Selected Publication Highlights for 2019

Selected Publication Highlights for 2019

Heal, Learn, Discover

We are ambitiously dedicated to providing you and the broader health and policy sector, including consumers, with evidence-based research to catalyse performance improvements in the health system. Collectively, we produced more than 230 peer-reviewed journal articles this year plus we contributed numerous conference presentations and other articles.

We selected the following publications as highlights as they either made an impact to improving the body of knowledge in a field, proved particularly revealing, or attracted high, broad-based interest.

You can see all AIHI publications on our website, but here are highlights arranged under the following headings:

  • Improving medication management
  • Exploring artificial intelligence and machine learning
  • Translating research into practice
  • Understanding apps and social media influences
  • Enhancing diagnosis
  • Innovation in work practices
  • Learning from health outcomes
  • Assessing the quality of care

If you do not have access to certain journals, you may be able to request access via your institution.

Improving medication management

  • A cross-country time and motion study to measure the impact of electronic medication management systems on the work of hospital pharmacists in Australia and England. Westbrook JI, Li L, Shah S, Lehnbom EC, Prgomet M, Schofield B, Cresswell K, Slee A, Coleman JJ, McCloughan L, Sheikh A. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2019; 129:253-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2019.06.011
  • Effectiveness of double checking to reduce medication administration errors: a systematic review. Koyama AK, Maddox CS, Li L, Bucknall T, Westbrook JI. BMJ Quality and Safety. 2019. Published Online First: 7 August 2019.  https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/2019/08/07/bmjqs-2019-009552
  • Duration of antipsychotic medication use by aged care facility residents with dementia. Lind KE, Raban MZ, Georgiou A, Westbrook JI. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 2019; 33(4):331-338. https://doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0000000000000336
  • Medication safety incidents in paediatric oncology after electronic medication management system implementation. Lichtner V, Baysari M, Gates P, Dalla-Pozza L, Westbrook JI. European Journal of Cancer Care. 2019; 28(6):1-9. e13152. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13152
  • Standardising the classification of Harm Associated with Medication Errors: the Harm Associated with Medication Error Classification (HAMEC). Gates PJ, Baysari MT, Mumford V, Raban MZ, Westbrook JI. Drug Safety. 2019; 42(8):931-939. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-019-00823-4
  • The prevalence of dose errors among paediatric patients in hospital wards with and without health information technology: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Gates PJ, Meyerson SA, Baysari MT, Westbrook JI. Drug Safety. 2019; 42(1):13-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-018-0715-6

Exploring artificial intelligence and machine learning

  • A network model of activities in primary care consultations. Kocaballi B, Coiera E, Tong HL, White SJ, Quiroz J, Rezazadegan F, Willcock S, Luranjo L. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA. 2019; 26(10):1074-1082.  https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocz046
  • Detecting personality traits using eye-tracking data. Berkovsky S, Taib R, Koprinska I, Wang E, Zeng Y, Li J, Kleitman S. In CHI 2019 Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2019. p. 1-12 https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300451
  • Developing a framework for evidence-based grading and assessment of predictive tools for clinical decision support. Khalifa M, Magrabi F, Gallego B. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2019; 19(1):1-17. 207. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-019-0940-7
  • The last mile: where artificial intelligence meets reality. Coiera E. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2019; 21(11):1-4. e16323. https://doi.org/10.2196/16323
  • Understanding and measuring user experience in conversational interfaces. Kocaballi AB, Laranjo L, Coiera E. Interacting with Computers. 2019; 31(2):192-207. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwz015

