MedStar Health Research Institute

Researchers surveyed the key features that distinguish active patient portal users from nonusers to best meet the needs of a diverse patient population and inform guidance in areas of need and improvement in portal design and implementation to improve access and reduce barriers.

This research project developed, implemented, and disseminated, reusable, shareable clinical decision support for both patients and clinicians for chronic pain management.

This research supported the development of electronic applications that enable the collection of diverse patient-reported outcome measures in a standardized manner across health providers and systems to enable broader data sharing for clinical care and research.

This research investigated how shareable clinical decision support (CDS) resources fit into the CDS lifecycle involving CDS design, development, and deployment and assessed whether using resources through CDS Connect quantifiably improves efficiencies in the CDS lifecycle.

The research examined the usability of medication assistive technologies and how these usability issues can impact patient safety and provider burden.

This study showed the feasibility and value of creating a methodology and process for a health information technology black box to inform electronic health record design and usability.

This research study used cognitive systems engineering approaches to understand the decision making process in the emergency department and proposed models and solutions to some of the biggest challenges in practicing medicine in this complex environment.

Analysis of 5,200 patient safety event reports showed an association between electronic health record (EHR) usability and patient safety in both adults and children and led to development of an EHR usability and safety assessment tool that healthcare facilities can use to identify usability and safety issues.