The document discusses improving the patient and doctor experience through digitizing medical records and the healthcare process. It describes the current manual process that involves patients having to remember their medical history, wait for test results, and doctors not always having access to complete patient information. The proposed solution is a centralized digital system called MedSys that would store all patient medical records and enable real-time access by doctors. This would allow appointments to be booked online, prescriptions to be e-prescribed based on medical history, test results to be seamlessly updated in records and notifications sent, and remote patient monitoring through IoT devices. The benefits outlined are improved care quality, attracting medical tourism and skilled workers, and empowering patients.
The patient handoff is a contemporaneous, interactive process of passing patient-specific information from one caregiver to another to ensure the continuity and safety of patient care. It is well recognized that the handoff is a point of vulnerability where valuable patient information can be distorted and omitted [1, 2]. A plethora of studies in the nursing literature have identified a variety of problems, including incomplete or inaccurate information [3-6], uneven quality [7], repeated interruptions and lack of anticipatory guidance [8]. Many reports have focused on characterizing the weaknesses with non-operative patient handovers, the use of handoff checklists and aviation safety models for specific groups of patients [1,5,9], and the pre- and post-implementation comparisons. [10-12] However, few studies have focused on prospective cohort studies validating and testing patient information management systems such as smart-templates in the setting of handover quality. [10]
Electronic templates containing patient information help to standardize the type of information conveyed during interactions, discourages ambiguous findings,[13] improves provider satisfaction and improves continuity of care.[14] Within the department, we developed the transfer template (T2) to address the issues in provider workflow and efficiency. With the press of a button, the T2 template automatically extracts live information from the anesthetic record, pertinent fields from the PAC note and laboratory values from IView, and provides a concise output of these relevant details.
The document discusses problems with the current healthcare system including long wait times, lack of access to patient information, and poor communication between providers. It identifies that patients often lack health information and there is no standardized IT system to share data. A proposed solution is a national patient database that would give authorized healthcare providers up-to-date patient information to improve coordination and allow for more informed care decisions. The expected benefits include increased efficiency, reduced wait times, and improved health outcomes.
This document summarizes a presentation on using data and informatics to improve allied health services. It discusses the history of allied health and challenges with data collection. Examples are provided of projects in New Zealand that used data to enhance patient and clinician experiences, reduce hospital-acquired infections, and inform staffing needs. The presentation emphasizes standardizing data to facilitate benchmarking and applying knowledge gained from data analysis to drive improvements in allied health.
Dave Tyas- Beyond 2010: SMART Living Paneleventwithme
The Whole System Demonstrator trial aimed to test whether new telehealth technologies could help people stay healthy at home. It involved 6000 patients across three sites including Cornwall. The trial provided patients with devices to monitor health readings like blood pressure and weight at home, which were transmitted to nurses. Initial concerns from doctors about increased workload were alleviated as the technology allowed remote monitoring and helped prevent unnecessary visits. Patients found the systems easy to use and that it increased their independence and empowerment.
Remote Monitoring of Rheumatoid Arthritis using a Smartphone app3GDR
Dr Lynn Austin, Research Fellow, University of Manchester:
https://mhealthinsight.com/2016/06/27/join-us-at-the-kings-funds-digital-health-care-congress/
The document discusses improving the patient and doctor experience through digitizing medical records and the healthcare process. It describes the current manual process that involves patients having to remember their medical history, wait for test results, and doctors not always having access to complete patient information. The proposed solution is a centralized digital system called MedSys that would store all patient medical records and enable real-time access by doctors. This would allow appointments to be booked online, prescriptions to be e-prescribed based on medical history, test results to be seamlessly updated in records and notifications sent, and remote patient monitoring through IoT devices. The benefits outlined are improved care quality, attracting medical tourism and skilled workers, and empowering patients.
The patient handoff is a contemporaneous, interactive process of passing patient-specific information from one caregiver to another to ensure the continuity and safety of patient care. It is well recognized that the handoff is a point of vulnerability where valuable patient information can be distorted and omitted [1, 2]. A plethora of studies in the nursing literature have identified a variety of problems, including incomplete or inaccurate information [3-6], uneven quality [7], repeated interruptions and lack of anticipatory guidance [8]. Many reports have focused on characterizing the weaknesses with non-operative patient handovers, the use of handoff checklists and aviation safety models for specific groups of patients [1,5,9], and the pre- and post-implementation comparisons. [10-12] However, few studies have focused on prospective cohort studies validating and testing patient information management systems such as smart-templates in the setting of handover quality. [10]
Electronic templates containing patient information help to standardize the type of information conveyed during interactions, discourages ambiguous findings,[13] improves provider satisfaction and improves continuity of care.[14] Within the department, we developed the transfer template (T2) to address the issues in provider workflow and efficiency. With the press of a button, the T2 template automatically extracts live information from the anesthetic record, pertinent fields from the PAC note and laboratory values from IView, and provides a concise output of these relevant details.
