scholarly journals Development of a Chatbot Program for Follow-Up Management of Workers’ General Health Examinations in Korea: A Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 2170
Author(s):  
Byeong Jin Ye ◽  
Ju Young Kim ◽  
Chunhui Suh ◽  
Seong Pil Choi ◽  
Maro Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
General Health ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Occupational Health Services ◽  
Health Examination ◽  
Digital Healthcare

(1) Background: Follow-up management of workers’ general health examination (WGHE) is important, but it is not currently well done. Chatbot, a type of digital healthcare tool, is used in various medical fields but has never been developed for follow-up management of WGHE in Korea. (2) Methods: The database containing results and explanations related to WGHE was constructed. Then, the channel, which connects users with the database was created. A user survey regarding effectiveness was administered to 23 healthcare providers. Additionally, interviews on applicability for occupational health services were conducted with six nurses in the agency of occupational health management. (3) Results: Chatbot was implemented on a small scale on the Amazon cloud service (AWS) EC2 using KaKaoTalk and Web Chat as user channels. Regarding the effectiveness, 21 (91.30%) rated the need for chatbots as very high; however, 11 (47.83%) rated the usability as not high. Of the 23 participants, 14 (60.87%) expressed overall satisfaction. Nurses appreciated the chatbot program as a method for resolving accessibility and as an aid for explaining examination results and follow-up management. (4) Conclusions: The effectiveness of WGHE and the applicability in the occupational health service of the chatbot program for follow-up management can be confirmed.

scholarly journals COVIDCare: A Digital Solution for Follow-up of Individuals with Suspected or Diagnosed COVID-19 (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofie H. Willems ◽  
Jyotsna Rao ◽  
Sailee Bhambere ◽  
Dipu Patel ◽  
Yvonne Biggins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Healthcare Application ◽  
Program Components ◽  
Digital Healthcare

BACKGROUND The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has generated unprecedented and sustained health management challenges worldwide. Healthcare systems continue to struggle to support the needs of the majority of infected individuals that are either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. OBJECTIVE To rapidly and safely address gaps in the healthcare support available from initially, and repeatedly, overwhelmed providers and systems. We sought to create a digital healthcare solution that could appropriately monitor and manage needs of individuals requiring self-isolation due to suspected or diagnosed COVID-19 with mild to moderate symptoms. METHODS A theoretically grounded multiplatform digital healthcare application was created to safely monitor and support this group of affected individuals based on rapidly emerging scientific guidance. The solution – COVIDCare – was designed to address this need and to be flexible enough to adapt to the evolving management requirements of various stakeholders to reduce COVID-19 infection rates, acute hospitalizations and mortality. RESULTS The COVIDCare multiplatform solution provides a hybrid model of care that includes mobile and online platforms, paired with direct clinician input. The patient mobile application includes four program components: 1) symptom management, 2) patient education, 3) wellbeing support, and 4) communication with healthcare providers. The clinician web-based portal includes secure, bi-directional, chat communication between the patient and clinician. CONCLUSIONS COVIDCare can flexibly address strategic needs of strained healthcare systems and is customizable to meet the needs of employers and public health stakeholders who continue to manage the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Use of Occupational Health Services in a Cyprus Oncology Center

AAOHN Journal ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 198-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Provan ◽  
Vasilios Raftopoulos ◽  
Elpidoforos Soteriades
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Medical Physics ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Radiology Department ◽  
Occupational Health Services ◽  
Health Care Planning ◽  
Oncology Center

Use of occupational health services in the hospital environment is an important parameter for annual health care planning. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinic utilization at a Cyprus oncology center. All visits to the occupational health clinic during an 18-month period were reviewed and analyzed. During the study period, the center had, on average, 161 employees and offered 67 occupational health clinic sessions. Employees had 338 clinic visits, of which 294 were primary and 44 were follow-up visits, with 5 employees, on average, visiting the clinic at each session. Nurses most frequently visited the center (33.4%), followed by the administrative staff (28.6%) and the employees of the Medical Physics and Radiology Department (22.4%), corresponding to the largest groups of employees. The most frequently cited reason for the visits was administrative purposes (23.6%), including updating health records, followed by pre-placement examinations (14.7%) and vaccinations (10.3%). Administrative and clinical reasons were given for occupational health clinic use at the oncology center across all categories of employees.

scholarly journals Investigation On The Health Status of 11800 Occupational Noise Workers in Xinjiang

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiyu Zhao ◽  
Dongkui He ◽  
Hanwei Zhang ◽  
Tingting Hou ◽  
Chengxin Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Hearing Threshold ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Health Examination ◽  
Occupational Noise ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Abnormal Rate

