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Biography
Dr. Elise Van Zandt Lambert is a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor at Texas State University in the Health Information Management Department. Dr. Lambert received her Bachelor's degree in Health Information Management with a minor in Health Informatics from The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL). She received her Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) certification during this time, as well. Following her undergraduate education, she applied her coursework at a physician management company, Acadiana Computer Systems(ACS), as a Revenue Cycle Manager. While working full-time at ACS, she began the journey of earning a Master’s degree in Health Informatics and Information Management from Louisiana Tech University. At the beginning of 2021, she transitioned to the hospital-side of healthcare finance by accepting a role as a Market Financial Analyst / Assistant Controller at HCA - St. David’s Healthcare. During this time, she also graduated from The University of South Alabama with her PhD in Business Administration with a concentration in Management. Dr. Lambert's 11 years in the healthcare industry, as well as, her education and research efforts provide a current perspective of today's healthcare operations.
Research Interests
The foundation of Dr. Lambert’s research centers on factors that influence technology utilization in healthcare, with a focus on how digital tools can enhance both individual performance and organizational outcomes. Her work explores the dynamics of training, leadership alignment, and individual characteristics in shaping effective technology adoption. She also examines the cognitive and behavioral impacts of emerging technologies, such as virtual reality devices, and the role of individual differences and personality factors in collective technology use.
Building on this foundation, her recent scholarship has expanded into artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and health informatics. Her research investigates the lifecycle of AI in healthcare—design, implementation, and ongoing use—through social and organizational lenses that position people at the center of technology adoption. Current projects include a systematic review of AI privacy and security in healthcare, a thematic analysis of patient portal usage using large language models (LLMs) as qualitative research tools, and a global study assessing AI literacy among health informatics professionals, which measured both subjective perceptions and objective knowledge. She is also leading work on how AI literacy can serve as a catalyst for competency-based education and workforce development in health informatics and information management (HIIM).
Dr. Lambert has contributed to the broader discourse on AI in healthcare through book chapters, including Current and Future Human-Technology Partnerships in Healthcare Administration and Finance (Cambridge University Press) and Social and Organizational Approaches to Optimize AI Design, Implementation, and Use (under review with Springer Press). She regularly presents her work through the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), the CAHIIM Higher Education Summit, the Consortium of Baccalaureate and Graduate HIIM Educators, and the Texas Health Informatics Alliance, where she shares frameworks and insights for integrating AI responsibly into healthcare practice and education.
She is also co-developing the Shaping Healthcare Innovation for the Future of Technology (SHIFT) program in Saint-Étienne, France. This international, multidisciplinary education abroad program emphasizes digital health and prepares students to collaboratively address healthcare challenges by bridging disciplinary silos with innovative health technologies.
Overall, her research interests lie at the intersection of technology adoption, AI integration, data analytics, leadership, and health informatics education, with a sustained focus on how human and organizational factors shape the effective and ethical use of emerging technologies in healthcare.
Building on this foundation, her recent scholarship has expanded into artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and health informatics. Her research investigates the lifecycle of AI in healthcare—design, implementation, and ongoing use—through social and organizational lenses that position people at the center of technology adoption. Current projects include a systematic review of AI privacy and security in healthcare, a thematic analysis of patient portal usage using large language models (LLMs) as qualitative research tools, and a global study assessing AI literacy among health informatics professionals, which measured both subjective perceptions and objective knowledge. She is also leading work on how AI literacy can serve as a catalyst for competency-based education and workforce development in health informatics and information management (HIIM).
Dr. Lambert has contributed to the broader discourse on AI in healthcare through book chapters, including Current and Future Human-Technology Partnerships in Healthcare Administration and Finance (Cambridge University Press) and Social and Organizational Approaches to Optimize AI Design, Implementation, and Use (under review with Springer Press). She regularly presents her work through the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), the CAHIIM Higher Education Summit, the Consortium of Baccalaureate and Graduate HIIM Educators, and the Texas Health Informatics Alliance, where she shares frameworks and insights for integrating AI responsibly into healthcare practice and education.
She is also co-developing the Shaping Healthcare Innovation for the Future of Technology (SHIFT) program in Saint-Étienne, France. This international, multidisciplinary education abroad program emphasizes digital health and prepares students to collaboratively address healthcare challenges by bridging disciplinary silos with innovative health technologies.
Overall, her research interests lie at the intersection of technology adoption, AI integration, data analytics, leadership, and health informatics education, with a sustained focus on how human and organizational factors shape the effective and ethical use of emerging technologies in healthcare.