The document discusses problems with the current healthcare system including long wait times, lack of access to patient information, and poor communication between providers. It identifies that patients often lack health information and there is no standardized IT system to share data. A proposed solution is a national patient database that would give authorized healthcare providers up-to-date patient information to improve coordination and allow for more informed care decisions. The expected benefits include increased efficiency, reduced wait times, and improved health outcomes.
This document summarizes a presentation on using data and informatics to improve allied health services. It discusses the history of allied health and challenges with data collection. Examples are provided of projects in New Zealand that used data to enhance patient and clinician experiences, reduce hospital-acquired infections, and inform staffing needs. The presentation emphasizes standardizing data to facilitate benchmarking and applying knowledge gained from data analysis to drive improvements in allied health.
Dave Tyas- Beyond 2010: SMART Living Paneleventwithme
The Whole System Demonstrator trial aimed to test whether new telehealth technologies could help people stay healthy at home. It involved 6000 patients across three sites including Cornwall. The trial provided patients with devices to monitor health readings like blood pressure and weight at home, which were transmitted to nurses. Initial concerns from doctors about increased workload were alleviated as the technology allowed remote monitoring and helped prevent unnecessary visits. Patients found the systems easy to use and that it increased their independence and empowerment.
Remote Monitoring of Rheumatoid Arthritis using a Smartphone app3GDR
Dr Lynn Austin, Research Fellow, University of Manchester:
https://mhealthinsight.com/2016/06/27/join-us-at-the-kings-funds-digital-health-care-congress/
Free book on patient safety by Dr Aniruddha Malpani
Medical errors can be a nightmare – both for patients, and for doctors. However, this is one of those topics which we prefer to sweep under the carpet, because it can be so emotionally charged.
This book provides a holistic overview of medical errors from multiple perspectives. Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, insurers and patients themselves all need to work together to promote patient safety.
Starting with the basics as to why medical errors are still so common, this book highlights what needs to be done to keep patients safe. Reading this book may help to save your life, or that of a loved one. If you are a patient, please read it before you go to the doctor . If you are a doctor, please read it before you see your next patient !
This document discusses techniques to maximize efficiency in patient flow in the emergency department. It defines efficiency as the optimal utilization of resources to produce desired outcomes. The goals of improving efficiency are to enhance patient care, satisfaction, and outcomes while reducing costs and stress on staff. Key techniques include expediting the triage process, registering patients simultaneously with initial care, starting IVs and labs early, performing evaluations and tests concurrently rather than sequentially, and flexible staff coordination to speed processes. The overall approach is focused on minimizing time to initial physician exam and making sequential events occur in parallel.
The document is a presentation about polyclinic waiting time problems and solutions at Tawam Hospital in the UAE. It introduces the presenter and states that the presentation will be divided into four parts: an overview, study results, current and proposed processes, and recommendations/conclusions. It provides background on Tawam Hospital and defines waiting time. It discusses implementation of a Health Information System (HIS) and benefits, as well as research aims, methodology involving questionnaires, and results showing specialists are satisfied with HIS but it is not the main cause of delays. Results of patient questionnaires show waiting times at various stages with most waiting over 60 minutes for required service.
Objective(s):
To streamline the process of hospital visits and minimize wait times for patients by using m-governence. A secondary objective was to improve transparency and accountability in the OPD’s
Achievements of the programme/project?
1. Following this initiative, patients no longer have to queue for appointments with doctors/ stand in line for registration and can take appointments from the comfort of their homes
2. The wait time to be seen by the doctor has drastically been cut down to less than 2 hour for the majority of the patients
3. In case the doctor is unavailable or there is change in schedule, an intimation by SMS is sent to the patients and appointments rescheduled
4. The token number sent as SMS remains the queue number which is displayed on electronic display boards in real time outside each doctor’s chamber.
5. The OPD area is dramatically less crowded leading to better ambience and staff response.
6. For the first time statistics on the number of patients waiting to be seen by a clinician/ specialty will be available to the government so that necessary policy changes can be made.
1. The document discusses an initiative by JPN Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS to eliminate queues in hospital clinics using mobile health technologies.
