb;17(1):31-2. PMID: 23372093. Abstract.

Preventing medication errors in cancer chemotherapy. Cohen MR, Anderson RW, Attilio RM, Green L, Muller RJ, Pruemer JM. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 1996 Apr 1;53(7):737-46. PMID: 8697025. Abstract.

Which medications are considered high risk?

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Lisa

Identifying high-risk medication: a systematic literature review. Saedder EA, Brock B, Nielsen LP, Bonnerup DK, Lisby M. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2014 Jun;70(6):637-45. PMID: 24671697. Abstract.

Implementation of a high-alert medication program. Graham S, Clopp MP, Kostek NE, Crawford B. Perm J. 2008 Spring;12(2):15-22.PMID: 21364807. Abstract.

Frequency and Severity of Adverse Drug Events by Medication Classes: The JADE Study. Sakuma M, Kanemoto Y, Furuse A, Bates DW, Morimoto T. J Patient Saf. 2015 Aug 13. PMID: 26273930. Abstract.

High-risk medication use by nursing home residents before and after hospitalization. Stevenson DG, Dusetzina SB, O’Malley AJ, Mitchell SL, Zarowitz BJ, Chernew ME, Newhouse JP, Huskamp HA. Med Care. 2014 Oct;52(10):884-90. PMID: 25185637. Abstract.

Standardizing i.v. infusion concentrations: National survey results. Phillips MS. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011 Nov 15;68(22):2176-82. PMID: 22058104. Abstract.

Electronic screening of medical records to detect inpatients at risk of drug-related problems. Roten I, Marty S, Beney J. Pharm World Sci. 2010 Feb;32(1):103-7. PMID: 20012362. Abstract.

Warfarin: a higher “high-risk” medication? Zarowitz BJ. Geriatr Nurs. 2007 Jan-Feb;28(1):17-24. PMID: 17292792. No abstract is available.

Recommendations and Low-Technology Safety Solutions Following Neuromuscular Blocking Agent Incidents. Graudins LV, Downey G, Bui T, Dooley MJ. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016 Feb;42(2):86-91. PMID: 26803037. Abstract.

Characteristics of pediatric chemotherapy medication errors in a national error reporting database. Rinke ML, Shore AD, Morlock L, Hicks RW, Miller MR. Cancer. 2007 Jul 1;110(1):186-95. PMID: 17530619. Abstract.

Drugs associated with adverse events in children and adolescents. Lee WJ, Lee TA, Pickard AS, Caskey RN, Schumock GT. Pharmacotherapy. 2014 Sep;34(9):918-26. PMID: 24990656. Abstract.

use of technology in achieving compliance with ventilator care bundles

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Lisa

Thomas R. Talbott, Devin Carr, C. Lee Parmley, Barbara J. Martin, Barbara Gray, Anna Ambrose, Jack Starmer. Sustained reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia rates using real-time course correction with a ventilator bundle compliance dashboard. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2015, Vol. 36(11), pp. 1261-1267.

Haitao Lan, Charat Thongprayoon, Adil Ahmed, Vitaly Herasevich, Priya Sampathkumar, Ognjen Gajic, John C. O’Horo. Automating quality metrics in the era of electronic medical records: digital signatures for ventilator bundle compliance. BioMed Research International, 2015, Vol. 2015, pp. 396508-396508.

Victor Zaydfudim, Lesly A. Dossett, John M. Starmer, Patrick G. Arbogast, Irene D. Feurer, Wayne A. Ray, Addison K. May, C. Wright Pinson. Implementation of a real-time compliance dashboard to help reduce SICU ventilator-associated pneumonia with the ventilator bundle. Archives of Surgery, 2009, Vol. 144(7), pp. 656-662.

P. Mathur, V. Tak, J. Gunjiyal, S. A. Nair, S. Lalwani, S. Kumar, B. Gupta, S. Sinha, A. Gupta, D. Gupta, M. c. Misra. Device-associated infections at a level-1 trauma centre of a developing nation: impact of automated surveillance, training and feedbacks. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2015, Vol. 33(1), pp.51-62.

Search string used in PubMed by HR: (ventilator-associated OR ventilator AND bundle) AND (compliance OR compliant) AND (digital OR computer OR computerized OR technology OR automated OR automatic)