Linda Ljungholm

Linda Ljungholm is a Lecturer at the Department of Health and Care Sciences, Linnaeus University. She began her role in 2017 and, as of 2024, serves as a Lecturer in Kalmar, where she teaches nursing and manages specialist training programs in district nursing. Her academic background includes a doctoral thesis (2023) focused on patients’ experiences of continuity of care and the development of the Patient-Experienced Continuity of Care Questionnaire (PECQ).

Education: She holds a doctoral degree from Linnaeus University, with a dissertation titled *Patients’ Experiences of Continuity of Care: What is Needed and How Can It Be Measured?*. Prior to this, she is a registered nurse with advanced education in district nursing.

Research Interests: Her work centers on continuity of care for patients with complex needs, emphasizing patient-centered approaches and the interplay between healthcare providers’ coordination, accessibility, and the patient’s evolving circumstances. She explores how continuity is a multidimensional construct that synergizes with patient resources and regional healthcare dynamics.

Research Projects: She leads the ongoing TimelyCare project, evaluating proactive primary care interventions for care continuity. She contributed to the completed project *The ties that bind fragmented care – best practices definitions and measures of continuity of care*. She is affiliated with the ReAction group, which focuses on resilient healthcare systems and patient activation.

Advising & Grants: While no explicit advisee names or grant details are listed, her doctoral thesis and projects imply involvement in academic supervision and research funding. She actively collaborates in multidisciplinary teams to advance clinical and administrative care practices.

Labs/Teams: Member of the ReAction research group and involved in the TimelyCare and *The ties that bind fragmented care* projects. Her work integrates with healthcare quality improvement initiatives and patient-reported measurement frameworks.