Adaptive Change in Simulation Education: Comparison of effectiveness of a communication skill curriculum on death notification using in‐person methods versus a digital communication platform

Digital communication is omnipresent. In everyday life, social messenger apps are very popular. Thus, for some patients1 it seems intuitive to use such media to correspond with their professional therapists as well. From a practical perspective, this seems to be advantageous for the therapists themselves. However, this should not lead us to overlook the problems of such platforms, especially issues with data protection. In spite of the legally binding rollout of a safe communication route for therapeutic and medical services in Germany (the so-called “Telematik-Infrastruktur”), so far, there is no unproblematic communication platform for therapists and their patients. Special messenger apps, which explicitly do not store metadata, seem to be the least problematic besides classic phone calls or letters. However, they are not yet widely used. This paper aims to sensitize psychotherapists for their responsibility and to demonstrate technical options, which need to be weighed carefully in order to maximize data protection of digital communication in therapeutic practice.

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Design and Implementation of Digital Communication Platform Based on FPGA/DSP

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.981.398 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 981 ◽

pp. 398-401

Author(s):

Sheng Guo Zhou ◽

Wen Jing Shang ◽

Nan Wang ◽

Victor Rublev

Keyword(s):

Digital Communication ◽

Software Radio ◽

Modulation Method ◽

Signal Process ◽

Communication Platform ◽

Modulation And Demodulation ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Hardware System ◽

Radio Method

A method to design and implement digital communication platform was in introduced in this paper. The platform based on software radio method can change modulation method conveniently without the change of hardware system because it used FPGA and DSP to do modulation and signal process. The QPSK modulation and demodulation was implemented in the platform to test this platform.

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Rehabilitation care planning on a digital communication platform for patients with a work disability: protocol for the RehaPro-SERVE feasibility study

Pilot and Feasibility Studies ◽

10.1186/s40814-021-00957-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Veronika van der Wardt ◽

Hannah Seipp ◽

Annette Becker ◽

Catharina Maulbecker-Armstrong ◽

Rebecca Kraicker ◽

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Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

High Risk ◽

Return To Work ◽

Feasibility Study ◽

Work Disability ◽

Early Retirement ◽

Digital Communication ◽

Care Planning ◽

Rehabilitation Care ◽

Communication Platform

Abstract Background Long-term disability to work is a risk factor for a permanent reduction in income. Rehabilitation care can support people to return to work. In Germany, rehabilitation care to return to work is mostly provided in specialised clinics. The aim of the Rehapro-SERVE study is to reduce work disability days by facilitating rehabilitation care planning using a digital communication platform. To investigate the feasibility, we will test the implementation of the digital platform and evaluate the study procedures. The Rehapro-SERVE study is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) (grant number: 661R0053K1). Method The feasibility study includes a two-armed unblinded block randomised controlled study (RCT) without follow-up assessments as well as an interview study. Participants for the RCT (n = 16) are primary care patients with a minimum of 4 weeks of absence from work due to musculoskeletal, oncological or psychological conditions and at high risk of early retirement. Eligibility criteria are age 40 to 60 years; minimum of 4 weeks continuous sick leave before recruitment due to musculoskeletal, mental health or oncological conditions; and being at high risk of early retirement. Patients will be recruited from 8 primary care practices in urban and rural areas in Hesse, Germany. Following baseline assessments, patients will be randomised to either digitalised care planning (treatment) or a control group. The digitalised care planning platform will include the patients’ primary care physicians, jobcentres and public health physicians to decide on a tailored return-to-work programme. The collaboration will be supported by a case administrator and, if considered beneficial, a social worker for the patient. An interview study will evaluate the acceptability of the study procedures and the intervention. Discussion The use of a digital communication platform enables stakeholders to exchange information and discuss rehabilitation care planning in a timely fashion. The results of the feasibility study will lead to the adaptation of study procedures for the main study. The results will support the design and conduct of similar studies including digital applications in primary care or across different healthcare settings. Trial registration DRKS- German Clinical Trials Register, DRKS00024207. Registered on 22 March 2021

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Design and Application of Online Digital Communication Platform Based on FPGA in EDA Laboratory

10.1145/3485768.3485818 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Wei Chen

Keyword(s):

Digital Communication ◽

Communication Platform ◽

Design And Application

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FinTech: Digital Communication platform to Ease the process of Funding to NGOs

2020 IEEE Bangalore Humanitarian Technology Conference (B-HTC) ◽

10.1109/b-htc50970.2020.9297865 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Shruthi C ◽

Deepak Gopi Kumar

Keyword(s):

Digital Communication ◽

Communication Platform

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Experiences of digital communication with automated patient interviews and asynchronous chat in Swedish primary care: a qualitative study

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036585 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. e036585 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Artin Entezarjou ◽

Beata Borgström Bolmsjö ◽

Susanna Calling ◽

Patrik Midlöv ◽

Veronica Milos Nymberg

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Primary Healthcare ◽

Information Overload ◽

Digital Communication ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Care Staff ◽

Communication Tool ◽

Communication Platform ◽

Patient Interviews ◽

Rural And Urban

ObjectivesTo explore staff experiences of working with a digital communication platform implemented throughout several primary healthcare centres in Sweden.DesignA descriptive qualitative approach using focus group interviews. Qualitative content analysis was used to code, categorise and thematise data.SettingPrimary healthcare centres across Sweden, in both rural and urban settings.ParticipantsA total of three mixed focus groups, comprising 19 general practitioners and nurses with experience using a specific digital communication platform.ResultsFive categories emerged: ‘Fears and Benefits of Digital Communication’, ‘Altered Practice Workflow’, ‘Accepting the Digital Society’, ‘Safe and Secure for Patients’ and ‘Doesn't Suit Everyone and Everything’. These were abstracted into two comprehensive themes: ‘Adjusting to a novel medium of communication’ and ‘Digitally filtered primary care’, describing how staff experienced integrating the software as a useful tool for certain clinical contexts while managing the communication challenges associated with written communication.ConclusionsFamily medicine staff were ambivalent concerning the use of digital communication but, after a period of adjustment, it was seen as a useful communication tool especially when combined with continuity of care. Staff acknowledged limitations regarding use by inappropriate patient populations, information overload and misinterpretation of text by both staff and patients.

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