The Role of Knowledge Management (KM) in Aged Care Informatics

Big Data ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 1668-1686
Author(s):  
Margee Hume ◽  
Craig Hume ◽  
Paul Johnston ◽  
Jeffrey Soar ◽  
Jon Whitty
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Aged Care Facilities ◽  
Definition Of

Aged care is projected to be the fastest-growing sector within the health and community care industries (Reynolds, 2009). Strengthening the care-giving workforce, compliance, delivery, and technology is not only vital to our social infrastructure and improving the quality of care, but also has the potential to drive long-term economic growth and contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This chapter examines the role of Knowledge Management (KM) in aged care organizations to assist in the delivery of aged care. With limited research related to KM in aged care, this chapter advances knowledge and offers a unique view of KM from the perspective of 22 aged care stakeholders. Using in-depth interviewing, this chapter explores the definition of knowledge in aged care facilities, the importance of knowledge planning, capture, and diffusion for accreditation purposes, and offers recommendations for the development of sustainable knowledge management practice and development.

The Role of Knowledge Management (KM) in Aged Care Informatics

2015 ◽  
pp. 284-302
Author(s):  
Margee Hume ◽  
Craig Hume ◽  
Paul Johnston ◽  
Jeffrey Soar ◽  
Jon Whitty
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Aged Care Facilities ◽  
Definition Of

Aged care is projected to be the fastest-growing sector within the health and community care industries (Reynolds, 2009). Strengthening the care-giving workforce, compliance, delivery, and technology is not only vital to our social infrastructure and improving the quality of care, but also has the potential to drive long-term economic growth and contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This chapter examines the role of Knowledge Management (KM) in aged care organizations to assist in the delivery of aged care. With limited research related to KM in aged care, this chapter advances knowledge and offers a unique view of KM from the perspective of 22 aged care stakeholders. Using in-depth interviewing, this chapter explores the definition of knowledge in aged care facilities, the importance of knowledge planning, capture, and diffusion for accreditation purposes, and offers recommendations for the development of sustainable knowledge management practice and development.

Aged Care Informatics

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margee Hume ◽  
Jeffrey Soar ◽  
S. Jonathan Whitty ◽  
Craig Hume ◽  
Faeka El Sayed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Aged Care Facilities ◽  
Definition Of

Aged care is projected to be the fastest-growing sector within health and community care industries Strengthening the care-giving workforce, compliance, delivery and technology is not only vital to our social infrastructure and improving the quality of care, but also has the potential to drive long-term economic growth and contribute to the GDP. This paper examines the role of knowledge management (KM) in aged care organizations to assist in the delivery of aged care. With limited research related to KM in aged care, this paper advances knowledge and offers a unique view of KM from the perspective of 22 aged care stakeholders. Using in-depth interviewing, this paper explores the definition of knowledge in aged care facilities, the importance of knowledge planning, capture and diffusion for accreditation purposes and offers recommendations for the development of sustainable knowledge management practice and development. The paper culminates in an offering a checklist for aged care facilities and advances the discourse in this sector.

Attitudes Toward Intelligent Technologies

2011 ◽  
pp. 231-252
Author(s):  
Lorenza Tiberio ◽  
Massimiliano Scopelliti ◽  
Maria Vittoria Giuliani
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Human Care

Nursing homes provide long-term care services and can help preserve the quality of life of elderly people subject to physical and cognitive impairments. In this chapter, we explore the role of intelligent technologies as a supplement to human care-giving and the potential to improve quality of life for both older adults and their caregivers in nursing homes. A study was conducted on elderly people’s and caregivers’ attitudes toward the use of intelligent technologies in nursing homes, with the aim of understanding in which domains of everyday activities the application of intelligent technologies can be more suitable. Results showed that attitude toward the application of intelligent technologies in nursing homes is positive, although multifaceted. Elderly people and caregivers considered intelligent technologies as relevant devices for the improvement of quality of life in different domains. Nonetheless, differences related to the role that technologies played in nursing homes clearly emerged.

Attitudes Toward Intelligent Technologies

2012 ◽  
pp. 970-991
Author(s):  
Lorenza Tiberio ◽  
Massimiliano Scopelliti ◽  
Maria Vittoria Giuliani
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Human Care

Nursing homes provide long-term care services and can help preserve the quality of life of elderly people subject to physical and cognitive impairments. In this chapter, we explore the role of intelligent technologies as a supplement to human care-giving and the potential to improve quality of life for both older adults and their caregivers in nursing homes. A study was conducted on elderly people’s and caregivers’ attitudes toward the use of intelligent technologies in nursing homes, with the aim of understanding in which domains of everyday activities the application of intelligent technologies can be more suitable. Results showed that attitude toward the application of intelligent technologies in nursing homes is positive, although multifaceted. Elderly people and caregivers considered intelligent technologies as relevant devices for the improvement of quality of life in different domains. Nonetheless, differences related to the role that technologies played in nursing homes clearly emerged.