Abstract Background: To investigate the current status of occupational noise hazards in some Xinjiang enterprises, and to provide a basis for the development of targeted noise prevention measures. Methods: We used descriptive analysis to investigate a total of 11,800 subjects who underwent occupational health examination in Xinjiang Occupational Disease Prevention Hospital. Results: The hearing abnormality rate of noise exposure practitioners was 8.03%, which was higher in males than that in females (χ²=54.507, p <0.05). The abnormal rate of high-frequency hearing threshold in Xinjiang minorities was lower than that of Han nationality (χ²=11.780, p <0.05), the results of the electrocardiogram were reversed (χ²=9.128, p <0.05). Differences in abnormal rates of blood pressure (χ²=149.734, p <0.05), hearing (χ²=231.203, p <0.05), and physical examination (χ²=360.609, P <0.05) are statistically significant in different industries. The abnormal rate of blood pressure (χ²=67.416, p <0.05) and hearing (χ²=49.535, p <0.05) gradually decreases with the expansion of the enterprise scale. Conclusion: Male, elderly, mining, small and medium enterprise practitioners should be the key population for noise occupational hazard prevention. It is necessary to standardize occupational health management in enterprises, improve workers' self-protection awareness and the quality of life of employees.

scholarly journals Willingness to Participate in Alcohol Prevention Interventions Targeting Risky Drinking Employees. The WIRUS Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen ◽  
Tore Bonsaksen ◽  
Jens Christoffer Skogen ◽  
Lisebet Skeie Skarpaas ◽  
Aleksandra Sevic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Occupational Health Services ◽  
Alcohol Prevention ◽  
Health Examination ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Risky Drinking ◽  
Prevention Intervention ◽  
Prevention Interventions

Background: The extent to which eligible individuals in a target population are willing to participate in interventions is important when evaluating the efficacy of public health interventions.Objectives: As part of a process evaluation of an ongoing randomized controlled trial, this study aimed to identify the proportion of risky drinkers who were willing to participate in an alcohol prevention intervention in an occupational health setting, and correlates for such willingness.Methods: Risky drinking employees from 22 companies in Norway were identified through an alcohol screening survey. Risky drinkers' (N = 779) willingness to complete a health examination and to be randomized into an alcohol prevention intervention (digital or face-to-face intervention, or control) was recorded by personnel from occupational health services. The proportion of employees who were willing to participate was assessed on 31 potential correlates (sociodemographic, alcohol-related, work-related, and lifestyle/daily activity). Adjusted (multiple logistic regression) analyses were utilized to explore associations between potential correlates and willingness to participate.Results: Altogether, 38.1% of employees were willing to participate in prevention interventions. In the adjusted analysis, only 5 out of 31 potential correlates were significantly associated with willingness to participate. Managers were more than twice as willing to participate than workers (OR = 2.17, p &lt; 0.01). Willing employees had less workplace decision latitude (perceived control over workplace decisions and less possibility of utilizing personal skills in the job) (OR = 0.62, p &lt; 0.05), and were more overcommitted with exorbitant work ambition and need for approval (OR = 1.49, p &lt; 0.05). Willing employees had to some extent less alcohol-related impaired work performance (presenteeism, OR = 0.78, p &lt; 0.05), and they spent less time on care activities (OR = 0.84, p &lt; 0.05).Conclusions: Reaching four out of ten with risky drinking habits for prevention interventions strengthens the rationale for targeting this public health problem in occupational health care settings. In particular, this study suggests the importance of ensuring secure commitment among workers, who were less willing til participate than managers. Nevertheless, tailoring recruitment and implementation strategies based on easily identifiable correlates may be onerous.

scholarly journals Occupational Health Services for Small-Scale Enterprises in Korea.

2002 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyesook PARK ◽  
Eunhee HA ◽  
Jiyong KIM ◽  
Hyesun JUNG ◽  
Domyung PAEK
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Occupational Health Services

scholarly journals Present Conditions of Occupational Health Services for Small-Scale Enterprises in Japan and Their Administrative Support

1994 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiaki HIGASHI ◽  
Tetsuya MIZOUE ◽  
Takashi MUTO ◽  
Yasushi FUKUWATARI ◽  
Katsuya YAHATA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Occupational Health Services

scholarly journals Evaluation of Occupational Health Management in Small-Scale Enterprises using a Checklist for Organic Solvents

2006 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
Ikuharu MORIOKA ◽  
Kazuhisa MIYASHITA ◽  
Nobuyuki MIYAI ◽  
Toshio KAWAI
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Organic Solvents ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Occupational Health Management
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