2023-04-12 10:30:00 2023-04-12 11:30:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis IE RESEARCH SEMINAR Improving Health Information Technologies for Clinicians and patients: Applying Human Factors Engineering Across Healthcare Systems Dr. April Savoy Assistant Professor, Engineering and Technology. Grissom Hall, Room 302

April 12, 2023

IE RESEARCH SEMINAR
Improving Health Information Technologies for Clinicians and patients: Applying Human Factors Engineering Across Healthcare Systems

Event Date: April 12, 2023
Speaker: Dr. April Savoy
Assistant Professor, Engineering and Technology
Speaker Affiliation: Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Grissom Hall, Room 302
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School or Program: Industrial Engineering
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Dr. April Savoy
Assistant Professor, Engineering and Technology.

ABSTRACT

Although there have been some benefits to the implementation of health information technology, evidence suggests that negative, unintended consequences warrant translational research to combat ill-informed decision-making, clinician burnout, and adverse patient events. Failure to apply human factors engineering is a key aspect of most adverse events in healthcare. Dr. Savoy’s goal is to improve the delivery and outcomes of healthcare through innovative use of health information, technology, and communication. As a human factors engineer embedded in one of the nation's largest integrated healthcare systems, she will present problems related to current health information technologies and adaptive methods used to address these problems. In this presentation, Dr. Savoy will discuss two pillars from this research program focusing on improving situation awareness and shared decision-making. Highlighting health information technologies for clinicians, the first research pillar focuses on the design of new electronic health record interfaces for clinicians to better support the consultation (specialty referral) process. Highlighting health information technologies for patients, the second research pillar focuses on leveraging data from continuous glucose monitors to increase hypoglycemia awareness among patients and caregivers.

BIO

Dr. April Savoy is an assistant professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology. She is a faculty investigator at the Regenstrief Institute and the Center for Health Information and Communication at Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indiana, where she also directs the Human Computer Interaction and Simulation Lab. Dr. April Savoy’s research interests include the application of human factors engineering to developing, evaluating, and implementing socio-technical interventions that will increase efficiency of clinical workflows, enhance care coordination, and improve the quality of healthcare delivery. With her experience in e-commerce, gaming, and military information systems, she designs information technologies that enhance situational awareness and decision-making for both clinicians and patients. Recently, Dr. Savoy was awarded a Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health to develop new patient-facing health information technologies, implementing the human-centered design process. She received her PhD in industrial engineering from Purdue University, master's degree in computer science from Purdue University, and bachelor's degree in computer science from Xavier University of Louisiana.