scholarly journals Successes of and Lessons From the First Joint eHealth Program of the Dutch University Hospitals: Evaluation Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anneloek Rauwerdink ◽  
Marise J Kasteleyn ◽  
Niels H Chavannes ◽  
Marlies P Schijven
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Project Leader ◽  
It Services ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Organization Framework

BACKGROUND A total of 8 Dutch university hospitals are at the forefront of contributing meaningfully to a future-proof health care system. To stimulate nationwide collaboration and knowledge-sharing on the topic of evidence-based eHealth, the Dutch university hospitals joined forces from 2016 to 2019 with the first <i>Citrien Fund (CF) program eHealth</i>; 29 eHealth projects with various subjects and themes were selected, supported, and evaluated. To determine the accomplishment of the 10 <i>deliverables</i> for the <i>CF program eHealth</i> and to contribute to the theory and practice of formative evaluation of eHealth in general, a comprehensive evaluation was deemed essential. OBJECTIVE The first aim of this study is to evaluate whether the 10 deliverables of the <i>CF program eHealth</i> were accomplished. The second aim is to evaluate the progress of the 29 eHealth projects to determine the barriers to and facilitators of the development of the <i>CF program eHealth</i> projects<i>.</i> METHODS To achieve the first aim of this study, an evaluation study was carried out using an adapted version of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization framework. A mixed methods study, consisting of a 2-part questionnaire and semistructured interviews, was conducted to analyze the second aim of the study. RESULTS The 10 deliverables of the <i>CF program eHealth</i> were successfully achieved. The program yielded 22 tangible eHealth solutions, and significant knowledge on the development and use of eHealth solutions. We have learned that the patient is enthusiastic about accessing and downloading their own medical data but the physicians are more cautious. It was not always possible to implement the Dutch set of standards for interoperability, owing to a lack of information technology (IT) capacities. In addition, more attention needed to be paid to patients with low eHealth skills, and education in such cases is important. The eHealth projects’ progress aspects such as <i>planning</i>, <i>IT services</i>, and <i>legal</i> played an important role in the success of the 29 projects. The in-depth interviews illustrated that a novel eHealth solution should fulfill a need, that partners already having the knowledge and means to accelerate development should be involved, that clear communication with IT developers and other stakeholders is crucial, and that having a dedicated project leader with sufficient time is of utmost importance for the success of a project. CONCLUSIONS The 8 Dutch university hospitals were able to collaborate successfully and stimulate through a bottom-up approach, nationwide eHealth development and knowledge-sharing. In total, 22 tangible eHealth solutions were developed, and significant eHealth knowledge about their development and use was shared. The eHealth projects’ progress aspects such as <i>planning</i>, <i>IT services</i>, and <i>legal</i> played an important role in the successful progress of the projects and should therefore be closely monitored when developing novel eHealth solutions. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR2-10.1016/j.ceh.2020.12.002

ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЕ МОШЕННИЧЕСТВ, СОВЕРШАЕМЫХ ОСУЖДЕННЫМИ, СОДЕРЖАЩИМИСЯ В ИСПРАВИТЕЛЬНЫХ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЯХ, С ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЕМ СРЕДСТВ МОБИЛЬНОЙ СВЯЗИ: ПРОБЛЕМЫ И ПУТИ ИХ РЕШЕНИЯ

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Gryazeva
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Crime Statistics ◽  
Correctional Institutions ◽  
Official Statistics ◽  
Current State ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Executive System

