Elizabeth Cummings

ORCID: 0000-0001-6501-7450
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Research Areas
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Mobile Learning in Education
  • Technology Use by Older Adults
  • Social Media in Health Education
  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Healthcare Systems and Technology
  • Persona Design and Applications
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Healthcare innovation and challenges
  • Medical Coding and Health Information
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Information Systems Theories and Implementation

Rush University Medical Center
2023

University of Tasmania
2014-2023

University of Victoria
2019-2022

University of California, San Francisco
2021

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2020

University of Newcastle Australia
2018-2019

Walker (United States)
2019

St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney
2019

Lipscomb University
2017

Mental Health Ireland
2017

Most countries face an ageing population, increasing chronic diseased, and constrictions on budget for providing health services. Involving patients in their own care by allowing them access to patient data is a trend seen many places. Data the type level of citizens have three was gathered from public sources. each individual country presented experiences Denmark, Estonia Australia are examined whilst similarities differences explored. The discussion adopts citizen-centred perspective...

10.1186/s12913-017-2482-y article EN cc-by BMC Health Services Research 2017-08-07

To support the self-management of heart failure, a team hospital clinicians, patients, and family caregivers have co-designed consumer mobile health app, Care4myHeart.This research aimed to determine patient experiences using app self-manage failure.Patients with failure used for 14 days on their own smart device in home setting, following which mixed-methods evaluation was performed. Eight patients were recruited, whom six completed Mobile Application Rating Scale attended an interview.The...

10.2196/13009 article EN cc-by JMIR Human Factors 2019-03-21

Background: A randomized control trial demonstrated that a computerized cognitive behavioral therapy (cCBT) program (Smart, Positive, Active, Realistic, X-factor thoughts [SPARX]) was an appealing and efficacious treatment for depression adolescents in New Zealand. Little is known about the acceptability of programs rural Australians suitability developed one cultural context when used another country. Issues such as accents local differences health care access might mean adjustments to are required.

10.2196/games.3183 article EN cc-by JMIR Serious Games 2014-02-18

There is an increase in demand for newly graduated nurses who are ready to use nursing informatics (NI) efficiently technology-rich healthcare environments. However, the progress of embedding NI into curricula has been slow worldwide, and literature reports graduates not tools effectively workplace, posing potential threats patient safety. In absence National Standards competencies, graduates' needs on entering workplace need be explored.To identify acute care settings from perspectives...

10.1080/10376178.2017.1393317 article EN Contemporary Nurse 2017-10-17

Heart failure is a prevalent, progressive chronic disease costing in excess of $1billion per year Australia alone. Disease self-management has positive implications for the patient and decreases healthcare usage. However, adherence to recommended guidelines challenging existing literature reports sub-optimal adherence. mHealth applications education have potential facilitate enablement self-management. To best our knowledge no heart application available safe use by patients. In this paper,...

10.3233/978-1-61499-794-8-97 article EN Studies in health technology and informatics 2017-01-01

There is a large and ever increasing number of mobile phone health, wellness, medical applications on the market. However, there little guidance or quality assurance available for consumers. This paper provides health consumer focused framework considering range issues associated with selecting using downloaded from Internet.

10.3233/978-1-61499-203-5-227 article EN Studies in health technology and informatics 2013-01-01

Background: The growth of digital technology has created challenges for safe and appropriate use mobile or portable devices during work-integrated learning (WIL) in health care environments. Personal professional outpaced the development policy codes practice guiding its at workplace. There is a perceived risk that may distract from provision patient client if used by professionals students employment WIL. Objective: This study aimed to identify differences behavior undergraduate nurses...

10.2196/mhealth.3467 article EN cc-by JMIR mhealth and uhealth 2014-12-10

Alongside the rapid rise in adoption of electronic health records and use technology to support nursing processes, there is a requirement for students, new graduate nurses, educators embrace informatics. Whilst informatics has been taught at post levels many years, integration it into undergraduate studies entry level nurses slow. This made more complex by lack explicit competencies countries. Australia now mandated inclusion all curricula but continues be an absence relevant set agreed...

10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-329 article EN Studies in health technology and informatics 2016-01-01

This paper reports on a research trial designed to evaluate the benefits of health mentoring programme supported with web and mobile phone based self-monitoring application for enhancing self-efficacy self-management skills quality life people CF. randomised, single-blind controlled evaluated two strategies improve behaviour life. Task-specific was fostered through mentorship via application. Trial participants were randomised into one three groups: Control, Mentor-only Mentor plus phone....

10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-33 article EN Studies in health technology and informatics 2011-01-01

The rapid growth in the use of mobile technology Australia has outpaced its governance, especially healthcare settings. Whilst some Australian professional bodies and organisations have developed standards guidelines to direct appropriate social media technology, clear governance arrangements regarding when, where how at point care nursing are currently lacking. This paper analyses by nurses is governed. It highlights existence a paradox: an identified inability access context it...

10.1186/s12912-017-0212-8 article EN cc-by BMC Nursing 2017-04-19

Aims and objectives. To report on the process of transforming clinical practice amongst community nurses through a mentoring programme implemented to support self‐management community‐based sufferers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Background. The increasing incidence health burden from, diseases has led emergence more proactive, integrated disease management approaches across acute primary care sectors. An important part these is direct involvement patients in their own care. Despite...

10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02279.x article EN Journal of Clinical Nursing 2008-06-17

Heart failure self-management can be challenging but appropriately designed, user-centred mobile health (mHealth) innovations may help. We have built a consumer mHealth application which we plan to implement as an adjunct existing specialist multidisciplinary heart care at our service. the double aim meet needs of patients and ensure clinical relevance in order recommended by clinicians. This paper reports participatory, co-design process conceptual design iterative development application....

10.3233/978-1-61499-890-7-170 article EN Studies in health technology and informatics 2018-01-01

Consumer health care technology shows potential to improve outcomes for community-dwelling persons with chronic conditions, yet app quality varies considerably. In partnership patients and family caregivers, hospital clinicians developed Care4myHeart, a mobile (mHealth) heart failure (HF) self-management.The aim of this paper was report the nurse-led design process in form features functions app, Care4myHeart.Seven patients, four seven multidisciplinary collaborated thinking innovation. The...

10.2196/14633 article EN cc-by JMIR Nursing 2019-09-23

This paper investigates the coding of dementia in episode care a pilot study group ( N=48) post hospital discharge and possible implications under-coding. The assigned ICD-10-AM codes Diagnosis Related Groups were reviewed. Results demonstrate under-coding cognitive deficits; poor correlation between admission diagnoses on separation; changes individual patients' status across forms assessments same admission. complexities accurately dementias will impact upon planning for future treatments...

10.1177/183335831104000301 article EN Health Information Management Journal 2011-10-01

People with cystic fibrosis (CF) frequently experience isolation and are subjected to extensive complex treatment regimens which could be complemented by remote support. In the current research this is particularly relevant as location, Tasmania, has second highest incidence of CF in world. This paper provides an overview evaluation a pilot trial information system conceptualised developed assist people CF, their families, enhance skills communication relation self-management for...

10.3109/17538157.2013.812646 article EN Informatics for Health and Social Care 2013-08-19

In today's short stay hospital settings the contact time for patients is reduced. However, it seems to be more important that healthcare professionals are easy get in with during whole course of treatment, and have opportunity exchange information, as a basis obtaining individualized information support. Therefore, aim was explore ability dialogue-based application contribute accessibility exchangeability information. An online written asynchronous contacts developed, implemented clinical...

10.1186/1472-6947-12-96 article EN cc-by BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2012-09-04
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