Prof Deborah Fitzsimmons

Journal article

Jones ID, Fitzsimmons D, Massirfufulay KM, Carroll P, Johnstone Smith E, Clowes M, Carr J, Fulstow A, Yates J, Lip GYH. 2025. Is sports-branded screening effective in identifying adults at greatest risk of developing cardiovascular disease: a convergent parallel mixed-methods design to identify adults at greatest risk of developing cardiovascular disease using an opportunistic sports-branded health screening approach in the community BMJ Open, 15 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva Ganga R, Fitzsimmons DA, Smith GM, Mustafa A. 2023. Reducing care home falls: a real-world data validation of a multifactorial falls-intervention digital application BMC Digital Health, 1 :1-9 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Ariss S, Taylor P, Fitzsimmons D, Kyeremateng S, Mawson S. 2021. Mobile technology and delegated work in specialist community services: the EnComPaSS Integration project BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Grant M, McCunn L, Ahmad S, Goodman A, Creutzig F, Woodcock J, Tainio M, Holmes T, Eisenman D, Warwick-Booth L, Coan S, Bagnall AM, Neale C, Aspinall P, Roe J, Tilley S, Mavros P, Cinderby S, Coyne R, Thin N, Ward Thompson C, Gardener MA, de Oliveira FL, Vieira Zamora FM, Kloseck M, Fitzsimmons DA, Zecevic A, Fleming P. 2020. Research for city practice Cities and Health, 4 :2-12 DOI Publisher Url

Zamora F, Kloseck M, Fitzsimmons DA, Zecevic A, Fleming P. 2019. Use of Community Support and Health Services in an Age-Friendly City: The Lived Experiences of the Oldest-Old Cities and Health, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Garcia Diaz L, Savundranayagam MY, Kloseck M, Fitzsimmons DA. 2017. The Role of Cultural and Family Values on Social Connectedness and Loneliness among Ethnic Minority Elders Clinical Gerontologist, 42 :114-126 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Fitzsimmons DA, Kloseck M, Kuhn S. 2017. DESIGNING AGE-INTEGRATED COMMUNITIES: LESSONS FROM A NATURALLY OCCURRING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY Innovation in Aging, 1 :305-305 DOI Publisher Url

Kloseck M, Fitzsimmons DA, Speechley M, Savundranayagam ML, Crilly RG. 2017. Improving the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis using a senior-friendly peer-led community education and mentoring model: a randomized controlled trial Clinical Interventions in Aging, 12 :823-833 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Ali SA, Kloseck M, Lee K, Walsh KE, MacDermid JC, Fitzsimmons DA. 2017. Evaluating the design and reporting of pragmatic trials in osteoarthritis research Rheumatology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Kargiannakis M, Fitzsimmons DA, Bentley CL, Mountain GA. 2017. Does Telehealth Monitoring Identify Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Reduce Hospitalisations? An Analysis of System Data JMIR Medical Informatics, 5 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Bobadilla A, Orchard T, Magalhães L, Fitzsimmons DA. 2016. Ontario Healthcare Coverage Eligibility Among New Permanent Residents: A Scoping Review Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 15 :384-405 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Fitzsimmons DA, Thompson J, Bentley CL, Mountain GA. 2016. Comparison of patient perceptions of Telehealth-supported and specialist nursing interventions for early stage COPD: a qualitative study BMC Health Services Research, 16 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Ali SA, Lee K, Walsh K, Kloseck M, Fitzsimmons D, MacDermid J. 2016. Evaluating and optimizing pragmatic trial design in osteoarthritis research Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 24 :S43-S43 DOI Publisher Url

Dellamora MC, Zecevic AA, Baxter D, Cramp A, Fitzsimmons D, Kloseck M. 2015. Review of Assessment Tools for Baseline and Follow-up Measurement of Age-Friendliness Ageing International, 40 :149-164 DOI Publisher Url

Arris SM, Fitzsimmons DA, Mawson S. 2015. Moving towards an enhanced community palliative support service (EnComPaSS): protocol for a mixed method study BMC PALLIATIVE CARE, 14 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Knight E, Werstine RJ, Rasmussen-Pennington DM, Fitzsimmons D, Petrella RJ. 2015. Physical Therapy 2.0: Leveraging Social Media to Engage Patients in Rehabilitation and Health Promotion PHYSICAL THERAPY, 95 :389-396 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Kloseck M, Fitzsimmons DA. 2014. Leveraging scarce resources Government, 12 :218-219 Publisher Url Public Url

Bentley CL, Mountain GA, Thompson J, Fitzsimmons DA, Lowrie K, Parker SG, Hawley MS. 2014. A pilot randomised controlled trial of a Telehealth intervention in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: challenges of clinician-led data collection TRIALS, 15 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Fitzsimmons DA, Thompson J, Hawley M, Mountain GA. 2011. Preventative tele-health supported services for early stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial pilot TRIALS, 12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Fitzsimmons DA, Beck M, Toms S, Brown S, Mannion R, Lunt N. 2009. Does the UK Local Finance Improvement Trust (Lift)Initiative Improve Risk Management in Public-Private Procurement? Journal of Risk and Governance, 1 Publisher Url Public Url

