Co-creation in Practice I: Co-creating a Digital Neighbourhood Guide (Bremen Osterholz)

Public Administration and Information Technology - Co-creating Digital Public Services for an Ageing Society ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-52873-7_5 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 71-116

Author(s):

Juliane Jarke

Keyword(s):

Focus Groups ◽

Information Needs ◽

Care Service ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Core Group ◽

Consulting Services ◽

Information Gap ◽

Information Category ◽

City District ◽

Data Tables

Abstract This chapter reports on a co-creation project that was conducted in the city district Bremen Osterholz. A core group of 11 older residents co-created a digital district guide over the duration of ten months. In a first step, the group identified an information gap between existing neighbourhood resources to support older residents and older residents’ awareness about them. The solution proposed was to better inform older adults in order to facilitate social participation in their everyday lives (ranging from consulting services to social encounters and outdoor activities). Members of the core group defined the specific information needs (including relevant attributes for each information category) and collected data for all categories. In addition, focus groups with 80 older residents were conducted with the support of local social care service providers. The focus groups were used partly for collecting information about the district, but also for testing the first prototype. The chapter describes co-creation methods such as cultural probes and data tables. It concludes with lessons learned.

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Co-Creation in Practice II: Co-creating a Digital Walking Guide (Bremen Hemelingen)

Public Administration and Information Technology - Co-creating Digital Public Services for an Ageing Society ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-52873-7_6 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 117-165

Author(s):

Juliane Jarke

Keyword(s):

Information Needs ◽

Social Care ◽

Service Providers ◽

Care Service ◽

Relevant Information ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Social Care Service ◽

Core Group ◽

Group Of Seven ◽

City District

Abstract This chapter reports on a co-creation project that was conducted in the city district Bremen Hemelingen. A core group of seven local service providers steered the process in which 46 older residents participated. One of the tasks of social care service providers is to organise outdoor activities for older residents (also to facilitate social participation). To support their work, this co-creation project resulted in a digital walking guide that provides multi-media information on walks in different parts of the district. The walks were defined and organised by social care service providers as well as individual older residents. Older participants defined relevant information needs. A core group of five older residents defined design requirements and created content for the digital walking guide. The chapter describes different kinds of co-creation walking methods such as ideation walks, data walks and user test walks. It concludes with lessons learned.

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Incorporating home healthcare nurses’ admission information needs to inform data standards

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association ◽

10.1093/jamia/ocaa087 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (8) ◽

pp. 1278-1286 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paulina S Sockolow ◽

Kathryn H Bowles ◽

Christine Wojciechowicz ◽

Ellen J Bass

Keyword(s):

Focus Groups ◽

Home Health Care ◽

Information Transfer ◽

Information Needs ◽

Home Healthcare ◽

Data Standards ◽

Information Gap ◽

Types Of Information ◽

Transfer Of Information ◽

Available Information

Abstract Objective Patient transitions into home health care (HHC) often occur without the transfer of information needed for critical clinical decisions and the plan of care. Owing to a lack of universally implemented standards, there is wide variation in information transfer. We sought to characterize missing information at HHC admission. Materials and Methods We conducted a mixed methods study with 3 diverse HHC agencies. Focus groups with nurses at each agency identified what information supports patient care decisions at admission. Thirty-six in-home admissions with associated documentation review determined the available information. To inform information standards development for the HHC admission process, we compared the types of information desired and available to an international standard for transitions in care information, the Continuity of Care Document (CCD) enhanced with Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology summary terms (CCD/S). Results Three-quarters of the items from the focus groups mapped to the CCD/S. Regarding available information at admission, no observation included all CCD/S data items. While medication information was needed and often available for 4 important decisions, concepts related to patient medication self-management appeared in neither the CCD/S nor the admission documentation. Discussion The CCD/S mostly met HHC nurses’ information needs and is recommended to begin to fill the current information gap. Electronic health record recommendations include use of a data standard: the CCD or the proposed, more parsimonious U.S. Core Data for Interoperability. Conclusions Referral source and HHC agency adoption of data standards is recommended to support structured, consistent data and information sharing.

