Dr Chris Paton BMBS BMedSci MBA FACHI

Clinical Research Fellow, George Centre for Healthcare Innovation

Contact

George Centre for Healthcare Innovation
University of Oxford,
Richard Doll Building,
Old Road Campus,
Roosevelt Drive,
Oxford
OX3 7LF

Email: chris.paton@georgecentre.ox.ac.uk
Twitter: @DrChrisPaton
Web: ChrisPaton.org

Biography

I'm a UK-trained medical doctor specialising in Health Informatics. My research interests have focused on the use of affordable and open technologies for improving healthcare (especially for use in developing countries).

In particular, I've been working on developing Open Source tools for home telemonitoring and Open Access e-learning courses for health IT professionals (Health Informatics Forum) and for medical professional education (New Media Medicine). I've developed e-learning courses on a wide range of medical topics using 3D anatomical animations and the Moodle Open Source learning management system (LMS).

I'm the Chair of the IMIA Social Media Working Group and a Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Informatics. I'm also the co-founder and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries.

Upcoming Talks and Presentations

• Health Education in the era of Social Media, the Semantic Web and MOOCs", MedInfo 2013, Copenhagen, 20-23 August 2013

Publications

Books

• Al-Ubaydli M, Paton C. The Doctor's PDA and Smartphone Handbook, Royal Society of Medicine Press, 80 pages, Paperback, April 2006.

Reports

• Warren, J, Paton, C, Day, KJ, Reedy, W. eHealth Systematic Literature Review, Ministry of Health, 2009
• Warren, J, Kingsford, DG, Paton, C. Strategic Directions for Health Informatics Content Interoperability in New Zealand, Ministry of Health, 2008
• Paton, C. An investigation of pedagogically and technically appropriate virtual learning and collaboration environments. CALT Report, University of Otago, 2007

Editorials

• Paton, C. Editorial. Web 2.0: Next-Generation Web Applications in Health Care. Health Care and Informatics Review Online, 2008, 12(2), pg 1-3.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

• Paton, C, Hansen, M, Fernandez-Luque, L & Lau, AYS, 2012, 'Self-Tracking, Social Media and Personal Health Records for Patient Empowered Self-Care: Contribution of the IMIA Social Media Working Group', Yearb Med Inform, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 16-24
• Paton C, Bamidis PD, Eysenbach G, Hansen M, Cabrer M. Experience in the Use of Social Media in Medical and Health Education. Yearb Med Inform. 2011; 6(1): 21-9.
• Warren, J, Goodyear-Smith, F, Miller, D, Warren, D, Paton, C, Mabotuwana, T, Arroll, B. An integrated electronic lifestyle and mental health patient self-assessment for general practice: Design and initial field study, Health Care and Informatics Review Online, 14, (4), p18-25, 2010.
• Mabotuwana, T, Warren, J, Elley, C.R, Kennelly, J, Paton, C, Warren, D, Wai, K.C, Wells, S. Use of interval based quality indicators in blood pressure management to enhance quality of pay for performance incentives: Comparison to two indicators from the Quality and Outcomes Framework, Quality in Primary Care, 18, (2), p93-101, 2010.
• Warren, J.R, Day, K.J, Paton, C, Warren, D.E, Mabotuwana, T.D.S, Gu, Y, Adnan, M, Reedy, W. Implementations of health information technologies with consumers as users: Findings from a systematic review, Health Care and Informatics Review Online, 14, (3), p2-28, 2010.
• Atalag, J, Warren, J, Paton, C, Kingsford, D. Putting Health Record Interoperability Standards to Work, electronic Journal of Health Informatics, 2010; Vol 5(1): e1
• Mabotuwana T, Warren J, Elley CR, Kennelly J, Paton C, Wai KC, Wells S. Quality indicators to measure blood pressure management over a time interval. Inform Prim Care 18(3):149-156 2010
• Paton, C. Malik, M. Open Source and Free, Web-Based Medical Applications. Health Care and Informatics Review Online, 2008, 12(2), pg 17-24.
• Murray PJ, Cabrer M, Hansen M, Paton C, Elkin PL, Erdley WS. Towards addressing the opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0 for health and informatics. Yearb Med Inform. 2008:44-51.
• Paton C, Al-Ubaydli M. The Doctor's PDA and Smartphone Handbook: Medical Records. J R Soc Med. 2006 Apr; 99(4):183-4.
• Al-Ubaydli M, Paton C. The Doctor's PDA and Smartphone Handbook: Medical References. J R Soc Med. 2006 Mar; 99(3):120-4.
• Paton C, Al-Ubaydli M. The Doctor's PDA and Smartphone Handbook: The Task List. J R Soc Med. 2006 Feb; 99(2):73-6.
• Al-Ubaydli M, Paton C. The Doctor's PDA and Smartphone Handbook: Databases. J R Soc Med. 2006 Jan; 99(1):20-3.
• Al-Ubaydli M, Paton C. The Doctor's PDA and Smartphone Handbook: Personal Digital Assistants. J R Soc Med. 2005 Nov; 98(11):494-5.

