Electronic Record-keeping, Social Memory and Democracy

2002 ◽  
pp. 323-332
Author(s):  
David Bearman
Keyword(s):  
Social Memory ◽  
Electronic Record ◽  
Record Keeping

Informatics and Health Services

2017 ◽  
pp. 215-241
Author(s):  
Nelson Ravka
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Electronic Health Records ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Electronic Record ◽  
Inappropriate Drug ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Electronic Health

Personal electronic health records are seen as a key component to improved health care for patients, empowering motivated patients by giving them access to their own records resulting in increased self-care, shared decision making, and better clinical outcomes. Benefits through electronic record keeping would also accrue to health care providers through the availability and retrievability of data, reduced duplication of medical tests, more effective physician diagnosis and treatment, reduced incidence of prescription errors, and flagging inappropriate drug combinations. Utilizing information technology could also moderate the cost of health care services. Electronic health records would also improve clinical research through access to a large database of patient electronic records for research and determining best practices. Although potential benefits are considerable, many challenges to implementation must be addressed and resolved before this potential of improved health care provision and cost efficiency can be realized.

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

2020 ◽  
pp. 160-176
Author(s):  
Vincent Malesela Mello ◽  
Mpho Ngoepe
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Electronic Record ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Electronic Records ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Electronic Systems ◽  
Data Loss ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
The Future ◽  
Electronic Records Management

Rand Water was one of the earliest institutions to introduce electronic records management in 1991. Over the period of three decades, there have been numerous changes at the institution, and within the South African legal framework, there is a need to transfer the digital records into archival custody. However, there is no infrastructure to ingest digital records into archival custody. This poses challenges to institutions such as Rand Water as they are forced to create an interim solution for electronic records preservation. The challenge is compounded by the fact that since implementing electronic systems, Rand Water has migrated to several products. There is a danger that some records might have been lost during migration. This chapter narrates on the electronic record-keeping within Rand Water from yesteryear to today in order to map the way for the future. It has established that Rand Water has implemented several ECMs and migrated to different products over the years. A further study on data loss and recoverability during migration to the different ECMs is recommended.

scholarly journals Phenotypic Characteristics Associated with Shelter Dog Adoption in the United States

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1959
Author(s):  
Cassie J. Cain ◽  
Kimberly A. Woodruff ◽  
David R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Random Effect ◽  
Electronic Record ◽  
The United States ◽  
Simple Random Sample ◽  
Adult Size ◽  
Phenotypic Characteristics ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
The North ◽  
Cox Proportional Hazard ◽  
Shelter Dog

The objective of this study was to identify phenotypic characteristics of dogs predictive of adoption after being received into a shelter. Individual dog records for 2017 were requested from shelters in five states that received municipal funding and utilized electronic record keeping methods. Records from 17 shelters were merged into a dataset of 19,514 potentially adoptable dogs. A simple random sample of 4500 dogs was used for modelling. Variables describing coat length, estimated adult size, and skull type were imputed from breed phenotype. A Cox proportional hazard model with a random effect of shelter was developed for the outcome of adoption using manual forward variable selection. Significance for model inclusion was set at alpha = 0.05. Dogs from shelters in the North were more likely to be adopted than dogs from shelters in the South (hazard ratio (HR) = 3.13, 95% C.I. 1.27–7.67), as were dogs from Western shelters versus those from Southern shelters (HR = 3.81, 95% C.I. 1.43–10.14). The effect of estimated adult size, skull type, and age group on adoption were each modified by time in the shelter (p < 0.001). The results of this study indicate that what dogs look like is predictive of their hazard for adoption from shelters, but the effect of some characteristics on hazard for adoption depend on time in the shelter. Further, this study demonstrates that adopters prefer a certain phenotype of shelter dog including those that are puppies, small sized and not brachycephalic, when accounting for time in the sheltering environment.

