scholarly journals Iot Based Smart Bottle Sensor for Health Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Herbert Azairwe ◽  
Mudingoto Eddie ◽  
Rashid Humayoon ◽  
Dimpal Khambhati
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Blood Stream ◽  
Ultrasonic Sensor ◽  
Electrolyte Level ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Level Sensor ◽  
Life Threatening

Electrolyte bottle monitoring has become difficult due to tight schedules most especially during these pandemic times that have left health workers with little or no time. Improper monitoring of electrolyte bottles can result into serious life-threatening risks. We intend to design a reusable electrolyte level sensor using Ultrasonic sensor and Arduino Nano. The project will have a transmitter circuit that will use Rf communication to send the data to receiver circuit for processing. The transmitter circuit has an ultrasonic sensor that will be used to measure the distance of electrolyte level in bottle. The data is then sent wirelessly to the receiver circuit where percentage of the electrolyte level is shown on LCD module. If it shows 100% electrolyte consumed, then an alarm is sent off alerting the health worker in charge. It is also our aim to develop an electrolyte level detector that is reusable, efficient and most importantly affordable for health care industries. Building such a monitoring system, will reduce patient hazards and also improve health care service delivery in terms of accuracy. Health care workers will not need to constantly or manually assess the level of electrolyte left in the bottle most especially during night shifts. Air particles or bubbles can enter the patient’s blood stream if electrolyte bottle gets empty and still attached to patient. If these particles enter, it can result into immediate death. With further developments, it can be upgraded to send message to a doctor/nurse’s phone, along with the patient’s room number and other specifications.

Patient value co-creation in online health communities

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Xiucheng Fan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Online Health Communities ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Health Communities ◽  
Patient Value

Purpose – Patient value co-creation represents a key research priority and an essential determinant of health care service outcomes. Yet few studies empirically examine the factors that motivate patients to participate actively in value co-creation. The purpose of this paper is to seek to identify the motivators of such activities in online health communities (OHC) and examine their specific and unique effects. Design/methodology/approach – A netnographic study helps identify the motivators that drive patients’ value co-creation activities in OHCs. The combination of these results with social identity theories suggest the hypotheses; mediation analyses test the hypothesized model with data collected from eight OHCs that address both life-threatening and non-life-threatening illnesses. Findings – The netnographic results show that social identity drives patients’ value co-creation activities. Interactions among OHC members and the cognitive resources of the OHC both contribute to the development of its social identity. Furthermore, benevolence trust, shared vision, and shared language determine how likely an OHC member is to identify with a particular OHC, which further influences his or her value co-creation activities in that OHC. Originality/value – Although value co-creation is critical to the health care sector, few studies examine antecedents of patient value co-creation empirically. This study represents an initial attempt to do so by combining innovative netnographic analyses with mediation analyses.

scholarly journals Praktik Dokter Dalam Pemberian Pelayanan Kesehatan Pada Pasien HIV dan AIDS di Rumah Sakit Rujukan di Kota Semarang

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miralda Septri Dewi ◽  
Zahroh Shaluhiyah ◽  
Antono Suryoputro
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Hiv Treatment ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Referral Hospital ◽  
Aids Patients ◽  
Stigma And Discrimination

