Lightweight Design Methods in Integrated Practices

Liv Karen Johannessen is pursuing a PhD at the University of Tromsø, Research group for Telemedicine and eHealth. Her main research interests are within innovation and design of information systems for health care. She is employed by the health ICT vendor DIPS as part of an initiative to foster close cooperation between Norwegian research and industry.

Gunnar Ellingsen is a professor at the University of Tromsø, Institute of Clinical Medicine. He teaches in the international master program in Telemedicine and e-Health. His research interests revolve around design, implementation and use of information systems in health care, particularly Electronic Patient Records in hospitals where key themes are integration, standardization, collaboration and other socio-technical issues. He has published extensively in international academic journals on broader issues in health informatics.