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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedBardach NS, Stotts JR, Fiore DM
Family Input for Quality and Safety (FIQS): using mobile technology for in-hospital reporting from families and patients.
This study’s goal was to test a real-time mobile-responsive website called Family Input for Quality and Safety (FIQS) for inpatient reporting from families and patients. The tool was piloted from June 2017 to April 2018 on the medical-surgical unit of a children’s hospital. The authors enrolled 253 patients aged 13 and older and patient family members. This resulted in 8.15 safety reports/100 patient-days, most frequently regarding medications (29% of reports) and communication (20% of reports). Fifty-one reports met incident reporting (IR) criteria with only 1 having been reported via the IR system. White participants submitted more observations than Latinx participants.
AHRQ-funded; HS028477; HS024553.
Citation: Bardach NS, Stotts JR, Fiore DM .
Family Input for Quality and Safety (FIQS): using mobile technology for in-hospital reporting from families and patients.
J Hosp Med 2022 Jun;17(6):456-65. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2777..
Keywords: Quality of Care, Patient Safety, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient and Family Engagement
Haldar S, Mishra SR, Pollack AH
Informatics opportunities to involve patients in hospital safety: a conceptual model.
This study investigated how hospital inpatients experience undesirable events (UEs) and to see if those present opportunities for new informatics solutions. The authors surveyed 242 patients and caregivers during their hospital stay and asked them open-ended questions about their experiences with UEs. They then developed a 4-stage conceptual model which illustrates inpatient experiences: from when they first encounter UEs, and opportunities to promote inpatients’ participation and engagement in the quality and safety of their care, help healthcare systems learn from inpatient experience, and reduce those harmful events.
AHRQ-funded; HS022894.
Citation: Haldar S, Mishra SR, Pollack AH .
Informatics opportunities to involve patients in hospital safety: a conceptual model.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2020 Feb;27(2):202-11. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocz167.
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Keywords: Patient Safety, Hospitals, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient and Family Engagement, Patient Experience, Quality of Care
Eschler J, O'Leary K, Kendall L
Systematic inquiry for design of health care information systems: an example of elicitation of the patient stakeholder perspective.
The authors described the application of a theoretical framework to organize qualitative data during a multi-stage research study into patient engagement with electronic health records, thereby more effectively eliciting patient stakeholder needs and goals to inform the design of future health care information systems.
AHRQ-funded; HS021590.
Citation: Eschler J, O'Leary K, Kendall L .
Systematic inquiry for design of health care information systems: an example of elicitation of the patient stakeholder perspective.
Proc Annu Hawaii Int Conf Syst Sci 2015 Jan 5;2015:2804-13. doi: 10.1109/hicss.2015.339.
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Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Quality of Care, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient and Family Engagement