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Yvonne Abdoo, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Room 4158
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
Telephone: (734)936-3681
FAX: (734) 647-2416
abdoo@umich.edu

Education
PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1987
MSN, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1972
BSN, University of Detroit - Mercy College, Detroit, Michigan, 1970

Research Interests
Healthcare information systems

Yvonne Abdoo, Ph.D., RN, Assistant Professor at the Univ. of Michigan focuses on systems research; the delivery of quality, efficient, and effective health services, information technology; and the evaluation and implementation of new technologies to apply to nursing and the health care delivery sector.

The underlying theme in her research is to bridge technology with the end user, and to develop accurate, robust, user friendly, and technologically advanced information systems that enhance patient safety and bridge clinical practice, research, and management.

She teaches quality and operations management in the Nursing, Business, & Health Systems graduate program, as well as information technology concepts both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

She has published and consulted on systems and database design, bar coding and other data input technologies in clinical practice, and data input technologies in research.