Development of patient-centered home healthcare communication system

Researchers in Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) have suggested the importance and benefits of using authentic spoken workplace discourses as teaching materials to develop students’ communication skills in professional settings. However, LSP course designers are still facing the challenges of selecting and collecting authentic workplace conversations, as well as designing instruction to teach the occupational spoken discourses effectively. To address these challenges, this paper presents an innovative module for Chinese for Medical Purposes for pre-med college students at the intermediate-high level. The module uses authentic doctor-patient consultations and adopts the Patient-Centered Clinical Method (PCCM) of Stewart et al. (2014), a clinically validated model in healthcare communication research. The current module demonstrates the approach to determine the student learning objectives based on the PCCM model and the instruction design aiming at guiding students to notice and analyze the discourse features and communication strategies employed by physicians to achieve patient-centered care. The paper also examines learners’ pre- and post-instruction roleplay performances. The qualitative findings show that the learners improved in using patient-centered communication strategies after instruction.

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Design Analytics of Complex Communication Systems Involving Two Different Sensory Disabilities

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics ◽

10.4018/ijhisi.2017040104 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 65-80

Author(s):

Gahangir Hossain

Keyword(s):

System Design ◽

Communication System ◽

Communication Systems ◽

Complexity Analysis ◽

Modern Technology ◽

Flow Diagram ◽

Communication Device ◽

Sensory Disabilities ◽

Healthcare Communication ◽

Communication System Design

The design of a robust communication among two different sensory disabilities (Deaf vs. Blind) remains an emerging field of research in disability healthcare communication system design. As an important part of modern technology, android and iPhone applications are frequently used in designing such communication systems. However, there is no 'one-size-fits-all' in case of different sensory disability health communication design. Hence, an in-depth understanding of their requirement, media preferences, similarity and difference and up-to-date technology usability are plausible towards universal and personalized communication system design. This research addresses such complex issues and performs a study involving two different types of disabilities (deaf and blind) communication. As a part of healthcare analytics, critical incidences are recorded and corresponding complexities are measured in order to evaluate communication protocol with social signal processing. Communication flow diagram, complexity analysis and critical incidence are quantified to improve communication protocols. Moreover, the uniqueness of disability can be personalized through this process which has valuable implications in rehabilitation and multi-purpose healthcare communication device development.

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Perception of Home Healthcare Nurses toward Persons with Dementia

Home Health Care Management & Practice ◽

10.1177/1084822320963086 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 108482232096308

Author(s):

Zainab Toteh Osakwe ◽

Izuagie Ikhapoh ◽

Bhavleen Kaur Arora ◽

Rose Saint Fleur-Calixte

Keyword(s):

Home Care ◽

Survey Design ◽

Home Healthcare ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Patient Centered ◽

Design Data ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Web Based ◽

Improve Patient ◽

The U.S

The objective of this study was to describe the perception of home healthcare (HHC) nurses toward persons with dementia (PWD). Using a cross-sectional survey design, data were collected from 225 registered nurses at 11 home care agencies across 7 states in the U.S. A web based modified Approaches to Dementia (ADQ) was used to assess nurses’ perception of person-centeredness. Most of the respondents were female (91.6%). Overall, greater years of experience as a registered nurse and age (<40 years) were associated with higher mean person-centeredness scores. Efforts to improve patient-centered dementia care in the HHC setting may need to be tailored to unique groups of HHC nurses.

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