Survey of Health Care Practitioners’ Preferences for Medical Information: Collective Insights for Impacting Patient Care

In the “Health 2.0” era, digital media has altered how health care is conducted and how patients consume medical information. This article explores the reasons why health-care professionals create their own blogs and how they use blogging as a component of their work. We examine interviews with medical bloggers ( n = 83) featured on “Grand Rounds,” a weekly medical blog forum or “carnival,” to interpret the ways in which blogging is incorporated into their everyday lives. In performing a qualitative thematic analysis, we develop five themes that help capture what blogs mean to these health-care practitioners. The uses of blogs speak to articulating and reestablishing a professional reputation, connecting with patients informally, writing for therapeutic reasons, negotiating institutional constraints, and promoting community and health-care reform.

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Personalizing the BioPsychoSocial Approach: “Add-Ons” and “Add-Ins” in Generalist Practice

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2021.716486 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

William B. Ventres ◽

Richard M. Frankel

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Patient Care ◽

Frames Of Reference ◽

Biopsychosocial Approach ◽

Health Care Practitioners ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Ongoing Care ◽

Important Time ◽

The Many ◽

Generalist Practice

Generalist practitioners often find interacting with patients deeply satisfying and joyful; they also experience encounters that are challenging and complex. In both cases, they must be aware of the many issues that affect the processes and outcomes of patient care. Although using the BioPsychoSocial approach is an important, time-tested framework for cultivating one's awareness of patients' presenting concerns, recent developments suggest that additional frames of reference may enhance communication and relationships with patients. In this article, we describe several additions to the BioPsychoSocial approach, considerations we call “add-ons” and “add-ins”. We invite generalist practitioners and, indeed, all health care practitioners, to consider how they can improve their ongoing care of patients by personalizing these and other additions in their day-to-day work with patients.

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Role of Pharm.D in Better Patient Care: Perspective of Indian Health Care Practitioners

Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice ◽

10.5530/ijopp.13.1.10 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 63-67

Author(s):

Rajesh Venkataraman ◽

Muhammed Rashid ◽

Mary Cherian ◽

Ashna Abraham ◽

Shahinur Islam ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Patient Care ◽

Indian Health ◽

Health Care Practitioners

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The Current State of Research, Challenges, and Future Research Directions of Blockchain Technology in Patient Care: Systematic Review

Journal of Medical Internet Research ◽

10.2196/18619 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (7) ◽

pp. e18619 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Polina Durneva ◽

Karlene Cousins ◽

Min Chen

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Medical Research ◽

Patient Care ◽

Health Information ◽

Medical Information ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

Research Articles ◽

Future Research ◽

Medical Information Systems ◽

Blockchain Technology

Background Blockchain offers a promising new distributed technology to address the challenges of data standardization, system interoperability, security, privacy, and accessibility of medical records. Objective The purpose of this review is to assess the research on the use of blockchain technology for patient care and the associated challenges and to provide a research agenda for future research. Methods This review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines. We queried the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed, Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), and Web of Science databases for peer-reviewed research articles published up to December 2019 that examined the implementation of blockchain technology in health care settings. We identified 800 articles from which we selected 70 empirical research articles for a detailed review. Results Blockchain-based patient care applications include medical information systems, personal health records, mobile health and telemedicine, data preservation systems and social networks, health information exchanges and remote monitoring systems, and medical research systems. These blockchain-based health care applications may improve patient engagement and empowerment, improve health care provider access to information, and enhance the use of health care information for medical research. Conclusions Blockchain health information technology (HIT) provides benefits such as ensuring data privacy and security of health data, facilitating interoperability of heterogeneous HIT systems, and improving the quality of health care outcomes. However, barriers to using blockchain technology to build HIT include security and privacy vulnerabilities, user resistance, high computing power requirements and implementation costs, inefficient consensus algorithms, and challenges of integrating blockchain with existing HIT. With 51% of the research focused on medical information systems such as electronic health record and electronic medical record, and 53% of the research focused on data security and privacy issues, this review shows that HIT research is primarily focused on the use of blockchain technologies to address the current challenges HIT faces. Although Blockchain presents significant potential for disrupting health care, most ideas are in their infancy.

