Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

PrimeAnswers: A practical interface for answering primary care questions.

Debra S Ketchell1, Leilani St Anna, David Kauff

  • 1ML, Stanford University Medical Center, Lane Medical Library, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room L109, Stanford, CA, 94305-5123, USA. ketchell@stanford.edu

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
|May 21, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Primary care clinicians can now access clinical reference information faster and more easily through the PrimeAnswers portal. This evidence-based tool enhances patient care by simplifying information retrieval during clinic hours.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association·2025
Same author

Acceptable standards for clinic-based digital cognitive assessments: Recommendations from the Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer's Disease.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association·2025
Same author

A Large Health System Quality Improvement Intervention Providing Training and Tools to Improve Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society·2025
Same author

Evaluating Cognitive Impairment in a Large Health Care System: The Cognition in Primary Care Program.

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD·2024
Same author

Guiding the Future: Rethinking the Role of Advance Directives in the Care of People with Dementia.

The Hastings Center report·2024
Same author

What Makes a Better Life for People Facing Dementia? Toward Dementia-Friendly Health and Social Policy, Medical Care, and Community Support in the United States.

The Hastings Center report·2024

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Primary Care Medicine
  • Information Science

Background:

  • Accessing clinical reference materials efficiently is crucial for evidence-based practice in primary care.
  • Existing clinical reference systems may not adequately meet the dynamic information needs of clinicians during patient encounters.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the development and implementation of an institutional primary care reference portal.
  • To enhance the speed and ease of accessing and utilizing clinical reference information for daily practice.

Main Methods:

  • Selection and application of metadata to a core set of clinical reference sources.
  • Development of a user interface utilizing metadata for searching, sorting, filtering, and deep-linking.
  • Iterative refinement of the portal based on user feedback to expand content scope.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • A user satisfaction survey indicated that the portal significantly improves the speed and ease of information retrieval for primary care clinicians.
  • The customized content and simple interface were positively received, suggesting improved patient care.
  • The portal, PrimeAnswers, represents a successful initial step in providing rapid access to relevant clinical information.

Conclusions:

  • The PrimeAnswers portal demonstrates the effectiveness of a structured, metadata-driven approach to improving clinical reference accessibility.
  • Further development is needed to address challenges in precisely matching clinical questions to specific answers within reference sources.
  • Standardization of internal structure and web services in clinical reference materials is essential for future advancements.