James Turley, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
Contact
James.P.Turley@uth.tmc.edu
7000 Fannin, Suite 600 Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-500-3924
Fax: 713-500-3929
Education
- Ph.D., 1981, University of Oregon (Community Health Education (Advisor: Warren Smith)
- M.S.N., 1977, Case Western Reserve University (Public Health Nursing)
- 1976, New School for Social Research (Phenomenology and Continental Philosophy)
- B.S.N., 1973, Widener University (Nursing)
- BS., 1970, St. Francis College (Philosophy and English)
Research Areas
- Visual display of complex clinical data
- Impact of data display on decision making by clinicians and lay persons
Publications
1. Jacobson HE, Soto Mas F, Hsu CE, Turley JP, Miller J, Kim M. (2010). Self-assessed emergency readiness and training needs of nurses in rural Texas. Public Health Nurs. Jan-Feb;27(1):41-8.
2. Gomah ME, Turley JP, Lu H, Jones D. (2010). Modeling complex workflow in molecular diagnostics: design specifications of laboratory software for support of personalized medicine. J Mol Diagn. 2010 Jan;12(1):51-7.
3. Brixey, J.J. Turley, J.P. (2009). Second Life and health information. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009;146:725.
4. Turley, J.P. (2009). Health informatics: moving from a discipline to a science. Proceedings NI2009. Elsevier.
5. McLane, S., Esquivel, A., Turley, J.P. (2009). Developing a taxonomy and an ontology of nurses' patient clinical summaries. Proceedings NI2009. Elsevier.
6. Brixey, J.J., Zhang, J., Johnson, T.R, Turley, J.P. (2009). Legibility of a volumetric infusion pump in a shock trauma ICU. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009 Apr;35(4):229-35.
7. Brixey, J.J., Robinson, D.J., Turley, J.P., Zhang, J. (2009). The roles of MDs and RNs as initiators and recipients of interruptions in workflow. Int J Med Inform. 2008 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print].
8. Brixey, J.J., Robinson, D.J., Turley, J.P., Zhang, J. (2008). The roles of MDs and RNs as initiators and recipients of interruptions in workflow. Int J Med Inform. 2008 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print]
9. Brixey, J.J., Zhang, J., Johnson, T.R., Turley, J.P. (2008). Legibility of a volumetric infusion pump in a shock trauma intensive care unit. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. Apr; 35(4):229-35.
10. Brixey, J.J., Robinson ,D.J., Turley, J.P., Zhang, J. (2007). Initiators and recipients of interruption in workflow: a role-based event. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007 Oct 11:883.
11. Johnson TR, Tang X, Graham MJ, Brixey J, Turley JP, Zhang J, Keselman A, Patel VL. (2007). Attitudes toward medical device use errors and the prevention of adverse events. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007 Nov;33(11):689-94.
12. Brixey JJ, Robinson DJ, Turley JP, Zhang J. (2007). Initiators of interruption in workflow: the role of MDs and RNs. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2007;130:103-9.
13. Yang Gong, Y., Zhu, M., Li, J., Turley, J.P., Zhang, J. (2007). Clinical Communication Ontology for Medical Errors. Proceedings of International Medical Informatics Association. IOS Press, Part 1, p.1007-1012.
14. Turley JP, Murray PJ, Saranto K, Ehnfors M, Seomun GA. (2007). What if nurses get what they have always sought: totally personalized care? Trends affecting nursing informatics. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2007;128:55-72.
15. Johnson, C.M., Turley, J.P. (2007). A new approach to building web-based interfaces for healthcare consumers. eJHI. (2), 2.
16. Brixey JJ, Tang Z, Robinson DJ, Johnson CW, Johnson TR, Turley JP, Patel VL, Zhang J.(2007). Interruptions in a level one trauma center: A case study. Int J Med Inform. Jun 12.
17. Bernstam EV, Pancheri KK, Johnson CM, Johnson TR, Thomas EJ, Turley JP. (2007). Reasons for after-hours calls by hospital floor nurses to on-call physicians. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. Jun; 33(6):342-9.
18. Brixey, J.J., Robinson, D.J., Johnson, T.R., Turley, J.P., Zhang, J. (2007). A concept analysis of the phenomenon interruption. Advances in Nursing Science. (30.1)
19. Johnson, C.M., Turley, J.P. (2006). The significance of cognitive modeling in building healthcare interfaces. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 75:163-172.
