Professor Melissa Baysari
Sydney Nursing School
Professor Melissa Baysari is a human factors researcher experienced in both quantitative and qualitative evaluations of health information technology. Her research to date has focused primarily on digital health to support medication management, with a particular focus on the design and evaluation of computerised decision support.
Melissa's main research interests include:
- Understanding and improving the fit between clinicians and health technologies
- Electronic medication management systems, electonic prescribing
- Computerised decision support
- Safety of digital health
- Unintended consequences of digital health use/implementation
- Human factors methods and approaches
Melissa is a research-only academic, but delivers many guest lectures to health and medicine students.
Current members of Melissa's team include:
Dr Ann Carrigan, Senior Research Fellow
Ms Henna Solanki, Senior Reseach Officer
Ms Julie Li, Reseach Officer
Ms Tamasha Jayawardena,Research Assistant
Dr Emma Tay, PhD Candidate
Ms Selvana Awad, PhD Candidate
Ms Nicki Newton, PhD Candidate
Mr Timothy Yu, PhD Candiate
- Optimising clinical decision support to transform medication safety and reduce prescriber burden
- Reducing inappropriate polypharmacy for older inpatients
- Human factors and safety analysis methods in the design and redesign of electronic medication management systems
- Evaluation of Real Time Prescription Monitoring in NSW
- Evaluation of a tap on/tap off system in an Emergency Department
- Evaluation and optimisation of Florence, a digital patient journey solution,Digital Health CRC Project
- Optimising virtual care technologies between general practice and residential aged care: a Human Factors approach
- Optimising medicine handover after discharge
- Assessing downtime preparedness and the impact of a downtime on medication safety and operational performance
Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE)
Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health (FAIDH)
International Ergonomics Association (IEA) - Co-Chair of the Healthcare Ergonimics Technical Committee
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA) - Member of the Healthcare Ergonomics Special Interest Group
2021: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia's Kevin Povins award, for best paper at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia's annual conference.
2020:Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Alan Welford Award for best paper on a human factors and ergonomics topic published in a peer-reviewed journal. Paper titled ‘Delivering the right information to the right person at the right time to facilitate deprescribing in hospitals: A mixed-methods multi-site study to inform decision support design in Australia’
2019: Best paper award at Context Senstive Health Informatics (CSHI 2019), Lille France.
2018: Branko Cesnik Award for best academic/scientific paper at the Health Informatics Society of Australia’s annual Health Informatics Conference (HIC2018)
2017: Women and Leadership Australia scholarship ($3000) to attend theAccelerated Leadership Performance Program
2016: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia John Lane Award for a major systematic contribution to advancing the science of human factors and ergonomics and its application in Australia.
2016: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Alan Welford Award for best paper on a human factors and ergonomics topic published in a peer-reviewed journal. Paper titled ‘What are incident reports telling us? A comparative study at two Australian hospitals of medication errors identified at audit, detected by staff and reported to an incident system’
2013: One of the best papers of 2012 by the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and appeared in the IMIA 2013 Yearbook:Westbrook JI, Reckmann M, Li L, Runciman WB, Burke R, Lo C,Baysari MT, Braithwaite J, Day RO. Effects of Two Commercial Electronic Prescribing Systems on Prescribing Error Rates in Hospital In-Patients: A Before and After Study. PLoS Med 2012, 9(1): e1001164
2012: One of the best papers of 2011 by the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and appeared in the IMIA 2012 Yearbook:Taib IA, McIntosh AS, Caponecchia C, Baysari MT. A review of medical error taxonomies: A human factors perspective. Safety Science 2011 49; 607-615
2012: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Alan Welford Award for best paper on a human factors and ergonomics topic published in a peer-reviewed journal. Paper titled ‘The influence of computerized decision support on prescribing during ward-rounds: Are the decision makers targeted?
2012: St Vincent’s Health Australia quality award ‘Exceptional care: A culture of no harm’ for application ‘Transforming medication safety with information technology’.
