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Faculty
Willa H. Drummond, MD, MS (Informatics)
Professor of Pediatrics, Physiology and Large Animal Clinical Sciences
College
Brown University (Sc.B.) and University of Utah (Masters Degree in Medical Informatics, 1999)
Medical School
University of Pennsylvania, College of Medicine
Residency
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellowship
Pediatric Cardiology; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Neonatal Perinatology; University of California, San Francisco, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Number of years at UF as Faculty
29
Research Interests
- Perinatal cardio-pulmonary vascular diseases (e.g. Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn, its causes and treatment)
- Perinatal Brain Resuscitation
- Optimizing management of perinatal, multi-system failure situations (shock, sepsis, post-asphyxial organ failure, etc)
- Development of real-time, automated data acquisition and management systems to support perinatal systems research and neonatal and pediatric critical care
- Perinatal Outcomes Research
Active Research Projects/Grants
- Development of an Automated Critical Care, Real-time Information Management, System, which is a UF Technology Transfer Project. Capital Funding from V2R, Inc., an enterprise capital development company
- Neonatal NIRSensor – Clinician Preference Evaluation; Clinical Usability Study of the newly designed Premature Probe for performing deep-tissue mixed venous blood flow analysis in real-time. 2 other participating institutions (Duke, Vanderbilt)
Publications over the last five years:
Articles:
- Drummond WH, Hausam, RR & Chakravarthy US. Development of technology for "Verification and Validation" in medical computer systems. JAMA 2000 (review article, 74 references, rejected. JAMIA 2001, rejected; NSA White Paper, submitted, accepted, and buried forever under a national security shroud : -( 3/01)
- Drummond WH, Carnes TC, Coons SW, Birkett KR, Xian Jingji & Roys RL. Validation Testing of a Real-time, Automatic, Data Integrating Device For Paperless ICUs. Methods of Information in Medicine (Submitted Methods of Information in Medicine, 2003. Status, in revision, and on hold, ‘til released by management, 2007)
- Drummond WH, Which "Standards Are We Discussing", Lead Article, AAP Council on Clinical Information Technology, Newsletter, Spring 2006. Spooner SA and the Council on Clinical Information Technology, Pediatrics 007;119:631-637
Chapters:
- Sullivan SS and Drummond WH: Understanding the Ductus Arteriosus, Chapter ## in Intensive Care of the Fetus and Newborn, 2nd Edition AR Spitzer, editor. CV Mosby Co., St. Louis, MO, 2005
- Gelrud-Roys R, Carnes TC and Drummond WH: Chapter 29: Electronic Medical Records and Technology, in Comprehensive Neonatal Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Fourth Edition, C Kenner and J Lott, eds. 2007
- Drummond WH, Ferranti J, Lighter DE. Chapter ##, in Pediatric Informatics, Lehmann C and Kim G, Eds. Identifying Processes for Problem Solving in Complex Healthcare Information Technology Systems. Elsevier, in press, 2007 or 2008
Abstracts
- Drummond WH. Quality assurance for clinical computer systems: Pattern recognition strategies to benchmark automated acquisition and storage systems, Ped Res 49:246A, 2001.
- Drummond WH, Sowers JL & Thompson CB. Workflow process observations in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), Ped Res 49:267A, 2001.
- Drummond WH, Carnes TC, Coons SW, Birkett KR, Xian M. CentraView: A real-time ICU Patient Data Integration and Presentation System. Proc AMIA Fall Symposium, p. 1009, 2002
- Drummond WH, Sowers, J & Thompson CB, Workflow Process Observations in a Tertiary Intensive Care Unit (NICU). @ The Physical and Developmental Environment of the High-Risk Infant : Evidence-Based Science for Establishing an Appropriate NICU Environment, UCSF Conference, Clearwater, FL, 1/29/03
- Drummond WH. Ergonomics and Human Factors in Neonatal Intensive Care: Annotated Bibliography; Site Preparation for On-Line Vital Signs Charting, Archiving and Reporting @ The Physical and Developmental Environment ot the High-Risk Infant: Evidence-Based Science for Establishing an Appropriate NICU Environment, UCSF Conference, Clearwater, FL, 1/29/03
- Drummond WH, Carnes TC, Coons SW, Birkett KR, Xian J, Roys, RL. CentraView (CV): An automated real-time ICU patient data integration and presentation system. Ped Res. 2004
- Drummond WH, Carnes TC, Coons SW, Birkett KR, Xian J, Roys, RL. CentraView (CV): An automated real-time ICU patient data integration and presentation system. Cardiology2004 - 7th Annual Postgraduate Course in Neonatal and Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease, Orlando, FL 2/26/04.
- Drummond WH, Carnes TC, Coons SW, Birkett KR, Roys, RL and Xian J. Intensive Care Unit Real-time Observer (iCuro): A new ICU patient data integration and results review system. Americam Academy of Pediatrics, National Conference and Exhibition, Washington DC. October 9, 2005.
- Drummond WH, Carnes TC, Coons SW, Birkett KR, Roys, RL and Xian J. "iCuro"™ (Intensive Care Unit Real-time Observer): A real-time ICU patient data integration and presentation system. Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, Theater Style Presentation, Washington DC. October 22-26, 2005
- Drummond WH, Bacon J, Carnes TC, Gelrud-Roys R. Focused encounter testing of a novel NICU ‘Nursing Assessment’ charting tool. Summer Institute of Nursing Informatics, University of Maryland, July 18 - 21, 2007
Other Clinical Interests
- Human Factors and Workflow Analysis in Critical Care, Particularly Neonatal Intensive Care
- Clinical Trials in Brain Function Monitoring and Neonatal Brain Resuscitation
- Developing Standards for Computerizing inpatient Pediatrics’ Care (currently working on AAP, CCHIT, and HL7 Standards and Policy panels)
National/Local Committees
Executive Steering Committee of the AAP Council on Clinical Information Technology Child Health Expert Panel of the Certification Commission on Clinical Information Technology (CCHIT – a national testing development commission)
Reviewer
HL7 Pediatric Special Interest Group – for the upcoming effort of turning the Functional Specifications ANSI Standards
