Associate Professor
I am a tenured Associate Professor with a Graduate Faculty Status at the School of Nursing UT Health SA, and the Safety Coordinator and Informatics and Research Consultant for University Health, a 705-bed Magnet facility in SA, TX (20% Effort). I am a national expert in health informatics, with a focus on quality and safety indicators. Through an interdisciplinary, patient-centered model, my research aims to transform healthcare environments through research and quality improvement projects to improve the safety and quality of care, with a central theme to optimize the design, usability and safety of IT systems and generate and use clinical-based data to track trends.
Licensures and Certifications
Honors and Awards
Pending Submissions
Currently Funded Research Projects
Unfunded Research Projects
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Doctor of Nursing Philosophy Dissertations Mentorship:
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects Mentorship:
University Level (UT Health SA, TX)
School of Nursing Level (UT Health SA)
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Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed, *indicates data-based)
Published Abstracts (All Peer Reviewed)
Book Chapter (Peer-reviewed)
Editorial (Peer-reviewed)
Work Featured by National Organizations
Other (Non-peer reviewed publications)
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