Table 1.
2013–2016 UCLA resident informaticist participant information and project titles
| Resident Informaticist (RI) Specialty | RI Postgraduate (PG) Training Level | RI Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Anesthesiology | 2 | Reimagining CareConnect Training for Anesthesia Residents |
| Neurosurgery | 6 | Use of Mobile EHR Computing to Improve Communication Between Physicians and Prevent Signout Errors |
| Internal Medicine | 4 | *Using the EHR to Improve Population Health Performance in Residency Education |
| Psychiatry | 3 | *Electronic Medical Records and Legal Status in Psychiatry |
| Radiology | 2 | Optimizing Computerized Physician Order Entry for Research Scans |
| Pathology | 4 | Department of Pathology: GYN Cytology (Pap Smears) Orders Interface |
| Neurology | 4 | Development of Natural Language Processing Tools for the Identification of Stroke Quality Measures |
| Medicine – Pediatrics | 4 | *Implementation of Best Practice Advisories for the Identification of Chronic Kidney Disease |
| General Surgery | 4 | *Improving SCIP Antibiotic Compliance |
| Radiation Oncology | 4 | Patient Health History Questionnaires and CareConnect |
| Internal Medicine | 3 | Patient Health History Questionnaires and CareConnect |
| Hematology Oncology | 3 | CareConnect and Cancer Registry Data: Meaningful Use and Compatibility with Quality Metrics |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 4 | *Labor and Delivery Orders and Documentation Worfklow Optimization |
| Medicine – Endocrinology | 4 | *Building a Preference Med List for Endocrine Clinics |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 3 | *Resident eLearning Modules |
| General Surgery | 4 | *Individualizing Signout Reports for Specific Surgical Services |
| Anesthesiology | 2 | A CareConnect Dashboard for Administrators to Track Anesthesiology Resident Progress Toward ACGME Competencies |
| Emergency Medicine | 3 | *Improving ED Efficiency with a Diagnosis-Driven SmartSet |
| Radiology | 2 | Using the EHR to Facilitate the Protocoling and Ordering of Radiopharmaceuticals Involving Nuclear Medicine Studies |
| Radiology | 2 | Automated Quantification of Radiology Report Discrepancies |
| Radiation Oncology | 5 | Cancer Care Summary |
| Neurology | 3 | *Using e-Calculators to Improve Care in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation |
| Urology | Fellow | *SMS Text Messages Following Discharge from the UCLA Emergency Department |
| Medicine – Endocrinology | Fellow | *Developing a Diabetes Care Health Maintenance Module |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 2 | *e-Prescribing of Controlled Substances |
| Emergency Medicine | 2 | *Design and Implementation of Relevant Data Report Tools |
| Family Medicine | 2 | *How Patients Use MyChart: An Analysis of the Demographics and Usage Patterns for UCLA’s Patient Portal |
| Family Medicine | 3 | Billing Education Initiative. UCLA Family Health Center |
| Urology | 4 | *Introducing Quality Care Indicators for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia into CareConnect to Improve the Value of Care Delivery |
| Anesthesiology | 3 | Optimization of the PACU Status Board |
| General Surgery | 3 | *iPad Consent – Tablets for Mobile Documentation of Surgical Consent |
| Anesthesiology | 2 | CareConnect Training Tools for Anesthesia Providers |
| Psychiatry | 4 | *e5150 Project |
| Pediatric Hematology Oncology | 6 | *Developing Problem List Quality Metrics for Clinical Care, Research, and Quality Improvement |
| Ophthalmology | 3 | Best Practice Advisories for the Stein Eye Insitute |
| Clinical Pathology | 2 | Integration of Pathology Results in a Disease-Specific Manner |
| Radiation Oncology | 4 | *Utilizing the Electronic Medical Record to Screen for Patients Who Might Benefit from Postoperative Radiotherapy Following Radical Prostatectomy |
| Transfusion Medicine – Pathology | 4 | *Improving Blood Transfusion Safety and Monitoring Through CPOE Assistive Texts and Transfusion Synoptic Dashboard |
| Anesthesiology | 3 | Association Between BMI and Postoperative Oxygen Saturation at Ambulatory Surgery Centers |
| Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery | 2 | *Improving Signout and Rounding Lists in CareConnect |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 3 | *Surgical Case Logging for Residents |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 3 | *Improvement of Procedural Documentation (ProcDoc) |
| Emergency Medicine | 3 | *Relevant Data Support Tools in the Emergency Department: Infections in Immunocompromised Patients |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | Fellow | *The UCLA Baby-Friendly Health Initiative: Using Patient-Facing EHR Tools for Health Education and Engagement |
| Urology | 4 | *Building an Effective Prostate Cancer Snapshot |
| Child Neurology | 4 | *Improvement of UCLA CareConnect Inbasket Utilization |
| Internal Medicine | 4 | *Incorporating Gender Identity into CareConnect |
| Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine | 4 | Utilizing MyChart Questionnaires to Improve Care for Patients with COPD |
| Family Medicine | 3 | MyUCLAHealth Usage and Diabetic Control: Analysis of Patient Portal Usage |
| Hematology Oncology | Fellow | *Assessing the Compliance of UCLA’s EHR with FDA21 CFR P11 |
Projects that resulted in system enhancements are marked with an asterisk.