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Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 on College Campuses: Initial Efforts, Lessons Learned, and Research Needs

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18094455 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (9) ◽

pp. 4455

Author(s):

Sasha Harris-Lovett ◽

Kara L. Nelson ◽

Paloma Beamer ◽

Heather N. Bischel ◽

Aaron Bivins ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Information Needs ◽

Community Dynamics ◽

The United States ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Future Research ◽

Private Institutions ◽

Community Members ◽

Public And Private ◽

College And University ◽

University Systems

Wastewater surveillance for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emerging approach to help identify the risk of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. This tool can contribute to public health surveillance at both community (wastewater treatment system) and institutional (e.g., colleges, prisons, and nursing homes) scales. This paper explores the successes, challenges, and lessons learned from initial wastewater surveillance efforts at colleges and university systems to inform future research, development and implementation. We present the experiences of 25 college and university systems in the United States that monitored campus wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 during the fall 2020 academic period. We describe the broad range of approaches, findings, resources, and impacts from these initial efforts. These institutions range in size, social and political geographies, and include both public and private institutions. Our analysis suggests that wastewater monitoring at colleges requires consideration of local information needs, sewage infrastructure, resources for sampling and analysis, college and community dynamics, approaches to interpretation and communication of results, and follow-up actions. Most colleges reported that a learning process of experimentation, evaluation, and adaptation was key to progress. This process requires ongoing collaboration among diverse stakeholders including decision-makers, researchers, faculty, facilities staff, students, and community members.

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User-centered Requirements for Patient Fluid Intake Monitoring Support

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1071181320641170 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 736-740

Author(s):

Ellen J. Bass ◽

Andrew J. Abbate ◽

Yaman Noaiseh ◽

Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Focus Group ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Real Time ◽

Information Needs ◽

Fluid Intake ◽

Fluid Consumption ◽

Registered Dietitians ◽

Group Data ◽

Focus Group Data

There is a need to support patients with monitoring liquid intake. This work addresses development of requirements for real-time and historical displays and reports with respect to fluid consumption as well as alerts based on critical clinical thresholds. We conducted focus groups with registered nurses and registered dietitians in order to identify the information needs and alerting criteria to support fluid consumption measurement. This paper presents results of the focus group data analysis and the related requirements resulting from the analysis.

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Patients With Psoriasis and Personalized Trade-offs in Treatment Decisions—Lessons Learned From Focus Groups

JAMA Dermatology ◽

10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.0501 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 152 (6) ◽

pp. 720

Author(s):

Jaehwan Kim ◽

Dong Joo Kim ◽

Francesca S. Ortenzio ◽

Lynn Dare ◽

Christine Frank ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Focus Groups ◽

Treatment Decisions ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Trade Offs

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An evaluation of factors affecting the management of COVID-19 in Bangladesh

Journal of Health Research ◽

10.1108/jhr-08-2020-0323 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Syed S.M Sadrul Huda ◽

Afsana Akhtar ◽

Segufta Dilshad ◽

Syeeda Raisa Maliha

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Care Management ◽

Service Providers ◽

Care Service ◽

Health Care Service ◽

Health Care Management ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Future Research ◽

Content Type ◽

The Social

PurposeThe study aims to gain insights into the management of COVID-19 in Bangladesh to identify the factors that are relevant to managing the pandemic in a developing country.Design/methodology/approachThe study was carried out by pursuing the archival method. The information was collected from credible newspaper reports over the previous months, as well as articles published on the subject of COVID-19.FindingsThe research revealed important and relevant dimensions of the health sector in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. The major factors were doctors, nurses (health service providers), patients, (customers) and society. This is a pioneering paper, which documents the major lessons learned from the management of COVID-19 in Bangladesh concerning three stakeholders of the health-care system, i.e. providers, patients and society. This paper covers the situation regarding the ongoing pandemic from three perspectives – provider, customers and society, and thus, may help to develop future research regarding the development of health-care management models for addressing the pandemic.Research limitations/implicationsThe major limitations of this paper is its over dependence on secondary sources for collecting the information.Practical implicationsThis paper presents the learnings from the pandemic in health-care management in different categories (e.g. social, doctor/nurse, patients), which can help the managers in understanding different dimensions of the health-care sector from different perspectives. The problems as well as the learnings stated in the paper can help the policy makers implement such strategies to ensure better delivery of the medical health-care service during a pandemic.Social implicationsThis paper clearly reveals the social dimensions of the COVID-19 by assessing the social aspects of COVID-19 management. Both social stigma and support are traced out during evaluating the situation. Thus, the social forces will be able to rethink about their role in addressing the social costs of pandemic.Originality/valueThis is a commentary piece.

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Lack of Information on Intangible Assets in the Financial Statements and a Way to Manage It

Accounting Analysis Auditing ◽

10.26794/2408-9303-2020-7-3-26-37 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 26-37

Author(s):

Ya. I. Ustinova

Keyword(s):

Information Needs ◽

Intangible Assets ◽

Financial Statements ◽

Logical Analysis ◽

Methodological Framework ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Lack Of Information ◽

Information Gap ◽

Information Requests

The article is devoted to the study of localization of the lack of information on intangible assets in traditional financial statements and the analysis of possible ways to manage it. The methodological framework of the research includes methods of comparative, logical analysis, typology and grouping, induction and deduction. The research resulted in ways and means of disclosing the external manifestations of this type of information gap in the reporting and their negative consequences. It also analyses the options for filling in this gap, first of all, by means of the report on intangible assets that complements the structure and contents of traditional statements, and its comparison with the information requests of the company’s stakeholders. The conclusion about the need to revise the concept of preparing and disclosing information about the company’s intangible assets in the financial statements is substantiated. The research can be used in developing the concept of accounting for intangible assets, which can ensure that the gap between the content of financial statements and the information needs of users is bridged.