Fitzsimmons DA, Beck M, Toms S, Brown S, Mannion R, Lunt N. 2008. UpLIFTIng PFI: does LIFT improve public-private procurement? The Systemist, 30 :117-135 Public Url

preprint

Fitzsimmons DA, Neiva Ganga R, Smith GM, Ali M, Greenop DT. 2023. Models of “Real World” health research: A critical review DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Ganga RN, Fitzsimmons D, Smith G, Mustafa A. 2022. Reducing care home falls: A real-world data validation of a multifactorial falls- intervention digital application Research Square Platform LLC DOI Publisher Url

Poster

Neiva R, Smith G, Ali M, Stanley G, Greenop D, Fitzsimmons D. 2021. Care Home Multifactorial Fall-prevention Digital App: A Real-world Data Validation In The North West Region Of The United Kingdom online

Conference publication

Neiva Ganga R, Smith GM, Greenop DT, Ali M, Fitzsimmons DA. 2020. Real-World Validation of Health Innovation: a systematic review The Conf 2020, 2019 Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference Publisher Url Public Url

Donelle L, Regan S, Booth R, Kerr M, McMurray J, Fitzsimmons DA. 2016. Investigation of a Technology Enabled Model of Care: The eShift Model of Palliative Home Care International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 18th International Conference on Clinical and Health Informatics - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 3 Publisher Url

Fitzsimmons D, Ariss S, Mawson S. 2015. P-31 Preparing for the evaluation of an enhanced community palliative support service (encompass) The Art and Science of Hospice Care – Poster Presentations, The Art and Science of Hospice Care 10–12 November 2015 Liverpool :A11.1-A11 DOI Publisher Url

Fitzsimmons DA. 2013. International concurrent course delivery: Bringing pragmatic research to the classroom T. Bastiaens T, Marks G. Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013, World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 1 :81-84 Publisher Url Public Url

Fitzsimmons D, Wensley A, Graham I, Mountain G. 2013. IT-enabled health care delivery: Replacing clinicians with technology Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 7798 LNCS :210-222 DOI Publisher Url

Report

Beck M, Toms S, Mannion R, Brown S, Fitzsimmons DA, Lunt N. 2010. The role and effectiveness of public-private partnerships (NHS LIFT) in the development of enhanced primary care premises and services Publisher Url Public Url

Evans WK, Sullivan T, Holowaty E, Fitzsimmons DA, Drossos A, Whitton A, Gregus M, Zanke B, Nishri D, Marrett L, Bahl S, Brunskill I, Quan S, Theis B, Hess B. 2004. Clinical Focus on Lung Cancer: A snapshot of lung cancer for Ontario health care providers and managers Publisher Url Public Url

Professional activities

Conference presentation:

Addressing the health workforce crisis: The potential impact of novel digital health technology to transform community services, HSR UK Conference, Sheffield, Oral presentation. 2022

Other invited event:

Invited peer reviewer for ESRC/NIHR "Transforming care and health at home and enabling independence" joint funding call, (see https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/transforming-care-and-health-at-home-and-enabling-independence/), Invited peer reviewer for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and National Institute for Health Research "Transforming care and health at home and enabling independence" funding call. 2021

Marie Curie Design for Care, Madingley Hall. Cambridge University, Invited member of Steering Committee supporting development of new model of Care for Marie Curie. 2017

1st European eShift Event, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France, Invited speaker presenting on the results of the first UK implementation of the eShift approach in the UK. 2017

eShift Collaboration in Research - Celebrating Outcomes, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Invited presentation on EnComPaSS programme of research. 2017

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Invited expert review panel member for $200m CIHR Project Funding Spring 2017 competition. 2017

External committees:

NIHR Research for Patient Benefit North West Regional Advisory Committee (2020 - 2024), NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme, Member, https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/research-for-patient-benefit-north-west-regional-advisory-committee/20680. 2020

Research Grants Awarded:

ERDF, Health Matters - Liverpool City Region, Led by the Innovation Agency, Grahame Smith (LJMU PI), Daz Greenop (Co-I), Deborah Fitzsimmons (Co-I), Rafaela Neiva Ganga (Researcher), Mustafa Ali (Researcher), Grant value (£): 2.4 million, Duration of research project: 48 months. 2019

Innovation Agency, Evaluation of the Continuing Healthcare CHC2DST Application process, V. Fleming, Grant value (£): 9984 plus VAT, Duration of research project: 4 months. 2018

Innovation Agency / NHS England, Evaluation of the implementation and rollout of electronic Transfer of Care to Pharmacy (eTCP) across the North West of England, Professor Charles Morecroft, Dr Helen Poole, Grant value (£): 24,000, Duration of research project: 12 months. 2017

Editorial boards:

BMC Health Services Research, Associate Editor, https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiA6Y2QBhAtEiwAGHybPeq8wU9ykHCLdSBTqZDeiPIC--LQ3njy65pzN0utYNnOB76GiWwn3hoCLmAQAvD_BwE. 2018

External PGR examinations performed:

Central Queensland University, PhD, Breaking the digital divide: eHealth literacy in low income older adults living in rural and regional Australia. 2017

Award:

USC Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence [For excellence in teaching in Health Studies], University Student Council, University of Western Ontario. 2016

Other Professional Activity:

Final report review completed for the NIHR Evaluation Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC).