Ragnhildur Bjarnadottir, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
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About Ragnhildur Bjarnadottir
TEACHING
Dr. Bjarnadottir teaches Applied Statistics and Nursing Informatics and Information Management to DNP students.
RESEARCH
Dr. Bjarnadottir’s research focuses on leveraging health informatics and data science to improve health care quality for underserved populations. Her dissertation research examined home care nurses’ assessment and documentation of patients’ sexual orientation and gender identity. She has also explored EHR implementation and nurses experiences with documentation systems in the long-term care setting. In her current research, Dr. Bjarnadottir uses text-mining methods to identify factors associated with risk of patient falls in acute care nurses’ progress notes.
SERVICE
Dr. Bjarnadottir holds memberships in the American Medical Informatics Association, Academy Health, Sigma Theta Tau International – Alpha Theta and Alpha Zeta Chapters, and the Southern Nurses Research Society.
Accomplishments
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
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NGR7970L – Adv Nursing Project
College of Nursing
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NGR7940L – Residency in Adv Nurs
College of Nursing
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NGR7891 – Health Policy and Finance in Advanced Nursing Practice
College of Nursing
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NGR6870 – Nursing Informatics and Informationa Management
College of Nursing
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NUR4827 – Lead and Inspire 4: Leadership and Innovation in Nursing Practice
College of Nursing
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NGR6840 – Applied Statistical Analysis I
College of Nursing
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NUR3227C – Principles of Personalized Nursing Care 2
College of Nursing
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NUR4108 – Lead and Inspire 3: Policy and Change in Nursing Practice
College of Nursing
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NGR6930 – Special Topics in Nursing
College of Nursing
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NUR4930 – Special Topics
College of Nursing
Research Profile
Dr. Bjarnadottir’s area of expertise is Nursing Informatics, Data Science, Clinical Decision Support, Quality of Care, Underserved Populations.
Leveraging health informatics and data science to improve health care quality for underserved populations. Dissertation research examined home care nurses’ assessment and documentation of patients’ sexual orientation and gender identity. Has also explored EHR implementation and nurses experiences with documentation systems in the long-term care setting. In current research, uses text-mining methods to identify factors associated with risk of patient falls in acute care nurses’ progress notes.
Publications
Academic Articles
Grants
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Harmonizing and Integrating Nursing Data into Multidisciplinary Datasets to Evaluate Hospital Care and Readmissions of Older Adults with Alzheimers Disease and Alzheimers Disease-Related Dementias
Active
- Role:
- Co-Investigator
- Funding:
- NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
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Strengthening the UF Health Nursing Academic-Practice Partnership through Joint Demonstration Projects with College of Nursing faculty and Shands Nurses
- Role:
- Project Manager
- Funding:
- UF HEALTH SHANDS HOSPITAL
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Harmonizing and Integrating Nursing Data into Multidisciplinary Datasets to Evaluate Hospital Care and Readmissions of Older Adults with Alzheimers Disease and Alzheimers Disease-Related Dementias
- Role:
- Co-Investigator
- Funding:
- NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
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Advancing Interdisciplinary Science of Aging through Identification of Iatrogenic Complications: The UF EHR Clinical Data Infrastructure for Enhanced Patient Safety among the Elderly (UF-ECLIPSE)
- Role:
- Principal Investigator
- Funding:
- NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
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Shareable, Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Older Adults: Advancing Fall assessment and Prevention Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Findings into Diverse Primary Care Practices (ASPIRE)
- Role:
- Co-Investigator
- Funding:
- BRIGHAM AND WOMENS HOSPITAL via AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RES AND QUALITY
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1Florida Alzheimers Disease Research Center
Active
- Role:
- Project Manager
- Funding:
- NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
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Tailored Clinical Decision Support Formats Designed to Improve Palliative Care for Cancer and Chronically Ill Patients: A Pre-Clinical Test
- Role:
- Co-Investigator
- Funding:
- NATL INST OF HLTH NINR
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Advancing Interdisciplinary Science of Aging through Identification of Iatrogenic Complications: The UF EHR Clinical Data Infrastructure for Enhanced Patient Safety among the Elderly (UF-ECLIPSE)
- Role:
- Principal Investigator
- Funding:
- NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
Education
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Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing
Columbia University School of Nursing
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Master of Public Health, Concentration: Sociomedical Sciences
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing
University of Iceland, Department of Nursing
Contact Details
- Business:
- (352) 273-6508
- Business:
- rib@ufl.edu
- Business Mailing:
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1225 CENTER DR
GAINESVILLE FL 32610