Research

My areas of research interest are:

  • Modernization of gender, sex, and sexual orientation (GSSO) standards within digital health information systems and associated information practices
  • Community-based health informatics
  • Gerontechnology
  • Virtual care
  • Telehealth
  • M-health
  • Ambient and wearable information technology
  • Information technology ethics
  • Nursing informatics
  • Health informatics curricula
  • Health services research

Past Students Supervised

Evelyn Liu (2025)

MSc Project: Clinical Informatics Competencies Most Sought After by Canadian Employers

Yilan Shen (2025)

MN/MSc Project: Supporting Successful Aging at Home: A Scoping Review of the Impact of Aging-in-Place Technologies on the Psychosocial Well-being of Older Adults Living in the Home and Community Setting

Dennis Simiyu Natembeya (2025)

MSc Project: Evaluating a Remote Monitoring Sleep Interface in Long Term Care Using a Combined Heuristics Approach https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/fea864fb-4cf7-46a9-9a60-93cab962c785

Desmond Hedderson (2025)

Thesis: Canadian Paramedic Perceptions and Requirements for Adoption of Speech Recognition Technology: A Mixed Methods Study https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/bd2b790e-dc74-4519-a62d-6ebb7dce073a

Ryan Gibson (2024)

MSc Project: The State of Electronic Health Record Use in Canadian Long Term Care Homes through a Clinical Adoption Framework Lens – A Scoping Review

Emilie Rigby (2024)

MN/MSc Project: Cultural Safety in Virtual Care: Improving Access to Safe, Virtual Health Care for Indigenous Peoples of Canada

Rajesh Nair (2024)

MSc Project: Mapping the existing literature on economic data captured and used within digital systems utilized by Canadian healthcare organizations: A scoping review

Sean Elliott (2024)

MSc Project: Environmental Scan of Canadian Sources to Determine Current National Trends in the Use of Inpatient Portals in the Acute Care Setting https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/da2c88c8-2dab-4915-b93c-564142589ccb

Siju Madhavasseril (2023)

MSc Project: State of e-Prescribing in Canada

Kara Turley (2022)

MN/MSc Project: Prototype for Family Caregiver Role Support m-Health App

Christopher Talusan (2021)

MN/MSc Thesis: Social media reviews as a supplement to traditional quality survey in the Canadian context
https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/c56cc1b8-9462-4335-a63d-692bb5f397e1

Cigdem Sahin (2020)

Social Dimensions of Health PhD: Effective Message Strategies for Mobile Text Messaging Interventions Targeting Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/2afd952e-39b9-4a47-ae04-1f7eaf3183a3

Dawn Hutton (2019)

MSc Project: Accessing Primary Care in Emergency Departments

Laura Johnson (2019)

MSc Project: Effective End-User Involvement in Project Management for Health Information System Projects
https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/fc28576c-d731-4315-8e09-213d2254f1e5

Naresh Mohan (2018)

MSc Project: Implementation of an Electronic Discharge Summary and
the Impact on Primary Care Provider Satisfaction

Gurprit Randhawa (2018)

PhD: Evaluating a post-implementation electronic medical record training intervention for diabetes management in primary care
https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/2bce0788-6e35-4f6b-823b-19176b502b0f

Vanessa Kinch (2017)

MN/MSc Thesis: Identification & Visualization of Patient Information Elements to Support Chronic Illness Care: A Scoping Review and Pilot Study https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/169293c1-959b-4ad4-9d08-c2621685f194

Adrienne Lewis (2017)

MN/MSc Thesis: Capturing Culturally Safe Nursing Care https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/8197e12e-9a7b-462e-9892-22d4398513b5

Prithiviraj Kangjam (2017)

MSc Project: Telestroke Scoping Review

Kristie McDonald (2017)

MN/MSc Thesis: Finding Common Ground:  The Road to Electronic Interprofessional Documentation https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/51a6ef3c-76f8-4b51-a774-06b871d7389b

Yili Yang (2017)

MSc Project: Regression Modeling for Preterm Birth Prediction

Sonia Pagliaroli (2016)

MSc Project: CPOE Implementation Handbook

Jen Wei (2016)

MN/MSc Thesis: Nursing information flow in long term care settings https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/83bfcfd3-f7c1-4c65-823f-0769fd023920

Heather Nash (2015)

MSc Project: An exploration of communication of medication information for elderly patients transferred between residential and acute care

Khaled Alsulame (2014)

MSc Project: E-health strategic priorities in Saudi Arabia

Karen Martinez (2014)

MSc Thesis: “Bring Your Own Device” policies in BC Health Authorities https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/43e638f3-de8e-4af1-a403-08770393d352

Julia Mitroi (2014)

MSc Project: Quality of Life Technology-Specific Evaluations