News & Talks

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[05/23] Charlene receives the 2023 UBC School of Nursing Recent Alumni Award

[05/23] Charlene and the NAIL Collaborative receive support from Fondation Brocher (Hermance, Switzerland) to host the "Embedding nursing expertise in artificial intelligence-based health technology development" workshop in November 2024.

[04/23] We have established our HIE PIE Advisory committee! Stay tuned for developments :)

[03/23] CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN: The NAIL Collaborative are organizing the 2nd Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Nursing (AINurse23) on June 15th, co-located with the 21st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2023) - See you in Portoroz, Slovenia! Submit your paper by April 8th.

[03/23] 2 presentations at the 2023 UBCO ISHC Conference

[02/23] 4 abstracts are accepted to CNIA 2023 in June

[01/23] 2 abstracts are accepted to ICN 2023 Congress in July

[12/22] Our team is awarded a UBC HIFI award for the project entitled "Designing and developing a cost-effective, immersive-technology based veinfinding device to solve difficult intravenous access in healthcare settings." Congratulations Vanessa, Rohith, and Ammar!

[11/22] Charlene visits collaborators and colleagues at Columbia University and the Visiting Service of New York.

[11/22] Our team is awarded a UBC Hampton Fund Research Grant.

[11/22] Charlene is recognized as a 2022 Emerging Women Leader in Digital Health by Digital Health Canada.

[10/22] We receive operational approval for data transfer from VCH!

[09/22] Charlene is awarded a 2022 AMS Healthcare Fellowship in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence.

[09/22] We secured MURPH funding for two projects

[09/22] Welcome to our new team members: Vanessa and Ammar!

[08/22] Charlene is awarded BDO Kelowna's Top 40 Under 40 award.

[07/22] Our abstract is accepted to NAPCRG 2022 50th Annual Meeting.

[06/22] The NAIL Collaborative hosted our 1st Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Nursing: Advances, Methods and Path Forward, co-located with the 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2022). What a great event! Photos on the left <--

[06/22] Our paper MedInfo 2021 paper on Towards Automated Screening of Literature on Artificial Intelligence in Nursing is published.

[06/22] Our IMIA Yearbook paper on The Untapped Potential of Nursing and Allied Health Data for Improved Representation of Social Determinants of Health and Intersectionality in Artificial Intelligence Applications: A Rapid Review is published.

[05/22] Welcome to our new summer team members: Sharon, Nicole, and Reagan!

[04/22] Our abstract is accepted to CHNC2022 for an open session presentation.

[04/22] Our book chapter entitled "The Impact of Digital Technologies, Data Analytics and AI on Nursing Informatics: The New Skills and Knowledge Nurses Need for the 21st Century" is published in Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century–Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition, Book 4.

[04/22] Our abstract is accepted to INFORMS/CORS conference.

[04/22] Our IMIA SEP Rapid Review on the untapped potential of nursing and allied health data for building equitable AI technologies is accepted to the 2022 IMIA Yearbook.

[04/2022] Invited lecture @ UBC Vancouver School of Nursing: Panel on the History of Filipino Nurses in Canada

[03/22] Team members Emily and Ashish win First Place in the MURPH 2022 presentations, voted by their peers. Congratulations!

[03/2022] CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN: The NAIL Collaborative are organizing the 1st Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Nursing: Advances, Methods and Path Forward, co-located with the 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2022) - See you in Halifax!

[02/2022] Guest lecture on intro to health informatics for NRSG 122 @ UBCO School of Nursing

[02/2022] Guest lecture @ Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (UofT) on equity in digital technologies

[02/2022] AI in nursing scoping review accepted to be presented at the European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS) 2022 Winter Summit.

[12/2021] Project to complete data pre-processing for equitable community nursing woundcare is funded by UBC Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards. ($25,000)

[12/2021] Scoping review on AI in nursing is published in the International Journal of Nursing Studies.

[12/2021] 3 papers are published in Studies in Health Technology and Informatics.

[12/2021] Proceedings of the 15th International Congress in Nursing Informatics entitled "Nursing Informatics 2021: Nurses and midwives in the digital age" is published (as Editor).

[11/2021] Students David Shifflet & Dawson Penner gave a talk on "Exploration of nurses’ equity considerations in their electronic documentation" at the BC Rural Health Research Exchange (BCRHRx) - Well done!

[11/2021] Students Ashish Giri & Emily Mayzes-Kotulla gave a talk on "A mobile makerspace to support inclusive patient and community-led technology solutions for rural health and wellness" at the BC Rural Health Research Exchange (BCRHRx) - Well done!

Recent Publications

For a complete list of publications, check my Google Scholar profile.

Moen, H., Alhuwail, D., Björne, J., Block, L., Celin, S., Jeon, E., ... & Peltonen, L. M. (2022). Towards Automated Screening of Literature on Artificial Intelligence in Nursing. Studies in health technology and informatics, 290, 637-640. https://doi.org/10.3233/shti220155.

Ronquillo, C.E., Mitchell, J., Alhuwail, D., Peltonen, L. M., Topaz, M., & Block, L. J. (2022). The Untapped Potential of Nursing and Allied Health Data for Improved Representation of Social Determinants of Health and Intersectionality in Artificial Intelligence Applications: A Rapid Review. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1742504.

