Dr. Md Shafiqur Rahman Jabin is an interdisciplinary researcher and academic specialising in Digital Health, Medical Imaging Systems, and Health Informatics. His work bridges engineering, data-driven healthcare, and public health policy to enhance patient safety, improve healthcare quality, and facilitate digital transformation within healthcare systems.
Dr. Jabin’s research explores the interaction between health information technology and clinical practice, with a particular focus on health IT–related incidents, cognitive system engineering, root cause analysis, and technology-enabled healthcare improvement. His recent projects include the optimisation of electronic prescribing systems, technology-based medication management for older adults, and digital health testbeds for sustainable healthcare delivery.
He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading journals, including Frontiers in Digital Health, the Health Informatics Journal, the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), and the Journal of Patient Safety. His research has been widely cited for its contributions to the understanding and classification of digital health incidents, as well as for developing frameworks to enhance safety and efficiency in healthcare technologies.
Dr. Jabin currently leads and supervises multiple funded PhD projects that address digital inclusion, quality of care in aging populations, and disparities in healthcare access. His funded research has received support from organisations such as the Royal Academy of Engineering, Frontiers Seed Funding, and the University of Bradford (Brad-ATTAIN) initiative.
Collaborating across academia, industry, and healthcare sectors, Dr. Jabin works closely with partners such as the Digital Health Enterprise Zone (DHEZ), Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research, and NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration in the UK, as well as the eHealth Institute at Linnaeus University (Sweden). His global collaborations span institutions across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on sustainable digital health ecosystems and frugal innovation in resource-limited settings.
An active member of several scholarly and professional bodies, including the Royal Academy of Engineering and Engineers Australia, Dr. Jabin also serves on editorial and review boards for journals such as BMJ Open, PLOS Digital Health, and Health and Social Care in the Community.
Over the past eight years, my research interest has focused exclusively on the combination of the fields of Health Information Technology (HIT) systems and their management in healthcare, in particular focus, on the quality of care and patient safety. The merging of these fields fits best because the advent of and rapid advances in HIT systems has made healthcare a truly complex socio-technical system than ever before. No matter what changes are introduced, whether the human or technical component in such a complex socio-technical system like healthcare, new, unforeseen problems always arise.
Throughout
my doctoral period, I worked on the approach of "learning from
failures". However, the real-world scenario suggests that healthcare is
much more complex than this 'find and fix' model. Therefore, the emergence of "learning from success" is now on the
agenda focusing on things that "go right" more often because
day-to-day HIT practice succeeds much more than it actually fails. This idea
and completely different approach has shaped my vision to explore the other
side of the story. Therefore, I plan to continue my efforts in the Academy of Health, Care and Welfare over the next five years by leading and attracting competitive research funding through research
proposals to external grant agencies.
My next plan is to shift my research focus to
"digital health twins", especially in the care of elderly patients. Digital health twins are a feature
within precision health, i.e., personalised medical treatments and disease-preventive and health-promoting activities made possible by new, data-driven
methodologies. While data-driven development is now
highly topical within healthcare at large, my future project will aim to
contribute to a change of focus from data-driven to purpose-driven and
data-supported healthcare, not least for the elderly.
I strive with dedication and perseverance to be the best teacher, mentor my students and the community, and maximise positive benefits. I am immersed in the lifelong learning process that continuously makes me aware of my role's tremendous responsibility. Throughout this journey of the continuous learning process, I will be able to propose more relevant courses addressing current challenges of health services and digital health technologies as I continue gaining more experience in both research and education.
Jabin MSR, Magrabi F, Mandel C, Hibbert P, Schultz T, Runciman (2017) Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology.
Jabin MSR, Runciman WB, Hibbert P, Deakin A, Schultz T, Magrabi F, Mandel C (2017)
Jabin MSR, Schultz T, Hibbert P, Mandel, C, Runciman WB (2016)
Jabin MSR, Runciman WB, Schultz T, Hibbert P, (2015)
Jabin MSR, Islam MS, Mridha M (2013)
Jabin S.R.;Schultz T.;Magrabi F.;Runciman W.;Hibbert P. (2019) IST 2019 - IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Proceedings., 1-6.
Jabin S.R.;Schultz T.;Magrabi F.;Bessen T.;Hibbert P.;Runciman W. (2019) IST 2019 - IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Proceedings., 1-6.
Jabin S.R.;Hibbert P.;Mandel C.;Magrabi F.;Schultz T.;Runciman W. (2019) IST 2019 - IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Proceedings., 1-6.
Jabin S.R.;Schultz T.;Magrabi F.;Runciman W.;Hibbert P. (2019) IST 2019 - IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Proceedings., 1-6.
MD Shafiqur Rahman Jabin, Ray Samuriwo, Marcus Chilaka, Emilia Vann Yaroson (2024) Jmir Aging.
Jabin MSR, Pan D (2023) Digital Health.
Jabin MSR;Nilsson E;Nilsson AL;Bergman P;Jokela P; (2022) Digital Health. 8
Rahman Jabin MS;Pan D;Nilsson E; (2022) Health Informatics Journal. 28
Rahman Jabin MS;Hammar T; (2022) Digital Health. 8
Jabin SR;Schultz T;Hibbert P;Mandel C;Runciman W; (2016) Jbi Database Of Systematic Reviews And Implementation Reports. 14
Axelsson C, Aidemark J, Jabin MSR, Eriksson P, Nilsson E (2023) Linnaeus University.
Jokela P, Jabin MSR, Nilsson AL (2022) Linnaeus University.