
Ulla-Mari Kinnunen
Professor
Professor of Health and Human Services Informatics, Adjunct Professor
Department of Health and Social Management, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
[email protected] | +358 40 355 3953
I am a Professor in Health and Human Services Master’s programme and an Adjunct Professor in Evidence Based Research and Development. My research interests are data structures and classifications in EHR, evidence-based health care and informatics competencies both for professionals and citizens including educational and organizational factors in enhancing digitalization in health and social care services. I am a chair of the Finnish nursing terminology, FinCC, vice chair of the IMIA NI Board, and a core staff member of the Finnish Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence.
I am a supervisor for 16 doctoral students and several master’s thesis students, responsible for coordination and development of the HHSI educational program, PhD seminar, and Master’s thesis seminar.
I am a member of the Publication Forum (https://www.tsv.fi/julkaisufoorumi/haku.php?lang=en ), panel 14, 2022–2025 and 2025-2028 and a member of the Editorial Board of JMIR Nursing.
I got the IMIA fellowship Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics 2021
Research groups
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FinCC, Finnish Care Classification - research group of nursing terminology 01.01.2010 -
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Health and Human Services Informatics Research Group 01.01.2001 -
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House of Effectiveness 01.11.2018 -
Projects
Publications
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Comparisons of Physicians’, Nurses’, and Social Welfare Professionals’ Experiences With Participation in Information System Development: Cross-Sectional Survey Study
Martikainen, Susanna; Viitanen, Johanna; Salovaara, Samuel; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari; Lääveri, Tinja, 2025, JMIR human factors, 12, e51495-e51495, . A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Driving and Restraining Forces in the Implementation of Information Systems in the Public Sector: Scoping Review
Lemmettylä, Arja; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari, 2025, JMIR human factors, 12, e71575. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review -
ICT acceptance in social and healthcare context – A scoping review of theories and models
Kumpulainen, Heli; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari; Jylhä, Virpi, 2025, International journal of medical informatics, 195, 105796. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review -
Kirjaamisen laadulla vaikuttavuutta hoidon laatuun ja turvallisuuteen
Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari; Mykkänen, Minna; Ukkola, Timo; Liljamo, Pia, 2025, Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 17, 2, 247–254, . B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Kuntoutuksen ammattihenkilöiden huolet digitaalisessa asiakastyössä
Karikumpu, Venla; Vehko, Tuulikki; Kansanen, Mari; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari; Äijö, Marja; Jylhä, Virpi, 2025, Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 17, 2, 171–187, . A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Mobile health interventions on vaccination coverage among children under 5 years of age in Low and Middle-Income countries; a scoping review
Onigbogi, Olanrewaju; Ojo, Omobola Yetunde; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari; Saranto, Kaija, 2025, Frontiers in public health, 13, 1392709. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review -
The Completeness of the Operating Room Data
Nurmela, Päivi; Mykkänen, Minna Marjetta; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari, 2025, Methods of information in medicine, 63, 137-144, . A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The Significance of Information Quality for the Secondary Use of the Information in the National Healthcare Quality Registers in Finland
Frondelius, Anna; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari; Jormanainen, Vesa, 2025, Methods of information in medicine, 2024; 63, 66-76, . A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Digimentoroinnilla konkreettisiin muutoksiin ikääntyvien palveluissa
Kivekäs, Eija; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari; Ikonen, Johanna; Miettinen, Tanja; Saranto, Kaija, 2024, Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 16, 2, 144-157, . A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Discovering the importance of health informatics education competencies in healthcare practice. A focus group interview
Mannevaara, Pauleen; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari; Egbert, Nicole; Hübner, Ursula; Vieira-Marques, Pedro; Sousa, Paulino; Saranto, Kaija, 2024, International journal of medical informatics, 187, 105463. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research