Jeffrey Michael Ferranti

Journal article Quality & safety in health care · October 2010 Featured Publication IntroductionAlthough paediatric patients have an increased risk for adverse drug events, few detection methodologies target this population. To utilise computerised adverse event surveillance, specialised trigger rules are required to accommodate ... Full text Cite

Culture counts--sustainable inpatient computerized surveillance across Duke University Health System.

Journal article Quality management in health care · October 2010 Featured Publication PurposeThe authors report on the managerial and logistical details of deploying a computerized adverse drug event surveillance system that was at first a grant-funded research project and ultimately was changed to a sustained safety-monitoring app ... Full text Cite

Bridging the gap: leveraging business intelligence tools in support of patient safety and financial effectiveness.

Journal article Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · March 2010 Featured Publication Healthcare is increasingly dependent upon information technology (IT), but the accumulation of data has outpaced our capacity to use it to improve operating efficiency, clinical quality, and financial effectiveness. Moreover, hospitals have lagged in adopt ... Full text Cite

Characteristics of ambulatory anticoagulant adverse drug events: a descriptive study.

Journal article Thrombosis journal · February 2010 Featured Publication BackgroundDespite the high frequency with which adverse drug events (ADEs) occur in outpatient settings, detailed information regarding these events remains limited. Anticoagulant drugs are associated with increased safety concerns and are commonl ... Full text Cite

Computerized surveillance of opioid-related adverse drug events in perioperative care: a cross-sectional study.

Journal article Patient Saf Surg · August 11, 2009 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Given the complexity of surgical care, perioperative patients are at high risk of opioid-related adverse drug events. Existing methods of detection, such as trigger tools and manual chart review, are time-intensive which makes sustainability ch ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Sharing adverse drug event data using business intelligence technology.

Journal article Journal of patient safety · March 2009 Featured Publication IntroductionDuke University Health System uses computerized adverse drug event surveillance as an integral part of medication safety at 2 community hospitals and an academic medical center. This information must be swiftly communicated to organiza ... Full text Cite

Reevaluating the safety profile of pediatrics: a comparison of computerized adverse drug event surveillance and voluntary reporting in the pediatric environment.

Journal article Pediatrics · May 2008 Featured Publication ObjectivesChildren are at exceptionally high risk for adverse drug events. At Duke University Hospital, computerized adverse drug event surveillance and voluntary safety reporting systems work synergistically to identify adverse drug events. Here ... Full text Cite

The clinical document architecture and the continuity of care record: a critical analysis.

Journal article J Am Med Inform Assoc · 2006 Featured Publication Health care provides many opportunities in which the sharing of data between independent sites is highly desirable. Several standards are required to produce the functional and semantic interoperability necessary to support the exchange of such data: a com ... Full text Link to item Cite

The changing face of medicine: health care on the Internet.

Journal article Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · January 2001 Featured Publication Full text Cite

From the Johns Hopkins Baby to Baby Miller: what have we learned from four decades of reflection on neonatal cases?

Journal article The Journal of clinical ethics · January 2001 Featured Publication Full text Cite