scholarly journals Virtual Worlds, Collective Responses and Responsibilities in Health

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashid M Kashani ◽  
Anne Roberts ◽  
Ray Jones ◽  
Maged N. Kamel Boulos
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Unique Position ◽  
Exciting Area

Virtual worlds are an exciting area offering opportunities in clinical teaching and interventions. Clinicians and academics alike may approach these emerging opportunities with enthusiasm or scepticism. Attitudes towards applying virtual worlds in clinical practice may arise from a number of sources, facilitating a more or less positive view towards this media. Virtual worlds have the potential to provide a considerable amount of control to the end users, in this case, the client’s, hands. The argument put forth is that we should collectively acknowledge changes in information technology and the power this gives the health care user, but we also have a collective responsibility in ensuring virtual worlds are adapted, tested and studied with sufficient rigour to benefit health care consumers and population needs. Occupational therapists specifically may be in a unique position to adopt the use of virtual worlds in clinical practice.

Considering Spirituality in Occupational Therapy Practice

1994 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Egan ◽  
M. Denise Delaat
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Occupational Performance ◽  
Exact Role ◽  
Therapy Guidelines

Despite its prominent place in the Occupational Therapy Guidelines for client-centred practice, the exact role of spirituality in clinical practice has been difficult to delineate. In this paper current concepts of spirituality are outlined and ways in which these concepts have been applied in health care are described. To illustrate these spiritual concepts, the experiences of individuals whom the authors have met in their clinical practice are outlined in a series of vignettes. Finally, a revision of the model of occupational performance which enhances consideration of spirituality in occupational therapy practice is proposed, and some guidelines for occupational therapists wishing to incorporate spiritual concerns in therapy are suggested.

Information technology in the evaluation of RWD / RWE (Real-World Data / Real-World Evidence)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
OV Zhukova ◽  
AL Khokholov
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Clinical Efficacy ◽  
Real World ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Real World Data ◽  
Real World Evidence ◽  
Software Modules ◽  
Real Clinical Practice

The features of evaluating data from real clinical practice are discussed. Approaches to material processing for decision support in medicine and health care are also given. The development of standardized methods of analysis with the possibility of obtaining a unified indicator for assessing data from routine clinical practice, combined with the development of information technology is the direction of development of the concept of result-oriented health care. The classification of information technologies used in medicine and public health is presented. The main characteristics and functioning features of the developed software modules for automated data evaluation of real clinical practice are presented: a program for the distribution of drugs on the levels of clinical efficacy, a program to assess the effectiveness of therapy for the specified period; a program to determine the interval of clinical efficacy of drugs.

Occupational therapy

2013 ◽  
pp. 590-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liisa Holsti ◽  
Catherine L. Backman ◽  
Joyce M. Engel
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Treatment Goals ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Everyday

Occupational therapists specialize in how pain impacts the development and maintenance of the occupations (self-care, productivity, leisure) of the daily lives of infants and youth in pain. Occupational therapists, working with families and other members of the health care team, use both generic and specific theoretical frameworks and models to guide clinical practice. These models ensure that a client-centred approach is used. In the everyday settings of the child, and using evidence-based practice, occupational therapists facilitate the treatment goals of children and families by integrating specific strategies, such as feeding, positioning, energy conservation, and adaptive equipment.

Business: The Electronic Health Record: Front Line Experience

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Rosemary Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Electronic Health Record ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Health Trends ◽  
Electronic Health

National legislation is in place to facilitate reform of the United States health care industry. The Health Care Information Technology and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) offers financial incentives to hospitals, physicians, and individual providers to establish an electronic health record that ultimately will link with the health information technology of other health care systems and providers. The information collected will facilitate patient safety, promote best practice, and track health trends such as smoking and childhood obesity.

Overview of Current Approaches to Aural Rehabilitation for Adults With Cochlear Implants

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1175-1187
Author(s):  
Rachel Glade ◽  
Erin Taylor ◽  
Deborah S. Culbertson ◽  
Christin Ray
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Practice Patterns ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Aural Rehabilitation ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Clinical Models ◽  
Hearing Health

Purpose This clinical focus article provides an overview of clinical models currently being used for the provision of comprehensive aural rehabilitation (AR) for adults with cochlear implants (CIs) in the Unites States. Method Clinical AR models utilized by hearing health care providers from nine clinics across the United States were discussed with regard to interprofessional AR practice patterns in the adult CI population. The clinical models were presented in the context of existing knowledge and gaps in the literature. Future directions were proposed for optimizing the provision of AR for the adult CI patient population. Findings/Conclusions There is a general agreement that AR is an integral part of hearing health care for adults with CIs. While the provision of AR is feasible in different clinical practice settings, service delivery models are variable across hearing health care professionals and settings. AR may include interprofessional collaboration among surgeons, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists with varying roles based on the characteristics of a particular setting. Despite various existing barriers, the clinical practice patterns identified here provide a starting point toward a more standard approach to comprehensive AR for adults with CIs.

Improvements in Web Based ERP Software Architecture as Implemented on the Cloud

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Shruti Makarand Kanade
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Software Architecture ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Manufacturing Company ◽  
Erp Software

 Cloud computing is the buzz word in today’s Information Technology. It can be used in various fields like banking, health care and education. Some of its major advantages that is pay-per-use and scaling, can be profitably implemented in development of Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP. There are various challenges in implementing an ERP on the cloud. In this paper, we discuss some of them like ERP software architecture by considering a case study of a manufacturing company.

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