Publications

1. Rayo MF, Mansfield J, Eiferman D, Mignery T, White S, Moffatt-Bruce SD. 2016. Implementing an institution-wide quality improvement policy to ensure appropriate use of continuous cardiac monitoring: a mixed-methods retrospective data analysis and direct observation study. BMJ Qual Saf. Oct;25(10):796-802. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004137. Epub 2015 Nov 13. PubMed PMID: 26566801.

2. Ford EW, Silvera GA, Kazley AS, Diana ML, Huerta TR. 2016. “Assessing the relationship between patient safety culture and EHR strategy.” Int J Health Care Qual Assur. Jul 11; 29(6): 614-27.

3. Rayo MF, Moffatt-Bruce SD. 2016. Diagnosing and Treating “Alarm Fatigue”: Pragmatic and Evidence-Based Approaches Needed. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. Jul;42(7):291-2. PubMed PMID: 27301831.

4. Nguyen MC, Rayo MF, Eiferman DS, Moffatt-Bruce SD. 2016. Evidence-Based Cardiac Monitoring in Surgical Patients: Reducing Alarm Fatigue and Improving Resource Allocation. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Oct 1;223(4):e168.

5. Fairbanks RJ, Bisantz A, Hettinger AZ, Ratwani R, Patterson ES & Roth E. 2016. Usability in Health IT: Beyond Compliance to Meaningful Design and Assessment. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. (Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 643-646). SAGE Publications.

6. Reale C, Saleem JJ, Patterson ES, Hettinger AZ, Anders S, & Miller A. 2016. Promoting Patient Safety with Human Factors Methods Practical Approaches to Current Medication Management Issues. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 647-651. SAGE Publications.

7. Moffatt-Bruce SD, Hefner JL, Mekhjian H, McAlearney JS, Latimer T, Ellison C, McAlearney AS. 2017. What Is the Return on Investment for Implementation of a Crew Resource Management Program at an Academic Medical Center? Am J Med Qual. Jan/Feb;32(1):5-11. doi: 10.1177/1062860615608938. Epub 2016 Jul 9. PubMed PMID: 26419392.

8. Hefner JL, Huerta TR, McAlearney AS, Barash B, Latimer T, Moffatt-Bruce SD. 2017. Navigating a ship with a broken compass: evaluating standard algorithms to measure patient safety. J Am Med Inform Assoc. Mar 1;24(2):310-315. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocw126. PubMed PMID: 27578751.

9. Patterson ES, Sillars DM, Staggers N, Chipps E, Rinehart-Thompson L, Moore V, Simmons D, Moffatt-Bruce SD. 2017. Safe Practice Recommendations for the Use of Copy-Forward with Nursing Flow Sheets in Hospital Settings. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. Aug;43(8):375-385. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.02.009. Epub 2017 Jun 22. PubMed PMID: 28738982.

10. Sieck CJ, Hefner JL, Schnierle J, Florian H, Agarwal A, Rundell K, McAlearney AS. 2017. The Rules of Engagement: Perspectives on Secure Messaging From Experienced Ambulatory Patient Portal Users. JMIR Med Inform. Jul 4;5(3):e13. doi: 10.2196/medinform.7516. PubMed PMID: 28676467; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5516097.

11. Hefner JL, Hilligoss B, Knupp A, Bournique J, Sullivan J, Adkins E, Moffatt-Bruce SD. 2017. Cultural Transformation After Implementation of Crew Resource Management: Is It Really Possible? Am J Med Qual. Jul/Aug;32(4):384-390. doi: 10.1177/1062860616655424. Epub 2016 Jul 15. PubMed PMID: 27422314.

12. Yen PY, McAlearney AS, Sieck CJ, Hefner JL, Huerta TR. 2017. Health Information Technology (HIT) Adaptation: Refocusing on the Journey to Successful HIT Implementation. JMIR Med Inform. Sep 7;5(3):e28. doi: 10.2196/medinform.7476. PubMed PMID: 28882812; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5608986.

13. Hefner JL, Sieck CJ, Walker DM, Huerta TR, McAlearney AS. 2017. System-Wide Inpatient Portal
 Implementation: Survey of Health Care Team Perceptions. JMIR Med Inform. Sep 14;5(3): e31. doi: 10.2196/medinform.7707. PubMed PMID: 28912115; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5620453.

