Assistant Professor, Medicine
Biography
Amy Knight, M.D., earned a medical degree at the University of Virginia and completed a residency in internal medicine at the University Hospitals of Cleveland. After practicing primary care for five years at a community health center in Baltimore, she joined CIMS in 2000.
Dr. Knight has completed coursework in research methods, statistics and epidemiology. She also participated in the Johns Hopkins Faculty Development Program and subsequently conducted a comprehensive survey of all past participants of the program, resulting in several publications.
Since coming to Johns Hopkins Bayview, Dr. Knight has developed an interest in using information technology to improve the quality of health care. She completed a National Library of Medicine course in medical informatics, led the development and study of a computerized discharge documentation tool, and was instrumental in the implementation of a computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and electronic documentation.
In addition, Dr. Knight serves as medical advisor to the Medical Center's Department of Information Services, and is on the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee and Medical Affairs Council. She is a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine, the American Medical Informatics Association and the Society of General Internal Medicine.
Publications
- Knight AM, DeRuntz PJ, Wright SM. Development of a brochure for patients describing a hospitalist service. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management 2003; 10(4):204-208.
- Knight AM, Cole KA, Kern DE, Barker LR, Kolodner K, Wright SM. Long-term follow up of a longitudinal faculty development program in teaching skills. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2005; 20(8): 721-725.
- Knight AM, Kravet SJ, Harper GM, Leff B. The effect of computerized provider order entry on medical student clerkship experiences. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2005; 12(5): 554-560.
- Rastegar DA, Knight AM, Monolakis JS, Antiretroviral Medication Errors in Hospitalized HIV-infected Patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2006; 43:933-938.
- Kravet SJ, Knight AM, Wright SM. A successful computerized provider order entry system implementation: Ten lessons in action. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management 2007; 14(2):pp.
- Knight AM, Carrese JA, Wright SM. Qualitative Assessment of the Long-term Impact of a Faculty Development Program in Teaching Skills. Accepted 1/22/07 for publication in Medical Education.
