dr.

(Jos) JECM Aarts

Profile

I am a senior research scientist in the Institute of Health Policy and Management. My research focuses on the impact of design and implementation of health information technology systems on clinical work practices. I teach about the social and organizational issues of health informatics. Currently I am also a research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Until January 1, 2008 I was a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Health Informatics of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. In 2003-2004 I was a visiting scientist in the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore.
Short bio
After my graduation in 1980 I taught medical physics and computing in higher professional education. Apart from teaching I was very much involved in the development of courses at the graduate and post-graduate level and learning materials for health informatics. Previous employers were Saxion Hogescholen in Zwolle/Deventer, Hogeschool van Utrecht and Fontys Hogescholen in Eindhoven. From 1988 - 1992 I was a visiting researcher at the Department of Medical Informatics (MIEUR) of Erasmus MC working on problems of the electronic patient record. During my professional career I gained interest in the social and organizational aspects of health informatics, because I felt that these were equally important as the underlying technology to make information systems work in practice. Fortunately, both at a national and international level I found people who shared the same interest. In the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) I founded a working group on human and organizational issues of medical informatics. Since 1999 I am a scientific staff member of the Institute of Health Policy and Management of Erasmus University Rotterdam. I have also an appointment in the Department of Medical Informatics of Erasmus MC.

• All publications (64)

  • Article (53)

    • Professional Publication (4)

      • L.J. Bakker, J.E.C.M. Aarts, C.A. Uyl - de Groot & W.K. Redekop (2020). Economic evaluations of big data analytics for clinical decision-making: a scoping review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa102
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts & R.A. Bal (2011). Elektronisch voorschrijven voorbarig. Medisch Contact, 66 (12), 728-730.
      • A. Thissen, T. van der Voordt & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2005). Maak het zorgpark profijtelijk. ZorgVisie (Maarssen), 11, 45-46.
      • A. Bruggeling, M. de Mul, J.E.C.M. Aarts & J.A. Hazelzet (2004). De betekenis van de implementatie van een Patienten Data Management Systeem voor de communicatie. Kritiek, 5, 1-1.

    • Scholarly Publication (49)

