UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN PREVENTION OF DEPRESSION IN OLDER ADULTS

Depression is a problem that often occurs in the older adults population. The use of technology in the implementation of health services has succeeded in increasing the effectiveness and quality of providing health services to patients. Several mobile apps that have been available have the potential to improve services for people with depression. The purpose of this study was to determine the use of information technology in preventing depression in older adults. This study uses a simple literature study method based on a specific theme from several databases including the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), ProQuest, and SAGE between 2014 and 2020. 27 journal articles that met the inclusion criteria passed the screening process using the PRISMA diagram. Research showed positive results in the use of technology for depressive conditions experienced by older adults. The importance of developing health applications in order to keep up with the conditions needs to be the attention of health workers. Easy, inexpensive, and attractive health applications can increase public curiosity and participation in the health sector.

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The role of information technology in strengthening human resources for health

Health Education ◽

10.1108/he-02-2013-0008 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 114 (1) ◽

pp. 67-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Nicole Sarkis ◽

Lillian Mwanri

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Health Services ◽

Human Resources ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Service Providers ◽

Health Workers ◽

Human Resources For Health ◽

English Literature ◽

Content Type ◽

The Pacific

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss innovative ways of addressing human resources for health (HRH) shortage in the Pacific, supported by a review of the literature and the Pacific Open Learning Health Network (POLHN), a programme created in response to the Pacific's HRH concern. Design/methodology/approach – A systematic search was conducted of English literature between 1990 and 2012. A number of key words, singly and/or in combination, were used to search for articles on ProQuest and PubMed. Original articles were identified and reference lists scrutinised to obtain additional literature. Due to the paucity of information, only narrative review was conducted and themes emerging from the literature identified and critically reviewed. Findings – There is a worldwide HRH shortage and a need to improve the skills of the health workforce to respond to changing population health needs. Continuing education (CE) through use of information technology (IT) is a means to strengthen HRH. POLHN is one example of an initiative to improve health worker skills and motivation. Technological change is increasingly common place in society. To make sense of these changes, practitioners can look for common themes in successful technological innovations of interactivity; information access, creation or sharing; communication; and simplicity. To ensure effective regulation of CE and IT there is a need to incorporate qualitative as well as quantitative measures, to prioritise the creation of quality, relevant, and appropriate resources and to facilitate access and active participation by health workers. Originality/value – The paper highlights the complexity of HRH shortage as a global problem, which demands multiple initiatives to respond to the shortage in the pursuit of skilled, equitable and just delivery of health services and distribution of health service providers. One initiative that has worked elsewhere is professional development of health professionals through the provision of CE using IT. Online learning offers a pathway to address HRH shortage and overcomes challenges posed by distance, limited infrastructure and in small remote communities. POLHN contributes to improved skills and knowledge among health professionals who can, as a result, deliver better health services in a region as geographically dispersed and isolated as the Pacific.

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Workplace violence: legislation, public policies and possibility of advances for health workers

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0335 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 74 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Maiara Bordignon ◽

Letícia de Lima Trindade ◽

Marta Regina Cezar-Vaz ◽

Maria Inês Monteiro

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Case Management ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Workplace Violence ◽

Health Workers ◽

Public Policies ◽

National Level ◽

Health Sector ◽

Prevention Programs ◽

Legal Aspects

ABSTRACT Objectives: to discuss specific laws and public policies for workplace violence in the health sector, highlighting possibilities for the collective confrontation of this phenomenon in Brazil. Methods: this is a reflective and argumentative study that refers to some previous experiences regarding the implementation of legal aspects to curb workplace violence directed at health professionals. Results: there are experiences regarding the existence of legislation or public policies to specifically contain workplace violence in the health sector, but these are still restricted to some places or countries. The literature provides resources for developing specific strategies for managing this phenomenon, highlighting prevention programs and conducts for case management. Final Considerations: implementation of legal aspects or public policies at the municipal, regional, state and/or national level is a strategy with potential to confront workplace violence in health services in a collective and sustainable way.

