Contact
jofjones@iu.edu
317-274-8059
IT 475H
Education
- Ph.D. Nursing with Informatics focus, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2002)
- Licentiate in Commercial and Financial Sciences Management Information Systems, Economische Hogeschool Sint-Aloysius, Brussels, Belgium (1990)
- Licentiate in Medical Social Sciences and Hospital Business Administration, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Louvain, Belgium (1981)
- Licensure to teach in Higher Education, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Louvain, Belgium (1981) (equivalent to a certification to teach in higher education)
- Graduate Hospital Nursing, Mater Salvatoris – School voor Verpleegkunde, Hasselt, Belgium (1973)
Biography
A mentor and a pioneer in the continually evolving field of health informatics, Josette Jones has focused on preparing students with the skills they’ll need as health information professionals. These competencies include patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teamwork, evidence-based practice, and the ability to use informatics to improve the delivery and quality of care.
Recognizing the increasing role that data and electronic health information play in providing safer, better-quality health care, Jones has improved the curricula and set the direction for health informatics education at our school. In 2015, she was appointed to the AMIA – CAHIIM committee to set the standards for health informatics education.
At IU Indianapolis she’s been instrumental in the development of graduate curricula in nursing and health informatics, and in developing a certificate program in nursing informatics for the IU School of Nursing, as well as five graduate certificates in health information technology for our school. Collaboration with local, national and international businesses through course work and research has created strong community engagement. These collaborations allow health informatics students to use real-world settings in their Capstone projects and Ph.D. dissertations.
Jones is active in the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Nursing Informatics section; Nursing Informatics Taskforce of the Health Information Systems Society (HIMSS); Alliance for Nursing Informatics; and the Alpha Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Nursing Honor Society.
Research Interests
- Nursing Informatics; specifically, tasks analysis and conceptual design of information systems for health care providers and consumers
- Ontology in information science, using a wide variety of languages and notations
- Knowledge representations, vocabulary, and data models that enable the sharing and reuse of information, and that allow information systems to validate user input
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BHI researcher’s AI methodology for analyzing gene expression published in Nature Communications - January 13, 2023
Health Informatics student is runner up in IUPUI 3-Minute Pitch competition - September 7, 2022
Informatics faculty receive SEIRI seed grants to develop AI-enhanced teaching and guided learning EHR tools - March 8, 2021
Josette Jones named to national informatics forum - April 26, 2019
Health Informatics student’s simulation piloted by Franciscan Health - January 10, 2018
Health Informatics alumna wins RADxx Rising Star award - April 24, 2015
Four Informatics and Computing Students Recognized for Top Honors - April 16, 2015
New degree geared toward health, science and technology prepares students for careers of the future - February 13, 2015
Informatics student at IUPUI helps develop app to be used to forecast flu outbreaks - January 29, 2015
Dr. Rich Holden featured in Annals of Emergency Medicine - February 14, 2014
Health Informatics Faculty Member Named to IBJ’s “Forty Under 40” - February 4, 2014
Students to Attend and Present at the 2014 Tapia Conference in Seattle, Washington - December 19, 2013
School of Informatics and Computing Students Awarded Healthcare Society Scholarship - June 17, 2013
School of Informatics and Computing Graduate Students Complete Care Unit Analysis for Mental Illness - March 27, 2013
IUPUI School of Informatics and Computing announces new PhD minor program to empower students performing life sciences and human computer interaction research - January 13, 2012
Informatics prof co-authors study to help make personal health records more usable - January 13, 2012
Graduate students gain hands-on experience designing online tools for alcohol/drug recovery programs - May 3, 2011
School of Informatics and Computing faculty honored for 2011-12 achievements - April 20, 2010
Informatics faculty and student recognized at Chancellor’s Academic Honors Convocation - November 12, 2009
IU School of Informatics and Computing faculty present at 2009 Midwest HIMSS Technology Conference