Aud Uhlen Obstfelder

About

Position description

Deputy head of research, Department of health sciences Gjøvik and professor at Centre for Care Research.

Expertise

Aud Uhlen Obstfelder is a professor with interdisciplinary expertise in Sociology of healthcare, nursing, and health services research. Her research focuses on the health and care work and organisation, with particular emphasis on digitalisation, technology use, and professional practice in municipal health and care services, hospitals, and interprofessional settings. She contributes empirically grounded, theory-informed analyses of how technological, organisational, and policy-driven changes shape professional roles and identities, competence, care integration and coordination, and quality of care within Nordic health and care services.

Background

Education

1987: School of Nursing, Ålesund University College, Norway

1996: Graduate in Sociology, University of Tromsø, Norway

2003: Dr. Polit, University of Tromsø, Norway

2004-2008: Post doctoral fellow, Norwegian Research Council

Work experience

1988 - 1994: Clinical Nurse, University Hospital of North Norway (UNN)

1997 - 2008: Research Fellow, Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine, UNN

2008 - 2015: Associate Professor, Department of Health and Care Sciences, UiT, Arctic University of Norway

2015 - 2018: Adjunct Professor, Department of Health and Care Sciences, UiT Arctic University of Norway

2015 - 2019: Head of centre, Centre for Care Research, NTNU

2019: Deputy head of research Department of health sciences Gjøvik

2019: Professor, Centre for care research east

Publications

2026

Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Stokke, Randi; Søraa, Roger Andre. (2026) Teknologiforståelse i helseprofesjonene. Gyldendal Akademisk
Textbook
Viana, Joe; Gullhav, Anders Nordby; Dreyer, Heidi Carin; Hagen, Alexander L.; Holmemo, Marte Daae-Qvale; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Rostad, Hanne Marie; Døhl, Øystein. (2026) Hybrid Integrated Care Modeling Framework to Improve Patient Outcomes and System Performance.
Academic chapter
Krone-Hjertstrøm, Helle; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen. (2026) From National Health Policy to Rural Practice: An Ethnographic Insight into Nurses’ Organising Work. UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Doctoral thesis
Haavaag, Silje Bjørnsen; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Hellesø, Ragnhild; Moger, Tron Anders; Amundsen, Olav; Tjerbo, Trond; Holte, Jon Helgheim; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke; Bragstad, Line Kildal. (2026) Patient Work in Long-Term Conditions. Qualitative Health Research
Academic article

2025

Lindstad, Marte Ørud; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Sveen, Unni; Stigen, Linda. (2025) Evaluating the PRPP Intervention for individuals with brain injury at local inpatient rehabilitation facilities: multiple baseline designs. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Academic article
Lindstad, Marte Ørud; Stigen, Linda; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Sveen, Unni. (2025) Mastering Evereyday Activities. The Effectiveness of the PRPP Intervention for Individuals with Cognitive Challenges following Acquired Brain Injury: Single-Case Experimental Designs with Multiple Baselines. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Krone-Hjertstrøm, Helle; Norbye, Bente; Abelsen, Birgit; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen. (2025) If not us, then who? Ethnographic insights into nurses’ role in redesigning a rural health service to meet changing demands. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Lindstad, Marte Ørud; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Sveen, Unni; Stigen, Linda. (2025) Effectiveness of the PRPP Intervention after brain injury in home-based rehabilitation: Single-case experimental designs with multiple baselines. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Academic article
Haave, Randi Olsson; Skinner, Marianne Sundlisæter; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Melby, Line Kari. (2025) ‘See Me as a Person’: A Qualitative Study of Long-Term Care Recipients Perceptions of High-Quality Care. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN)
Academic article

2024

Melby, Line Kari; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Allen, Davina. (2024) Kan personellmangel løses med teknologi?.
Academic chapter

2020

Gudmundsen, Anita Carin; Norbye, Bente; Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt; Obstfelder, Aud. (2020) Interprofessional student groups using patient documentation to facilitate interprofessional collaboration in clinical practice - A field study. Nurse Education Today
Academic article
Rostad, Hanne Marie; Sogstad, Maren Kristine Raknes; Førland, Oddvar; Hellesø, Ragnhild; Melby, Line; Ingstad, Kari; Devik, Siri Andreassen; Jacobsen, Aud Irene; Jacobsen, Frode F.; Puaschitz, Nathalie. (2020) Hvilke muligheter har omsorgstjenestene?. Senter for omsorgsforskning
Research report
Sparby, Linn Ebeltoft; Olsvold, Nina; Obstfelder, Aud. (2020) Mediating the interface between voluntariness and coercion: a qualitative study of learning disability nurses` work in medical examinations of people with intellectual disability. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN)
Academic article

