Cornelia Ruland

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Name: Cornelia Ruland, RN, PhD

Elected ACMI Fellow: 1984

Birthdate:

Degrees: RN Haukeland School, Bergen, Norway 1979; MSN University of Oslo, 1994; Ph.D, Case Western Reserve, 1998

Current Position: Director, Center for Nursing Research, University of Bergen, Norway

Current email: cornelia.ruland@rikshospilalet.no

Professional Affiliations: American Medical Informatics Association; American Society of Medical Decision Making; European Society of Medical Decision Making; Association of Common European Nursing Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes

Professional Activities: International Cancer Congress, Oslo, Norway, 2002; Medinfo2001, London, 2001

Honors and Awards: Nursing Informatics Working Group Award at the AMIA, 2000; Sigma Theta Tau International’s Education Technology Award, 2000; Best Paper Award at the AMIA 1999

Other Works:

Other Information:

Curriculum Vitae: CV from Columbia DMI

Selected Publications:

Challenges in Presenting Categories of Symptoms in a Home Health Care System for Cancer Patients
Ruland, Cornelia M. Slaughter, Laura Kaufman, David Andersen, Roar
We investigated how patients use a symptom selection tool developed for use within Web-CHOICE, a
n Internet-based support system for cancer patients....

Mapping Cancer Patients’ Symptoms to UMLS Concepts
Slaughter, Laura Ruland, Cornelia Rotegård, Ann Kristin
A prerequisite for patient-friendly personal health records (PHR) is their ability to allow seam
less integration of patient terminology with...

Constructing an Effective Information Architecture for a Pediatric Cancer Symptom Assessment Too
l
Slaughter, Laura Ruland, Cornelia Vatne, Torun Marie
We are in the process of creating a classification structure of health concepts (symptoms) that 
will be used within the user interface of a...

Effects of a Computerized System to Support Shared Decision Making in Symptom Management of Canc
er...
Ruland, Cornelia M. White, Thomas Stevens, Marguerite Fanciullo, Gilbert Khilani, Samir M.
Objective: (1) To evaluate preliminary effects of a computerized support system on congruence be
tween patients' reported symptoms and preferences and...

Effects of a Computerized System to Support Shared Decision Making in Symptom Management of Cancer...
Ruland, Cornelia M. White, Thomas Stevens, Marguerite Fanciullo, Gilbert Khilani, Samir M.
Objective: (1) To evaluate preliminary effects of a computerized support system on congruence be
tween patients' reported symptoms and preferences and...

Clustering Techniques for Organizing Cancer-related Concepts into Meaningful Groups for Patients
Andersen, Roar Ruland, Cornelia Røslien, Jo Slaughter, Laura Andersen, Trine Jacobsen, Wenche
A major challenge in the design of Internet support for patients is to organize the content in a
 way that patients perceive as meaningful and easy to...

Decision Support for Patient Preference-based Care Planning: Effects on Nursing Care and Patient
...
Ruland, Cornelia M.
Objective: While preference elicitation techniques have been effective in helping patients make 
decisions consistent with their preferences, little...

Handheld Technology to Improve Patient Care: Evaluating a Support System for Preference-based Ca
re...
Ruland, Cornelia M.
Objective: Despite an increasing movement toward shared decision making and the incorporation of
 patients' preferences into health care decision...

Decision Support for Patient Preference-based Care Planning: Effects on Nursing Care and Patient...
Ruland, Cornelia M.
Objective: While preference elicitation techniques have been effective in helping patients make 
decisions consistent with their preferences, little...

Decision support for patient preference-based care planning: effects on nursing care and patient
...
Ruland, Cornelia M.
OBJECTIVE: While preference elicitation techniques have been effective in helping patients make 
decisions consistent with their preferences, little...

Handheld Technology to Improve Patient Care: Evaluating a Support System for Preference-based Ca
re...
Ruland, Cornelia M.
Objective: Despite an increasing movement toward shared decision making and the incorporation of
 patients' preferences into health care decision...

Reliability and Validity Issues Related to Interactive Tailored Patient Assessments: A Case Stud
y
Ruland, Cornelia M Bakken, Suzanne Røislien, Jo

Integrating patient preferences for self-care capability in nursing care : effects on nurses' ca
re... (1998)
Ruland, Cornelia.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Case Western Reserve University, 1998. Includes bibliographical references.

