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Bernard Fernando

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Hayward J, Buckingham S, Thomson F, Milne H, Sheikh A, Fernando B, et al.
J Innov Health Inform . 2016 Feb; 22(4):409-25. PMID: 26855275
Background: Systematic reviews have suggested that time spent on computer-related tasks increases consultation length. However, these reviews pre-date the current ubiquitous use of computers in U.K. general practice. Objective: As...
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Robertson A, Fernando B, Morrison Z, Kalra D, Sheikh A
J Innov Health Inform . 2015 Aug; 22(2):275-83. PMID: 26245241
Background: Globally, diabetes mellitus presents a substantial and increasing burden to individuals, health care systems and society. Structuring and coding of information in the electronic health record underpin attempts to...
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Maaskant J, Vermeulen H, Apampa B, Fernando B, Ghaleb M, Neubert A, et al.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev . 2015 Mar; (3):CD006208. PMID: 25756542
Background: Many hospitalised patients are affected by medication errors (MEs) that may cause discomfort, harm and even death. Children are at especially high risk of harm as the result of...
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Morrison Z, Fernando B, Kalra D, Cresswell K, Robertson A, Sheikh A
Inform Prim Care . 2014 Sep; 21(3):118-31. PMID: 25207615
Background: Although the collection of patient ethnicity data is a requirement of publicly funded healthcare providers in the UK, recording of ethnicity is sub-optimal for reasons that remain poorly understood....
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Fernando B, Morrison Z, Kalra D, Cresswell K, Sheikh A
PLoS One . 2014 Apr; 9(4):e93047. PMID: 24740090
Background: Drug allergy represent an important subset of adverse drug reactions that is worthy of attention because many of these reactions are potentially preventable with use of computerised decision support...
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Morrison Z, Fernando B, Kalra D, Cresswell K, Sheikh A
J Am Med Inform Assoc . 2013 Nov; 21(3):492-500. PMID: 24186957
Objective: We aimed to explore stakeholder views, attitudes, needs, and expectations regarding likely benefits and risks resulting from increased structuring and coding of clinical information within electronic health records (EHRs)....
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Kalra D, Fernando B, Morrison Z, Sheikh A
Inform Prim Care . 2013 May; 20(3):171-80. PMID: 23710841
Background: The case has historically been presented that structured and/or coded electronic health records (EHRs) benefit direct patient care, but the evidence base for this is not well documented. Methods:...
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Ruston A, Smith A, Fernando B
BMC Public Health . 2013 Apr; 13:386. PMID: 23617727
Background: Diabetes represents one of the biggest public health challenges facing the UK. It is also associated with increasing costs to the economy due to working days lost as people...
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Hayward J, Thomson F, Milne H, Buckingham S, Sheikh A, Fernando B, et al.
J Am Med Inform Assoc . 2013 Mar; 20(e1):e76-84. PMID: 23470696
Objective: Computerized decision support systems (CDSS) are commonly deployed to support prescribing, although over-riding of alerts by prescribers remains a concern. We aimed to understand how general practitioners (GPs) interact...
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Fernando B, Kalra D, Morrison Z, Byrne E, Sheikh A
BMJ Qual Saf . 2012 Feb; 21(4):337-46. PMID: 22328458
Background: Patient histories in electronic health records currently exist mainly in free text format thereby limiting the possibility that decision support technology may contribute to the accuracy and timeliness of...