14. Walker DM, Sieck CJ, Menser T, Huerta TR, Scheck McAlearney A. 2017. Information technology to support patient engagement: where do we stand and where can we go? J Am Med Inform Assoc. Nov 1;24(6):1088-1094. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocx043. PubMed PMID: 28460042.

15. Patterson ES, Anders S, Moffatt-Bruce SD. 2017. Clustering and Prioritizing Patient Safety Issues during EHR Implementation and Upgrades in Hospital Settings. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. Vol 6, Issue 1, pp. 125-131. SAGE Publications.

16. Moffatt-Bruce SD, Huerta TR, Gaughan AA, McAlearney AS. 2018. IDEA4PS: The Development of a Research-Oriented Learning Healthcare System. Am J Med Qual. Jan 1:1062860617751044. doi: 10.1177/1062860617751044. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID:29310442

17. Yen PY, Walker DM, Smith JMG, Zhou MP, Menser TL, McAlearney AS. 2018. Usability evaluation of a commercial inpatient portal. Int J Med Inform. Feb;110:10-18. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.11.007. Epub 2017 Nov 13. PubMed PMID: 29331248.

18. Walker DM, Menser TL, Yen PY, McAlearney AS. 2018. Optimizing the User Experience: Identifying Opportunities to Improve Use of an Inpatient Portal. Appl Clin Inform. Jan;9(1):105-113. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1621732. Epub 2018 Feb 14. PubMed PMID: 29444536.

19. Schmidt CR, Hefner J, McAlearney AS, Graham L, Johnson K, Moffatt-Bruce S, Huerta T, Pawlik, TM, White S. 2018. Development and prospective validation of a model estimating risk of readmission in cancer patients. J Surg Oncol. Feb 26. doi: 10.1002/jso.24968. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29484659

20. Patterson ES. 2018. Workarounds to Intended Use of Health Information Technology: A Narrative Review of the Human Factors Engineering Literature. Hum Factors 60(3), 281-292. PMID:29533682

21. Patterson ES, Dewart DM, Stevenson K, Mbodj A, Lustberg M, Hade EM, Hebert C. 2018. A Mixed Methods Approach to Tailoring Evidence-Based Guidance for Antibiotic Stewardship to One Medical System. (Published online April 23) Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, March 26-28, 2018. Boston, MA.

22. Patterson ES, Hritz C, Gebru L, Patel K, Yamokoski T, Moffatt-Bruce S. 2018. Use Preferences for Continuous Cardiac and Respiratory Monitoring Systems in Hospitals: A Survey of Patients and Family Caregivers. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care 2018 Jun (Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 205-209). Sage India: New Delhi, India: SAGE Publications

23. Rayo MF, Pawar C, Sanders EB, Liston BW, Patterson ES. 2018. Participatory Bullseye Toolkit Interview: Identifying Physicians’ Relative Prioritization of Decision Factors When Ordering Radiologic Imaging in a Hospital Setting. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, 2018 Jun (Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1-7). Sage India: New Delhi, India: SAGE Publications

24. Horwood CR, Rayo MF, Fitzgerald M, Balkin EA, Moffatt-Bruce SD. 2018. Gaps Between Alarm Capabilities and Decision-making Needs: An Observational Study of Detecting Patient Decompensation. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, 2018 Jun (Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 112-116). Sage India: New Delhi, India: SAGE Publications.

25. Patterson ES, Dewart C, Stevenson K, Lustberg M, Hade E, Shah N, Hebert C. 2018. Using Cooperative Advocacy to Resolve Conflicts Between Functionally Distinct Groups: A Mixed Methods Approach to Tailoring Evidence-Based Guidance for Antibiotic Stewardship to a Hospital. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, 2018 June (Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 224-231). Sage India: New Delhi, India: SAGE Publications.