How children with cancer communicate and think about symptoms. (2010)
Vatne, Torun M Slaugther, Laura Ruland, Cornelia M
BACKGROUND: For clinicians to effectively help children with their illness and symptoms, it is i
mportant to communicate with them in a language they...

User requirements for a practice-integrated nurse-administered online communication service for.
.. (2009)
Ruland, Cornelia M Borosund, Elin Varsi, Cecilie
This paper describes the use of participatory design methods in the development of a nurse-admin
istered online patient-provider communication (OPPC)...

Designing tailored Internet support to assist cancer patients in illness management. (2007)
Ruland, Cornelia M. Jeneson, Annette Andersen, Trine Andersen, Roar Slaughter, Laura Bente-Schj 
dt-Osmo, Moore, Shirley M
This paper describes the development and a preliminary usage analysis of a novel Internet-based 
support system that assists cancer patients in...

Toward a Model for Field-Testing Patient Decision-Support Technologies: A Qualitative Field-Test
ing... (2007)
Evans, Rhodri Elwyn, Glyn Edwards, Adrian Watson, Eila Austoker, Joan Grol, Richard
Reviewer: Stacey, Dawn Reviewer: Davison, Joyce [This item is a preserved copy and is not necess
arily the most recent version. To view the current...

Reliability and Validity Issues Related to Interactive Tailored Patient Assessments: A Case Stud
y (2007)
Ruland, Cornelia M Bakken, Suzanne Røislien, Jo
Reviewer: Lewis, Deborah Reviewer: Streiner, David [This item is a preserved copy and is not nec
essarily the most recent version. To view the current...

Designing Tailored Internet Support to Assist Cancer Patients in Illness Management
Ruland, Cornelia M. Jeneson, Annette Andersen, Trine Andersen, Roar Slaughter, Laura Bente-Schjø
dt-Osmo, Moore, Shirley M
This paper describes the development and a preliminary usage analysis of a novel Internet-based 
support system that assists cancer patients in...

Clinicians' Opinions about the Usefulness and Effectiveness of Support Systems for Evidence- and...
Ruland, Cornelia M.
We conducted a survey among an interdisciplinary group of 182 clinicians to obtain their opinion
s about (a) the usefulness of Decision Support...

Decision Support for Assessing Patient Preferences for Geriatric Care
Ruland, Cornelia M. Krescevic, Denise Brennan, Patricia Flatley Lorensen, Margarethe
Ruland, Cornelia M. Krescevic, Denise Brennan, Patricia Flatley Lorensen, Margarethe

Using Palm-Top Technology to Elicit Patient Preferences at the Bedside
Ruland, Cornelia M.

Comparing Tailored Computerized Symptom Assessments to Interviews and Questionnaires
Ruland, Cornelia Røslien, Jo Bakken, Suzanne Kristiansen, Jørn
We compared the performance of a computerized symptom assessment tool called Choice in terms of 
number of symptoms and time needed for 92 cancer...

Heyn L, Ruland CM, Finset A. Effects of an interactive tailored patient
assessment tool on eliciting and responding to cancer patients' cues and concern
s
in clinical consultations with physicians and nurses. Patient Educ Couns. 2012
Feb;86(2):158-65. Epub 2011 May 17.

Rotegård AK, Fagermoen MS, Ruland CM. Cancer patients' experiences of their
personal strengths through illness and recovery. Cancer Nurs. 2012
Jan;35(1):E8-E17.

Vatne TM, Ruland CM, Ornes K, Finset A. Children's Expressions of Negative
Emotions and Adults' Responses During Routine Cardiac Consultations. J Pediatr
Psychol. 2011 Sep 21.

Heyn L, Finset A, Eide H, Ruland CM. Effects of an interactive tailored
patient assessment on patient-clinician communication in cancer care.
Psychooncology. 2011 Sep 15. doi: 10.1002/pon.2064.

Grimsbø GH, Finset A, Ruland CM. Left hanging in the air: experiences of
living with cancer as expressed through E-mail communications with oncology
nurses. Cancer Nurs. 2011 Mar-Apr;34(2):107-16.

Rotegaard AK, Ruland CM. Patient centeredness in terminologies: coverage of
health assets concepts in the International Classification of Nursing Practice. 
J
Biomed Inform. 2010 Oct;43(5):805-11. Epub 2010 May 6.

