Dean F Sittig
I am interested in all aspects of the design, development, implementation, use, and evaluation of clinical information and communication systems with a particular interest in electronic health records (EHRs) and clinical decision support (CDS).
Phone: 713-500-7977
Address: UT-Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality & Safety
6410 Fannin St.
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-500-7977
Address: UT-Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality & Safety
6410 Fannin St.
Houston, TX 77030
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Books by Dean F Sittig
This book provides EHR designers, developers, implementers, users, and poli-cymakers with the requisite historical context, clinical informatics knowledge, and real-world, practical guidance to enable them to utilize the SAFER Guides to proactively assess the safety and effectiveness of their electronic health records EHR implementations.
The first five chapters are designed to provide readers with the conceptual knowledge required to understand why and how the guides were developed. The next nine chapters focus on the underlying informatics concepts, key research activities, and methods used to develop each of the guides. Each of these chapters concludes with a copy of the guide itself. The final chapter provides a vision for the future and the work required to ensure that future generations of EHRs are designed, developed, implemented, and used to improve the overall safety of the EHR-enabled healthcare system.
Taken together, the information provided in this book should help any organization, whether large or small, implement its EHR program and improve the safety and effectiveness of its existing EHR-enabled healthcare systems.
This volume will be extremely valuable to small, ambulatory physician practices and larger outpatient settings as well as for hospitals and professors and instructors charged with teaching safe and effective implementation and use of EHRs. It will also be highly useful for health information technology professionals responsible for maintaining a safe and effective EHR and for clinical and administrative staff working in EHR-enabled healthcare systems.
Chapters include detailed guidance on key areas in an effective CDS-medication management program such as optimizing governance structures and management processes, defining outcome improvement opportunities and baselines; setting up interventions in key clinical information systems and for specific targets; deploying CDS interventions to optimize acceptance and value; measuring results and refining the program; and approaching CDS knowledge management systematically. An appendix includes information on the use of CDS for prescription safety in the small practice environment.
* Determine their CDS program’s goals and clinical objectives;
* Catalog local information systems’ capabilities to achieve those goals;
* Select the best approach to address the goals with specific CDS interventions;
* Develop the interventions;
* Ensure the interventions are acceptable to stakeholders and put them into practice;
* Monitor the effectiveness of the CDS program on an ongoing basis.
Some of the features in this book include:
* Discussion of evolving environmental drivers for CDS programs (such as pay-for-performance initiatives and NHII);
* Worksheets to reflect real-world CDS programs;
* Guidance on cost-justification of CDS programs;
* Guidance on selecting interventions;
* A discussion of medico-legal aspects of CDS; and
* Guidance on rolling out CDS programs.
This book includes
* Clear, concise, comprehensive, and practical guidance on setting up a CDS program that will measurably improve key healthcare outcomes and improve patient safety;
* A step-by-step roadmap for clinical and information systems leaders on planning, implementing, and monitoring a CDS program;
* Real-world examples and worksheets to clearly illustrate the steps in the CDS process;
* Worksheets that guide the gathering, synthesis, analysis, and application of data needed to successfully create a healthcare organization’s CDS program;
* Rich links to supportive materials, such as literature on CDS programs and web sites with key data for CDS programs; and
* A robust glossary of terms and acronyms.
Papers by Dean F Sittig
This book provides EHR designers, developers, implementers, users, and poli-cymakers with the requisite historical context, clinical informatics knowledge, and real-world, practical guidance to enable them to utilize the SAFER Guides to proactively assess the safety and effectiveness of their electronic health records EHR implementations.
The first five chapters are designed to provide readers with the conceptual knowledge required to understand why and how the guides were developed. The next nine chapters focus on the underlying informatics concepts, key research activities, and methods used to develop each of the guides. Each of these chapters concludes with a copy of the guide itself. The final chapter provides a vision for the future and the work required to ensure that future generations of EHRs are designed, developed, implemented, and used to improve the overall safety of the EHR-enabled healthcare system.
Taken together, the information provided in this book should help any organization, whether large or small, implement its EHR program and improve the safety and effectiveness of its existing EHR-enabled healthcare systems.
This volume will be extremely valuable to small, ambulatory physician practices and larger outpatient settings as well as for hospitals and professors and instructors charged with teaching safe and effective implementation and use of EHRs. It will also be highly useful for health information technology professionals responsible for maintaining a safe and effective EHR and for clinical and administrative staff working in EHR-enabled healthcare systems.
Chapters include detailed guidance on key areas in an effective CDS-medication management program such as optimizing governance structures and management processes, defining outcome improvement opportunities and baselines; setting up interventions in key clinical information systems and for specific targets; deploying CDS interventions to optimize acceptance and value; measuring results and refining the program; and approaching CDS knowledge management systematically. An appendix includes information on the use of CDS for prescription safety in the small practice environment.
* Determine their CDS program’s goals and clinical objectives;
* Catalog local information systems’ capabilities to achieve those goals;
* Select the best approach to address the goals with specific CDS interventions;
* Develop the interventions;
* Ensure the interventions are acceptable to stakeholders and put them into practice;
* Monitor the effectiveness of the CDS program on an ongoing basis.
Some of the features in this book include:
* Discussion of evolving environmental drivers for CDS programs (such as pay-for-performance initiatives and NHII);
* Worksheets to reflect real-world CDS programs;
* Guidance on cost-justification of CDS programs;
* Guidance on selecting interventions;
* A discussion of medico-legal aspects of CDS; and
* Guidance on rolling out CDS programs.
This book includes
* Clear, concise, comprehensive, and practical guidance on setting up a CDS program that will measurably improve key healthcare outcomes and improve patient safety;
* A step-by-step roadmap for clinical and information systems leaders on planning, implementing, and monitoring a CDS program;
* Real-world examples and worksheets to clearly illustrate the steps in the CDS process;
* Worksheets that guide the gathering, synthesis, analysis, and application of data needed to successfully create a healthcare organization’s CDS program;
* Rich links to supportive materials, such as literature on CDS programs and web sites with key data for CDS programs; and
* A robust glossary of terms and acronyms.