2021
Andrew Chu – STAT Life Saver App
Category: Resident
By April 2020, Massachusetts had become a hotspot for COVID-19, with the 3rd highest number of cases in the nation despite being only the 15th most populous state. To accommodate, MGH had to transform many existing clinical spaces into COVID only floors
and ICUs, re-deploying physicians, interns, junior residents from other specialties, including primary care, pediatrics, and radiology to help staff them. These re-deployed physicians were less experienced managing acute, life threatening emergencies
like respiratory failure, strokes, heart attacks, blood clots, and cardiac arrests, complications of COVID infections.
To address this problem, my team and I created the STAT Life Saver App, which helps physicians treat acute life-threatening illnesses more efficiently and more effectively at the bedside, regardless of specialty or years of training. Physician users get
immediate access to life saving algorithms and workflow guides, built-in logs and timers for advanced cardiac life support, and the ability to call emergency response teams directly through the app.
The STAT app was so successful, that it inspired a 2nd app, Emergency Medicine Protocols and a 3rd app called MGH ACLS, to help doctors around the world provide the highest quality advanced cardiac life support at the bedside. In less than 6 months, all
3 apps have hundreds of users in over 50 countries.
Marcella Jewell – Pediatric Inpatient Management Dashboard
Category: Student
Pediatric behavioral health boarding is a nation-wide crisis. There are very few pediatric inpatient psych beds available contributing to dangerous levels of boarding at our hospital. Staff ends up spending hours of unreimbursed time managing safety risks,
understanding barriers to placement, and negotiating with third parties to get these patients the care they need.
Our solution is a dashboard that tracks the entire census of our medically cleared pediatric behavioral health population from admit to discharge. We’ve engineered it to track:
- quality and safety metrics,
- demographics,
- time analysis, and;
- the involvement of third parties like the Department of Children and Families (DCF) or Department of Mental Health (DMH)
This dashboard centralizes all the information to expedite bed placement, decrease boarding, ration staff, and quick intervention when a patient demonstrates a safety risk to themselves or others
We launched Version 1 in August. It was inspired by nearly four years of work under the mentorship of Dr. Joeli Hettler, our chief of Pedi Emergency Medicine. Going forward we plan to expand our inclusion criteria to include adult behavioral health patients
and use the data to predict patient boarding issues.
2020
Dan Chonde – RadTranslate
Category: Resident
COVID-19 has disproportionally affected Hispanic/Latinx populations, including those with limited English proficiency. During that first wave in Massachusetts, increased demand and shortages of interpreter services were prolonging image acquisition, reducing
image quality, and limiting triage of suspected COVID patient with limited English proficiency at our ambulatory triage clinics.
To enhance multilingual care, we created a freely available web application (RadTranslate™) that provides multilingual radiology exam instructions. The device-agnostic web application leverages artificial-intelligence speech-to-text to provide standardized,
human-like spoken exam instructions in the patient’s preferred language. The tool was successfully piloted at into our ambulatory clinic in Chelsea, Mass.
In the 63-day test period following launch, there were 1267 app uses across the United states, with all non-Spanish speaking technologists at our pilot clinic voluntarily switching exclusively to RadTranslate for Spanish-speaking patients. 100% of responding
technologists agreed that RadTranslate was user friendly, reduced care delays, increased efficiency, and made their job easier.
Feyisayo Eweje – Critical Healthcare Information Integration Network
Category: Student
In rural and underdeveloped areas of Africa, community health workers play a crucial role as the first point of entry to the health system for millions of Africans. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of ensuring that these frontline
workers are adequately trained and equipped with accurate medical reference information to guide their interactions with patients in the community. But while access to medical references among health workers has been shown to improve outcomes, on-demand
access to medical references for CHWs is limited due to poor internet usage penetration on the continent.
The Critical Healthcare Information Integration Network (CHIIN) is a free SMS messaging system providing validated medical information on the causes, presentation, management, and associated complications of context-relevant diseases to community health
workers practicing in rural settings. Our team synthesizes materials from well-respected online medical reference sources (e.g. Mayo Clinic disease guides, CDC and WHO) into digestible text messages to be sent to offline community health workers.
