Warner Slack

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Name: Warner V. Slack, MD

Elected ACMI Fellow: 1984, Morris Collen Award, 2001

Birthdate: 1933

Degrees: MD, Columbia 1959

Current Position: Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and, Co-Pesident, of the Center for Clinical Computing and co-director of the Division of Clinical Computing, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Current email: wslack@caregroup.harvard.edu

Professional Affiliations: American Medical Informatics Association 1985

Professional Activities: Board of Directors, Friends of the National Library of Medicine; Editorial Board, Journal of Medical Systems; Board of Directors, clinicaltrialswiki 2009.

Honors and Awards: Named lecture for Harvard University’s CME Course, Patient-Centered Computing and eHealth

Other Works:

Other Information:

Curriculum Vitae: Harvard DCI CV

Selected Publications:

How Should We Organize to Do Informatics?: Report of the ACMI Debate at the 1997 AMIA Fall Sympo
sium
Friedman, Charles P. Frisse, Mark E. Musen, Mark A. Slack, Warner V. Stead, William W.

How Should We Organize to Do Informatics?: Report of the ACMI Debate at the 1997 AMIA Fall Sympo
sium
Friedman, Charles P. Frisse, Mark E. Musen, Mark A. Slack, Warner V. Stead, William W.

Slack WV, Kowaloff HB, Davis RB, Delbanco T, Locke SE, Safran C, Bleich HL.
Evaluation of computer-based medical histories taken by patients at home. J Am
Med Inform Assoc. 2012 Jan 11.

Slack WV, Kowaloff HB, Davis RB, Delbanco T, Locke SE, Bleich HL. Test-retest 
reliability in a computer-based medical history. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011
Jan-Feb;18(1):73-6. Epub 2010 Nov 27.

Bleich HL, Slack WV. Reflections on electronic medical records: when doctors
will use them and when they will not. Int J Med Inform. 2010 Jan;79(1):1-4. Epub
2009 Nov 25.

Safran C, Rind D, Citroen M, Bakker AR, Slack WV, Bleich HL. Protection of
confidentiality in the computer-based patient record. MD Comput. 1995
May-Jun;12(3):189-92.

Slack WV, Kowaloff HB, Davis RB, Delbanco T, Locke SE, Safran C, Bleich HL.
Evaluation of computer-based medical histories taken by patients at home. J Am
Med Inform Assoc. 2012 Jan 11.

Slack CW, Slack WV. The united countries of America: benchmarking the quality 
of US health care. Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Aug;86(8):788-90.

Slack WV, Kowaloff HB, Davis RB, Delbanco T, Locke SE, Bleich HL. Test-retest 
reliability in a computer-based medical history. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011
Jan-Feb;18(1):73-6. Epub 2010 Nov 27.

Slack WV. Patient-computer dialogue: a hope for the future. Mayo Clin Proc.
2010 Aug;85(8):701-3.

Bleich HL, Slack WV. Reflections on electronic medical records: when doctors
will use them and when they will not. Int J Med Inform. 2010 Jan;79(1):1-4. Epub
 
2009 Nov 25.

Slack WV. Cybermedicine for the patient. Am J Prev Med. 2007 May;32(5
Suppl):S135-6.

Slack WV. A 67-year-old man who e-mails his physician. JAMA. 2004 Nov
10;292(18):2255-61. Erratum in: JAMA. 2005 Jan 26;293(4):425.

Safran C, Rind D, Citroen M, Bakker AR, Slack WV, Bleich HL. Protection of
confidentiality in the computer-based patient record. MD Comput. 1995
May-Jun;12(3):189-92.

Fankauser G, Vernon JA, Frank WH, Slack WV. Effect of size and number
of cells on learning in larvae of the salamander, Triturus
viridescens. Science 1955; 122: 692-3.

Slack WV, Hicks GP, Reed CE, Van Cura LJ. A computer-based medical
history system.  N Engl J Med 1966; 274: 194-8.

Hicks GP, Gieschen MM, Slack WV, Larson FC. Routine use of a small
digital computer in the clinical laboratory. JAMA 1966; 196: 973-8.

Slack WV, Peckham BM, Van Cura LJ, Carr WF. A computer-based physical
exam system. JAMA 1967; 200: 224-8.

Peckham BM, Slack WV, Carr WF, Van Cura LJ, Schultz AE. Computerized
data collection in the management of uterine cancer. Clin Obstet
Gynecol 1967; 10: 1003-15.

Slack WV, Van Cura LJ. Patient reaction to computer-based medical
interviewing.  Comput Biomed Res 1968; 1: 527-31.

Slack WV, Van Cura LJ. Computer-based patient interviewing. Part
1. Postgrad Med 1968; 43: 68-74.

