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Dr. Doran, PhD, RN, FCAHS, assumed a tenure stream position at the University of Toronto in 1996 and is now full Professor, and an Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Nurse Senior Researcher at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto. She has held leadership roles as Associate Dean of Research (2001-06) and Interim-Dean (2005).
Dr. Doran has recognized expertise in health services research, outcomes measurement, patient safety, and e-Health. Her research has earned her the Ontario Premier’s Research Excellence Award (1999), the Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing Award of Excellence in Nursing Research (2000), and the Dorothy Pringle Research Excellence Award, Sigma Theta Tau International, Lambda Pi Chapter (2000), and the Canadian Nurses’ Association Centennial Award (2009). She is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Deputy Director of the Nursing Health Services Research Unit, University of Toronto, and member of the Research and Evaluation Committee of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
She is frequently invited to consult internationally on patient safety and outcomes measurement, most recently in Finland, Japan, Switzerland, Australia, and the United States. She has worked extensively with policy makers from Health Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, with Ontario homecare agencies at both the CCAC and provider agency level, and she is currently engaged with industry partners, Nortel, HInext, TELUS, and IBM, all of whom are collaborators and sponsors of e-health research projects. Dr. Doran is also co-leading a national emerging team in home care patient safety research, funded by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute. |
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2008 Evaluation of Mobile Information Technology to Improve Nurses’ Access to and Use of Research Evidence. Investigators: Doran, D., Straus, S., Grimshaw, J., Haynes, B., Kushniruk, A., McGillis Hall, L., Dubrowski, A. (Funding: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care)
2007 Advancing Knowledge in Home Care About Patient Safety. Investigators Doran, D. & Storch, J. (Funding Canadian Patient Safety Initiative)
2007 Enhancing Service Throughputs at the Point of Care for Clients with Mental Health Problems and Addictions. Investigators: Doran, D., Paterson, J., Goering, P., Nagle, L., Kushniruk, A., Miller, R., Bajnok, I. (Funding: HTX, CIHR and HInext)
2004 Outcomes in the Palm of Your Hand; Improving the Quality and Continuity of Patient Care. Investigators: Doran, D., Mylopoulos, J., Kushniruk, A., Nagle, L., Straus, S., Sidani, S., Hirdes, J., Laurie-Shaw, L., Tourangeau, A., Hillan, E., Lefebre, N., & Reid-Haughian, C. (Funding: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, CHSRF, CITO, Nortel) |
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Doran, D.M. & Di Pietro, T. (in press, 2008). Knowledge Translation in Nursing Through Decision Support at the Point of Care. In A. Kushniruk (Ed.). The Human and Social Side of Health Information Systems.
Doran, D.M., Di Pietro, T., Mylopoulos, J., Kushniruk, A., Nagle, L., Sidani, S., Tourangeau, A., Laurie-Shaw, B., Carryer, J. & McArthur, G. (2007) Usability Evaluation of nurses’ use of point-of-care electronic devices. Proceedings ITCH 2007.ITCH 2007, pp. 485-88.
Doran, D.M., Pickard, J., Harris, J., Coyte, P.C., MacRae, A.R., Laschinger, H., Darlington, G., Carryer, J. (2007). The Relationship Between Managed Competition in Home Care Nursing Services and Nurse Outcomes. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 39(3):151-65.
Doran, D.M., Mylopoulos, J., Kushniruk, A., Nagle, L., Laurie-Shaw, B., Sidani, S., Tourangeau, A., Lefebre, N., Reid-Haughian, C., Carryer, J.R., Cranley, LA., & McArthur, G. (2007). Evidence in the Palm of Your Hand: Development of an Outcomes-Focused Knowledge Translation Intervention. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. 4(2), 69-77.
Doran, D.M., Pickard, J., Harris, J., Coyte, P.C., MacRae, A.R., Laschinger, H., Darlington, G., Carryer, J. (2007). The Relationship between Characteristics of Home Care Nursing Service Contracts under Managed Competition and Continuity of Care and Client Outcomes: Evidence from Ontario. Healthcare Policy. 2(4), 97-113.
Doran, D.M., & Sidani, S. (2007). Outcomes-Focused Knowledge Translation: A Framework for Knowledge Translation and Patient Outcomes Improvement. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. 4(1) 3-13.
Doran, D.M., Harrison, M., Spence-Laschinger, H., Hirdes, J., Rukholm, E., Sidani, S., McGillis-Hall, L., & Tourangeau, A. (2006). Nursing sensitive outcomes data collection in acute care and long-term care settings. Nursing Research, 55, (2S), S75-S81.
Doran, D.M., Harrison, M., Spence-Laschinger, H., Hirdes, J., Rukholm, E., Sidani, S., McGillis-Hall, L., & Tourangeau, A., Cranley, L. (2006). The Relationship Between Nursing Interventions and Outcome Achievement in Acute Care and Long-Term Care. Research in Nursing & Health, 29, 61-70.
Doran, D.M. (2005). Teamwork with nursing and the multidisciplinary team. In McGillis Hall, L. (Editor). Quality Work Environments: Nurse and Patient Safety. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Doran, D.M. (2003). Measuring and monitoring patient outcomes. In L. Dubé, G. Ferland, & D.S. Moskowitz (Eds.). Emotional and Interpersonal Dimensions of Health Services. Enriching the Art of Care with the Science of Care. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Doran, D.M. (Ed.) (2003). Nursing Sensitive Outcomes: State of the Science. Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett (pp. 363). |