Users register and interact with a SMS chatbot powered by Twilio, a cloud communications platform that enables developers to make and receive text messages. We internally parse the disease information into four categories and store it via Cloud Firestore,
a cloud-hosted NoSQL database with which the chatbot interacts.
Our team is conducting a pilot of CHIIN with an NGO based in northern Nigeria in 2020.
2019
Marc Succi – MESH Incubator
Category: Resident
The Medically Engineered Solutions in Healthcare (MESH™) Incubator was created as an academic radiology training program. MESH is a novel innovation center initially composed of:
- a physical invention workshop integrated in the clinical reading room and;
- an innovator lecture series to foster industry alliances.
We conducted a Likert survey of current radiology residents, with key metrics revealed that most were:
- very uncomfortable with any sort of coding/programming,
- 100% had little or no idea how to develop and idea from bedside to prototype,
- 95% had little or no understanding of 3-D printing and its clinical use in medicine, and;
- 50% planned to be involved in a startup in the future.
Notably, 75% agreed or strongly agreed that core competency in technological innovation in informatics should be part of the residency curriculum.
Based on this feedback, we designed a novel resident rotation in technological innovation, artificial intelligence, and informatics: the MESH Core. In 2019, MESH has produced numerous device inventions, patents, and has over 20 alumni and >20 active projects
at any one time.
Archana Podury – Home Team
Category: Student
Stroke is a high-burden disease that leads to disability and social isolation. In 2016, stroke was the third most common cause of disability with an estimated 795,000 Americans suffering from a stroke each year with up to 2/3 of these stroke patients
experience social isolation. Post-stroke care also presents significant economic burden: 21% of stroke patients are readmitted within 30 days prequiring approximately $4,850 per patient month in care.
The limited efficacy of post-stroke care becomes clearer as we recognize that social determinants of health such as social isolation and health behaviors. This despite significant evidence that network-level interventions are far more effective at driving
behavioral change over treatments that individually target the patient.
Our solution comprises a smartphone application called Home Team, a private, centralized, multi-functional platform that uses advanced network science to grow the personal networks of stroke survivors, coordinate caregiver tasks within network sub-groups,
and improve group health behaviors. The app’s core functionalities include:
- a personalized map of the patient’s caregiver network,
- group chat,
- shared calendar, and;
- task coordination system that “learns” from the patient’s network structure to optimize health coaching.
Early beta findings show improved health habits and network growth around the patient. Social network interventions hold immense potential to modify and sustain health habits, improve physical function, and lower readmission-associated medical costs,
benefitting patients, providers, and payers alike.
2018
Category: Resident
The mobile application leverages augmented reality technology to overlay digital radiographic information directly onto real patients. The system works with 2D radiographs and 3D images in an interactive, shareable environment
which can be used for educational purposes as well as clinically to assist in surgical decision making, incision planning and pathfinding for percutaneous instrumentation. Use of the application results in shorter operating room times, less use of
intraoperative imaging, smaller incisions, and improved understanding of 3D anatomy. Because it has leverages existing mobile phone technology is has no additional hardware or cost and can be used in resource limited settings. The app has the potential
to revolutionize nearly all surgical fields and will benefit students and residents by helping them understand 3D anatomy underlying surgical procedures.
Category: Student
To effectively learn anatomy, medical students must develop an understanding of the spatial relationships between structures of the human body. While atlases can provide an introduction, it is difficult to infer three-dimensional
relationships from a two-dimensional image. Because of this, cadaveric models have proven to be an essential tool in teaching gross anatomy (Biasutto et al, 2006). While extremely useful, cadaveric dissection is costly, may pose health risks and is
ethically complex (Hasan, 2011). Recent advances in imaging and 3D printing technology have made it possible to effectively model anatomical relationships without the use of cadavers. Here we demonstrate that it is possible to use computer-aided-design
software and a Makerbot 2x Replicator 3D printer to inexpensively create a model of the female perineum and pelvic organs. We plan on making the 3D print files openly accessible for educational purposes and continue to add to our library of 3D printed
structures.