В статье изложен обзор современного состояния теории и практики предупреждения мошенничеств, совершаемых осужденными с помощью средств мобильной связи из учреждений уголовно-исполнительной системы России. Исследованы и оценены изменения законодательства, регулирующего рассматриваемую сферу правоотношений, предложения ученых относительно повышения эффективности борьбы с указанным видом мошенничеств, практические материалы. Обозначена проблема, связанная с отсутствием в данных официальной статистики о состоянии преступности в России сведений о количестве мошенничеств, совершаемых осужденными с помощью средств мобильной связи, что бывает необходимо для проведения научных и прикладных исследований, выработки мер по предупреждению и оценки их эффективности в борьбе с анализируемым противоправным деянием. Сформулированы рекомендации, направленные на повышение эффективности предупреждения «телефонных» мошенничеств, совершаемых осужденными в период отбывания наказания в исправительных учреждениях, в частности предложение правового характера, регулирующее сферу индивидуальной профилактики правонарушений, совершаемых осужденными, и предложение в области статистического учета преступлений и отчетности.The article presents an overview of the current state of the theory and practice of fraud prevention committed by convicts using mobile communications from institutions of the criminal Executive system of Russia. The changes in the legislation regulating the sphere of legal relations, the proposals of scientists on improving the effectiveness of combating this type of fraud, practical materials are studied and evaluated. There is a problem related to the lack of information in the official statistics on the state of crime in Russia on the number of frauds committed by convicts by means of mobile communication, which is necessary for scientific and applied research, the development of measures to prevent and assess their effectiveness in combating the illegal act in question. Recommendations have been made to improve the prevention of «telephone» fraud committed by convicted persons while serving their sentences in correctional institutions, in particular a legal proposal regulating the scope of individual prevention of offences committed by convicted persons and a proposal in the field of crime statistics and reporting.

scholarly journals Laboratory-based surveillance for Cryptosporidium in France, 2006–2009

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (33) ◽  
Author(s):  
Collective The ANOFEL Cryptosporidium National Network
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
National Network ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Public Health Authorities ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Voluntary Basis

In 2002, the French Food Safety Agency drew attention to the lack of information on the prevalence of human cryptosporidiosis in the country. Two years later, the ANOFEL Cryptosporidium National Network (ACNN) was set up to provide public health authorities with data on the incidence and epidemiology of human cryptosporidiosis in France. Constituted on a voluntary basis, ACNN includes 38 hospital parasitology laboratories (mainly in university hospitals). Each laboratory is engaged to notify new cases of confirmed human cryptosporidiosis, store specimens (e.g. stools, duodenal aspirates or biopsies) and related clinical and epidemiological data, using datasheet forms. From January 2006 to December 2009, 407 cryptosporidiosis cases were notified in France and 364 specimens were collected. Of the notified cases, 74 were children under four years of age, accounting for 18.2%. HIV-infected and immunocompetent patients represented 38.6% (n=157) and 28% (n=114) of cases, respectively. A marked seasonal pattern was observed each year, with increased number of cases in mid to late summer and the beginning of autumn. Genotyping of 345 isolates from 310 patients identified C. parvum in 168 (54.2%) cases, C. hominis in 113 (36.4%) and other species in 29 (9.4%), including C. felis (n=15), C. meleagridis (n=4), C. canis (n=4), Cryptosporidium chipmunk genotype (n=1), Cryptosporidium rabbit genotype (n=1) and new Cryptosporidium genotypes (n=4). These data represent the first multisite report of laboratory-confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis in France.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTATION OF PEER ASSESSMENT IN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliia Morze ◽  
Viktoriia Vember
Keyword(s):  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Evaluation Tools ◽  
Traditional Assessment ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Digital Evaluation

The article presents the peculiarities and trends of the implementation of peer assessment in the educational process of institutions of higher education, analyzes the view of world scholars on the changes in the theory and practice of assessing academic achievements of students in the context of emphasizing personality-oriented learning, namely recognition of the formative evaluation function through which students become not only observers of the process of evaluation by the teacher, and are involved in the use and development of evaluation criteria, self-assessment and peer assessment. The peculiarities of formative and peer assessment are analyzed, advantages and disadvantages of traditional and peer assessment are determined. Among the suggested ways to avoid the disadvantages of traditional assessment is the combination of traditional and peer assessment, the implementation of ICT tools to support peer assessment. The digital evaluation tools were analyzed and the results of the survey of teachers regarding the interest in possession of digital evaluation tools were presented, which was attended by 769 teachers from six Ukrainian partner universities of the MoPed project. The results of the survey on the use of assessment techniques and the use of digital tools for assessment, which was attended by scientific and teaching staff of the Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, were presented. The results of the survey showed that today peer assessment is used in the educational process by 15.6% of respondents, 62.3% use it in part, 22.1% do not use it. At the same time, 51.9% of the respondents are ready to use peer assessment in the educational process after a closer look at this method. According to the survey results, the digital instruments used by scientific and teaching staff in the learning process are the most popular ones: e-mail, computer tests that are checked automatically, and work with shared documents or presentations, but some resources that can be used for peer assessment, less than a third of teachers are used and their use does not always take into account all possibilities of such means.

