scholarly journals Socio-demographic Differentials in the Knowledge of E-Health Care Delivery among Health Care Professionals in Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
C. L. Kpe- Nobana ◽  
C. E. Elechi ◽  
C. O. Aleke
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Research Questions

Background: The emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in developing countries including Nigeria underscores the need for electronic health (e-Health) to improve health care delivery. This study thus determined the knowledge and socio-demographic differentials in the knowledge of e-Health care delivery among health care professionals in Federal Teaching Hospital Abakalik (FETHA) Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Methods: The descriptive research design and a self-developed questionnaire was used for the study. Three objectives with three research questions and two null –hypotheses were postulated to guide the study. Out of a population of 2092 health workers in FETHA, 209 representing 10% were drawn through a multistage sampling technique and were studied. Frequency and percentage were used to answer research question one, while mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions two and three. The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used in testing null hypotheses one while Mann-Whitney U test was used in testing hypotheses two at .05 level of significance. Results: The overall mean percentage of respondents was 85.6% which indicates that health care professionals in FETHA possessed a good knowledge of e-Health care delivery. The findings further indicated that health care professional in FETHA differed in their level of education with diploma and below possessing higher knowledge of e-Health care delivery (x̅=1.23) than those with B.Sc. and above (x̅=1.14). Also differed by their age (P>0.05), and level of education (P<0.05). Conclusion: Nigerian government at all levels, through their various Ministries of Health should organize intensive ICT training and retraining of their employees, especially those with B.Sc and above.

Are Communities Willing to Transition Into Learning Health Care Communities? A Community-Based Participatory Evaluation of Stakeholders’ Receptivity

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973232199864
Author(s):  
Nabil Natafgi ◽  
Olayinka Ladeji ◽  
Yoon Duk Hong ◽  
Jacqueline Caldwell ◽  
C. Daniel Mullins
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Care Community ◽  
Care Experience ◽  
National Initiative

This article aims to determine receptivity for advancing the Learning Healthcare System (LHS) model to a novel evidence-based health care delivery framework—Learning Health Care Community (LHCC)—in Baltimore, as a model for a national initiative. Using community-based participatory, qualitative approach, we conducted 16 in-depth interviews and 15 focus groups with 94 participants. Two independent coders thematically analyzed the transcripts. Participants included community members (38%), health care professionals (29%), patients (26%), and other stakeholders (7%). The majority considered LHCC to be a viable model for improving the health care experience, outlining certain parameters for success such as the inclusion of home visits, presentation of research evidence, and incorporation of social determinants and patients’ input. Lessons learned and challenges discussed by participants can help health systems and communities explore the LHCC aspiration to align health care delivery with an engaged, empowered, and informed community.

Empirical exploration of brilliance in health care: perceptions of health professionals

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Karimi ◽  
Ann Dadich ◽  
Liz Fulop ◽  
Sandra G. Leggat ◽  
Jiri Rada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Lexical Analysis ◽  
Professional Perspective

Objective The aim of the present study was to develop a positive organisational scholarship in health care approach to health management, informed by health managers and health professionals’ experiences of brilliance in health care delivery. Methods A sample of postgraduate students with professional and/or management experience within a health service was invited to share their experiences of brilliant health services via online discussions and a survey running on the SurveyMonkey platform. A lexical analysis of student contributions was conducted using the individual as the unit of analysis. Results Using lexical analysis, the examination of themes in the concept map, the relationships between themes and the relationships between concepts identified ‘care’ as the most important concept in recognising brilliance in health care, followed by the concepts of ‘staff’ and ‘patient’. Conclusions The research presents empirical material to support the emergence of an evidence-based health professional perspective of brilliance in health management. The findings support other studies that have drawn on both quantitative and qualitative materials to explore brilliance in health care. Pockets of brilliance have been previously identified as catalysts for changing health care systems. Both quality, seen as driven from the outside, and excellence, driven from within individuals, are necessary to produce brilliance. What is known about the topic? The quest for brilliance in health care is not easy but essential to reinvigorating and energising health professionals to pursue the highest possible standards of health care delivery. What does this paper add? Using an innovative methodology, the present study identified the key drivers that health care professionals believe are vital to moving in the direction of identifying brilliant performance. What are the implications for practitioners? This work presents evidence on the perceptions of leadership and management practices associated with brilliant health management. Lessons learned from exceptionally well-delivered services contain different templates for change than those dealing with failures, errors, misconduct and the resulting negativity.

