Interests:
Applied clinical informatics, risks to patient safety from health information technology (HIT) and the use of health information technology to support safety goals, use of HIT to support clinical quality goals, AI in medicine, hospital medicine, teaching hospital medicine, use of HIT for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, use of HIT for hospital glycemic control, EHR usability, Cerner EHR, lean production methods, Epic Physician Builder, and informatics governance and team building.
Background:
Dr. Aaronson is board certified in Internal Medicine, Clinical Informatics, and Healthcare Administration Leadership and Management (HALM). He is a practicing hospitalist with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and is a System Director for Medical Informatics with Commonspirit Health.
Research:
Representative publications:
- Solti I, Aaronson BA, Fletcher G, Solti M, Gennari J, Cooper M, Payne T, “Building an Automated Problem List Based on Natural Language Processing: Lessons Learned in the Early Phase of Development” AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008; 2008: 687
- Hanson D, Aaronson B, Krevat S. An EHR Structured Discharge Documentation Tool to Mistake Proof CHF Bundle Compliance. (2010), Innovations Poster Abstract. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 5: 84–110. doi: 10.1002/jhm.708
- White A, Aaronson B, Fletcher G. et. al. Initial Pilot of an Electronic Health Record Dashboard to Improve Compliance with Inpatient Quality Measures. (2010), Innovations Poster Abstract. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 5: 84–110. doi: 10.1002/jhm.708
- Aaronson BA, Westley M, Spohnholtz M, Tyler L, Dunning, E. Evaluation of an Electronic Early Warning System for the Detection of Critically Ill Hospital Patients. (2008), Innovations Abstracts. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 3: 49–74. doi: 10.1002/jhm.330
- Aaronson B, Stone D, Schaft M, et. al. An Electronic Health Record Based Tool to Aid in the Prevention of Avoidable Deaths in Hospital Patients. (2009), Innovations Poster Abstracts. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 4: 73–92. doi: 10.1002/jhm.546