2011: University of New South Wales Dean of Medicine’s Rising Star Award
2008: Best paper at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Annual Conference in Adelaide
2002: Dick Champion Prize awarded to the best empirical Honours thesis in the areas of learning and motivation. Thesis titled: Activity and self-starvation in the rat: effects of ambient temperature and nausea
(University of Lille Lille University Hospital) Collaborating on research projects and papers |
Project title | Research student |
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Patient Request for Imaging and the Desire for 'Proof of Wellness’: The Influence of Online Health Information on Imaging Practices | Lizzie DE SILVA |
Exploring clinicians' acceptance and use of hospital clinical decision support systems over time | Nicki NEWTON |
Towards the development of a novel tool to support evidence informed decision making in Speech Pathology | Katherine SMITH |
Publications
Book Chapters
- Newton, N., Bamgboje-Ayodele, A., Forsyth, R., Tariq, A., Baysari, M. (2023). Does Involving Clinicians in Decision Support Development Facilitate System Use Over Time? A Systematic Review. In Bamgboje-Ayodele, A., Prgomet, M., Kuziemsky, C.E., Elkin, P., Nøhr, C. (Eds.), Context Sensitive Health Informatics and the Pandemic Boost, (pp. 11-15). Australia: IOS Press. [More Information]
- Baysari, M., Del Gigante, J., Moran, M., Lehnbom, E., Day, R. (2019). Mandatory Medication Indications in Electronic Systems - The Prescriber Perspective. In Romaric Marcilly, Craig E. Kuziemsky, Christian Nøhr, Sylvia Pelayo (Eds.), Context Sensitive Health Informatics: Sustainability in Dynamic Ecosystems, (pp. 95-100). Clifton: IOS Press. [More Information]
Journals
- Van Dort, B., Ritchie, A., Penm, J., Gray, T., Ronnachit, A., Baysari, M. (2024). A tale of 2 digital hospitals: A qualitative study of antimicrobial stewardship teams. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. [More Information]
- Kinlay, M., Zheng, W., Burke, R., Juraskova, I., Ho, L., Turton, H., Trinh, J., Baysari, M. (2024). An Analysis of Incident Reports Related to Electronic Medication Management: How They Change over Time. Journal of Patient Safety, 20(3), 202-208. [More Information]
- Mumford, V., Day, R., Ambler, G., Dalla Pozza, L., Gazarian, M., Gardo, A., Barclay, P., White, L., Westbrook, J., Raban, M., Baysari, M., et al (2024). Developing a process to measure actual harm from medication errors in paediatric inpatients: From design to implementation. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 90(7), 1615-1626. [More Information]
2024
- Van Dort, B., Ritchie, A., Penm, J., Gray, T., Ronnachit, A., Baysari, M. (2024). A tale of 2 digital hospitals: A qualitative study of antimicrobial stewardship teams. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. [More Information]
- Kinlay, M., Zheng, W., Burke, R., Juraskova, I., Ho, L., Turton, H., Trinh, J., Baysari, M. (2024). An Analysis of Incident Reports Related to Electronic Medication Management: How They Change over Time. Journal of Patient Safety, 20(3), 202-208. [More Information]
- Mumford, V., Day, R., Ambler, G., Dalla Pozza, L., Gazarian, M., Gardo, A., Barclay, P., White, L., Westbrook, J., Raban, M., Baysari, M., et al (2024). Developing a process to measure actual harm from medication errors in paediatric inpatients: From design to implementation. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 90(7), 1615-1626. [More Information]
2023
- Patterson, T., Beckenkamp, P., Turner, J., Gnjidic, D., Mintzes, B., Bennett, C., Bywaters, L., Clavisi, O., Baysari, M., Ferreira, M., Ferreira, P. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to reducing paracetamol use in low back pain: A qualitative study. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 67. [More Information]
- Bamgboje-Ayodele, A., Borg, D., McPhail, S., Baysari, M. (2023). Clinical decision support systems for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in hospitals: A systematic review. Digital Health, 9, 1-13. [More Information]
- Marcilly, R., Zheng, W., Quindroit, P., Pelayo, S., Berdot, S., Charpiat, B., Corny, J., Drouot, S., Frery, P., Leguelinel-Blache, G., Baysari, M., et al (2023). Comparison of the validity, perceived usefulness, and usability of I-MeDeSA and TEMAS, two tools to evaluate alert system usability. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 175. [More Information]
2022
- Patterson, T., Turner, J., Gnjidic, D., Mintzes, B., Bennett, C., Bywaters, L., Clavisi, O., Baysari, M., Ferreira, M., Beckenkamp, P., D'Alessandro, D. (2022). (C)onsumer focused (E)ducation on p(A)racetamol (S)ide (E)ffects, i(N)adequate (O)utcomes and (W)eaning (CEASE NOW) for individuals with low back pain: results of a feasibility study. BMJ Open, 12(11). [More Information]