ABSTRAKKota Semarang merupakan kota dengan angka kasus HIV dan AIDS tertinggi di Jawa Tengah. Dalam upaya penyelenggaraan pelayanan kesehatan bagi orang dengan HIV dan AIDS (ODHA), terdapat tiga rumah sakit yang aktif memberikan layanan Perawatan, Dukungan dan Pengobatan (PDP) yang ditunjuk sebagai rumah sakit rujukan bagi ODHA di Kota Semarang. Salah satu hambatan dalam upaya penanggulangan HIV dan AIDS yang membuat ODHA enggan untuk berobat atau mengakses layanan kesehatan dan dukungan sosial yang semestinya dapat mereka peroleh adalah mereka takut akan mendapatkan stigma dan diskriminasi di fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan. Menurut beberapa hasil penelitian yang pernah ada menunjukkan bahwa masih ada stigma dan diskriminasi yang dilakukan oleh petugas kesehatan termasuk dokter. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui praktik dokter dalam pemberian pelayanan kesehatan pada pasien HIV dan AIDS di Rumah Sakit Rujukan di Kota Semarang. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif. Pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara mendalam pada 13 dokter sebagai informan primer dan triangulasi kepada ketua tim HIV. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa praktik sebagian besar dokter baik, yaitu tidak melakukan pembedaan perlakuan atau tidak mendiskriminasi saat memberikan pelayanan kesehatan kepada pasien HIV dan AIDS. Namun, masih ada sebagian kecil dokter yang berpraktik kurang baik yaitu diskriminatif ketika memberikan pelayanan kesehatan kepada pasien HIV dan AIDS yaitu dengan penggunaan APD yang dilebihkan daripada saat menangani pasien bukan ODHA, seperti penggunaan sarung tangan double. Sebagian besar dokter memiliki pengetahuan yang baik dan sikap positif terhadap pasien HIV dan AIDS. Namun, masih ada sebagian kecil dokter yang memiliki pemahaman HIV dan AIDS yang kurang baik.Kata kunci : Praktik dokter, pasien HIV dan AIDS, rumah sakit ABSTRACTDoctors Practice in Providing Health Care for HIV And AIDS Patients In Semarang Referral HospitalSemarang City had a highest cases of HIV and AIDS in Central Java. In order to provide health care service for People with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA), three from the five designated hospitals were actively providing Care, Support and Treatment (CST) as a referral hospital for PLWHA in Semarang City. HIV-related discrimination is one of the barrier in the response to HIV and AIDS that influenced PLWHA to seek HIV treatment and lost of HIV treatment because they were afraid of getting stigma and discrimination in health care facilities. Some research have indicated that there were stigma and discrimination by health workers, including doctors. This study aims to find out doctors practices in providing health care to patients with HIV and AIDS in a referral hospital in Semarang City. This study used qualitative methods. The data collecting used indepth interview. The data was collected from 13 doctors as a primary informants and triangulation with 3 HIV team leader. The results showed that the majority of doctors practice was good, they did not discriminate when providing care or treatment to patients with HIV and AIDS. However, there were still a some doctors who discriminate when providing care for patients with HIV and AIDS such as the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was more strictly when dealing with patients of PLWHA like using double gloves. Most doctors have a good knowledge and positive attitudes towards HIV and AIDS. However, there were some doctors who has less understanding of HIV and AIDS.Keywords : doctor practice, HIV and AIDS patients, hospitals

scholarly journals The role of health services in encouraging disclosure of violence against women

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-226
Author(s):  
Vesna Leskošek ◽  
Miha Lučovnik ◽  
Lucija Pavše ◽  
Tanja Premru Sršen ◽  
Megie Krajnc ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Health Care Staff ◽  
Care Services

Abstract Introduction The aim of the survey was to assess the differences in disclosure by the type of violence to better plan the role of health services in identifying and disclosing violence. Methods A validated, anonymous screening questionnaire (NorAQ) for the identification of female victims of violence was offered to all postpartum women at a single maternity unit over a three-month period in 2014. Response rate was 80% (1018 respondents). Chi square test was used for statistical analysis (p<0.05 significant). Results There are differences in disclosure by type of violence. Nearly half (41.5%) of violence by health care services was not reported, compared to 33.7% physical, 23.4% psychological, and 32.5% sexual that was reported. The percentage of violence in intimate partnership reported to health care staff is low (9.3% to 20.8%), but almost half of the violence experienced by heath care services (44%) is reported. Intimate partnership violence is more often reported to the physician than to the psychologist or social worker. Violence in health care service is reported also to nurses. Conclusions Disclosure enables various institutions to start with the procedures aimed at protecting victims against violence. Health workers should continuously encourage women to speak about violence rather than asking about it only once. It is also important that such inquiries are made on different levels of health care system and by different health care professions, since there are differences to whom women are willing to disclose violence.

scholarly journals CULTURAL COMPETENCE OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS ON MATERNAL HEALTH CARE SERVICE UTILIZATION AMONG MOTHERS OF MOUNT ELGON CONSTITUENCY BUNGOMA, KENYA

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-55
Author(s):  
Pascalia Kisiangani ◽  
John Arudo ◽  
Gregory Sakwa ◽  
Florence Okoit
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Health Care Service Utilization ◽  
Maternal Health Care Service

