Optimising Computerised Decision Support To Transform Medication Safety And Reduce Prescriber Burden
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$325,546.00
Summary
As medication management in Australian hospitals shifts from paper to electronic formats, organisations are faced with a difficult decision: should drug-drug interaction (DDI) alerts be turned on and if so, which alerts? In this study, we propose a highly innovative approach to assess DDI alerts, which combines a robust evaluation of error rates with a human factors evaluation of alerts.
Effective and Efficient Situation Awareness in Big Social Media Data . Crisis management services using traditional methods like phone calls can be easily delayed due to limited communication ability in the disaster area. This project aims to help users make smart decision in critical situations by using big social media data to detect complex social events, receive recommendations, and observe event summaries. We will invent advanced social data models, efficient indices and query techniques fo ....Effective and Efficient Situation Awareness in Big Social Media Data . Crisis management services using traditional methods like phone calls can be easily delayed due to limited communication ability in the disaster area. This project aims to help users make smart decision in critical situations by using big social media data to detect complex social events, receive recommendations, and observe event summaries. We will invent advanced social data models, efficient indices and query techniques for situation awareness in big media. We expect to develop a system to evaluate the proposed situation awareness framework. The outcomes of the project will benefit social media analysis and big data fields. It will also improve the government services by enabling the real time situation awareness in crisis.Read moreRead less
Evaluation Of A Novel Electronic Decision Support Tool For Cardiovascular Risk Management - The TORPEDO Study
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$587,175.00
Summary
The TORPEDO study will test a new electronic decision support system that will help health professionals and patients navigate through the complexities of current clinical guidelines for treatments to help prevent heart attack, stroke and related conditions. The study will be conducted in 60 practices over 12 months, and if the system is found to be useful, this may prove to be helpful in the day-to-day management of all Australian adults when visiting their doctor.
A Smartphone-based Clinical Decision Support System For Primary Health Care Workers To Improve The Detection And Management Of Hypertension And Associated Cardiovascular Risk In Rural India.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$954,505.00
Summary
We have found that around one in four adults in rural India have hypertension and a minority of these receive best practice care. Current health system infrastructure is grossly under-resourced to address this. We aim to improve hypertension management by strengthening primary health care workforce capacity through use of a smartphone based clinical decision support system that is integrated with existing health structures. This will be evaluated in a trial involving 45 villages in rural Andhra ....We have found that around one in four adults in rural India have hypertension and a minority of these receive best practice care. Current health system infrastructure is grossly under-resourced to address this. We aim to improve hypertension management by strengthening primary health care workforce capacity through use of a smartphone based clinical decision support system that is integrated with existing health structures. This will be evaluated in a trial involving 45 villages in rural Andhra Pradesh.Read moreRead less
Closing The Evidence-practice Gap In Total Knee Replacement: Optimising Evidence-based Decision-making Through A Multi-dimensional Surgeon Feedback Intervention
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,091,926.00
Summary
Total knee replacement (TKR) is one of the most successful surgeries for treating knee arthritis. With an ageing population demand for TKR will increase dramatically, placing burden on our health system. It is estimated that 25% of TKRs are performed in inappropriate candidates according to evidence-based guidelines. This project evaluates a program for surgeons that will improve adherence to using guidelines, which will improve efficiencies & equitability of this important surgical procedure.
Changing Decision-making Behaviour In General Practice By Providing Access To Online Evidence.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$206,375.00
Summary
The case for a shift to evidence-based practice, and the substantial economic and health outcome benefits of that shift, have been repeatedly made. Despite the vision, significant barriers to evidence-based practice remain, and the demonstration of a positive role for on-line systems would result in a significant change in strategies for clinician behaviour change. This study will make a specific and significant contribution to our understanding of the efficacy and effectiveness of online eviden ....The case for a shift to evidence-based practice, and the substantial economic and health outcome benefits of that shift, have been repeatedly made. Despite the vision, significant barriers to evidence-based practice remain, and the demonstration of a positive role for on-line systems would result in a significant change in strategies for clinician behaviour change. This study will make a specific and significant contribution to our understanding of the efficacy and effectiveness of online evidence retrieval systems as a component in any evidence-based strategy, through a rigorous and controlled approach to the study of clinical behaviour change. It will also provide a powerful test of the value of search filters as a specific technology in support of evidence retrieval. The focus on prescribing patterns in NHMRC priority areas as an outcome measure will also provide a significant data set reflecting current practice in primary care.Read moreRead less
Increasing data quality with group associations in outsourcing environments. Outsourcing of data storage is increasingly common, but poses major problems for data utility and confidentiality. This project aims to discover how tuples (data structures) in fragments can be grouped to increase the utility of queries executed over fragments. The project will create a framework that satisfies information protection goals while achieving utility for queries. The developed algorithms and techniques will ....Increasing data quality with group associations in outsourcing environments. Outsourcing of data storage is increasingly common, but poses major problems for data utility and confidentiality. This project aims to discover how tuples (data structures) in fragments can be grouped to increase the utility of queries executed over fragments. The project will create a framework that satisfies information protection goals while achieving utility for queries. The developed algorithms and techniques will formally specify and develop a model to validate loose association rules while minimising data leakage risks. The outcomes will benefit Australians through enabling sharing and linking increasingly large datasets securely and cheaply.Read moreRead less
Developing And Measuring Palliative Care Decision Making Skill
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$137,000.00
Summary
Relationships and communication skills that health professionals develop with patients are critical to patient involvement in decision making. This project will build on previous decision making research and the development of palliative care education for undergraduate students. The key components of successful decision making skills will be investigated and an education program and skill measures for undergraduate and postgraduate health professional students will be developed and pilot tested ....Relationships and communication skills that health professionals develop with patients are critical to patient involvement in decision making. This project will build on previous decision making research and the development of palliative care education for undergraduate students. The key components of successful decision making skills will be investigated and an education program and skill measures for undergraduate and postgraduate health professional students will be developed and pilot tested.Read moreRead less
Developing group-based elicitation methods to improve decision making. This project aims to develop an elicitation methodology enabling multiple members of a team to contribute to the same technical problem - enabling expertise to be accurately combined while avoiding group and individual sources of bias. Good elicitation methods minimise bias in estimates and forecasts - which otherwise erode value and lead to sub-optimal decision making. Existing methods, however, ignore group structures; that ....Developing group-based elicitation methods to improve decision making. This project aims to develop an elicitation methodology enabling multiple members of a team to contribute to the same technical problem - enabling expertise to be accurately combined while avoiding group and individual sources of bias. Good elicitation methods minimise bias in estimates and forecasts - which otherwise erode value and lead to sub-optimal decision making. Existing methods, however, ignore group structures; that is that decisions made by, or on, the advice of teams have different characteristics than individual decisions and often preclude the use of methods designed to limit individuals' biases. By encoding the method into a computerised tool the project will assist public and private sector enterprises to improve group decision making.Read moreRead less