James R. Barrett, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Clinical Informatics
Ph.D., Ecology, Pennsylvania State University, 1979

P.O. Box 800717
Tel: 1-434-924-8520
Fax: 1-434-924-8437
Email: jrb2p@virginia.edu
Health System West Complex Room 3181

Expertise:

Computer software development and hardware assessment.

Research Interests:


Mobile technology usage by health care workers

Technology assessment –assessment of personal digital systems, mobile technology, computer security and confidentiality

Consumer health informatics – development of intervention tools and patient-centric information resources

Teaching Responsibilities:

Lecturer in PHS 707 Health Care Informatics

Lecturer in PHS short course introduction to SAS

Recent Publications

Barrett, James R and Sandra L Pellitier. Inclusion of tobacco usage in the Health Heritage family medical history web tool. Proc AMIA Symp 2005: 890.

Barrett, James R, Jane R. Schubart, Wendy F Cohn, and Scott M. Strayer. Medical residents compare PC tablet, handheld and desktop applications. Proc of the 11th Medinfo, 2004: 1516.

Barrett, James R, Scott M. Strayer, and Jane R. Schubart. Assessing Medical Residents’ Usage and Perceived Needs for Personal Digital Assistants. Int J Med Informatics 73: 25-34, 2004.