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Johanna I. Westbrook

Johanna I. Westbrook

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Medicine

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77
Citations
24387
World Ranking
18353
National Ranking
608

Overview

Johanna I. Westbrook is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and specializes in health professions and medicine. Their research has a strong focus on general health professions as well as geriatrics and gerontology, supported by work in health information management, emergency medical services, and epidemiology.

Their research covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
  • Patient Safety and Medication Errors
  • Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Workplace Violence and Bullying
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration

Westbrook has contributed to numerous publications in several key venues related to healthcare quality and safety. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • BMJ Open
  • International Journal for Quality in Health Care
  • BMC Geriatrics
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Frequent collaborators in their research are Magdalena Z. Raban, Ling Li, Nasir Wabe, Jeffrey Braithwaite, and Karla Seaman. These co-authors have collaborated with Westbrook on multiple occasions, contributing to the development and dissemination of research findings in healthcare quality and safety.

Some recent publications include:

  • The prevalence and impact of unprofessional behaviour among hospital workers: a survey in seven Australian hospitals (2020) in The Medical Journal of Australia
  • The three numbers you need to know about healthcare: the 60-30-10 Challenge (2020) in BMC Medicine
  • How effective are electronic medication systems in reducing medication error rates and associated harm among hospital inpatients? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020) in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
  • The impact of COVID-19 on the quality of life of older adults receiving community-based aged care (2021) in Australasian Journal on Ageing
  • Systematic review of 29 self-report instruments for assessing quality of life in older adults receiving aged care services (2021) in BMJ Open

Best Publications

  • Allocation of Physician Time in Ambulatory Practice: A Time and Motion Study in 4 Specialties

    Christine Sinsky;Lacey Colligan;Ling Li;Mirela Prgomet

  • Association of Interruptions With an Increased Risk and Severity of Medication Administration Errors

    Johanna I. Westbrook;Amanda Woods;Marilyn I. Rob;William T. M. Dunsmuir

  • CareTrack: assessing the appropriateness of health care delivery in Australia.

    William B Runciman;Tamara D Hunt;Natalie A Hannaford;Natalie A Hannaford;Peter D Hibbert

  • How and why are communities of practice established in the healthcare sector? A systematic review of the literature

    Geetha Ranmuthugala;Jennifer J Plumb;Frances C Cunningham;Andrew Georgiou

  • How much time do nurses have for patients? a longitudinal study quantifying hospital nurses' patterns of task time distribution and interactions with health professionals

    Johanna I Westbrook;Christine Duffield;Ling Li;Nerida J Creswick

  • Errors in the administration of intravenous medications in hospital and the role of correct procedures and nurse experience

    Johanna I Westbrook;Marilyn I Rob;Amanda Woods;Dave Parry

  • The impact of interruptions on clinical task completion

    Johanna I Westbrook;Enrico Coiera;William T M Dunsmuir;Bruce M Brown

  • The Impact of Mobile Handheld Technology on Hospital Physicians' Work Practices and Patient Care: A Systematic Review

    Mirela Prgomet;Andrew Georgiou;Johanna I. Westbrook

  • Social participation as an indicator of successful aging: an overview of concepts and their associations with health.

    Heather Douglas;Andrew Georgiou;Johanna Westbrook

  • How and where clinicians exercise power: interprofessional relations in health care

    Peter Nugus;David Greenfield;Joanne Travaglia;Johanna Westbrook

  • Health professional networks as a vector for improving healthcare quality and safety: a systematic review

    Frances C Cunningham;Geetha Ranmuthugala;Jennifer Plumb;Andrew Georgiou

  • Does computerized provider order entry reduce prescribing errors for hospital inpatients? A systematic review

    Margaret H. Reckmann;Johanna I. Westbrook;Yvonne Koh;Connie Lo

  • Health service accreditation as a predictor of clinical and organisational performance: a blinded, random, stratified study

    Jeffrey Braithwaite;David Greenfield;Johanna Westbrook;Marjorie Pawsey

  • Impact of Medication Reconciliation and Review on Clinical Outcomes

    Elin C. Lehnbom;Michael J. Stewart;Elizabeth Manias;Johanna I. Westbrook

  • Failure to follow-up test results for ambulatory patients: a systematic review

    Joanne L. Callen;Johanna I. Westbrook;Andrew Georgiou;Julie Li

  • Impact of commercial computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) on medication errors, length of stay, and mortality in intensive care units: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Mirela Prgomet;Ling Li;Zahra Niazkhani;Andrew Georgiou

  • Narrative synthesis of health service accreditation literature

    Reece Hinchcliff;David Greenfield;Max Moldovan;Johanna Irene Westbrook

  • Multimethod evaluation of information and communication technologies in health in the context of wicked problems and sociotechnical theory.

    Johanna I. Westbrook;Jeffrey Braithwaite;Andrew Georgiou;Amanda Ampt

  • Task errors by emergency physicians are associated with interruptions, multitasking, fatigue and working memory capacity: a prospective, direct observation study

    Johanna I Westbrook;Magdalena Z Raban;Scott R Walter;Heather Douglas

  • Effects of two commercial electronic prescribing systems on prescribing error rates in hospital in-patients: a before and after study.

    Johanna I. Westbrook;Margaret Reckmann;Ling Li;William B. Runciman

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Georgiou
Andrew Georgiou Macquarie University
Jeffrey Braithwaite
Jeffrey Braithwaite Macquarie University
Richard O. Day
Richard O. Day University of New South Wales
David Greenfield
David Greenfield University of Tasmania
Enrico Coiera
Enrico Coiera Macquarie University
Rick Iedema
Rick Iedema King's College London
Farah Magrabi
Farah Magrabi Macquarie University
Ken Hillman
Ken Hillman University of New South Wales
Rebecca Mitchell
Rebecca Mitchell Macquarie University
Nicholas J. Talley
Nicholas J. Talley University of Newcastle Australia

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