2. It aims to streamline the hospital visit process and minimize wait times for patients by capturing their mobile numbers and using SMS and voice calls to provide appointment information and wait times.
3. The initiative is innovative in being the first time a government hospital in India has used mobile phones as the primary mode for registration and communication with patients to make outpatient visits more convenient.
1) The document examines attitudes towards health insurance cards among physicians in family practice in Slovenia.
2) A survey of physicians found that over half reported good experiences using patient and professional health insurance cards.
3) Primary care physicians viewed their experiences more positively and found the cards made their jobs easier compared to secondary care physicians.
Barriers to Electronic Health Record AdoptionGrace Villareal
The document discusses three major barriers to implementing a national electronic health record (EHR) system in the Philippines:
1) Lack of clear governance and policies around EHR use limits interoperability and introduces privacy/security risks.
2) Healthcare professionals resist transitioning from paper to digital records due to lack of training and increased workload.
3) Upfront financial costs of developing new software/hardware and training staff are challenging without dedicated budgets.
This document outlines a proposed physical therapy at orthopedic sarcoma (PTOS) project. The project aims to improve outcomes for sarcoma patients undergoing surgery by implementing prehabilitation (physical and mental preparation prior to surgery). A key aspect is developing a 10-question screening tool called the "Shah screening tool" to identify patient risk factors and determine what pre-surgical interventions may help, such as physical therapy or counseling. The tool would be implemented using the electronic health record and assessing patients. It is believed this could help address issues like longer recovery times and poorer outcomes from factors like depression, diabetes or poor physical function. The document outlines the project team, governance, plan, process changes needed and communication plan to stakeholders like
Evaluation of patient and clinician experience in the Lothian Telehealth trial. Alex Tarling
Evaluation of patient and clinician experience in the Lothian Telehealth trial. Presentation delivered at the World Congress for IT conference, Amsterdam, June 2010.
MD_8594a-16_George_Eliot_NHS_Trust_SS_v7Tas Hind MSc
The George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust implemented the Lorenzo EHR to improve diabetes patient care. The diabetes outpatient department developed the Lorenzo-Diabetes solution to capture structured clinical data in a single record. This has improved routine care by streamlining processes, creating individualized patient care plans, and reducing reliance on paper. Key metrics showed a 33% reduction in documentation time and a 75% reduction in time to collect data for clinical audits after implementing the Lorenzo-Diabetes solution.
The document proposes an app called GeriCare that would coordinate care for elderly patients. The app would use GPS to connect patients with nearby healthcare providers for home visits. Patients and providers would register in the app. Patients could request visits for things like vital sign monitoring or blood tests. Providers could also schedule physical therapy, nutrition assessments, or referrals. The app aims to improve care for geriatric patients by reducing wait times, making transportation easier, and engaging caregivers. It would need stable funding to deliver these services.
An electronic personal health record (EPHR) allows patients to maintain and manage their personal health information privately and securely through an online application. EPHRs are beneficial because they make a patient's health records accessible anytime through mobile devices, which can be crucial in emergencies by providing medical personnel with important health details. While electronic health records are maintained by medical providers, EPHRs are owned by patients. Personal health records can contain a variety of health-related information to help patients and providers manage care. There are two main types of personal health records: standalone PHRs where patients directly input data, and connected PHRs that are linked to provider medical records and allow two-way sharing of information.
Patient Safety in Indian Ambulatory Care settings By.Dr.Mahboob ali khan PhdHealthcare consultant
This document discusses patient safety in ambulatory care settings in India. It outlines three key factors that influence safety: patient and caregiver behaviors, provider-patient interactions, and the role of the community and health system. Common safety issues in ambulatory care include medication errors, diagnostic errors, poor care coordination and transitions. Improving safety will require reforms like using electronic health records more widely and engaging patients to take a more active role in managing their own care and acting as a check on the care they receive.
The document discusses P2I Care, a research network that aims to improve healthcare by focusing on the individual patient, provider, and health information. It describes how patient-reported outcomes captured in quality registries can empower patients and benefit both patients and providers. Quality registries in Sweden collect patient-reported data on pain levels, joint swelling, daily functioning, and more over time. This data gives patients insight into their condition and treatment and allows for shared decision making between patients and providers.
5 ways better data management can help physicians meet the demands of the mod...Unify
Unified communications and better data management can help physicians meet modern demands by:
1) Storing data securely in the cloud while keeping it easily accessible, analyzing it to provide insights and predictive care, and allowing it to guide treatment.
2) Providing integrated care for patients with multiple conditions by making data accessible to all authorized providers.
