Some examples of recently published work by Dr. Brown

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Karsh, B., and Brown, R. L.., (2010). Macroergonomics and patient safety: The impact of levels on theory, measurment, analysis and intervention in patient safety research. Applied Ergonomics, 1-8.

Karsh, B., Beasley, J. W., and Brown, R. L. (2010). Employed family physician satisfaction and commitment to their practice, work group, and health care organization. Health Services Research. 45(2), 457-475.

Phelan CH, Love GL, Ryff C, Brown, R. L., Heidrich SM. Psychosocial predictors of changing sleep patterns in aging women: A multiple pathway approach. Psychology and Aging Advance online publication, August 23, 2010. doi: 10.1037/a0019622.

Holden, R.J., Scanlon, M.C., Patel, N.R., Kaushal, R., Escoto, K.H., Brown, R. L.., Alper, S.J., Arnold, J.M., Shalaby, T.M., Murkowski, K., & Karsh, B. (2011). A human factors framework and study of the effect of nursing workload on patient safety and employee quality of working life. BMJ Quality & Safety, 20, 15-24. NIHMSID: 229445.

Holden, R.J., Brown, R. L., Alper, S., Scanlon, M, Patel, N, and Karsh, B. That’s nice, but what does IT do? Evaluating the impact of bar coded medication administration by measuring changes in the process of care, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics (2011), doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2011.02.007

Wiltshire, J., Dark, T., Brown, R. L., and Person, S. Gender differences in financial hardships of medical debt. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. (2011). 22, 371-388.

Harrison, T. M., and Brown, R. L. (2011). Autonomic nervous system function in infants with transposition of the great arteries. Biological Research for Nursing, published online 25 May. DOI: 10.1177/1099800411407687.

Barrett, B., Brown, R. L.., et. Al (2011). Placebo effects and the common cold: A randomized controlled trial. Annals of Family Medicine, 9(4), 312-322.

Tuczek, A., McKechnie, A. C., and Brown, R. L. (2011). Factors associated with parental perception of child vulnerability 12 months after abnormal newborn screening results. Research in Nursing & Health. 34, 389-400.

Carayon, P., Cartmill, R., Blosky, M. A., Brown, R. L., et al. (2011). ICU nurses’ acceptance of electronic health records. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2010-000018.

Hoonakker, P., Carayon, P., Gurses, A., Brown, R. L., et al. (2011). Using the NASA Task Load Index (TLX) to measure workload of ICU nurses. IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 1(2), 131-143.

Royer, H. R., Heidrich, S. M., and Brown, R. L., (2012). Young women's representations of sexually transmitted diseases (RoSTD): A Psychometric Study. Research in Nursing & Health, 35(1), 15-29.

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