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Publications and Invited Presentations

Dr. Palma has published over 40 peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and abstracts/posters in the field of pediatrics, neonatology, and clinical informatics. He has also been invited to present nationally and internationally over 40 times. 

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

1.    Kaur R, Jain M, McAdams RM, Sun Y, Gupta S, Mutharaju R, Cho SJ, Saluja S, Palma JP, Kaur A, Singh H. An Ontology and Rule-Based Clinical Decision Support System for Personalized Nutrition Recommendations in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. IEEE Access, 2023;11:142433-46.

 

2.    Rao A, Palma J. Clinical decision support in the neonatal ICU. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med, 2022 Oct;27(5):101332. PMID: 35428591

 

3.    Ip W, Prahalad P, Palma J, Chen JH. A Data-Driven Algorithm to Recommend Initial Clinical Workup for Outpatient Specialty Referral. JMIR Med Inform, 2022 Mar 3;10(3)e30104. PMID: 35238788

 

4.    Morse KE, Brown C, Fleming S, Todd I, Powell A, Russell A, Scheinker D, Sutherland SM, Lu J, Watkins B, Shah NH, Pageler NM, Palma JP. Monitoring approaches for a pediatric chronic kidney disease machine learning model. Appl Clin Inform, 2022 Mar;13(2):431-438. PMID: 35508197

 

5.    Singh H, Cho SJ, Sunidhi, Kaur R, Saluja S, Pandey AK, Bennett MV, Lee HC, Das R, Gupta S, Palma J, Kaur A, Yadav G, Sun Y. Designing a bed-side system for predicting length of stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Sci Rep, 2021;11:3342. PMID: 33558618

 

6.    Sun Y, Kaur R, Gupta S, Paul R, Das R, Cho SJ, Anand S, Boutilier JJ, Saria S, Palma J, Saluja S, McAdams R, Kaur A, Yadav G, Singh H. Development and Validation of High Definition Phenotype (HDP) based mortality prediction in critical care units. JAMIA Open, 2021; 4(1). PMID: 33796821

 

7.    Singh H, Kusuda S, McAdams RM, Gupta S, Kalra J, Kaur R, Das R, Anand S, Pandey AK, Cho SJ, Saluja S, Boutilier JJ, Saria S, Palma J, Kaur A, Yadav G, Sun Y. Machine Learning-Based Automatic Classification of Video Recorded Neonatal Manipulations and Associated Physiological Parameters: A Feasibility Study. Children, 2020; 8(1):1. PMID: 33375101

 

8.    Arain Y, Banda J, Faulkenberry J, Bhutani VK, Palma JP. Clinical Decision Support Tool for Phototherapy Initiation in Preterm Infants. J Perinatol. 2020; 40:1518-23. PMID: 32792630

 

9.    Palma JP, Luberti T, Hron J. Early Experiences with Combined Clinical Informatics Fellowships. JAMIA 2020 May 1; 27(5):788-92. PMID: 32186718 

 

10.    Singh H, Kaur R, Saluja S, Cho SJ, Kaur A, Pandey AK, Gupta S, Das R, Kumar P, Palma J, Yadav G, Sun Y. Development of a data dictionary for neonatal intensive care unit: advancement towards a better critical care unit. JAMIA Open 2019 Nov 25; 3(1):21-30. PMID: 32607484

 

11.    Dell DS, Baldwin K, Bell EJ 3rd, Lehmann CU, Webber EC, Mohan V, Leu MG, Hofmann JM, Kaelber DC, Landman AB, Hron J, Silverman HD, Levy B, Elkin PL, Poon E, Luberti AA, Finnell JT, Safran C, Palma JP, Forman BH, Kileen J, Arvin D, Pfeffer M. Characteristics of the National Applicant Pool for Clinical Informatics Fellowships (2016-2017). AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2018 Dec 5;2018:225-231. PMID: 30815060

 

12.    Singh H, Kaur R, Bansal S, Gangadharan A, Sun Y, Saluja S, Gupta S, Palma JP, Kumar P. Neo-Bedside monitoring device for integrated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (iNICU). IEEE Access. 2018;7:7803-13. IEEE 8586861

 

13.    Wilnai Y, Blumenfeld Y, Cusmano K, Hintz SR, Alcorn D, Benitz WE, Berquist W, Bernstein J, Castillo R, Concepcion W, Cowan T, Cox K, Lyell D, Esquivel C, Homeyer M, Hudgins L, Hurwitz M, Palma JP, Schelley S, Akula VP, Summar M. Prenatal Treatment of Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2018; 123(3):297-300. PMID: 29396029

 

