scholarly journals What works for whom in compassion training programs offered to practicing healthcare providers: a realist review

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane Sinclair ◽  
Jane Kondejewski ◽  
Priya Jaggi ◽  
Amanda L. Roze des Ordons ◽  
Aliya Kassam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Training Programs ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Realist Review ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Effect Change ◽  
Provider Characteristics ◽  
What Works ◽  
Full Text Review ◽  
Teaching Learning

Abstract Background Patients and families want their healthcare to be delivered by healthcare providers that are both competent and compassionate. While compassion training has begun to emerge in healthcare education, there may be factors that facilitate or inhibit the uptake and implementation of training into practice. This review identified the attributes that explain the successes and/or failures of compassion training programs offered to practicing healthcare providers. Methods Realist review methodology for knowledge synthesis was used to consider the contexts, mechanisms (resources and reasoning), and outcomes of compassion training for practicing healthcare providers to determine what works, for whom, and in what contexts. Results Two thousand nine hundred ninety-one articles underwent title and abstract screening, 53 articles underwent full text review, and data that contributed to the development of a program theory were extracted from 45 articles. Contexts included the clinical setting, healthcare provider characteristics, current state of the healthcare system, and personal factors relevant to individual healthcare providers. Mechanisms included workplace-based programs and participatory interventions that impacted teaching, learning, and the healthcare organization. Contexts were associated with certain mechanisms to effect change in learners’ attitudes, knowledge, skills and behaviors and the clinical process. Conclusions In conclusion this realist review determined that compassion training may engender compassionate healthcare practice if it becomes a key component of the infrastructure and vision of healthcare organizations, engages institutional participation, improves leadership at all levels, adopts a multimodal approach, and uses valid measures to assess outcomes.

Survey of Cloud Computing in Healthcare Sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 337
Author(s):  
S. Karthiga Devi ◽  
B. Arputhamary
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Cloud Infrastructure ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Number Of Patients

Today the volume of healthcare data generated increased rapidly because of the number of patients in each hospital increasing.  These data are most important for decision making and delivering the best care for patients. Healthcare providers are now faced with collecting, managing, storing and securing huge amounts of sensitive protected health information. As a result, an increasing number of healthcare organizations are turning to cloud based services. Cloud computing offers a viable, secure alternative to premise based healthcare solutions. The infrastructure of Cloud is characterized by a high volume storage and a high throughput. The privacy and security are the two most important concerns in cloud-based healthcare services. Healthcare organization should have electronic medical records in order to use the cloud infrastructure. This paper surveys the challenges of cloud in healthcare and benefits of cloud techniques in health care industries.

INCREASING ADOPTION OFSOCIAL MEDIA IN HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS : OPPORTUNITIES AND CONCERNS

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharafat Hussain ◽  
Prof. Mohd. Abdul Azeem
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Health Care Organizations ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Social Media Presence ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Adoption of social media amongst health care organizations is thriving. Healthcare providers have begun to connect with patients via social media. While some healthcare organizations have taken the initiative, numerous others are attempting to comprehend this new medium of opportunity. These organizations are finding that social networking can be an effective way to monitor brand, connecting with patients, community, and patient education and acquiring new talent. This study is conducted to identify the purpose of using social media, concerns, policy and its implementation and the overall experience of healthcare organizations with social media. To collect first hand data, online questionnaire was sent via LinkedIn to 400 US healthcare organizations and representatives out of which 117 responded and were taken further for analsysis. The results of this study confirm the thriving adoption, increased opportunities and cautious use of social media by healthcare organizations. The potential benefits present outweigh the risk and concerns associated with it. Study concluded that social media presence will continue to grow into the future and the field of healthcare is no exception.

scholarly journals Internet of things issues related to psychiatry

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Monteith ◽  
Tasha Glenn ◽  
John Geddes ◽  
Emanuel Severus ◽  
Peter C. Whybrow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
The Body ◽  
Psychiatric Research ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Personal Safety ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Iot Devices