      • L.J. Bakker, K. Vaporidi, J.E.C.M. Aarts & W.K. Redekop (2020). The potential of real-time analytics to improve care for mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit: an early economic evaluation. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. doi: 10.1186/s12962-020-00254-4
      • F. van Stiphout, J. Zwart-van Rijkom, J. Versmissen, H. Koffijberg, J.E.C.M. Aarts, I.H. van der Sijs, T. van Gelder, R.A. de Man, C.B. Roes, T. Egberts & E. ter Braak (2018). Effects of training physicians in electronic prescribing in the outpatient setting on clinical, learning and behavioural outcomes: a cluster randomized trial. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 84 (6), 1187-1197. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13540
      • W.K. Redekop, L.J. Bakker & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2018). Healthcare problems cannot be solved using health technologies alone: The example of precision medicine. Health Policy and Technology, 7 (1), 3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2018.01.006 [go to publisher's site]
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts (2018). Samantha Adams Festschrift: coming of age - Samantha Adam's career at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI), 9 (3), 493. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1656523
      • J. Horsky, J.E.C.M. Aarts, L. Verheul, D.L. Seger, I.H. van der Sijs & D.W. Bates (2017). Clinical reasoning in the context of active decision support during medication prescribing. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 97, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.09.004
      • F. van Stiphout, J. Zwart-van Rijkom, L.A. Maggio, J.E.C.M. Aarts, D.W. Bates, T. van Gelder, P.A.F. Jansen, J. Schraagen, A.C.G. Egberts & E. ter Braak (2015). Task analysis of information technology-mediated medication management in outpatient care. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 80 (3), 415-424. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12625
      • F. van Stiphout, J.E.F. Zwart-van Rijkom, J.E.C.M. Aarts, H. Koffijberg, E. Klarenbeek-de Jonge, M. Krulder, K. Roes, A.C.G. Egberts & E.W.M.T. ter Braak (2015). MEDUCATE trial: effectiveness of an intensive EDUCATional intervention for IT-mediated MEDication management in the outpatient clinic - study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials, 16:223. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0744-8
      • J.J. Coleman, I.H. van der Sijs, W.E. Haefeli, S.P. Slight, S.E. McDowell, H.M. Seidling, B. Eiermann, J.E.C.M. Aarts, E. Ammenwerth, R.E. Ferner & A. Slee (2014). On the alert: future priorities for alerts in clinical decision support for computerized physician order entry identified from a European workshop. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 13 (111). doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-11110.1186/1472-6947-13-111
      • C. Kuziemsky, E. Nohr, J.E.C.M. Aarts, M. Jaspers & M.C. Beuscart-Zephir (2013). Context Sensitive Health Informatics: Concepts, Methods and Tools. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 194, 1-7. doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-293-6-1
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts (2013). A sociotechnical perspective of health information technology. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 82 (12), 1133-1135. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.10.007
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts (2013). The social act of electronic medication prescribing. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 183, 327-331. doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-203-5-327
      • M. Ozkaynak, P. Brennan, D.A. Hanauer, S. Johnson, J.E.C.M. Aarts, K. Zheng & S. Haque (2013). Patient-centered care requires a patient-oriented workflow model. JAMIA Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 20 (e1), e14-e16. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001633
      • F. Magrabi, J.E.C.M. Aarts, E. Nohr, M. Baker, S. Harrison, S. Pelayo, J.L. Talmon, D.F. Sittig & E. Coiera (2013). A comparative review of patient safety initiatives for national health information technology. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 82. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.11.014
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts (2012). Towards safe electronic health records: A socio-technical perspective and the need for incident reporting. Health Policy and Technology, 1, 8-15. doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2012.01.008
      • E. Coiera, J.E.C.M. Aarts & C. Kulikowski (2012). The dangerous decade. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 19, 2-5. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000674
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts (2012). Towards safe information technology in health care. Information Knowledge Systems Management, 10, 335-344. doi: 10.3233/IKS-2012-0200
      • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad, J.E.C.M. Aarts, S.A. Adams & R.A. Bal (2011). Reporting Qualitative Research in Health Informatics: REQ-HI Recommendations. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2011 (169), 877-881. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-877
      • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad, I.H. van der Sijs & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2011). Evaluating the medication process in the context of CPOE use: The significance of working around the system. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 80, 490-506. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.03.009
      • H. van der Sijs, I. Rootjes & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2011). The Shift in Workarounds Upon Implementation of Computerized Physician Order Entry. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2011 (169), 290-294. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-290
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts (2011). The Future of Electronic Prescribing. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2011 (166), 13-17. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-740-6-13
      • H. Pirnejad, Z. Niazkhani, J.E.C.M. Aarts & R.A. Bal (2011). What Makes an Information System More Preferable for Clinicians? A Qualitative Comparison of Two Systems. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 392-396. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-392
      • M.J. Bruins, G.J.H.M. Ruijs, M.J.H.M. Wolfhagen, P. Bloembergen & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2011). Does electronical clinical microbiology results reporting influence medical decision making: a pre- and post-interview study of medical specialists. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 11 (19). doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-11-19