Slack WV, Van Cura LJ. Computer-based patient interviewing. Part
2. Postgrad Med 1968; 43: 115-20.

Gustafson DH, Edwards W, Phillips L, Slack WV. Subjective
probabilities in medical diagnosis. IEEE J Man-Machine Systems 1969;
MMS-1: 61-5.

Slack WV. Medical interviewing by computer. South Med Bull 1969; 57:
39-44.

Greist JH, Slack WV. Intern interview: a computer-conducted interview
for intern applicants. J Med Educ 1970; 45: 941-4.

Slack WV, Van Cura LJ, Greist JH. Computers and doctors: use and
consequences.  Comput Biomed Res 1970; 3: 521-7.

Slack WV. Computer-based interviewing system dealing with nonverbal
behavior as well as keyboard responses. Science 1971; 171: 84-7.


Maultsby MC, Slack WV. A computer-based psychiatry history
system. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1971; 25: 570-2.

Van Cura LJ, Slack WV, Frey SR. Elements of a computer medical
interview system.  Biomed Sci Instrum 1971; 8: 33-42.

Slack WV, Slack CW. Patient-computer dialogue. N Engl J Med 1972; 286:
1304-9.

Bleich HL, Boro ES, Slack WV. Banking on ranking. N Engl J Med 1975;
293: 556-7.

Witschi J, Porter D, Vogel S, Buxbaum R, Stare FJ, Slack WV. A
computer-based dietary counseling system. J Am Dietet Assoc 1976; 69:
385-8.

Slack WV, Porter D, Witschi J, Sullivan M, Buxbaum R, Stare
FJ. Dietary interviewing by computer.  J Am Dietet Assoc 1976; 69:
514-7.

Chun RWM, Van Cura LJ, Spencer M, Slack WV. Computer interviewing of
patients with epilepsy.  Epilepsia 1976; 17: 371-5.

Fisher LA, Johnson TS, Porter D, Bleich HL, Slack WV. Collection of a
clean voided urine specimen: a comparison among spoken, written, and
computer-based instructions. Am J Public Health 1977; 67: 640-4.

Slack WV. The patient's right to decide. Lancet 1977; 2: 240.

Slack WV, Slack CW. Talking to a computer about emotional problems: a
comparative study.  Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice
1977; 14: 156-64.

Bloom SM, White RJ, Beckley RF, Slack WV. Converse: a means to write,
edit, administer and summarize computer-based dialogue. Comput Biomed
Res 1978; 11: 167-75.

Slack WV, Porter D. The Scholastic Aptitude Test: a critical
appraisal. Harvard Educ Rev 1980; 50: 154-75.


Slack WV, Porter D. Training, validity and the issue of aptitude: a
reply to Jackson.  Harvard Educ Rev 1980; 50: 392-401.

Leviton A, Schulman J, Kammerman L, Porter D, Slack W, Graham JR. A
probability model of headache recurrence. J Chron Dis 1980; 33:
407-12.

Bana DS, Leviton A, Swidler C, Slack WV, Graham JR. A computer-based
headache interview: acceptance by patients and physicians. Headache
1980; 20: 85-9.

Schulman J, Leviton A, Slack WV, Porter D, Graham JR. The relationship
of headache occurrence to barometric pressure. Int J Biometry 1980;
24(2).

Bana DS, Leviton A, Slack WV, Geer DE, Graham JR. Use of a
computerized database in a headache clinic. Headache 1981; 21: 72-4.

Witschi J, Kowaloff H, Bloom S, Slack WV. Analysis of dietary data: an
interactive computer method for storage and retrieval. J Am Dietet
Assoc 1981; 78: 609-13.

Porter D, Leviton A, Slack WV, Graham JR. A headache chronicle: the
daily recording of headaches and their correlates. J Chron Dis 1981;
34: 481-6.

Pope RA, Mattson CJ, Janousek J, Slack WV. Description of a
computer-based IV admixture system. Methods Inf Med 1982; 21: 65-9.

Bennett SE, Lawrence RS, Fleischmann AB, Gifford CS, Slack WV. Profile
of women practicing breast self-examination. JAMA 1983; 249: 488-91.

Leviton A, Slack WV, Bana D, Graham JR. Age-related headache
characteristics. Arch Neurol 1984; 41: 762-4.

Leviton A, Slack WV, Masek B, Bana D, Graham JR. A computerized
behavioral assessment for children with headaches. Headache 1984; 24:
182-5.

Bleich HL, Beckley RF, Horowitz G, Jackson J, Moody E, Franklin C,
Goodman SR, McKay MW, Pope RA, Walden T, Bloom SA, Slack WV. Clinical
computing in a teaching hospital. N Engl J Med 1985; 312: 756-64.

