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Douglas S. Bell

Santa Monica Office

Research Scientist; Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

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Education

Ph.D. in health services, University of California, Los Angeles; M.D., Harvard Medical School; B.A. in biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University

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Research Focus

Quality of care; technology, information, and innovation

RAND Research Areas

Health and Health Care

Recent Projects

Led a set of Medicare-sponsored studies evaluating electronic prescribing standards, in partnership with the New Jersey E-Prescribing Action Coalition
Developed expert-panel recommendations for electronic prescribing systems and evaluated the implementation of these recommendations among commercially available systems
Conducted research in online physician education, concept representation for electronic health records, online survey data collection, and the digital divide among health care providers

Selected Publications

Teryl K. Nuckols et al., "Rates and Types of Events Reported to Established Incident Reporting Systems in Two U.S. Hospitals", Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 16(3), 2007

Douglas S. Bell et al., "A Test of Knowledge About Prostate Cancer Screening: Online Pilot Evaluation Among Southern California Physicians", Journal of General Internal Medicine, 21(4), 2006

Terrence Shaneyfelt et al., "Instruments for Evaluating Education in Evidence-Based Practice: A Systematic Review", Journal of the American Medical Association, 296(9), 2006

D. S. Bell and M. A. Friedman, "E-Prescribing and the Medicare Modernization Act: Paving the On-Ramp to Fully Integrated Health Information Technology", Health Affairs, 24(5), 2005

C. J. Wang et al., "Functional Characteristics of Commercial Ambulatory Electronic Prescribing Systems: A Field Study", Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 12(3), 2005

Related RAND Resources

Research Focus

Quality of care, technology, information, and innovation

Recent Projects

Led a set of Medicare-sponsored studies evaluating electronic prescribing standards, in partnership with the New Jersey E-Prescribing Action Coalition
Developed expert-panel recommendations for electronic prescribing systems and evaluated the implementation of these recommendations among commercially available systems
Conducted research in online physician education, concept representation for electronic health records, online survey data collection, and the digital divide among health care providers

Selected Publications

"Rates and Types of Events Reported to Established Incident Reporting Systems in Two U.S. Hospitals," Teryl K. Nuckols et al., Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Vol. 16, No. 3, June 2007

"A Test of Knowledge About Prostate Cancer Screening: Online Pilot Evaluation Among Southern California Physicians," Douglas S. Bell et al., Journal of General Internal Medicine, Vol. 21, No. 4, Apr 2006

"Instruments for Evaluating Education in Evidence-Based Practice: A Systematic Review," Terrence Shaneyfelt et al., Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 296, No. 9, Sept 2006

"E-Prescribing and the Medicare Modernization Act: Paving the On-Ramp to Fully Integrated Health Information Technology," D. S. Bell and M. A. Friedman, Health Affairs, Vol. 24, No. 5, Sept/Oct 2005

"Functional Characteristics of Commercial Ambulatory Electronic Prescribing Systems: A Field Study," C. J. Wang et al., Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Vol. 12, No. 3, May/June 2005