Dean Forrest Sittig
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Dean Forrest Sittig
Adjunct Professor
Positions
- Adjunct Professor
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Medicine-Health Srvcs Research
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Houston, TX US
Professional Interests
- Design, development, implementation, and evaluation of all aspects of clinical information and communication systems.
Professional Statement
Dr. Sittig is a Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, TX. He received his PhD in Medical Informatics from the University of Utah while working at the LDS Hospital. He is fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics and a founding member of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics. He has spent his career working to improve our understanding of both the factors that lead to success, as well as, the unintended consequences associated with various forms of health information technology. He has spent considerable time studying various aspects of computer-based provider order entry and clinical decision support including factors that lead to success as well as the unintended consequences of their use. Most recently he has focused his efforts on developing guidelines for the safe and effective implementation and use of electronic health records (EHRs) that are based on an 8-dimension socio-technical model that he developed with Hardeep Singh. This work led to the development of the SAFER guides that were designed to help healthcare organizations conduct pro-active risk assessments of their EHRs. He recently co-authored the following books, 鈥淚mproving Outcomes 鈥 A Practical Guide to Clinical Decision Support Implementation鈥, 鈥淐linical Information Systems: Overcoming Adverse Consequences鈥, 鈥淓lectronic Health Records: Challenges in Design and Implementation鈥, 鈥淪AFER Electronic Health Records: Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience鈥 and most recently 鈥淐linical Informatics Literacy: 5000 Concepts That Every Informatician Should Know鈥.Websites
Selected Publications
- McCoy AB, Wright A, Laxmisan A, Singh H, Sittig DF "." AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2011;2011:888-94. Pubmed PMID:
- Singh H, Classen DC, Sittig DF "." J Patient Saf. 2011 Dec;7(4):169-74. Pubmed PMID:
- Wright A, Henkin S, Feblowitz J, McCoy AB, Bates DW, Sittig DF "." N. Engl. J. Med.. 2013 Feb 21;368(8):779-80. Pubmed PMID:
- Bhise V, Rajan SS, Sittig DF, Vaghani V, Morgan RO, Khanna A, Singh H "." J Eval Clin Pract. 2018; Pubmed PMID:
- Murphy DR, Meyer AND, Vaghani V, Russo E, Sittig DF, Wei L, Wu L, Singh H "." J Am Coll Radiol. 2018; Pubmed PMID:
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