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Profiles
Dr Cito Maramba
Research Fellow
School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)
Biography
Biography
Research Fellow, Early recognition and Assessment of SeverelyIll babiEs by paRents –EASIER study
Qualifications
- BS Biology University of the Philippines Diliman 1988
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) University of the Philippines Manila 1993
- MSc Health Information Science University of Warwick 2002
- PhD student, University of Plymouth 2018-present
Key publications
(2019) 'Methods of Usability Testing in the Development of eHealth Applications: A Scoping Review' International Journal of Medical Informatics , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Web-Based Textual Analysis of Free-Text Patient Experience Comments From a Survey in Primary Care' JMIR Medical Informatics 3, (2) e20-e20 , DOI Open access
Research
Research
Research interests
- Health Informatics
- User Experience (UX) research in digital health technologies
- Ehealth and Elearning
- Patient experience in Primary Care
- Person centred coordinated care
- Health Service Research
- Computerised analysis of free text
- Natural language processing
Publications
Publications
Key publications
(2019) 'Methods of Usability Testing in the Development of eHealth Applications: A Scoping Review' International Journal of Medical Informatics , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Web-Based Textual Analysis of Free-Text Patient Experience Comments From a Survey in Primary Care' JMIR Medical Informatics 3, (2) e20-e20 , DOI Open access
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2022) 'The Role of Health Kiosks: Scoping Review' JMIR Medical Informatics 10, (3) , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Use and usability of GP online services: a mixed-methods sequential study, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on qualitative interviews, analysis of routine eConsult usage and feedback data, and assessment of GP websites in Devon and Cornwall, England' BMJ Open 12, (3) , DOI Open access
(2022) 'The potential impacts of a digital preoperative assessment service on appointments, travel-related carbon dioxide emissions, and user experience: a case study' JMIR Perioperative Medicine Open access
(2022) 'Authors’ Response to Peer Reviews of “Continuous User Experience Monitoring of a Patient-Completed Preoperative Assessment System in the United Kingdom: Cross-sectional Study”' JMIRx Med 3, (1) e35504-e35504 , DOI
(2022) 'Continuous User Experience Monitoring of a Patient-Completed Preoperative Assessment System in the United Kingdom: Cross-sectional Study' JMIRx Med 3, (1) , DOI Open access
(2021) 'The Use of Smart Speakers in Care Home Residents: Implementation Study' Journal of Medical Internet Research 23, (12) , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Methods of Usability Testing in the Development of eHealth Applications: A Scoping Review' International Journal of Medical Informatics , DOI Open access
(2018) 'The Evaluation of Physicians’ Communication Skills From Multiple Perspectives' The Annals of Family Medicine 16, (4) 330-337 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Improving patient experience in primary care: a multimethod programme of research on the measurement and improvement of patient experience' Programme Grants for Applied Research 5, (9) 1-452 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Test–retest stability of patient experience items derived from the national GP patient survey' SpringerPlus 5, (1) , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Rating Communication in GP Consultations: The Association Between Ratings Made by Patients and Trained Clinical Raters' Medical Care Research and Review , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Web-Based Textual Analysis of Free-Text Patient Experience Comments From a Survey in Primary Care' JMIR Medical Informatics 3, (2) e20-e20 , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Understanding high and low patient experience scores in primary care: analysis of patients' survey data for general practices and individual doctors' BMJ 349, (nov11 3) g6034-g6034 , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Identifying and Addressing the Barriers to the Use of an Internet-Register for Multiple Sclerosis' International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics 8, (1) 1-16 , DOI
(2012) 'The feasibility of collecting information from people with Multiple Sclerosis for the UK MS Register via a web portal: characterising a cohort of people with MS' BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 12, (1) , DOI Open access
(2012) 'Sources of Discovery, Reasons for Registration, and Expectations of an Internet-Based Register for Multiple Sclerosis' International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics 7, (3) 27-43 , DOI
(2010) 'Thematic Network DIETS mapping dietetic education in Europe 2006–2009: comparisons to the European Academic and Practitioner Standards for Dietetics' Actividad Dietética 14, (3) 109-119 , DOI
(2009) 'Use of live interactive webcasting for an international postgraduate module in ehealth: case study evaluation' J Med Internet Res 11, (4) , DOI
(2009) 'Undergraduate Nurses’ and Midwives’ Participation and Satisfaction with Live Interactive Webcasts' Open Nurs J 3, 1-9 , DOI Open access
(2009) 'Undergraduate nurses’ and midwives’ participation and satisfaction with live interactive webcasts' The Open Nursing Journal 3, 1-9 Open access
(2009) 'Geographic Information Systems for healthcare organizations: a primer for nursing professions' Comput Inform Nurs 27, (1) 50-56 , DOI
(2006) 'Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education' BMC Medical Education 6, (41) Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2005) 'Linking Primary Care Information Systems and Public Health Information Networks: Lessons from the Philippines' CONNECTING MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND BIO-INFORMATICS 116, 955-960
(2005) 'The Evolution of a Community-based Child Injury Surveillance Project' Media Asia 32, (3) 174-179 , DOI
(2005) 'Linking primary care information systems and public health vertical programs in the Philippines: an open-source experience' AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2005, 311-315
(2003) 'Critically Appraised Topics (CAT) peer-to-peer network' AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2003,
(1970) 'Pitfalls in 3-D Virtual Worlds Health Project Evaluations: The Trap of Drug-trial-style Media Comparative Studies' Journal of Virtual Worlds Research 2, (2) Publisher Site
Chapters
(2009) 'Patient preferences for online person-person support' in Panteli N Virtual social networks Palgrave MacMillan 52-75
(2009) 'Patient preferences for online person-person support' in Panteli N Virtual Social Networks: Mediated, Massive and Multiplayer sites' Basingstoke, Hampshire Palgrave Macmillan, 52-74
(2008) 'Tailoring and Webcasting for Patient and Student Health Education' in Lipshitz AR; Parsons SP E-Learning: 21st Century Issues and Challenges Nova Science Publishers, Inc 225-234
Conference Papers
(2022) 'A Toolkit for the Usability Evaluation of Digital Health Technologies' 35th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference (HCI2022) 7-/-0/20227-/-0/2022BCS Learning & Development , DOI Open access
Presentations and posters
'Not so simple: the challenge of developing a non-motor symptoms app (NMS Assist) for people with Parkinson's (PwP)' Open access
Personal
Personal
Reports & invited lectures
Originally from Manila, Philippines. Married, with two daughters.
Links
EPIC Website:
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/epic Researchgate profile:
Inocencio Daniel Maramba on ResearchGate