Karen Colorafi
Assistant Professor
Nursing
Washington State University Pullman
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Karen Colorafi is an Assistant Professor at the College of Nursing. Dr. Colorafi has enjoyed a fifteen year career in clinical informatics. Her experience as both a clinical nurse and healthcare technology analyst give her unique insight into the needs of ambulatory practices as they adopt, implement, and optimize electronic health records. She specializes in operational assessments, including workflow analysis, and the resultant development and governance of strategic plans to solve front line problems with healthcare delivery. She utilizes health information technology whenever possible with a “people, process, product” philosophy to reach process improvement goals. Her research focuses on patient and family engagement with health information technology. Dr. Colorafi is actively pursuing research opportunities related to big data and the electronic plan of care in order to further national care coordination and patient engagement strategies.
Research Interest
Clinical informatics, Patient and family engagement, Health information technology, Electronic health records, Longitudinal plan of care, Patient portals, Older adults, Multi-morbidities, Care coordination, Health literacy, Big data analytics, Innovation science, Behavioral economics
Publications
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Jiggins Colorafi, K. (2015). A Content Analysis of the MU Clinical Summary: Do Clinical Summaries Promote Patient Engagement? Primary Health Care Research & Development, 20, 1-14. doi:10.1017/S1463423615000353
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Jiggins Colorafi, K., & Evans, B. (2016, Jan 19). Qualitative Descriptive Methods in Health Science Research. Health Environments Research & Design Journal (HERD), Epub ahead of print, 1-11.
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Wadsworth, P., Colorafi, K., & Shearer, N. (Under Review, Feb 2016). Using Narratives to Enhance Nursing Practice and Leadership: What Makes a Good Nurse? Nurse Education in Practice.
