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Dean Sittig

@deansittig.bsky.social

Professor Emeritus @McWilliamsSBMI working to improve healthcare by making EHRs safer. Health IT researcher, author, editor, reviewer, consultant, expert witness

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Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) Guides | CIRCLE: Clinical Informatics Research Collaborative The Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) guides are designed to help healthcare organizations conduct proactive self-assessments to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their electr...

Due to the US Govt shutdown, the ASTP website for the SAFER Guides is down. You can access the Guides on the Clinical Informatics Research Collaborative website. @histalk.bsky.social @hardeepsinghmd.bsky.social @chrislonghurst.bsky.social @moorejh.bsky.social
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29.10.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The ASHRM Podcast: Insights on Health Care Risk Management | ASHRM An inside look at the issues and solutions faced by health care risk professionals as they promote safe and trusted health care at their hospitals.

Here's a recent Podcast I participated in discussing "Mitigating Audit Log-Related Risk in Medical Professional Liability Cases" ashrm.org/ashrm-podcas... @histalk.bsky.social @jaynehistalkmd.bsky.social

30.05.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Performance Measurement Framework for Realizing Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support: Qualitative Development Study Background: Patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS) exists on a continuum that reflects the degree to which its knowledge base, data, delivery, and use focus on patient needs and experienc...

From #CDSiC "New Performance Measurement Framework for Realizing Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support: Qualitative Development Study" @hisc.norc.org @mcwlliamssbmi.bsky.social @emlitofnote.bsky.social @amiainformatics.bsky.social @histalk.bsky.social @jaynehistalkmd.bsky.social @norc.org

21.05.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Revisions to the Safety Assurance Factors for Electronic Health Record Resilience (SAFER) Guides to update national recommendations for safe use of electronic health records Abstract . The Safety Assurance Factors for Electronic Health Record (EHR) Resilience (SAFER) Guides provide recommendations to healthcare organizations fo

Our article describes how SAFER Guide recommendations were updated to align with current evidence and clinical practice. @histalk.bsky.social @hardeepsinghmd.bsky.social @jaynehistalkmd.bsky.social @amiainformatics.bsky.social @emlitofnote.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jamia/advanc...

12.04.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Agree completely. β€œWe need safety research to protect our patients from harms in health care. No organization in the world does more for that than AHRQ.” @hisc.norc.org @histalk.bsky.social @emlitofnote.bsky.social @amiainformatics.bsky.social @ahrq86.bsky.social

04.04.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SAFER Guides | HealthIT.gov SAFER Guides The 2025 SAFER guides have been updated and streamlined to focus on the highest risk, most commonly occurring issues that can be addressed through technology or practice changes to build ...

A link to a recent podcast entitled "How AI & Digital Health Are Transforming Patient Safety". www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8wY... We discuss the ASTP SAFER Guides and AI safety in general. healthit.gov/topic/safety...
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31.03.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Podcasts - NAM Scholars in Dx Ex Expert Introduction Podcast As part of the program, scholars get to connect with and learn from leaders and experts in the field during the monthly educational sessions. Scholars also get to serve as ...

Proud to be on the National Academy of Medicine Podcast series "NAM Scholar in Dx Ex". @histalk.bsky.social @kbjohnsonmd.bsky.social @patientsafetylearning.org @health.nationalacademies.org @ucsfcodex.bsky.social dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcasts/ @hardeepsinghmd.bsky.social @laurazwaan.bsky.social

26.03.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Impact of Health Systems Research on Diagnostic Errors and Patient Safety Impact of Health Systems Research on Diagnostic Errors and Patient Safety

Always great to see an aggregate list of work. As they say we make less progress than we expect in the short term and way more than we expect in the long term congratulations to the entire Singh research team! @hardeepsinghmd.bsky.social @histalk.bsky.social www.hsrd.research.va.gov/impacts/diag...

17.03.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ASTP/ONC releases the 2025 revised SAFER Guides www.healthit.gov/topic/safety... @histalk.bsky.social @jaynehistalkmd.bsky.social @hardeepsinghmd.bsky.social @moorejh.bsky.social @jasonadelman.bsky.social

20.01.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Regulation of artificial intelligence in healthcare: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) as a model academic.oup.com/jamia/advanc... @dukeinnovation.bsky.social @histalk.bsky.social @vclic.bsky.social @dcibidmc.org @hardeepsinghmd.bsky.social @emlitofnote.bsky.social

09.12.2024 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Implementation of Electronic Triggers to Identify Diagnostic Errors in Emergency Departments This retrospective medical record review study develops and implements a portfolio of electronic triggers and examines their performance for identifying missed opportunities in diagnosis in emergency ...

Our new study led by @viralvaghani.bsky.social finds rules-based e-triggers useful for post hoc detection of diagnostic errors in ED visits @jama.com IM

Interventions must support ED patient-clinician encounters to minimize harm from diagnostic errors.Β 
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02.12.2024 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think you were also responsible for the part about publication in journals as a marker of quality.

28.11.2024 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Recommendations to Ensure Safety of AI in Real-World Clinical Care This Viewpoint provides recommendations for health care organizations (HCOs) and clinicians to facilitate the use of artificial intelligence (AI)–enabled systems, including electronic health records w...

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Recommendations to Ensure Safety of AI in Real-World Clinical Care @hardeepsinghmd.bsky.social @histalk.bsky.social @uthealthhouston.bsky.social @vclic.bsky.social
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27.11.2024 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Monday Morning Update 11/25/24 – HIStalk

Monday Morning Update 11/25/24 histalk2.com/2024/11/24/m...

24.11.2024 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Maximizing the Ability of Health IT and AI to Improve Patient Safety This Viewpoint discusses how health information technology (IT) and artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to transform patient safety.

Should be: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

18.11.2024 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maximizing the Ability of Health IT and AI to Improve Patient Safety jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… @histalk @VUMC_VCLIC @AMIAinformatics @McWilliamsSBMI @HardeepSinghMD @pascalmetrics @emlitofnote.bsky.social

14.11.2024 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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