2019

Allen, Davina; Purkis, Mary Ellen; Rafferty, Anne Marie; Obstfelder, Aud. (2019) Integrating preparation for care trajectory management into nurse education: Competencies and pedagogical strategies. Nursing Inquiry (NI)
Academic article
Jacobsen, Frode F.; Moser, Ingunn Brita; Obstfelder, Aud. (2019) Introduksjon til temanummeret Teknologi i helse og omsorg. Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning
Editorial
Gudmundsen, Anita Carin; Norbye, Bente; Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt; Obstfelder, Aud. (2019) Interprofessional Education: Students´Learning of Joint Patient Care. Professions and Professionalism
Academic article
Kamp, Annette; Obstfelder, Aud; Andersson, Katarina. (2019) Welfare Technologies in Care Work. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies
Academic article
Sørvoll, Marit; Obstfelder, Aud; Normann, Britt; Øberg, Gunn Kristin. (2019) Management and dissemination of professional expertise: Physiotherapists’ perceptions of the supervision of dedicated aides working with children with cerebral palsy. Clinical Supervisor
Academic article
Andreassen, Hege Kristin; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2019) IKT-arbeid i helse- og omsorgssektoren.
Academic chapter
Dybdahl Jakobsen, Monika; Obstfelder, Aud; Braaten, Tonje; Abelsen, Birgit. (2019) What makes women with food hypersensitivity do self-management work?. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article

2018

Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud; Ursin, Gøril. (2018) The personal is political yet again: Bringing struggles between gender equality and gendered next of kin onto the feminist agenda. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Academic article
Sørvoll, Marit; Obstfelder, Aud; Normann, Britt; Øberg, Gunn Kristin. (2018) Perceptions, actions and interactions of supervised aides providing services to children with cerebral palsy in pre-school settings: a qualitative study of knowledge application. European Journal of Physiotherapy
Academic article
Isaksen, Jørn; Ågotnes, Gudmund; Fagertun, Anette; Jacobsen, Frode F.; Obstfelder, Aud. (2018) Følgeforskning på Trygghetsstandarden - Sluttrapport. Senter for Omsorgsforskning rapportserie
Research report
Melby, Line; Obstfelder, Aud; Hellesø, Ragnhild. (2018) “We Tie Up the Loose Ends”: Homecare Nursing in a Changing Health Care Landscape. Global Qualitative Nursing Research
Academic article
Gudmundsen, Anita Carin; Norbye, Bente; Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt; Obstfelder, Aud. (2018) Interprofessional student meetings in municipal health service - Mutual learning towards a community of practice in patient care. Journal of Interprofessional Care
Academic article
Oddershede, Jens; Samuelsson, Ingrid Pramling; Obstfelder, Aud; Berger, Anne Cathrine; Sjøbrend, Madeleine Molstad. (2018) NOKUTs tilsynsrapporter: Høgskolen i Sørøst Norge, Akkreditering som Universitet. NOKUT
Research report
Hjertstrøm, Helle Kise; Obstfelder, Aud; Norbye, Bente. (2018) Making New Health Services Work: Nurse Leaders as Facilitators of Service Development in Rural Emergency Services. Healthcare
Academic article
Håkstad, Ragnhild B.; Obstfelder, Aud; Øberg, Gunn Kristin. (2018) A qualitative study of clinical reasoning in physiotherapy with preterm infants and their parents: Action and interaction. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
Academic article
Sørvoll, Marit; Obstfelder, Aud; Normann, Britt; Øberg, Gunn Kristin. (2018) How physiotherapists supervise to enhance practical skills in dedicated aides of toddlers with Cerebral Palsy: A qualitative observational study. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
Academic article

2017

Larsen, Lill Sverresdatter; Obstfelder, Aud; Olsvold, Nina; Hellesø, Ragnhild. (2017) Med hvilken stemme skal vi snakke om dagens sykepleie?. Tidsskriftet sykepleien
Professional article
Håkstad, Ragnhild B.; Obstfelder, Aud; Øberg, Gunn Kristin. (2017) Let's play! An observational study of primary care physical therapy with preterm infants aged 3-14 months. Infant Behavior and Development
Academic article

