G. Octo Barnett

From Rutgers Medical Informatics History Project

'Name: Dr. G. Octo Barnett

Elected ACMI Fellow: 1984
Morris Collen award: 1996

Birthdate: 1930, Chula Vista CA

MD/Phd since: MD Harvard Medical School, 1956

Current Location: Senior Scientific Director Lab Computer Science Massa\ chusettes general hospital

Current email: obarnett@partners.org

Current Organizations:

Sample Publications:

The introduction of a diagnostic decision support system (DXplainbvice for diagnostically challenging Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs).
Elkin PL, Liebow M, Bauer BA, Chaliki S, Wahner-Roedler D, Bundrick J, Lee M, Brown SH, Froehling D, Bailey K, Famiglietti K, Kim R, Hoffer E, Feldman M, Barn\
ett GO.
Int J Med Inform. 2010 Nov;79(11):772-7. Epub 2010 Oct 14. Review.
PMID: 20951080



Senior Member Presentation Proposal. DXplain--20 years later--what have we learned?
Barnett GO, Hoffer EP, Feldman MJ, Kim RJ, Famiglietti KT.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6:1201-2. No abstract available.
PMID: 18999061


Just-in-time knowledge management and patient care.
Barnett GO, Chueh H.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006:1165-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 17238782


Improving pulmonary artery catheter waveform interpretation.
Chang J, Thompson T, Lavieri M, Lau K, Ollendieck M, Barnett O.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006:876.
PMID: 17238496



Evaluation of the Clinical Assessment project: a computer-based multimedia tool\
 to assess problem-solving ability in medical students.
Feldman MJ, Barnett GO, Link DA, Coleman MA, Lowe JA, O'Rourke EJ.
Pediatrics. 2006 Oct;118(4):1380-7.
PMID: 17015526  Free Article

DXplain: Patterns of Use of a Mature Expert System.
Hoffer EP, Feldman MJ, Kim RJ, Famiglietti KT, Barnett GO.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2005:321-5.
PMID: 16779054


Randomized controlled trial of an informatics-based intervention to increase st\
atin prescription for secondary prevention of coronary disease.
Lester WT, Grant RW, Barnett GO, Chueh HC.
J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Jan;21(1):22-9.
PMID: 16423119