Stephen C. Porter, MD, MPH
| Department | Emergency Medicine |
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| Hospital Title | Assistant in Medicine | |
| Academic Title | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | |
| Phone | 617-355-2136 | |
| Fax | 617-730-0335 | |
| Stephen C. Porter | ||
| Location |
300 Longwood Avenue Boston MA 02115 |
Research Overview
Stephen Porter is a clinical informatician and board-certified pediatric emergency medicine specialist whose research bridges the gap between health services and medical informatics. The focus of his work is to eliminate gaps in safety and quality through patient- driven information management, to establish the value of patient-driven data streams within the health information technology enterprise, and to develop new methods of information management that promotes patient-centered care.
A central tenet of Dr. Porter's research is that the history as told by the parent has value, and his work examines just how valuable patient-derived data can be for improvements in quality and safety. Dr. Porter seeks to maximize the influence of patients in their own medical care through use of structured multimedia interfaces that link patient-produced data to real-time clinical information flow and decision-making.
About Stephen Porter
Stephen Porter was awarded his MD from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, with post doc work completed at Children`s Hospital of Philadelphia and Children's Hospital Boston. He went on to complete a Masters degree in Public Health at Harvard University and a Masters of Science in Human Factors and Information Design, from Bentley College in Massachusetts.
Key Publications
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Porter SC, Silvia MT, Fleisher GR, Kohane IS, Homer CH, Mandl KD. Parents as Direct Contributors to the Medical Record Validation of their Electronic Input. Ann Emerg Med 2000;35:346-352.
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Porter SC, Fleisher GR, Kohane IS, Mandl KD. The Value of Parental Report for Diagnosis and Management of Dehydration in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med 2003;41:196-205.
- Porter SC, Cai Z, Gribbons W, Goldmann DA, Kohane IS. The Asthma Kiosk: A Patient-Centered Technology for Collaborative Decision Support in the Emergency Department. JAMIA. 2004;11:458-467.
