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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 6 of 6 Research Studies DisplayedKman NE, Price A, Berezina-Blackburn V
First Responder Virtual Reality Simulator to train and assess emergency personnel for mass casualty response.
This paper describes the First Responder Virtual Reality Simulator, a high-fidelity, fully immersive, automated, programmable virtual reality (VR) simulation designed to train frontline responders to treat and triage victims of mass casualty incidents. First responder trainees wear a wireless VR head-mounted display linked to a compatible desktop computer. Autonomous, interactive victims who are programmed to simulate individuals with injuries consistent with an explosion in an underground space are used. The trainees are armed with a virtual medical kit, who are then tasked with triaging and treating the victims on the scene. Increased challenges can be added such as increasing the environmental chaos, adding patients, or increasing the acuity of patient injuries.
AHRQ-funded; HS025915.
Citation: Kman NE, Price A, Berezina-Blackburn V .
First Responder Virtual Reality Simulator to train and assess emergency personnel for mass casualty response.
J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open 2023 Feb;4(1):e12903. doi: 10.1002/emp2.12903.
Keywords: Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Simulation, Health Information Technology (HIT), Training, Emergency Preparedness
Luo B, McLoone M, Rasooly IR
Analysis: protocol for a new method to measure physiologic monitor alarm responsiveness.
A team of researchers including biomedical engineers, human factors engineers, information technology specialists, nurses, physicians, facilitators from a hospital’s simulation center, clinical informaticians, and hospital administrative leadership worked with three units at a pediatric hospital to design and conduct simulations on newly implemented monitoring technology that will be used for patient critical alarms. The system was tested using a simulation with existing hospital technology to transmit an unambiguously critical alarm that appeared to originate from an actual patient to the nurse’s mobile device, with discreet observers measuring responses.
AHRQ-funded; HS026620.
Citation: Luo B, McLoone M, Rasooly IR .
Analysis: protocol for a new method to measure physiologic monitor alarm responsiveness.
Biomed Instrum Technol 2020 Nov/Dec;54(6):389-96. doi: 10.2345/0899-8205-54.6.389..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Hospitals, Simulation, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Patient Safety, Health Information Technology (HIT)
Nuamah JK, Adapa K, Mazur L
Electronic health records (EHR) simulation-based training: a scoping review protocol.
This article describes a literature review that will be conducted on the evidence for electronic health record (EHR)-based training interventions to facilitate improved EHR use for healthcare providers. Three databases will be searched for published articles and ProQuest and Google Scholar will be searched to identify unpublished articles from inception to January 29, 2020. Two reviewers will independently screen titles and abstracts using inclusion and exclusion criteria. Based on the extracted data, research evidence will be synthesized.
AHRQ-funded; HS025597.
Citation: Nuamah JK, Adapa K, Mazur L .
Electronic health records (EHR) simulation-based training: a scoping review protocol.
BMJ Open 2020 Aug 11;10(8):e036884. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036884..
Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Research Methodologies, Simulation
Barker LT, Bond WF, Vincent AL
A novel in situ simulation framework for introduction of a new technology: the 3-Act-3-Debrief model.
Researchers studied a simulation-based introduction to new technologies in order to address specific factors that influence adoption. They found that a novel 3-stage simulation-debriefing structure positively targeted factors influencing the adoption of new healthcare technologies.
AHRQ-funded; HS024027.
Citation: Barker LT, Bond WF, Vincent AL .
A novel in situ simulation framework for introduction of a new technology: the 3-Act-3-Debrief model.
Adv Simul 2020 Sep 25;5:25. doi: 10.1186/s41077-020-00145-x..
Keywords: Telehealth, Health Information Technology (HIT), Implementation, Simulation
Bond WF, Barker LT, Cooley KL
A simple low-cost method to integrate telehealth interprofessional team members during in situ simulation.
This article describes the integration of remote telehealth electronic intensive care unit (eICU) personnel into in situ simulations with rural emergency department (ED) care teams and the technical challenges of creating shared awareness of the patient's condition and the care team's progress among the care team, the eICU, and those running the simulation. The purpose of the simulations was to introduce telehealth technology and new processes of engaging the eICU via telehealth during sepsis care in rural EDs; development of the scenarios included experts in sepsis, telehealth, and emergency medicine. A shared in situ simulation clinical actions observational checklist was created using an off-the-shelf survey software program. The checklist was completed during the simulations by an onsite observer, and shared with the eICU team via teleconferencing software to and cue eICU nurse engagement. Staff from the two EDs were engaged and an eICU nurse participated in debriefing via the telehealth video system.
AHRQ-funded; HS024027.
Citation: Bond WF, Barker LT, Cooley KL .
A simple low-cost method to integrate telehealth interprofessional team members during in situ simulation.
Simul Healthc 2019 Apr;14(2):129-36. doi: 10.1097/sih.0000000000000357..
Keywords: Critical Care, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Emergency Department, Health Information Technology (HIT), Rural Health, Simulation, Teams, Telehealth
Wang D
Use contexts and usage patterns of interactive case simulation tools by HIV healthcare providers in a statewide online clinical education program.
The researcher analyzed four interactive case simulation tools (ICSTs) from a statewide online clinical education program. Results have shown that ICSTs are increasingly used by HIV healthcare providers. Smart phone has become the primary usage platform for specific ICSTs. Usage patterns depend on particular ICST modules, usage stages, and use contexts.
AHRQ-funded; HS022057.
Citation: Wang D .
Use contexts and usage patterns of interactive case simulation tools by HIV healthcare providers in a statewide online clinical education program.
Stud Health Technol Inform 2017;245:1242.
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Keywords: Education: Continuing Medical Education, Health Information Technology (HIT), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Provider, Simulation, Training