2016

Mathisen, Vår; Obstfelder, Aud; Lorem, Geir F; Måseide, Per. (2016) User participation in district psychiatry. The social construction of "users" in handovers and meetings. Nursing Inquiry (NI)
Academic article
Dybdahl Jakobsen, Monika; Braaten, Tonje; Obstfelder, Aud; Abelsen, Birgit. (2016) Self-Reported Food Hypersensitivity: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Comorbidities in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Bartlett, Ruth L.; Gjernes, Trude Karine Olaug; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud. (2016) Gender, citizenship and dementia care: a scoping review of studies to inform policy and future research. Health and Social Care in the Community
Academic literature review
Larsen, Lill Sverresdatter; Obstfelder, Aud; Olsvold, Nina; Hellesø, Ragnhild. (2016) Hva er sykepleie?. Tidsskriftet sykepleien
Professional article
Kristiansen, Margrethe; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2016) Contradicting logics in everyday practice: The complex dynamics of performance management and professionalism in Norwegian nursing homes. Journal of Health Organisation and Management
Academic article
Sparby, Linn Ebeltoft; Obstfelder, Aud; Olsvold, Nina; Bogetun, Gry. (2016) ‘Prescribing’ coercive healthcare: documentary accounts of coercive healthcare decisions regarding persons with intellectual disabilities. Disability & Society
Academic article
Kristiansen, Margrethe; Westeren, Knut Ingar; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2016) Coping with increased managerial tasks: tensions and dilemmas in nursing leadership. Journal of Research in Nursing
Academic article
Mathisen, Vår; Lorem, Geir F; Obstfelder, Aud; Måseide, Per. (2016) Whose decision is it anyway? A qualitative study of user participation and how clinicians deal with the patient perspective in mental healthcare. Mental Health Review Journal
Academic article
Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud; Halford, Susan. (2016) No place for old women: a critical inquiry into age in later working life. Ageing & Society
Academic article

2015

Håkstad, Ragnhild B.; Obstfelder, Aud; Øberg, Gunn Kristin. (2015) Parents’ Perceptions of Primary Health Care Physiotherapy With Preterm Infants: Normalization,Clarity, and Trust. Qualitative Health Research
Academic article
Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2015) Omsorgsteknologiens virkninger i omsorgsarbeidet. Omsorg: Nordisk tidsskrift for Palliativ Medisin
Academic article
Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud. (2015) Digitalisering av arbeidsflyt på sykehus - konsekvenser for legers arbeid. Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning
Academic article
Mathisen, Vår; Obstfelder, Aud; Lorem, Geir F; Måseide, Per. (2015) Brukermedvirkning i psykiatriske institusjoner. Praktisering av "brukermedvirkning" gjennom miljøterapeutiske aktiviteter. Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning
Academic article
Kristiansen, Margrethe; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2015) Nurses' sensemaking of contradicting logics: An underexplored aspect of organisational work in nursing homes. Scandinavian Journal of Management
Academic article
Halford, Susan; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud; Kukarenko, Natalia. (2015) Technical Change and the Un/Troubling of Gendered Aging in Healthcare Work. Gender, Work & Organization
Academic article

2014

Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Nilssen, Ann-Britt. (2014) Betingelser for vellykket integrering av elektronisk pasientjournal i klinisk arbeid. Sykepleien Forskning
Academic article
Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud. (2014) "Du må være ung for å henge med i dag!" Inkluderings- og ekskluderingsmekanismer på det høyteknologiske sykehuset. Søkelys på arbeidslivet
Academic article
Øberg, Gunn Kristin; Blanchard, Yvette; Obstfelder, Aud. (2014) Therapeutic encounters with preterm infants: interaction, posture and movement. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
Academic article

2013

Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Johannessen, Liv Karen. (2013) Regjering av samhandling i helsesektoren. IKT-helse som praksisregime og elektronisk timebestilling som styringsteknologi.
Academic chapter
Johannessen, Liv Karen; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2013) Scaling of an information system in a public healthcare market-Infrastructuring from the vendor's perspective. International Journal of Medical Informatics
Academic article

