Quantification of Occupational and Community Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity Among Health Care Workers in a Large U.S. Health Care System

Background: E-health has been identified as an integral part of the future of South African public healthcare. Telemedicine was first introduced in South Africa in 1997 and since then the cost of running the Telemedicine projects has increased substantially. Despite these efforts to introduce the system, only 34% of the Telemedicine sites in South Africa are functional at present.Objectives: Literature has suggested that one of the barriers to the successful implementation of health information systems is the user acceptance by health care workers of systems such as Telemedicine. This study investigated the user acceptance of Telemedicine in the public health care system in the Eastern Cape Province, making use of the Unified Theory of the Use and Acceptance of Technology.Method: The study employed a quantitative survey approach. A questionnaire was developed making use of existing literature and was distributed to various clinics around the province where Telemedicine has been implemented. Statistics were produced making use of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).Results: In general, the health care workers did understand the value and benefit of health information systems to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the health care system. The barriers to the effective implementation of a health information system include the lack of knowledge and the lack of awareness regarding the Telemedicine system. This in turn means that the user is apprehensive when making use of the system thus contributing to less frequent usage.Conclusion: Health care workers do acknowledge that information systems can help to increase the effectiveness of the health care system. In general, the acceptance of Telemedicine in the Eastern Cape Department of Health is positive, but in order to integrate it into standard work practices, more must be done with regards to the promotion and education of telemedicine.

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Association Between Universal Masking in a Health Care System and SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Among Health Care Workers

JAMA ◽

10.1001/jama.2020.12897 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 324 (7) ◽

pp. 703 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

Xiaowen Wang ◽

Enrico G. Ferro ◽

Guohai Zhou ◽

Dean Hashimoto ◽

Deepak L. Bhatt

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care System ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Care Workers ◽

Care System

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Respirologists — Doing What We Can

Canadian Respiratory Journal ◽

10.1155/2004/741413 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 189-190

Author(s):

Dennis Bowie

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care System ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Scientific Methods ◽

Care Workers ◽

Care System

While governments share the major responsibility for providing health care in this country, they cannot do it alone. Health care workers and patients need to be involved to develop the best system. We, as physicians, must provide agencies with the science behind the best medicine and methods to care for patients. In addition, we have a responsibility to advocate for changes to give our patients the best service. This needs to be done in partnership with individuals using the health care system, who too often are not consulted. We must insist that our health care system be studied with rigorous scientific methods to ensure that the correct answers are obtained. After all, that is what we are trained to do.

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Design a Kind of Family Embedded Health Care System

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.195-196.1102 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 195-196 ◽

pp. 1102-1105

Author(s):

Qi Wang ◽

Pei Yuan Guo

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Community Health ◽

Health Care System ◽

Health Monitoring ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

The Elderly ◽

Community Health Care ◽

Diagnostic Aid ◽

Care Workers ◽

Care System

This paper proposes an approach of Family-Embedded-Health-Care-System base on ARM core processor, mainly for the elderly in a community, but also applys to all residents in the community. The system consists of households composed of client and community health posts. Be connected via Internet or GPRS, it is very practical. To meet the daily needs of health monitoring, and also facilitate community health care workers to grasp the residents health status in the community instantly, so they can service better for the residents. When it is necessary, the physician could accessed the communitys computer serve system through Internet to got a patients daily health record as a diagnostic aid information. This system provided a route for remote medical services came into the ordinary families.

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Telemedicinske storitve v Sloveniji

40th International Conference on Organizational Science Development Values Competencies and Changes in Organizations ◽

10.18690/978-961-286-442-2.57 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Živa Rant ◽

Drago Rudel

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Worker ◽

Health Care System ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Health Workers ◽

Pilot Projects ◽

Research Participants ◽

Care Workers ◽

Contemporary Technology ◽

Care System

Many telemedicine services exist in Slovenia. In time of an epidemic covid-19 become increasingly important. We are introducing results of research on extent of the telemedicine services in Slovene health care in this article. We identified fifteen solutions, already used in practice or in pilot projects. We classify them in three groups: telemonitoring, connection of patients with a physician or health worker and cooperation of physicians or health workers, that are on different locations physically. For every solution we gathered key metadata. We gathered and analysed also opinions of research participants about challenges at the telemedicine services in Slovenia. We classified them into challenges about funding, health care system and health care workers. Telemedicine is urgency and future in health care also in Slovenia. It is important, that we introduce contemporary technology and existent solutions appropriately in practice, so we create a new service usually.

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Payers

Information Systems and Healthcare Enterprises ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-651-8.ch004 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 86-106

Author(s):

Roy Rada

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Information Systems ◽

Health Care System ◽

Health Plan ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

American Health Care System ◽

Care Workers ◽

American Health Care ◽

Care System

Most of what has been discussed in this book focuses on the provider and its relation to the patient as regards information systems. However, in the American health care system the connection between the provider and payer is critical to the smooth functioning of the system (Starr, 1997). This chapter focuses on the payer (or health plan). In many other countries, the operation would be different, but some way is always used to track the expenditure of resources and to pay health care workers.

