Areas of Scholarly Expertise and Interest
Global Health Informatics; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Low Resource Areas; Human Factors & User-Centered Design; Informatics Education; Nursing Informatics; Connectionist Machine Learning Techniques; Knowledge Discovery in Large Databases, Data Mining.
Publications
Effken, J. & Abbott, P. (2009). The Nursing Role in Health IT-enabled Care Management in Rural, Frontier, and other Underserved Populations. Commissioned White Paper - Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. doi:10.1197/jamia.M2971
Taylor, L., Abbott, P. & Hudson, K. (2008). Using E-Learning for Workforce Development: A Survey. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 3(1), 83-87.
Abbott, P. & Coenen, A. (2008). Globalization and advances in information and communication technologies: The impact on nursing and health. Nursing Outlook, 56(5), 238-246.
Abbott, P. & Taylor, L. (2007). The Role of Health Information Technology in Improving Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. Hospital Engineering and Facilities Management 2007; the Fifth Official Report of the International Federation of Hospital Engineering (IFHE). February, 2007, 1-4. Touch Briefings, London.
Kokol P., Blazun H., Micetic-Turk D., Abbott P. (2006). e-Learning in nursing education--Challenges and opportunities. Studies in Health Technologies and Informatics. 122:387-90.
Cato, J., & Abbott, P. (2006). Collaborating for a Cause. Studies in Health Technologies and Informatics,
122:1014-5.
Lee, Sun Mi, Abbott, P, & Johantgen, M. (2005). A Comparison of Logistic Regression and Bayesian Networks for Outcomes Research in Large Datasets. Nursing Research. Mar-Apr; 54(2):133-8.
Abbott, P. (2003). Nursing Informatics (Guest Editor). AACN Clinical Issues; Advanced Practice
in Acute and Critical Care; “Nursing Informatics”. 14(3).
Ball, M., Weaver, C., & Abbott, P. (2003). Enabling Technologies Promise to Revitalize the Role of Nursing
in an Era of Patient Safety. International Journal of Medical Informatics, Vol. 69 (1) pp. 29-38.
Fisher, C. & Abbott, P. (2002). Baccalaureate Nursing Informatics Education. In Montgomery, K. &
Fitzpatrick J. (eds) The Internet and Nursing: Applications for RNs and Advanced Practice Nurses. Springer. pp 131-140.
Gerrity, M. Gibson, J. & Abbott, P. (2002). Graduate Nursing Education; The Impact of Connectivity. In
Montgomery, K. & Fitzpatrick J. (eds) The Internet and Nursing: Applications for RNs and Advanced Practice Nurses. Springer. pp 141-156.
Abbott, P. & Zytkowski, M.(2001). Clinical Decision Support Systems. In Englebardt, S. & Nelson, R. (eds.)
Information Technology in Health Care. Harcourt & Brace.
Abbott, P. & Lee, S. (2001). Nursing Informatics; An Integral Component of Nursing Education. Imprint. 27.
Abbott, P. (2000). The Challenges of Data Mining in Large Nursing Home Datasets. The Official Journal of
the British Computer Society's Nursing Specialist Group. 12(3), 9-14.
Abbott, P. (2000). Data mining: Using data to improve patient outcomes in LTC. In Ball, M., Hannah, K.,
Newbold, S., & Douglas, J. (eds) Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet (3rd ed).
Abbott, P. (2000). Knowledge discovery in large datasets and data mining: Implications for Elder Care
Providers. In Saba, V., & McCormick, K. (eds) Essentials of Computers for Nurses:
Volrathongchai, K., Abbott, P. & Phiphaibul, R. (2000). Nursing Informatics: Improving Nursing in Thailand.
Ramathibodi International Nursing Journal. 5 (3), 263 - 272.
Informatics for the New Millenium (3rd ed).
Abbott, P. (2000). Classification Techniques in Large Datasets: Implications for Elder Patient Care.
Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Nursing Informatics 2000; Auckland, New Zealand
Funded research, training grants and/or programs
The Center for Cardiovascular Health in Vulnerable Populations: Miyong Kim, PI. NINR. P Abbott (PI-Pilot)
“Usability of the C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant”. PI – P. Abbott. Intel Corporation/Mobile Computing.
“Understanding Electronic Communities of Practice for Teaching Infection Control of Pandemic/Epidemic-prone Acute Respiratory Diseases in Health Care, Home and Community”. Sub contract PI – P. Abbott. Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR); World Health Organization.
Research Fellowship. P. Abbott. National Library of Medicine/Hopkins School of Medicine. 100% - 2 year award.
“Educational Research: Re-engineering Nursing Curriculum with Information Technology”. P. Abbott; Principal Investigator. Educational Grant, funded by Eclipsys and Hewlett Packard (Public/Private Partnership).
The Virtual Teaching Assistant”. P. Abbott & K. Hudson Co-investigators. Funded by Hopkins Office of the President/Center for Educational Resources, Homewood.
“Distance Education at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing”. P. Abbott & K. Hudson Co-
investigators. Funded by Hopkins Office of the President/Center for Educational
Resources, Homewood.
“Intelligent Educational Systems for Nurses: A Slovenian/US Collaboration”. Kokol, P. PI; P. Abbott, Co-PI. Funded by the Slovenian Government.
“Organizational Factors and the Influence on Patient and Worker Injury in Long Term Care”
This project will examine the impact that reductions and staffing will have on outcomes for patients, and healthcare workers in LTC.
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research; R01 HS11990
Principle Investigator: Allison Trinkoff
Role: Patricia A. Abbott, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN – Co-Investigator
Period: 9/2001 – 6/2003.
“Development Center for Patient Safety”
The aims of this project are to build a multidisciplinary team to conduct research in patient safety, establish ties between researchers and the health care delivery system to enhance patient safety, develop educational programs and evidence-based guidelines that promote a culture and practice of patient safety. Dr. Abbott’s role as a co-investigator will be to develop decision-models from the Maryland Trauma registry and study the impact of using such models to decrease the incidence of nosocomial infections in trauma patients.
Agency: Agency for Health Care Quality and Research; P20 HS11562
Principle Investigator: MacKenzie, C.
Role: Patricia A. Abbott, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN – Co-Investigator
Period: 9/2001 – 6/2003.
"Improving Patient Outcomes: Predicting Admissions to Long Term Care Via Machine Learning/Knowledge Discovery Techniques"
This project studies the phenomenon of admission from Long Term Care centers to acute care facilities via the use of machine learning techniques on a small data set from the state of Maryland. The aims of this study are to: 1.)conduct small scale preliminary studies of long term care datasets to validate models of risk/prediction developed in a prior dissertation research study, and 2.) create the foundation of preliminary studies that could lead to applications for extramural grant awards.
Agency: University of Maryland Graduate School, Baltimore;
Principal Investigator: Patricia A. Abbott, Ph.D., RNC
Type: Directed Intramural Research Funding (DRIF) Period: July 1, 1999
through June 30, 2000.
