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William Galanter, M.D., Ph.D.
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor of
Pharmacy Practice
Chair, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
Medical Director, Clinical Information Systems
Medical Director of Managed Care
Education and Training:
University of Illinois at Chicago (MD '93)
University of Illinois
at Chicago (PhD '93)
University of Illinois at Chicago (Residency)
Areas of Interest:
Medical Education
Medication Safety Prescribing Quality
Computerized Physician Order Entry
Medical Informatics
Current Academic and/or Research Activities:
Dr. Galanter's work is related to improving appropriate
prescribing and decreasing medication errors. This work involves curricular
development, clinical decision support and medical informatics.
Recent Publications:
Schiff GD, Galanter WL. Promoting more conservative
prescribing.
JAMA. 2009 Feb 25;301(8):865-7.
Galanter WL, Hier DB, Jao C, Sarne D. Computerized physician
order entry of medications and clinical decision support can improve problem
list documentation compliance.
Int J Med Inform. 2009. [Epub ahead of print]
Jao CS, Hier DB,
Galanter WL, Valenta A. Assessing Physician Comprehension of
and Attitudes toward Problem List Documentation.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6:990.
Jao CS, Hier DB,
Galanter WL. Automating the maintenance of problem list documentation
using a clinical decision support system.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6:989.
Bauman, J.L., Didomenico, R. and Galanter, W.L. Mechanisms, manifestations, and management of digoxin toxicity in the modern era. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2006;6(2):77-86.
Galanter, W.L., Didomenico, R and Polikaitis, A. Automated decision support
alerts for contraindicated medications using computerized physician order entry.
Journal of AMIA, Vol 12/3 p 269-274, 2005.
Galanter, W.L., Didomenico, R and Polikaitis, A. Effectiveness of automated
clinical decision support alerts for inpatient digoxin use with computerized
physician order entry. Journal of AMIA, Vol 11/4 pp 270-277, 2004
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