Habibollah Pirnejad is a Medical Doctor, specialized in the field of Health/Medical Informatics. He completed his Master degree in International Master of Health Information Management program at Erasmus MC, during which he acquinted with many IT projects and IT initiatives in the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, and the UK.



Research interests

• IT mediated Inter-professional communication in healthcare
• Workflow concerns in IT design and IT implementation in healthcare
  
• IT implementation and IT evaluation in healthcare settings
• Quality improvment and patient safety especially through applying information systems

Projects

• TUMA
• Medicatie/EVS
• Kuren/Practocol
  
• RijnmondNet

Thesis

• M.D thesis:The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infestation among junior high school pupils in deprived eras of Urmia city, and its relation to their knowledge about the intestinal parasites. Urmia Medical Sciences University, 1999.


• Master thesis:Inter-organizational communication in the Dutch healthcare system. Erasmus University MC, 2005.


• PhD thesis:Communication in healthcare: Opportunities for information technology and concerns for patient safety. Erasmus University MC, 2008.

Publications

Journal Articles





• Pirnejad H, GAO C, Reddingius R, Rijneveld A, Bal R. Improving the efficiency of outpatient chemotherapy process by information technology. Submitted.


• Pirnejad H, Bal R, Shahsavar N. The nature of unintended effects of information technology concerning patient safety: a systematic review with thematic synthesis. Submitted.


• Niazkhani Z, Pirnejad H, Van der Sijs H, Aarts J. Evaluating the Medication Process in the Context of CPOE Use: The Significance of Working around the System. Submitted.


• Niazkhani Z, Pirnejad H, De Bont A, Aarts J. CPOE in Non-surgical versus Surgical Specialties: A Qualitative Comparison of Clinical Contexts in the Medication Process. Accepted for "The Open Medical Informatics Journal".


• Aghdashi M, Abasivash R, Hassani E, Pirnejad H. Fatal respiratory thermal injury following an accidental administration of carbon dioxide using circle system for a cesarean delivery: a case report. Int J of Obstet Anesth (2009), doi:10.1016/j.ijoa.2009.02.020.


• Pirnejad H. Invited commentary. The Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare, 2009; 7(1): 43–45


• Niazkhani Z, Pirnejad H, Van der Sijs H, De Bont A, Aarts J. Computerized Physician Order Entry System - Does it Support the Inter-Professional Medication Process? Lessons from a Dutch Academic Hospital. Method Inf Med. 2009(48):doi: 10.3414/ME0631.


• Pirnejad H, Niazkhani Z, van de Sijs H, Berg M, Bal R. Evaluation of the impact of a CPOE system on nurse-phyisian communication --a mixed method study. Method Inf Med. 2009(48):doi:10.3414/ME0572.


• Niazkhani Z, Pirnejad H, Berg M, Aarts J. The impact of computerized provider order entry systems on inpatient clinical workflow: a literature review. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:539 –549. DOI 10.1197/jamia.M2419. .


• Niazkhani Z, van de Sijs H, Pirnejad H, Redekop WK, Aarts J. Same system different outcomes: comparing the transitions from two paper-based systems to the same computerized physician order entry system. Int. J. Med. Inform. (2008) doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.06.012


• Pirnejad H, Bal R, Berg M. Building an inter-organizational communication network and challenges for preserving interoperability. Int. J. Med. Inform. (2008), doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.05.001


• Pirnejad H, Niazkhani Z, van de Sijs H, Berg M, Bal R. Impact of computerized physician order entry system on nurse-physician collaboration in the medication process. Int J Med Inform. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.04.001.


• Niazkhani Z, Pirnejad H, de Bont A, Aarts J. Evaluating inter-professional work support by a computerized physician order entry system.Stud Health Technol Inform. 2008; 136: 321-6.


• Pirnejad H, Niazkhani Z, Berg M, Bal R. Intra-organizational communication in healthcare: considerations for standardization and ICT application. Methods Inf Med. 2008;47(4):336-45, doi:10.3414/ME0502..


• Pirnejad H, Bal R, Stoop AP, Berg M. Inter-organisational communication networks in healthcare: centralised versus decentralised approaches. Int J Integr Care. 2007;7:e14.


• Pirnejad H, Stoop AP, Berg M. Bridging information gaps between primary and secondary healthcare. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006;124:1003-8.

Books and book chapters

• Computerization of Healthcare Communication: On applying information technology to improve healthcare communication and concerns for patient safety

Conferences

• Bridging information gaps between primary and secondary healthcare; oral presention at "MIE 2006", Maastricht-The Netherlands


• The role of ICT in intra-organizational communication in healthcare; oral presention at "EACH conference", Basel-Switzerland, 2006


• Evaluating inter-professional work support by a computerized physician order entry system; Oral presentation at "MIE 2008", Goteborg-Sweden, 2008


• Role of IT in Medical errors; oral presentation at "Infrastructures for Health Care – Connecting practices across institutional and professional boundaries", Copenhagen-Denmark, 2009

Teaching