Translating research into practice

  • Barriers and facilitators to cochlear implant uptake in Australia and the United Kingdom. Bierbaum M, McMahon C, Hughes S, Boisvert I, Lau A, Braithwaite J, Rapport F. Ear and Hearing. Published Online First: 24 July 2019. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000762
  • Building a learning community of Australian clinical genomics: a social network study of the Australian Genomic Health Alliance. Long JC, Pomare C, Best S, Boughtwood T, North K, Ellis LA, Churruca K, Braithwaite J. BMC Medicine. 2019; 17(44). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1274-0
  • Determinants of health and wellbeing in refractory epilepsy and surgery: the Patient Reported, ImpleMentation sciEnce (PRIME) model. Rapport F, Shih P, Faris M, Nikpour A, Herkes G, Bleasel A, Kerr M, Clay-Williams R, Mumford V, Braithwaite J. Epilepsy & Behavior. 2019; 92:79-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.11.027
  • Improving decision making in acute healthcare through implementation of an intensive care unit (ICU) intervention in Australia: a multimethod study. Clay-Williams R, Blakely B, Lane P, Senthuran S, Johnson A. BMJ Open. 2019; 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025041
  • Mapping the use of soft systems methodology for change management in healthcare: a scoping review protocol. Augustsson H, Churruca K, Braithwaite J. BMJ Open. 2019; 9(4):e026028. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026028
  • Promoting faster pathways to surgery: a clinical audit of patients with refractory epilepsy. Mumford V, Rapport F, Shih P, Mitchell R, Bleasel A, Nikpour A, Herkes G, MacRae A, Bartley M, Vagholkar S, Braithwaite J. BMC Neurology. 2019; 19(1):29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-019-1255-0
  • Re-energising the way we manage change in healthcare: the case for Soft Systems Methodology and its application to evidence-based practice. Augustsson H, Churruca K, Braithwaite J. BMC Health Services Research 2019; 19:666. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4508-0
  • What information do patients want across their cancer journeys? A network analysis of cancer patients’ information needs. Tran Y, Lamprell K, Nic Giolla Easpaig B, Arnolda G, Braithwaite J. Cancer Medicine. 2019; 8(1):155-64. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1915

Understanding apps and social media influences

  • Automatically appraising the credibility of vaccine-related web pages shared on social media: a Twitter surveillance study. Shah Z, Surian D, Dyda A, Coiera E, Mandl KD, Dunn AG. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2019; 21(11):1-14. e14007. https://doi.org/10.2196/14007
  • How organisations promoting vaccination respond to misinformation on social media: a qualitative investigation. Steffens MS, Dunn AG, Wiley KE, Leask J. BMC Public Health. 2019; 19(1):1-12. 1348. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7659-3
  • Safety concerns with consumer-facing mobile health applications and their consequences: a scoping review. Akbar S, Coiera E, Magrabi F. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA. 2019 Oct 10. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocz175

Enhancing diagnosis

  • Impact of rapid molecular diagnostic testing of respiratory viruses on outcomes of adults hospitalized with respiratory illness: a multicenter quasi-experimental study. Wabe N, Li L, Lindeman R, Yimsung R, Dahm MR, McLennan S, Clezy K, Westbrook JI, Georgiou A. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2019; 57(4):1-11. e01727-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01727-18
  • Improving the performance of clinical decision support for early detection of sepsis: a retrospective observational cohort study. Li L, Rathnayake K, Green M, Fullick M, Shetty A, Walter S, Braithwaite J, Lander H, Westbrook JI. In Ohno-Machado L, Seroussi B, editors, MEDINFO 2019: Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. Amsterdam: IOS Press. 2019. p. 679-683. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/improving-the-performance-of-clinical-decision-support-for-early-
  • The impact of health information technology on the management and follow-up of test results–a systematic review Georgiou A, Li J, Thomas J, Dahm MR, Westbrook JI. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2019; 26(7):678-688. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocz032

Innovation in work practices

  • Observational tools that quantify nontechnical skills in the operating room: a systematic review. McMullan RD, Urwin R, Sunderland N, Westbrook JI. Journal of Surgical Research. 2019; (19)30724-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.10.012
  • Visualising clinical work in the emergency department: understanding interleaved patient management. Walter SR, Raban MZ, Westbrook JI. Applied Ergonomics. 2019; 79:45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2019.04.005

Learning from health outcomes

  • Incidence, costs, and temporal trends of sports injury-related hospitalisations in Australian children over a 10-year period: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Lystad RP, Curtis K, Browne G, Mitchell R. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 2019; 22(2):175-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2018.07.010
  • Rethinking the public health model for injury prevention. Mitchell R, Ryder T. Injury Prevention. 2019; Published Online First: 1 November 2019. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043455

Assessing the quality of care

  • Quality of care for acute abdominal pain in children. Zurynski Y, Churruca K, Arnolda G, Dalton S, Ting HP, Hibbert PD, Molloy C, Wiles LK, de Wet C, Braithwaite J. BMJ Quality and Safety. 2019. Published Online First: 27 November 2019. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010088
  • The quality of preventive care for pre-school aged children in Australian general practice. Wiles L, de Wet C, Dalton C, Murphy E, Harris M, Hibbert P, Molloy C, Arnolda G, Ting HP, Braithwaite J. BMC Medicine. 2019; 17, 218 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1455-x
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