Patient Empowerment

Lindsey Boechler

Email

lindsey.boechler@saskpolytech.ca

Research Projects

  • Revitalizing the Saskatchewan health system to ensure accessibility to care for newcomers.

  • Lived experiences of paramedics during the COVID-19 pandemic (includes participants from across Canada and England).

  • Lived experiences of Saskatchewan police officers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Meaningful relationships with Indigenous communities to promote mental health and well-being of Indigenous youth.

Select Publications

  • Saskatchewan Polytechnic Health Sciences and Nursing researchers working on COVID-19 impact studies. (link)

  • Local researcher looking to provide culturally competent healthcare. (link)

  • Healthcare research project seeking diverse voices. (link)

Expertise

  • Marginalized Populations

  • Qualitative Research

  • Health Inequities

  • Patient Empowerment

  • Patient-Oriented Research

Tracey Risling

Email

tracie.risling@usask.ca

Research Projects

  • Developing a Mobile Application to Support Healthcare Transition Success for Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  • Healthcare Utilization and Access to Care in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Rural Saskatchewan

  • Investing in Future Healthcare Solutions: Collaborating with Saskatchewan Patients to Measure Empowerment and Improve eHealth Engagement

  • Connecting With Clinicians: Developing the 5-Min Digital Download to Advance Interpretive Description in Health-Care Research

Select Publications

  • Connecting With Clinicians: Developing the 5-Min Digital Download to Advance Interpretive Description in Health-Care Research (link)

  • Defining Empowerment and Supporting Engagement Using Patient Views From the Citizen Health Information Portal: Qualitative Study (link)

  • Evaluating Patient Empowerment in Association With eHealth Technology: Scoping Review (link)

Expertise

  • Health Informatics

  • Patient Empowerment

  • Patient Activation

  • Mixed Methods

  • Apps for Patients