Witschi JC, Ellison RC, Doane DD, Vorkink GL, Slack WV, Stare
FJ. Dietary sodium reduction among students: feasibility and
acceptance. J Am Dietetic Assoc 1985; 85: 816-21.

Safran C, Porter D, Slack WV, Bleich HL. Diagnosis-related groups: a
critical assessment of the provision for comorbidity. Med Care 1987;
25: 1011-4.

Slack WV, Leviton A, Bennett SE, Fleischmann KH, Lawrence RS. Relation
between age, education, and time to respond to questions in a
computer-based medical interview. Comput Biomed Res 1988; 21: 78-4.

Porter D, Wigton RS, Reidelbach MA, Bleich HL, Slack WV. Self-service
computerized bibliographic retrieval: a comparison of Colleague and
PaperChase, programs that search the MEDLINE database. Comput Biomed
Res 1988; 21: 488-501.

Safran C, Slack WV, Bleich HL. Role of computing in patient care in
two hospitals.  MD Comput 1989; 6: 41-8.

Bleich HL, Safran C, Slack WV. Departmental and laboratory computing
in two teaching hospitals.  MD Comput 1989; 6: 49-55.

Safran C, Porter D, Lightfoot J, Rury CD, Underhill LH, Bleich HL,
Slack WV. ClinQuery: a system for online searching of data in a
teaching hospital. Ann Intern Med 1989; 9: 751-6.

Slack WV, Porter D, Balkin P, Kowaloff HB, Slack CW. Computer-assisted
soliloquy as an approach to psychotherapy. MD Comput 1990; 7: 37-42,
58.

Safran CS, Herrmann F, Rind D, Kowaloff H, Bleich H, Slack
W. Computer-based support for clinical decision making. MD Comput
1990; 7: 319-22.

Locke SE, Kowaloff HB, Hoff RG, Safran C, Popovsky MA, Cotton DJ,
Finkelstein DM, Page PL, Slack WV. Computer-based interview for
screening blood donors for risk of HIV transmission. JAMA 1992; 268:
1301-5.

Bleich HL, Slack WV. Designing a hospital information system: a
comparison of interfaced and integrated systems. MD Comput 1992; 9:
293-6.

Witschi JC, Kowaloff HB, Slack WV. An interactive dietary interview
for hospital employees. MD Comput 1993; 10: 216-24.

Safran C, Gladstone S, Lo E, Boro JE, Slack WV. Trends in computer
applications in medical care. MD Comput 1994; 11: 155-9.

Rind DM, Safran C, Phillips RS, Wang Q, Calkins DR, Delbanco TL,
Bleich HL, Slack WV. Effect of computer-based alerts on the treatment
and outcomes of hospitalized patients. Arch Intern Med 1994; 154:
1511-7.

Slack WV, Safran CS, Kowaloff HB, Pearce J, Delbanco TL. A
computer-administered health screening interview for hospital
personnel. MD Comput 1995; 12: 25-30.

Safran CS, Rind D, Citroen M, Bakker AR, Slack WV, Bleich
HL. Protection of confidentiality in the computer-based patient
record. MD Comput 1995; 12: 187-92.

Levine JB, Covino NA, Slack WV, Safran C, Safran DB, Boro JE, Davis
RB, Buchanan GM, Gervino EV. Psychological predictors of subsequent
medical care among hospitalized patients with cardiac disease. J
Cardiopulm Rehabil 1995; 16: 109-16.

Safran C, Rind DM, Davis RB, Ives D, Sands DZ, Currier J, Caraballo E,
Rippel K, Wang Q, Rury C, Slack WV, Makadon HJ, Cotton DJ. Guidelines
for the management of HIV infection in a computer- based medical
record. Lancet 1995; 346: 341-6.

Slack WV, Bleich HL. The CCC system in two teaching hospitals: a
progress report.  Int J Med Inform 1999; 54: 183-96.

Slack WV. A 67-year old man who e-mails his
physician. JAMA. 2004;292:2255-61.  58.  Slack WV. Cybermedicine for
the Patient. Am J Prev Med, 2007;32(5S):S135-6.

Books

Personal name:     Slack, Warner V., 1933- 
Main title:        Cybermedicine : how computing empowers doctors and patients
                      for better care / Warner V. Slack ;  with a foreword by
                      Ralph Nader.
Edition:           Rev. and updated ed.
Published/Created: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2001.
Description:       xxii, 250 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:              0787956317 (alk. paper)

Personal name:     Slack, Warner V., 1933- 
Main title:        Cybermedicine : how computing empowers doctors and patients
                      for better health care / Warner V. Slack. ; foreword by
                      Ralph Nader.
Edition:           1st ed.
Published/Created: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1997.
Description:       xvii, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:              0787903434 (alk. paper)

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