Robert Turer, M.D.

Robert Turer, MD, MSE, MSACI is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

After completing his undergraduate degree in computer engineering and a Masters degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, Dr. Turer attended the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He completed residency in emergency medicine at the University of Michigan, where he served as a chief resident. He pursued fellowship training and a Masters degree in clinical informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center before joining the faculty at UT Southwestern in 2021.

At UT Southwestern, Dr. Turer serves as a core faculty member within the Clinical Informatics Center, Program Director for the Clinical Informatics Fellowship, and Deputy Chief Medical Informatics Officer (DCMIO) for Analytics. As a researcher, he studies patient-facing technologies, including patient portals. Dr. Turer, along with Dr. Robin Higashi, was awarded a Texas Health Resources Clinical Scholars grant to study language-related disparities in patient portal enrollment and use among Spanish-speaking patients in Dallas.

Medical School

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2015)

Chief Resident

University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers (2019), Emergency Medicine

Residency

University of Michigan Medical Center (2019), Emergency Medicine

Fellowship

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2021), Clinical Informatics

• Clinical Informatics
• Patient Portals

Featured Publications

Perspectives of Patients About Immediate Access to Test Results Through an Online Patient Portal.

Steitz BD, Turer RW, Lin CT, MacDonald S, Salmi L, Wright A, Lehmann CU, Langford K, McDonald SA, Reese TJ, Sternberg P, Chen Q, Rosenbloom ST, DesRoches CM, JAMA Netw Open 2023 Mar 6 3 e233572

Real-Time Patient Portal Use Among Emergency Department Patients Since Implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act: An Open Results Study.

Turer RW, Martin KR, Courtney DM, Diercks DB, Chu L, Willett DL, Thakur B, Hughes AE, Lehmann CU, McDonald S, Appl Clin Inform 2022 Sep

Decision Support to Improve Critical Care Services Documentation in an Academic Emergency Department.

Turer RW, Champion JC, Rothman B, Dunn H, Jenkins KM, Evernham O, Barrett TW, Jones ID, Ward M, Miller N, Appl Clin Inform 2022 Sep

An Open Letter Arguing for Closure of the Practice Pathway for Clinical Informatics Medical Subspecialty Certification.

Turer RW, Levy BP, Hron JD, Pageler NM, Mize DE, Kim E, Lehmann CU, Appl Clin Inform 2022 Jan 13 1 301-303

Patient Perceptions of Receiving COVID-19 Test Results via an Online Patient Portal: An Open Results Survey.

Turer RW, DesRoches CM, Salmi L, Helmer T, Rosenbloom ST, Appl Clin Inform 2021 08 12 4 954-959

Electronic personal protective equipment: A strategy to protect emergency department providers in the age of COVID-19.

Turer RW, Jones I, Rosenbloom ST, Slovis C, Ward MJ, J Am Med Inform Assoc 2020 06 27 6 967-971

ICD-10-CM Crosswalks in the primary care setting: assessing reliability of the GEMs and reimbursement mappings.

Turer RW, Zuckowsky TD, Causey HJ, Rosenbloom ST, J Am Med Inform Assoc 2015 Mar 22 2 417-25

Incidence and Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With COVID-19.

Ho M, Most ZM, Perl TM, Diaz MI, Casazza JA, Saleh S, Pickering M, Radunsky AP, Hanna JJ, Thakur B, Lehmann CU, Medford RJ, Turer RW, Hosp Pediatr 2023 May 13 5 450-462

Is there an association between peri-diagnostic vaccination and clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients?

Casazza JA, Thakur B, Perl TM, Hanna JJ, Diaz MI, Ho M, Lanier H, Pickering M, Saleh SN, Shah P, Shah D, Navar AM, Lehmann CU, Medford RJ, Turer RW, Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol 2023 3 1 e150

Clinical Informatics Training During Emergency Medicine Residency: The University of Michigan Experience.

Turer RW, Arribas M, Balgord SM, Brooks S, Hopson LR, Bassin BS, Medlin R, AEM Educ Train 2021 Jul 5 3 e10518

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Student Citizenship and Service Award
  (2020-2021)
• Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors - Scholarship and Mini-Fellowship in Wellness Leadership
  (2018)

• American Medical Informatics Association (2019-2024)
• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2018-2024)