University of Michigan School of Nursing

Visiting Scholar: Patricia Abbott

Date

Feb 13, 2012 - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location

School of Nursing, Room 1330

Description

The School of Nursing Division 3 is excited to present Patricia Abbott, PhD, RN, FACMI, FAAN, a visiting scholar from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Abbott's areas of research interest include user-centered design and visualization; e-health/m-health in the underserved; informatics education; and telehomecare. Dr. Abbott is the PI on an ARRA/HITECH grant to scale up the US workforce for the rapidly and digitally transforming healthcare system. She is also currently conducting a telehealth study using an FDA-approved internet appliance in community-dwelling African American congestive heart failure (CHF) patients.

The topic of Dr. Abbott's presentation is TBA.