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- Position
- MBChB and PhD Student
- Department
- Department of Medicine (Christchurch)
- Research summary
- Lorna investigates appropriate medicines use using electronic prescribing data.
Research
Lorna is an MBChB and PhD student based in University of Otago, Christchurch, with an interest in medical informatics. She links electronic prescribing data from the inpatient prescribing system MedChart to siloed data from other hospital systems to quantify appropriate medicines use. Her research projects to date have focused on indications for medicine use, polypharmacy in the hospital setting, and antithrombotic use post-ischemic stroke. Lorna is also passionate about supporting student research, and in her spare time is the Editor-in-Chief of the New Zealand Medical Student Journal.
Publications
Pairman, L., Beh, Y. T., Maher, H., Gardiner, S. J., Chin, P., Williman, J., & Chambers, S. T. (2025). A retrospective observational cohort study of oral azithromycin treatment for Legionnaires' disease. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 80(5), 1354-1361. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkaf081 Journal - Research Article
Sundermann, M., Pairman, L., Clendon, O., Fan, D., Doogue, M., & Chin, P. K. L. (2025). Vulnerability of a New Zealand hospital computerised provider order entry system to prescribing error: A comparative study with other systems. Internal Medicine Journal, 55(6), 975-984. doi: 10.1111/imj.70053 Journal - Research Article
Pairman, L., Chin, P., & Doogue, M. (2025). Evaluating the effect of making the indication field compulsory in electronic prescriptions: A pre-post study in a hospital prescribing system. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 91(5), 1370-1381. doi: 10.1111/bcp.16370 Journal - Research Article
Pairman, L., & Chauhan, A. S. (2024). Twenty-year review of author characteristics and academic articles published in a medical student journal. New Zealand Medical Student Journal, (38), 30-35. doi: 10.57129/001c.127911 Journal - Research Article
Pairman, L., & Chambers, S. T. (2024). Quinolones or macrolides for adults with Legionnaires’ disease and respiratory failure? European Journal of Internal Medicine, 128, 134-135. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.07.026 Journal - Research Other