Sarah Patricia Slight (nee Crowe)

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Biography

Dr. Sarah P Slight (nee Crowe) is a NIHR Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Nottingham, and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. She graduated from the University of Sunderland with a first class honours Master of Pharmacy degree in 2002, and received a PhD in Pharmacy Practice Research from the University of Manchester in 2007. She completed a Diploma in Health Economics at the University of York in 2011.

Sarah previously practiced as a hospital pharmacist at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh before becoming an active researcher in the area of patient safety and health informatics. She was awarded a prestigious National Institute for Health Research Fellowship in 2010. Sarah is currently on placement at Harvard Medical School working with Prof. David Westfall Bates, an internationally renowned expert in patient safety.

Expertise Summary

Keywords:

Health informatics, clinical decision-making, patient safety, health economics

Research Summary

In her current role, she works on a number of different projects all with a focus on the quality and safety of patient care, and innovation adoption. Her publications include papers on Electronic… read more

Selected Publications

• SHEIKH, A., CORNFORD, T., BARBER, N., AVERY, A., TAKIAN, A., LICHTNER, V., PETRAKAKI, D., CROWE, S., MARSDEN, K., ROBERTSON, A., MOSSISON, Z., KLECUN, A., PRESCOTT, R.J., QUINN, C., YANI, Y., FICOCIELLO, M., VOUTSINA, K., PATON, J., FERNANDO, B. and CRESSWELL, K., 2011. Implementation and adoption of nationwide electronic health records in secondary care in England: final qualitative results from prospective national evaluation in “early adopter” hospitals British Medical Journal. 343, d6054
• ROBERTSON, A., CRESSWELL, K., TAKIAN, A., PETRAKAKI, D., CROWE, S., CORNFORD, T., BARBER, N., AVERY, A., FERNANDO, B., JACKLIN, A., PRESCOTT, R., KLECUN, E., PATON, J., LICHTNER, V., QUINN, C., ALI, M., MORRISON, Z., JANI, Y., WARING, J., MARSDEN, K. and SHEIKH, A., 2010. Implementation and adoption of nationwide electronic health records in secondary care in England: qualitative analysis of interim results from a prospective national evaluation. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 341, c4564
• CROWE, S., CANTRILL J.A. and TULLY, M.P., 2010. Shared Care Arrangements for Specialist Drugs: The Challenges facing GP adherence. Quality and Safety in Health Care. 19(6), e54
• CROWE, S., CRESSWELL, K., ROBERTSON, A., HUBY, G., AVERY, A. and SHEIKH, A., 2011. The case study approach BMC Medical Research Methodology. 11(1), 100

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• The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)- Member
• The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (M.R.Pharm.S.)- Member
• The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (M.P.S.I.)- Member
• The Society for Academic Primary Care- Member

Current Research

In her current role, she works on a number of different projects all with a focus on the quality and safety of patient care, and innovation adoption. Her publications include papers on Electronic Health Record and ePrescribing systems implementation and adoption, and improving patient care at the primary secondary care interface and in general practice. She has presented at numerous national and international conferences, and reviews for several UK journals and grant-giving bodies.

Sarah's special research interests include clinical decision-making, improving the quality and safety of patient care, health informatics, and related topics concerning the cost-effectiveness of computerised interventions.

• CRESSWELL, K., MORRISON, Z., CROWE, S., ROBERTSON, A. and SHEIKH, A., 2012. Anything but...engaged: user involvement in the context of a national electronic health record implementation: Informatics in Primary Care Informatics in Primary Care. In press (In Press.)
• CROWE, S., CRESSWELL, K., ROBERTSON, A., HUBY, G., AVERY, A. and SHEIKH, A., 2011. The case study approach BMC Medical Research Methodology. 11(1), 100
• CRESSWELL, K., ALI, M., AVERY, A., BARBER, N., CORNFORD, T., CROWE, S., FERNANDO, B., JACKLIN, A., JANI, Y., KLECUN, E., LICHTNER, V., MARSDEN, K., MORRISON, Z., PATON, J., PETRAKAKI, D. and PRESCOTT, R., 2011. An independent evaluation of the implementation and adoption of the National Health Service Care Records Service (NHS CRS) in secondary care in England. Final report for the NHS Connecting for Health Evaluation Programme. January 2011
• MORRISON, Z., ROBERTSON, A., CRESSWELL, K., CROWE, S. and SHEIKH, A., 2011. Understanding contrasting approaches to nationwide implementations of electronic health record systems: England, the USA and Australia Journal of Healthcare Engineering. 2(1), 25-42
• SHEIKH, A., CORNFORD, T., BARBER, N., AVERY, A., TAKIAN, A., LICHTNER, V., PETRAKAKI, D., CROWE, S., MARSDEN, K., ROBERTSON, A., MOSSISON, Z., KLECUN, A., PRESCOTT, R.J., QUINN, C., YANI, Y., FICOCIELLO, M., VOUTSINA, K., PATON, J., FERNANDO, B. and CRESSWELL, K., 2011. Implementation and adoption of nationwide electronic health records in secondary care in England: final qualitative results from prospective national evaluation in “early adopter” hospitals British Medical Journal. 343, d6054
• SPENCER, R., AVERY, A., SERUMAGA, B. and CROWE, S., 2011. Prescribing errors in general practice and how to avoid them: Clinical Risk Clinical Risk. 17(2), 39-42
• ROBERTSON, A., CRESSWELL, K., TAKIAN, A., PETRAKAKI, D., CROWE, S., CORNFORD, T., BARBER, N., AVERY, A., FERNANDO, B., JACKLIN, A., PRESCOTT, R., KLECUN, E., PATON, J., LICHTNER, V., QUINN, C., ALI, M., MORRISON, Z., JANI, Y., WARING, J., MARSDEN, K. and SHEIKH, A., 2010. Implementation and adoption of nationwide electronic health records in secondary care in England: qualitative analysis of interim results from a prospective national evaluation. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 341, c4564
• CROWE, S., CRESSWELL, K., AVERY, A., SLEE, A., COLEMAN, J. and SHEIKH, A, 2010. Planned implementations of ePrescribing systems in NHS hospitals in England: A questionnaire study. JRSM Short Reports. 1(4), 33
• CROWE S, TULLY M.P and CANTRILL J.A., 2010. Information in general medical practices: the information processing model Family Practice. 27(2), 230-236
• CROWE, S., CANTRILL J.A. and TULLY, M.P., 2010. Shared Care Arrangements for Specialist Drugs: The Challenges facing GP adherence. Quality and Safety in Health Care. 19(6), e54
• CROWE S, TULLY M.P and CANTRILL J.A., 2009. The Prescribing of Specialist Medicines: What factors influence GPs' decision-making? Family Practice. 26, 301-308
• CROWE S, TULLY M.P and CANTRILL J.A., 2007. The primary-secondary care divide: attempts supporting the provision of seamless care Int J Pharm Pract.
• CROWE S, TULLY M.P and CANTRILL J.A., 2007. GP implementation of secondary care prescribing recommendations: a qualitative study Int J Pharm Pract.
• CROWE S, TULLY M.P and CANTRILL J.A., 2006. Prescribing and the interface between primary and secondary care 12th Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice Conference, Bath - Proceedings.
• CROWE S, TULLY M.P and CANTRILL J.A., 2005. What implications does the new GMS contract have for pharmacists working in primary care? Int J Pharm Pract.