Signe Lohmann-Lafrenz

About

Since 2023, I have worked as a PhD Research Fellow at the Department of Public Health and Nursing, focusing on evaluating and studying the usability of electronic patient record systems and how this relates to employees’ health. I am a certified specialist in occupational medicine and have for several years served as an occupational physician for employees at St. Olavs Hospital HF. I also hold part-time positions at the Department of Occupational Medicine and at the R&D Unit for Health and Work in Central Norway at St. Olavs Hospital HF.

Research Interests

Digital transformation and employee health
Usability of electronic patient record systems
Documentation burden
Working conditions and health among healthcare workers
Prevention of work‑related health problems and diseases among healthcare workers
Inequalities in occupational health

Member of the editorial committee for the occupational medicine journal Ramazzini, responsible for the fourth issue each year.

Relevant citations

Beyond the ‘Go-Live’: why context matters in EHR implementations | BMJ Health & Care Informatics

Research

Work and health research group

Sykehusstudien - ny teknologi og helse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ZkmpQBIFo

Publications

BMJ HCI - Editors choice: Usability of an electronic health record 6 months post go-live and its association with burnout, insomnia and turnover intention: a cross-sectional study in a hospital setting

Congratulations, your paper has been selected for Editors' Choice January - March 2025. First study to assess perceived EHR usability among all groups of health professionals.

Why context matters in EHR implementations

"Offer a unified and convincing lesson that EHR implementations are challenging because we often do not adequately account for the variations in the clinical contexts where the implementations occur."

2025

Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Gismervik, Sigmund Østgård; Ose, Solveig Osborg; Aasdahl, Lene; Lauritzen, Hilde Brun; Faxvaag, Arild. (2025) Usability of an electronic health record 6 months post go-live and its association with burnout, insomnia and turnover intention: A cross-sectional study in a hospital setting. BMJ Health & Care Informatics
Academic article

2024

Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe. (2024) Sosial ulikhet i arbeidshelse. Ramazzini: norsk tidsskrift for arbeids- og miljømedisin
Editorial

2023

Samant, Yogindra; Støver, Morten; Stette, Ingrid Haarberg; Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Strømholm, Tonje. (2023) Underreporting of Work-Related Covid-19 Cases in Norway. NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
Academic article
Ose, Solveig Osborg; Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Kaspersen, Silje Lill; Berthelsen, Hanne; Marchand, Gunn Hege. (2023) Registered nurses’ exposure to workplace aggression in Norway: 12-month prevalence rates, perpetrators, and current turnover intention. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe. (2023) Forebygging i helse- og omsorgstjenestene - alle man på dekk før det blir høy sjø!. Ramazzini: norsk tidsskrift for arbeids- og miljømedisin
Editorial
Ose, Solveig Osborg; Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff; Berthelsen, Hanne; Marchand, Gunn Hege. (2023) The Norwegian version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ III): Initial validation study using a national sample of registered nurses. PLOS ONE
Academic article

2022

Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe. (2022) Arbeidslivet i endring - følger vi med?. Ramazzini: norsk tidsskrift for arbeids- og miljømedisin
Editorial

2021

Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe. (2021) Læringen i medisinen - fokus på ny spesialistutdanning. Ramazzini: norsk tidsskrift for arbeids- og miljømedisin
Editorial

2020

Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe. (2020) Arbeidsmedisinerens hverdag. Ramazzini: norsk tidsskrift for arbeids- og miljømedisin
Editorial

2016

Giæver, Fay; Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Løvseth, Lise T. (2016) Why hospital physicians attend work while ill? The spiralling effect of positive and negative factors. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article

Journal publications

Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Gismervik, Sigmund Østgård; Ose, Solveig Osborg; Aasdahl, Lene; Lauritzen, Hilde Brun; Faxvaag, Arild. (2025) Usability of an electronic health record 6 months post go-live and its association with burnout, insomnia and turnover intention: A cross-sectional study in a hospital setting. BMJ Health & Care Informatics
Academic article
Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe. (2024) Sosial ulikhet i arbeidshelse. Ramazzini: norsk tidsskrift for arbeids- og miljømedisin
Editorial
Samant, Yogindra; Støver, Morten; Stette, Ingrid Haarberg; Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Strømholm, Tonje. (2023) Underreporting of Work-Related Covid-19 Cases in Norway. NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
Academic article
Ose, Solveig Osborg; Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Kaspersen, Silje Lill; Berthelsen, Hanne; Marchand, Gunn Hege. (2023) Registered nurses’ exposure to workplace aggression in Norway: 12-month prevalence rates, perpetrators, and current turnover intention. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe. (2023) Forebygging i helse- og omsorgstjenestene - alle man på dekk før det blir høy sjø!. Ramazzini: norsk tidsskrift for arbeids- og miljømedisin
Editorial
Ose, Solveig Osborg; Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff; Berthelsen, Hanne; Marchand, Gunn Hege. (2023) The Norwegian version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ III): Initial validation study using a national sample of registered nurses. PLOS ONE
Academic article
Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe. (2022) Arbeidslivet i endring - følger vi med?. Ramazzini: norsk tidsskrift for arbeids- og miljømedisin
Editorial
Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe. (2021) Læringen i medisinen - fokus på ny spesialistutdanning. Ramazzini: norsk tidsskrift for arbeids- og miljømedisin
Editorial
Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe. (2020) Arbeidsmedisinerens hverdag. Ramazzini: norsk tidsskrift for arbeids- og miljømedisin
Editorial
Giæver, Fay; Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Løvseth, Lise T. (2016) Why hospital physicians attend work while ill? The spiralling effect of positive and negative factors. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article

Teaching

Lectures for the Medical Programme

1D: Organisational, social, and emotional/relational work environment
IIIC: Organisational, social, and emotional/relational work environment and health

Master of Public Health (FH3001)

The Occupational Health Service in a collaboration perspective
The workplace – a source of health or illness?

Supervision

Group supervisor for five future occupational medicine specialists in a 2‑year training programme (2023–2025).

Outreach

2025

Academic lecture

Fenne, Roar Munkeby; Gismervik, Sigmund Østgård; Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Aasdahl, Lene; Skjelbred, Atle; Bardal, Ellen Marie. (2025) Physical activity in hospital workers – first results from the Study of New Technology and Health among Hospital employees (STUNTH). The 7th Nordic Seminar on Technical Measurements of Physical Activity & Sedentary Behaviour, Uppsala 19-21 March 2025 (PASB) , Uppsala 2025-03-18 - 2025-03-20

2024

Academic lecture

Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Golburean, Olga. (2024) Do Hospital workers in Central Norway enjoy “Easy and secure access to health information”?. eHelse , Oslo 2024-03-19 - 2024-03-19
Academic lecture

Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe. (2024) Nytt journalsystem i sykehus - brukererfaringer og helse: Kvantitative forskningsresultater 6 måneder etter innføring. Møtearena , Trondheim 2024-06-05 - 2024-06-05
Lecture

Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Gismervik, Sigmund Østgård. (2024) Helseplattformen - på helsa løs?. Forskningsseminar , Oslo 2024-04-17 - 2024-04-17

2022

Poster

Bardal, Ellen Marie; Lohmann-Lafrenz, Signe; Gismervik, Sigmund Østgård. (2022) Muskel- og skjelettplager blant sykehusansatte – En STUNTH studie. 11. Nasjonale forskningskonferanse om muskelskjeletthelse (MUSS) 2022-11-10 - 2022-11-11

Språkvelger

Signe Lohmann-Lafrenz