scholarly journals Curriculum Transformation for Healthcare Professionals-Imagineering the Future

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prof. Datuk Dr. Asma Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
The Future ◽  
Curriculum Transformation

A Survey and Surveillance Issues in Smart Homes Environment for Assistive Living

Biometrics ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 1290-1309
Author(s):  
Ryan Patrick ◽  
Nikolaos Bourbakis
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance System ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Smart Homes ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Early Results ◽  
The Future ◽  
Familiar Environment ◽  
Assistive Living ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Abnormal Behaviors

A surveillance system for assisting the elderly in remaining independent in their familiar environment is one of the subjects interest in recent healthcare studies. When mature, it is expected that this system will have the ability to track objects that a resident may lose periodically, detect falls within the home, alert family members or healthcare professionals to abnormal behaviors. This paper addresses the early stages and issues of the development of such a system, the physical characteristics of the system that is being designed, early results, and guidance on the future work that will have to be completed in the future.

scholarly journals Post marketing surveillance of suspected adverse drug reactions through spontaneous reporting: current status, challenges and the future

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 204209862093859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muaed Alomar ◽  
Ali M Tawfiq ◽  
Nageeb Hassan ◽  
Subish Palaian
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Spontaneous Reporting ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Post Marketing Surveillance ◽  
The Future ◽  
Post Marketing ◽  
Reporting Programs

Background: To highlight the importance of spontaneous reporting programs in post marketing surveillance of medicines. Authors also aimed at providing various dimensions of spontaneous programs, including the strengths and weakness, and providing an insight on the future prospects of pharmacovigilance systems. Methods: Various literature related to post marketing surveillance and spontaneous reporting programs were reviewed and the relevant ones highlighting the strengths and weaknesses are summarized. A balance of information on strengths and weaknesses is listed. The health professionals’ awareness regarding existing spontaneous reporting programs is highlighted. Future prospects of pharmacovigilance are discussed. Results: Though beneficial, spontaneous reporting programs encounter several limitations and difficulties in diagnosing adverse drug reaction. Under-reporting and bias are major challenges. Online signal detection tools and innovative methods are needed to strengthen the spontaneous reporting programs. We provide the various issues to be considered while depending on spontaneous reporting programs as a method of post marketing surveillance. Conclusion: To strengthen the spontaneous reporting programs as an effective post marketing surveillance method, more awareness among health professionals and innovative strategies is needed. Integrating pharmacogenetic data can be a potential aspect of future pharmacovigilance. Plain language summary Monitoring adverse effects of marketed medicines through reporting by healthcare professionals and its challenges and way forward Introduction: This article highlights the importance of safety monitoring of medicines after they are launched in the market, mainly through reporting by healthcare professionals. We also highlight the strengths and weaknesses, and provide an insight on the future prospects of pharmacovigilance systems. Methods: Various literature related to the topic were reviewed and the relevant ones highlighting the strengths and weaknesses are summarized. A balance of information on strengths and weaknesses is listed. Health professionals’ awareness regarding existing programs on reporting safety of medicines is highlighted. Results: Though beneficial, reporting of adverse effects by healthcare professionals who deal with patient lacks clarity in diagnosing the adverse effects. Under-reporting and bias are the major challenges. Online software is needed to strengthen reporting by healthcare professionals. We list the various issues to be considered while depending on healthcare professionals’ reporting of adverse effects as a method of post marketing surveillance. Conclusion: To strengthen medicine safety monitoring and reporting by healthcare professionals, more awareness among health professionals and innovative strategies are needed. Integrating the genetic data of patients can be beneficial in predicting adverse effects, therefore avoiding them and enhancing safe prescribing and dispensing by healthcare professionals.

scholarly journals Wireless Networks for Medical Applications

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Cornelius A.D. Pahalson
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Healthcare Costs ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Medical Applications ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
The Future ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Business Sectors

With recent developments in the wireless networks field, new and innovative medical applications based on this technology are being developed in the research as well as commercial sectors. This trend has just started and the paper predict wireless networks are going to become an integral part of medical solutions due to its benefits in cutting down healthcare costs and increasing accessibility for patients as well as increasing the efficiency of the healthcare professionals. Same papers give some background on applications of wireless networks in the medical field and discuss the issue and challenges. It also tried to identify some of the standards in use. Another contribution due to this paper is the identification of innovative medical applications of wireless networks developed or currently being developed in the research and business sectors and also talk about the future trends in this field.

scholarly journals Exploring the Feasibility of Utilizing Undergraduate Lactation Education Courses as a Vehicle to Prepare the Future Healthcare Workforce to Educate and Support Breastfeeding Families in the Community

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
Merav Efrat ◽  
David Boyns ◽  
Louis Rubino
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Course Completion ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
University Curriculum ◽  
The Future ◽  
Healthcare Work ◽  
Breastfeeding Rates ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
Academic Year