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The Current State of Research, Challenges, and Future Research Directions of Blockchain Technology in Patient Care: Systematic Review (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.18619 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Polina Durneva ◽

Karlene Cousins ◽

Min Chen

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Medical Research ◽

Patient Care ◽

Health Information ◽

Medical Information ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

Research Articles ◽

Future Research ◽

Medical Information Systems ◽

Blockchain Technology

BACKGROUND Blockchain offers a promising new distributed technology to address the challenges of data standardization, system interoperability, security, privacy, and accessibility of medical records. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this review is to assess the research on the use of blockchain technology for patient care and the associated challenges and to provide a research agenda for future research. METHODS This review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines. We queried the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed, Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), and Web of Science databases for peer-reviewed research articles published up to December 2019 that examined the implementation of blockchain technology in health care settings. We identified 800 articles from which we selected 70 empirical research articles for a detailed review. RESULTS Blockchain-based patient care applications include medical information systems, personal health records, mobile health and telemedicine, data preservation systems and social networks, health information exchanges and remote monitoring systems, and medical research systems. These blockchain-based health care applications may improve patient engagement and empowerment, improve health care provider access to information, and enhance the use of health care information for medical research. CONCLUSIONS Blockchain health information technology (HIT) provides benefits such as ensuring data privacy and security of health data, facilitating interoperability of heterogeneous HIT systems, and improving the quality of health care outcomes. However, barriers to using blockchain technology to build HIT include security and privacy vulnerabilities, user resistance, high computing power requirements and implementation costs, inefficient consensus algorithms, and challenges of integrating blockchain with existing HIT. With 51% of the research focused on medical information systems such as electronic health record and electronic medical record, and 53% of the research focused on data security and privacy issues, this review shows that HIT research is primarily focused on the use of blockchain technologies to address the current challenges HIT faces. Although Blockchain presents significant potential for disrupting health care, most ideas are in their infancy.

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Does Performance-Based Remuneration for Individual Health Care Practitioners Affect Patient Care?

Annals of Internal Medicine ◽

10.7326/0003-4819-157-12-201212180-00009 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 157 (12) ◽

pp. 889 ◽

Cited By ~ 92

Author(s):

Sherilyn K.D. Houle ◽

Finlay A. McAlister ◽

Cynthia A. Jackevicius ◽

Anderson W. Chuck ◽

Ross T. Tsuyuki

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Patient Care ◽

Individual Health ◽

Health Care Practitioners ◽

Affect Patient Care

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Teletinnitus Program at the VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System

Perspectives on Telepractice ◽

10.1044/teles4.1.23 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 23-29

Author(s):

Constance Hilory Tomberlin

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Patient Satisfaction ◽

Patient Care ◽

Health Care System ◽

Gulf Coast ◽

New Technology ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Veterans Health ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

Care System

There are a multitude of reasons that a teletinnitus program can be beneficial, not only to the patients, but also within the hospital and audiology department. The ability to use technology for the purpose of tinnitus management allows for improved appointment access for all patients, especially those who live at a distance, has been shown to be more cost effective when the patients travel is otherwise monetarily compensated, and allows for multiple patient's to be seen in the same time slots, allowing for greater access to the clinic for the patients wishing to be seen in-house. There is also the patient's excitement in being part of a new technology-based program. The Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (GCVHCS) saw the potential benefits of incorporating a teletinnitus program and began implementation in 2013. There were a few hurdles to work through during the beginning organizational process and the initial execution of the program. Since the establishment of the Teletinnitus program, the GCVHCS has seen an enhancement in patient care, reduction in travel compensation, improvement in clinic utilization, clinic availability, the genuine excitement of the use of a new healthcare media amongst staff and patients, and overall patient satisfaction.

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