2017
Category: Resident
With the wide availability of rapid and accurate diagnostic tests, the art of physical examination has unfortunately fallen by the wayside in many parts of the developed world. In this era of fast patient turnover, shorter
hospital stays and earlier diagnosis and treatment, students spend less time by the bedside and are less exposed to the stark physical findings of untreated disease. There are multiple Apps relating to medical education but there is no App which provides
a database of physical examination techniques. We have designed the NeuroCog App (for iOS on smartphone and tablet) to teach physical examination skills on-the-fly. This App allows learners to quickly revise examination techniques and clinical findings
via 30-second high quality videos with voiceovers of physical examination maneuvers being performed correctly. This is ideal for revising on ward rounds, in the Emergency Department or when admitting patients. With the evolving landscape of medical
education and being mindful of limited resources, including faculty teaching time, we need to think about the future of medical education. It is time to ask ourselves which components of medical education can be adapted for and enhanced by technology.
We believe that this App is proof-of-concept that it is possible to successfully teach physical examination skills using technology.
Category: Student
Opioid use disorder is a serious public health issue, and more than 100 people die each day in the US due to drug overdose. Buprenorphine/naloxone (B/N) is an effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) which can prevent opioid overdose, decrease
craving, and reduce relapse, but there are significant challenges associated with delivery of B/N. In particular, many patients do not take their medication daily as prescribed; this nonadherence worsens treatment outcomes, increases healthcare costs,
and leads to persistent worries about diversion by providers and policymakers. MySafeRx is a multi-component technological platform designed to address these challenges, integrating text messaging reminders, secure electronic pill organizers, daily
remote brief motivational recovery support visits, and a standardized protocol for supervised self-administration of B/N. Each day, patients use the smartphone app to videoconference with one a MySafeRx mobile recovery coach (MRC) trained in motivational
interviewing. After a brief check-in, symptom assessment, and coaching session, the MRC uses the app to transmit a code, allowing the patient to access a dose of medication from the secure pill dispenser. The coach observes medication ingestion and
dissolution in the mouth, then fills out a daily report (covering adherence, substance use, safety, and mental health) which is visible to the patient’s treatment team through the online web portal. The daily intervention is conducted remotely in
the patient’s own home, at their convenience. MySafeRx has demonstrated preliminary feasibility, usability, and acceptability, and a larger randomized trial (n=70) comparing MySafeRx to standard care is underway in southwest Vermont. The platform
has the potential to improve adherence, reduce diversion, expand access to treatment in rural areas and among marginalized, high-risk groups, and serve as a nationwide adjunctive adherence support system for B/N treatment providers caring for vulnerable
OUD patients.
2016
Category: Resident
Summary: Automated SMS/Email Based Check-ins to Educate and Monitor Patients is an automated patient support and monitoring tool that delivers precisely timed text-message and/or email-based reminders to patients for a variety of indications
(e.g. procedure prep, discharge). The patient instructions are either video based or written in a clear, succinct, manner. Moreover, the program delivers check-in questions related to patient progress and flags those at-risk of non-compliance for
appropriate outreach. The program, and its content, is fully customizable to reflect any practice/institution, which enables patients to experience the program as a seamless extension of their providers care. The software removes significant technical
barriers, as it does not require an app download or EHR integration.
Category: Student
Augmented reality (AR) combines real-world environments with computer-generated sounds, text, and graphics. Current applications focus on consumer products and video games, however, such navigation systems have potential for use in medical education. The game developer software Unity 3D engine (San Francisco, CA) was utilized to program 3D anatomic models into a “game environment’ which was then projected into augmented reality using Vuforia software development. Both computer-generated anatomic models and real patient anatomy derived from CT and MRI imaging can be displayed in this manner. Imaging in DICOM format was converted into 3D models using the software 3D slicer. Final data was uploaded onto a smartphone fitted into a Google Cardboard viewer; the user enters an AR environment and has the ability to zoom, rotate, and clip through layers of projected anatomic models. As this program is based on the optical inputs of a smartphone, the model is easily accessible and highly mobile. The application was field-tested in fifteen BU medical students, who completed a follow-up survey.
