Growing a Professional Network to Over 3000 Members in Less Than 4 Years: Evaluation of InspireNet, British Columbia’s Virtual Nursing Health Services Research Network

Noreen Frisch   ¹ , RN, PhD ;   Pat Atherton   ¹ , BCom, MPA ;   Elizabeth Borycki   ^{1, 2} , RN, PhD ;   Grace Mickelson   ³ , RN, MA ;   Jennifer Cordeiro   ⁴ , BAA ;   Helen Novak Lauscher   ⁴ , PhD ;   Agnes Black   ⁵ , RN, MPH

¹ School of Nursing, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

² School of Health Information Science, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

³ Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁴ eHealth Strategy Office, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁵ Providence Health Care, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada