Jonathan Siff, MD, MBA, FACEP
Emergency Medicine
Jonathan Siff, MD, MBA, FACEP
Emergency Medicine
About Me
Dr. Jonathan E. Siff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at The MetroHealth System and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine. Dr. Siff also serves as the Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer for The MetroHealth System. He serves as faculty within the Center for Clinical Informatics Research and Education within the Population Health Research Institute at The MetroHealth System. Dr. Siff is a practicing informatician and emergency physician holding board certifications in both Emergency Medicine and Clinical Informatics. His professional and research interests lie in the areas of substance use disorder, emergency medicine treatment and operations, legal issues in health care, clinical informatics and provider experience in the health care system.
PUBLICATIONS
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Medical Informatics Association
American College of Emergency Medicine
Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program Information
Informatics Role – Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Role in Fellowship Program – Assistant Program Director and Co-Director of Advanced Core Rotation
Brief Description – Dr. Siff’s primary areas of interest include electronic health records to improve health and patient safety, clinical decision support around compliance related issues and opioid abuse, emergency informatics, and clinical informatics education. Dr. Siff also leads the Associate and Assistant Directors of Informatics Program at MetroHealth and is a Senior Scholar at the Center for Health Care Research and Policy.
SPECIFIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Clinical Informatics
- Provider Experience and Efficiency in Electronic Health Records
- Substance Use Disorders
- Emergency Medicine Operations and Evaluation / Treatment
Selected Recent Projects
Development of Substance Use Disorder tools in Epic and beyond: The scope of the opioid epidemic and other substance use related morbidity and mortality continue to grow in the US. The Informatics / IT Opioid Strike Force in conjunction with the larger Informatics and IS teams works with stakeholders to enhance tools and resources to improve the care of these patients and reduce ongoing risk using EHR and other informatics tools. We are also partnering with the State of Ohio to pilot the next generation of their PDMP review software.
Creation of a registry for emergency general surgery patient: Working with surgical partners looking to develop a registry of patients engaged by the emergency general surgery team for research and operational tracking.
Implementation of a behavioral health emergency department: As a follow up to opening a behavioral health (BH) hospital we are opening a new BH Emergency Department. This department is a hybrid between ED and inpatient types of care with unique informatics challenges.
Education & Training
Education
Residency
MetroHealth Medical Center (Ohio) – Emergency MedicineMedical Education
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (Ohio) MDInternship
MetroHealth Medical Center (Ohio) – Emergency MedicineBoard Certifications
American Board of Preventive Medicine - Clinical InformaticsAmerican Board of Emergency Medicine - Emergency Medicine