2015
Category: Resident
Summary: The Mindful Moods project aimed to go beyond the feasibility of collecting patient self report data in real time on a smartphone platform and instead investigate the clinical validity of that data. At this point in time, it is
clear that technology can do many things in a scalable and low cost manner, but the real question for healthcare is can technology do such things in a manner that is valid, safe, and effective. The smartphone app created for this study assessed nine
questions related to major depressive disorder on a daily basis and was piloted in 13 clinical subjects who used the app for one month, creating just over 3,500 data points. Results suggested that patients report symptoms of depression differently
to a smartphone and that data collected from mobile platforms holds potential but requires further clinical validation before being deployed on a larger scale. The results have been published and are freely available to read at
http://mental.jmir.org/2015/1/e8. Of note, the app was available on the iTunes and Android app stores during the study period and created with a budget of less
than $1,000. It highlights the ease of creation and potential clinic use of real time data for major depressive disorder but also underscores the important role that clinicians must play in the development of technology for healthcare.
Category: Student
Summary: The best medical care is experience-driven, but no doctor has experience treating every disease. To bridge potential gaps in knowledge, Parallel Patients supplements a physician’s toolkit by identifying patients similar to their
own in the electronic health record system. Using an anonymized EHR database from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with records from over 40,000 patients, we built a platform for clinicians to quickly find the top ten most similar ICU records
for any given patient admission, allowing new doctors in particular to view the management of prior cases, learn from the perspectives of other clinicians, and ultimately improve their medical outcomes. We are currently developing a grading website
(
https://parallel-patients-gavinovsak.c9.io) for our partnered physicians to evaluate search results from our platform, and with their feedback,
we hope that our technology can empower doctors and add value to the future of medical care.
2014
Category: Resident
2-Minute Medicine (Web publication site) (Marc Succi – Mass General Hospital - Radiology)
Clinicians spend a significant portion of time exploring segmented content platforms for new medical research. 2 Minute Medicine was created to produce original, centralized, medical reports of current research.
The applicant’s web publication produced ~110 reports/month in 2014, serving 120,000+ monthly views in 120+ countries. In the past year, readership grew 214% (Q2 2014/Q2 2013). The bounce rate in Q2 2014 was 30%, a decrease of 3% from Q2 2013, indicating
industry-leading reader engagement. A pool of 250 readers were randomly selected from our registered user list (users registered for at least one week). 42% responded. Prior to using the site, readers reported consuming a mean of 2.92 studies per
week. After using the site for at least one week, readers reported consuming a mean of 6.99 studies weekly (p
<.0001). 31% of visitors engaged the site daily, 22% every other day, and 29% once per week. 97% of readers agreed or strongly agreed that they were more up to date with medical>
In conclusion, centralized, numerically-rated and concise medical reports from www.2minutemedicine.com is a useful medical education tool.
Category: Student
RapiDose: A medication-dosing app (Ben Arevalo, Brad Segal – Harvard Medical School)
Over six weeks, six Guatemalan medical interns (‘externos’) were given a smartphone containing an application (“app”) to reduce medication-dosing errors in a step-wedge study design. Dosing was monitored in real time to ensure the app suggested
safe doses. Pharmacy records were analyzed, externos were timed during brief clinical encounters, patients were asked quality improvement survey questions, and externos answered quantitative and qualitative questions about their user experience.
After introducing the app, the entire patient encounter was completed 27% faster (n=275, p
<0.000001). without the app, medications were dosed incorrectly 34% (n="142)" of the time. there was a net 43%>
<0.0001) improvement in dosing accuracy when medications were dosed using the app, raising total dosing accuracy to 94% (n="216)." all of the clinicians testing the app reported that the app was ‘easy’ or ‘very easy’ to use.
