Physicians

Departments / Divisions

• Community and Family Medicine / NORTHERN PIEDMONT COMMUNITY CARE
• Medicine / Medicine-Endocrinology and Metabolism
• Ophthalmology / Ophthalmology-General

Address
DUMC 3886
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-684-6721

Office Telephone
919-684-6421

Fax Telephone
919-681-7085

Training

• MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1987

Residency

• Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1987-1990

Fellowship

• Endocrinology, Duke University Medical Center, 1990-1992

Other Training

• PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, Duke University, 1986
• MS, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 1994

Clinical Interests
Endocrinology; internal medicine; diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, and other endocrinologic disorders; medical informatics; computer uses in clinical medicine

Research Interests
Development and evaluation of clinical decision support systems
Development and implementation of cliical practice guidelines
Computer-based Patient Record Systems
Human-computer interface design
Curriculum development for training in Medical Informatics

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Kawamoto, K; Lobach, DF. Proposal for fulfilling strategic objectives of the U.S. Roadmap for national action on clinical decision support through a service-oriented architecture leveraging HL7 services. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2007;14:146-155. (2007) Abstract

Lobach, DF; Detmer, DE. Research challenges for electronic health records. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2007;32:S104-S111. (2007) Abstract

Lobach, DF; Kawamoto, K; Anstrom, KJ; Kooy, KR; Eisenstein, EL; Silvey, GM; Willis, JM; Johnson, F; Simo, J. Proactive population health management in the context of a regional health information exchange using standards-based decision support. 2007;473-477. (2007) Abstract

Lobach, DF; Kawamoto, K; Anstrom, KJ; Russell, ML; Woods, P; Smith, D. Development, deployment and usability of a point-of-care decision support system for chronic disease management using the recently-approved HL7 decision support service standard. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. 2007;129:861-865. (2007) Abstract

Kawamoto, K; Houlihan, CA; Balas, EA; Lobach, DF. Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success. BMJ. 2005;330:765. (2005) Abstract

Kawamoto, K; Lobach, DF. Clinical decision support provided within physician order entry systems: a systematic review of features effective for changing clinician behavior. 2003;361-365. (2003) Abstract

Lobach, DF; Hasselblad, V; Wildemuth, BM. Evaluation of a tool to categorize patients by reading literacy and computer skill to facilitate the computer-administered patient interview. 2003;391-395. (2003) Abstract

Lobach, DF; Low, R; Arbanas, JA; Rabold, JS; Tatum, JL; Epstein, SD. Defining and supporting the diverse information needs of community-based care using the web and hand-held devices. Proceedings / AMIA . Annual Symposium. AMIA Symposium. 2001;398-402. (2001) Abstract

Lobach, DF; Kerner, N. A systematic process for converting text-based guidelines into a linear algorithm for electronic implementation. Proceedings / AMIA . Annual Symposium. AMIA Symposium. 2000;507-511. (2000) Abstract

Lobach, DF; Gadd, CS; Hales, JW; Baskaran, P. Siegfried: System for Interactive Electronic Guidelines with Feedback and Resources for Instructional and Educational Development. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. 1998;52 Pt 2:827-831. (1998) Abstract

Lobach, DF; Gadd, CS; Hales, JW. Structuring clinical practice guidelines in a relational database model for decision support on the Internet. Proceedings : a conference of the American Medical Informatics Association / . AMIA Annual Fall Symposium. AMIA Fall Symposium. 1997;158-162. (1997) Abstract

Lobach, DF; Hammond, WE. Computerized decision support based on a clinical practice guideline improves compliance with care standards. American Journal of Medicine. 1997;102:89-98. (1997) Abstract

Lobach, DF. Electronically distributed, computer-generated, individualized feedback enhances the use of a computerized practice guideline. Proceedings : a conference of the American Medical Informatics Association / . AMIA Annual Fall Symposium. AMIA Fall Symposium. 1996;493-497. (1996) Abstract

Lobach, DF. A model for adapting clinical guidelines for electronic implementation in primary care. Proceedings / the ... Annual Symposium on Computer Application [sic] in Medical Care. Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care. 1995;581-585. (1995) Abstract