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Tanggung Jawab Rumah Sakit Swasta Dalam Pelayanan Kesehatan Bagi Peserta BPJS Kesehatan di Kota Mataram

JURNAL SOSIAL EKONOMI DAN HUMANIORA ◽

10.29303/jseh.v6i2.95 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 192-197

Author(s):

Mualifah Mualifah

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Health Workers ◽

Health Sector ◽

Medical Personnel ◽

Private Hospitals ◽

Family Doctors ◽

Legal Norms ◽

Positive Law ◽

Optimal Service ◽

Optimal Health

Health services are provided through the form of medication and care. Health workers, medical and non-medical, are responsible for providing optimal service. Medical personnel, in this case doctors, have responsibility for the treatment that is being carried out. Treatment actions and determining needs in the treatment process are the authority of the doctor. In accordance with the formulation of the problem and the research objectives, this legal research uses a normative or dogmatic approach to law as its main approach, with the aim of examining its positive law in the sense of collecting, presenting, systematizing, analyzing, interpreting and assessing positive legal norms that protect people's rights. BPJS health participants. Health effort is any activity to maintain and improve health, which aims to create an optimal health plan for the community. The community has the same rights in gaining access to resources in the health sector, for this reason government hospitals and private hospitals are responsible for providing health services to the community. Private hospitals in collaboration with BPJS Kesehatan are required to provide health services to BPJS Kesehatan participant patients without discriminating against BPJS Kesehatan participants who are referred by first level health facilities, namely puskesmas and family doctors according to their interests

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THE PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION: HEALTH CARE MEANS MORE THAN DOCTORS

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.61.6.828 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 61 (6) ◽

pp. 828-828

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Services ◽

Urban Poor ◽

Health Workers ◽

Health Sector ◽

Agriculture Industry ◽

The Face ◽

Pan American ◽

Unsafe Water ◽

Health Organization

Today, the governments of the Americas, together with organizations like the Pan American Health Organization, are working to extend health care to rural groups, as well as to the urban poor. The task is a difficult one, but health workers are now employing what they call a "multisectoral approach" to improve health services for such underserved people. It means that all sectors-education, agriculture, industry-are directed towards the common task of improving health conditions. This multisectoral approach was devised after many years of experience of attempting-and very often failing-to solve health problems by the health sector alone. For example, much money and energy went towards increasing the numbers of doctors and hospital beds; the idea was to model health services after the examples of wealthy developed nations. However, as explained by Dr. Fortunato Vargas-Tentori, PAHO's coordinator for health care extension, other factors were found to influence the level of health of the population. They include poor living conditions, unsafe water, malnutrition, and unproductive agriculture. In the face of such conditions, doctors-even if they were available-could do little of lasting good.

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Readiness of Application of Electronic Medical Records in Health Services (Literature Study)

Proceeding International Conference on Medical Record ◽

10.47387/icmr.v2i1.148 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Lilis Masyfufah ◽

Mrs. Sriwati ◽

Amir Ali ◽

Bambang Nudji

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Electronic Medical Records ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Medical Records ◽

Critical Appraisal ◽

Health Sector ◽

Background Information ◽

Literature Study ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Scientific Research Articles

Background: Information and Communication Technology is advancing rapidly and has a major impact on all life, especially in the health sector, especially medical records. This is manifested in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR), which has now been further developed into an Electronic Health Record (EHR). This technology is used to replace or complement paper medical records. The purpose of this literature study is to determine the readiness to apply electronic medical records in health services.Methods: This study uses a literature study obtained from searching scientific research articles from the 2010–2020 range. Keywords used in this study is readiness and DOQ-IT. The database used comes from Google Sholar, Garuda, Neliti, and One Search. The search found 130 articles, then a critical appraisal process was carried out to produce 10 suitable manuscripts.Results: Various literatures found that the readiness to apply electronic medical records using the DOQ-IT method was influencedby 4 factors including the readiness of human resources, orgnizational culture, insfrastructure, and leadership governance. It can be concluded that the readiness for the application of electronic medical recors in health services with the very ready category is 30%, the moderately ready category is 50%, then the unready category is 20%.Conclusions: From the discussion above, it can be concluded that EMR readiness in health services is categorized as quite ready (50%), very ready (30%), and not ready (20%).