14.    Chock VY, Goel VV, Palma JP, Luh T, McCalvin N, Gaskari S, Punn R, Silverman NH, Benitz WE. Changing Management of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Effect on Neonatal Outcomes and Resource Utilization. Am J Perinatol. 2017; 34(10):990-5. PMID: 28376547

 

15.    Downing NL, Adler-Milstein J, Palma JP, Lane S, Eisenberg M, Sharp C, Longhurst CL. Health Information Exchange Policies of 11 Diverse Health Systems and the Associated Impact on Volume of Exchange. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2017; 24(1):113-22. PMID: 27301748

 

16.    Goel VV, Poole SF, Longhurst CA, Platchek TS, Pageler NM, Sharek PJ, Palma JP. Safety Analysis of Data-Driven Heart and Respiratory Rate Parameters for Hospitalized Children. J Hosp Med. 2016; 11(12):817-23. PMID: 27411896

 

17.    Palma JP, Arain YH. Development of a Web-Based Decision Support Tool to Operationalize and Optimize Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in Preterm Infants. Clin Perinatol. 2016; 43(2):375-83. PMID: 27235214

 

18.    Longhurst CA, Pageler NM, Palma JP, Finnell JT, Levy BP, Yackel TR, Mohan V, Hersh WR. Early Experiences of Accredited Clinical Informatics Fellowships. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2016; 23(4):829-34. PMID: 27206458 

 

19.    Wallenstein MB, Birnie KL, Arain YH, Yang W, Yamada NK, Huffman LC, Palma JP, Chock VY, Shaw GM, Stevenson DK. Failed Endotracheal Intubation and Adverse Outcomes Among Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants. J Perinatol. 2016; 36(2):112-5. PMID: 26540244 

 

20.    Wallenstein MB, Arain YH, Birnie KL, Andrews J, Palma JP, Benitz WE, Chock VY. Red Blood Cell Transfusion Is Not Associated with Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Review of Consecutive Transfusions in a Tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. J Pediatr. 2014; 165(4):678-82. PMID: 25039042 

 

21.    Longhurst CA, Palma JP, Grisim LM, Chan M, Widen E, Sharek PJ. Using an Evidence-Based Approach to EMR Implementation to Optimize Outcomes and Avoid Unintended Consequences. J Healthc Inf Manag. 2013 Summer;27(3):79-83. PMID: 24771994 

 

22.    Stevens LA, Palma JP, Pandher KK, Longhurst CA. Immunization registries in the EHR Era. Online J Public Health Inform. 2013 Jul 1;5(2):211. PMID: 23923096 

 

23.    Palma JP, Keller H, Godin M, Cohen RC, Rhine WD, Longhurst CA. Impact of an EMR-based daily patient update letter on communication and parent engagement in a neonatal intensive care unit. J Participatory Med. 2012;4:e33. PMID: 23730532

 

24.    Palma JP, Sharek PJ, Longhurst CA. Impact of electronic medical record integration of a handoff tool on sign-out in a newborn intensive care unit. J Perinatol. 2011; 31(5):311-7. PMID: 21273990

Reviews, Perspectives, Case Reports

1.    Patel S, Palma JP, Hoffman J, Lehman C. Neonatal Informatics: Past, Present and Future. J Perinatol 2024. PMID: 38454154

 

2.    Palma JP, Arain YH. A narrative review of electronic clinical decision support tools for hyperbilirubinemia management. Pediatr Med 2021. DOI: 10.21037/pm-21-12

 

3.    Morse K, Schremp J, Pageler NM, Palma JP. Your Patient Has a New Health App? Start with its Data Source. J Particip Med. 2019;11(2):e14288. PMID: 33055064

 

4.    Kumar A, Niemi AK, Thorson CM, Palma JP. Visual Diagnosis: Red and Swollen Umbilical Region. Neoreviews. 2018;19(5):e308-311. DOI: 10.1542/neo.19-5-e308

 

5.    Wallenstein MB, Olson K, Peng DM, Stevenson DK, Shaw GM, Palma JP, Bain LC. Index of Suspicion in the Nursery: Lactic Acidosis and Respiratory Distress in a 10-Day-Old Infant. Neoreviews. 2015;16(7):e431 -e433. PMID: 26236172 

 

6.    Cordero-Schmidt G, Wallenstein MB, Ozen M, Shah N, Jackson E, Hovsepian DM, Palma JP. Pulmonary Hypertensive Crisis Following Ethanol Sclerotherapy for a Complex Vascular Malformation. J Perinatol. 2014; 34(9):713-5. PMID: 25179381

 

