scholarly journals ICT knowledge and utilization as determinants of job performance of Health Information Managers in health institutions in South-East Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Chika Okonkwo Ogochukwu
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Institutions

scholarly journals Engaging patients: how to speak so patients want to listen

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Rubinelli
Keyword(s):  
Health Professional ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Public Health Institutions ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Basic Approaches ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The paternalistic approach to health professional-patient communication is often no longer successful. The main reasons for this include the fact that trust in medicine and health professionals is no longer taken for granted. In many domains, the concepts of 'expert' and 'science' are in shadow. Moreover, patients can access all sorts of health information, including information that is or seems inconsistent with the advice given by their health professionals. This talk aims to illustrate some basic approaches to communication that can enhance health professional-patient interaction. First, health professionals should consider their communication with patients as a form of persuasion. Persuasion, that does not equal manipulation, is a way to communicate that takes into consideration the knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of interlocutors. By adopting a person-centered style, health professionals should present their advice by contextualizing it into the emotional and cognitive setting of the patients. Second, communication should consider the lived experience of patients, that is the impact that a health condition or a preventive behavior has on their quality of life and their experience of pleasure. Indeed, managing health conditions is not just applying health advice: it often demands a change in lifestyles that can negatively impact how patients live their lives. Third, health professionals should develop clear strategies to engage with information that patients find from other sources. Health professionals must ask patients if they disagree with them, and to clarify any eventual difference of opinion. The information age has positively favored a democratization of health information. Yet, it imposes that health systems care for their communication. This talk concludes by presenting main evidence from on how to reinforce hospitals, public health institutions, and health services in communication so that patients want to listen.

scholarly journals Information System Management in Health Institutions of Kosovo: Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Afrim Loku ◽  
Nadire Shehu Loku ◽  
Lindita Loku
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Health System ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Information System ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Concept Model ◽  
Health Institutions

Introduction: The main point in this paper is dedicated to the role and importance of the information system in public institutions with emphasis on health system: system preparation, establishment, implementation, and its application.Objective: The aim of this study is to increase the awareness and importance of health information system in health institutions and management and, to present a concept model of health information system to health institutions in Kosovo.  Results: Presented Health Information System model shows the benefits and the role if implemented. The main aspects this concept takes in consideration is overall network, strategic flexibility and cost-reducing. Conclusion: This study highlights the benefits possible when new electronic health information system is fully integrated in health system of Kosovo. This case study illustrates the importance of developing new health information system that meets the actual challenges of health system, improve the system quality, usage and care quality.    Received: 21 February 2021 / Accepted: 5 August 2021 / Published: 5 November 2021

scholarly journals Privacy-Preserving Self-Helped Medical Diagnosis Scheme Based on Secure Two-Party Computation in Wireless Sensor Networks

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Sun ◽  
Qiaoyan Wen ◽  
Yudong Zhang ◽  
Wenmin Li
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Medical Diagnosis ◽  
Privacy Preserving ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Medical Monitoring ◽  
Public Health Institutions ◽  
Health Institutions

With the continuing growth of wireless sensor networks in pervasive medical care, people pay more and more attention to privacy in medical monitoring, diagnosis, treatment, and patient care. On one hand, we expect the public health institutions to provide us with better service. On the other hand, we would not like to leak our personal health information to them. In order to balance this contradiction, in this paper we design a privacy-preserving self-helped medical diagnosis scheme based on secure two-party computation in wireless sensor networks so that patients can privately diagnose themselves by inputting a health card into a self-helped medical diagnosis ATM to obtain a diagnostic report just like drawing money from a bank ATM without revealing patients’ health information and doctors’ diagnostic skill. It makes secure self-helped disease diagnosis feasible and greatly benefits patients as well as relieving the heavy pressure of public health institutions.

Internet, COVID-19 and Mental Health: Information and Misinformation (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edson Da Silva ◽  
Marileila Marques Toledo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Health Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Health Team ◽  
Mental Health Information ◽  
Psychological Suffering ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Technology And Communication ◽  
Anxiety Depression

UNSTRUCTURED As the number of confirmed cases of and deaths from COVID-19 grows fast, the health team and the general public are facing psychological suffering, including anxiety, depression, stress, anguish, boredom, loneliness, anger and suicide. These problems worsen when added to the consequences of the misinformation overload, which has spread uncertainty, fear, anxiety and racism on the internet on a scale never seen in previous epidemics, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and Zika. In this sense, the purpose of this Viewpoint article is to reflect this context, including the need for strategies to be developed by governments, health institutions, technology and communication companies to combat the ongoing pandemic.

scholarly journals Enabling Health Reform through Regional Health Information Exchange: A Model Study from China

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianbo Lei ◽  
Dong Wen ◽  
Xingting Zhang ◽  
Jiayu Li ◽  
Haiying Lan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Health Information Exchange ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Exchange System ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Shared Information ◽  
Health Institutions

Objective. To investigate and share the major challenges and experiences of building a regional health information exchange system in China in the context of health reform. Methods. This study used interviews, focus groups, a field study, and a literature review to collect insights and analyze data. The study examined Xinjin’s approach to developing and implementing a health information exchange project, using exchange usage data for analysis. Results. Within three years and after spending approximately $2.4 million (15 million RMB), Xinjin County was able to build a complete, unified, and shared information system and many electronic health record components to integrate and manage health resources for 198 health institutions in its jurisdiction, thus becoming a model of regional health information exchange for facilitating health reform. Discussion. Costs, benefits, experiences, and lessons were discussed, and the unique characteristics of the Xinjin case and a comparison with US cases were analyzed. Conclusion. The Xinjin regional health information exchange system is different from most of the others due to its government-led, government-financed approach. Centralized and coordinated efforts played an important role in its operation. Regional health information exchange systems have been proven critical for meeting the global challenges of health reform.

Clinical Update: Functional Capacity Evaluations—An Update

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 4-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Welch
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Disability Evaluation ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Submaximal Effort ◽  
Lack Of Sleep ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Specific Limitation

Abstract Functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) have become an important component of disability evaluation during the past 10 years to assess an individual's ability to perform the essential or specific functions of a job, both preplacement and during rehabilitation. Evaluating both job performance and physical ability is a complex assessment, and some practitioners are not yet certain that an FCE can achieve these goals. An FCE is useful only if it predicts job performance, and factors that should be assessed include overall performance; consistency of performance across similar areas of the FCE; consistency between observed behaviors during the FCE and limitations or abilities reported by the worker; objective changes (eg, blood pressure and pulse) that are appropriate relative to performance; external factors (illness, lack of sleep, or medication); and a coefficient of variation that can be measured and assessed. FCEs can identify specific movement patterns or weaknesses; measure improvement during rehabilitation; identify a specific limitation that is amenable to accommodation; and identify a worker who appears to be providing a submaximal effort. FCEs are less reliable at predicting injury risk; they cannot tell us much about endurance over a time period longer than the time required for the FCE; and the FCE may measure simple muscular functions when the job requires more complex ones.

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