scholarly journals The Internet of Things: Impact and Implications for Health Care Delivery (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaimon T Kelly ◽  
Katrina L Campbell ◽  
Enying Gong ◽  
Paul Scuffham
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
The Internet Of Things

UNSTRUCTURED The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of wireless, interrelated, and connected digital devices that can collect, send, and store data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. The IoT promises many benefits to streamlining and enhancing health care delivery to proactively predict health issues and diagnose, treat, and monitor patients both in and out of the hospital. Worldwide, government leaders and decision makers are implementing policies to deliver health care services using technology and more so in response to the novel COVID-19 pandemic. It is now becoming increasingly important to understand how established and emerging IoT technologies can support health systems to deliver safe and effective care. The aim of this viewpoint paper is to provide an overview of the current IoT technology in health care, outline how IoT devices are improving health service delivery, and outline how IoT technology can affect and disrupt global health care in the next decade. The potential of IoT-based health care is expanded upon to theorize how IoT can improve the accessibility of preventative public health services and transition our current secondary and tertiary health care to be a more proactive, continuous, and coordinated system. Finally, this paper will deal with the potential issues that IoT-based health care generates, barriers to market adoption from health care professionals and patients alike, confidence and acceptability, privacy and security, interoperability, standardization and remuneration, data storage, and control and ownership. Corresponding enablers of IoT in current health care will rely on policy support, cybersecurity-focused guidelines, careful strategic planning, and transparent policies within health care organizations. IoT-based health care has great potential to improve the efficiency of the health system and improve population health.

A new model of online health care delivery science education for mid-career health care professionals

Healthcare ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrienne Faerber ◽  
Alice Andrews ◽  
Ano Lobb ◽  
Eric Wadsworth ◽  
Katherine Milligan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
New Model

The Role of Pediatricians in Health Care Delivery

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-151
Author(s):  
William G. Crook
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Crucial Importance ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Health Team ◽  
Primary Physicians

As a member of the Sub-Committee on Manpower of the Council on Pediatric Practice, I've long been interested in allied health workers. Certainly, when such workers become available and are appropriately coordinated with others on the health team, the skills and talents of physicians can be used more productively. But I feel that the manpower pendulum in pediatrics may be swinging too far in the direction of allied health workers, and causing us to forget the crucial importance of primary physicians in delivering medical care.

scholarly journals The Internet of Things: Impact and Implications for Health Care Delivery

10.2196/20135 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. e20135
Author(s):  
Jaimon T Kelly ◽  
Katrina L Campbell ◽  
Enying Gong ◽  
Paul Scuffham
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of wireless, interrelated, and connected digital devices that can collect, send, and store data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. The IoT promises many benefits to streamlining and enhancing health care delivery to proactively predict health issues and diagnose, treat, and monitor patients both in and out of the hospital. Worldwide, government leaders and decision makers are implementing policies to deliver health care services using technology and more so in response to the novel COVID-19 pandemic. It is now becoming increasingly important to understand how established and emerging IoT technologies can support health systems to deliver safe and effective care. The aim of this viewpoint paper is to provide an overview of the current IoT technology in health care, outline how IoT devices are improving health service delivery, and outline how IoT technology can affect and disrupt global health care in the next decade. The potential of IoT-based health care is expanded upon to theorize how IoT can improve the accessibility of preventative public health services and transition our current secondary and tertiary health care to be a more proactive, continuous, and coordinated system. Finally, this paper will deal with the potential issues that IoT-based health care generates, barriers to market adoption from health care professionals and patients alike, confidence and acceptability, privacy and security, interoperability, standardization and remuneration, data storage, and control and ownership. Corresponding enablers of IoT in current health care will rely on policy support, cybersecurity-focused guidelines, careful strategic planning, and transparent policies within health care organizations. IoT-based health care has great potential to improve the efficiency of the health system and improve population health.

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