Stenberg U, Ruland CM, Miaskowski C. Review of the literature on the effects
of caring for a patient with cancer. Psychooncology. 2010 Oct;19(10):1013-25.
Review.

Vatne TM, Finset A, Ørnes K, Ruland CM. Application of the verona coding
definitions of emotional sequences (VR-CoDES) on a pediatric data set. Patient
Educ Couns. 2010 Sep;80(3):399-404.

Ruland CM, Holte HH, Røislien J, Heaven C, Hamilton GA, Kristiansen J,
Sandbaek H, Kvaløy SO, Hasund L, Ellison MC. Effects of a computer-supported
interactive tailored patient assessment tool on patient care, symptom distress,
and patients' need for symptom management support: a randomized clinical trial. 
J
Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010 Jul-Aug;17(4):403-10.

Rotegård AK, Moore SM, Fagermoen MS, Ruland CM. Health assets: a concept
analysis. Int J Nurs Stud. 2010 Apr;47(4):513-25. Epub 2009 Oct 12. Review.

Vatne TM, Slaugther L, Ruland CM. How children with cancer communicate and
think about symptoms. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2010 Jan-Feb;27(1):24-32. Epub 2009
Oct 15.

Bakken S, Ruland CM. Translating clinical informatics interventions into
routine clinical care: how can the RE-AIM framework help? J Am Med Inform Assoc.
 
2009 Nov-Dec;16(6):889-97. Epub 2009 Aug 28.

Ruland CM, Hamilton GA, Schjødt-Osmo B. The complexity of symptoms and
problems experienced in children with cancer: a review of the literature. J Pain
 
Symptom Manage. 2009 Mar;37(3):403-18.

Varsi C, Ruland CM. Congruence between nursing problems in nursing care plans
and NANDA nursing diagnoses. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009;146:778-9.

Rotegaard AK, Ruland CM. Representation of patients' health asset concepts in
the International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP). Stud Health Technol
 
Inform. 2009;146:314-9.

Ruland CM, Borosund E, Varsi C. User requirements for a practice-integrated
nurse-administered online communication service for cancer patients. Stud Health
 
Technol Inform. 2009;146:221-5.

Andersen T, Ruland CM. Cancer patients' questions and concerns expressed in
an online nurse-delivered mail service: preliminary results. Stud Health Technol
 
Inform. 2009;146:149-53.

Patel SR, Bakken S, Ruland C. Recent advances in shared decision making for
mental health. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2008 Nov;21(6):606-12. Review. 

Ruland CM, Starren J, Vatne TM. Participatory design with children in the
development of a support system for patient-centered care in pediatric oncology.
 
J Biomed Inform. 2008 Aug;41(4):624-35. Epub 2007 Nov 13.

Ruland CM, Brynhi H, Andersen R, Bryhni T. Developing a shared electronic
health record for patients and clinicians. Stud Health Technol Inform.
2008;136:57-62.

Ruland CM, Jeneson A, Andersen T, Andersen R, Slaughter L,
Bente-Schjødt-Osmo, Moore SM. Designing tailored Internet support to assist
cancer patients in illness management. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007 Oct 11:635-9.

Ruland CM, Bakken S, Røislien J. Reliability and validity issues related to
interactive tailored patient assessments: a case study. J Med Internet Res. 2007
 
Aug 1;9(3):e22.

Ruland CM, Slaughter L, Starren J, Vatne TM, Moe EY. Children's contributions
to designing a communication tool for children with cancer. Stud Health Technol
Inform. 2007;129(Pt 2):977-82.

Elwyn G, O'Connor A, Stacey D, Volk R, Edwards A, Coulter A, Thomson R,
Barratt A, Barry M, Bernstein S, Butow P, Clarke A, Entwistle V, Feldman-Stewart
 
D, Holmes-Rovner M, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Moumjid N, Mulley A, Ruland C, Sepucha K
,
Sykes A, Whelan T; International Patient Decision Aids Standards (IPDAS)
Collaboration. Developing a quality criteria framework for patient decision aids
:
online international Delphi consensus process. BMJ. 2006 Aug 26;333(7565):417.
Epub 2006 Aug 14.

Slaughter LA, Ruland CM, Vatne TM. Constructing an effective information
architecture for a pediatric cancer symptom assessment tool. AMIA Annu Symp Proc
.
2006:1102.

Ruland C, Røslien J, Bakken S, Kristiansen J. Comparing tailored computerized
symptom assessments to interviews and questionnaires. AMIA Annu Symp Proc.
2006:1081.