      • I.H. van der Sijs, T. van Gelder, A. Vulto, M. Berg & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2010). Understanding Handling of Drug Safety Alerts: a Simulation Study. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 79, 361-369. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.01.008
      • I.H. van der Sijs, R. Bouamar, T. van Gelder, J.E.C.M. Aarts, M. Berg & A.G. Vulto (2010). Functionality test for drug safety alerting in computerized physician order entry systems. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 79 (4), 243-251. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.01.005
      • M.C. Beuscart-Zephir, J.E.C.M. Aarts & P. Elkin (2010). Human factors engineering for healthcare IT clinical applications. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 79 (4), 223-224.
      • L.W. Peute, J.E.C.M. Aarts, P.J.M. Bakker & M.W.M. Jaspers (2010). Anatomy of a failure: A sociothechnical evaluation of a laboratory physician order entry system implementation. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 79 (4), 58-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.06.008
      • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad, A.A. de Bont & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2010). CPOE in Non-Surgical Versus Surgical Specialties: A Qualitative Comparison of Clinical Contexts in the Medication Process. The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 4, 206-213.
      • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad, H. van der Sijs, A.A. de Bont & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2010). Computerized Provider Order Entry System. Methods of Information in Medicine, 49 (1), 20-27. doi: 10.3414/ME0631
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts, J. Callen, E. Coiera & J. Westbrook (2010). Information Technology in Health Care: Socio-technical approaches. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 79, 389-390. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.03.006
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts & I.H. van der Sijs (2009). CPOE, alerts and workflow: taking stock of ten years research at Erasmus MC. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 148, 165-169.
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts (2009). Computerized Order Entry: The Authors Respond. Health Affairs, 28 (4), 1232-1232.
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts & R. Koppel (2009). Implementation Of Computerized Physician Order Entry In Seven Countries. Health Affairs, 28 (2), 404-414. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.404
      • I.H. van der Sijs, A.. Mulder, T. van Gelder, J.E.C.M. Aarts, M. Berg & A.G. Vulto (2009). Drug safety alert generation and overriding in a large Dutch university medical centre. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 18, 941-947. doi: 10.1002/pds.1800
      • I.H. van der Sijs, L.A. Lammers, A.M.A. van den Tweel, J.E.C.M. Aarts, M. Berg, A.G. Vulto & T. van Gelder (2009). Time-dependent Drug-Drug Interaction Alerts in Care Provider Order Entry: Software May Inhibit Medication Error Reductions. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 16, 864-868. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M2810
      • I.H. van der Sijs, R. Kowlesar, J.E.C.M. Aarts, M. Berg, A.G. Vulto & T. van Gelder (2009). Unintended consequences of reducing QT-alert overload in a computerized physician order entry system. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 65, 919-925. doi: 10.1007/s00228-009-0654-3
      • Z. Niazkhani, I.H. van der Sijs, H. Pirnejad, W.K. Redekop & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2009). Same system, different outcomes: Comparing the transitions from two paper-based systems to the same computerized physician order entry system. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 78, 170-181. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.06.012
      • A. Hasman, S.K. Andersen, G.O. Klein, S. Schulz, J.E.C.M. Aarts & M.C. Mazzoleni (2009). MIE 2008: eHealth beyond the Horizon - Get IT there. Methods of Information in Medicine, 48, 135-136.
      • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad, M. Berg & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2009). The Impact of Computerized Provider Order Entry Systems on Inpatient Clinical Workflow: A Literature Review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 16 (4), 539-549. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M2419
      • H. van der Sijs & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2008). Turning off frequently overridden drug alerts: limited opportunities for doing it safely. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 15 (4), 439-448.
      • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad, A.A. de Bont & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2008). Evaluating inter-professional work support by a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 136, 321-326.
      • S. de Lusignan & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2008). UK's national programme for IT welcomes recommendation for a more sociotechnical approach to evaluation: a commentary on the Greenhalgh evaluation of the summary care record. Informatics in Primary Care, 16 (2), 75-77.
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts, J. Ash & M. Berg (2007). Extending the understanding of computerized physician order entry: Implications for professional collaboration workflow and quality of care. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 76S, 4-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.05.009
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts & P. Gorman (2007). IT in Health Care: sociotechnical Approaches " To Err is System". International Journal of Medical Informatics, 76S, S1-S3.
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts (2007). Letter to the editor. Methods of Information in Medicine, 1.
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts, H. Doorewaard & M. Berg (2004). Understanding implementation: the care of a computerized physician order entry system in a large Dutch university medical center. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 11, 207-216. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M1372
      • M. Berg, J.E.C.M. Aarts & J. van der Lei (2003). ICT in health care: sociotechnical approaches. Methods of Information in Medicine, 42, 297-301.
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts & M. Berg (2000). Organizational issues of health informatics: challenges in education. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 7, 939-939.
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts & V. Peel (1999). Using a descriptive model of change when implementing large scale clinical information systems to identify priorities for further research. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/S1386-5056(99)00045-3
      • J.E.C.M. Aarts (1999). From model to materials: the reslults of the Dutch project to develop learning materials for health informatics education. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 1009-1009.

