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Meghan Dierks
Researcher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Publications - 23
Citations - 1185
Meghan Dierks is an academic researcher from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Patient safety. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 23 publications receiving 1044 citations. Previous affiliations of Meghan Dierks include Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Harvard University.
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A prospective study of patient safety in the operating room.
Caprice K. Christian,Michael L. Gustafson,Emilie M. Roth,Thomas B. Sheridan,Tejal K. Gandhi,Kathleen Dwyer,Michael J. Zinner,Meghan Dierks,Meghan Dierks +8 more
TL;DR: This study demonstrates the role of prospective observational methods in exposing critical system features that influence patient safety and that can be the targets for patient safety initiatives.
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Acceptance and use of health information technology by community-dwelling elders
Shira H. Fischer,Shira H. Fischer,Daniel David,Daniel David,Bradley H. Crotty,Meghan Dierks,Charles Safran +6 more
TL;DR: Barriers must be addressed for these tools to be available to this growing population of elderly people, and design, education, research, and policy all play roles in addressing these barriers to acceptance and use.
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Sonographic prediction of viability in testicular torsion: preliminary observations.
TL;DR: In the setting of testicular torsion, normal testicular echogenicity is a strong predictor of viability and immediate surgical detorsion in these patients carries a very high likelihood of salvaging the affected testis.
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On process mining in health care
TL;DR: It is argued that existing process mining methods fail to identify good process models, even for well-defined clinical processes, and a number of reasons for this shortcoming are identified.
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Information Sharing Preferences of Older Patients and Their Families
Bradley H. Crotty,Bradley H. Crotty,Jan Walker,Jan Walker,Meghan Dierks,Meghan Dierks,Lewis A. Lipsitz,Lewis A. Lipsitz,Jacqueline O'Brien,Shira H. Fischer,Warner V. Slack,Warner V. Slack,Charles Safran,Charles Safran +13 more
TL;DR: How patients older than 75 years (hereinafter, elders) and family caregivers of such patients approach sharing of health information is identified, with the hope of applying the results to collaborative patient portals.