Overall, the app was demonstrated to be safe and efficient. Making this app available to junior physicians can improve patient safety by greatly enhancing dosing accuracy and permitting more clinical time to be devoted to non-dosing
activities—adding value to patients and providers alike.
2013
Category: Resident
Summary: Twiage is a secure mobile app-to-web platform that allows medics to send real-time data in the field to doctors in the ED. The communication between EMS and ED is currently carried about by a one-time radio communication. This
often leaves ED physicians in a black box until the patient arrives and delays mobilization of resources, which can have devastating consequences in an acute MI, stroke, or major trauma. By sending real-time information available on a web dashboard
in the ED, Twiage saves time, improves provider communication, allows the early mobilization of resources, and improves EMS and ED workflow to help deliver better patient care.
Category: Student
Summary: Morbidity and mortality are still significant problems in general anesthesia (GA) and are addressed frequently both clinically and in the popular media. In very young patients evidence suggests that neurotoxicity causes adverse
neuro-cognitive effects and also poses a major health concern following GA. However there is limited understanding of the fundamental brain mechanisms underlying anesthetic drugs. While it is known that general anesthetics primarily target the central
nervous system (CNS), standards of clinical care for brain monitoring have yet to be established. This highlights an urgent need for improved understanding of brain physiology under GA, especially in the vulnerable pediatric population. Studies have
shown the potential for electroencephalography (EEG)-based brain monitors to reduce over-exposure to anesthetics. Unfortunately though, for unknown reasons these existing index-based clinical EEG monitors (which provide a single proprietary number
indicating depth of patient unconsciousness) do not work in children.
We found a constant spectral anesthetic signature that emerged from these signals, regardless of age. This forms the basis of a novel technology for brain monitoring that could be applied to pediatric populations to replace current inaccurate
methods. Continued analysis on >70 additional patients is currently underway, and similar results will contribute to the enormous impact that this new technology and appropriate monitoring paradigm will have on daily clinical practice with similar
ease of use and far more cost effectiveness due to decreased patient morbidity and mortality resulting from neurotoxicity.
2012
Category: Resident
Summary: The proliferation of electronic medical record systems (EMRs) has led to new challenges in the practice of clinical medicine. Physicians are now responsible for aggregating information from hundreds – sometimes thousands – of
clinical records which are still organized in traditional, ineffective silos (notes, imaging, labs, etc.). In many cases, this leads to suboptimal care delivery; records are often incompletely reviewed (AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2003:269-73), information
frequently remains buried (Am J Med. 2009 Jun;122(6):495-6), and studies are repeated unnecessarily (Genet Med. 2008 Feb;10(2):114-6). We have built an automated chart biopsy interface that processes and presents a patient’s entire record at the time
of admission using validated natural language processing (NLP) searches. This information is automatically curated, organized, and displayed in a custom, optimized interface designed to mimic clinical workflow. This novel EMR interface will save time,
improve quality of care, reduce errors due to missed data, and prevent re-ordering of redundant tests.