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Factors Influencing Utilization of Health Services in Kenya: The Case of Homa Bay County

International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) ◽

10.11591/.v3i4.4695 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 213 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Stephen Odiwuor Otieno ◽

David Macharia

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Service Delivery ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Health Workers ◽

Health Sector ◽

Health Service Delivery ◽

District Health ◽

Utilization Of Health Services ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

The Government

In order to improve efficiency in health service delivery in Kenya, the Ministry of Health has developed structures through inter-sectoral collaboration at various levels. Despite efforts by the government and key stakeholders to improve health sector, utilization of health services still remains a major challenge. The purpose of the study was to investigate factors that influence utilization of health services in Homa Bay County, Kenya. The study employed survey design and focused on health beneficiaries, District Health Management Team and other key health stakeholders, and used both quantitative and qualitative data. Quantitative data was collected through household interviews of 384 respondents and qualitative data was generated through Key Informant Interviews of 16 respondents. The study reveals that health financing, service delivery, quality, accessibility and equity influence utilization of health services in Homa Bay County. It is for these reasons that the study recommends that the government should allocate adequate budget towards health services, avail adequate trained health workers, and improve infrastructure in health facilities as well as drugs and other supplies. There is also need for further research on cultural factors influencing utilization of health services.

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Two Models for Change in the Health Services in Zimbabwe

International Journal of Health Services ◽

10.2190/kv70-akeg-y1je-klne ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 451-468 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Gerald Bloom

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Health Workers ◽

Private Insurance ◽

Health Sector ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Insurance Companies ◽

Political Commitment ◽

Future Health ◽

Mortality And Morbidity

The health situation in pre-Independence Zimbabwe was much as elsewhere in the Third World. While the majority suffered excess mortality and morbidity, the affluent enjoyed a health status similar to that of the populations of developed countries. The health services also showed the familiar pattern, with expenditure concentrated on sophisticated facilities in the towns, leaving the rural majority with practically no services at all. With the coming of Majority Rule, the previous pattern of controlling access to facilities on the basis of race could not continue. Two broad routes forward were defined. On the one hand, the private doctors, the private insurance companies, and the settler state proposed a model based on improving urban facilities, depending on a trickle-down to eventually answer the needs of the rural people. On the other hand, the post-Independence Ministry of Health advocated a policy of concentrating on developing services in the rural areas. The pattern of the future health service will depend on the capacity of the senior health planners and on the enthusiasm of front-line health workers but, of overriding importance will be the political commitment to answer the needs of the majority and the outcome of the inevitable struggle for access to scarce health sector resources.

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HIV/AIDS issues in the workplace of nurses

Curationis ◽

10.4102/curationis.v28i3.973 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