- Shala, D., Jones, A., Fairbrother, G., Davis, J., MacGregor, A., Baysari, M. (2022). Adopting an American framework to optimize nursing admission documentation in an Australian health organization. JAMIA Open, 5(3). [More Information]
- Baysari, M., Wells, J., Ekpo, E., Makeham, M., Penm, J., Alexander, N., Holden, A., Ubeja, R., McAllister, S. (2022). An Exploratory Study of Allied Health Students' Experiences of Electronic Medical Records During Placements. Applied Clinical Informatics, 13(2), 410-418. [More Information]
2021
- Zheng, W., Van Dort, B., Marcilly, R., Day, R., Burke, R., Shakib, S., Ku, Y., Reid-Anderson, H., Baysari, M. (2021). A tool for evaluating medication alerting systems: Development and initial assessment. JMIR Medical Informatics, 9(7), e24022. [More Information]
- Roydhouse, S., Carland, J., Debono, D., Baysari, M., Reuter, S., Staciwa, A., Sandhu, A., Day, R., Stocker, S. (2021). Accuracy of documented administration times for intravenous antimicrobial drugs and impact on dosing decisions. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87(11), 4273-4282. [More Information]
- Carland, J., Stocker, S., Baysari, M., Li, C., Själin, J., Moran, M., Tang, S., Sandaradura, I., Elhage, T., Gilbey, T., et al (2021). Are vancomycin dosing guidelines followed? A mixed methods study of vancomycin prescribing practices. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87(11), 4221-4229. [More Information]
2020
- Baysari, M., Zheng, W., Van Dort, B., Reid-Anderson, H., Gronski, M., Kenny, E. (2020). A late attempt to involve end users in the design of medication-related alerts: Survey study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(3), e14855. [More Information]
- Baysari, M., Zheng, W., Tariq, A., Heywood, M., Scott, G., Li, L., Van Dort, B., Rathnayake, K., Day, R., Westbrook, J. (2020). An experimental investigation of the impact of alert frequency and relevance on alert dwell time. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 133, 104027. [More Information]
- Peute, L., Lichtner, V., Baysari, M., Hägglund, M., Homco, J., Jansen-Kosterink, S., Jauregui, I., Kaipio, J., Kuziemsky, C., Lehnbom, E., Zheng, W., et al (2020). Challenges and Best Practices in Ethical Review of Human and Organizational Factors Studies in Health Technology: a Synthesis of Testimonies. Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 29(1), 58-70. [More Information]
2019
- Gimenes, F., Baysari, M., Walter, S., Moreira, L., de Carvalho, R., Miasso, A., Faleiros, F., Westbrook, J. (2019). Are patients with a nasally placed feeding tube at risk of potential drug-drug interactions? A multicentre cross-sectional study. PloS One, 14(7), e0220248. [More Information]
- Baysari, M., Duong, M., Zheng, W., Nguyen, A., Lo, S., Ng, B., Ritchie, A., Le Couteur, D., McLachlan, A., Bennett, A., Hilmer, S. (2019). Delivering the right information to the right person at the right time to facilitate deprescribing in hospital: a mixed methods multisite study to inform decision support design in Australia. BMJ Open, 9(9), 1-9. [More Information]
- Baysari, M., Hardie, R., Barclay, P., Westbrook, J. (2019). Effects of an electronic medication management system on pharmacists’ work in a paediatric hospital. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 49(4), 317-323. [More Information]
2018
- Chan, J., Baysari, M., Carland, J., Sandaradura, I., Moran, M., Day, R. (2018). Barriers and facilitators of appropriate vancomycin use: prescribing context is key. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 74(11), 1523-1529. [More Information]
- Zheng, W., Richardson, L., Li, L., Day, R., Westbrook, J., Baysari, M. (2018). Drug-drug interactions and their harmful effects in hospitalised patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 74(1), 15-27. [More Information]
- Meslin, S., Zheng, W., Day, R., Taylor, E., Baysari, M. (2018). Evaluation of Clinical Relevance of Drug-Drug Interaction s Prior to Implementation. Applied Clinical Informatics, 9(4), 849-855. [More Information]
2017
- Page, N., Baysari, M., Westbrook, J. (2017). A systematic review of the effectiveness of interruptive medication prescribing s in hospital CPOE systems to change prescriber behavior and improve patient safety. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 105, 22-30. [More Information]
- Tariq, A., Westbrook, J., Byrne, M., Robinson, M., Baysari, M. (2017). Applying a human factors approach to improve usability of a decision support system in tele-nursing. Collegian, 24(3), 227-236. [More Information]
- Lyell, D., Magrabi, F., Raban, M., Pont, L., Baysari, M., Day, R., Coiera, E. (2017). Automation bias in electronic prescribing. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 17(1), 1-10. [More Information]
2016
- Richardson, L., Lehnbom, E., Baysari, M., Walter, S., Day, R., Westbrook, J. (2016). A time and motion study of junior doctor work patterns on the weekend: a potential contributor to the weekend effect. Internal Medicine Journal, 46(7), 819-825. [More Information]