Category: Student
Summary: In resource-poor countries, there is a lack of specialists in various areas including hematology-oncology, surgery, rheumatology, and infectious diseases. Rwanda has 1 oncologist for a country of 11 million people. In order to
find a cost-effective solution to connect generalists in Rwanda to specialists in Boston, an online community was created where online consults can be submitted and discussed. There is a standardized consult template that physicians can use to submit
consults, and there is also a function where photos can be uploaded. This function has been used to upload photos documenting rashes, pathology smears, as well as radiology. This community is composed of over 200 Boston-based specialists in various
areas including hematology-oncology, rheumatology, general surgery, infectious diseases, dermatology, plastic surgery, and orthopedics, among other specialties. This community has been used to collaborate on over 200 complex cases. The community has
over 300 discussions, 295 members, and 15 countries represented. After implementing a triaging system performed by the Clinical Exchange Coordinator, the time between the consult request and specialist response has decreased. The percentage of cases
with responses has also increased. The Clinical Exchange Community is a cost-effective way to help facilitate collaboration among generalists in resource-poor nations and specialists to enhance patient care in resource-limited settings
2011
Category: Resident
Summary: The Testing Effect and Spaced Repetition are recognized by current research in medical education as vital to efficient and effective learning, yet modern education has few tools to enable students to benefit from these
proven methodologies. Succinctly put, periodic testing is superior to periodic study because it involves more effortful and active retrieval. Furthermore, there is an ideal interval before further review to prevent time lost due to overly frequent
review or knowledge lost due to too infrequent review. Before computers, flashcards allowed self-testing of discrete knowledge, but it remained difficult and cumbersome to effectively implement a learning strategy using spaced repetition. Modern
computer programs have helped, but there is not an adequate software solution currently available for students wishing to employ these principles in their studies. In response to this need, the candidate surveyed the entire medical school class for
solutions. Ideas and suggestions prompted the creation of Cube Knowledge, a learning platform for self testing and Spaced Repetition ideally suited to the study of medical knowledge. The product today is a culmination of four years of continual
iteration and improvement driven by input from my fellow medical students.
Category: Student
Summary: Interventional and diagnostic radiologists are presently limited by the computer mouse. We have developed software in conjunction with the Microsoft Xbox Kinect that enables radiologists to manipulate a PACS workstation using
gestures.
We have observed that interventional radiologists infrequently review prior patient diagnostic radiology studies intraoperatively, as they are loath to extend the procedure by scrubbing out. We estimate that in 20-40% of cases, interventional radiologists
would have reviewed patient studies intraoperative if they could have done so while remaining sterile. RADGET may decrease procedure time and enhance patient safety. In an ongoing BIDMC IRB approved study; we have setup two IR suites to use RADGET.
We are quantifying the change in intraoperative PACS use. Preliminary qualitative feedback has been positive.
Diagnostic radiologists’ work habits make them particularly susceptible to repetitive stress injuries. We have observed that diagnostic radiologists spend 98% of the time interacting with a computer holding a mouse. (Normal computer users: 60% mouse/40%
keyboard) We are evaluating the potential of RADGET to (1) improve PACS workstation ergonomics quantified with EMG and (2) increase clinical throughput as quantified by number of chest x-rays
2010
Category: Resident
Summary: Moca: a mobile tele-health platform for resource-poor settings: This open-source software project is aimed at using commonly available handheld mobile phones to exchange clinical information in developing nations where there is
a significant urban-rural divide in Healthcare.
Category: Student
Summary: Hospital General El Buen Samaritano Teleradiology & PACS System: developed a low-cost, web-based solution allowing images to be stored, viewed and backed up over the internet. This system enabled the hospital to work more effectively
with it's CT scanner.
2009
Category: Resident
Summary: An Information Technology Website that Improves Communication for Volunteer Medical Missions: Communication between and within groups that travel on volunteer medical missions is notoriously inadequate. Resident developed
an easy to use website facilitates communication - so all participants can communicate with past, present and future volunteers
Category: Student
Summary: Computerized organizational tools for health care programs in Zambia: While doing clinical work in Zambia this summer, the student encountered two programs that required technological solutions to organizational problems. The
first program was an outpatient pediatric malnutrition program at a clinic named Bwafwano. The paper-and-pencil record-keeping that the nurses were accustomed to was time-consuming and unhelpful for estimating the food supplement needed at 4 different
sites, monthly ordering expectations, and enrollment tracking. Student designed a simple spreadsheet that the nurses, despite poor computer literacy, could use. The second organization is called Ubuntu, which UMass Medical helped to establish, that
assists the disabled with medical care and other support. They were set to receive a substantial grant while student was in the country, which would require them to report costs and service delivery on a semi-annual basis; they were not equipped to
do this. He designed a user-friendly database tool that could keep records of clients, volunteer workers, service delivery, and program costs, and automatically generate reports on these latter two for the grant-providing agency.
