Welcome to the SAFE-T Lab
Supporting Advancements for Frontline Excellence in patient safeTy
The SAFE-T Lab is engaged in research across several areas in healthcare and technology. Our central goal is to improve patient safety outcomes and patient-centered care through the design and implementation of interventions that can be integrated into modern healthcare technologies.
Our Research
Our lab is focused on improving collaborative practices in healthcare using principles and techniques from informatics to promote patient safety, quality, and care continuity.
Our Team
We are actively seeking postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students to join our team.
News
AHRQ highlights Dr. Joanna Abraham’s work on enhancing postoperative handoff communications (Links to an external site)
Congratulations to principal investigator Joanna Abraham, PhD, and her team for their publication, “Improving Safety in Postoperative Handoff Communication with Telemedicine and Machine Learning,” in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Digital Healthcare Research Program 2023 Year in Review.
Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital funds faculty projects focused on advancing equity and inclusion in health care (Links to an external site)
The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital recently approved two projects led by Shawn Reynolds, MSPA, PA-C, and Joanna Abraham, PhD.
Dr. Joanna Abraham receives second Diana Forsythe Award in three years at the AMIA 2023 Annual Symposium (Links to an external site)
Joanna Abraham, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and the Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics (I2DB), has been named the 2023 recipient of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)’s Diana Forsythe Award.