Information Technology
When Burke arrived in Miami in 1995, he hired Jeffrey A. White to act as a technology advisor, working with the heart team to find and develop applications of information technology to improve medical outcomes. This collaboration resulted in a relational database for congenital heart surgery, a web based information system for a medical team, and web based reporting of medical outcomes in real time. The web based information system enabled a unique form of rounds, which they called "internet rounds," enabling information exchange and clinical decision making over the Internet. Beginning in 2002, Burke's surgical team started continuously measuring and reporting their surgical outcomes on the web. In 2006, Burke and White collaborated with IBM to create a voice activated medical information system for use in hands free hospital environments, like the operating room, allowing the surgeons to access critical information from their electronic medical records with voice activated commands. In 2007, Burke and his team enabled patients and families to access their electronic medical record, also known as a personal health record, any time, anywhere, with any web enabled device.
| INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | PIONEERED BY/ INSTITUTION | REFERENCE |
|---|---|---|
| Relational Database for Congenital Heart Surgery
1995 |
Burke, Jacobs J, Jacobs H, and White
at Miami Children's Hospital |
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| Palm Application for Pediatric Heart Surgery
2001 |
White and Burke
at Miami Children's Hospital |
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| Internet Based Information Management System for a Congenital Heart Team
2002 |
White and Burke
At Miami Children's Hospital |
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| Real Time Web based Medical Outcomes Reporting
2002 |
Burke, White and Walsh
At Miami Children’s Hospital |
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| Voice Recognition Database for an Operating Room
2006 |
Burke and White
At Miami Children’s Hospital |
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| The Congenital Heart Surgery Video Project
2008 |
Burke, Lorenzo, Wilner
At Miami Children’s Hospital |
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| Transforming patient and family access to medical information: utilisation patterns of a patient-accessible electronic health record
2010 |
Burke, Hannan, and White
at Miami Children's Hospital |
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