Abstract Background Internet of Things (IoT) devices for remote monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment are widely viewed as an important future direction for medicine, including for bipolar disorder and other mental illness. The number of smart, connected devices is expanding rapidly. IoT devices are being introduced in all aspects of everyday life, including devices in the home and wearables on the body. IoT devices are increasingly used in psychiatric research, and in the future may help to detect emotional reactions, mood states, stress, and cognitive abilities. This narrative review discusses some of the important fundamental issues related to the rapid growth of IoT devices. Main body Articles were searched between December 2019 and February 2020. Topics discussed include background on the growth of IoT, the security, safety and privacy issues related to IoT devices, and the new roles in the IoT economy for manufacturers, patients, and healthcare organizations. Conclusions The use of IoT devices will increase throughout psychiatry. The scale, complexity and passive nature of data collection with IoT devices presents unique challenges related to security, privacy and personal safety. While the IoT offers many potential benefits, there are risks associated with IoT devices, and from the connectivity between patients, healthcare providers, and device makers. Security, privacy and personal safety issues related to IoT devices are changing the roles of manufacturers, patients, physicians and healthcare IT organizations. Effective and safe use of IoT devices in psychiatry requires an understanding of these changes.

scholarly journals Upskilling health and care workers with augmented and virtual reality: protocol for a realist review to develop an evidence-informed programme theory

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. e050033
Author(s):  
Norina Gasteiger ◽  
Sabine N van der Veer ◽  
Paul Wilson ◽  
Dawn Dowding
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Realist Review ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Programme Theory ◽  
Clinical Educators ◽  
Continued Learning ◽  
Search Quality

IntroductionAugmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are increasingly used to upskill health and care providers, including in surgical, nursing and acute care settings. Many studies have used AR/VR to deliver training, providing mixed evidence on their effectiveness and limited evidence regarding contextual factors that influence effectiveness and implementation. This review will develop, test and refine an evidence-informed programme theory on what facilitates or constrains the implementation of AR or VR programmes in health and care settings and understand how, for whom and to what extent they ‘work’.Methods and analysisThis realist review adheres to the Realist And Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards (RAMESES) standards and will be conducted in three steps: theory elicitation, theory testing and theory refinement. First, a search will identify practitioner, academic and learning and technology adoption theories from databases (MEDLINE, Scopus, CINAHL, Embase, Education Resources Information Center, PsycINFO and Web of Science), practitioner journals, snowballing and grey literature. Information regarding contexts, mechanisms and outcomes will be extracted. A narrative synthesis will determine overlapping configurations and form an initial theory. Second, the theory will be tested using empirical evidence located from the above databases and identified from the first search. Quality will be assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT), and relevant information will be extracted into a coding sheet. Third, the extracted information will be compared with the initial programme theory, with differences helping to make refinements. Findings will be presented as a narrative summary, and the MMAT will determine our confidence in each configuration.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval is not required. This review will develop an evidence-informed programme theory. The results will inform and support AR/VR interventions from clinical educators, healthcare providers and software developers. Upskilling through AR/VR learning interventions may improve quality of care and promote evidence-based practice and continued learning. Findings will be disseminated through conference presentations and peer-reviewed journal articles.

A Global Socio-economic-medico-legal Model for the Sustainability of Longitudinal Electronic Health Records

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (03) ◽  
pp. 240-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Shabo
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Health Records ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Financial Assets ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Legal Model ◽  
Electronic Health

Summary Objectives: This paper pursues the challenge of sustaining lifetime electronic health records (EHRs) based on a comprehensive socio-economic-medico-legal model. The notion of a lifetime EHR extends the emerging concept of a longitudinal and cross-institutional EHR and is invaluable information for increasing patient safety and quality of care. Methods: The challenge is how to compile and sustain a coherent EHR across the lifetime of an individual. Several existing and hypothetical models are described, analyzed and compared in an attempt to suggest a preferred approach. Results: The vision is that lifetime EHRs should be sustained by new players in the healthcare arena, who will function as independent health record banks (IHRBs). Multiple competing IHRBs would be established and regulated following preemptive legislation. They should be neither owned by healthcare providers nor by health insurer/payers or government agencies. The new legislation should also stipulate that the records located in these banks be considered the medico-legal copies of an individual’s records, and that healthcare providers no longer serve as the legal record keepers. Conclusions: The proposed model is not centered on any of the current players in the field; instead, it is focussed on the objective service of sustaining individual EHRs, much like financial banks maintain and manage financial assets. This revolutionary structure provides two main benefits: 1) Healthcare organizations will be able to cut the costs of long-term record keeping, and 2) healthcare providers will be able to provide better care based on the availability of a lifelong EHR of their new patients.

scholarly journals WhatsApp Tele-Medicine – usage patterns and physicians views on the platform

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Barayev ◽  
Omri Shental ◽  
Dotan Yaari ◽  
Elchanan Zloczower ◽  
Itai Shemesh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Patient Confidentiality ◽  
Medical Specialists ◽  
Usage Patterns