20. Johnson, C.M., Turley, J.P. (2006). Model for evaluating health websites. Proceedings HIC 20-22August 2006, Sydney.
21. Rochon, D., Buck, D. Mahata, K. Turley, JP. The evolution of goal-negotiated care. Proceedings HIC 20-22August 2006, Sydney
22. Turley, J.P., Brixey, J.J.,. Johnson, T.R., Mokkarala, P., Zhang, J. (2006). Comprehensive medical error ontology for the codification of published literature. Japanese Journal of Cognitive Science 13(1). 1-11.
23. Zhu M, Huang Y, Gong Y, Brixey JJ, Zhang J, Turley JP. (2006). Mapping concepts in medical error taxonomies. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006;:1159.
24. Johnson C, Peterson SK, Turley JP, Ensor J, Amos C, Spitz M, Levin B, Berry D. (2006). Strategies to improve healthcare websites. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006;:969.
25. Johnson CM, Turley JP. The significance of cognitive modeling in building healthcare interfaces. Int J Med Inform. 2006 Feb; 75(2):163-72.
26. Brixey JJ, Robinson DJ, Johnson CW, Johnson TR, Turley JP, Patel VL, Zhang J.(2006). Towards a hybrid method to categorize interruptions and activities in healthcare. Int J Med Inform. 2006 Nov 14.
27. Turley, J.P., Johnson, T.R.,, Danielle L. Paige, D.L., Zhang, J., Brixey. J.J. (2006) Manual review as a proxy for formal usability evaluation of medical devices. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 32(4). 215-220.
28. Brixey, J.J. Robinson, D., Tang, Z., Turley, J.P. Zhang, J. (2005). Interruptions in Workflow for RNs in a Level One Trauma Center. Proceedings AMIA, October 26, 2005 Washington, DC 2005; 86-90.
29. Buck, D.R., Rochon, D., Turley, J.P. (2005). Taking it to the streets. Computers, Informatics, Nursing. Sep-Oct; 23(5):250-5.
30. Brixey, J.J., Robinson, D., Tang, Z. Johnson, T.R., Turley, J.P., Zhang, J. (2005). A Study of Interruption and Worklflow for Registered Nurses in a Level One Trauma Center. Proceedings of the Health Informatics Congress. July31-August 2, 2005. Melbourne, Australia.
31. Rinkus S, Walji M, Johnson-Throop KA, Malin JT, Turley JP, Smith JW, Zhang J. (2005). Human-centered design of a distributed knowledge management system. .J Biomed Inform. Feb;38(1):4-17.
32. Brixey, J. J., Walji, M., Zhang, J., Johnson, T. R., & Turley, J. P. (2004). Proposing a Taxonomy and Model of Interruption. Proc 6th International Workshop on Enterprise Networking and Computing in Healthcare Industry.. 2004: 184-188.
33. Brixey, J.J, Turley, J. P., Zhang, J., & Johnson, T. R. (2004). Factors Influencing the Legibility of a Small Screen Medical Device Using Contextual Analysis. Proc XVIII Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference. 2004.
34. Johnson, T., Zhang, J., Tang, Z., Johnson, C., Turley, J. (2003). Assessing informatics students’ satisfaction with a web-based courseware. International Journal of Medical Informatics. Mar 18;73(2):181-7.
35. Turley, J., Gliddon, T. (2003). Community Nursing Minimum Dataset Australia: A dataset for its time. Proceedings of NI2003. Rio d Janeiro (June, 2003).
36. Turley, J., Johnson-Throop, K. (2003). Criteria for the selection of a courseware system in health informatics. Proceedings of IMIA Working group on Conference on Education. Portland 2003.
37. Turley, J. (2003). Integrating bioinformatics and clinical informatics: curriculum implications. Proceedings of IMIA Working group on Conference on Education. Portland 2003.
38. Johnson, T., Zhang, J., Tang, Z., Johnson, C., Turley, J. (2003). Assessing informatics students’ satisfaction with a web-based courseware. IMIA WG3 Proceedings of IMIA Working group on Education. Portland 2003.
39. Aoki N, Dunn K, Johnson-Throop KA, Turley JP. Outcomes and methods in telemedicine evaluation. Telemed J E Health. 2003 Winter;9(4):393-401. Review.
