James R. Barrett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biomedical 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, 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.
Health Heritage© a web-based tool for the collection and assessment of family health history: initial user experience and analytic validity. Cohn WF, Ropka ME, Pelletier SL, Barrett JR, Kinzie MB, Harrison MB, Liu Z, Miesfeldt S, Tucker AL, Worrall BB, Gibson J, Mullins IM, Elward KS, Franko J, Guterbock TM, Knaus WA. Public Health Genomics. 2010;13(7-8):477-91. Epub 2010 Apr 29.
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.