Abstract Background Telemedicine has become an integral part of health care delivery in recent years. One of the leading applications for this use is WhatsApp — a free smartphone application that allows instant messaging with pictures and videos. This study analyzed the emerging role of WhatsApp on reducing the need for referrals to medical specialists and to compare the views of physicians regarding WhatsApp consultations. Methods A cross-sectional study based on an anonymous web-survey was conducted among PCPs and medical specialists working in the Israel Defense Forces Medical-Corps during September and October, 2019. Results Of 201 participants, 153 were PCPs and 48 were medical specialists. 86.9 % of PCPs and 86.5 % of specialists used WhatsApp every day in professional settings. Added workload, potential breaching of patient confidentiality and lack of full documentation of consultations were the main concerns among physicians using the application. 60.7 % of PCPs and 95.7 % of specialists stated that these consultations have reduced the need for in-person appointments at least once a week. Conclusions In times of COVID-19 that require social distancing, WhatsApp provides a simple, readily available platform for consultations between healthcare providers, even to the extent of rendering some in-person appointments unnecessary. Healthcare organizations should address the matters troubling healthcare providers, mainly patient confidentiality and lack of documentation in patients’ medical records, while providing adequate compensation for those providing the service during and after work hours.

scholarly journals A review of biomedical and health informatics education: A workforce training framework

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saif Khairat ◽  
Ryan Sandefer ◽  
David Marc ◽  
Lee Pyles
Keyword(s):  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Workforce Training ◽  
Biomedical Data ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Current Form ◽  
American Medical Informatics Association

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to review the current state of health information technology (HIT) training programs and identify limitations in workforce expectations and student/trainee level of preparedness. A framework is proposed to build a more effective training program, differentiate HIT and health informatics, and emphasize the critical role of interprofessional collaboration for informatics-related curriculum. We define interprofessionalism as the multi-sector collaborations among academia, industry (Health Care Organizations), and vendors to produce competent informaticians.Methods: Critical review of published HIT and health informatics curricular competencies was conducted, including those published by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for HIT, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), and the Council on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management. A review of literature related to HIT and health informatics education and training was also completed.Results: The paper presents a framework for promoting health informatics training with an interprofessional foundation. The core components of the curricular competencies include understanding the healthcare system, biomedical data, computer programming, data analytics, usability, and technology infrastructure. To effectively deliver the content, programs require collaboration between academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and industry vendors.Conclusions: HIT and health informatics-related training programs, in their current form, are not meeting industry needs. The proposed framework addresses the current limitations by providing unique pathways for content delivery by promoting interprofessional collaboration and partnerships between academia and industry.

scholarly journals Enseñanza-Aprendizaje basado en investigación. Experiencia piloto en un diplomado de motricidad infantil (Teaching-Learning based on research. Pilot experience in a course on child motor skills)

Retos ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 378-380
Author(s):  
Felipe Poblete-Valderrama ◽  
Luis Linzmayer Gutierrez ◽  
Carlos Matus Castillo ◽  
Alex Garrido Mendez ◽  
Carol Flores Rivera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Performance Levels ◽  
Pilot Experience ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Child Learning

El Artículo describe la implementación de una experiencia piloto desarrollada con profesores de Educación Física que cursan un diplomado en Aprendizaje y Motricidad Infantil en la Universidad Santo Tomás, Sede Valdivia en Chile. La experiencia se desarrolló con la metodología de Aprendizaje Basado en Investigación (ABI) la cual se implementó en el primer módulo del diplomado “El valor del juego en la Enseñanza-Aprendizaje”. Los resultados demostraron que los estudiantes obtuvieron niveles de desempeño sobresalientes de acuerdo a las calificaciones obtenidas, lo que da cuenta de una adecuada aplicación de la metodología ABI en este tipo de programas de formación continua, implicando con ello el desarrollo del ámbito investigativo en su quehacer profesional.Abstract: This article describes the implementation of a pilot experience developed with Physical Education teachers who attend a course in Child Learning and Motricity at the Universidad of Santo Tomás in Valdivia, Chile. The experience was developed using the methodology of Research-Based Learning (ABI), which was implemented in the first module of the diploma "The value of games in Teaching-Learning". Results showed that students had  outstanding performance levels, in accordance with the grades obtained. This suggests an adequate application of the ABI methodology in this type of continuous training programs, thus implying the development of the field of research in their profession.

scholarly journals Evaluating Perceptions of the Healthcare Providers Concerning Accreditation in Healthcare Organizations in the R. Macedonia

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneta Petrusevska ◽  
Elena Kjosevska ◽  
Rosalinda Isjanovska ◽  
Beti Zafirova ◽  
Mome Spasovski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Healthcare Organizations
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