BackgroundMinimal lactation knowledge among healthcare professionals has been linked to low breastfeeding rates. To address this problem, one university integrated into its curriculum a lactation education course which aims to provide students from a variety of healthcare related bachelor programs, with the knowledge and skills needed to educate and support breastfeeding families in the community. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of utilizing undergraduate lactation education courses as a vehicle to better prepare the future healthcare work force to educate and support breastfeeding families in the community.MethodsA 62-question survey was administered pre and post course completion to students enrolled in four sections of a lactation course over the 2018/2019 academic year (n = 96).ResultsFindings suggest that pre to post course completion students had significant increases in their: lactation knowledge, confidence delivering lactation education, confidence in working with clients in a professional setting and positive attitude towards breastfeeding.ConclusionsGiven the lack of knowledge among healthcare professionals is a significant barrier to optimal breastfeeding rates, this evaluation study provides evidence that integrating lactation education courses into university curriculum may be an effective strategy for improving breastfeeding rates.

scholarly journals Telemedicine in Slovenia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Živa Rant ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Professional ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
The State ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
The Future

Telemedicine could be one of the solutions for challenges in healthcare, especially in this time of the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of the research about the state of telemedicine services in Slovenia are presented in this article. We found several telemedicine solutions in Slovenian healthcare. Metadata for them were collected. The solutions are placed in groups of telemonitoring, provision of healthcare services by remotely connecting patients with a doctor or healthcare professional and remote cooperation for the patient's treatment between doctors or healthcare professionals who are physically at different locations. The opinions of the research participants regarding the challenges associated with telemedicine services in Slovenia were also collected. They are placed in three main groups: financing, healthcare system and healthcare professionals. Telemedicine is a necessity and the future of Slovenian healthcare services. If a solution is to be applied successfully, business processes must be changed so that a practically useful service can arise from the solution.

The key factors for the engagement of primary stakeholders in decision-making for the future care of people with dementia living in the community: a systematic integrative review

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 1731-1746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Lai ◽  
Yun-Hee Jeon ◽  
Heather McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Care ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Primary Key ◽  
Person With Dementia

ABSTRACTBackground:Engagement of people with dementia who are living in the community, their family or carers, and healthcare professionals in decision-making related to their future care is an area yet to be explored in the literature. In particular, little is known about the factors most likely to underpin their engagement.Objectives:To identify key factors for the engagement of the person with dementia living in the community, as well as their family or carer and their healthcare professionals in decision-making processes related to future care.Design:This is an integrative review guided by the PRISMA guidelines; the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool was used to assess study quality. MEDLINE, PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Embase databases were searched for articles published from 2012 to 2018 that focused on people with dementia who live in the community, their family or carers, and community-based healthcare professionals.Results:Twenty articles were included in the review, and six key factors were identified through thematic analysis: knowledge and understanding of dementia and decision-making for the future, valuing decision-making for the future, healthcare professionals’ communication skills, timing of initiating conversations, relationship quality, and orientation to the future.Conclusion:This review identifies the six key factors required for the engagement of the three primary key stakeholders in decision-making about the future care of people with dementia. It also situates the factors within the complex context in which people with dementia, their family or carers, and healthcare professionals typically find themselves.

scholarly journals Important outcomes of moral case deliberation: a Euro-MCD field survey of healthcare professionals’ priorities

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 608-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Svantesson ◽  
Janine C de Snoo-Trimp ◽  
Göril Ursin ◽  
Henrica CW de Vet ◽  
Berit S Brinchmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Moral Case Deliberation ◽  
Moral Attitude ◽  
Ethics Support ◽  
Outcome Instrument ◽  
The Future ◽  
Moral Case

BackgroundThere is a lack of empirical research regarding the outcomes of such clinical ethics support methods as moral case deliberation (MCD). Empirical research in how healthcare professionals perceive potential outcomes is needed in order to evaluate the value and effectiveness of ethics support; and help to design future outcomes research. The aim was to use the European Moral Case Deliberation Outcome Instrument (Euro-MCD) instrument to examine the importance of various MCD outcomes, according to healthcare professionals, prior to participation.MethodsA North European field survey among healthcare professionals drawn from 73 workplaces in a variety of healthcare settings in the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. The Euro-MCD instrument was used.ResultsAll outcomes regarding the domains of moral reflexivity, moral attitude, emotional support, collaboration, impact at organisational level and concrete results, were perceived as very or quite important by 76%–97% of the 703 respondents. Outcomes regarding collaboration and concrete results were perceived as most important. Outcomes assessed as least important were mostly about moral attitude. ‘Better interactions with patient/family’ emerged as a new domain from the qualitative analysis. Dutch respondents perceived most of the outcomes as significantly less important than the Scandinavians, especially regarding emotional support. Furthermore, men, those who were younger, and physician-respondents scored most of the outcomes as statistically significantly less important compared with the other respondents.ConclusionsThe findings indicate a need for a broad instrument such as the Euro-MCD. Outcomes related to better interactions between professionals and patients must also be included in the future. The empirical findings raise the normative question of whether outcomes that were perceived as less important, such as moral reflexivity and moral attitude outcomes, should still be included. In the future, a combination of empirical findings (practice) and normative reflection (theories) will contribute to the revision of the instrument.

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