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Grant Number: 1R43HL071480-01A1 PI Name: LOBODZINSKI, SLAWOMIR M. PI Email: slobo@linkline.com PI Title: Project Title: CARDIOLOGY KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the Phase I research will be to validate clinical utility of a Cardiology Knowledge Management System (CKMS) as applied to cardiac examination and bedside management skills. CKMS will acquire data from bedside examinations, Echocardiography, Electrocardiography laboratories and expert knowledge related to these data sets. Physiologically synchronized imaging studies will be collected and uploaded to a CKMS server. Expert cardiologists will then review, annotate and organize clinical records into comprehensive knowledge modules. Annotated cases will than be available across the both network to the users in form of expert knowledge. All cases will be linked to an interactive assessment tool that will evaluate diagnostic skills of the users. CKMS will provide on-line access to history and physical examination findings supported by videoclips, heart sounds, X-ray electrocardiograms, echocardiograms and expert annotations. The hypothesis in this research is that CKMS is a valuable adjunct to traditional training of cardiac examinations skills and that it will improve diagnostic acumen of the users. An on-line skill assessment tool will be used to measure the effectiveness of CKMS in improving users' knowledge. Free Response Receiver Operator Characteristic (FROC) technique will compare users' performance to experts' diagnostic and management decisions as supported by official medical society guidelines and established clinical practice.
Thesaurus Terms:
computer assisted instruction, educational resource design /development, heart disorder diagnosis, patient care management
interactive multimedia
clinical research, human data
Institution: DIMX, INC. 5560 ST. IRMO WALK LONG BEACH, CA 90803 Fiscal Year: 2003 Department: Project Start: 28-SEP-2003 Project End: 28-MAR-2004 ICD: NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE IRG: ZRG1