A Minnaar

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Nurse Managers ◽

Health Workers ◽

Health Sector ◽

World Health ◽

Research Approach ◽

Infected People ◽

Kwazulu Natal ◽

The Impact ◽

Hiv Aids

HIV/AIDS is a global problem with an estimated 40 million infected people. In less than two years, this figure will leap to 100 million according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). By 2005,65 million people will be infected. Half of the number of people in this group will be under 25 years old, and will die before they reach the age of 35. In a South African study done by the Human Science Research Council and published in 2003, regarding the impact of HIV/AIDS on the health sector, the findings were that 15% of health workers in public and private hospitals tested positive for HIV antibodies. Together with these facts above it was found that 46.2 percent of patients served in medical and paediatric wards tested positive for HIV. These factors have major implication for staffing in the future and the role of the nurse manager in South Africa. The aim of the study: to explore the management of HIV/AIDS in the workplace of nurses in selected health services in KwaZulu-Natal. This research was part of a greater study on the exploration of the presence of caring as part of nursing management. . The methodology: the qualitative research approach was used with a phenomenological design, which ensured that the richness and the complexities are reflected in the study. The data was collected by means of an open-ended question to nurse managers during an interview. The first question posed was; How do you or your s e n ’ices care fo r nurses in this hospital? Secondly nurse managers were asked, To explain their role in caring for HIV/AIDS positive nurses on their staff establishment. . The results: a qualitative analysis of the interviews with nurse managers indicated that they rate HIV/AIDS issues as an important part of their management task. Four main themes were identified, namely HIV/AIDS, counselling, dying of AIDS and funerals. Rich descriptions of these themes are given in this paper. Nurse managers in the health services are managing HIV/AIDS affected nurses, but are doing so without any formal policy on HIV/AIDS in the workplace. It is recommended that nurse managers deal with HIV/AIDS issues in the workplace by raising HIV/AIDS awareness regarding HIV/AIDS issues and HIV/AIDS in the workplace. . Conclusions: nurse managers saw their role regarding nurses with HIV/AIDS mainly as supportive - being involved in family problems and counselling and guiding nurses that live with HIV/AIDS. The health services in KwaZulu-Natal, and especially nurses, are currently affected by HIV/AIDS in a significant way.

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Exploring the Consequences of decentralization: Has privatization of health services been the perceived effect of decentralization in Khartoum Locality, Sudan?

10.21203/rs.2.23161/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Bandar Noory ◽

Sara A Hasssanein ◽

Asma Elsony ◽

Gunnar Bjune

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Health Workers ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Health Sector ◽

Public Health Services ◽

Community Members ◽

Radical Reform ◽

Care Services ◽

Study Participants

Abstract Background: The health system of Sudan has experienced several forms of decentralization, as well as, a radical reform. Authority and governance of secondary and tertiary health facilities have been shifted from federal to state levels. Moreover, the provision of health care services have been moved from large federal tertiary level hospitals such as Khartoum Teaching Hospital (KTH) and Jafaar Ibnaouf Hospital (JIH), located in the center of Khartoum, to smaller district secondary hospitals like Ibrahim Malik (IBMH), which is located in the southern part of Khartoum. Exploring stakeholders’ perceptions on this decentralisation implementation and the relevant consequences is vital in building an empirical benchmark for the improvement of health systems. Methods: This study utilizes a qualitative design which is comprised of an in-depth interviews and qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach. The study was conducted between July and December 2015, and aimed at understanding the personal experiences and perceptions of stakeholders towards decentralization enforcement and the implications on public health services, with a particular focus on the Khartoum locality. It involves community members residing in the Khartoum Locality, specifically in catchments area where hospital decentralization was implemented, as well as, affiliated health workers and policymakers. Results: The major finding suggests that the privatization of health services occurs after decentralization. The study participants also highlighted that scrutiny and reduction of budgets allocated to health services led to an instantaneous enforcement of cost recovery user fee. Devolving KTH Khartoum Teaching and Jafaar Ibnaouf Hospitals into peripherals with less capacity is considered to be a plan to outsource services to the private sector. Another theme that was highlighted in hospitals included the profit-making aspect of the governmental sector in the form of drug supplying and profit-making retail. Conclusions: A change in health services after the enforcement of decentralization was illustrated. Moreover, the empowerment of the privatization concept was the prevailing perception among stakeholders. Having in-depth studies and policy analysis in line with the global liberalization and adjustment programs is crucial for any health sector reform in Sudan. Keywords: decentralization, privatization, stakeholders, global liberalization, profit-making.

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