George Demiris

George Demiris is an Associate Professor of biobehavioral nursing and health systems at the School of Nursing and Biomedical and Health Informatics, at the School of Medicine, University of Washington. He obtained his M.S. degree in medical informatics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and his Ph.D. degree in health informatics from the University of Minnesota. His research interests include the design and evaluation of home-based technologies for older adults and patients with chronic conditions and disabilities, smart homes and ambient assisted living applications and the use of telehealth in home care and hospice. He is the Chair of the International Medical Informatics Assosiation (IMIA) Working Group on Smart Homes and Ambient Assisted Living and the Chair of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Knowledge in Motion Working Group.

Biography Updated on 3 April 2007

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Videophone Communication Between Residents and Family: A Case Study
    Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 123–127, 2007
  2. Exploring Underutilization of Videophones in Hospice Settings
    Telemedicine and e-Health, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 25–32, 2007
  3. Assessing the Nature and Process of Hospice Interdisciplinary Team Meetings
    Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 17–21, 2007
  4. Internet Use by Hospice Families and Providers: A Review
    Journal of Medical Systems, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 97–101, 2007
  5. Defining Obtrusiveness in Home Telehealth Technologies: A Conceptual Framework
    Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 428–431, 2006
  6. Workshop on transatlantic collaboration in telehealth and telework
    Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 108–108, 2006
  7. Principles of survey development for telemedicine applications
    Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 111–115, 2006
  8. The diffusion of virtual communities in health care: Concepts and challenges
    Patient Education and Counseling, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 178–188, 2006
  9. Rural Backwaters or Front-Runners? Rural Telehealth in the Vanguard of Psychology Practice.
    Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, vol. 37, no. 2, Article ID 2006-04242-010, 8 pages, 2006
  10. A study of the suitability of videophones for psychometric assessment
    Behaviour & Information Technology, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 233–237, 2006
  11. Telehospice Support for Elder Caregivers of Hospice Patients: Two Case Studies
    Journal of Palliative Medicine, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 264–267, 2006
  12. The usability of videophones for seniors and hospice providers: a brief report of two studies
    Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 782–790, 2005
  13. A comparison of communication models of traditional and video-mediated health care delivery
    International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 74, no. 10, pp. 851–856, 2005
  14. An Evaluation Framework for a Rural Home-Based Telerehabilitation Network
    Journal of Medical Systems, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 595–603, 2005
  15. Integration of Telemedicine in Graduate Medical Informatics Education
    Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 310–314, 2003