Mariam Krikorian Atkinson

Expertise

  • The central question in my research is How can we improve collaboration in health care to achieve better outcomes? Related to this question, I have several studies on:
    • Teams and teamwork
    • Resilient organizing
    • Patient experience and engagment
  • Contexts I study include:
    • Healthcare delivery in clinical environments (e.g., inpatient care)
    • Under-resourced settings (e.g., rural communities) 
  • I use mixed methods approaches with mostly original data collection throughout my research:
    • Qualitative analyses - in-depth interviews, focus groups, participant observation, thematic analysis
    • Quantitative analyses - multivariate analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, qualtitative comparative analysis
  • Interests/future projects:
    • Intervention study using natural language processing to faciliate patient-care team interactions during hospitalization
    • Healthcare and service integration for families experiencing homelessness