Staff Profile
Clare is a Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy at Newcastle University. In this role, she teaches across a range of pharmacy practice modules. She previously worked on a large project spearheaded by Alzheimer’s Research UK to use commercially available digital tools in the early detection of neurodegenerative diseases. Prior to that she was the project manager of a large programme of work funded by an EU Horizon 2020 grant. She engages with patient and public involvement groups, has been involved in the implementation of a healthcare intervention on a large hospital Trust, performs data collection and analysis and evaluates digital tools for their usability in acceptability. Clare received her PhD from, Durham University in2018, entitled “An investigation of healthcare professionals’ experiences of training and using electronic prescribing systems” as part of which, she undertook four literature reviews and two qualitative studies in the UK hospital context. Clare is a Registered Pharmacist, Fellow of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics, has a Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Clare's research interests include the use of healthcare information systems, clinical decision support and patient safety
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Articles
- Tolley C, Seymour H, Watson N, Nazar H, Heed J, Belshaw D. Barriers and Opportunities for the Use of Digital Tools in Medicines Optimization Across the Interfaces of Care: Stakeholder Interviews in the United Kingdom. JMIR Medical Informatics 2023, 11, e42458.
- Brouat S, Tolley C, Bates DW, Jenson J, Slight SP. What unique knowledge and experiences do healthcare professionals have working in clinical informatics?. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked 2022, 32, 101014.
- Wilson S, McArdle R, Tolley C, Slight S. Usability and acceptability of wearable technology in the early detection of dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2022, 18(S2), e059820.
- Tolley CL, Watson NW, Heed A, Einbeck J, Medows S, Wood L, Campbell L, Slight SP. The impact of a novel medication scanner on administration errors in the hospital setting: a before and after feasibility study. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2022, 22(1), 86.
- Hill SR, Bhattarai N, Tolley CL, Slight SP, Vale L. Eliciting willingness-to-pay to prevent hospital medication administration errors in the UK: a contingent valuation survey. BMJ Open 2022, 12(2), e053115.
- Bimpong KAA, Khan A, Slight R, Tolley CL, Slight SP. Relationship between labour force satisfaction, wages and retention within the UK National Health Service: a systematic review of the literature. BMJ Open 2020, 10(7), e034919.
- Moore EC, Tolley CL, Bates DW, Slight SP. A systematic review of the impact of health information technology on nurses' time. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2020, 27(5), 798-807.
- Slight SP, Tolley CL, Bates DW, Fraser R, Bigirumurame T, Kasim A, Balaskonis K, Narrie S, Heed A, Orav EJ, Watson NW. Medication errors and adverse drug events in a UK hospital during the optimisation of electronic prescriptions: a prospective observational study. The Lancet Digital Health 2019, 1(8), E403-E412.
- Tolley C, Forde N, Coffey KL, Sittig DF, Ash JS, Husband AK, Bates DW, Slight S. Factors contributing to medication errors made when using computerized order entry in pediatrics: a systematic review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2018, 25(5), 575-584.
- Brown CL, Reygate K, Slee A, Coleman JJ, Pontefract SK, Bates DW, Husband AK, Watson N, Slight SP. A literature review of the training offered to qualified prescribers to use electronic prescribing systems: Why is it so important?. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2017, 25(3), 195-202.
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Reviews
- Trotter NE, Slight SP, Karimi R, Bates DW, Sheikh A, Weir C, Tolley CL. The effect of digital antimicrobial stewardship programmes on antimicrobial usage, length of stay, mortality and cost. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked 2023, 37, 101183.
- Tolley CL, Slight SP, Husband AK, Watson N, Bates DW. Improving medication-related clinical decision support. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 2018, 75(4), 239-246.
- Brown CL, Mulcaster HL, Triffitt KL, Sittig DF, Ash JS, Reygate K, Husband AK, Bates DW, Slight SP. A systematic review of the types and causes of prescribing errors generated from using computerized provider order entry systems in primary and secondary care. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2017, 24(2), 432-440.