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Kathleen Bobay, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Title/s: Professor
Specialty Area: Nursing informatics, nursing administration, value of nursing practice
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Dr. Kathleen Bobay's research focus is on how to use big data to improve nursing care delivery. She works with multiple teams of dedicated health professionals, including health informaticians, nurses, physicians, computer scientists, and statisticians. They are working on processes to make narrative electronic health record notes useful for research and clinical decision making. Dr. Bobay is currently developing a process to be able to identify social determinants of health from narrative clinical notes that can be used for clinical decision making and care coordination.
Research Interests
Nursing informatics, nursing administration, value of nursing practice