Dean F. Sittig Explained

Dean F. Sittig
Birth Date:2 March 1961
Birth Place:Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, United States
Education:Pennsylvania State University (B.S., M.S.)
University of Utah School of Medicine (Ph.D.)
Spouse:JoAnn Kaalaas-Sittig
Children:1

Dean Forrest Sittig (born March 2, 1961) is an American biomedical informatician specializing in clinical informatics. He is a professor in Biomedical Informatics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston[1] and Executive Director of the Clinical Informatics Research Collaborative (CIRCLE).[2] Sittig was elected as a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics in 1992,[3] the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society in 2011, and was a founding member of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics in 2017.[4] Since 2004, he has worked with Joan S. Ash, a professor at Oregon Health & Science University to interview several Pioneers in Medical Informatics,[5] including G. Octo Barnett, MD,[6] Morris F. Collen, MD,[7] Donald E. Detmer, MD,[8] Donald A. B. Lindberg, MD,[9] Nina W. Matheson, ML, DSc,[10] Clement J. McDonald, MD,[11] and Homer R. Warner, MD, PhD.[12]

Education

Sittig earned a bachelor's degree in science and a master's degree in biomedical engineering before he trained in medical informatics at the University of Utah School of Medicine and the LDS Hospital under Reed M. Gardner and Homer R. Warner.[13] His dissertation was entitled, “COMPAS: A Computerized Patient Advice System to Direct Ventilatory Care."[14] He won the 1987 Martin Epstein Award[15] at the Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (now the American Medical Informatics Association) for this work.

Research

His research focuses on understanding the sociotechnical risks of, and solutions to address, unintended consequences associated with design, development, implementation, and use of various health information technologies (HIT),[16] including computer-based provider order entry, clinical decision support within electronic health records (EHRs), and most recently in EHR-related patient safety. Along with Hardeep Singh, he developed an “8-dimension socio-technical model for safe and effective HIT implementation and use”.[17] A modification of the model was used by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM),[18] in a sentinel event report from the Joint Commission,[19] and the National Quality Forum to describe the socio-technical challenges associated with measuring HIT safety.[20] This model has also been used in a variety of HIT-related research studies including: identification of keys to implementing novel clinical prediction algorithms,[21] exploring barriers to implementation of clinical information systems in nursing homes,[22] development of a childhood cancer passport for care,[23] and development of a questionnaire regarding EHR-related safety concerns.[24]

Sittig has published over 600 scientific articles[25] and 6 books.[26] (h-index = 82[27]).

Honors and awards

In 1992 he was elected a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI).[28] In 2017 he was elected an Inaugural Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI).[29] In 2019 he was elected a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).[30] In 2023 he won the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Donald Eugene Detmer Award for Health Policy Contributions in Informatics.[31]

Personal life

Dean F. Sittig is married to Joann Kaalaas-Sittig.[32]

