Ubiquitous Multimedia Data Access in Electronic Health Care Systems

2015 ◽  
pp. 1456-1492
Author(s):  
Muhammad H. Aboelfotoh ◽  
Patrick Martin ◽  
Hossam Hassanein
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Multimedia Data ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Cost Efficient

Advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have enabled the provisioning of more cost-efficient means of delivering healthcare services through electronic healthcare systems (e-health). However, these solutions have constrained the mobility of medical professionals as well as patients. Mobile devices have been sought as a potential solution to free medical professionals and patients from mobility constraints. This chapter discusses the literature proposed in multimedia data transfer and retrieval, utilizing mobile devices and a multitude of wireless access technologies. A background section presents the different software technologies utilized by the proposed work, as well as a literature review. Following that, the authors compare these proposed systems and discuss issues and controversies found in these proposed systems, as well as propose means to address some of these issues. They conclude with an overall conclusion and outline future directions in this field.

Ubiquitous Multimedia Data Access in Electronic Health Care Systems

2013 ◽  
pp. 191-227
Author(s):  
Muhammad H. Aboelfotoh ◽  
Patrick Martin ◽  
Hossam Hassanein
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Multimedia Data ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Cost Efficient

Advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have enabled the provisioning of more cost-efficient means of delivering healthcare services through electronic healthcare systems (e-health). However, these solutions have constrained the mobility of medical professionals as well as patients. Mobile devices have been sought as a potential solution to free medical professionals and patients from mobility constraints. This chapter discusses the literature proposed in multimedia data transfer and retrieval, utilizing mobile devices and a multitude of wireless access technologies. A background section presents the different software technologies utilized by the proposed work, as well as a literature review. Following that, the authors compare these proposed systems and discuss issues and controversies found in these proposed systems, as well as propose means to address some of these issues. They conclude with an overall conclusion and outline future directions in this field.

scholarly journals Data work: A condition for integrations in health care

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 526-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Bjørnstad ◽  
Gunnar Ellingsen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Articulation Work ◽  
Efficient Treatment ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Information And Communication

Integration and interoperability between different information and communication technology (ICT) systems are crucial for efficient treatment and care in hospitals. In this article, we are particularly interested in the daily local work conducted by health-care personnel to maintain integrations. A principal aim of our article is, therefore, to contribute to a sociotechnical understanding of the “data work” that is embedded in the integration of health-care systems. Theoretically, we draw on the concepts of “information infrastructures” and “articulation work,” and we discuss how social status may influence the invisible articulation work. Furthermore, we show how historical decisions and existing systems both nationally and regionally have impacts on the daily work of local actors. Empirically, we have studied the formative stages of a large-scale electronic medication management system project in the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority.

scholarly journals Journey of the Patient With Melanoma: Understanding Resource Use and Bridging the Gap Between Dermatologist, Surgeon, and Oncologist in Different Health Care Systems

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Cássia Rita Pereira da Veiga ◽  
Claudimar Pereira da Veiga ◽  
Ana Paula Drummond-Lage ◽  
Alberto Julius Alves Wainstein ◽  
Andreia Cristina de Melo
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Clinical Procedures ◽  
Care Systems

PURPOSE New scientific evidence has led to modifications in the clinical practice of handling melanoma. In health care systems, there is currently a wide variety of clinical procedures to treat cancer, and the various routes have different effects on the survival of patients with cancer. Thus, this article aimed to evaluate the journey of patients with melanoma in the public and private health care systems in Brazil from the viewpoint of different medical professionals involved in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The study also considers the resources used for the complete delivery cycle of health care at different stages of the evolution of melanoma. METHODS We conducted a behavioral study by applying a questionnaire to a group of medical professionals. A nonprobabilistic sampling method for convenience was used, justified by the heterogeneous national incidence and the limited availability of medical professionals who diagnose and treat melanoma. RESULTS The questionnaire was answered by 138 doctors, including doctors from the Brazilian states with the highest concentration of medical specialists and regions with a higher melanoma incidence. The results of this study have the potential to enrich our understanding of the reality of Brazilian health care systems and, at the same time, allow us to discuss the multiple ways in which professionals from diverse specialist fields understand and explain decision making in health care. CONCLUSION Health care decision making is complex and, among other factors, depends on the diversity of available health resources and the knowledge of which treatments provide the greatest benefit to patients and greatest value to the system as a whole. This work can inform debates and reflection that are applicable not only in Brazil, but also in various other countries with similar realities.

scholarly journals Mining Physicians’ Opinions on Social Media to Obtain Insights Into COVID-19: Mixed Methods Analysis

10.2196/19276 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. e19276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Wahbeh ◽  
Tareq Nasralah ◽  
Mohammad Al-Ramahi ◽  
Omar El-Gayar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Supervised Machine Learning ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Social Media Analytics ◽  
Care Systems

Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is considered to be the most daunting public health challenge in decades. With no effective treatments and with time needed to develop a vaccine, alternative approaches are being used to control this pandemic. Objective The objective of this paper was to identify topics, opinions, and recommendations about the COVID-19 pandemic discussed by medical professionals on the Twitter social medial platform. Methods Using a mixed methods approach blending the capabilities of social media analytics and qualitative analysis, we analyzed COVID-19–related tweets posted by medical professionals and examined their content. We used qualitative analysis to explore the collected data to identify relevant tweets and uncover important concepts about the pandemic using qualitative coding. Unsupervised and supervised machine learning techniques and text analysis were used to identify topics and opinions. Results Data were collected from 119 medical professionals on Twitter about the coronavirus pandemic. A total of 10,096 English tweets were collected from the identified medical professionals between December 1, 2019 and April 1, 2020. We identified eight topics, namely actions and recommendations, fighting misinformation, information and knowledge, the health care system, symptoms and illness, immunity, testing, and infection and transmission. The tweets mainly focused on needed actions and recommendations (2827/10,096, 28%) to control the pandemic. Many tweets warned about misleading information (2019/10,096, 20%) that could lead to infection of more people with the virus. Other tweets discussed general knowledge and information (911/10,096, 9%) about the virus as well as concerns about the health care systems and workers (909/10,096, 9%). The remaining tweets discussed information about symptoms associated with COVID-19 (810/10,096, 8%), immunity (707/10,096, 7%), testing (605/10,096, 6%), and virus infection and transmission (503/10,096, 5%). Conclusions Our findings indicate that Twitter and social media platforms can help identify important and useful knowledge shared by medical professionals during a pandemic.