40. Turley J, Johnson C, Johnson T, Zhang J. (2001).A clean slate: initiating a graduate program in health informatics. MD Computing. 18(1):47-8
41. Turley, J. (2000). Toward an integrated view of health informatics. One Step Beyond: The Evolution of Technology and Nursing Proceedings of the7th International Congress Nursing Informatics.28 April-3 May 2000. Auckland, NZ:
42. Turley, J. (1997). Development of informatics as a discipline. The Impact of Nursing Knowledge and Health Care Informatics, Proceedings of Nursing Informatics ’97 U. Gerdin, P. Wainwright and M. Tallberg. (Eds.). Amsterdam: IOS Press. p. 69-74.
43. Eriksen, L. Turley, J. Denton, D. Manning, S. (1997). Data Mining: A strategy for knowledge development and structure in nursing practice. The Impact of Nursing Knowledge and Health Care Informatics, Proceedings of Nursing Informatics ’97 U. Gerdin, P. Wainwright and M. Tallberg. (Eds.). Amsterdam: IOS Press. p. 383-388.
44. Turley J. (1996). Toward a model for nursing informatics. Image - The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 28(4): 309 -13.
45. Turley, J. (1996). Decision making and science of the concrete. Holistic Nursing Practice .11(1), 6-14.
46. Turley, J. (1996). Health informatics: implications for nurse practitioners. Advance for Nurse Practitioners. 4(10), 43-48.
47. Turley, J. (1995). Professional culture, models of science and data types for computerized health records. In R.A. Greens, H.E. Peterson & D.J. Protti (Eds.) Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Medical Informatics (MedInfo '95), Edmonton, Alberta: Healthcare Computing and Communications Canada. p. 1584-1587.
48. Turley, J. Connelly, D. (1993). A framework for the development of a clinician workstation. In: Hovenga E.J.S. and Whymark G.K. (Eds) HIC'93 Proceedings of the Inaugural National Health Informatics Conference, Brisbane HISA.
49. Turley, J. Connelly, D. (1993). The relationship between nursing and medical cultures: implications for the design and implementation of a clinicians’ workstation. Proceedings 17th Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 233-237.
50. Turley, J. (1993). The use of artificial intelligence in nursing information systems. Informatics in Healthcare-Australia. 2(2): 7-12. Available: http://www.project.net.au/hisavic/hisa/mag/may93/the.htm
51. Turley, J. (1992). A framework for the transition from nursing record to a nursing information system. Nursing Outlook. 40(4):177-81.
52. Turley, J. (1992). From nursing records to a nursing information system. Health Informatics-Australia. 1(1), 12-16.
53. Turley, J. (1991). Language, concepts and the meta-level. Nursing Informatics-Australia. November. 20-23.
54. Turley, J. (1988). Transferring data files between micro-computer statistical packages. Nursing Research, 38(5): 315-7.
55. Brown, S., Kurtz, S., Turley, J., Gulitz, E. (1988). Sheltering and response to evacuation during Hurricane Elena. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 14(1): 23-6.
56. Turley, J. Newbold, S. (eds.). (1991). Nursing Informatics '91: Pre Conference Sessions. New York: Springer-Verlag.
57. Zhang, J, Patel, V. Johnson, T, Chung, P, Turley, J. Evaluating and predicting patient safety in medical device use. AHRQ (4/05.)
58. Johnson, T, Zhang, J, Patel, V, Keselman, A, Tang, X, Brixey, J, Paigea, D, Turley, J. (2004). The role of patient safety in the device purchasing process. AHRQ (4/05).
59. Turley, J. (2002). Impact of health care informatics on professional education. In S. Englebardt & R. Nelson. (Eds.).Information Technology in Health Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach. St. Louis: C.V. Mosby.
60. Turley, J. (2000). Informatics and education: the start of a discussion. In B. Carty (Ed.).. Introduction to Nursing Informatics. New York: Springer.
61. Turley, J. (1995). Nursing’s future: ubiquitous computing, virtual reality and augmented reality. In M. Ball, K. Hannah Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet (2nd ed.). New York, Springer-Verlag, (An AJN Book of the Year)
62. Turley, J. (1991). Community nursing minimum data set – Australia. In J. Turley and S. Newbold (eds.). Nursing Informatics '91: Pre Conference Sessions. New York: Springer Verlag.
63. Nichols, E. Dale, M. Turley, J. (1989) Evaluation of a Neumann-based curriculum. In B. Neuman (Ed.). Neuman Systems Model, Appleton Century Croft.
