Texas is our Laboratory

Our lab’s motto is “Texas is our laboratory” and performance measurement makes healthcare improvement possible and is the essence of our mission.

We are Health Outcomes Researchers and measure healthcare performance with a focus on the T3 scope of translational research. With an extensive IT project management background and an understanding of innovations in health care, my research gives evidence to move practical ideas into practice. I have three distinct lines of research:

1) Clinical and economic evaluation of health care programs

2) Development of health information technology to improve health care delivery

3) Develop health care simulations to improve clinical and economic performance.

Charles Douglas, PhD, MBA

Assistant Professor

Texas A&M Health Science Center

(361) 221-0738

charles.douglas@tamhsc.edu

charles.douglas@alumni.cgu.edu

Monday, January 27, 2014

Veena Todai and Marium Kabir present poster at the 2013 ASHP Mid-Year Meeting


Veena Todai and Marium Kabir present results from their research on interdisciplinary teams, at the Society of Health System Pharmacists 2013 Midyear Clinical Meeting, Los Angeles, CA on December 5, 2013.



Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Kristy Walker (P2) presented a poster at the 2013 Texas SHSP meeting. The poster presentation described a feasability study for a telepharmacy service targeting small rural Texan hospitals. Findings suggest a majority of physicians, nurses, and pharmacists percieved a need for telepharmacy services at their facility. However, there is a different perception of how telepharmacy services are best used among the three different healthcare professions. 


 
At the 2013 Texas SHSP meeting in Austin, Nephy Samuel (P3) and Jennie Mathew (P3) presented a poster on ePrescribing in South Texas. This is one of the few research studies that interviewed both pharmacists and physicians. Independent of the advanced technology enabling direct and secure communication, research findings suggest that how follow-up questions are worded have a significant impact on the quality and accuracy of communications between physicians and pharmacists.


Thursday, February 7, 2013

Dr. Charles Douglas gets the AACP 2013 New Investigator Award


Dr. Charles Douglas is one of 18 recipients of the AACP 2013 New Investigator Award. The award will fund development of video simulations to improve preceptor assessment of student clinical performance in advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) and serve as a prototype for future training programs nationally.

Ashley Fox present's poster at the 2012 ASHP Mid-Year Meeting


Ashley Fox (P3) presented a poster on December 3rd at the 2012 ASHP Mid-Year Meeting entitled “Development of video simulations to improve preceptor assessment of student clinical performance in advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs)”. During Ashley's summer internship, she noticed a design problem with a research study and took it upon herself to fix the problem. This poster describes how she adressed the problem.
 


Friday, August 3, 2012

At the 2012 AACP annual meeting, Dr. Douglas participated in a panel discussion and presented results from his PhD dissertation study on assessment of clinical performance. Although the session has a funny title, we addressed serious issues on clinical performance assessment.