The goal of this project was to promote increased adherence to evidence-based pharmacotherapy guidelines through both traditional clinic-based and newer models of care.
This project evaluated the Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST) system, which monitors medication safety in children and adolescents who are taking antidepressants.
This research assessed the utilization of a “smart” pillbox, a prefilled electronic medication tray that sends electronic alerts and reports to patients, caregivers, and primary care providers for patients discharged from the hospital, finding an increased medication adherence among patients on five or more chronic medications.
This research evaluated the usability and usefulness of medication therapy management (MTM) alerts and made recommendations for improving MTM platform design.
The research team developed and evaluated a natural language processing allergy module that was used to study different types of allergies in an electronic health record.
Researchers created a drug allergy module that detects inconsistencies in allergy information within the electronic health record and uses a dynamic picklist that puts answers in order of how important they are based on the allergen input.
This study implemented a mobile health (mHealth) platform to measure patient-reported outcomes for pain management after certain dental procedures to determine the impact on the patient pain experience.
This research study examined the relationships between clinician use of order sets, patient-level order variation, and patient outcomes and found that order set usage reduced order variation and improved patient outcomes in patients with sepsis.
This research successfully adapted and evaluated scaling of the Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency Department medication safety program to an additional commercial electronic health record and added additional sites, finding a significant reduction in potentially inappropriate medication prescribing in the emergency department setting.
This study tested the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of a novel telemedicine application that incorporates a virtual pharmacist into the delivery of patient-centered palliative care.
