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 will develop, implement, disseminate, and evaluate reusable, shareable clinical decision support for both patients and clinicians in the area of 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 will evaluate the lifecycle of clinical decision support (CDS), as currently implemented at most health systems, against a future CDS state that incorporates the use of shareable CDS resources created using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s CDS Connect tools.

This study will create an innovative electronic medication administration record prototype and a medication administration workflow risk assessment to improve the medication administration process and the usability and safety of the electronic medication administration records in response to challenges from COVID-19.

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.