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 - -
Health and Human Services Informatics Research Group 01.01.2001 - -
House of Effectiveness 01.11.2018 -
Projects
Publications
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A Statistical Framework for Person-Centered Analysis of Digital Service Use in Public Health and Social Care
Rönkkö, Ilona; Heiskanen, Antti; Antikainen, Katja; Liljamo, Pia; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari, 2026, Methods of information in medicine, [Epub ahead of print April 2026], 1-19. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Assessment of Nursing Documentation Quality
Mykkänen, Minna; Ikonen, Johanna; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari; Saranto, Kaija; Vehko, Tuulikki, 2026, Cin: computers informatics nursing, [Published ahead of print February 2, 2026], 1-8. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Child Protection Informatics: A Scoping Review
Westlund, Onni; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari; Kivivirta, Ville, 2026, Journal of technology in human services, [Epub ahead of print 21 Apr 2026], 1-37. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Diagnoositietojen kirjaaminen ja kerääminen osana julkisen sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon rahoitusmallin tietopohjaa
Voutilainen, Tomi; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari, 2026, Valtiovarainministeriö. D4 Published development or research report or study -
Digimentorointimallit sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon ammattilaisten digiosaamisen kehittämisessä
Ahonen, Outi Maria; Tetri, Birgitta; Arifulla, Dinah; Zadraks, Heidi; Id-Korhonen, Annamaija; Hirvasniemi, Riikka; Lähesmaa, Jukka; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari, 2026, Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 18, 2, 245-252. B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Monialainen kirjaaminen yhteisen tiedonmuodostuksen välineenä – sairaanhoitajien näkökulma
Ikonen, Johanna; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari; Liljamo, Pia; Kuusisto, Hanna; Vehko, Tuulikki, 2026, Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 18, 2, 159-174. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon johtajien näkemykset tiedonhallinnan osaamisesta ja kehittämistarpeista hyvinvointialueiden toiminnan käynnistyessä
Hilama, Pirjo; Huovila, Mikko; Jylhä, Virpi; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari, 2026, Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 18, 2, 143-158. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
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 -
DigiKunto - Kuntoutuksen ammattihenkilöiden kokemukset asiakas- ja potilastietojärjestelmistä ja digitaalisista palveluista työn tukena 2025 : Tutkimushankkeen loppuraportti
Kansanen, Mari; Karikumpu, Venla; Kinnunen, Ulla-Mari; Vehko, Tuulikki; Äijö, Marja; Jylhä, Virpi, 2025, Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos. D4 Published development or research report or study -
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