2008
Category: Resident
Summary: Underdiagnosis of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents: Using electronic health records showed that approximately 75 percent of children with hypertension have not had their hypertension detected. Extrapolated to the national
level, of the estimated 2.0 million children with hypertension,1.5 million have undiagnosed hypertension.
Category: Student
Summary: Disease Cluster Detection: Theory, Experiments and Software: developed a new graph-theoretical method to detect arbitrarily shaped clusters. The method draws from several disciplines, including cartography, graph theory, and statistics.
To make this method available to the epidemiology research community and to public health practitioners, they created an open source cluster detection software package
2007
Category: Resident
Summary: Improving Housestaff Efficiency with a Comprehensive Patient Data Manager
Category: Student
Summary: MyCourses and eCommons Web Portals: A web project to provide a variety of course information to medical students
2006
Category: Resident
Summary: Creating a 'Virtual Patient' using CT, with Emphasis on Ultrasound Education: created 3D patient models to develop a tool to improve the understanding of the anatomic relationship of internal organs and internal structures to
surface landmarks. The primary application for this project includes creation of dynamic 3D models suitable for integration into lectures spanning neurological, musculoskeletal, and ultrasound anatomy.
Category: Student
Summary: Teaching Surgical Decision Making: An Interactive, Web-Based Approach: Medical students and residents often lack the clinical exposure necessary to become competent in surgical decision-making. Because of this, the student and
his team designed Web-based teaching modules to provide students additional case exposure.
2005
Category: Resident
Summary: MRI Physics: The Movie(s): attempts to overcome a growing deficit in medical education by producing 18 interactive computer generated animations, emphasizing the time complexity of the MRI process. The animations start
with the basics and gradually build on the fundamentals to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of this complex technology.
Category: Student
Summary: Argus - Software for Efficiently and Effectively Turning Microarray Data into Biological Insights: Measuring the expression of one gene, or even a handful of genes, is like looking at the complexity of cellular activity
through a keyhole. In designing Argus, the overriding goals were to create software that (1) can be used by a non-specialist, (2) is broadly accessible to the community, and (3) presents data in a fashion most useful to the end user. To these ends,
Argus produces a Web-browsable database that can be searched locally or over the internet by anyone with a Web browser.
2002
Category: Resident
Summary: Design and Implementation of a Comprehensive Electronic Tool for Outpatient Test Results Management at Partners Health Care: we have developed an electronic tool called the Results Manager (RM), a browser based, comprehensive,
provider-centric tool to help clinicians manage patient test results in a reliable and efficient manner. Using the Results Manager, clinicians can manager all outpatient test results from one place, acknowledge their receipt, generate result letters
with a few clicks and set reminders for follow-up plan in the future.
Category: Resident
Summary: ResidentWeb: Developed a community website dedicated to the issues and communication among residents. (still exists see
http://ResidentWeb.com)
2001
Category: Resident
Summary: BedsideEBM: a Palm application comprising collection of clinical decision rules that are designed for ease of use and speed of calculation to aid in decisions at the point of care. Quality of data and caveats are also
clearly represented. Furthermore, BedsideEBM is designed to allow clinical research with integrated functionality for logging the actions of research subjects.
Category: Student
Summary: Child Abuse Internet Education Initiative: Created a comprehensive website that can be used by providers, families, teenagers, and younger children to gain appropriate practical information about child abuse and neglect
and their specific role in addressing this problem, as well as step-by-step guidance on what to do if they are facing a situation of this nature. A "one stop shop" - a site where physicians can quickly access (or link to) any information they are
likely to need, where parents or concerned adults can find objective facts and specific instructions on what to do if they suspect abuse (or what to expect if someone else has filed a report), and where teenagers and younger children can get age-appropriate
information and guidance on what to do if they are in an abusive situation or if they are worried about a friend.
