Dean Forrest Sittig

Adjunct Professor

Email

sittig@bcm.edu

Positions

Adjunct Professor: Medicine-Health Srvcs Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Professional Interests

Design, development, implementation, and evaluation of all aspects of clinical information and communication systems.

Professional Statement

Dr. Sittig is a Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, TX. He received his PhD in Medical Informatics from the University of Utah while working at the LDS Hospital. He is fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics and a founding member of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics. He has spent his career working to improve our understanding of both the factors that lead to success, as well as, the unintended consequences associated with various forms of health information technology. He has spent considerable time studying various aspects of computer-based provider order entry and clinical decision support including factors that lead to success as well as the unintended consequences of their use. Most recently he has focused his efforts on developing guidelines for the safe and effective implementation and use of electronic health records (EHRs) that are based on an 8-dimension socio-technical model that he developed with Hardeep Singh. This work led to the development of the SAFER guides that were designed to help healthcare organizations conduct pro-active risk assessments of their EHRs. He recently co-authored the following books, “Improving Outcomes – A Practical Guide to Clinical Decision Support Implementation”, “Clinical Information Systems: Overcoming Adverse Consequences”, “Electronic Health Records: Challenges in Design and Implementation”, “SAFER Electronic Health Records: Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience” and most recently “Clinical Informatics Literacy: 5000 Concepts That Every Informatician Should Know”.