3) Improving workflows by integrating communication systems to arrange tasks and utilize telehealth, predictive analytics to intervene before events, and personalized healthcare.
The document is a project report on assessing patient satisfaction at HCG EKO Cancer Center in Kolkata. It includes an introduction, objectives to understand hospital operations and analyze patient satisfaction surveys. It finds that while 760 responses were satisfied, 240 were dissatisfied, identifying issues like lack of housekeeping staff and long wait times. The report provides recommendations to address problems and aims to give insights into improving patient experience.
Staff views of patient complaint policy
The document discusses a study that interviewed hospital staff about managing patient complaints. It found that clinicians see complaints as opportunities for improvement but administrative processes separate them from complaints. Staff suggested complaints be managed based on risk, responding immediately and directly to the patient. The study also found a need to aggregate patient feedback data from multiple sources and link it to service improvement efforts. Clinicians prioritized resolving complaints for individual patients and system improvement, while administrators focused on following processes. The research implications are for health services to manage complaints by risk level and link aggregated patient feedback to improvement.
The document discusses computer-based patient records (CPRs). It defines CPRs and compares them to electronic medical records (EMRs). CPRs contain complete patient data across providers and are designed to support users. EMRs focus on a single provider and usually stay within a practice. The document also outlines characteristics of CPRs like accountability, flexibility, interoperability and comprehensiveness. Benefits include coordinated care, reduced errors and costs. Legal issues involve privacy and patients' rights to access their health records.
The document summarizes the author's experience in their first semester of a Master of Science in Health Informatics program. Some key points:
- The author realized their goal of pursuing a masters degree and was interested in learning about health informatics and how it could impact the Philippines.
- They enjoyed learning about new topics each week and reflecting on their learning through blog posts. This helped enrich their knowledge on the field.
- Through discussions with professors and classmates, the author gained valuable insights that helped them better understand topics they initially struggled with, like enterprise architecture and standards.
- They found the program gave them a strong foundation of knowledge to start their career in health informatics.
Communication systems in hospitals use various methods to exchange information between patients, staff, and machines. Verbal communication informs patients of medical procedures while non-verbal cues like eye contact show care. Formal policies are rigid while informal chatting allows interaction. Technology aids communication for those unable to speak. Signs and symbols help all understand settings. Telephone and pager systems connect staff. Telemedicine allows remote consultations. Public address and CCTV boost security. Color codes standardize emergency responses. Posters further educate.
Yuri Quintana of BIDMC - November 11th Health Innovators Presentationmlkrgr
This is Yuri Quintana's presentation from November 11th's Health Innovators event "Leveraging Innovation to Improve Medication Adherence".
Please see more information about Health Innovators at http://www.healthinno.org.
Please visit http://www.bidmc.org/ to see more information about BIDMC
- Launchpad Venture Group is an angel investment group that invested $7 million in 45 portfolio companies in 2013, including 12 new deals and 16 follow-on deals. The group focuses on exits and bringing experience to portfolio companies.
- The environment for life sciences funding has changed, with large biopharma moving to Boston, venture capital focusing on earlier stages, and fewer federal grants available. This has created opportunities for angel groups.
- Dr. Richard Gill serves as a board director and investor for Launchpad Venture Group, with a focus on exits and ensuring return on investment exceeds what was invested. He has had successful exits from portfolio companies.
Free book on patient safety by Dr Aniruddha Malpani
Medical errors can be a nightmare – both for patients, and for doctors. However, this is one of those topics which we prefer to sweep under the carpet, because it can be so emotionally charged.
This book provides a holistic overview of medical errors from multiple perspectives. Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, insurers and patients themselves all need to work together to promote patient safety.
Starting with the basics as to why medical errors are still so common, this book highlights what needs to be done to keep patients safe. Reading this book may help to save your life, or that of a loved one. If you are a patient, please read it before you go to the doctor . If you are a doctor, please read it before you see your next patient !
This document discusses techniques to maximize efficiency in patient flow in the emergency department. It defines efficiency as the optimal utilization of resources to produce desired outcomes. The goals of improving efficiency are to enhance patient care, satisfaction, and outcomes while reducing costs and stress on staff. Key techniques include expediting the triage process, registering patients simultaneously with initial care, starting IVs and labs early, performing evaluations and tests concurrently rather than sequentially, and flexible staff coordination to speed processes. The overall approach is focused on minimizing time to initial physician exam and making sequential events occur in parallel.
