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Bonnie Wakefield, PhD, RN
Collaborator
BSN Bradley University, 1976
PhD The University of Iowa, 1996
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Dr. Wakefield is a CRIISP Investigator, a Veterans Affairs Health Service Research & Development Advanced Career Development Awardee, as well as the new Director of Health Services Research Harry S. Truman VA Medical Center, in Columbia, MO. Dr. Wakefield's multi-method research focuses on assessment and improvement of outcomes in older patients; the professional culture surrounding patient safety issues; and application of innovative strategies of health care delivery based on tele-medicine. Her current work focuses on evaluating tele-health home care for recently discharged patients with heart failure. Although Dr. Wakefield has assumed a new position in Columbia, she retains her current grant within CRIISP.
Research Interests
Assessment and improvement of functional outcomes in frail elderly patients
The professional culture surrounding patient safety issues
Application of innovative telehealth strategies to improve health care delivery
Research Projects
Iowa City HSR&D Developmental Program
Effectiveness of Care Coordination in Managing Medically Complex Patients
Evaluating Telehealth Home Care for Elderly Veterans with Congestive Heart Failure
Ototoxicity Identification Device
Multi Method Educational Program to Train Clinicians and Managers in. Evidence based Practice Tools and Methods
Testing the Effect of an Internet-Based Structured Emotional Expressive Writing
Selected Publications
Wakefield, B., Holman, J., Ray, A., Morse, J., & Kienzle, M. (2004). Nurse and patient communication via low- and high-bandwidth home telecare systems. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 10, 156-9.
Wakefield, B., Buresh, K., Flanagan, J., & Kienzle, M. (2004). Interactive video specialty consultations in long-term care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52(5), 789-793.
Bylund, C., Wakefield, B., Ray, A., & Morse, J. (2004). Bringing care home to the rural elderly: clinician and patient satisfaction with telehealth communication. In P. Whitten & D. Cook Eds., Understanding health communications technologies: a case book approach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishing.
Wakefield, B. & Kienzle, M.G. (2004). A clinic in every home. In R. Nelson & M. Ball (Eds.) Consumer Informatics: Applications and Strategies in Cyber Health Care. New York: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
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Contact Information
VA Iowa City Health Care System
CRIISP (152)
601 Highway 6 West
Iowa City, IA 52246-2208
Phone: 319-338-0581 Ext 7615
Facsimile: 319-887-4932
E-mail: bonnie.wakefield@med.va.gov
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