scholarly journals Information Technology and Medical Technology Personnel´s Perception Regarding Segmentation of Medical Devices: A Focus Group Study

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Johansson ◽  
Patrik Jönsson ◽  
Bodil Ivarsson ◽  
Maria Christiansson
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Medical Technology ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
County Council ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Focus Group Study

Objective: Segmentation is one way of improving data protection. The aim of this study was to investigate Information Technology (IT) and Medical Technology (MT) personnel’s perception in relation to ongoing segmentation of medical devices and IT infrastructure in the healthcare sector. Methods: Focus group interviews with 9 IT and 9 MT personnel in a county council in southern Sweden were conducted. The interviews focused on two areas: Positive expectations and misgivings. Digital recordings were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Responses related to 2 main areas: Information security and implementation of segmentation. Informants stated that network segmentation would increase the overall level of cybersecurity for medical devices, addressing both insider and outsider threats. However, it would also increase the need for administration and the need for knowledge of the communication patterns of medical devices from the manufacturer’s perspective. Conclusion: IT and MT personnel in a county council in southern Sweden believed that segmentation would increase cybersecurity but also increase administration and resource needs, which are important opinions to take into consideration. The present study can be used as a model for others to increase awareness of opinions of healthcare organizations.

scholarly journals Group or individual Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE)? A qualitative analysis of acceptability

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Reicherzer ◽  
Franziska Kramer-Gmeiner ◽  
Sarah Labudek ◽  
Carl-Philipp Jansen ◽  
Corinna Nerz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Subjective Effects ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Content Structure ◽  
Functional Exercise ◽  
Category Formation

Abstract Background: The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program is an effective but resource-intensive fall prevention program delivered one-to-one in participants’ homes. A recently developed group-based LiFE (gLiFE) could enhance large-scale implementability and decrease resource intensity. The aim of this qualitative focus group study is to compare participants’ experiences regarding acceptability of gLiFE vs LiFE.Methods: Programs were delivered in seven group sessions (gLiFE) or seven individual home visits (LiFE) within a multi-center, randomized non-inferiority trial. Four structured focus group discussions (90 – 100 minutes duration; one per format and study site) on content, structure, and subjective effects of gLiFE and LiFE were conducted. Qualitative content analysis using the method of inductive category formation by Mayring was applied for data analysis. Coding was managed using NVivo.Results: In both formats, participants (N=30, 22 women, ngLiFE=15, nLiFE=15, mean age 78.5±6.6 years) were positive about content, structure, and support received by trainers. Participants reflected on advantages of both formats: the social aspects of learning the program in a peer group (gLiFE), and benefits of learning the program at home (LiFE). In gLiFE, some difficulties with the implementation of activities were reported. In both formats, the majority of participants reported positive outcomes and successful implementation of new movement habits.Conclusion: This is the first study to examine participants’ views on and experiences with gLiFE and LiFE, revealing strengths and limitations of both formats that can be used for program refinement. Both formats were highly acceptable to participants, suggesting that gLiFE may have similar potential to be adopted by adults aged 70 years and older compared to LiFE.

scholarly journals A Focus Group Study of Perceptions of Genetic Risk Disclosure in Members of the Public in Sweden: “I’ll Phone the Five Closest Ones, but What Happens to the Other Ten?”

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1191
Author(s):  
Carolina Hawranek ◽  
Senada Hajdarevic ◽  
Anna Rosén
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Genetic Risk ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Risk Information ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Clinical Genetics ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Risk Disclosure ◽  
Focus Group Study

This study explores perceptions and preferences on receiving genetic risk information about hereditary cancer risk in members of the Swedish public. We conducted qualitative content analysis of five focus group discussions with participants (n = 18) aged between 24 and 71 years, recruited from various social contexts. Two prominent phenomena surfaced around the interplay between the three stakeholders involved in risk disclosure: the individual, healthcare, and the relative at risk. First, there is a genuine will to share risk information that can benefit others, even if this is difficult and causes discomfort. Second, when the duty to inform becomes overwhelming, compromises are made, such as limiting one’s own responsibility of disclosure or projecting the main responsibility onto another party. In conclusion, our results reveal a discrepancy between public expectations and the actual services offered by clinical genetics. These expectations paired with desire for a more personalized process and shared decision-making highlight a missing link in today’s risk communication and suggest a need for developed clinical routines with stronger healthcare–patient collaboration. Future research needs to investigate the views of genetic professionals on how to address these expectations to co-create a transparent risk disclosure process which can realize the full potential of personalized prevention.

