Department of Community & Family Medicine

David F. Lobach, MD

Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Associate Professor of Medicine

Department:
Community and Family Medicine

Division:
Family Medicine

Mailing Address:
DUMC 104007 Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-684-6721

Office Telephone:
919-684-6421

Fax:
919-681-7085

Training:
MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1987

Fellowship:
Endocrinology, Duke University Medical Center, 1990-1992

Residency:
Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1987-1990

Clinical Interests:
Endocrinology; internal medicine; diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, and other endocrinologic disorders; medical informatics; computer uses in clinical medicine

Research Interests:
Development and evaluation of clinical decision support systems
Development and implementation of cliical practice guidelines
Computer-based Patient Record Systems
Human-computer interface design
Curriculum development for training in Medical Informatics

Publications:
Lobach DF, Kawamoto K, Anstrom KJ, Russell ML, Woods P, Smith D. Development, deployment and usability of a point-of-care decision support system for chronic disease management using the recently-approved HL7 decision support service standard. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2007;129(Pt 2):861-5.

Lobach DF, Kawamoto K, Anstrom KJ, Kooy KR, Eisenstein EL, Silvey GM, Willis JM, Johnson F, Simo J. Proactive population health management in the context of a regional health information exchange using standards-based decision support. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007:473-7.

Lobach DF, Detmer DE. Research challenges for electronic health records. Am J Prev Med. 2007 May;32(5 Suppl):S104-11.

Kawamoto K, Lobach DF. Proposal for fulfilling strategic objectives of the U.S. Roadmap for national action on clinical decision support through a service-oriented architecture leveraging HL7 services. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007 Mar-Apr;14(2):146-55.

Kawamoto K, Houlihan CA, Balas EA, Lobach DF. Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success. BMJ. 2005 Apr 2;330(7494):765.

Lobach DF, Hasselblad V, Wildemuth BM. Evaluation of a Tool to Categorize Patients by Reading Literacy and Computer Skill to Facilitate the Computer-administered Patient Interview. Proc AMIA Symp. 2003:391-5.

Kawamoto K, Lobach DF. Clinical Decision Support Provided within Physician Order Entry Systems: A Systematic Review of Features Effective for Changing Clinician Behavior. Proc AMIA Symp. 2003:361-5.

Lobach DF, Low R, Arbanas JA, Rabold JS, Tatum JL, Epstein SD. Defining and supporting the diverse information needs of community-based care using the web and hand-held devices. Proc AMIA Symp. 2001:398-402.

Lobach DF, Kerner N. A systematic process for converting text-based guidelines into a linear algorithm for electronic implementation. Proc AMIA Symp. 2000:507-11.

Lobach DF, Gadd CS, Hales JW, Baskaran P. Siegfried: System for Interactive Electronic Guidelines with Feedback and Resources for Instructional and Educational Development. Medinfo. 1998;9 Pt 2:827-31.

Lobach DF, Hammond WE. Computerized decision support based on a clinical practice guideline improves compliance with care standards. Am J Med. 1997 Jan;102(1):89-98.

Lobach DF, Gadd CS, Hales JW. Structuring clinical practice guidelines in a relational database model for decision support on the Internet. Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp. 1997:158-62.

Lobach DF. Electronically distributed, computer-generated, individualized feedback enhances the use of a computerized practice guideline. Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp. 1996:493-7.

Lobach DF. A model for adapting clinical guidelines for electronic implementation in primary care. Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1995:581-5.