scholarly journals The Impact of Mobile Technology on a UK Police Force and Their Knowledge Sharing

2009 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. 101-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachael Lindsay ◽  
Louise Cooke ◽  
Tom Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Police Force ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Method Approach

The paper discusses an evaluation study that investigates the impact of mobile technology on a UK police force and on knowledge sharing processes. An empirical, ethnographic approach to the research was adopted, using a mixed method approach of focus groups, questionnaires, observational "work shadowing" and interviews with a total of 42 staff involved in a trial of mobile technology. The findings from the various methods are consistent, suggesting that mobile technology has a positive impact on policing and knowledge sharing. The timeliness of information improved, increasing the availability of information for decision-making. Reductions in information overload were apparent due to mobile technology providing greater control over information. There was a positive impact on knowledge sharing in the course of operational duties. Information and knowledge could be shared more quickly with officers in the field; and mobile technology provided a new avenue for keeping each other up to date with events. The paper contributes towards an understanding of the upcoming concept of "mobile knowledge management" and offers a set of recommendations to manage the possible long-term risk of mobile technology on knowledge sharing.

Intergenerational workplace knowledge sharing: challenges and new directions

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiayang Tang ◽  
Jorge Tiago Martins
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Retail Banking ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Human Resource Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ageing Workforce ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
Big Four

PurposeDrawing on theories pertaining to knowledge sharing, ageing at work and human resource practices for ageing workers, this article explores knowledge sharing challenges arising from the interaction between an increasingly ageing workforce and younger employees.Design/methodology/approachContextually, the authors focus on China, where the pace of demographic transformations offers a unique opportunity to investigate knowledge sharing practices in their socio-economic context. Empirically, the authors analyse knowledge sharing behaviours and practices of retail banking professionals in a Chinese big four bank.FindingsThe encouragement of knowledge sharing between younger and older workers should be incorporated into organisations' human resource strategies. The availability of development, maintenance, utilisation and accommodative human resource practices signals to older workers that they are valuable and are worth investing in.Originality/valueThe authors’ contribution to theory and practice is twofold: starting with the identification of perceived knowledge sharing challenges, the authors’ analysis offers important contextually grounded insights into what types of managerial practices are relevant in eliciting successful knowledge sharing within organisations faced with an ageing workforce.

OBSTACLES TO IMPLEMENTING INITIATIVES OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZE FIRMS

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-270
Author(s):  
Rima Česynienė ◽  
Marina Neverkevič
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Support Research

The purpose of the paper is to analyse the obstacles to implementing social responsibility initiatives in small and medium-size business firms. The implementing fields and the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in small and medium-size business firms are stressed in the paper. The current situation of CSR in Lithuanian small and medium-size firms is presented. The research data allowed discovering that the main obstacle to implement social responsibility in the small and medium-size firms is the managers’ attitude that social responsibility is a matter of great concern only to large companies. 43% of respondents indicated this obstacle. On the other hand, the research data allowed finding out that in our turbulent environment social responsibility in small and medium-size business firms is not a random phenomenon (71 %), and it is constant concern to managers, which provides for the budget (54 %). The understanding that social responsibility initiatives are only charity or philanthropy is also declined, only 5% of the respondents think so, however, 32 % of firms are supporting charitable initiatives. The most stimulating factors in the implementation of CSR are: staff loyalty and job satisfaction, a better image of the company, long-term competitiveness of the business advantage, the increased consumers requirements. Socially responsible behaviour disincentives are: the lack of human resour-ces (51 %), lack of information about gain from socially responsible activities (50 %), lack of financial resources (28 %). Both theory and practice agree that the implementation of CSR issues is most dependent on the leader’s attitude. The managers of small and medium-size business firms mostly are coordinating the implementation of CSR initiatives (70% of respondents). The results of the empirical research of CSR initiatives implementation in business prac-tices were presented in the possible model of tools which stimulates social responsibility initiatives in small and medium-size business firms. This integrated model includes pu-blic, government and business efforts and interests: 1) improvement of public policy, 2) revitalization of public organizations; 3) encourage and support research, 4) integration of CSR into education, 5) singleness of purpose (depending on companies’ specifics), 6) increase of managers’ consciousness, 7) implementation of a step-by-step approach.