26. Sarkhel R, Socha J, Moffatt-Bruce S, Fernandez S, Patel K, Nandi A, Mount-Campbell A, Patterson ES. 2018. How Nurses Identify Hospitalized Patients on Their Personal Notes: Findings From Analyzing “Brains” Headers With Multiple Raters. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, 2018 Jun (Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 205-209). Sage India: New Delhi, India: SAGE Publications

27. Patterson, ES. 2018. Workarounds to Intended Use of Health Information Technology: A Narrative Review of the Human Factors Engineering Literature. Human factors, 60(3), 281-292.

28. Horwood, C. R., Moffatt-Bruce, S. D., Fitzgerald, M., Rayo, M. F. 2018. A qualitative analysis of clinical decompensation in the surgical patient: Perceptions of nurses and physicians. Surgery. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.06.006

29. McHaney-Lindstrom M, Hebert C, Flaherty J, Mangino JE, Moffatt-Bruce S, Dowling Root E. 2018. Analysis of intra-hospital transfers and hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infection. J Hosp Infect. Aug 30. pii: S0195-6701(18)30450-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.08.016. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30172746

30. Duchemin, AM, Steinberg, B, Moffatt-Bruce, S, Klatt, M. 2018. Utilizing Mindfulness With Health-care Professionals to Improve Burnout, Self-compassion, and Patient Quality and Safety Measures: A Comparison of Cardiac Units. Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 7: 139-140. (3397) DOI: 10.1177/2164956118773837.

31. Edworthy J, McNeer R, Bennett C, Dudaryk R, McDougall S, Schlesinger J, Bolton M, Edworthy, J, Vieira EO, Boyd A, Reid S, Rayo MF, Wright M, Osborn D. 2018. Getting Better Hospital Alarm Sounds into a Global Standard. Ergonomics in Design. 26(4):4-13. doi: 10.1177/1064804618763268

32. Horwood CR, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Fitzgerald M, Rayo MF. 2018. A Qualitative Analysis of Clinical Decompensation in the Surgical Patient: Perceptions of Nurses and Physicians. Surgery Dec;164(6):1311-1315. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.06.006. Epub 2018 Jul 27. PMID: 30061038.

33. Hefner JL, Sieck CJ, McAlearney AS. 2018. Training to Optimize Collaborative Use of an Inpatient Portal: A Case Report.” Applied Clinical Informatics Jul;9(3):558-564. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1666993. Epub 2018 Jul 25. PMID: 30045386; PMCID: PMC6059853.

34. Walker D, Hefner JL, Sieck CJ, Huerta T, McAlearney AS. Framework for Evaluating and Implementing Inpatient Portals: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective. Journal of Medical Systems. Jul 16;42(9):158. doi: 10.1007/s10916-018-1009-3. PubMed PMID: 30014267.

35. Knupp AM, Patterson ES, Ford JL, Zurmehly J, Patrick T. Associations Among Nurse Fatigue, Individual Nurse Factors, and Aspects of the Nursing Practice Environment. J Nurs Adm. 2018 Dec;48(12):642-648. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000693. PubMed PMID: 30431518.

36. Fareed N, Walker D, Sieck CJ, Taylor R, Scarborough S, Huerta TR, McAlearney AS. Inpatient portal clusters: identifying user groups based on portal features. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018 Nov 22. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocy147. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30476122.

37. Sheffer J, Cvach M, Edworthy JR, Patterson ES. A Roundtable Discussion: Improving the ‘Alarm Problem’ Will Require Much More Than Just Reducing the Number of Alarms. Biomed Instrum Technol. 2018 Nov./Dec.;52(6):454-461. doi:10.2345/0899-8205-52.6.454. PubMed PMID: 30479154.

38. Sieck CJ, Hefner JL, McAlearney AS. 2018. Improving the Patient Experience through Patient Portals: Insights from Experienced Portal Users. Patient Experience Journal. Vol. 5: Iss. 3, Article 8. Available at: https://pxjournal.org/journal/vol5/iss3/8

39. Duchemin, AM, Steinberg, B , Moffatt-Bruce, S, Klatt, M. 2018. Utilizing Mindfulness With Health-care Professionals to Improve Burnout, Self-compassion, and Patient Quality and Safety Measures: A Comparison of Cardiac Units. Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 7: 139-140. (3397) DOI: 10.1177/2164956118773837.

