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Brian Sauer’s research interests include pharmacoepidemiology, medical informatics, and patient safety. Dr. Sauer recently finished a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Medical Informatics at the Salt Lake City Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center and is now employed in the Division of Epidemiology as an assistant professor. Dr. Sauer’s PhD dissertation research focused on computerized indicators for preventable drug-related emergency department and hospital admissions.
Research Interests
Dr. Sauer's research utilizes large databases for adverse drug event surveillance and quality improvement. He recently received funding for a 5-years Veteran's Affairs Career Development Award to evaluate the effects of drug therapy monitoring strategies and develop methods to define optimal intervals of laboratory monitoring during drug therapy.
Select Publications
Samore MH, Shen S, Greene T, Stoddard G, Sauer B, Shinogle J, Nebeker J, Harbarth S. A simulation-based evaluation of methods to estimate the impact of an adverse event on hospital length of stay. Med Care 2007 Oct;45(10 Supl 2):S108-15.
Nebeker JR, Yarnold PR, Soltysik RC, Sauer BC, Sims SA, Samore MH, Rupper RW, Swanson KM, Savitz LA, Shinogle J, Xu W. Developing indicators of inpatient adverse drug events through nonlinear analysis using administrative data. Med Care. 2007 Oct;45(10 Supl 2):S81-8.
Sauer BC, Hepler CD, Cherney B, Williamson J. Computerized indicators of potential drug-related emergency department and hospital admissions. Am J Manag Care. 2007 Jan;13(1):29-35. Ried LD, Tueth MJ, Taylor MD, Sauer BC, Lopez LM, Pepine CJ. Depressive symptoms in coronary artery disease patients after hypertension treatment. Ann Pharmacother. 2006 Apr;40(4):597-604. Epub 2006 Mar 28. Smith WD, Winterstein AG, Johns T, Rosenberg E, Sauer BC. Causes of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in adult inpatients. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005 Apr 1;62(7):714-9. Winterstein AG, Sauer BC, Hepler CD, Poole C. Preventable drug-related hospital admissions.
Ann Pharmacother. 2002 Jul-Aug;36(7-8):1238-48.
Sauer B, Shinogle JA, Xu W, Samore M, Nebeker J, Rupper R, Lux L, Amoozegar J, Lohr K. (10/01/2006). Medicare Prescription Drug Data Development: Methods for Improving Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance Using Observational Data, RTI International DEcIDE Center (HHSA29020050036I). AHRQ report.
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