Aquatic Stewardship Education in Theory and Practice

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Educational Outreach ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Aquatic Resources ◽  
Evaluative Feedback ◽  
Informal Educators ◽  
Two Stages

<i>Abstract</i>.—MinnAqua, a program of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Division of Fish and Wildlife, educates the state’s youth about angling and aquatic resources. In 2001, MinnAqua began developing a leaders’ guide so educators could carry out MinnAqua activities in their own setting. As part of the development process, a formative evaluation was undertaken to answer two questions: (a) to what extent are MinnAqua’s rewrite guidelines addressed in individual lessons and the leaders’ guide as a whole?, and (b) to what extent does the leaders’ guide meet the educational needs of intended users in both formal and informal education settings? Evaluative feedback was gathered from a variety of individuals over two stages of data collection, with revisions occurring after each stage. During stage one, formal and informal educators pilot tested lessons in their respective educational settings and provided input through surveys, critiques, and focus groups. DNR Fisheries staff also critiqued lessons to ensure the scientific accuracy of the biological information. Stage two involved instructional design experts verifying educational content in the lessons, educational outreach partners commenting on how the leaders’ guide could be used to support their outreach efforts, and an accessibility expert determining how to adapt MinnAqua lessons for use with individuals with physical disabilities. The evaluation results were used to verify the incorporation of the rewrite guidelines, identify ways to strengthen the extent to which the guidelines were addressed, and modify the leaders’ guide to more fully meet educators’ needs.

Theory and Practice of Online Knowledge Sharing

2018 ◽  
pp. 5093-5102
Author(s):  
Will W. K. Ma
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

The concept of knowledge sharing finds historical support in theories on the acquisition and creation of knowledge. While the key to knowledge sharing depends on frequent and regular social interaction, the recent rapid development of the Internet has enhanced much of the social interaction taking place among individuals at any time, at any place, and with any person. Through a review of the literature, this chapter defines online knowledge sharing, discusses the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors in explaining online knowledge behavior, explores the various forms of knowledge sharing in different online learning environments, and reviews the measurement of online knowledge sharing. The chapter also discusses online knowledge-sharing issues that should be addressed in future.

A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Virulence of Oral Flora

2010 ◽  
pp. 251-268
Author(s):  
Yoshihisa Yamashita ◽  
Toru Takeshita
Keyword(s):  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Periodontal Diseases ◽  
Bacterial Flora ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
Commensal Bacteria ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Oral Flora ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Genetic Technologies

The oral cavity is inhabited by more than 700 species of commensal bacteria. Several have been identified as pathogens of oral diseases, dental caries, and periodontal diseases. However, the lack of information concerning the interaction between pathogens and the remaining commensal bacteria has made it difficult to understand the precise etiologies of oral diseases. We need to identify the comprehensive species found in individual oral flora and compare these results with corresponding oral health conditions. In this chapter, the authors delineate the previous attempts to identify oral commensal bacterial flora and discuss the potential capability of modern molecular genetic technologies such as terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism, DNA microarray and pyrosequencing analyses utilizing bioinformatics.

A Formative Evaluation of Rendezvous

2016 ◽  
pp. 632-648
Author(s):  
Alton Y.K. Chua
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Intention To Adopt ◽  
Qualitative Feedback ◽  
Perceived Enjoyment

Web applications that offer entertainment rarely support knowledge sharing. Conversely, applications that are intended for knowledge sharing rarely offer entertainment. The intent of this paper is therefore to propose the coalescence of knowledge sharing and entertainment in a Web application. The objectives of this paper are twofold: (1) to introduce a prototype called Rendezvous, which serves as a platform for both knowledge sharing and entertainment and (2) to conduct a formative evaluation of Rendezvous by soliciting feedback and its appeal for users' intention to adopt. A two-stage data collection plan was used. First, qualitative feedback was obtained from a group of 38 participants through focus groups. Thereafter, a questionnaire was developed and administered to 124 participants to assess users' intention to adopt. On the whole, the behavioral intention to adopt Rendezvous seems promising. Factors that seemed to influence behavioral intention to adopt included perceived utility, perceived enjoyment, perceived ease of use and social influences.

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