Purpose: To determine cultural competence of health care workers on maternal health care service utilization among mothers of Mt. Elgon Constituency in Bungoma County. Methodology: A descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study design was adopted using mixed methods for data collection. Cultural competence tool was used to assess health care workers cultural competence. Qualitative data was collected using key informant interviews (KII) and focus group discussion (FGD). Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS Version 25 software. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were used. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were applied and odds ratio used to determine the strength of association. A p-value of ≤ 0.05 was considered as statistical significance threshold. Findings: Unemployment (OR: 0.6; 95% CI: 0.4 – 0.9; p = 0.02); lack of mobile clinic (OR: 0.7; 95% CI: 0.4 – 1.0; p = 0.06 ); use of interpreter  (OR: 0.2; 95% CI: 0.01 – 0.81; p = 0.02); service provided in public facilities (OR: 0.5; 95% CI: 0.3 – 0.8; p = 0.004); being too busy (OR: 0.5; 95% CI: 0.3 – 0.9; p = 0.02); consulting health care workers (OR: 0.5; 95% CI: 0.2 – 0.9; p = 0.03); not consulting elders (OR: 0.7; 95% CI: 0.4 – 1.0; p = 0.08) and  culturally incompetent ( 100%) were significantly associated with utilization of maternal and child health services. The determinants of maternal health care service utilization in Mt. Elgon Sub-County are women who are employed (OR: 2.8; 95% CI: 1.1 – 7.3; p=0.03) and cultural incompetence of health care workers (100%). A unique contribution to theory, practice, and policy: The study findings have identified  cultural competence gaps among health care workers which need to be addressed by policy makers  to  increase utilization in the study area and other similar environment

Health System Challenges Affecting Maternal and Neonatal Health Care Service Utilisation in the Wake of Conflict in Torit County, Republic of South Sudan: A Cross Sectional Study 

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pontius Bayo ◽  
Loubna Belaid ◽  
Christina Zarowsky ◽  
Elijo Omoro Tahir ◽  
Emmanuel Ochola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health System ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
South Sudan ◽  
Health Staff ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Service Utilisation ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract ObjectivesThis study examines health facility utilization for pregnancy and delivery care and the health system challenges, in the light of renewed conflict in 2016, in Torit County, South Sudan. We collected monthly facility data retrospectively on total Antenatal Care (ANC) visits, institutional deliveries, major obstetric, and neonatal complications treated from January 2015 to December 2016. We compared 2015 data with that of 2016 when conflict re-started. We also conducted a descriptive qualitative study based on key informant interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) to explore the health system challenges. We used a thematic approach to analyse qualitative data. Results ANC visits declined by 21% between 2015 and 2016. The proportion of expected births that occurred in facilities declined from 23.6% in 2015 to 16.7% in 2016 (p< 0.001) while the proportion of obstetric complications treated in facilities declined from 58.9% in 2015 to 43.9% in 2016 (p<0.001). The low national budget to fund the health system, evacuation of international health staff, flight of local health workers and disruption of drugs and medical supplies are the health system challenges identified. Economic barriers and perceived poor quality of care were the two main obstacles to access of health care services.

scholarly journals Restoring dignity and respect to health care workers

2006 ◽  
Vol 59 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 515-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olesja Nedic
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
World Health ◽  
Workplace Stressors ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Life Threatening

Introduction. This year, the World Health Organization focuses on restoring dignity and respect to health care workers. The aim of this study was to investigate the workplace stressors in physicians. Material and Methods. The present study was performed in the period 2002-2004, among physicians treated in the Health Center Novi Sad. The examinees were asked to fill out a questionnaire - a workplace survey - to identify workplace stressors by using a self-evaluation method. The physicians were divided into three groups: those practicing surgery (S), internal medicine (IM) and preventive-diagnostics (PD). Statistical analysis was done using SPSS and STATISTICA software. The sample included 208 physicians with an average age of 40 years (SD=7,1); average work experience of 22 years (SD=8,1). Results. 65 physicians from group S and 108 physicians from group IM, identified the following workplace stressors: treating patients in life-threatening situations (47.7%, 30.6%, respectfully); on-call duty (13.8%, 12%); low salary (10.8%, 10.2%); limited diagnostic and therapeutic resources in the IM group. 35 physicians from the DP group identified the following stressors: low salary (25%), treating patients in life-threatening situations and a great number of patients (16%). The analysis of all examined physicians revealed the following workplace stressors: treating patients in life-threatening situations (34.6%), low salary (13%), on-call duty and overtime, and too many patients per physician (11.5%). Conclusion. Restoring the reputation of health workers can be done by providing new equipment to resolve life-threatening situations, by increasing salaries, reducing on-call time, as well as the number of patients. Generally speaking, this should help to improve the quality of work in the health care system, in accordance with the recommendations of the WHO. .

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