Norm Archer

McMaster University

Papers

1

Total Citations

13

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About

Dr. Norm Archer is a distinguished researcher whose work lies at the intersection of health informatics, mobile health (mHealth), and human-computer interaction. His key contributions center on developing frameworks and systems that enable seamless data exchange and intelligent decision-making in healthcare technology. Notably, his paper "Drishti: A Sense-Plan-Act Extension to Open mHealth Framework Using FHIR" (2019, 13 citations) proposes a novel architecture that extends the Open mHealth schema with a sense-plan-act paradigm, leveraging the FHIR standard to overcome the fragmentation of mHealth apps. This work addresses a critical barrier in digital health: the inability of disparate apps to communicate, which hinders complex behavioural interventions. Dr. Archer’s research has significantly advanced the interoperability and practical utility of mobile health systems, making him a key figure in the push toward collaborative, data-driven healthcare models. His achievements include pioneering the integration of robotics-inspired control loops into health informatics, demonstrating how structured data exchange can empower both patients and clinicians.

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Papers
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Total Citations
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
Drishti: A Sense-Plan-Act Extension to Open mHealth Framework Using FHIR
13 citations · 2019
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2019 (1 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 3
🏛 Institutions: McMaster University

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