Books and representative papers

  1. Sittig DF, Singh H. (2012) Electronic health records and national patient-safety goals. N Engl J Med. 367(19):1854-60. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsb1205420.
  2. Sittig DF, Singh H. (2010) A new sociotechnical model for studying health information technology in complex adaptive healthcare systems. Qual Saf Health Care. Suppl 3:i68-74. doi: 10.1136/qshc.2010.042085.
  3. Sittig DF, Singh H. (2009) Eight rights of safe electronic health record use. JAMA. 302(10):1111-3. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1311.
  4. Wright A, Henkin S, Feblowitz J, McCoy AB, Bates DW, Sittig DF. (2013) Early results of the meaningful use program for electronic health records. N Engl J Med. 368(8):779-80. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1213481.
  5. Singh H, Spitzmueller C, Petersen NJ, Sawhney MK, Sittig DF. (2013) Information overload and missed test results in electronic health record-based settings. JAMA Intern Med. 173(8):702-4. doi: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.61.
  6. Sittig DF, Krall M, Kaalaas-Sittig J, Ash JS. (2005) Emotional aspects of computer-based provider order entry: a qualitative study. J Am Med Inform Assoc.12(5):561-7.
  7. Sittig DF, Pace NL, Gardner RM, Beck E, Morris AH. (1989) Implementation of a computerized patient advice system using the HELP clinical information system. Comput Biomed Res. 22(5):474-87.
  8. Sittig DF, Wright A, Osheroff JA, Middleton B, Teich JM, Ash JS, Campbell E, Bates DW. Grand challenges in clinical decision support. J Biomed Inform. 2008 Apr;41(2):387-92.
  9. Sittig DF, Singh H. (2011) Defining health information technology-related errors: new developments since to err is human. Arch Intern Med. 171(14):1281-4. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.327.
  10. Sittig DF. (2002) Personal health records on the internet: a snapshot of the pioneers at the end of the 20th Century. Int J Med Inform. 65(1):1-6.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Few U.S. hospitals can fully share electronic medical records. October 2, 2017. www.reuters.com/.
  2. Web site: CIRCLE Leadership. circleinformatics.org/. 2022-06-21. 2024-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806122605/http://circleinformatics.org/about/leadership/. live.
  3. Web site: Dean F. Sittig, PhD, FACMI | AMIA. www.amia.org. 2020-04-09. 2020-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20200819004524/https://www.amia.org/about-amia/leadership/acmi-fellow/dean-f-sittig-phd-facmi. dead.
  4. Web site: International Medical Informatics Association establishes the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics. June 6, 2017. IMIA. April 9, 2020. August 6, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806122613/https://imia-medinfo.org/wp/international-medical-informatics-association-establishes-international-academy-health-information-sciences-2/. live.
  5. Web site: Medical Informatics Pioneers. lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov. 2021-09-21. 2024-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806122605/https://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/LHC-research/LHC-projects/health-information/medical-informatics-pioneers.html. live.
  6. Web site: From Farm Boy to Director of the Laboratory of Computer Science 2004 Interview of Octo Barnett. lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov. 2021-09-21. 2024-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806122605/https://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/assets/files/Medical-Informatics-Pioneers_Oral-History_OCTO-BARNETT_2015-09-04_web1.pdf. live.
  7. Web site: Engineering Computerized Multiphasic Health Screening 2005 Interview with Morris F. Collen. lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov. 2021-09-21. 2024-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806122603/https://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/assets/files/Medical-Informatics-Pioneers_Oral-History_MORRIS-COLLEN_2015-09-04_web.pdf. live.
  8. Web site: Fostering Health Policy and the Biomedical Informatics Profession 2006 Interview of Don Detmer. lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov. 2021-09-21. 2024-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806122635/https://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/assets/files/Medical-Informatics-Pioneers_Oral-History_DON-DETMER_2015-08-19_web.pdf. live.
  9. Web site: At the Helm of the World's Largest Biomedical Library 2005 Interviews of Donald A.B. Lindberg. lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov.
  10. Web site: The Woman Behind the NLM's Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems (IAIMS) Initiative 2005 Interview of Nina Matheson. lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov.
  11. Web site: Everything Electronic Medical Records: Systems, Standards and Studies 2004 Interview of Clem McDonald. lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov.
  12. Web site: Founder of the HELP System and the Utah Medical Informatics Program 2005 Interview of Homer R. Warner, Sr.. lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov. 2021-09-21. 2024-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806122641/https://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/assets/files/Medical-Informatics-Pioneers_Oral-History_HOMER-WARNER_2015-09-04_web2.pdf. live.