Block, L. J., Ronquillo, C., Hardiker, N. R., Wong, S. T., & Currie, L. M. (2021). Mapping of Wound Infection Concepts. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 284, 431-435. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI210764.

Von Gerich, H., Moen, H., Block, L.J., Chu, C.H., DeForest, H., Hobensack, M., Michalowski, M., Mitchell, J., Nibber, R., Olalia, M.A.P., Pruinelli, L., Ronquillo, C.E., Topaz, M., Peltonen, L.M. Artificial Intelligence-based technologies in nursing: A scoping literature review of the evidence. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 104153. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104153.

Chu, C. H., Ronquillo, C., Khan, S., Hung, L., & Boscart, V. (2021). Technology Recommendations to Support Person-Centered Care in Long-Term Care Homes during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2021.1927620.

Ronquillo, C., Dahinten, V. S., Bungay, V., & Currie, L. M. (2021). Nurses' Use of mHealth Functions. Studies In Health Technology And Informatics, 284, 280-284. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI210723.

Fernandez-Luque, L., Kushniruk, AW., Georgiou, A., Basu, A., Petersen, C., Ronquillo, C. E., Paton, C., Nøhr, C., Kuziemsky, C.E., Alhuwail, D., Skiba, D., Huesing, E., Gabarron, E., Borycki, E.M., Magrabi, F., Denecke, K., Peute, L.W.P., Topaz, M., Al-Shorbaji, N., Lacroix, P., Marcilly, R., Cornet, R., Iyengar, S., Gogia, S.B., Kobayashi, S., Deserno, T.M., Mettler, T., Vimarlund, V., Zhu, X. (2021). Evidence-based health informatics as the foundation for the COVID-19 response: a joint call for action. Methods of Information in Medicine, 59(06), 183-192. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1726414.

Ronquillo, C.E., Peltonen, L.M., Pruinelli, L., Chu, C.H., Bakken, S., Beduschi, A., Cato, K., Hardiker, N., Junger, A., Michalowski, M., Nyrup, R., Rahimi, S., Reed, N., Salakoski, T., Salanterä, S., Walton, N., Weber, P., Wiegand, T., Topaz, M. (2021). Using artificial intelligence in nursing: Priorities, opportunities, and recommendations from an international invitational think-tank of the Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Leadership (NAIL) Collaborative. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(9), 3707-3717. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14855.

Jeon, E., Peltonen, L.-M., Block, L., Ronquillo, C., Tayaben, J. L., Nibber, R., Pruinelli, L., Perezmitre, E. L., Sommer, J., Topaz, M., Eler, G. J., Shishido, H. Y., Wardaningsih, S., Sutantri, S., Ali, S., Alhuwail, D., Abd-Alrazaq, A., Akhu-Zaheya, L., Lee, Y.-L., . . . Lee, J. (2021). Emergency Remote Learning in Nursing Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 281, 942-946. https://doi.org/10.3233/shti210317

Topaz, M., Peltonen, L.M., Alhuwail, D., Barakati, S.S., Lewis, A., Moen, H., Veeranki, S.P.K., Block, L., Risling, T., & Ronquillo, C.E. (2021). How to improve health information technology to address COVID-19 pandemic: an international survey with health informatics experts. Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2021, 30(01), 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1726491

Guruge, S., Lamaj, P., Lee, C., Ronquillo, C.E., Sidani, S., Leung, E., Ssawe, A., Altenburg, J., Amanzai, H., Morrison. (2021). COVID-19 restrictions: Experiences of immigrant parents in Toronto. AIMS Public Health, 8(1), 172-185. https://doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2021013.

Atique, S., Bautista, J.R., Block, L.J., Lee, J.J.J., Lozada‐Perezmitre, E., Nibber, R., O’Connor, S., Peltonen, L.M., Ronquillo, C., Tayaben, J. and Thilo, F.J. (2020). A nursing informatics response to COVID‐19: perspectives from five regions of the world. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76(10), 2462-2468. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14417.

O'Connor, S., Waite, M., Duce, D., O'Donnell, A., & Ronquillo, C. (2020). Data visualization in health care: The Florence effect. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76(7), 1488-1490. https://doi.org/doi:10.1111/jan.14334.

Ronquillo, C., Dahinten, V. S., Bungay, V., & Currie, L. M. (2019). The Nurse LEADership for Implementing Technologies-Mobile Health Model (Nurse LEAD-IT-mHealth). Nursing leadership (Toronto, Ont.), 32(2), 71-84. https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2019.25960

Peltonen, L.M., Nibber, R., Lewis, A., Block, L., Pruinelli, L., Topaz, M., Perezmitre, E.L. and Ronquillo, C. (2019). Emerging Professionals’ Observations of Opportunities and Challenges in Nursing Informatics. Nursing leadership (Toronto, Ont.), 32(2), pp.8-18. https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2019.25965.

Peltonen, L.M., Pruinelli, L., Ronquillo, C., Nibber, R., Peresmitre, E.L., Block, L., Deforest, H., Lewis, A., Alhuwail, D., Ali, S. and Badger, M.K. (2019). The current state of Nursing Informatics–An international cross-sectional survey. Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 11(3), pp.220-231. https://doi.org/10.23996/fjhw.77584.