2011
Pretraining and Posttraining Assessment of Residents' Performance in the Fourth Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Competency: Patient Communication Skills
Chandawarkar RY, Ruscher KA, Krajewski A, Garg M, Pfeiffer C, Singh R, Longo WE, Kozol RA, Lesnikoski B, Nadkarni P. Pretraining and Posttraining Assessment of Residents' Performance in the Fourth Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Competency: Patient Communication Skills. JAMA Surgery 2011, 146: 916-921. PMID: 21844435, DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient communication skillsStandardized patient instructorsCancer scoreRating Scale scoresBreast cancer scoreMaster Interview Rating ScalePatient instructorsResidents' communication skillsInstitutional review boardGeneral surgery residentsMimic patientsRectal cancerProspective studyScale scoreSurgical residents' abilityPatient communicationMedian scoreCommunication skillsReview boardBaseline surveyRating ScaleGeneral communication skillsSurgery residentsGraduate Medical Education competenciesRank test
2004
QIS: A Framework for Biomedical Database Federation
Marenco L, Wang TY, Shepherd G, Miller PL, Nadkarni P. QIS: A Framework for Biomedical Database Federation. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2004, 11: 523-534. PMID: 15298995, PMCID: PMC524633, DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNetwork-based serversHeterogeneous data sourcesRobust data integrationIntegration serverOntology serverDatabase federationsSource serverNeuroscience databasesData integrationMediator frameworkServerData elementsQueriesData sourcesMetadataPrototype stageStandard technologyIntegrator systemGenomic databasesFrameworkDatabaseOntologyArchitectureSchemaTechnological expertiseManaging Complex Change in Clinical Study Metadata
Brandt CA, Gadagkar R, Rodriguez C, Nadkarni PM. Managing Complex Change in Clinical Study Metadata. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2004, 11: 380-391. PMID: 15187070, PMCID: PMC516245, DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetadata managementClinical study data management systemsHigh-level specificationData management systemProduction rule systemMiddleware enginesUse casesMetadata modificationCentralized informationStudy metadataManagement systemMetadataInformationSubschemaSystemSoftwareSpecificationEngineCapabilitySpecific typesManagement
2003
The Cancer Genetics Network: Recruitment Results and Pilot Studies
Anton-Culver H, Ziogas A, Bowen D, Finkelstein D, Griffin C, Hanson J, Isaacs C, Kasten-Sportes C, Mineau G, Nadkarni P, Rimer B, Schildkraut J, Strong L, Weber B, Winn D, Hiatt R, Nayfield S. The Cancer Genetics Network: Recruitment Results and Pilot Studies. Public Health Genomics 2003, 6: 171-177. PMID: 15237201, DOI: 10.1159/000078165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer Genetics NetworkFirst-degree relativesNational Cancer InstitutePublic health issuePotential study participantsFamily membersDifferent study designsCancer patientsCancer InstituteStudy participantsGenetic susceptibilityEstablishment of guidelinesStandard questionnaireStudy designPilot studyHealth issuesCancer susceptibilityTranslational researchPatientsResearch protocolCancer Genetics StudyFamily studiesMedical practiceRecruitment resultsMultiple ethnicities
2001
Integration of Multidisciplinary Sensory Data
Miller P, Nadkarni P, Singer M, Marenco L, Hines M, Shepherd G. Integration of Multidisciplinary Sensory Data. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2001, 8: 34-48. PMID: 11141511, PMCID: PMC134590, DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2001.0080034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuroinformatics researchFlexible data modelDiverse heterogeneous dataHuman Brain ProjectNew informatics technologiesHeterogeneous dataData modelSensory dataRelated toolsInformatics technologiesBrain ProjectBuilding databaseSingle unifying frameworkUnifying frameworkProject approachIntegrationComputer model
2000
Exploring Performance Issues for a Clinical Database Organized Using an Entity-Attribute-Value Representation
Chen R, Nadkarni P, Marenco L, Levin F, Erdos J, Miller P. Exploring Performance Issues for a Clinical Database Organized Using an Entity-Attribute-Value Representation. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2000, 7: 475-487. PMID: 10984467, PMCID: PMC79043, DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDatabase Management SystemsDatabases as TopicDatabases, FactualInformation Storage and RetrievalMicrobiologyPilot ProjectsConceptsEAV/CRDatabase schemaSQL statementsDatabase modelDatabase sizeSystem memoryQuery execution timeHeterogeneous biomedical dataSimple SQL statementsQuery efficiencyQuery performancePowerful hardwareQuery strategyEntity attributesDatabase queriesDatabase representationBiomedical dataExecution timeQueriesMore memoryPerformance issuesSchemaValue representationRepresentationCR model
1998
Database tools for integrating and searching membrane property data correlated with neuronal morphology
Mirsky J, Nadkarni P, Healy M, Miller P, Shepherd G. Database tools for integrating and searching membrane property data correlated with neuronal morphology. Journal Of Neuroscience Methods 1998, 82: 105-121. PMID: 10223520, DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0270(98)00049-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDatabase toolsWeb resourcesSearch toolsCritical problemUsersSequence databasesSimple canonical modelFunctional operationDatabaseToolSearchDifferent neuronsInternetAnnotationEquivalent compartmentsModelersDataProperty dataCanonical modelDifferent typesInformationState of acceptanceResourcesVehiclesProperty spaceAutomatic query mapping among genomic databases: a pilot exploration.
Cheung KH, Nadkarni P, Miller P, Shin DG. Automatic query mapping among genomic databases: a pilot exploration. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 1998, 942-6. PMID: 9929357, PMCID: PMC2232293.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
ModelDB: An Environment for Running and Storing Computational Models and Their Results Applied to Neuroscience
Peterson B, Healy M, Nadkarni P, Miller P, Shepherd G. ModelDB: An Environment for Running and Storing Computational Models and Their Results Applied to Neuroscience. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 1996, 3: 389-398. PMID: 8930855, PMCID: PMC116323, DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1996.97084512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorld Wide Web interfaceCluster of databasesHuman Brain ProjectWeb interfaceComputational modelIndividual databasesSmall databaseDatabase developmentBrain ProjectComplex informationRelated databasesFormal mannerVast quantitiesSystem functionDiverse sourcesDatabaseInformationWebProjectResearch groupsInitial approachPilot projectIssuesGeneral issuesTechnology