Here are just a few of the projects I am currently working on.
Virtual Reality Simulations to Increase Health Equity
The Medicaid Equity Simulation project funded by the Ohio Department of Medicaid and administered by the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center seeks to develop, disseminate, and evaluate virtual and augmented reality simulations for providers to address social determinants of health. The overall goal is to improve cultural competency, increase awareness of implicit bias, and increase awareness of patients’ barriers to accessing health care toward an ultimate goal of improving health equity.
I am Co-PI of the OSU project and have previously led the evaluation of our simulations. Learn more about the project here: https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/departments/catalyst-center/news/medtapp/mes
Some of these trainings can be accessed for free via web or thru mobile app stores!:
- MPATHI dental training to simulate the experience of non-English speaking patients (in collaboration with Dr. Homa Amini, Dr. Canise Bean, and their team)
- Limited English proficiency back pain patient (in collaboration with Dr. Doug Danforth and his team)
- VARIAT mobile app to train providers to better engage with low SES patients, LGBTQ+ patients, and racial/ethnic minorities (free on Apple and Android App Stores, search “VARIAT Sim”) (in collaboration with Dr. Tensing Maa and her team)
PI: Sheryl Pfeil, MD; Co-PI: Megan Gregory, PhD
(Photo by Tyler Griesenbrock/CATALYST)
Survey and Teamwork Tool Development for Hospitals to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections
Under the leadership of Dr. Ann McAlearney, the Searching for Management Approaches to Reduce HAI Transmission (SMART) project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) seeks to identify organizational practices that are associated with reducing and preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). My role is to lead the development, analysis, and validation of a new survey measure to assess management practices for preventing HAIs. I am also leading the development of tools to train clinicians to engage in better teamwork to prevent HAIs. I have previously worked with the team to conduct site visits and interviews in hospitals throughout the US. We are excited to share these tools when available!
(Photo: People photo created by prostooleh – www.freepik.com)
Improving the Development of Mobile Health Apps
Mobile health apps are ubiquitous- just search the app store for evidence! However, it is unclear whether and how developers engage end-users (the patients and/or providers using these apps) in mobile health app creation. Along with colleagues Dr. Courtney Hebert and Dr. Saurabh Rahurkar, I have been awarded a pilot grant from OSU’s Department of Biomedical Informatics to study how mobile health apps are typically developed, and to create a standardized process for end-user involvement. With the help of postdoctoral researchers, Masters student, and undergraduate student team members, we will apply this process to two use cases in infectious disease and cardio-oncology (in partnership with Dr. Daniel Addison).
PI: Megan Gregory, PhD
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