2012

Breivik, Elisabet; Obstfelder, Aud. (2012) Yrkesmotivasjon og arbeidsglede i helsereformenes tid :. Nordisk sygeplejeforskning
Academic article
Johannessen, Liv Karen; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2012) The dual role of government in health care information infrastructure building. International Journal of Medical Informatics
Academic article

2010

Halford, Susan; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud; Dyb, Kari. (2010) Getting the whole picture? New information and communication technologies in healthcare work and organisation. Information, Communication & Society
Academic article
Halford, Susan; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Dyb, Kari; Obstfelder, Aud. (2010) Un/doing gender with ICT?. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Academic article
Halford, Susan; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2010) Changing the record: the inter-professional, subjective and embodied effects of electronic patient records. New technology, work and employment
Academic article

2009

Halford, Susan; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2009) Beyond implementation and resistance: how the delivery of ICT policy is reshaping healthcare. Policy & Politics
Academic article

2007

Obstfelder, Aud; Engeseth, Kjersti; Wynn, Rolf. (2007) Characteristics of successfully implemented telemedical applications. Implementation Science
Academic article
Ellingsen, Gunnar; Obstfelder, Aud. (2007) Collective expectations – individual action: Implementing electronic booking systems in Norwegian health care. International Journal of Medical Informatics
Academic article

2006

Ellingsen, Gunnar; Obstfelder, Aud. (2006) Collective expectations – individual action: Implementing electronic booking systems in Norwegian health care. International Journal of Medical Informatics
Academic article
Obstfelder, Aud; Moen, Anne. (2006) Electronic Patient Record in Community Health Services-Paradoxes and Adjustments in Clinical work.
Academic chapter
Obstfelder, Aud; Moen, Anne. (2006) Electronic Patient Record in Community Health Services – paradoxes and adjustments in clinical work.
Academic chapter

2003

Larsen, Frank Atle; Gjerdrum, Eva; Obstfelder, Aud; Nilsen, Line Lundvoll. (2003) Implementing telemedicine services in Northern Norway: Barriers and facilitators. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Academic article
Obstfelder, Aud. (2003) Det norske patologinett - et redskap for håndtering av faglig og sosial kompleksitet.En systemteoretisk analyse av behov, utvikling og bruk av en telemedisinsk tjeneste. UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Doctoral thesis
Larsen, Frank Atle; Gjerdrum, Eva; Obstfelder, Aud; Nilsen, Line Lundvoll. (2003) Implementering av telemedisinske tjenester: hemmende og fremmende faktorer. Nasjonalt Senter for Samhandling og Telemedisin
Research report
Larsen, Frank Atle; Gjerdrum, Eva; Obstfelder, Aud; Nilsen, Line Lundvoll. (2003) Implementing telemedicine services in Northern Norway: barriers and facilitators. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Academic article
Obstfelder, Aud. (2003) Social dilemmas in a telemedicine network: experience with the implementation of the Norwegian Pathology Network. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Academic article

2001

Obstfelder, Aud. (2001) Mobile, elektroniske journalløsninger. Tidsskriftet sykepleien
Academic article

1997

Obstfelder, Aud. (1997) Overvåkningsteknologi og klinisk skjønn. Tidsskriftet sykepleien
Academic article
Myrvang, Robert; Obstfelder, Aud. (1997) North Norwegian Health Network. The Primary Physicians need for information and communication, mapping report based upon focus groups. Nasjonalt senter for telemedisin - UNN
Research report

1996

Obstfelder, Aud. (1996) Informasjonsteknologi og klinisk skjønn. Overvåkningsteknologiens betydning for sykepleiere på intensivavdeling. UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Master thesis