Success Dimensions of ICTs in Healthcare

2017 ◽  
pp. 221-246
Author(s):  
Pankaj Deep Kaur ◽  
Pallavi Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Preventative Care ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Cost Efficient

During the last decades, the call for Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in healthcare has been augmented to endow with healthcare services at a global scale and to trim down medical errors that cost human lives. Enriched with explosive computing and high communicating power, ICTs like Internet, mobile telephony, and other enabled gadgets plays a prominent role in our day-to-day activities. With the potential to provide access to service for patients in difficult-to reach areas and facilitating medical record keeping and information sharing are the main considerations of leveraging ICTs in realm of clinical care. The insurgence of these innovating technologies into healthcare sectors is not only blurring the boundaries for the emergence of other new technologies but also causing a paradigm shift in providing acute and preventative care in public health. The main goal of this chapter is to offer readers an insight into how the emergence of ICTs have transformed healthcare sector by delivering cost-efficient and quality of care to patients.

Success Dimensions of ICTs in Healthcare

2017 ◽  
pp. 149-173
Author(s):  
Pankaj Deep Kaur ◽  
Pallavi Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Preventative Care ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Cost Efficient

During the last decades, the call for Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in healthcare has been augmented to endow with healthcare services at a global scale and to trim down medical errors that cost human lives. Enriched with explosive computing and high communicating power, ICTs like Internet, mobile telephony, and other enabled gadgets plays a prominent role in our day-to-day activities. With the potential to provide access to service for patients in difficult-to reach areas and facilitating medical record keeping and information sharing are the main considerations of leveraging ICTs in realm of clinical care. The insurgence of these innovating technologies into healthcare sectors is not only blurring the boundaries for the emergence of other new technologies but also causing a paradigm shift in providing acute and preventative care in public health. The main goal of this chapter is to offer readers an insight into how the emergence of ICTs have transformed healthcare sector by delivering cost-efficient and quality of care to patients.

scholarly journals Introducing mobile cloud technology into m-health to deliver better care/support in case of emergencies

2015 ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
Hazzaa Naif Alshareef
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
The Public ◽  
Laboratory Results ◽  
Access Services ◽  
Care Support

Recent years have seen an increase in the use of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and smart-bands in people’s lives. Features offered by these types of devices, such as ease of use and being wireless enabled, allow people to access services that can improve their quality of life. One of the most important aspects of life that can be accessed through mobile devices is health services, whereby users have the ability to track their health status ‘on the move’, such as by tracking physical activities (e.g., walking and running) and monitoring body status (e.g., heartbeats rate). On the other side, medical professionals and centres can use mobile devices to provide better healthcare services to the public, as doctors, for example, can access patients’ records and laboratory results on the move instead of looking at printed charts or files. This reduces the time needed to deliver healthcare to patients. Furthermore, ...

scholarly journals National Health Reforms in Georgia during 1994-2021 and their Success

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-108
Author(s):  
Iza Gigauri ◽  
Kakhaber Djakeli
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Universal Coverage ◽  
Health Care Reforms ◽  
Health Reforms ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Health Model

Abstract The Health Reform of the country is a very difficult burden for two reasons: firstly, we need an appropriate economy level in the country, that can bear the new health model, established through reform, and secondly, the country needs a health system that is appropriate either for its economic system or for its tradition and history. Health reformers need to match all the points of the health reform concept, its implementation, and the systems of the country. Due to its Soviet past, Georgia struggled in the last twenty years to find an effective and cost efficient health model for its citizens. Starting from the 90s, Georgia instituted three health reforms and finally found some sustainable measures. The present article explores the three waves of the Georgian Health Care reforms, and analyses the factors of their success and the reasons for their failures. The importance of studying the Health Care systems is derived from Sustainable Development Goals targeting Health issues including health-related topics to improve the population’s health and wellbeing as well as achieve universal coverage of health services. The research contributes to the knowledge regarding the Health Care Reforms, and their practical implications on a country.

Perspective modification of medical education in the sphere of telemedicine in Ukraine based on experience gained during professional internships in Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilona Michalik ◽  
Anna Kańtoch ◽  
Anna Petiurenko
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Medical Education System ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Care Systems

Abstract The processes of globalization and integration, as well as technologies and computerization, occurring in public life cause significant changes in all its spheres, especially in medicine. Nowadays, computerization of health-care facilities has become the norm of their development. However, rapid technological change requires the modernization of medical education system, revising the approaches to the training of competitive medical professionals who will able to adapt quickly to changes in the field of health care. The research issue concerns the processes of future medical professionals’ training. The importance of telemedicine in health-care systems of Ukraine and Poland is justified. It is suggested that the problem of telemedicine and e-health usage in the process of medical professionals’ training in Ukraine is not studied sufficiently and does not have practical consolidation. The didactic methodology of medical specialties students training for the use of telemedicine technologies in future professional activities is developed.

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