Personnel & Publications

The Patient Safety Research Program is led by Program Director Melanie Wright, Trinity Health, Unified Clinical Organization Office of Academic Affairs, who has been researching patient safety concerns since 2003. Clinicians, patient safety and quality specialists, informaticists and others from the system office in Livonia, SARMC, and other regional health ministries participate in research projects. Faculty, students, and staff of academic partners including Duke University, University of Utah, Loyola University, Boise State University, and Idaho State University also participate in research projects.

Melanie C. Wright, PhD

Selected Publications

For a full list of publications from the Patient Safety Research Program visit our PubMed Bibliography.

• Breitkreuz KR, Dougal RL, Wright MC. How Do Simulated Error Experiences Impact Attitudes Related to Error Prevention? Simul Healthc. 2016 Jul 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27388863.
• Segall N, Hobbs G, Granger CB, Anderson AE, Bonifacio AS, Taekman JM, Wright MC. Patient load effects on response time to critical arrhythmias in cardiac telemetry: a randomized trial. Crit Care Med. 2015 May;43(5):1036-42. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000923. PubMed PMID: 25746509.
• Wright MC, Segall N. In situ simulations for identifying latent safety threats, training, and measuring performance: "Can they be too real?" and other innovations and challenges. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Health Care Symposium; 2015 April; Baltimore, MD, USA.
• Wright MC, Del Fiol G, Segall N. Visioning future patient information systems to support acute care. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Health Care Symposium; 2015 April; Baltimore, MD, USA.
• Wright MC. Identifying and disseminating best practices in patient monitoring: A human-centered approach. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Health Care Symposium; 2014 April; Chicago, IL, USA.
• Wright MC, Segall N, Hobbs G, Phillips-Bute B, Maynard L, Taekman JM. Standardized assessment for evaluation of team skills: validity and feasibility. Simul Healthc. 2013 Oct;8(5):292-303. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e318290a022. PubMed PMID: 23842119.
• Segall N, Bonifacio AS, Schroeder RA, Barbeito A, Rogers D, Thornlow DK, Emery J, Kellum S, Wright MC, Mark JB; Durham VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry. Can we make postoperative patient handovers safer? A systematic review of the literature. Anesth Analg. 2012 Jul;115(1):102-15. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318253af4b. Epub 2012 Apr 27. Review. PubMed PMID: 22543067.