Shilo Anders, PhD

Associate Professor
Departments of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Informatics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Phone
(615) 936-4343

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FOCUS: HIT UI design and evaluation

Dr. Shilo Anders’ research applies approaches from human factors engineering to improve patient safety in healthcare. She is interested in research on system design, individual and team performance and decision making, and improvements in patient safety and care quality. Dr. Anders is helping to make health information technology (HIT) more efficient, effective and be better integrated into the clinical workflow through user-centered design, workflow analysis, and cognitive task analysis. In addition, she is applying human factors engineering methods to design, develop, and evaluate patient-facing healthcare technologies.

Research Interests

Human-centered design, human factors engineering, human-computer interaction, patient safety, informatics

Education & Training

BA – Social Science/Psychology, University of Montana-Western
MA – Experimental/Human Factors Psychology, University of Dayton
PhD – Industrial & Systems Engineering, Ohio State University
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Vanderbilt University

Research Information

Select Publications

(Refer to Dr. Ander’s Google Scholar page for a full list)

  1. Militello LG, Anders S, Downs SM, Dilulio J, Danielson EC [Student], Hurley RW & Harle CA. Understanding How Primary Care Clinicians Make Sense of Chronic Pain. Cognition, Technology & Work. 2018 Nov, 20:4, 575-584. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-018-0491-1.
  2. Robinson JR [Student], Anders S, Novak LL, Simpson CL, Holroyd LE, Bennett KA, & Jackson GP. Consumer health-related needs of pregnant women and their caregivers. JAMIA Open. 2018 July; 1(1): 57-66. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamiaopen/ ooy018.
  3. Anders S, Aaron H [Student], Jackson GP, & Novak LL. Supporting caregivers in pregnancy: A qualitative study of their activities and roles. Journal of Patient Experience. 2018 July. doi:10.1177/2374373518785570.
  4. Hart D, Rush R, Rule G, Clinton J, Beilman G, Anders S, Brown R, McNeil MA, Reihsen T, Chipman J, & Sweet R. Training and assessing critical airway, breathing and hemorrhage control procedures for trauma care: Live tissue versus synthetic models. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Oct 27. doi: 10.1111/acem.13340.
  5. Dexheimer JW, Kurowski B [Student], Anders S, McClanahan N, Wade SL & Babcock L. Usability Evaluation of the SMART application for youth with mTBI. Int J Med Inform, 97, 163-170. 2017.
  6. Novak LL, Holden RJ, Anders S, Hong JY, & Karsh BT. (2013). Using a sociotechnical framework to understand adaptations in health IT implementation. Inter J Med Inform, 82(12): e 331-334.
  7. Anders S, Albert R, Miller A, Weinger MB, Doig AK, Behrens M, & Agutter J. (2012). Evaluation of an integrated graphical display to promote acute change detection in ICU patients. Inter J Med Inform, 81(12): 842-51.
  8. Anders S, Albert R, Miller A, Weinger MB, Doig AK, Behrens M, & Agutter J. (2012). Evaluation of an integrated graphical display to promote acute change detection in ICU patients. Inter J Med Inform, 81(12): 842-51.
  9. Anders S, Woods DD, Schweikhart S, Ebright P, & Patterson ES. (2012). The effects of health information technology change over time: A longitudinal study of tele-ICU functions. Appl Clin Inform, 3(2), 239-47.
  10. Mulvaney SA, Anders S, Smith AK, Pittel EJ, & Johnson KB. (2012). Testing a tailored mobile and web-based messaging system to prompt and motivate diabetes adherence. J Telemed Telecare, 18: 115-8.