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Formative Assessment of ARM-U: A Modular Intervention for Decreasing Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Methamphetamine-Using MSM

The Open AIDS Journal ◽

10.2174/1874613601004030105 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 105-115 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Richard S Garfein ◽

Mitcheal Metzner ◽

Jazmine Cuevas ◽

Chad A Bousman ◽

Thomas Patterson

Keyword(s):

Focus Groups ◽

Risk Behaviors ◽

Hiv Transmission ◽

Anal Intercourse ◽

Formative Research ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Transmission Risk ◽

Individual Risk ◽

Satisfaction Survey ◽

Methamphetamine Use

Background: Methamphetamine is a major contributor to HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM). Recent studies show that up to one-third of methamphetamine-using MSM (MUMSM) inject the drug. We developed a behavioral intervention for MUMSM to decrease unprotected anal intercourse and increase awareness of parenteral HIV transmission risk. This 6-session (3 in-person, 3 by telephone) modular intervention was designed to be tailored to participants’ HIV (+/-) and injection drug user ([IDU] yes/no) status. We present results of formative research used to evaluate the content and to assess feasibility and acceptability of this individual-level HIV risk-reduction intervention. Setting: HIV research clinic in a high MSM and methamphetamine prevalence neighborhood. Project: Avoiding Risks from Methamphetamine-Use (ARM-U) is a brief toolbox intervention that allows counselors to select modules that suit a client’s individual risk profile and intervention needs employing motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral theory. We evaluated the format and content of the intervention through focus groups and pre-testing of the entire intervention using volunteers from the target population stratified into four groups (HIV+/IDU, HIV-/IDU, HIV+/non-IDU, HIV-/non-IDU). Four individuals in each stratum were recruited to undergo the intervention and complete a satisfaction survey at the end of each in-person session. Results: In total, 25 MUMSM attended one of five focus groups. Participants thought all proposed intervention topics were important and could aid in reducing sexual risk behaviors among MUMSM. However, the neurocognitive effects of methamphetamine were reported to be a barrier to practicing safer sex, condom use negotiation or HIV status disclosure. Fifteen (94%) of 16 participants completed all 6 sessions and the satisfaction survey. On average, participants felt the intervention was useful for MUMSM, made them contemplate and move toward behavior change, and would recommend the program to their peers. Lessons Learned: Based on our formative research, we revised the ARM-U intervention to emphasize pre-planning to avoid combining methamphetamine use and sex or develop strategies to avoid sex risk following methamphetamine use. We also increased emphasis on referrals for care and other requested services. Future efficacy trials are needed to evaluate the intervention’s ability to reduce HIV-associated risk behaviors.

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The Beacon Collaborative: A Journey to Excellence

Critical Care Nurse ◽

10.4037/ccn2021956 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 41 (5) ◽

pp. e17-e25

Author(s):

Deborah Hurley ◽

Sarah M. Gantz ◽

E. Kate Valcin ◽

Tara L. Sacco

Keyword(s):

Critical Care ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Care Service ◽

Stakeholder Involvement ◽

Service Level ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Organizational Level ◽

Unit Level ◽

Individual Unit ◽

The Individual

Topic The development of the Critical Care Beacon Collaborative to achieve meaningful recognition. Clinical Relevance Recognizing nurses for contributions to their work environment and care delivery is important for their professional and personal fulfillment, job satisfaction, and retention; such recognition can occur at the individual, unit, or organizational level. The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program acknowledges nursing excellence at the organizational level. It would, however, be difficult for an organization to achieve Magnet designation without nursing excellence at the unit level. To recognize excellence at the unit level, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses developed the Beacon Award in 2003. Objective To describe one academic medical center’s journey toward winning Beacon Awards across 8 units within the adult critical care service. Content Covered The Critical Care Beacon Collaborative resulted in a Beacon Award for each unit and important staff outcomes. This article describes the organization, the process before the Critical Care Beacon Collaborative convened and the desired state, and the methods used to achieve our goal. It also discusses unit- and service-level stakeholder involvement. The successes, lessons learned, sustainability, and growth of the Critical Care Beacon Collaborative are shared to assist readers who aspire to pursue a Beacon Award.

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