Tina Lien Barken I am a registered Nurse with experience from both hospital and municipality health care. Further I have an MSc in Health Science. Currently I am working as a Researcher Fellow at the University of Agder (UiA), Norway, at the Faculty of Health and Sport Science. In my project I investigate the intervention of telemedical monitoring of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). I am also a part of the Center for eHealth and Care Technology, and Center for Care Research at UiA.