Areas of Interest
- Health Information Systems
- Health Information Management
About
Ramona Kyabaggu, MSc, is a Certified Health Information Management (CHIM) professional who graduated from the University of Western Ontario’s honours specialization program in health information management in 2009. Since then, she has worked in public health as a program evaluator and knowledge broker and taught Public Health Informatics at the University of Lusaka, Zambia. Currently, Ramona is a 4th year doctoral candidate in Health Information Science (Western University) and an assistant professor at Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Regina, where she coordinates the Master of Health Administration major in Health Informatics and Information Management (MHA-HIIM). Ramona is an applied researcher whose primary research goal is to strengthen health system readiness for learning health systems. Her current research addresses how we can improve health information systems implementation through the better use of theory and evaluation.
Designations
- PhD (Candidate), Health Information Science, Western University
- MSc, Health Services and Public Health Research (Epidemiology), University of Aberdeen, UK
- BHSc Honours, Health Information Management, Western University
- CHIM, Certified Health Information Management Professional
Recent Grants/Awards
Grants
- Principal Investigator, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, Solutions-Innovation Grant,"Engineering and Evaluating a Patient-oriented Home Care Ordering Tool to Enhance Aging in Place During the COVID Era," $50,000. 2021.
Awards
- 2018 Global Opportunities Scholarship
- 2018 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship
Select Publications
Journal Articles
- Jones GT, Kyabaggu R, Marais D and Macfarlane GJ. (2013). Reproducibility of pain manikins: a comparison of paper versus online questionnaires. British Journal of Pain, 7(3): 130-137
Technical Reports
- Alcohol and Chronic Disease. (2014). The Health Index. Available at https://www.healthunit.com/uploads/health-index-alcohol-and-chronic-disease.pdf
- Middlesex-London Health Unit. (2012). Injury Prevention: Perceptions and Beliefs. Fast Facts. Available at https://www.healthunit.com/uploads/mlhu-injury-prevention-perception-beliefs.pdf
- National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. (2016). The Evidence-Informed Decision- Making Casebook Sharing Success Stories for Public Health in Canada. Available at http://www.nccmt.ca/uploads/media/media/0001/01/89596b99624a2230b05ce168b6c56fc3f77ae151.pdf