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BPsych, PhD Sydney
After completing her PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor Melissa Baysari worked in railway safety (train driver errors) before transitioning to medication safety in 2009. Melissa leads the ‘Electronic decision support and human factors in healthcare’ stream in the Centre for Health Systems & Safety Research. She is a human factors researcher with expertise in both quantitative and qualitative evaluation. Her research is focused on understanding and preventing prescribing errors, with a particular focus on the design and evaluation of computerised decision support.
Melissa has published widely in the areas of medication safety, decision support and human factors and has secured over $6 million in research funding in the area of health technology evaluation. Melissa’s research has also resulted in several significant changes being made to hospital electronic prescribing systems, as well as to hospital policy and work practices.
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, PhD, University of Sydney
Psychology, Bachelor of Psychology
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Projects 2014 2021
Optimising computerised decision support to transform medication safety and reduce prescriber burden
Baysari, M., Li, L., Westbrook, J., Day, R., Hilmer, S., Doherty, P., Draheim, M., Hargreaves, A., McDonald, D., Monaghan, C., Nair, L. & Samson, R.
1/12/17 → 30/11/21
Project: Research
Creating a culture of safety and respect: a controlled, mixed-methods study of the effectiveness of a behavioural accountability intervention to reduce unprofessional behaviours
Westbrook, J., Braithwaite, J., Day, R., Middleton, S., Scott, D., Rapport, F., Mitchell, R., Baysari, M., Li, L., Ayliff, N., Hughes, C., McInnes, E., Goodier, G., Maddern, G., Cartmill, J., Churruca, K., Fletcher, M., Sunderland, N., Hibbert, P., Clay-Williams, R. & Crick, S.
1/12/17 → …
Project: Research
Delivering safe and effective care for children in hospital with ehealth systems
Westbrook, J., Georgiou, A., Day, R., O'Brien, T., Karnon, J., Dalla-Pozza, L., Cowell, P., Li, L., Baysari, M., Ambler, G., PhD Contribution (NHMRC), P. C. (. & PhD Contribution 2 (NHMRC), P. C. 2. (.
1/04/15 → …
Project: Research
Telemedicine
Child Care
Patient-centred eHealth approach to improving outcomes for gout sufferers
Westbrook, J., Day, R., Zwar, N. A., Reath, J., Lau, A., Baysari, M., Laba, T., McLachlan, A., Runciman, W., Coiera, E., Braithwaite, J. & Clay-Williams, R.
1/04/15 → …
Project: Research
Video Consultation Capability Project (HealthDirect)
Georgiou, A., Coiera, E. & Baysari, M.
1/11/14 → 31/01/16
Project: Research
video
Research Outputs 2004 2020
An experimental investigation of the impact of alert frequency and relevance on alert dwell time
Baysari, M. T., Zheng, W. Y., Tariq, A., Heywood, M., Scott, G., Li, L., Van Dort, B. A., Rathnayake, K., Day, R. & Westbrook, J. I., 1 Jan 2020, In : International Journal of Medical Informatics. 133, p. 1-4 4 p., 104027.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
varespladib methyl
Prescriptions
Students
Effectiveness of interventions targeting antibiotic use in long-term aged care facilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Raban, M., Gasparini, C., Li, L., Baysari, M. & Westbrook, J., 2020, In : BMJ Open. 10, 1, p. 1-13 13 p., e028494.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Long-Term Care
Meta-Analysis
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Control Groups
Information Storage and Retrieval
Using the WHO International Classification of patient safety framework to identify incident characteristics and contributing factors for medical or surgical complication deaths
Mitchell, R., Faris, M., Lystad, R., Fajardo Pulido, D., Norton, G., Baysari, M., Clay-Williams, R., Hibbert, P., Carson-Stevens, A. & Hughes, C., 1 Jan 2020, In : Applied Ergonomics. 82, 8 p., 102920.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Patient Safety
WHO
incident
death
Theaters
Are patients with a nasally placed feeding tube at risk of potential drug-drug interactions? A multicentre cross-sectional study
Gimenes, F. R. E., Baysari, M., Walter, S., Moreira, L. A., de Carvalho, R. E. F. L., Miasso, A. I., Faleiros, F. & Westbrook, J., 1 Jan 2019, In : PLoS ONE. 14, 7, p. 1-14 14 p., e0220248.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Drug interactions
drug interactions
tube feeding
Enteral Nutrition
Drug Interactions
Culture eats implementation for lunch: chronic care model
Baysari, M. (ed.), 1 Jan 2019, HIT or miss: lessons learned from Health Information Technology projects. Leviss, J. (ed.). Third ed. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor and Francis, p. 115-117 3 p. (HIMSS Book Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Lunch
Nurses
Patient Care
Point-of-Care Systems
Electronic Health Records
Prizes
Health
Editor's choice-International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Johanna Westbrook (Recipient), L. Li (Recipient), Elin C. Lehnbom (Recipient), Melissa Baysari (Recipient), Jeffrey Braithwaite (Recipient), R. Burke (Recipient), C. Conn (Recipient) & R.O. Day (Recipient), 2015
Prize
Medication Errors
Quality of Health Care
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Alan Welford Award
Melissa Baysari (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Honorary award
Ergonomics
Human engineering
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Alan Welford Award
Melissa Baysari (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Honorary award
ergonomics
decision
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia John Lane Award
Melissa Baysari (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Honorary award
ergonomics
science