Journal publications

Haavaag, Silje Bjørnsen; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Hellesø, Ragnhild; Moger, Tron Anders; Amundsen, Olav; Tjerbo, Trond; Holte, Jon Helgheim; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke; Bragstad, Line Kildal. (2026) Patient Work in Long-Term Conditions. Qualitative Health Research
Academic article
Lindstad, Marte Ørud; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Sveen, Unni; Stigen, Linda. (2025) Evaluating the PRPP Intervention for individuals with brain injury at local inpatient rehabilitation facilities: multiple baseline designs. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Academic article
Halford, Susan; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud; Dyb, Kari. (2010) Getting the whole picture? New information and communication technologies in healthcare work and organisation. Information, Communication & Society
Academic article
Håkstad, Ragnhild B.; Obstfelder, Aud; Øberg, Gunn Kristin. (2015) Parents’ Perceptions of Primary Health Care Physiotherapy With Preterm Infants: Normalization,Clarity, and Trust. Qualitative Health Research
Academic article
Halford, Susan; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Dyb, Kari; Obstfelder, Aud. (2010) Un/doing gender with ICT?. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Academic article
Allen, Davina; Purkis, Mary Ellen; Rafferty, Anne Marie; Obstfelder, Aud. (2019) Integrating preparation for care trajectory management into nurse education: Competencies and pedagogical strategies. Nursing Inquiry (NI)
Academic article
Krone-Hjertstrøm, Helle; Norbye, Bente; Abelsen, Birgit; Obstfelder, Aud. (2021) Organizing work in local service implementation: an ethnographic study of nurses’ contributions and competencies in implementing a municipal acute ward. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Larsen, Frank Atle; Gjerdrum, Eva; Obstfelder, Aud; Nilsen, Line Lundvoll. (2003) Implementing telemedicine services in Northern Norway: Barriers and facilitators. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Academic article
Jacobsen, Frode F.; Moser, Ingunn Brita; Obstfelder, Aud. (2019) Introduksjon til temanummeret Teknologi i helse og omsorg. Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning
Editorial
Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud; Ursin, Gøril. (2018) The personal is political yet again: Bringing struggles between gender equality and gendered next of kin onto the feminist agenda. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Academic article
Gudmundsen, Anita Carin; Norbye, Bente; Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt; Obstfelder, Aud. (2020) Interprofessional student groups using patient documentation to facilitate interprofessional collaboration in clinical practice - A field study. Nurse Education Today
Academic article
Badawy, Abeer; Solberg, Mads; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang. (2022) Correction to: Improvised use of a digital tool for social interaction in a Norwegian care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study (BMC Health Services Research, (2022), 22, 1, (136), 10.1186/s12913-022-07526-0). BMC Health Services Research
Corrigendum
Sørvoll, Marit; Obstfelder, Aud; Normann, Britt; Øberg, Gunn Kristin. (2018) Perceptions, actions and interactions of supervised aides providing services to children with cerebral palsy in pre-school settings: a qualitative study of knowledge application. European Journal of Physiotherapy
Academic article
Halford, Susan; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2010) Changing the record: the inter-professional, subjective and embodied effects of electronic patient records. New technology, work and employment
Academic article
Mathisen, Vår; Obstfelder, Aud; Lorem, Geir F; Måseide, Per. (2016) User participation in district psychiatry. The social construction of "users" in handovers and meetings. Nursing Inquiry (NI)
Academic article
Badawy, Abeer; Solberg, Mads; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang. (2022) Normalization of technology for social contact in a Norwegian care facility during COVID-19. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Krone-Hjertstrøm, Helle; Norbye, Bente; Abelsen, Birgit; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen. (2025) If not us, then who? Ethnographic insights into nurses’ role in redesigning a rural health service to meet changing demands. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Breivik, Elisabet; Obstfelder, Aud. (2012) Yrkesmotivasjon og arbeidsglede i helsereformenes tid :. Nordisk sygeplejeforskning
Academic article
Ellingsen, Gunnar; Obstfelder, Aud. (2006) Collective expectations – individual action: Implementing electronic booking systems in Norwegian health care. International Journal of Medical Informatics
Academic article
Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2015) Omsorgsteknologiens virkninger i omsorgsarbeidet. Omsorg: Nordisk tidsskrift for Palliativ Medisin
Academic article
Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud. (2015) Digitalisering av arbeidsflyt på sykehus - konsekvenser for legers arbeid. Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning
Academic article
Gudmundsen, Anita Carin; Norbye, Bente; Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt; Obstfelder, Aud. (2019) Interprofessional Education: Students´Learning of Joint Patient Care. Professions and Professionalism
Academic article
Obstfelder, Aud; Engeseth, Kjersti; Wynn, Rolf. (2007) Characteristics of successfully implemented telemedical applications. Implementation Science
Academic article
Kamp, Annette; Obstfelder, Aud; Andersson, Katarina. (2019) Welfare Technologies in Care Work. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies
Academic article
Mathisen, Vår; Obstfelder, Aud; Lorem, Geir F; Måseide, Per. (2015) Brukermedvirkning i psykiatriske institusjoner. Praktisering av "brukermedvirkning" gjennom miljøterapeutiske aktiviteter. Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning
Academic article
Lindstad, Marte Ørud; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Sveen, Unni; Stigen, Linda. (2022) Effectiveness of the Perceive, Recall, Plan and Perform intervention for persons with brain injury in community-based rehabilitation: protocol for a single-case experimental design with multiple baselines. BMJ Open
Academic literature review
Badawy, Abeer; Solberg, Mads; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Alnes, Rigmor Grete Einang. (2023) Together, at a distance: experiences with a novel technology for social contact among older people and their relatives in Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Geriatrics
Academic article
Johannessen, Liv Karen; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2012) The dual role of government in health care information infrastructure building. International Journal of Medical Informatics
Academic article
Lindstad, Marte Ørud; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Sveen, Unni; Stigen, Linda. (2025) Effectiveness of the PRPP Intervention after brain injury in home-based rehabilitation: Single-case experimental designs with multiple baselines. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Academic article
Lindstad, Marte Ørud; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Sveen, Unni; Stigen, Linda. (2023) Feasibility of the Perceive, Recall, Plan and Perform system of intervention for persons with brain injury in community-based rehabilitation: A pilot for a multiple-baseline design study. BMJ Open
Academic article
Dybdahl Jakobsen, Monika; Braaten, Tonje; Obstfelder, Aud; Abelsen, Birgit. (2016) Self-Reported Food Hypersensitivity: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Comorbidities in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Nilssen, Ann-Britt. (2014) Betingelser for vellykket integrering av elektronisk pasientjournal i klinisk arbeid. Sykepleien Forskning
Academic article
Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud. (2014) "Du må være ung for å henge med i dag!" Inkluderings- og ekskluderingsmekanismer på det høyteknologiske sykehuset. Søkelys på arbeidslivet
Academic article
Melby, Line; Obstfelder, Aud; Hellesø, Ragnhild. (2018) “We Tie Up the Loose Ends”: Homecare Nursing in a Changing Health Care Landscape. Global Qualitative Nursing Research
Academic article
Sørvoll, Marit; Obstfelder, Aud; Normann, Britt; Øberg, Gunn Kristin. (2019) Management and dissemination of professional expertise: Physiotherapists’ perceptions of the supervision of dedicated aides working with children with cerebral palsy. Clinical Supervisor
Academic article
Dybdahl Jakobsen, Monika; Obstfelder, Aud; Braaten, Tonje; Abelsen, Birgit. (2021) The self-management work of food hypersensitivity. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Bartlett, Ruth L.; Gjernes, Trude Karine Olaug; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud. (2016) Gender, citizenship and dementia care: a scoping review of studies to inform policy and future research. Health and Social Care in the Community
Academic literature review
Kristiansen, Margrethe; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2015) Nurses' sensemaking of contradicting logics: An underexplored aspect of organisational work in nursing homes. Scandinavian Journal of Management
Academic article
Stokke, Randi; Melby, Line; Isaksen, Jørn; Obstfelder, Aud; Andreassen, Hege. (2021) A qualitative study of what care workers do to provide patient safety at home through telecare. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Gudmundsen, Anita Carin; Norbye, Bente; Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt; Obstfelder, Aud. (2018) Interprofessional student meetings in municipal health service - Mutual learning towards a community of practice in patient care. Journal of Interprofessional Care
Academic article
Larsen, Lill Sverresdatter; Obstfelder, Aud; Olsvold, Nina; Hellesø, Ragnhild. (2016) Hva er sykepleie?. Tidsskriftet sykepleien
Professional article
Larsen, Lill Sverresdatter; Obstfelder, Aud; Olsvold, Nina; Hellesø, Ragnhild. (2017) Med hvilken stemme skal vi snakke om dagens sykepleie?. Tidsskriftet sykepleien
Professional article
Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen. (2023) Enacting citizenship through writing: An analysis of a diary written by a man with Alzheimer's disease. Ageing & Society
Academic article
Øberg, Gunn Kristin; Blanchard, Yvette; Obstfelder, Aud. (2014) Therapeutic encounters with preterm infants: interaction, posture and movement. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
Academic article
Kristiansen, Margrethe; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2016) Contradicting logics in everyday practice: The complex dynamics of performance management and professionalism in Norwegian nursing homes. Journal of Health Organisation and Management
Academic article
Sparby, Linn Ebeltoft; Obstfelder, Aud; Olsvold, Nina; Bogetun, Gry. (2016) ‘Prescribing’ coercive healthcare: documentary accounts of coercive healthcare decisions regarding persons with intellectual disabilities. Disability & Society
Academic article
Kristiansen, Margrethe; Westeren, Knut Ingar; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2016) Coping with increased managerial tasks: tensions and dilemmas in nursing leadership. Journal of Research in Nursing
Academic article
Johannessen, Liv Karen; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2013) Scaling of an information system in a public healthcare market-Infrastructuring from the vendor's perspective. International Journal of Medical Informatics
Academic article
Larsen, Frank Atle; Gjerdrum, Eva; Obstfelder, Aud; Nilsen, Line Lundvoll. (2003) Implementing telemedicine services in Northern Norway: barriers and facilitators. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Academic article
Obstfelder, Aud. (1997) Overvåkningsteknologi og klinisk skjønn. Tidsskriftet sykepleien
Academic article
Halford, Susan; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2009) Beyond implementation and resistance: how the delivery of ICT policy is reshaping healthcare. Policy & Politics
Academic article
Ellingsen, Gunnar; Obstfelder, Aud. (2007) Collective expectations – individual action: Implementing electronic booking systems in Norwegian health care. International Journal of Medical Informatics
Academic article
Mathisen, Vår; Lorem, Geir F; Obstfelder, Aud; Måseide, Per. (2016) Whose decision is it anyway? A qualitative study of user participation and how clinicians deal with the patient perspective in mental healthcare. Mental Health Review Journal
Academic article
Badawy, Abeer; Solberg, Mads; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang. (2022) Improvised use of a digital tool for social interaction in a Norwegian care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Obstfelder, Aud. (2001) Mobile, elektroniske journalløsninger. Tidsskriftet sykepleien
Academic article
Obstfelder, Aud. (2003) Social dilemmas in a telemedicine network: experience with the implementation of the Norwegian Pathology Network. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Academic article
Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud; Halford, Susan. (2016) No place for old women: a critical inquiry into age in later working life. Ageing & Society
Academic article
Sparby, Linn Ebeltoft; Olsvold, Nina; Obstfelder, Aud. (2020) Mediating the interface between voluntariness and coercion: a qualitative study of learning disability nurses` work in medical examinations of people with intellectual disability. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN)
Academic article
Dybdahl Jakobsen, Monika; Obstfelder, Aud; Braaten, Tonje; Abelsen, Birgit. (2019) What makes women with food hypersensitivity do self-management work?. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Håkstad, Ragnhild B.; Obstfelder, Aud; Øberg, Gunn Kristin. (2017) Let's play! An observational study of primary care physical therapy with preterm infants aged 3-14 months. Infant Behavior and Development
Academic article
Hjertstrøm, Helle Kise; Obstfelder, Aud; Norbye, Bente. (2018) Making New Health Services Work: Nurse Leaders as Facilitators of Service Development in Rural Emergency Services. Healthcare
Academic article
Håkstad, Ragnhild B.; Obstfelder, Aud; Øberg, Gunn Kristin. (2018) A qualitative study of clinical reasoning in physiotherapy with preterm infants and their parents: Action and interaction. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
Academic article
Sørvoll, Marit; Obstfelder, Aud; Normann, Britt; Øberg, Gunn Kristin. (2018) How physiotherapists supervise to enhance practical skills in dedicated aides of toddlers with Cerebral Palsy: A qualitative observational study. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
Academic article
Haave, Randi Olsson; Skinner, Marianne Sundlisæter; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Melby, Line Kari. (2025) ‘See Me as a Person’: A Qualitative Study of Long-Term Care Recipients Perceptions of High-Quality Care. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN)
Academic article
Halford, Susan; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Obstfelder, Aud; Kukarenko, Natalia. (2015) Technical Change and the Un/Troubling of Gendered Aging in Healthcare Work. Gender, Work & Organization
Academic article

