Education
UT Houston-Memorial Hermann Clinical Safety and Effectiveness Course
This program teaches physicians how to lead quality improvement projects. Approximately 10 physicians enroll in the course each year; they attend several days of lectures and workshops and conduct a performance improvement project. Dr. Thomas directs the course with Kathy Luther.
An overview of the UT Houston-Memorial Hermann CS&E Course:
Project Compendiums:
AHRQ Training Program in Patient Safety and Quality: Using Health Information Technology to Improve Quality and Safety
The purpose of this program is to train future scientists to design, implement, select, evaluate, and implement health information technology from a systems and human factors perspective, in order to increase the quality and safety of healthcare. web site
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (1 T32 HS017586-01). Total award $2.1 million. (PI T. Johnson)
Center members cited
The AHRQ report on "Enabling Medication Management Through Health Information Technology" cited ten papers by Center members McCoy, Singh, and Sittig.
NPR Story Addresses Patient Safety and Privacy
Dr. Sittig, in an interview with NPR, describes the need for a balance between patient privacy and clinician access to improve patient safety and reduce healthcare costs.
Safety Culture
