scholarly journals Integrated Healthcare Services for Ageing in Place

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-277
Author(s):  
Wiroon Sriborrirux ◽  
Aoranich Saleewong ◽  
Nakorn Indra-Payoong ◽  
Panuwat Danklang ◽  
Hanmin Jung
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Integrated Healthcare ◽  
Ageing In Place ◽  
Smart Living ◽  
Service Protocol

This study investigates how healthcare practitioners handle significant circumstancesof providing medical assistance and treatments to patients and what challenges theyface. Drawing on key healthcare stakeholders and mixed smart living methods, wedevelop a guideline service protocol for Internet of Things (IoT) solution to helphealthcare stakeholders in coping with operational difficulties. IoT technology is one ofthe key determinants that empowers healthcare professionals to achieve their tasks,and our goal is to study the functions that provides to local citizens, especially olderpeople, and to evaluate how the functions and platform could assist corporatecompliance policies to increase the efficiency of healthcare service. Our fieldexperiments have indicated a need to educate healthcare users about IoT applicationthat provide advantages in decision making. In addition, our research has explored andevaluated the impacts and factors that influence the development and collaboration byallowing workflows of healthcare stakeholders and by following integrated smart livingplatform and required service protocol.

Assessing, Consulting, Reporting Heuristics in Professional Decision-Making Regarding Suspected Child Maltreatment in Community Healthcare Services

2020 ◽  
pp. 107755952093735
Author(s):  
Guy Enosh ◽  
Ravit Alfandari ◽  
Hani Nouman ◽  
Lilach Dolev ◽  
Hagit Dascal-Weichhendler
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
Community Healthcare

This study investigated child protection decision-making practices of healthcare-professionals in community-health-services. We examined the effect of heuristics in professional judgments regarding suspected maltreatment, as affected by the child’s ethnicity, gender, and family socioeconomic-status, as well as the healthcare-worker’s workload-stress, and personal and professional background. Furthermore, we examined how these variables influence judgments regarding suspected maltreatment and intentions to consult and report child-maltreatment. We used an experimental survey design including vignettes manipulating the child’s characteristics. Data was collected from 412 professionals employed at various community-health-service-clinics of the largest health-management organization in northern Israel. Findings show that all subjective factors have a significant effect on suspected child-maltreatment assessment, which appears as a significant predictor of later decisions regarding consultation and reporting. This study lends support to prior research indicating that healthcare-professionals’ decisions may incorporate biases, and suggests how the effects of these biases’ are mediated through a sequence of decisions. Recommendations focus on providing regular consultation opportunities for practitioners.

scholarly journals 5G and intelligence medicine—how the next generation of wireless technology will reconstruct healthcare?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Li
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Patient Experience ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Wireless Transmission ◽  
Wireless Technology ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
5G Technologies

Abstract Despite intensive efforts, there are still enormous challenges in provision of healthcare services to the increasing aging population. Recent observations have raised concerns regarding the soaring costs of healthcare, the imbalance of medical resources, inefficient healthcare system administration, and inconvenient medical experiences. However, cutting-edge technologies are being developed to meet these challenges, including, but not limited to, Internet of Things (IoT), big data, artificial intelligence, and 5G wireless transmission technology to improve the patient experience and healthcare service quality, while cutting the total cost attributable to healthcare. This is not an unrealistic fantasy, as these emerging technologies are beginning to impact and reconstruct healthcare in subtle ways. Although the technologies mentioned above are integrated, in this review we take a brief look at cases focusing on the application of 5G wireless transmission technology in healthcare. We also highlight the potential pitfalls to availability of 5G technologies.

scholarly journals Family caregivers’ involvement in decision-making processes regarding admission of persons with dementia to nursing homes

Dementia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 2038-2055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lill Sverresdatter Larsen ◽  
Bodil Hansen Blix ◽  
Torunn Hamran
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Positioning Theory ◽  
Ageing In Place ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Complex Decision Making ◽  
Complex Decision ◽  
Depth Interviews

The current Western health policy of ageing in place relies on a triad collaboration among patients, healthcare service providers and family caregivers. Such collaborations presuppose involvement in a vague juridical landscape. This article explores family caregivers’ experiences with involvement in and influence on nursing home decision-making processes for persons with dementia. The data consist of 12 in-depth interviews with family caregivers. Using positioning theory, we demonstrate how family caregivers strive to balance their assumed duty to care for the person with their needs to care for themselves. Their involvement (or non-involvement) in the complex decision-making process is demonstrated through the following seven positions: (1) self-condemning determiner, (2) dominant, (3) proponent, (4) saluting, (5) pending, (6) prisoner, and (7) stooge. Furthermore, we discuss why expedient positions are more available for some individuals and the consequences of family caregivers’ various positions on the healthcare policy aims of collaboration and equal healthcare services.

scholarly journals Healthcare employee's personality traits and service quality: Do team relationships matter?

