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| Education and Training | |
| DNSc | Columbia University School of Nursing |
| MS | University of California, San Francisco |
| BSN | Samuel Merritt College |
Affiliations
Columbia University School
of Nursing
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Research Activities: Nursing and Biomedical Informatics
Clinical Interests: Automated methods to improve patient safety, Interprofessional communication.
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Publications:
Mellino, LV, Currie LM, Bakken, S, Bufe, GM, Manzano. W. (2005)
Nursing Leadership in the Development of an Evidence-based Fall and Injury Prevention
Program. Winner, 2005 Innovations in Clinical Excellence Evidence-Based Practice
Contest, Sigma Theta Tau International.
Allen, M, Currie, LM., Bakken, S, Patel, VL, Cimino, JJ. Paper-Based Heuristic Evaluation: A Modified Usability Inspection Methodology, J Biomed Inform 2005 Nov 15
Currie, LM (2005) Evaluation Frameworks: Applications for Nursing Informatics, International Journal of Medical Informatics, Special Issue in Nursing Informatics
Patel, VL, Currie, LM (2005) Clinical Cognition and Biomedical Informatics: Issues of Patient Safety, International Journal of Medical Informatics, Special Issue in Nursing Informatics
Dykes PC, Currie L, Bakken S. Patient Education and Recovery Learning System (PEARLS) pathway: a tool to drive patient centered evidence-based practice. Journal of Healthcare Information Management. 2004 Fall;18(4):67-73.
Currie LM, Mellino LV, Cimino JJ, Bakken S. (2004) Development and Representation of a Fall-injury Risk Assessment Instrument in a Clinical Information System. Proceedings of the International Medical Informatics Association Triennial Symposium, Medinfo. 2004;721-5.
Dykes PC, Currie LM, Cimino JJ. (2003) Adequacy of Evolving National Standardized Terminologies for Interdisciplinary Coded Concepts in an Automated Clinical Pathway. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 36(4-5): 313-25.
Currie LM, Graham MJ, Allen M, Bakken S., Patel V., and Cimino JJ. Clinical Information Needs in Context: An Observational Study of Clinicians While Using a Clinical Information System. Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, AMIA, Bethesda MD 2003. Winner of Harriet H. Werley Award for paper making the greatest contribution to advance the field of nursing informatics.
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Research Projects:
Principal Investigator: Evaluation of Fall and Injury Prevention Project for
Adult Patients in the Acute Care Setting, Funded via: Columbia Alliance for
Healthcare Management
Prinicipal Investigator: 'Evaluation of Personal Digital Assistant Representation of a Fall-Injury Risk Assessment Instrument.' Funded via: Center for Evidence-based Practice in the Underserved.
Co-Investigator: Mobile Decision Support for Advanced Practice Nurses (MODS-APN).
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Honors and Awards:
| 2006 | Award for Teaching Excellence, Columbia University School of Nursing |
| 2005 | Co-author Recipient of Sigma Theta Tau International Innovations in Clinical Excellence |
| 2004 | Winner, Best student paper regarding patient safety, Health Information Management ystems Society, New York State Chapter |
| 2003 | Harriet H. Werley Award for paper making the greatest contribution to advance the field of nursing informatics |
| 2003 | Second place, Student Paper Awards 8th International Congress in Nursing Informatics, International Medical Informatics Association |
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Committee Memberships:
| 2006 - Present | New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY– Vocabulary Committee |
| 2005 - Present | Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY – Doctoral Coordinating Committee |
| 2005 - Present | Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY – Curriculum Committee |
| 2005 - Present | Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY – Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Zeta Chapter, Secretary |
| 2004 - Present | Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY – Doctoral Council |
| 2004 - Present | New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY – Nursing Research Steering Committee |
| 2004 - Present | Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY - Eastern Nursing Research Society Planning Committee |
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Professional Society Memberships:
| 2003 - Present | Health Information Management Systems Society |
| 2001 - Present | New York State Nurses Association |
| 1999 - Present | American Medical Informatics Association |
| 1996 - Present | American Nurses Association |
| 1986 - Present | California Nurses Association |
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Instructor of the following
classes:
Assessing Clinical Evidence