Experiences of Stress – A Focus Group Interview Study Among Swedish Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 105984052110710
Author(s):  
Moa Hörbo ◽  
Camilla Johansson ◽  
Tide Garnow ◽  
Pernilla Garmy ◽  
Eva-Lena Einberg
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Identity Changes

Adolescence can be a stressful period in life. The period contains challenges associated with the transition from childhood to adulthood (body changes, changes in interpersonal relationships, and identity changes). The aim was to investigate experiences of stress among adolescents in addition to stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Focus group interviews (n = 8) were conducted with girls (n = 22) and boys (n = 19) aged 13–15 in southern Sweden. The transcribed interviews were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Analysis of the collected material resulted in two categories with four sub-categories each of which highlights adolescents’ experiences of stress. The results show that adolescents’ have a variety of experiences of stress, i.e., what they mean are the sources of stress and how stress is manifested. The adolescents experienced how stress was manifested both physically and emotionally. This affected both their sleep and performance. The adolescents reflected on both positive and negative manifestations of stress.

scholarly journals Coping Processes of Patients with Ostomies in South Korea: A Focus Group Study

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Heesook Son ◽  
Youngmi Kang
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Coping Process ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
Negative Coping ◽  
Group Interviews

Despite the adverse effects of negative coping after receiving a stoma, there is a lack of information on how patients cope with ostomies and on their families’ experiences throughout the coping process. We aimed to explore the coping experiences of individuals with ostomies throughout their illness, applying the Corbin and Strauss Chronic Illness Trajectory Framework, using exploratory qualitative methods involving focus group interviews. Purposive sampling was utilized to recruit 19 participants (split across three groups) through an ostomy association in South Korea. Two focus group interviews were separately conducted from March through to May 2017 until data saturation was achieved. Using qualitative content analysis, we analyzed the transcribed interviews and identified words and themes to interpret the results. The coping experiences of patients with ostomies were expressed through three interrelated themes: struggling and suffering, learning how to live with ostomy, and living with ostomy. We found gender differences in spousal support and a struggle among older patients regarding social coping. The themes identified suggest that gender should be considered when designing interventions to help patients cope with ostomies.

Cybernization of the Healthcare Organization of the Cyber World

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Organizational Relationships ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Medical And Healthcare

The health information technology (HIT) era has rapidly changed how medical and healthcare sector communicate, diagnose, treat and cure patients. Advances such social media, instant messaging, and e-mails all created to make communication faster, easier and more convenient between families and friends and people across great distances. In our modern cyber world this is done by augmenting innate human knowledge handling capabilities with computer-based technology (CBT). This chapter provides a holistic perspective of technologization or cybernization of different organizational relationships. This chapter shows that ICT can be used to remove or destroy inner and external barriers between people, organizations and departments or functions. By failing to utilize HIT and a technologicalship philosophy, a healthcare organizations risk being isolated, while successful healthcare organizations move ahead toward the rest of the 21st century with its borderless or virtual reality.

scholarly journals Group or individual lifestyle-integrated functional exercise (LiFE)? A qualitative analysis of acceptability

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Reicherzer ◽  
Franziska Kramer-Gmeiner ◽  
Sarah Labudek ◽  
Carl-Philipp Jansen ◽  
Corinna Nerz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Subjective Effects ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Content Structure ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Functional Exercise

