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Rebecca Randell is Professor of Digital Innovations in Healthcare at the University of Bradford. Previously, she held roles at the University of Leeds (Senior Translational Research Fellow, Lecturer, Associate Professor), University of York, and City University London. She founded the Health Technologies for Quality & Safety research group and directs the Centre for Digital Innovations in Health & Social Care.
- Education: BSc in Software Engineering (Durham University), PhD in Human-Computer Interaction (Glasgow University, 2004)
Her research focuses on the social aspects of healthcare IT design, including medical handover practices, histopathology diagnostics, and multidisciplinary team collaboration. She examines how nurses customize ICU equipment, use decision support systems, and how novel hardware affects GP-patient communication. Her work emphasizes qualitative methods and realist evaluation, with applications in virtual reality for pathology teaching and AI adoption in healthcare.
Recent publications highlight AI workload impacts in radiology, EPR systems in ICU during pandemics, and digital tools for cancer referrals. She leads NIHR-funded projects on robotic surgery, clinical dashboards, and falls prevention systems.
- Scientific Awards:
- 1 unspecified award
She has advised on healthcare fieldwork ethics, clinical audit data use, and strategic workforce planning. Her lab collaborates with the National Pathology Imaging Cooperative and the NIHR Yorkshire & Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration.