  • Book / Monograph / Book editorial (2)

    • Professional Publication (1)

      • J.E.C.M. Aarts (2001). Verpleegkundige informatica. Amsterdam: Elsevier Gezondheidszorg

    • Scholarly Publication (1)

      • J.E.C.M. Aarts & C. Nøhr (2010). From Safe Systems to Patient Safety (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 157). Amsterdam: IOS Press

  • Report (2)

    • R. Jansen, J.E.C.M. Aarts, H. Brouwer, W. van Geffen & R. Huijsman (2003). Gedeelde planning in transmurale zorgketens. (Extern rapport). :
    • M. de Mul, M. Nijkamp, J.E.C.M. Aarts & M. Berg (2001). In ogenschouw; ICT-ondersteunde zorginnovatie in de oogzorg: minder wachten, meer kwaliteit? (Extern rapport). Rotterdam: BMG

  • Part of book - Chapter (5)

    • F. Paolucci, H. Ergas, T. Hannan & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2010). The Effectiveness of Health Informatics. In S.M. Kabene (Ed.), Healthcare and the Effect of Technology: Developments, Challenges and Advancements (pp. 13-2). Hershey, New York: Medical Information Science reference
    • J.E.C.M. Aarts & F. Magrabi (2008). Medical informatics and patient safety. In Patient safety in emergency medicine
    • J.E.C.M. Aarts, M. Berg & E. Huisman (2003). Health information management education at the institute of Health Policy and management of the Erasmus univerity Rotterdam. In -- -- (Ed.), Yearbook of medical informatics (pp. 179-183). --: --
    • J.E.C.M. Aarts (2001). On articulation and localization some sociotechnical issues of design, implementation and evaluation of knowledge based systems. In S. Quaglini, P. Barahona & S. Andreassen (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (pp. 16-22). Heidelberg: LNCS/LNAI
    • S. Hoekstra & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2000). A coherent approach to health informatics education: results of the Dutch curriculum project. In J. Mantas (Ed.), Health and medical informatics education in Europe (pp. 66-70). --: IOS Press

  • Doctoral thesis (1)

    • J.E.C.M. Aarts (2005, september 29). Understanding implementation: a sociotechnical appraisal of the introduction of computerized physician order entry systems in Dutch and American hospitals. EUR (138 pag.) Prom./coprom.: dr. M. Berg, J.A.C.M. Doorewaard & J. Ash.

  • Supervised Theses (1)

    • Z. Niazkhani (2009, december 2). A Fit between Clinical Workflow and Health Care Information Systems. EUR (171 pag.) (Rotterdam) Prom./coprom.: dr. M. Berg & dr. J.E.C.M. Aarts.

• Editorial positions (4)

  Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

  Role

  Member Editorial Board

  Start date approval

  Jan/2017

  International Journal of Medical Informatics

  Role

  Editorial Board

  Start date approval

  Jan/2011

  BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

  Role

  Associate Editor

  Start date approval

  Jan/2014

  Health Policy and Technology

  Role

  Section Editor

  Start date approval

  Jan/2017

• Present position

  (external) researcher

  University

  Erasmus University Rotterdam

  School

  Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

  Department

  Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

  Country

  The Netherlands

  Telephone

  0630405830

• Other positions (1)

  User committee Erasmus MC Medical Library

  Role

  Member