Digital Health Human Factors Research Group

• Optimising clinical decision support to transform medication safety and reduce prescriber burden
  
• Reducing inappropriate polypharmacy for older inpatients
• Exploring system-related errors associated with long-term use of electronic medication management
  
• Mixed-method evaluation of antimicrobial stewardship in digital hospitals
• Evaluation of nursing and midwifery education modules
• Using decision support for more responsive care, better patient outcomes and greater efficiency, Digital Health CRC Project
  
• Human factors and safety analysis methods in the design and redesign of electronic medication management systems
  
• Evaluation of Real Time Prescription Monitoring in NSW
• Assessing the impact of a self-guided digital intervention for fear of cancer recurrence (iConquerFear) in ovarian cancer survivors: a pilot randomised waitlist-controlled trial
• Evaluation of a tap on/tap off system in an Emergency Department
• 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

• A dashboard to deliver care quality and person-centred outcomes in aged care (NHMRC Partnership Grant)
• Using decision support for more responsive care, better patient outcomes and greater efficiency (Digital Health CRC Project)
• 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)
• Translating trustworthy AI to improve decision making and outcomes in children with pneumonia (MRFF)

• Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: Digital interventions for antimicrobial prescribing and monitoring: A qualitative meta-synthesis of factors influencing user acceptance 
• JAMIA Open: Adopting an American framework to optimize nursing admission documentation in an Australian health organisation
• International Journal of Medical Informatics: Stakeholder perspectives of system-related errors: Types, contributing factors and consequences
• Health Informatics Journal: Prescribers’ reported acceptance and use of drug-drug interaction alerts: An Australian survey
• BMC Health Services Research: Would they accept it? Barriers and facilitators to user acceptance of a pilot therapeutic drug monitoring advisory service for vancomycin
• Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy: The impact of digital interventions on antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals: A qualitative synthesis of systematic reviews
• International Journal of Medical Informatics: Patient and clinician use characteristics and perceptions of pulse oximeter use: A scoping review
• Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of iConquerFear: A self-guided digital intervention for fear of cancer recurrence
• Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes: Stepping into the real world: A mixed-methods evaluation of the implementation of electronic patient reported outcomes in routine lung cancer care
• 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
• Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Cancer Care Team’s Management of Clinical Alerts Generated by Electronically Collected Patient Reported Outcomes: We Could Do Better
• 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

• Professor Melissa Baysari: Research group leader
• Dr Adeola Bamgboje-Ayodele: Research fellow
• Ms Anita Higgins: Research officer
• Ms Jessica Yi: Research officer

• Ms Bethany Van Dort: PhD Candidate
• Dr Emma Tay: PhD Candidate
• Ms Selvana Awad: PhD Candidate
• Ms Nicki Newton: 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
• 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
• Department of Health and Human Services Victoria
• South Australia Health
• Sydney North Health Network
• Calvary Aged Care Services
• Sydney Children’s Hospital Network