Elisabeth Holen-Rabbersvik

Elisabeth Holen-Rabbersvik is an Associate Professor at the Department of Health and Nursing Science, University of Agder. She holds a PhD in Health Informatics (2019) and specializes in eHealth, healthcare coordination, and quality improvement in nursing homes and homecare. Her research emphasizes inter-municipal cooperation challenges, user-centered design of healthcare systems, and disability inclusion through technology. She is actively involved in projects like UPSCALE, SAFE-LEAD, and InnArbeid, focusing on leadership interventions, telecare solutions, and assistive technology for individuals with disabilities. She contributes to the Centre for e-health and collaborates on usability evaluations of healthcare systems.

Her work bridges clinical practice and technology, addressing barriers in information exchange and fostering innovation for vulnerable populations. Recent projects include developing tools for quality assessment (e.g., SAFE-LEAD Context Tool) and teaching eHealth through role-play simulations in education. She has published extensively on healthcare implementation strategies, patient safety, and interprofessional collaboration in journals like BMC Health Services Research and Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning.