Amber Sieja, MD

Professor, Medicine-Internal Medicine

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Medical School
  • MD, Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine (2000)
Internships
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program (2003)
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program (2001)
Residency
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Internal Medicine (2003)
Languages
English
Department
Medicine-Internal Medicine

Publications

  • Smith SM, Hasan M, Huebschmann AG, Penaloza R, Schorr-Ratzlaff W, Sieja A, Roscoe N, Trinkley KE. Physician Acceptance of a Physician-Pharmacist Collaborative Treatment Model for Hypertension Management in Primary Care. J Clin Hypertens, 2015 Sep;17(9):686-91.
  • Loeb D, Sieja A, Corral J, Zehnder NG, Guiton G, Nease DE. Evaluation of the role of training in the implementation of a depression screening and treatment protocol in 2 academic outpatient internal medicine clinics utilizing the electronic medical record. Am J Med Qual. 2015 Jul-Aug;30(4):359-66.
  • Successful Implementation of APSO Notes Across a Major Health System Amber Sieja, MD; Jonathan Pell, MD; Katie Markley, MD; Christine Johnston, MD; Robert Peskind, MD; and Chen-Tan Lin, MD
  • Optimization Sprints: Improving Clinician Satisfaction and Teamwork by Rapidly Reducing EHR burden, to be published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings very soon (Feb-March), Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 28 Feb 2019.
  • EPIC provider newsletter, contains efficiency tips for providers, distributed to 4000 providers monthly, readership averages 15%
  • 9/2018, presented to national EPIC Primary Care Steering Board on Practice Redesign/Transformation
  • 10/2018, presented to national EPIC Primary Care Steering Board on Sprint program
  • EPIC self training-guide for core competencies for providers, has been used in 10 medium to large clinics to date (approx 200 people have benefit so far)
  • I renewed a series of quick hit videos aimed at teaching EPIC core competencies to providers. These are also used widely by staff. There are 20+ videos. These videos are also published on the Provider Dashboard in the shared EHR for viewing by any of 4000 providers and a higher number of staff.
  • Standard work documents. In primary care Sprints this past year, we have created 20+ standard work documents that are one page tip sheets explaining specific workflow best practice.
  • I co-create upwards of 20 training tip sheets and presentations per year on various EPIC topics. in 2018, I presented on login strategy, billing changes to LOS, SOGI topics, upgrade topics, ECPS, and more.
  • Health System Science Pillar, co-lead for Clinical Informatics group, creating curriculum for teaching in 2019
  • •AMA: American Medical Association featured our Sprint program in their Steps Forward program (online, page 25 of steps forward program)
  • AAMC, https://news.aamc.org/patient-care/article/reducing-stress-electronic-health-records/
  • The ClinAC002-Collaborative Workshop: Quadruple Aim – Improving Clinician Satisfaction session summary is now live on Galaxy! You can check it out here: Improve Clinician Efficiency and Wellness with Epic Strategy Handbook.
  • Sieja A, Markley K, Pell J, Gonzalez C, Redig B, Kneeland P, Lin CT. Optimization Sprints: Improving Clinician Satisfaction and Teamwork by Rapidly Reducing Electronic Health Record Burden. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 May;94(5):793-802. PubMed PMID: 30824281
  • Sieja A, Whittington MD, Patterson VP, Markley K, Holmstrom H, Rotholz S, Gonzalez C, Carpenter MS, Lin CT. The influence of a Sprint optimization and training intervention on time spent in the electronic health record (EHR). JAMIA Open. 2021 Jul;4(3):ooab073. PubMed PMID: 34435176
  • Phimphasone-Brady P, Chiao J, Karamsetti L, Sieja A, Johnson R, Macke L, Lum H, Lee R, Farro S, Loeb D, Schifeling C, Huebschmann AG. Clinician and staff perspectives on potential disparities introduced by the rapid implementation of telehealth services during COVID-19: a mixed-methods analysis. Transl Behav Med. 2021 Jul 29;11(7):1339-1347. PubMed PMID: 34132810
  • Sieja A, Kim E, Holmstrom H, Rotholz S, Lin CT, Gonzalez C, Arellano C, Hutchings S, Henderson D, Markley K. Multidisciplinary Sprint Program Achieved Specialty-Specific EHR Optimization in 20 Clinics. Appl Clin Inform. 2021 Mar;12(2):329-339. PubMed PMID: 33882586
  • Simpson JR, Lin CT, Sieja A, Sillau SH, Pell J. Optimizing the electronic health record: An inpatient sprint addresses provider burnout and improves electronic health record satisfaction. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 Mar 1;28(3):628-631. PubMed PMID: 33029643
  • Radell JE, Tatum JN, Lin CT, Davidson RS, Pell J, Sieja A, Wu AY. Risks and rewards of increasing patient access to medical records in clinical ophthalmology using OpenNotes. Eye (Lond). 2021 Oct 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34611314
  • English EF, Holmstrom H, Kwan BW, Suresh K, Rotholz S, Lin CT, Sieja A. Virtual Sprint Outpatient Electronic Health Record Training and Optimization Effect on Provider Burnout. Appl Clin Inform. 2022 Jan;13(1):10-18. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1740482. Epub 2022 Jan 5. PMID: 34986492; PMCID: PMC8731238.
  • Hall TL, Connelly L, Staton EW, Holtrop JS, Sieja A, Knierim K, Holmstrom H. Points of Concordance, Points of Discordance: A Qualitative Examination of Telemedicine Implementation. J Am Board Fam Med. 2022 May-Jun;35(3):517-526. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.03.210325. PMID: 35641043.
  • Macke LB, Sieja A, Suresh K, Schilling LM. EHR-Integrated Clinical Pathways Promote Education, Confidence, and Save Time for Primary Care Providers. Am J Med Qual. 2022 Nov-Dec 01;37(6):528-534. doi: 10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000087. Epub 2022 Oct 14. PMID: 36227103.
  • Lowe RN, Wright G, Olivas L, Teel C, Suresh K, Macke LB, Sieja A, Rosenberg MA, Trinkley KE. Evaluating the prescribing and monitoring of medications associated with QTc-prolongation in the ambulatory care setting. J Eval Clin Pract. 2023 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38073034
  • Levy DR, Moy AJ, Apathy N, Adler-Milstein J, Rotenstein L, Nath B, Rosenbloom ST, Kannampallil T, Mishuris RG, Alexanian A, Sieja A, Hribar MR, Patel JS, Sinsky CA, Melnick ER. Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Implementing Core Electronic Health Record Use Metrics for Ambulatory Care: Virtual Consensus Conference Proceedings. Appl Clin Inform. 2023 Oct;14(5):944-950. PubMed PMID: 37802122

Practice Locations

UCHealth Internal Medicine - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
5th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2300

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2007)
Public Speaking
Yes
EHR optimization/training


School of Medicine

CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Aurora, CO 80045

303.724.5375

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