UC DAVIS HEALTH INFORMATICS
and theBETTY IRENE MOORE SCHOOL OF NURSING
Susan D. Horn, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Medical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine
Susan D. Horn’s presentation, “Comparative Effectiveness Research Using Practice-Based Evidence: How Nursing Can Lead the Interdisciplinary Team,” describes how practice-based evidence study designs identify treatments associated with better outcomes for specific types of patients and how these studies relate to electronic health records. Horn
is a an adjunct professor in the Department of Medical Informatics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She is also a senior scientist for the Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research and vice president of research for International Severity Information Systems, Inc. in Utah. Her clinical practice research includes cost-containment practices in health maintenance organizations, ambulatory diabetes care, hospice care, preventing falls, and women’s health care, including the elderly. Horn earned a doctorate in statistics from Stanford in 1968 and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cornell University in 1964.
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Noon–1:15 p.m.
Education Building
Room 1222
4610 X St., Sacramento, CA
Lunch provided by theBetty Irene Moore School of Nursing.
Please RSVP by Jan. 15 to: or (916) 734-8710
or
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