revolutionizing healthcare
Our Current research
Health Technology Safety
Improving the safety of health technologies is critical to maintain the quality of patient care. Our team has identified and developed methods and approaches that enables organizations to integrate safe and evidence-based technologies into healthcare procesess.
Human Factors, Usability and UX
Integrating usability and human factors into software design, development and customization is intergral to fostering adoption by clinician users. Our work with organizational partners and researchers ensures user satisfaction, and optimal, safe health technology use.
Data Science and Visualization
Big Data in healthcare has lead to the emergence and need for data science visualizations to enhance discovery of new diagnostic approaches and treatments. Our group works with healthcare professionals, organizations and policy makers to help them analyze data and to develop meaningful data visualizations from a human-centered perspective.
Virtual Care
The rising use of smartphones and mobile sensing devices is transforming the health professional and patient self-management. Our healthcare system research and understanding guides organizations throughout their development of virtual care models.
Innovation and Implementation
Implementation and innovation are essential in today’s dynamic healthcare environments. Undertsanding when to use what technologies, as the patient moves from hospital to home and workplace, from illness to wellness, is essential. We provide research to understand transitions in patient health status and intergration of health and wellness care.
Evaluation
Implementation and innovation are essential in today’s dynamic healthcare environments. Undertsanding when to use what technologies, as the patient moves from hospital to home and workplace, from illness to wellness, is essential. We provide research to understand transitions in patient health status and intergration of health and wellness care.
Public Health Informatics
Public Health is an essential element in healthcare and informatics has emerged as preferred communication tool for everything from new diagnostic approaches and treatments to easy to understand emergency updates. Our group works with healthcare professionals, organizations and policy makers to help them set standards and make best use of informatics from a human-centered perspective.
System and User Interface Design
The rising use of smartphones and mobile sensing devices is transforming the health professional and patient self-management. Our healthcare system research and understanding guides organizations throughout their design of systems and user interfaces.
Location
School of Health Information Science
HSD A202
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC V9B 8H2
250-472-5432
CoordinatorLDIH1@uvic.ca