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Knowledge and Response of Iraqi People on Future Health Care Changes and Visiting Dental Clinics during and after COVID-19

European Dental Research and Biomaterials Journal ◽

10.1055/s-0040-1721621 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (02) ◽

pp. 57-63

Author(s):

Dler Ali Khursheed ◽

Aras Maruf Rauf ◽

Fadil Abdullah Kareem ◽

Arass Jalal Noori ◽

Mohammed Abdalla Mahmood ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care System ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Dental Health ◽

Control Measures ◽

Future Health ◽

Dental Clinics ◽

Care Workers ◽

Future Health Care ◽

Care System

Abstract Objectives This article aimed to find out Iraqi people’s opinions on possible dental health care changes and their knowledge, attitude, and expectation toward infection controls in dental settings during and after the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Materials and Methods Different questions were presented regarding possible health care system changes, to gather people’s opinions concerning patients, dentists, and dental clinic tests for contagious viral infections, their history of vaccination, and their readiness to get vaccinated, and finally, how they would feel about visiting their local dental clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic if they faced dental problems. Results Generally, 69% of the respondents believed that the health care system will change in Iraq. A higher percentage of health care workers than nonhealth workers had been vaccinated against hepatitis virus and approximately equal numbers indicated their readiness to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and other contagious viral diseases. Additionally, a higher percentage of health care workers than Non health care workers expressed fear of contracting the infection from dental clinics and the relation was significant. More than two-thirds of respondents stated their inability to visit a dentist because all the dental clinics are closed, and they cannot find a trusted dental clinic. Likewise, the majority preferred to wait until after the outbreak or when the government provides strict control measures and guidelines for dental clinics. Conclusion There was a common belief that the health care system will change after COVID-19 in Iraq. All agreed that dental clinics and the population should be protected against microbial cross-transmission through appropriate infection control measures and vaccination. Future health care changes should include public health education and dental health care personnel training.

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Self-swabbing in coronavirus pandemic- A game changer which can be introduced in field

Indian Journal of Community Health ◽

10.47203/ijch.2020.v32i02supp.026 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 32 (2 (Supp)) ◽

pp. 309-310

Author(s):

Satheesh Kumar Bhandary ◽

Rajeshwary Aroor ◽

Vadisha Bhat ◽

Mark Jittu V ◽

Sreesan P

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care System ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Nasopharyngeal Swab ◽

The Novel ◽

Care Workers ◽

Nasal Secretions ◽

Novel Coronavirus ◽

Real Challenge ◽

Care System

COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is a highly contagious infection known to spread rapidly, leading to severe consequences and disasters. Health care workers are at higher risk of getting the infection, during the process of diagnosis and treatment of patients with the disease. Worldwide, a lot of health care workers have lost their lives because of COVID-19 infection. Managing the COVID- 19 caseload is a real challenge to the health care system. For the diagnosis of COVID-19, both nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs are obtained to detect viral RNA. (1). A nasopharyngeal swab is more sensitive due to higher viral load in nasal secretions than oral secretions, which is similar to that of Influenza (2). Taking nasopharyngeal swab is a real challenge to the health care workers and also is uncomfortable for the patient. It also exposes the health care workers to aerosols. Moreover, the scarcity of personal protective equipment (PPE) is a real burden to the health care system.

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Quality of Life (QoL) among Health Care Workers with Diabetes Mellitus: A Literature Review

Clinics and Practice ◽

10.3390/clinpract11040096 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 801-826

Author(s):

Warda Alamri ◽

Aisha Alhofaian ◽

Nahed Mersal

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Health Care ◽

Literature Review ◽

Health Care System ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Care Workers ◽

The Impact ◽

Care System

Objective: This scoping literature review explores the impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of health care workers (HCWs). HCWs play a vital role in the global health care system, with the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrating their effectiveness and worth beyond any doubt. However, HCWs are among the most vulnerable members of the health care system because they are most susceptible to stress, exhaustion, and occupational health risks. Method: The review was conducted in 2021 and included articles published in English in the past five years that explore diabetic HCWs’ QoL and studies intended to assess the relationship between work stress and DM. In total, 27 relevant articles were found that satisfied the inclusion criteria and were critically and thematically analyzed. Results: Most DM studies have focused on the clinical management of patients, but researchers have paid little attention to the high-risk group of HCWs with diabetes. In addition to fulfilling their job mandate, HCWs are burdened with various sociological stressors that affect their QoL. Conclusion: This literature review suggests DM has a significant impact on QoL in the work–life context. However, there is limited evidence to demonstrate the impact of DM on the QoL of HCWs. Thus, further research is needed in this area to improve the provision of integrated care.

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