Environmental motivation and monitoring by landholders in north-east Victoria: fact, fantasy and future implications for catchment management

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 346 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Reid ◽  
A. M. Ridley
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Electronic Record ◽  
Catchment Management ◽  
Pasture Management ◽  
Business Outcomes ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
North East ◽  
Almost All

This paper reports on the social and business profiles of 39 landholders (in three groups) in north-east Victoria, participating in an Environmental Management Systems (EMS) project, and their motivations for participating in EMS. The level and type of record keeping, formal monitoring, use of electronic technology, and interest or capacity to monitor their environmental performance were also assessed because this is a crucial part of the EMS process and one that research has not reported on to date. Landholder participation in EMS was mostly for reasons of wanting to better account for sustainability issues in farm management. Most participants recorded rainfall, soil test results, production measures and chemical use (in total 69–97%); however, 31% kept no chemical records. Few kept records of remnant native vegetation, pasture management, weeds, pest animals or native fauna. Electronic record keeping systems were used by 26% of participants. Almost all owned a computer and over 70% used the internet and email. To assess interest and capacity to monitor environmental performance, participants were introduced to a water balance calculation tool (this being a locally relevant issue) and asked to calculate their own values. Most participants needed two to three visits to gain confidence to perform the calculations and most did not view the tools as being of much relevance. This was in strong contrast to previous work carried out in the southern Riverina of New South Wales. We conclude that environmental monitoring is more important for catchment management authorities (CMAs) and state agencies than for landholders. If CMAs are to assess how on-farm actions lead to improved environmental performance, there is a need to collect information remotely, invest in monitoring or provide incentives for farmers. There appears to be insufficient record keeping and monitoring by landholders to trace chemical residue problems. This, in addition to a lack of environmental monitoring, means that farmers in north-east Victoria cannot substantiate either ‘clean’ or ‘green’ claims. Future work should focus on awareness and education in natural resource management, as well as improved record keeping and monitoring. Some form of recognition will be needed if the majority of farmers are to participate in environmental programs. Introductory EMS training provides a means of improving business outcomes, documentation and improving environmental management.

scholarly journals Developing an electronic record keeping system at a paediatric clinic in Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
D S Wijesekara ◽  
P L S Peiris ◽  
D S Fernando ◽  
T D N Palliyaguru ◽  
W A D N Fonseka
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Electronic Record ◽  
Record Keeping

scholarly journals Feasibility of Introducing Mobile Point-of-Sale Technology into Urban Corner Stores for Evaluation of Sales

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 716-716
Author(s):  
Emma Lewis ◽  
Kaitlyn Harper ◽  
Joel Gittelsohn
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Electronic Record ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Public Health Interventions ◽  
Baltimore City ◽  
Point Of Sale ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Corner Store ◽  
Corner Stores

Abstract Objectives Small urban corner stores are a common venue for public health interventions, but evaluation of these initiatives is hampered by lack of formal electronic record-keeping. Previous research in Baltimore City, Maryland found that corner store owners would be interested in having access to a mobile application which offers point-of-sale features. The objective of this study was to examine the feasibility of using a simple mobile point-of-sale tablet (POST) application to track sales of healthy foods and beverages in Baltimore City corner stores. Methods POST is an interactive Android tablet mobile application developed for use by small corner store owners to track unit sales of 14 foods and beverages. Selected items were chosen to represent a balance of healthy and unhealthy options. POST is designed to be intuitive and can be adapted for use in multiple languages. A sample of four geographically and ethnically diverse corner store owners located in Baltimore City were trained to use POST during transactions in which they sold any of the selected items over an 11-day period. The research team elicited user feedback on acceptability, operability, and perceived sustainability. Results Training on the use of POST took five minutes, on average, regardless of store owners’ language differences or familiarity with mobile technology. POST was found to have moderate acceptability, high operability, and moderately high perceived sustainability by corner store owners. All store owners that completed the study reported that POST was easy to use and that they would use it again. Conclusions It is feasible to train corner store owners in low-income areas to use a simplified point-of-sale mobile application for sales monitoring. Future research should explore the value added of POST for public health interventions which rely on formal electronic record-keeping. Funding Sources No funding was received for this research.

Overheard: Better Business Apps

ASHA Leader ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Irwin ◽  
Phyllis Watson
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Record ◽  
Augmentative Communication ◽  
Online Chat ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Private Practitioners ◽  
Alternative And Augmentative Communication

LPs Julie Irwin and Phyllis Watson, experts in alternative and augmentative communication, joined an online chat highlighting apps to help private practitioners with electronic record-keeping to save time and run better practices. The Leader was there ...

Electronic Record Keeping

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Nettleton ◽  
Janet Gough
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Record ◽  
Record Keeping
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