7.    Pate LL, Myers J, Palma JP, Viele M, Galel SA, Ferrer Z, Gonzalez CL, Benitz WE, Garratty G, Fontaine MJ. Anti-Ge3 causes late-onset hemolytic disease of the newborn: the fourth case in three hispanic families. Transfusion. 2013 Oct; 53(10):2152-7. PMID: 23241141 

 

8.    Palma JP, Benitz WE, Tarczy-Hornoch P, Butte AJ, Longhurst CA. Topics in Neonatal Informatics: Transforming Neonatal Care through Translational Bioinformatics. Neoreviews. 2012;13:e281-284. PMID: 22924023

 

9.    Palma JP, Brown PJ, Lehmann CU, Longhurst CA. Topics in Neonatal Informatics: Optimizing Clinical Data Entry and Display. Neoreviews. 2012;13:e81-e85. PMID: 22557935

 

10.    Palma JP, Van Eaton EG, Longhurst CA. Topics in Neonatal Informatics: Information Technology to Support Handoffs in Neonatal Care. Neoreviews. 2011;12:e560-e563. PMID: 22199463

 

11.    Palma JP, Sharek PJ, Classen DC, Longhurst CA. Topics in Neonatal Informatics: Computerized Physician Order Entry. Neoreviews. 2011;12:e393-e396. PMID: 21804768

Book Chapters

1.    Pageler NM, Palma JP. Strategic and Financial Planning. In JT Finnell, BE Dixon (Eds.), Clinical Informatics Study Guide, 2e. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 2022;307-318.

 

2.    Palma JP, Tarczy-Hornoch P. Neonatal Informatics. In C. Gleason (Ed.), Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn, 10e. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. 2018;11-19.

Abstracts, Posters

1.    Arain YH, Banda J, Palma JP. Optimizing Hyperbilirubinemia Management in Preterm Infants. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. 7 May 2017.

 

2.    Nakamura MM, Toomey SL, Zaslavsky AM, Petty CR, Lin C, Savova GK, Rose S, Brittan M, Palma JP, Bryant MC, Ashrafzadeh S, Schuster MA. Impact of clinical data on adjustment of pediatric readmission rates. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland. 30 April 2016.

 

3.    V Goel, S Poole, A Kipps, J Palma, T Platchek, N Pageler, C Longhurst, P Sharek. Implementation of Data Driven Heart Rate and Respiratory Rate Parameters on a Pediatric Acute Care Unit. Medinfo World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 22 August 2015. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015;216:918. PMID: 26262220

 

4.    Downing NL, Lane S, Eisenberg M, Sharp C, Palma J, Northern California HIE Collaborative, Longhurst C.  An Exponential Increase in Regional Health Information Exchange With Collaborative Policies and Technologies. MedInfo World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 22 August 2015. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015;216:931. PMID: 26262233

 

5.    VY Chock, VV Goel, JP Palma, T Luh, S Gaskari, R Punn, NH Silverman, WE Benitz. Changing Management of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Effect on Neonatal Outcomes and Resource Utilization. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. 26 April 2015.

 

6.    Arain YH, Bhutani VK, Palma JP. Creating a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in Preterm Infants. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. 25 April 2015.

 

7.    Goel V, Poole S, Longhurst C, Sharek P, Palma J. Data Driven Approach to Pediatric Vital Sign Parameters. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. November 2014.

 

8.    Goel V, Palma JP, Benitz WE. Living with the Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Management Trends and Neonatal Outcomes. Stanford Pediatrics Research Retreat, Palo Alto, CA. 26 April 2013.

 

9.    Palma J, Longhurst C. Interactive Training Increases Resident Acceptance of a New Electronic Medical Record. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. 2006:59:252.

Invited Presentations

International

2020, Feb 15    Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting, Banff, Alberta – The Learning Health System and Clinical Informatics Innovation

 

2017, Jul 27    INFORMS Healthcare, Rotterdam, Netherlands – Analytics for EHR-Integrated Pediatric Cardiology Home Monitoring Data

 

2016, May 5    Australian Institute of Health Innovation Seminar Series, Sydney, Australia – The Learning Health System and Clinical Informatics

 

2015, Aug 19    Medinfo World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics, Sao Paulo, Brazil – Clinical Decision Support: A Practical Guide, Tutorial facilitator

National, Regional

2025, Dec 18    Drager Webinar – Bilirubin Clinical Decision Support: Past, Present, and Future

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2025, Sep 6    American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) 2025 Fall Virtual Meeting – Neonatology Update

 

2024, Dec 12    Drager ICON Webinar – Artificial Intelligence for Neonatal Intensive Care

 

2023, Nov 8    Google Health Fireside Chat Invited Speaker – Generative AI in Healthcare

 

2023, Oct 26    NeoPredix Webinar Panel – New Technology and Medicine

 