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Gur ◽  
D Weimann Saks ◽  
L Stavi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Employee Relationships

Abstract Background Employee personality is an important factor that affects healthcare service delivery. It appears from the literature that customers perceive employees with personality traits of conscientiousness and agreeableness as more reliable and empathetic and therefore will rank higher service quality. Relationships between team members also affect the perception of service quality. The research examined whether healthcare employees' personality traits (conscientiousness and agreeableness) are related to their perception of service quality, mediated by the quality of team relationships (trust among team members, peer support, and participation in decision-making). Methods First, 35 nurses (Israeli college students completing their BA) were asked to rate 22 items based on the Big Five Personality Traits, that most influence employee relationships. The two prominent personality traits were conscientiousness and agreeableness. Next, 174 self-administered questionnaires were completed by nurses who are college students completing their BA (72% return rate). The questionnaire examined personality traits (conscientiousness and agreeableness), service quality, and employee relationships (trust among team members, peer support, and participation in decision-making). Results The mediation model was significant [F(4, 169)=35.03, p < 0.001, R Square=0.45]. However, only trust among team members was found as a mediator between employee personality and perceptions of service quality. Conclusions Employee personality characterized by conscientiousness and agreeableness encourages trust-based employee relationship, which in turn positively affect the quality of service provided. Healthcare organizations should consider this in their human resources policies and procedures, in order to improve healthcare services. Key messages Employee's personality traits are relevant to healthcare service quality. Nurturing trust among healthcare employees may result in improved healthcare services.

scholarly journals The Design Blueprint for a Large-Scale Telehealth Platform

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Rattakorn Poonsuph
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Security Design ◽  
Patient Journey ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Digital Healthcare

Technological innovation plays a crucial role in digital healthcare services. A growing number of telehealth platforms are concentrating on using digital tools to improve the quality and availability of care. Virtual care solutions employ not only advanced telehealth technology but also a comprehensive range of healthcare services. As a result, these can reduce patient healthcare costs as well as increase accessibility and convenience. At the same time, the healthcare service provider can leverage healthcare professionals to get a better perspective into the needs of their patients. The objective of this research is to provide a comprehensive design blueprint for a large-scale telehealth platform. Telehealth is the digital healthcare service combining online services and offline access for healthcare facilities to offer various healthcare services directly to patients. This design blueprint covers the digital healthcare ecosystem, new patient journey design for digital health services, telehealth functionality design, and an outline of the platform infrastructure and security design. Ultimately, telehealth platforms establish a completed digital healthcare service and new ecosystem that provides better care for every patient worldwide.

scholarly journals The importance of waste from healthcare services for teachers, students and graduates of the healthcare sector

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudete Moreschi ◽  
Claudete Rempel ◽  
Dirce Stein Backes ◽  
Ioná Carreno ◽  
Daiana Foggiato de Siqueira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning

This study aimed to explore the perception healthcare sector teachers, students and graduates from two institutions of higher learning in Rio Grande do Sul, on the generation of waste from healthcare services. It used a qualitative research approach, performed with 13 teachers, 18 students and 12 healthcare professionals, who were collected through a focus group. The main results showed there is a perception toward the importance of proper segregation and disposal of Healthcare Service Waste, also there is a lack of concern for the reduction of these wastes. Therefore, the issue requires a broader understanding of the environment, with a view of planetary sustainability, exposing needs to provide the healthcare professionals with knowledge and awareness of the importance of handling these types of waste.

scholarly journals The effect of moral foundations and personality dimensions of health workers on patient satisfaction with healthcare services

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (11) ◽  
pp. 1169-1174
Author(s):  
Neda Terzic ◽  
Mladen Pecujlija ◽  
Sreten Cvetkovic ◽  
Mirka Lukic-Sarkanovic
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Moral Foundations ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Patients Satisfaction

Background/Aim. Working with people in medical practice requires knowledge of the basic principles of personality psychology. The aim of this research was to examine the influence of moral foundations and personality dimensions of health workers on patient satisfaction with health service, as well as determining the factors influencing their satisfaction. Methods. The research was conducted using the Big Five Inventory (BFI), the Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ) and the Questionnaire of patient satisfaction with healthcare service, from October 2014 to March 2016. The survey involved 693 respondents: 329 healthcare workers (44 males and 285 females) and 364 patients (154 males and 210 females). Results. With the increase of the openness of healthcare professionals, the patients' satisfaction was also growing. Regarding moral foundations of healthcare workers, there was an opposite trend ? with lower authoritativeness of healthcare workers, patient satisfaction was greater. Finally, with more pronounced purity of healthcare workers there was a decrease in the level of patients? satisfaction with the received healthcare service. Conclusion. There is a direct association between the moral foundations and personality dimensions of health workers, and patients? satisfaction with healthcare service. Thus, any strategy for improving the quality of healthcare service should take into account personal characteristics of healthcare workers. Healthcare professionals are expected to fulfill their life and professional tasks in as a human way as possible, since preservation of the health and helping to overcome an illness, in case it develops, are the basic values of every human being. It should result in more clearly defined priorities for improvement of the quality of work of healthcare workers.

Health Care Services and EU Competition Law

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Okeoghene Odudu
Keyword(s):  
Market Power ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Competition Law ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
System Matrix ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Care Services

This chapter investigates how, within a number of European Union (EU) Member States, competition law has been used to address problems of market power in the healthcare services sector. It summarizes the relevant EU and national competition laws and considers the experience of applying those laws to providers of healthcare services. The chapter is chiefly concerned with healthcare services in England, although examples are drawn for other EU Member States. Examination of the English experience provides a view of the use of competition law to address market power problems in most elements of the health system matrix. The chapter then considers three challenges that emerge from that experience of using competition law to address problems of market power in healthcare service markets. The first challenges the applicability of competition law to healthcare service providers operating in each or every element of the healthcare system matrix. The second, accepting applicability, questions the appropriateness of the substantive rules to healthcare services. The third, a battle of authority and autonomy, considers whether decisions made by healthcare service providers should be subject to external review and the type of review that competition law offers.

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