Creating Awareness and Practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Hume ◽  
Margee Hume ◽  
Paul Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
National Priority ◽  
Exploratory Approach ◽  
Ageing Populations

This paper focuses on the important area of aged care services as a national priority with this a priority for many countries worldwide. The paper uses the aged care sector as an exploratory artifact. The Australian aged care system is widely considered as innovative and provides the benchmark for many countries developing reforms and strategies for aged care. Many countries including Australia are faced with increasingly ageing populations, with this demographic burden creating the need for policy reform and the introduction of new programs to improve the quality of life of senior citizens. This research adopts a qualitative and exploratory approach advancing on previous research. The paper discusses the benefit of knowledge management and innovative approaches to patient medical records, funding reporting and basic accreditation records with particular emphasis on the long-term improvements in knowledge sharing for healthcare delivery. This paper proposes the ARCC@T framework for Knowledge Management in Aged Care.

scholarly journals MAIN DIRECTLY INTERACTIONS IN THE REAL SECTOR OF THE ECONOMIC AND BANKING SYSTEMS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Sarancha
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Real Sector ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
The Real ◽  
Mutual Relations ◽  
Definition Of

The relevance of the article is due to the need to ensure economic growth through the search for new approaches in regulating the interaction of financial and real sectors of the economy. The need to develop such approaches is due to the need for significant investment to ensure the creation of new, expansion and modernization of existing industries and the development of both industrial and social infrastructure. Relevance has determined the purpose of the article, which is to further develop approaches to strategic management of the interaction of the real sector of the economy and the banking system, to determine the main directions of interaction between the banking system and the real sector. The system of relations between enterprises and banks is considered. Namely: between the bank as an intermediary and the enterprise; between the enterprise and the bank within various integrated business groups; between the enterprise and the bank as a producer of financial products and services; between the enterprise and the bank as an agent; between the enterprise and the bank as a growth multiplier; between the enterprise and the bank as a financial corporation that provides optimization between consumption and accumulation. Determining the features of such relations allowed to form approaches to the development of strategy for managing the system of relations between enterprises and banks, due to the general patterns of development. Positive feedback is shown as a condition for the development of the real sector of the economy and the banking system. The general statement of a strategic task of management of system of such mutual relations on the basis of definition of the purpose in the form of some functional E (the purpose) and quality of management is formulated. It is noted that a pre-formulated development strategy and planned indicators should be chosen as a planned benchmark for development. The scientific novelty is due to the systematization and generalization of the features of the system of relations between enterprises and banks at the present stage in order to develop a strategy for managing the system of relations between enterprises and banks. Conclusions are made on the complexity of the financial and economic system, the multi-purpose nature of its functioning and the need to use strategic management to ensure the long-term development of such systems and the economy as a whole.

Accessing care summaries at point-of-care: Implementation of mobile devices for personal carers in aged care

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-138
Author(s):  
Rachel E Brimelow ◽  
Annie Gibney ◽  
Suzanne Meakin ◽  
Judy A Wollin
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Aged Care Facilities ◽  
Network Speed ◽  
Perceived Helpfulness

Continued development of mobile technology now allows access to information at the point-of-care. This study was conducted to evaluate the use of one such tool on a mobile device, from the carer perspective. Caregivers across 12 aged-care facilities were supplied mobile devices to access a Picture Care Plan (PCP), a specific tool designed around the role of the personal carer. An anonymous questionnaire was subsequently completed by 85 carers with questions relating to participants’ experience. Perceived helpfulness of the PCP at the point-of-care was high (87%). A significant number of participants believed the use of the PCP increased resident safety and quality of care (76%). Practical components related to the carrying of the device, network speed and the requirement to maintain communication with senior members of staff to ascertain updates were also expressed by participants. Findings suggest that staff are receptive to adoption of mobile devices to access care directives at the point-of-care and that the technology is useful.

Considerations of the technological quality assessment of sugarbeet

2011 ◽  
pp. 85-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Pezzi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Glucose Content ◽  
Long Term Storage ◽  
Interesting Correlation ◽  
Technological Quality ◽  
Thick Juice

No real improvement in the technological quality of beet has been recorded over the last 15 years in Northern Italy. Among the possible explanations for the quality stagnation is that the traditional formulae cannot correctly differentiate between sugarbeet varieties which produce thick juice of very high purity. This seems to be connected with the role of potassium. The use of a standard purification procedure gives reliable and accurate data which is immediately comparable with the factory data. Research projects on medium/long term storage are currently being performed by Co.Pro.B., Italy, in cooperation with Syngenta and Beta. Up to now the results have shown that storage of sugarbeet in autumn time in northern Italy is possible provided that suitable varieties and proper handling of the roots are employed. Results obtained in the storage trials are reported. Correlations have been found between quality parameters (purity, color and lime salts) of the purified juice with the glucose content of the raw juice. An interesting correlation is reported between purified juice purity and raw juice purity.

Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonists in Children with Immune Thrombocytopenia: A New Therapeutic Era

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Lassandro ◽  
Valentina Palladino ◽  
Giovanni Carlo Del Vecchioa ◽  
Viviana Valeria Palmieri ◽  
Paola Carmela Corallo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Thrombocytopenia ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonists ◽  
Receptor Agonists ◽  
Thrombopoietin Receptor ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Background and Objective: Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a common bleeding disorder in childhood. The management of ITP in children is controversial, requiring personalized assessment of patients and therapeutic choices. Thrombopoietin receptor agonists (TPO-RAs), eltrombopag and romiplostim, have been shown to be safety and effective for the treatment of pediatric ITP. The aim of our research is defining the role of thrombopoietin receptor agonists in the management of pediatric ITP. Method: This review focuses on the use of TPO-RAs in pediatric ITP, in randomized trials and in clinical routine, highlighting their key role in management of the disease. Results: Eltrombopag and romiplostim appear effective treatment options for children with ITP. Several clinical studies have assessed that the use of TPO-RAs increases platelet count, decreases bleeding symptoms and improves health-related quality of life. Moreover, TPO-RAs are well tolerated with minor side effects. Conclusion: Although TPO-RAs long term efficacy and safety still require further investigations, their use is gradually expanding in clinical practice of children with ITP.

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