TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 PM CT
Event Type: DBMI Special Seminar
Title: "Using Raw Audit Logs to Measure Physician Workload, Cognitive Burden and Burnout"
Thomas Kannampallil, PhD, FAMIA
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Chief Research Information Officer
Inaugural Director for Acute Care Innovation Research, Department of Anesthesiology
Washington University School of Medicine
HYBRID SEMINAR. 2525 West End Avenue, 8th Floor Room 8110
ZOOM LINK HERE
Abstract:
In this talk, Dr. Kannampallil will discuss the use of raw audit logs—trails of clinicians' click stream activities on an EHR—to measure physician workload cognitive burden and burnout using a combination of statistical and machine learning approaches. In a series of studies, we developed data pipelines and open-source tools for translating raw clickstream data into meaningful EHR use metrics that were used for (a) assessing workload, (b) creating objective measures of errors, and (c) assessing the relationship between workload (and cognitive burden) on errors. He will also describe new directions for research using audit logs including novel mathematical and machine learning techniques to characterize tasks, measuring interactive communication (using Epic SecureChat), and comparing audit log-based workload measures and reimbursements.
Bio:
Dr. Kannampallil is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and the Associate Chief Research Information Officer (CRIO) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He also has affiliate appointments in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Institute for Informatics. His research interests lie at the intersection of computer science, cognitive science, and clinical informatics. Specifically, his research focuses on developing and evaluating intelligent computational tools for improving clinical decision making and patient safety. Dr. Kannampallil is currently the Associate Editor for the Journal of Biomedical Informatics and serves on ONC and PCORI technical expert panels on health information technology. His research is currently funded by R01s from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institute of Aging (NIA), and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). He was elected as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association in 2021. Addition details can be found at: https://sites.wustl.edu/thomask/