Systems and Models of Care
Systems and models of care studies factors for modifying complex systems (e.g., health care settings, populations). The intentions are to achieve higher quality (safer) care, better patient experiences and population health outcomes at less cost, and improved healthcare provider work life. Research in systems and models of care addresses the multi-level mechanisms that influence the delivery of health care.
Within systems and models of care, our faculty are harnessing the development and use of technology for improving health and healthcare. They are engaged in creating patient monitoring systems to enhance care team communication and advance provider care delivery for the early identification and treatment of disease and prevention of adverse events, digital health programs for improving health behaviors that will prevent cancer and chronic health conditions, and systems-based solutions focused on improving the health and well-being of the nursing workforce.
Faculty
Terry A Badger
Degrees
- Ph.D. Nursing, University of Texas, 1986
- M.S. Nursing, Arizona State University, 1979
- B.S.N. Nursing, Arizona State University, 1975
Sheila M Gephart
Sheila Gephart has been a nurse for 20 years and has been a nurse scientist since 2012. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona. She studies technical and parent-engaged solutions to reduce the burden of necrotizing enterocolitis. Her methodological expertise in spreading innovations using informatics, especially clinical decision support technologies, has included algorithm development and testing of tools to measure Electronic health record related unintended consequences. Her research has been funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Institute of Nursing Research and the National Library of Medicine. She is an active member of the NEC Society Scientific Advisory Council, the International Neonatal Consortium, and the Editorial Board of Advances in Neonatal Care. She loves to drink coffee, spend time with her 3 teenage daughters, watch murder mysteries with her husband, and disappear into the wilderness.
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Nursing Nursing, The University of Arizona, 2012
- B.S. Nursing, Oregon Health Sciences University, 1998
Jessica Rainbow
Degrees
- Ph.D. Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2018
- B.A. Spanish, University of Nevada, Reno, 2012
- B.S.N. Nursing, University of Nevada, Reno, 2012
Pamela G. Reed
Shu Fen Wung
Dr. Wung is a Professor at the College of Nursing and BIO5 Institute, Director of Translational Health Sciences for the Center to Stream Health in Place (C2SHIP), and an acute care nurse practitioner. She has more than 25 years of clinical research experience in the effective and safe use of health technologies and big data to provide precision monitoring strategies for cardiovascular and acute illnesses. Dr. Wung received her M.S. (Cardiovascular Clinical Specialist), Post-M.S. (Acute Care Nurse Practitioner), and Ph.D. in Nursing from the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Wung is a fellow of the Summer Genetic Institute at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Wung has received funding as the principal investigator from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and professional associations, including the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing, Emergency Nurses Association Foundation, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and Oncology Nursing Society Foundation. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts in nursing and inter-disciplinary journals, 4 book chapters, and over 160 local/regional, national, and international presentations.
For more biography and research profile, please visit https://wung.faculty.arizona.edu/
Degrees
- Ph.D. Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 1999
- M.S. Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 1995