Conference Proceedings

• Paton, C. The Health InnoVation Exchange (hive) - Bringing Together Government, Clinicians, Academia and Industry to Foster Health Innovation in New Zealand. Medicine 2.0 '11 Conference, Stanford, USA, 17-19 September, 2011, in press.
• Paton, C, Murray, P, Hansen M, Grajales F. Using Social Media Applications in Academic Research. Medicine 2.0 '11 Conference, Stanford, USA, 17-19 September, 2011, in press.
• Paton, C, Pollock, M, Warren, DE. The New Zealand Health I.T. Knowledge Base, Medicine 2.0 '09 Conference, Proceedings of the Medicine 2.0 '09 Conference, Toronto, Canada, 17-18 September, 2009, p.27
• Luo, C, Paton, C, Whittaker, RA. Facebook: an innovative influenza pandemic early warning system, Medicine 2.0 '09 Conference, Proceedings of the Medicine 2.0 '09 Conference, 2, Toronto, Canada, 17-18 September, 2009, p.14
• Warren, J, Paton, C, Day, KJ, Reedy, WA Three Examples of Success in Personal Internet Support and Telecare: Consumer-Centric Highlights of a Systematic Review of e-Health, Health Informatics New Zealand 8th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings, Health Informatics New Zealand 8th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Rotorua, Sept-Oct, 2009
• Paton C. New Media Medicine: A Social Network for Doctors and Medical Students. Medicine 2.0 Proceedings. Toronto, ON, Canada, Sept 4-5, 2008. Page 34-35
• Paton C, Holt A, Malik M. Mobile Medicine 2.0. Medicine 2.0 Proceedings. Toronto, ON, Canada, Sept 4-5, 2008. Page 41
• Paton C. Online Communities and Web Based Tools for e-Learning. Proceedings of AMEE 2008, Prague. Aug 30 - Sept 3, 2008. Page 103
• Paton C, Using Handheld Computers In Medicine, MEDNET 2006, Toronto, Canada, October 2006
• Paton C, Creating Interactive e-Learning Courses with Macromedia Flash, MEDNET 2006, Toronto, Canada, October 2006

Presentations

2013

• Paton, C. Collaborative Learning: Social Learning with MOOCs, Learning Technologies 2013, 29-30 January 2013. (Video)

2012

• Paton, C. Social eLearning, Blended Learning Forum 2012, Auckland, New Zealand, 29-30 May 2012.
• Hansen, M., Paton, C. The Age of Social Media Andragogy: Transparent, Interactive and Meaningful Communities of Learning, Medicine X, Stanford University, USA. 29-30 Sept 2012

2011

• "Open Access Publishing Panel" at Open Access Week, Auckland University, NZ
• "The Health Innovation Exchange" at Medicine 2.0, Stanford University, USA
• "Using Social Media Applications in Academic Research" at Medicine 2.0, Stanford University, USA
• "Workshop: Towards a Research Agenda for Social Media in Healthcare and Academia" at MIE 2011, Oslo, Norway
• "Social Media in Health Innovation" at the US-NZ Health Innovation Symposium, Auckland, NZ
• "Social Media and Long Term Conditions", at the NZ Long Term Conditions Conference, Auckland, NZ
• "Health Informatics in New Zealand", Guest Lecture at the University of San Francisco, California, USA

2010

• "Role of Social Networks in Teaching and Advancing Health Informatics: What Can A Virtual World Environment Contribute to This Process?" at the AMIA Symposium 2010, Washington DC, USA
• "Social Media and Collaborative Tools", Pacific Paediatrics Association Inaugural Meeting, Auckland, NZ

2009

• "Social Networking in Second Life: Building Online Communities" at the AMIA 2009 Annual Symposium, San Francisco, USA
• "The New Zealand Health I.T. Knowledge Base" at the Medicine 2.0 conference, Toronto, Canada
• "Mobile Medicine 2.0? at the Medicine 2.0 conference, Toronto, Canada
• "m-Health Panel Discussion" at m-Health NZ 2009, Auckland, New Zealand

2008

• "Mobile Medicine 2.0? at Medicine 2.0, Toronto, Canada
• "New Media Medicine: A Social Network for Doctors and Medical Students" at Medicine 2.0, Toronto, Canada
• "Online Communities and Web Based Tools for eLearning" at AMEE (Association of Medical Education Europe), Prague

2007

• "3D Anatomical Models, Flash Animation and Online Communities" at MEFANET, Prague
• "A Clinical Continuum for the Handheld" at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Christchurch
• "Holding Hands on the Handheld Device" at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Christchurch
• "PDA and Smartphone Workshop" at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Christchurch

2006

• "Using Handheld Computers in Medicine" at MEDNET, Toronto, Canada
• "Creating Interactive e-Learning Courses with Macromedia Flash" at MEDNET, Toronto, Canada
• "New Methods of Delivering Information to Patients and Clinicians" for the Royal Society of Medicine & CILIP at the British Library, London
• "PDAs in Medicine" at New Media, New Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine, London
• "Handheld Computers Workshop" at the Royal Society of Medicine, London

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