LEADING HEALTH TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

Professor Mari Tietze recognized for her work

UTA recently selected Mari Tietze for the Myrna R. Pickard Endowed Professorship for her ability to lead collaborative research that reflects practical applications for nursing education, practice, and administration.

As an experienced nursing educator and researcher, Dr. Tietze works closely with CONHI faculty to advance interprofessional research and innovation in technology, health informatics, and nursing education. This year, she played a critical role in launching CONHI’s graduate health informatics certificate.

Recently, Tietze was the co-lead researcher for a series of statewide studies to assess the experiences of practicing nurses with electronic health records, from which a toolkit to address the issues was constructed and made publicly available. This work was in collaboration with a partnership between the Texas Nurses Association and the Texas Organization for Nurse Leaders.

Tietze’s research continues to support the nurse’s need to navigate ever-evolving health technology. One current project is evaluating nurses’ knowledge of how to use electronic information to care for patients who have socioeconomic needs. Another project is developing case studies that support faculty as they transition to teaching nurses more technology based care of the patient. One future study will help teach beginning researchers how to analyze health data that addresses the needs of diverse, underserved populations.

“I am honored to represent the Myrna R. Pickard Endowed Professorship,” says Tietze. “Experiencing such support for my research in this role and being involved in bringing up the new graduate health informatics program excites me for its potential impact on local and national communities.”