Ruland CM. Clinicians' perceived usefulness of a support system for
patient-centered cancer care. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006;124:624-30.

Rotegård AK, Slaughter L, Ruland CM. Mapping nurses' natural language to
oncology patients' symptom expressions. Stud Health Technol Inform.
2006;122:987-8.

Angermo LM, Ruland CM. Increasing the usability of nursing intervention
classification in EHR's. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006;122:985-6.

Ruland CM, Slaughter L, Starren J, Vatne TM. Children as design partners in
the development of a support system for children with cancer. Stud Health Techno
l
Inform. 2006;122:80-5.

Schou I, Ekeberg Ø, Sandvik L, Hjermstad MJ, Ruland CM. Multiple predictors
of health-related quality of life in early stage breast cancer. Data from a year
 
follow-up study compared with the general population. Qual Life Res. 2005
Oct;14(8):1813-23.

Ruland CM. Shared decision making and nursing informatics research in Norway.
Appl Nurs Res. 2005 May;18(2):70-2; discussion 72-3. Review.

Schou I, Ekeberg Ø, Sandvik L, Ruland CM. Stability in optimism-pessimism in 
relation to bad news: a study of women with breast cancer. J Pers Assess. 2005
Apr;84(2):148-54.

Wik KE, Lindegaard KF, Brunborg B, Bjørk IT, Ruland C. [Life following acute 
subarachnoid haemorrhage]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2005 Jan 20;125(2):152-4.
Norwegian.

Ruland CM, Slaughter L, Kaufmann D, Andersen R. Challenges in presenting
categories of symptoms in a home health care system for cancer patients. AMIA
Annu Symp Proc. 2005:1100.

Andersen R, Ruland C, Slaughter L, Andersen T, Jacobsen W. Clustering
techniques for organizing cancer-related concepts into meaningful groups for
patients. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2005:882.

Slaughter L, Ruland C, Rotegård AK. Mapping cancer patients' symptoms to UMLS
concepts. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2005:699-703.

Ruland CM. A survey about the usefulness of computerized systems to support
illness management in clinical practice. Int J Med Inform. 2004
Nov;73(11-12):797-805.

Ruland CM. Improving patient safety through informatics tools for shared
decision making and risk communication. Int J Med Inform. 2004 Aug;73(7-8):551-7
.

Hommelstad J, Ruland CM. Norwegian nurses' perceived barriers and
facilitators to research use. AORN J. 2004 Mar;79(3):621-34.

Ruland CM, White T, Stevens M, Fanciullo G, Khilani SM. Effects of a
computerized system to support shared decision making in symptom management of
cancer patients: preliminary results. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2003
Nov-Dec;10(6):573-9. Epub 2003 Aug 4.

Ruland CM, Ravn IH. Usefulness and effects on costs and staff management of a
nursing resource management information system. J Nurs Manag. 2003
May;11(3):208-15.

Moore SM, Dolansky MA, Ruland CM, Pashkow FJ, Blackburn GG. Predictors of
women's exercise maintenance after cardiac rehabilitation. J Cardiopulm Rehabil.
2003 Jan-Feb;23(1):40-9.

Ruland CM, Bakken S. Developing, implementing, and evaluating decision
support systems for shared decision making in patient care: a conceptual model
and case illustration. J Biomed Inform. 2002 Oct-Dec;35(5-6):313-21.

Ruland CM. Handheld technology to improve patient care: evaluating a support 
system for preference-based care planning at the bedside. J Am Med Inform Assoc.
2002 Mar-Apr;9(2):192-201.

Ruland, C. M.  & Bakken, S. (2002) Representing Patient Preference-Related Concepts for Inclusion in 
Electronic Health Records. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 34(6), 415-22. 
 
Schou I, Ekeberg Ø, Ruland CM, Kåresen  R. (in press) Do women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and 
consulting surgeons assess decision making equally? The Breast 
 
Moore, S.M., Dolansky, M.,  Ruland, C.M. , Pashkow, F.J. & Blackburn, G.G. (2002) Predictors of 
Women’s Exercise Maintenance Following Rehabilitation. Journal of Cardopulmonary Rehabilitation.  
 
Ruland, C. M.  (2002). Hand-Held Technology to Improve Patient Care: Evaluating a Support System for 
Preference- Based Care Planning at the Bedside. J Am Med Inform Ass  9, 192-200. 
 
