GEM-related Publications
  1. Shiffman RN, Karras BT, Agrawal A, Chen R, Marenco L, Nath S. GEM: A proposal for a more comprehensive guideline document model using XML. J Am Med Informatics Assoc 2000;7:488-98
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  2. Karras BT, Nath S, Shiffman RN. A Preliminary Evaluation of Guideline Content Mark-up Using GEM--An XML Guideline Elements Model. Proc AMIA Symp 2000:413-417.
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  3. Agrawal A, Karras BT, Shiffman RN. Automated evaluation of guideline quality using GEM-Q (Abstract). Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making Sept 2000.
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  4. Agrawal A, Brandt CA, Shiffman RN. Promoting workflow integration with Information Management Services and GEM-encoded guidelines (Abstract). Proc AMIA Symp 2000.
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  5. Shiffman RN, Agrawal A, Deshpande AM, Gershkovich P.An approach to guideline implementation with GEM. Patel V, ed., Proceedings  MEDINFO 2001;271-5.
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  6. Agrawal A, Shiffman RN. Evaluation of guideline quality using GEM-Q. Patel V, ed., Proceedings MEDINFO 2001;1097-1101.
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  7. Agrawal A, Shiffman RN. Using GEM-encoded guidelines to generate medical logic modules. Bakken S, ed. Proc AMIA Symp 2001;7-11.
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  8. Gershkovich P, Shiffman RN.An implementation framework for GEM encoded guidelines. Bakken S, ed. Proc AMIA Symp 2001; 204-8.
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  9. Shiffman RN, Michel G, Essaihi A. Markup once, reuse often: reusing knowledge about appropriate practice with GEM-encoded clinical guidelines. Proc Health Informatics New Zealand 2003

  10. Shiffman RN, Shekelle P, Overhage JM, Slutsky J, Grimshaw J, Deshpande AM. Standardized reporting of clinical practice guidelines: a proposal from the Conference on Guideline Standardization. Ann Intern Med 2003;139:493-498.
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  11. Essaihi A, Michel G, Shiffman RN, Comprehensive categorization of guideline recommendations: creating an action palette for implementers. Musen M, ed. Proc Amer Med Informatics Assoc 2003; Washington, DC; 220-4.
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  12. Shiffman RN, Michel G, Essaihi A, Marcy TW. Using a guideline-centered approach for the design of a clinical decision support system to promote smoking cessation. In: Kaiser K, Miksch S, Tu S, eds. Proceedings of the Symposium on Computerized Guidelines and Protocols (CGP 2004). Washington , DC , IOS Press, 152-156.
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  13. Shiffman RN, Michel G, Essaihi A. Bridging the guideline implementation gap: a systematic approach to document-centered guideline implementation. J Am Med Informatics Assoc 2004;11:418-426.
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  14. Shiffman RN, Michel G. Toward improved guideline quality: using the COGS statement with GEM. Fieschi M, et al., eds., Proceedings  MEDINFO 2004;159-163.
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  15. Georg G, Seroussi B, Bouaud J. Does GEM-encoding clinical practice guidelines improve the quality of knowledge bases? a study with the rule-based formalism. In: Musen M, editor. Proceedings of the Amer Med Informatics Assoc; 2003; Washington, DC; 2003. p. 254-258.

  16. Shahar Y, Shalom E, Mayaffit A, Young O, Galperin M, Martins S, et al. A distributed, collabaorative, structuring model for a clinical-guideline digital-library. In: Musen MA, editor. AMIA 2003 Symposium; 2003; Washington, DC; 2003. p. 589-93.

  17. Svatek V, Ruzicka M. Step-by-step mark-up of medical guideline documents. Int J Med Informatics 2003;70:329-335.

  18. American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Academy of Pediatrics Subcommittee on Otitis Media With Effusion. Otitis Media With Effusion. Pediatrics 2004; 113:1412-1429.

  19. Deshpande AM, Shiffman RN, Nadkarni PM. Metadata-driven Delphi rating on the Internet. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 2005;77:49-56.

  20. Shiffman RN, Dixon, J, Brandt, C, Essaihi A,, Hsiao A, Michel G, O'Connell R. The GuideLine Implementability Appraisal (GLIA): development of an instrument to identify obstacles to guideline implementation. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2005, 5:23 (27 July 2005).

  21. Michel G, Marcy T, Shiffman RN. A wireless, handheld decision support system to promote smoking cessation in primary care. Friedman CP, ed. Proc AMIA Symp 2005; 530-4.