Books

Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Stokke, Randi; Søraa, Roger Andre. (2026) Teknologiforståelse i helseprofesjonene. Gyldendal Akademisk
Textbook

Part of book/report

Viana, Joe; Gullhav, Anders Nordby; Dreyer, Heidi Carin; Hagen, Alexander L.; Holmemo, Marte Daae-Qvale; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Rostad, Hanne Marie; Døhl, Øystein. (2026) Hybrid Integrated Care Modeling Framework to Improve Patient Outcomes and System Performance.
Academic chapter
Obstfelder, Aud; Moen, Anne. (2006) Electronic Patient Record in Community Health Services-Paradoxes and Adjustments in Clinical work.
Academic chapter
Obstfelder, Aud; Moen, Anne. (2006) Electronic Patient Record in Community Health Services – paradoxes and adjustments in clinical work.
Academic chapter
Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Johannessen, Liv Karen. (2013) Regjering av samhandling i helsesektoren. IKT-helse som praksisregime og elektronisk timebestilling som styringsteknologi.
Academic chapter
Andreassen, Hege Kristin; Obstfelder, Aud; Lotherington, Ann Therese. (2019) IKT-arbeid i helse- og omsorgssektoren.
Academic chapter
Melby, Line Kari; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Allen, Davina. (2024) Kan personellmangel løses med teknologi?.
Academic chapter

Report

Larsen, Frank Atle; Gjerdrum, Eva; Obstfelder, Aud; Nilsen, Line Lundvoll. (2003) Implementering av telemedisinske tjenester: hemmende og fremmende faktorer. Nasjonalt Senter for Samhandling og Telemedisin
Research report
Isaksen, Jørn; Ågotnes, Gudmund; Fagertun, Anette; Jacobsen, Frode F.; Obstfelder, Aud. (2018) Følgeforskning på Trygghetsstandarden - Sluttrapport. Senter for Omsorgsforskning rapportserie
Research report
Melby, Line; Gunnes, Mari; Haukelien, Heidi; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen. (2022) Frigjøring av sykepleierkapasitet gjennom ny ansvars-/oppgavedeling og bruk av teknologi. SINTEF Digital
Research report
Rostad, Hanne Marie; Sogstad, Maren Kristine Raknes; Førland, Oddvar; Hellesø, Ragnhild; Melby, Line; Ingstad, Kari; Devik, Siri Andreassen; Jacobsen, Aud Irene; Jacobsen, Frode F.; Puaschitz, Nathalie. (2020) Hvilke muligheter har omsorgstjenestene?. Senter for omsorgsforskning
Research report
Oddershede, Jens; Samuelsson, Ingrid Pramling; Obstfelder, Aud; Berger, Anne Cathrine; Sjøbrend, Madeleine Molstad. (2018) NOKUTs tilsynsrapporter: Høgskolen i Sørøst Norge, Akkreditering som Universitet. NOKUT
Research report
Andfossen, Nina Beate; Devik, Siri Andreassen; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Olsen, Rose Mari. (2021) Kapasitets- og kvalitetsutfordringer i kommunale helse- og omsorgstjenester: oppgaver som blir satt på vent, oversett, glemt eller utelatt - En hurtigoversikt over forskningslitteratur. Senter for omsorgsforskning
Research report
Myrvang, Robert; Obstfelder, Aud. (1997) North Norwegian Health Network. The Primary Physicians need for information and communication, mapping report based upon focus groups. Nasjonalt senter for telemedisin - UNN
Research report

Student thesis or dissertation

Krone-Hjertstrøm, Helle; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen. (2026) From National Health Policy to Rural Practice: An Ethnographic Insight into Nurses’ Organising Work. UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Doctoral thesis
Lindstad, Marte Ørud; Stigen, Linda; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Sveen, Unni. (2025) Mastering Evereyday Activities. The Effectiveness of the PRPP Intervention for Individuals with Cognitive Challenges following Acquired Brain Injury: Single-Case Experimental Designs with Multiple Baselines. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Obstfelder, Aud. (2003) Det norske patologinett - et redskap for håndtering av faglig og sosial kompleksitet.En systemteoretisk analyse av behov, utvikling og bruk av en telemedisinsk tjeneste. UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Doctoral thesis
Gudmundsen, Anita Carin; Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Norbye, Bente; Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt Abrandt. (2023) Towards interprofessional patient care: Health profession students exploring interprofessional collaboration in group meetings in joint clinical placement. UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Doctoral thesis
Obstfelder, Aud. (1996) Informasjonsteknologi og klinisk skjønn. Overvåkningsteknologiens betydning for sykepleiere på intensivavdeling. UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Master thesis

Teaching

Courses

Outreach