  13. News: Dean Sittig, PhD . University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
  14. Sittig . Dean F . COMPAS: a computerized patient advice system to direct ventilatory care . 1988 . University of Utah .
  15. Web site: AMIA Annual Symposium Student Paper Competition | AMIA. www.amia.org. 2020-04-09. 2024-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806123110/https://www.amia.org/about-amia/amia-awards/research-awards/amia-student-paper-competitions. live.
  16. Book: Sittig . Dean F. . Ash . Joan S. . Clinical Information Systems: Overcoming Adverse Consequences . 2009 . Jones & Bartlett Learning . 978-0763757649 . 2020-11-05 . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240806123111/https://books.google.com/books?id=KFK0mAEACAAJ&q=editions:ISBN0763787272 . live .
  17. Sittig . Dean F. . Singh . Hardeep . A New Socio-technical Model for Studying Health Information Technology in Complex Adaptive Healthcare Systems . Qual Saf Health Care . 2011 . Suppl 3:i . Suppl 3 . 68–74. 10.1136/qshc.2010.042085 . 20959322 . 3120130 .
  18. Book: Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care . 2012 . 10.17226/13269 . National Academy of Medicine. 24600741 . 978-0-309-22112-2 . Committee on Patient Safety Health Information Technology . Institute Of . Medicine .
  19. Web site: Safe use of health information technology . 2015 . Sentinel Event Alert . The Joint Commission . dead. March 5, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200305142440/https://www.jointcommission.org/-/media/deprecated-unorganized/imported-assets/tjc/system-folders/topics-library/sea_54pdf.pdf?db=web&hash=A621640FAE6ED34967E0EB6F7BEFDE8B.
  20. Web site: Identification and Prioritization of Health IT Patient Safety Measures . 2016 . National Quality Forum . 2020-04-09 . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240806123109/https://www.qualityforum.org/Publications/2016/02/Identification_and_Prioritization_of_HIT_Patient_Safety_Measures.aspx . live .
  21. Benda . Natalie C . Tanmoy Das . Lala . Abramson . Erika L . Blackburn . Katherine . Thoman . Amy . Kaushal . Rainu . Zhang . Yongkang . Ancker . Jessica S . "How did you get to this number?" Stakeholder needs for implementing predictive analytics: a pre-implementation qualitative study . Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association . 2020 . 27 . 5 . 709–716 . 10.1093/jamia/ocaa021 . 32159774 . 7647269 .
  22. Or . Calvin . Dohan . Michael . Tan . Joseph . Understanding Critical Barriers to Implementing a Clinical Information System in a Nursing Home Through the Lens of a Socio-Technical Perspective . Journal of Medical Systems . 2014 . 38 . 99 . 99 . 10.1007/s10916-014-0099-9 . 25047519 . 18238404 .
  23. Poplack . David G . Fordis . Michael . Landier . Wendy . Bhatia . Smith . Hudson . Melissa M . Horowitz . Marc E . Childhood cancer survivor care: development of the Passport for Care . Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology . 2014 . 11 . 12 . 740–750 . 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.175 . 25348788 . 5142740 .
  24. Palojoki . Sari . Pajunen . Tuuli . Saranto . Kaija . Lehtonen . Lasse . Electronic Health Record-Related Safety Concerns: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Electronic Health Record Users . JMIR Medical Informatics. 2016 . 4 . 2 . e13 . 10.2196/medinform.5238 . 27154599 . 4890731 . free .
  25. Web site: Dean F Sittig at Semantic Scholar . 2022-04-27 . 2024-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240806123108/https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=%22Dean%20F.%20Sittig%22&sort=relevance&page=7 . live .
  26. Web site: Dean F Sittig at Amazon.com. Amazon. 2020-04-09. 2024-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806123111/https://www.amazon.com/stores/Dean-F.-Sittig/author/B0034QCJME?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true. live.
  27. Web site: Dean F. Sittig - Google Scholar Citations. scholar.google.com.
  28. Web site: Dean F. Sittig, PhD, FACMI. 2020-04-09. 2020-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20200819004524/https://www.amia.org/about-amia/leadership/acmi-fellow/dean-f-sittig-phd-facmi. dead.
  29. Web site: International Medical Informatics Association establishes the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics. 6 June 2017. 9 April 2020. 6 August 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806122613/https://imia-medinfo.org/wp/international-medical-informatics-association-establishes-international-academy-health-information-sciences-2/. live.
  30. Web site: Fellows of AMIA – 2019 Inductees.
  31. Web site: Dean Sittig, PhD named 2023 AMIA Signature Award winner. 12 November 2023. 6 August 2024. 6 August 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240806123112/https://sbmi.uth.edu/news/story/dean-sittig-phd-named-2023-amia-signature-award-winner. live.
  32. News: Donna Kaalaas . April 10, 2020 . Rockford Register Star . September 15, 2007 . August 6, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240806123208/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/rrstar/name/donna-kaalaas-obituary?id=29684215 . live .

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