Digital Health Human Factors Research Group

• 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 and optimisation of Florence, a digital patient journey solution
• 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
• Redesign of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in the Digital Era
• Frailty Automated Screening Tool in Electronic health Records (FASTER)

• Improving patient outcomes and reducing the hidden burden of chronic wounds: a digitally enabled Wound Model of Care (NHMRC Partnership Grant)
• Delivering best-practice community care for low back pain through an effective national help line (NHMRC Partnership Grant)
• The Get Healthy Coaching Service to reduce the burden of low back pain: effectiveness, cost effectiveness, and scalability (NHMRC Partnership Grant)
• Evaluation and optimisation of Florence: An integrated, multi-component digital patient journey solution (Digital Health CRC Project)
• Optimising medication information transfer following hospital discharge (MRFF)
  
• Optimising virtual care technologies between general practice and residential aged care: A Human Factors approach (Medibank – RACGP Grant)
• The General Practice and Residential Ages Care Study of Virtual Models (The Grace-VC study): Implementing safe, person-centred virtual care for residents (MRFF)
• The general practice and residential aged care study of telehealth augmented holistic care –"The GRACE-Telehealth Study” (NHMRC Targeted call)
• Redesign of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in the Digital Era across One Health (NHMRC CRE)
• Improving care for older Australians through strategic Development of Frailty Monitoring Technology (MRFF)

• International Journal for Quality in Health Care: Is evidence of effectiveness a driver for clinical decision support selection? A qualitative descriptive study of senior hospital staff
  
• International Journal of Medical Informatics: Human factors and safety analysis methods used in the design and redesign of electronic medication management systems: A systematic review
• Archives of Public Health: Factors affecting medication adherence among older adults using tele-pharmacy services: a scoping review
• BMJ Open: (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
• NPJ Digital Medicine: Short- and long-term effects of an electronic medication management system on paediatric prescribing errors
• Archives of Public Health: Factors affecting medication adherence among older adults using tele-pharmacy services: a scoping review
• Health promotion journal of Australia: Patient requests for radiological services: An Australian study of patient agency and the impact of online health information
• Studies in Health Technology and Informatics: Context Sensitive Health Informatics and the Pandemic Boost
• Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Prescription drug monitoring programs evaluation: A systematic review of reviews
• Drugs and Aging: Impact of a Comprehensive Intervention Bundle Including the Drug Burden Index on Deprescribing Anticholinergic and Sedative Drugs in Older Acute Inpatients: A Non-randomised Controlled Before-and-After Pilot Study
• JMIR Aging: Usability and Acceptability of Clinical Dashboards in Aged Care: Systematic Review
• International Journal of Medical Informatics: Comparison of the validity, perceived usefulness, and usability of I-MeDeSA and TEMAS, two tools to evaluate alert system usability
• Applied Clinical Informatics: What Goes Up, Must Come Down: A State-of-the-Art Electronic Health Record Downtime and Uptime Procedure in a Metropolitan Health Setting
• Implementation Science: Identifying barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of computerized clinical decision support systems in hospitals: a NASSS framework-informed scoping review
• British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology: Developing a process to measure actual harm from medication errors in paediatric inpatients: From design to implementation
• Drug Safety: Drug–Drug Interactions and Actual Harm to Hospitalized Patients: A Multicentre Study Examining the Prevalence Pre- and Post-Electronic Medication System Implementation
• British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology: A tale of 2 digital hospitals: A qualitative study of antimicrobial stewardship teams
• Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: The Impact of Personal Protective Equipment on Cognitive and Emotional Aspects of Health Care Work
• Trials: OPTimising MEDicine information handover after Discharge (OPTMED-D): protocol for development of a multifaceted intervention and stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial
• BMC Health Services Research: Prescription drug monitoring program in Australia: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ experiences and perceptions of a state-wide implementation
• Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: Longitudinal study of the manifestations and mechanisms of technology-related prescribing errors in pediatrics
• BMC Health Services Research: What strategies are used to detect and mitigate system-related errors over time? A qualitative study in an Australian health district
• Journal of Patient Safety: Analysis of incident reports related to electronic medication management: How they change over time
• Studies in Health Technology and Informatics: Evaluation and Optimisation of a Patient Portal Implementation: An Action Research Approach
• Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy: Exploring research and education opportunities in digital health for pharmacy, medicine and other health disciplines: Insights from a multinational workshop
• BMC Health and Care Informatics: Understanding prescribing errors for system optimisation: the technology-related error mechanism classification
• Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health: Development of a Human Factors–Based Guideline to Support the Design, Evaluation, and Continuous Improvement of Clinical Decision Support

• Professor Melissa Baysari: Research group leader
• Dr Ann Carrigan: Senior research fellow
• Ms Tamasha Jayawardena: Research assistant
• Ms Henna Solanki: Senior research officer
• Ms Julie Li: Research officer

• Dr Emma Tay: PhD Candidate
• Ms Selvana Awad: PhD Candidate
• Ms Nicki Newton: PhD Candidate
• Mr Timothy Yu: PhD Candidate

The Digital Health Human Factors Research Group regularly collaborates with industry partners, local health districts and government. Some of our partners include:

• eHealth NSW
• SDPR Implementation Authority
• eHealth QLD
• Sydney Local Health District
• Northern Sydney Local Health District
• Digital Health CRC
• Murrumbidgee Local Health District
• Alcidion
• Queensland University of Technology
• Macquarie University
• Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
• St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
• South Australia Health
• Sydney North Health Network
• Sydney Children’s Hospital Network
• Five Faces