2018, Nov 26    American Academy of Pediatrics Health Information Technology Webinar Panel – Practice Pathways to Clinical Informatics Board Certification

 

2018, Nov 15    Vanderbilt Bioinformatics Research Colloquium, Nashville, TN – Extending the EHR with Web and Mobile Apps

 

2018, Nov 4    Community of Clinical Informatics Program Directors Meeting, AMIA Annual Symposium, San Francisco, CA – Combined Clinical Informatics Fellowships

 

2018, Aug 27    Epic User Group Meeting, Madison, WI – Automating Pediatric Cardiology Home Monitoring

 

2018, Jul 9    Mayo Clinic Clinical Informatics Grand Rounds, Rochester, MN – EHR-integrated Innovation with Web and Mobile Apps

 

2018, Mar 22    Mid-Coastal California Perinatal Outreach Program (MCCPOP) 38th Annual Perinatal Potpourri, Monterey, CA – Clinical Informatics Innovation for Neonatal-Perinatal Care

 

2018, Mar 7    Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2018 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV – Reducing Harm in Pediatric Care: Health IT to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury

 

2018, Feb 21    Healthcare Business Insights Information Technology Academy Webinar – Developing the Modern Clinical Informatics Team

 

2017, Oct 6    Boston Children’s Hospital Guest Lecture, Boston, MA – Clinical Informatics Innovation at Stanford Children’s Health

 

2017, Aug 24    HIMSS Davies Site Visit, Stanford Children’s Health, Palo Alto, CA – Using Health IT to Prevent Nephrotoxic Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized Children

 

2017, May 3    AMIA iHealth 2017, Philadelphia, PA – Premie BiliRecs: Web-based CDS Tool for Optimizing Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in Preterm Infants

 

2016, Sep 20    Epic User Group Meeting, Madison, WI – SlicerDicer Use Cases and Experiences Panel

 

2016, Jan 21    Mid-Coastal California Perinatal Outreach Program (MCCPOP) 36th Annual Perinatal Potpourri, Monterey, CA – EMR Challenges in Perinatal Care

 

2015, Sep 2    Epic User Group Meeting, Madison, WI – SlicerDicer Physician Analytics

 

2015, Apr 21    AMIA Academic Forum Annual Conference, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM – Clinical Informatics Fellowship Funding Models Panel

 

2015, Mar 18    Epic Expert Group Meeting, Madison, WI – Early Experiences with SlicerDicer

 

2015, Mar 16    Epic Expert Group Meeting, Madison, WI – Enhancing the 2014 Handoff Tool

 

2015, Mar 3    iHT2 San Francisco, CA – Driving Organizational Excellence with Analytics Panel

 

2015, Feb 20    NEO Conference 2015, Orlando, FL – Information Technology for a NICU Learning Health System

 

2014, Sep 17    Epic User Group Meeting, Madison, WI – Improving Physician Sign-out using the 2014 Handoff Tool

 

2014, Jun 19    Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems Physician-Computer Connection Symposium, Ojai, CA – Analytics Panel

 

2014, Jun 11    Hewlett Packard Discover 2014, Las Vegas, NV – Big Data Track Keynote Panel, See the Big Picture in Big Data

 

2014, Feb 25    Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2014 Annual Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, FL – Clinical Intelligence from Clinical Documentation

 

2014, Jan 23    Mid-Coastal California Perinatal Outreach Program (MCCPOP) 34th Annual Perinatal Potpourri, Monterey, CA – Topics in Neonatal Informatics

 

2013, Sep 12    The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, CA – Big Data in Healthcare

 

2013, Jun 27    Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems Physician-Computer Connection Symposium, Ojai, CA – Healthcare Analytics

 

2012, May 7    Healthcare Informatics Executive Summit, Orlando, FL – Leveraging the EMR for Improved Patient Safety and Clinical Outcomes

 

2011, Sep 25    Vermont Oxford Network NICQ Collaborative, Minneapolis, MN – Plenary Session, EMR for Neonatal Care

 

2009, Dec 5    Vermont Oxford Network Annual Meeting, 10th Quality Congress, Washington, DC – EMR Successes in Neonatology

 

2009, Oct 5    Cerner Health Conference, Kansas City, MO – Evidence-Based Neonatology Clinical Workflow Optimization                

 

2009, Mar 21    Vermont Oxford Network NICQ Collaborative. Orlando, FL – Evidence-Based Communication Improvement using an EMR-Integrated Sign-out Tool

 

2008, Oct 7    Cerner Health Conference, Kansas City, MO – Optimizing Neonatology Workflow in a CPOE/Clinical Documentation Environment

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