- Vaccher, S., Kannangara, D., Baysari, M., Reath, J., Zwar, N., Williams, K., Day, R. (2016). Barriers to care in gout: From prescriber to patient. Journal of Rheumatology, 43(1), 144-149. [More Information]
- Santucci, W., Day, R., Baysari, M. (2016). Evaluation of hospital-wide computerised decision support in an intensive care unit: An observational study. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 44(4), 507-512. [More Information]
2015
- Diasinos, N., Baysari, M., Kumar, S., Day, R. (2015). Does the availability of therapeutic drug monitoring, computerised dose recommendation and prescribing decision support services promote compliance with national gentamicin prescribing guidelines? Internal Medicine Journal, 45(1), 55-62. [More Information]
- Missiakos, O., Baysari, M., Day, R. (2015). Identifying effective computerized strategies to prevent drug-drug interactions in hospital: A user-centered approach. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 84(8), 595-600. [More Information]
- Baysari, M., Westbrook, J. (2015). Mobile Applications for Patient-centered Care Coordination: A Review of Human Factors Methods Applied to their Design, Development, and Evaluation. Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 10(1), 47-54. [More Information]
2014
- Baysari, M., Adams, K., Lehnbom, E., Westbrook, J., Day, R. (2014). iPad use at the bedside: A tool for engaging patients in care processes during ward rounds? Internal Medicine Journal, 44(10), 986-990. [More Information]
- Lehnbom, E., Adams, K., Day, R., Westbrook, J., Baysari, M. (2014). IPad use during ward rounds: An observational study. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 204, 67-73. [More Information]
2013
- Baysari, M., Oliver, K., Egan, B., Li, L., Richardson, K., Sandaradura, I., Westbrook, J., Day, R. (2013). Audit and feedback of antibiotic use. Applied Clinical Informatics, 4(4), 583-595. [More Information]
- Teo, C., Baysari, M., Day, R. (2013). Compliance with antibiotic prescribing policy: Perspectives of policymakers and prescribers. Australian Journal of Pharmacy, 94(1121), 74-77. [More Information]
- Bates, D., Baysari, M., Dugas, M., Haefeli, W., Kushniruk, A., Lehmann, C., Liu, J., Mantas, J., Margolis, A., et al (2013). Discussion of "attitude of physicians towards automatic ing in computerized physician order entry systems". Methods of Information in Medicine, 52(2), 109-127. [More Information]
2012
- Hinchcliff, R., Westbrook, J., Greenfield, D., Baysari, M., Moldovan, M., Braithwaite, J. (2012). Analysis of Australian newspaper coverage of medication errors. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 24(1), 1-8. [More Information]
- Taib, I., McIntosh, A., Caponecchia, C., Baysari, M. (2012). Comparing the usability and reliability of a generic and a domain-specific medical error taxonomy. Safety Science, 50(9), 1801-1805. [More Information]
- Westbrook, J., Reckmann, M., Li, L., Runciman, W., Burke, R., Lo, C., Baysari, M., Braithwaite, J., Day, R. (2012). Effects of two commercial electronic prescribing systems on prescribing error rates in hospital in-patients: A before and after study. PLoS Medicine, 9(1), 1-11. [More Information]
2006
- Gutierrez, E., Baysari, M., Carerra, O., Whitford, T., Boakes, R. (2006). High ambient temperature reduces rate of body-weight loss produced by wheel running. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59(7), 1196-1211. [More Information]
2004
- Baysari, M., Boakes, R. (2004). Flavour Aversion Produced By Running And Attenuated By Prior Exposure To Wheels. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 57(3), 273-286. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2025
- The general practice and residential aged care study of Telehealth augmented best-practice care exploring safety, quality, acceptability and sustainability: "The GRACE-Telehealth Study, Makeham M, Baysari M, Von Huben A, Tyagi V, Luscombe G, McCormack B, Chen T, Russell H, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Targeted Call for Research (TCR): Ensuring the quality and safety of telehealth 2023
2024
- Development of an electronic frailty index to improve care of older people in hospital, Hilmer S, Srikanth V, Thillainadesan J, Masnoon N, Edwards D, Kouladjian-O'Donnell L, Fujita K, Etherton-Beer C, Blyth F, Rockwood K, Ferguson C, Baysari M, Sarkies M, Hubbard R, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/MRFF Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission
- The General Practice and Residential Aged Care Study of Virtual Care Models (The Grace-VC Study): Implementing safe, person-centred virtual care for residents, Makeham M, Baysari M, Luscombe G, McCormack B, Robinson F, Chen T, Russell H, Chua A, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/MRFF CRI 2023 Clinician Researchers: Applied Research in Health
2018 - ongoing: Member (Chair and A/Chair) of theNHMRC's Partnership Project Panel