Hellesø, R., Ruland, C.M. (2001). Developing a module for nursing documentation integrated in the 
electronic patient Record. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10, 799-805. 
 
Ruland, C. M.  (2001). Developing a Decision Support System (DSS) to Meet Nurse Managers’ Information 
Needs for Effective Resource Management. Computers in Nursing, 19 (5), 187-193. 
 
Ruland, C. M. & Moore S.M. (2001). Eliciting exercise preferences in cardiac rehabilitation: Initial 
evaluation of a new strategy. Patient Education and Counseling 44(1), 283-291. 
 
Ruland, C. M.  (2001). Evaluating the beta- version of the International Classification for Nursing Practice 
(ICNP) for domain completeness, applicability of its axial structure and utility for clinical practice. A 
Norwegian project. International Nursing Review, 48 (1), 9-16. 
 
Ruland, C.M. (1999). Decision Support for Patient Preference-Based Care Planning: Effects on Nursing 
Care and Patient Outcomes. J Am Med Inform Ass, 6 (4), 304-12. 
 
Moore, S.M., Ruland, C. M., Pashkow, F. & Blackburn, G. (1998). Women’s patterns of exercise following 
cardiac rehabilitation. Nursing Research, 47 (6), 318-325. 
 
Ruland C. M., Moore, S.M. (1998). Theory construction based on standards of care: A proposed theory of 
the peaceful end of life. Nursing Outlook, 46 (4), 169-75. 
 
Ruland, C. M., Kresevic, D., Lorensen, M. (1997). Including patient preferences in nurses' assessment of 
elderly patients. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 6, 495-504. 
 
Ruland C. M.  (1996). Clinical decision making in nursing. Vård i Norden, 4, 4-12. (Scandinavian Journal of 
Nursing Research). 
 
Ruland C. M. (1992). The role of leadership for quality improvement in nursing. [Ledelsens betydning for 
kvalitetssikring i sykepleietjenesten]. Vård i Norden, 12, 55 –62. (Scandinavian Journal of Nursing 
Research). 
 
Ruland, CM., & Ravn, I.H. (2000). Evaluation results of CLASSICA: A resource management system for nurse 
administrators.  [Resultater av CLASSICA, et ressursstyringsystem for sykepleietjenesten (20 p). 
 
Norwegian Nurses’ Association: (1995)  Information technology as a tool in nursing. [Informasjonsteknologi 
som verktøy i sykepleien]. Written parts of report on behalf of the Norwegian Nurses’ Association.  
Cornelia M. Ruland  
 
Ruland, C.M. (1989). Information technology in nursing – tool, challenge or threat?  [Informasjonsteknologi i 
sykepleie- redskap, utfordring eller trussel]. Published by The Federation of the Nordic Nurses’ 
Association,  ISBN nr. 82 - 7269 - 049 - 7. (104 p).

Books

Ruland, C.M. (2000). Helse- og sykepleieinformatikk:  Hvordan IKT kan bidra til utvikling av en bedre 
helsetjeneste]. [Introduction to Nursing and Medical Informatics]. Gyldendal Akademisk, Oslo, Norway. ISBN: 82- 417-1222-7,  (216 p).  
 
Swedish translation: Ruland C.M. (2002). Vårdinformatikk. Hur anvændning av informations-och 
kommunikastionsteknologi kan utvekla vård och omvårdnad. Natur och Kultur, Stockholm, Sweden 
 
Danish Translation: Ruland, CM (2002). Sundhetsinformatik for sygeplejestuderende. Hvordan IKT kan 
bidrage til udviklingen af et bedre sundhedsvæsen. (Dansk oversettelse). ISBN_ 87-12-03800-8 
 
Ruland, C.M. & Hoy, D. (1993): Information technology and nursing. [Datateknologi og sykepleie - Hvem setter  premissene?] Ad Notam Gyldendal, Oslo, Norway (190 p).

Additional Media:
MidRange Theory portion of "Grand and Mid-Range Theory Critique", September 2010. (no audio, slides only)

Interview as part of "Health Tech Today" series

Sources:
http://www.nurses.info/nursing_theory_midrange_theories_cornelia_ruland.htm

http://people.dbmi.columbia.edu/~cmr7001/pdf/CV_10_02.pdf

http://www.ous-research.no/home/sps/CV/11583