Dean Sittig

@sbmi.uth.edu

Professor Clinical and Health Informatics
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Dean Sittig

EDUCATION

PhD University of Utah

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Health Informatics, General Medicine, Health (social science), Safety Research
441

Scopus Publications

30878

Scholar Citations

92

Scholar h-index

313

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Integrating Generative AI Into Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support: Viewpoint on Research and Practice Considerations
    P Dullabh, C Zott, N Gauthreaux, C Peterson, A Aronoff, K Monkhouse, ...
    Journal of Medical Internet Research 28, e81628 , 2026
    2026
  • From Pilot to Practice: A Sociotechnical Perspective for Sustainable Adoption of Patient Engagement Technologies
    P Dullabh, C Zott, N Gauthreaux, A Aronoff, DF Sittig, A Boxwala
    Applied Clinical Informatics 17 (02), 237-245 , 2026
    2026
  • An Interoperable Vaccine Record: A Roadmap to Realization
    X Jing, A Faxvaag, CG Nøhr, D Robinson, PG Biondich, TD Law, H Min, ...
    Vaccines 14 (3), 213 , 2026
    2026
  • Developing updated and new guidance to promote reliable patient identification
    E Weatherford, A Grauer, C Sirochinsky, IF Lehman, N Thummala, ...
    JAMIA open 9 (1), ooaf160 , 2026
    2026
  • Comparing the effectiveness of a medication knowledge base product as designed with real-world hospital implementations using the Leapfrog Group’s Computerized Physician Order …
    Z Co, HR Strasberg, BR Hanway, DF Sittig, DC Classen
    JAMIA open 9 (1), ooaf176 , 2026
    2026
  • Effect of an Outcome Feedback Reporting System on Emergency Department Physicians' Chart Reaccess
    CL Cifra, P Patel, CR Tigges, SL Miller, O Lin, I Pantekidis, A Bronson, ...
    Applied clinical informatics 17 (01), 073-081 , 2026
    2026
  • A standard-based taxonomy of features that affect user response to clinical decision support alerts
    S Liu, AB McCoy, DF Sittig, JF Peterson, TA Lasko, A Wright
    BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 25 (1), 389 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Quartz App for Hypertension Medication Management: Feasibility, Usability, and Acceptability Assessment
    N Gauthreaux, PM Dullabh, C Zott, A Aronoff, A Garretson, DF Sittig, ...
    2025
  • Quartz App for Hypertension Medication Management: Feasibility, Usability, and Acceptability Assessment [Internet]
    N Gauthreaux, PM Dullabh, C Zott, A Aronoff, A Garretson, DF Sittig, ...
    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) , 2025
    2025
  • An active learning pipeline to automatically identify candidate terms for a CDSS ontologytextemdashmeasures, experiments, and performance
    S Alluri, K Komatineni, R Goli, RD Boyce, N Hubig, H Min, Y Gong, ...
    2025
  • An active learning pipeline to automatically identify candidate terms for a CDSS ontology—measures, experiments, and performance
    S Alluri, K Komatineni, R Goli, RD Boyce, N Hubig, H Min, Y Gong, ...
    medRxiv , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Innovation Center: Framework and Inventory of Patient Engagement Measures for PC CDS
    P Dullabh, C Zott, N Gauthreaux, A Aronoff, DF Sittig
    2025
  • PC CDS Patient Engagement Measurement Inventory-User Guide
    P Dullabh, C Zott, N Gauthreaux, A Aronoff, DF Sittig
    Innovation Center: Framework and Inventory of Patient Engagement Measures … , 2025
    2025
  • Measurement Concepts Across the PC CDS Lifecycle
    P Dullabh, C Zott, N Gauthreaux, A Aronoff, DF Sittig
    Innovation Center: Framework and Inventory of Patient Engagement Measures … , 2025
    2025
  • Innovation Center: Framework and Inventory of Patient Engagement Measures for PC CDS [Internet]
    P Dullabh, C Zott, N Gauthreaux, A Aronoff, DF Sittig
    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Reusable Generic Clinical Decision Support System Module for Immunization Recommendations in Resource-Constraint Settings
    S Orlioglu, AS Boobalan, K Abanyie, RD Boyce, H Min, Y Gong, DF Sittig, ...
    AMIA Summits on Translational Science Proceedings 2025, 395 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • The Use of AI in Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support: Implications for Practice and Research
    P Dullabh, C Zott, N Gauthreaux, C Peterson, A Aronoff, J Swiger, ...
    2025 Annual Research Meeting , 2025
    2025
  • What Is Shared Decision Making?
    F Jiménez, RT Kurtzman, R Nwefo, PV Kukhareva, M Ozkaynak, PJ Desai, ...
    How Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support Can Strengthen Shared … , 2025
    2025
  • How Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support Can Strengthen Shared Decision Making [Internet]
    F Jiménez, RT Kurtzman, R Nwefo, PV Kukhareva, M Ozkaynak, PJ Desai, ...
    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) , 2025
    2025
  • Ideal Features of Clinical Decision Support System and Rules in Primary Care Settings
    X Jing, A Weaver, P MacGilvray, T Law, D Robinson, DF Sittig, C Nøhr, ...
    Studies in health technology and informatics 327, 215-216 , 2025
    2025