Abstract Background The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program is an effective but resource-intensive fall prevention program delivered one-to-one in participants’ homes. A recently developed group-based LiFE (gLiFE) could enhance large-scale implementability and decrease resource intensity. The aim of this qualitative focus group study is to compare participants’ experiences regarding acceptability of gLiFE vs LiFE. Methods Programs were delivered in seven group sessions (gLiFE) or seven individual home visits (LiFE) within a multi-center, randomized non-inferiority trial. Four structured focus group discussions (90–100 min duration; one per format and study site) on content, structure, and subjective effects of gLiFE and LiFE were conducted. Qualitative content analysis using the method of inductive category formation by Mayring was applied for data analysis. Coding was managed using NVivo. Results In both formats, participants (N = 30, 22 women, ngLiFE = 15, nLiFE = 15, mean age 78.8 ± 6.6 years) were positive about content, structure, and support received by trainers. Participants reflected on advantages of both formats: the social aspects of learning the program in a peer group (gLiFE), and benefits of learning the program at home (LiFE). In gLiFE, some difficulties with the implementation of activities were reported. In both formats, the majority of participants reported positive outcomes and successful implementation of new movement habits. Conclusion This is the first study to examine participants’ views on and experiences with gLiFE and LiFE, revealing strengths and limitations of both formats that can be used for program refinement. Both formats were highly acceptable to participants, suggesting that gLiFE may have similar potential to be adopted by adults aged 70 years and older compared to LiFE. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03462654. Registered on March 12, 2018.

scholarly journals Safe Surgery Checklist, Patient Safety, Teamwork, and Responsibility—Coequal Demands? A Focus Group Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 233339361876407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elin Thove Willassen ◽  
Inger Lise Smith Jacobsen ◽  
Sidsel Tveiten
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
World Health ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Safe Surgery ◽  
Operating Room Nurses ◽  
Room Nursing

The use of World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Safe Surgery checklist is an established practice worldwide and contributes toward ensuring patient safety and collaborative teamwork. The aim of this study was to elucidate operating room nurses’ and operating room nursing students’ experiences and opinions about execution of and compliance with checklists. We chose a qualitative design with semistructured focus group discussions. Qualitative content analysis was conducted. Two main themes were identified; the Safe Surgery checklists have varied influence on teamwork and patient safety, and taking responsibility for executing the checks on the Safe Surgery checklist entails practical and ethical challenges. The experiences and opinions of operating room nurses and their students revealed differences of practices and attitudes toward checklist compliance and the intentions of checklist procedures. These differences are related to cultural and professional distances between team members and their understanding of the Safe Surgery checklists as a tool for patient safety.

scholarly journals Group or Individual Lifestyle-Integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE)? A Qualitative Analysis of Acceptability

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Reicherzer ◽  
Franziska Kramer ◽  
Sarah Labudek ◽  
Carl-Philipp Jansen ◽  
Corinna Nerz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Subjective Effects ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Content Structure ◽  
Functional Exercise ◽  
Category Formation

Abstract Background: The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program is an effective but resource-intensive fall prevention program delivered one-to-one in participants’ homes. A recently developed group-based LiFE (gLiFE) could enhance large-scale implementability and decrease resource intensity. The aim of this qualitative focus group study is to compare participants’ experiences regarding acceptability of gLiFE vs LiFE.Methods: Programs were delivered in seven group sessions (gLiFE) or seven individual home visits (LiFE) within a multi-center, randomized non-inferiority trial. Four structured focus group discussions (90 – 100 minutes duration; one per format and study site) on content, structure, and subjective effects of gLiFE and LiFE were conducted. Qualitative content analysis using the method of inductive category formation by Mayring was applied for data analysis. Coding was managed using NVivo.Results: In both formats, participants (N=30, 22 women, ngLiFE=15, nLiFE=15, mean age 78.5±6.6 years) were positive about content, structure, and support received by trainers. Participants reflected on advantages of both formats: the social aspects of learning the program in a peer group (gLiFE), and benefits of learning the program at home (LiFE). In gLiFE, some difficulties with the implementation of activities were reported. In both formats, the majority of participants reported positive outcomes and successful implementation of new movement habits.Conclusion: This is the first study to examine participants’ views on and experiences with gLiFE and LiFE, revealing strengths and limitations of both formats that can be used for program refinement. Both formats were highly acceptable to participants, suggesting that gLiFE may have similar potential to be adopted by adults aged 70 years and older compared to LiFE. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03462654. Registered on March 12, 2018. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03462654.

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