Biography

Name: Dr Ciara Heavin

Email: c.heavin@ucc.ie

Role: Senior Lecturer

Academic Unit: Business Information Systems/Health Information Systems Research Centre

Dr. Ciara Heavin is a Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems at Cork University Business School, University College Cork, Ireland. Her research focuses on opportunities for using information systems (IS) in the global healthcare ecosystem and in digital transformation. As Co-Director of the Health Information Systems Research Centre (HIRSC), Dr. Heavin has directed funded research in the investigation, development, and implementation of innovative technology solutions in the health/healthcare domain. She has published articles in several top international IS journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Heavin has co-authored two books with Daniel J. Power: Decision Support, Analytics, and Business Intelligence and Data-Based Decision Making and Digital Transformation. She earned a PhD from University College Cork.

Thematic Expertise

Thematic Expertise

Health Information Systems, Mobile health in developing countries, mHealth, eHealth, Digital Health

Geographical Expertise

Geographic Expertise:

Nigeria, Malawi

Relevant Projects

Supporting LIFE http://www.supportinglife.eu/partners.html

IMPACT https://impactirc.wordpress.com/

Relevant Publications

Relevant Publications:

• Kenny, G., O’Connor, Y., Eze, E., Ndibuagu, E., Heavin, C. ‘Are we on the same page? Exploring

  Stakeholders’ Shared Mental Models of Mobile Health in Rural Nigeria, Health Informatics

  Journal (Forthcoming).

• Kenny, G., O’Connor, Y., Eze, E., Ndibuagu, E., Heavin, C. ‘I need it to diagnose people, how long

  will the battery last: An investigation of Primary Healthcare Workers’ attitude to mHealth in

  Nigeria’. International Journal of e-Health and Medical Communications. (Forthcoming).

• Dick S, O'Connor Y, Thompson MJ, O'Donoghue J, Hardy V, Wu J, O Sullivan T, Chirambo GB,

  Heavin C. (2020). Considerations for Improved mHealth Evaluation: Retrospective

  Qualitative Investigation, JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2020;8(1):e12424.

• Dick, S., O’Connor, Y. and Heavin, C. (2020). Approaches to Mobile Health Evaluation: A

  Comparative Study, Information Systems Management, 37:1, 75-92, DOI:

  10.1080/10580530.2020.1696550