Studies in health technology and informatics
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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 2007
Empowering patients to improve the quality of their care: design and implementation of a shared health maintenance module in a US integrated healthcare delivery network.
We describe a health maintenance module within a personal health record designed to improve the quality of routine preventive care for patients in a large integrated healthcare delivery network. This module allows patients and their providers to share an online medical record and decision support tools. Our preliminary results indicate that this approach is well-accepted by patients and their providers and has significant potential to facilitate patient-provider communication and improve the quality of routine health maintenance care. Further research will determine the long term impact and sustainability of this approach.
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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 2007
Localized virtual patient model for regional anesthesia simulation training system.
This paper presents the progress made in the development of a localized virtual patient model for regional anesthesia simulation training system by Energid Technologies. In our on-going project, a feasible engineering virtual patient model has been designed to capture the reflexive responses during nerve block stimulation. Our model combines advanced technologies in tissue deformation, motor nerve stimulation model, and haptic feedback rendering.
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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 2007
A systems development life cycle approach to patient journey modeling projects.
Patient Journey Modeling, a relatively recent innovation in healthcare quality improvement, models the patient's movement through a Health Care Organisation (HCO) by viewing it from a patient centric perspective. A Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) provides a standard project management framework that can improve the quality of information systems. The concept of following a consistent project management framework to boost quality outcomes can be applied equally to healthcare improvement. ⋯ The key contribution of this paper is the introduction of a project management framework in the form of an SDLC that can be used by non-professional computer developers (ie: health care staff), to improve the consistency and quality of outcomes for patient journey redesign projects. Experiences of applying the SDLC in a midwife-led primary-care maternity services environment are discussed. The project team found the steps logical and easy to follow and produced demonstrable improvement results along with ongoing goal-focused action plans.
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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 2007
u-SHARE: web-based decision support/risk communication tool for healthcare consumers with unruptured intracranial aneurysms.
Clinical management for unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIA) is controversial and requires professional knowledge which is the main reason that patients have difficulty in making decisions. The purpose of this study is to develop a tool that aids healthcare consumers in making optimal shared decisions with decision analysis. ⋯ Our decision analytic tool was well accepted especially by healthcare consumers. The tool enables UIA patients to enhance their knowledge and understanding toward optimal shared decision making and can be an alternative "structured informed consent tool".
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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 2007
Implementing virtual worlds for systematic training of prehospital CPR in medical school.
We report on a study that investigates the relationship between repeated training of teams managing medical emergencies in the Virtual World and affective learning outcomes in a group of 12 medical students. The focus of the training was on individual actions, but also on interaction and behaviour in the team. ⋯ We found an increase in flow experience and in self efficacy. This type of training could probably be expanded to other groups for a similar purpose because of its easiness to use, adaptability and interactivity.