Dr. Emily Patterson
Professor
Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University (1999)
Dr. Patterson’s research on bar code medication administration and clinical reminders was identified by the Association for Healthcare Research and Quality, the VA, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society as seminal in identifying negative unintended consequences associated with the implementation of health information technology.
Her direction is to improve the efficiency, usability, and accuracy of clinical documentation in electronic health records by care providers in hospitals and outpatient clinics by applying human factors methodologies such as workflow analysis, cognitive task analysis, and usability evaluations. In addition, she is interested in preventing unintended use of networked information technologies by improving defensive strategies for cyber-attacks.
Areas of Expertise
- Human factors engineering
- Patient safety
- Informatics
Research Interests
Dr. Patterson's primary research objective is to apply human factors engineering to improve patient safety in healthcare.