40. Mount-Campbell AF, Evans KD, Woods DD, Chipps E, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Patterson ES. 2019. Value and usage of a workaround artifact: A cognitive work analysis of ‘brains’ use by hospital nurses. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making. doi: 10.1177/1555343418825429

41. McAlearney AS, Fareed N, Gaughan A, MacEwan S, Volney J, Sieck CJ. 2019. Empowering Patients During Hospitalization: Perspectives on Inpatient Portal Use. Applied Clinical Informatics. 10: 103-112.

42. Sieck C, Walker DM, Retchin S, McAlearney AS. 2019. Focusing on Capacity and Context: A New Approach to Understanding Patient Engagement. NEJM Catalyst. https://catalyst.nejm.org/patient-engagement-capacity-model/

43. McAlearney AS, Sieck CJ, Gaughan A, Fareed N, Volney J, Huerta TR. 2019. Patients’ Perceptions of Portal Use Across Care Settings: Qualitative Study. J Med Internet Res. 21(6): e13126: 1-10. PMID: 31172960

44. Huerta TR, Hefner JL, Sieck CJ, Swoboda C, Taylor RD, McAlearney AS. 2019. Patient Engagement as Measured by Inpatient Portal Use. J Med Internet Res. Mar; 21(3): e10957. PMCID: PMC6452277

45. McAlearney AS, Fareed N, Gaughan A, Huerta TR. 2019. Improving Acceptance of Inpatient Portals: Patients’ and Care Team Members’ Perspectives. Telemedicine and E-Health. May 13. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2019.0026. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31081723

46. Patterson, ES, Hansen CJ, Allen TT, Yang Q, Moffatt-Bruce S. 2019. Predicting mortality with applied machine learning: Can we get there? In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care 2019 Sep (Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 115-119). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

47. Hansen CJ, Allen TT, Bitan Y, Patterson ES. 2019. Algorithmic Transparency for Predicting In-Hospital Mortality: A Targeted Literature Review. Proceedings of the 14th International Naturalistic Decision Making Conference.

48. Melsop S, Rayo MF, Klatt M. 2019. Working across Boundaries toward Patient Safety Using Design Thinking Methodologies for Transdisciplinary Team-of-Teams Collaboration. The International Journal of Design Management and Professional Practice. 13 (3): 1-12. doi: 10.18848/2325-162X/CGP

49. Rayo MF, Patterson ES, Abdel-Rasoul M, Moffatt-Bruce SD. 2019. Using timbre to improve performance of larger auditory alarm sets. Ergonomics, Dec;62(12):1617-1629. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2019.1676473

50. Yu SC, Lai, AM, Smyer J, Flaherty J, Mangino J, McAlearney AS, Yen PY, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Hebert CL. 2019. Novel Visualization of Clostridium difficile Infections in Intensive Care Units. Applied Clinical Informatics Open. 03(02): e71-e77. DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1693651

51. Walker DM, Hefner J, Huerta TR, McAlearney AS. 2020. Exploring the Digital Divide: Age and Race Disparities in Use of an Inpatient Portal. Telemedicine and E-Health. May;26(5):603-613. DOI:10.1089/tmj.2019.0065.

52. Walker DM, Gaughan A, Fareed N, Moffatt-Bruce SD, McAlearney AS. 2019. Facilitating Organizational Change to Accommodate an Inpatient Portal. Applied Clinical Informatics Oct;10(5):898-908. DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1700867. Epub 2019 Nov 27.

53. Hebert C, Root ED. 2019. Information Systems for Routine Hospital Infection Control. 24 October (18). Advances in Health Care Management: Structural Approaches to Address Issues in Patient Safety.

54. Hebert C, Root ED. Repurposing Geographic Information Systems for Routine Hospital Infection Control. Adv Health Care Manag. 2019 Oct 24;18. doi: 10.1108/S1474-823120190000018003. PMID: 32077658.