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Randomized clinical trial of pressure-controlled inverse ratio ventilation and extracorporeal CO2 removal for adult respiratory distress syndrome.
    AH Morris, CJ Wallace, RL Menlove, TP Clemmer, JF Orme Jr, LK Weaver, ...
    American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 149 (2), 295-305 , 1994
    1994
    Citations: 1315
  • A new socio-technical model for studying health information technology in complex adaptive healthcare systems
    DF Sittig, H Singh
    BMJ Quality & Safety:i68-74. doi: 10.1136/qshc.2010.042085. 19 (Suppl 3 … , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 1278
  • Types of unintended consequences related to computerized provider order entry
    EM Campbell, DF Sittig, JS Ash, KP Guappone, RH Dykstra
    Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 13 (5), 547-556 , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 1150
  • Improving Outcomes: A Practical Guide to Clinical Decision Support Implementation
    JA Osheroff, EA Pifer, DF Sittig, RA Jenders, JM Teich
    Chicago: HIMSS , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 788
  • Grand challenges in clinical decision support
    DF Sittig, A Wright, JA Osheroff, B Middleton, JM Teich, JS Ash, ...
    Journal of biomedical informatics 41 (2), 387-392 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 783
  • The extent and importance of unintended consequences related to computerized provider order entry
    JS Ash, DF Sittig, EG Poon, K Guappone, E Campbell, RH Dykstra
    Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 14 (4), 415-423 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 692
  • Using AI-generated suggestions from ChatGPT to optimize clinical decision support
    S Liu, AP Wright, BL Patterson, JP Wanderer, RW Turer, SD Nelson, ...
    Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 30 (7), 1237-1245 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 549
  • Communication breakdown in the outpatient referral process
    TK Gandhi, DF Sittig, M Franklin, AJ Sussman, DG Fairchild, DW Bates
    Journal of general internal medicine 15 (9), 626-631 , 2000
    2000
    Citations: 505
  • Some unintended consequences of clinical decision support systems
    JS Ash, DF Sittig, EM Campbell, KP Guappone, RH Dykstra
    Amia annual Symposium proceedings 2007, 26 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 448
  • Computer-based physician order entry: the state of the art
    DF Sittig, WW Stead
    Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 1 (2), 108-123 , 1994
    1994
    Citations: 432
  • The emerging science of very early detection of disease outbreaks
    MM Wagner, FC Tsui, JU Espino, VM Dato, DF Sittig, RA Caruana, ...
    Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 7 (6), 51-59 , 2001
    2001
    Citations: 406
  • Categorizing the unintended sociotechnical consequences of computerized provider order entry
    JS Ash, DF Sittig, RH Dykstra, K Guappone, JD Carpenter
    Int J Med Inform 76, 21-27 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 374
  • Clinical decision support: a 25 year retrospective and a 25 year vision
    B Middleton, DF Sittig, A Wright
    Yearbook of medical informatics 25 (S 01), S103-S116 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 371
  • Defining and measuring diagnostic uncertainty in medicine: a systematic review
    V Bhise, SS Rajan, DF Sittig, RO Morgan, P Chaudhary, H Singh
    Journal of general internal medicine 33 (1), 103-115 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 349
  • Electronic health records and national patient-safety goals
    DF Sittig, H Singh
    New England Journal of Medicine 367 (19), 1854-1860 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 313
  • The unintended consequences of computerized provider order entry: findings from a mixed methods exploration
    JS Ash, DF Sittig, R Dykstra, E Campbell, K Guappone
    International journal of medical informatics 78, S69-S76 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 279
  • Defining health information technology–related errors: new developments since to err is human
    DF Sittig, H Singh
    Archives of internal medicine 171 (14), 1281-1284 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 278
  • Information overload and missed test results in electronic health record–based settings
    H Singh, C Spitzmueller, NJ Petersen, MK Sawhney, DF Sittig
    JAMA internal medicine 173 (8), 702-704 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 273
  • An analysis of electronic health record-related patient safety concerns
    DW Meeks, MW Smith, L Taylor, DF Sittig, JM Scott, H Singh
    Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 21 (6), 1053-1059 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 272
  • Timely follow-up of abnormal diagnostic imaging test results in an outpatient setting: are electronic medical records achieving their potential?
    H Singh, EJ Thomas, S Mani, D Sittig, H Arora, D Espadas, MM Khan, ...
    Archives of internal medicine 169 (17), 1578-1586 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 270

CONSULTANCY

Expert witness for Electronic Health Record-related issues