Suzanne Bakken, DNSc RN, FAAN
Alumni Professor of Nursing and
Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Research Summary
Program of research is at the intersection of informatics, evidence-based nursing practice, and underserved populations. Primary interests include decision support systems, mobile computing, natural language processing, and use of web-based approaches for interactive health communication in underserved populations.
Service Interests
Current research projects involve the use of informatics tools for a variety of purposes including natural language processing of nursing narratives, interactive health communication, data mining, patient safety, meeting clinicians’ information needs, and decision support.
Dr. Bakken's research website
Selected Publications
1. Kaufman D, Roberts WD, Merrill J, Lai TY, Bakken
S. Applying an Evaluation Framework for Health Information System Design, Development, and Implementation.
Nurs Res. 2006 March/April;55(2 Suppl 1):S37-S42.
2. Jenkins ML, Hewitt C, Bakken S. Women's health nursing in the context of the National Health Information Infrastructure.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2006 Jan-Feb;35(1):141-50.
3. Allen M, Currie LM, Bakken S, Patel VL,
Cimino JJ. Heuristic evaluation of paper-based Web pages: A simplified inspection
usability methodology. J Biomed Inform. 2005 Nov 15
4. Dykes PC, Currie L, Bakken S.
Patient Education and Recovery Learning System (PEARLS) pathway: a tool to
drive patient centered evidence-based practice. J Healthc Inf Manag.
2004 Fall;18(4):67-73.
5. Bakken S, Coenen
A, Saba V. ISO reference technology model: nursing diagnosis and action
models look to testing for practical application. Healthc Inform. 2004
Sep;21(9):52.
6. Dykes P, Bakken S. National
and regional health information infrastructures: making use of information
technology to promote access to evidence. Medinfo. 2004;2004:1187-91.
Current Projects
1. Center for Evidence-based Practice in the Underserved
The goal of this project is to establish an administrative core and pilot study core to support research related to evidence-based practice in underserved populations.
National Institute of Nursing Research
2001-2004
2. Mining Complex Clinical Data for Patient Safety Research
The project represents a unique opportunity to apply the most advanced medical language processing system to a large, comprehensive clinical repository to advance patient safety research.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
2001-2004
3. Using Infobuttons to Improve Clinicians' Access to Information
The goal of this project is to design, implement, and evaluate context-specific Infobuttons in order to improve clinicians' access to information at the point of clinical need.
National Library of Medicine
2002-2004
4. Using Narrative Data to Enrich the Online Medical Record
The goal of this project is to use informatics approaches to improve the quality of the narrative in the electronic health record.
National Library of Medicine
2002-2005
5. An Internet-based Information Technology to Reduce Prescription Errors with HIV/AIDS Anti-Retroviral Medications
The goal of this project is to create a web-based decision support system (HIVTIPS) to assist with management of HAART regimens in HIV/AIDS.
HRSA SPNS IT Initiative
Role: Co-investigator
2003-2007
Recently Completed Projects
1. Nurse-managed Outpatient HIV/AIDS Adherence Intervention Trial
This RCT is testing the impact of a structured nursing intervention on adherence, viral load, and viral resistance.
Role: originally Co-PI with change to consultant as of 7/1/00 move to Columbia University.
National Institute of Nursing Research
1999-2003
2. Coding and Classification Systems for Ambulatory Care
This descriptive study examined the vocabulary needs of MDs and NPs in ambulatory AIDS care.
National Institute of Nursing Research
1998-2000
Honors and Awards
| 2006 |
Computerworld Honors Program Laureate for Nurse Practitioner PDA
Program |
| 2004 |
Fellow , New York Academy of Medicine |
| 2004 |
Presidential Teaching Award, Columbia University |
| 2004 |
Distinguished Lecturer, Summer Institute of Nursing Informatics,
University of Maryland |
| 2004 |
Distinguished Nurse Researcher Award, Eastern Nursing Research
Society |
| 2003 |
Nominated, Best Applied Paper , American Medical Informatics Association
Symposium |
| 2003 |
Winner (co-author), Harriet H. Werley Award for paper making the
greatest contribution to advance the field of nursing informatics,
American Medical Informatics Association Symposium |
| 2002 |
Alumni Professor Endowed Chair, Columbia University School of Nursing |
| 2002 |
Fifth Annual Recognition Award for Advancement of Computer Technology in Healthcare, Rutgers The State University, College of Nursing |
| 2002 |
Winner, Harriet H. Werley Award for paper making the greatest contribution to advance the field of nursing informatics, American Medical Informatics Association |
| 2000 |
Winner, Harriet H. Werley Award for paper making the greatest contribution
to advance the field of nursing informatics, American Medical Informatics
Association |
| 1997 |
Teacher of the Year awarded by the Master of Science Class, School
of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco |
| 1997 |
Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics |
| 1995 |
Fellow, American Academy of Nursing |
| 1991-1992 |
National Library of Medicine, Post-doctoral Fellowship, Medical
Informatics, Stanford University |
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Committees
| 2004-2007 |
Presidential Teaching Award Selection Committee |
| 2003-present |
Medical Care Manuscript Reviewer |
| 2003-present |
American College of Medical Executive Committee
Informatics |
| 2002-2003 |
Committee on Patient Safety Data Standards, Institute of Medicine |
| 2002-present |
Committee on Appointments and Promotions |
| 2001-present |
American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel, Nursing Informatics |
| 2001-present |
Journal of Biomedical Informatics Editorial Board |
| 2000-present |
Doctoral Council |
| 1999-present |
American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel, Quality and Safety |
| 1997-present |
Journal of American Medical Editorial Board (1997-2002)
Informatics Association Manuscript Reviewer (2002-) |
| 1996-present |
International Journal of Medical Manuscript Reviewer
Informatics |
Keywords informatics, computers, underserved populations, evidence-based practice, nursing
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