55. McHaney-Lindstrom M, Hebert S, Flaherty J, Mangino JE, Moffatt-Bruce S, Root ED. 2019. Analysis of intra-hospital transfers and hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infection. Journal of Hospital Infection; Volume 102, Issue 2, June 2019, Pages 168-169. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.08.016

56. McHaney-Lindstrom M, Hebert C, Miller H, Moffatt-Bruce S, Root E. 2019. Network analysis of intra-hospital transfers and hospital onset Clostridium difficile infection [published online ahead of print, 2019 Oct 19]. Health Info Libr J. 10.1111/hir.12274. doi:10.1111/hir.12274

57. McAlearney AS, Walker DM, Gaughan AA, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Huerta TH. 2020. Helping Patients Be Better Patients: Qualitative Study of Perceptions about Inpatient Portal Use. In press with: Telemedicine and e-Health. Jan 28. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2019.0198.

58. Horwood CR, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Rayo MF. 2019. Continuous Cardiac Monitoring Policy Implementation: Three-year Sustained Decrease of Hospital Resource Utilization. Oct 24;18. PMID: 32077648

59. Vink S, Fareed N, MacEwan S, McAlearney AS. 2019. An Exploration of the Association Between Inpatient Access to Tablets and Patient Satisfaction with Hospital Care. Perspectives in Health Information Management. 2019 Fall;16(Fall):1i. eCollection 2019 Fall.

60. Carter R, Rothwell C, Sieck C, McAlearney AS. 2019. Assessing Mental Models from Communications: Patient, Family, and Care Team Messaging within the Hospital. Human Factors and Ergonomic Society Proceedings. Nov 20; 63(1). doi.org/10.1177/1071181319631440

61. McAlearney AS, Gaughan A, MacEwan SR, Fareed N, Huerta TR. Improving Acceptance of Inpatient Portals: Patients’ and Care Team Members’ Perspectives. Telemedicine and e-Health. 2020 Mar;26(3):310-326.

62. McAlearney AS, Hefner J, MacEwan S, Gaughan A, DePuccio D, Walker DM, Hogan CT, Sieck CJ, Huerta TR. 2020. Care Team Perspectives about an Inpatient Portal: Benefits and Challenges of Patients’ Portal Use During Hospitalization. Medical Care Research and Review. doi: 10.1177/1077558720925296.

63. Di Tosto G, McAlearney AS, Fareed N, Huerta TR. 2020. Metrics for Outpatient Portal Use Based on Log File Analysis: Algorithm Development. J Med Internet Res. Jun 12;22(6):e16849. doi: 10.2196/16849. PMID: 32530435; PMCID: PMC7320309.

64. Furniss S, Rinehart-Thompson L, MacEwan S, Fareed N, Clutter J, Huerta TR, Sieck CJ, McAlearney AS. Characteristics of Patients Using a Patient Portal via Mobile Technology. Perspectives in Health Information Management. Winter 2020.

65. Hefner JL, Sieck CJ, Walker DM. Patient and physician perspectives on training to improve communication through secure messaging: Clarifying the rules of engagement. Health Care Manage Rev. 2020 May 5. doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000279. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32379081.

66. Patterson ES, Papautsky EL, Krok-Schoen JL, Lee C, Park KU, White JR, Moffatt-Bruce S, Chirumamilla V, Lustberg M. Scheduling delayed treatment and surgeries post-pandemic: A stakeholder analysis. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, 2020 Sept 9(1):10-14. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

67. Valvona SN, Rayo MF, Abdel-Rasoul M, Locke LJ, Rizer MK, Moffatt-Bruce S, Patterson ES. Comparative Effectiveness of Best Practice Alerts with Active and Passive Presentations: A Retrospective Study. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care 2020 Sept 9(1):105-109. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

68. Patterson ES, McIntire A, Beecroft N, Happ MB, Moffatt-Bruce SD. Nursing Handovers in Critical Care: A Retrospective Analysis of Information Content and Function. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care 2019 Sep (Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 4-8). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.

69. MacEwan SR, Gaughan A, Hefner JL, McAlearney AS. 2020. Identifying the Role of Inpatient Portals to Support Health Literacy: Perspectives from Patients and Care Team Members. Patient Education and Counseling. In press.

70. DePuccio M, DiTosto G, Walker DM, McAlearney AS. 2020. Patients’ Perceptions about Medical Record Privacy and Security: Implications for Withholding of Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of General Internal Medicine. In press.