The document is a presentation about polyclinic waiting time problems and solutions at Tawam Hospital in the UAE. It introduces the presenter and states that the presentation will be divided into four parts: an overview, study results, current and proposed processes, and recommendations/conclusions. It provides background on Tawam Hospital and defines waiting time. It discusses implementation of a Health Information System (HIS) and benefits, as well as research aims, methodology involving questionnaires, and results showing specialists are satisfied with HIS but it is not the main cause of delays. Results of patient questionnaires show waiting times at various stages with most waiting over 60 minutes for required service.
Objective(s):
To streamline the process of hospital visits and minimize wait times for patients by using m-governence. A secondary objective was to improve transparency and accountability in the OPD’s
Achievements of the programme/project?
1. Following this initiative, patients no longer have to queue for appointments with doctors/ stand in line for registration and can take appointments from the comfort of their homes
2. The wait time to be seen by the doctor has drastically been cut down to less than 2 hour for the majority of the patients
3. In case the doctor is unavailable or there is change in schedule, an intimation by SMS is sent to the patients and appointments rescheduled
4. The token number sent as SMS remains the queue number which is displayed on electronic display boards in real time outside each doctor’s chamber.
5. The OPD area is dramatically less crowded leading to better ambience and staff response.
6. For the first time statistics on the number of patients waiting to be seen by a clinician/ specialty will be available to the government so that necessary policy changes can be made.
1. The document discusses an initiative by JPN Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS to eliminate queues in hospital clinics using mobile health technologies.
2. It aims to streamline the hospital visit process and minimize wait times for patients by capturing their mobile numbers and using SMS and voice calls to provide appointment information and wait times.
3. The initiative is innovative in being the first time a government hospital in India has used mobile phones as the primary mode for registration and communication with patients to make outpatient visits more convenient.
1) The document examines attitudes towards health insurance cards among physicians in family practice in Slovenia.
2) A survey of physicians found that over half reported good experiences using patient and professional health insurance cards.
3) Primary care physicians viewed their experiences more positively and found the cards made their jobs easier compared to secondary care physicians.
Barriers to Electronic Health Record AdoptionGrace Villareal
The document discusses three major barriers to implementing a national electronic health record (EHR) system in the Philippines:
1) Lack of clear governance and policies around EHR use limits interoperability and introduces privacy/security risks.
2) Healthcare professionals resist transitioning from paper to digital records due to lack of training and increased workload.
3) Upfront financial costs of developing new software/hardware and training staff are challenging without dedicated budgets.
This document outlines a proposed physical therapy at orthopedic sarcoma (PTOS) project. The project aims to improve outcomes for sarcoma patients undergoing surgery by implementing prehabilitation (physical and mental preparation prior to surgery). A key aspect is developing a 10-question screening tool called the "Shah screening tool" to identify patient risk factors and determine what pre-surgical interventions may help, such as physical therapy or counseling. The tool would be implemented using the electronic health record and assessing patients. It is believed this could help address issues like longer recovery times and poorer outcomes from factors like depression, diabetes or poor physical function. The document outlines the project team, governance, plan, process changes needed and communication plan to stakeholders like
Evaluation of patient and clinician experience in the Lothian Telehealth trial. Alex Tarling
Evaluation of patient and clinician experience in the Lothian Telehealth trial. Presentation delivered at the World Congress for IT conference, Amsterdam, June 2010.
MD_8594a-16_George_Eliot_NHS_Trust_SS_v7Tas Hind MSc
The George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust implemented the Lorenzo EHR to improve diabetes patient care. The diabetes outpatient department developed the Lorenzo-Diabetes solution to capture structured clinical data in a single record. This has improved routine care by streamlining processes, creating individualized patient care plans, and reducing reliance on paper. Key metrics showed a 33% reduction in documentation time and a 75% reduction in time to collect data for clinical audits after implementing the Lorenzo-Diabetes solution.
The document proposes an app called GeriCare that would coordinate care for elderly patients. The app would use GPS to connect patients with nearby healthcare providers for home visits. Patients and providers would register in the app. Patients could request visits for things like vital sign monitoring or blood tests. Providers could also schedule physical therapy, nutrition assessments, or referrals. The app aims to improve care for geriatric patients by reducing wait times, making transportation easier, and engaging caregivers. It would need stable funding to deliver these services.
An electronic personal health record (EPHR) allows patients to maintain and manage their personal health information privately and securely through an online application. EPHRs are beneficial because they make a patient's health records accessible anytime through mobile devices, which can be crucial in emergencies by providing medical personnel with important health details. While electronic health records are maintained by medical providers, EPHRs are owned by patients. Personal health records can contain a variety of health-related information to help patients and providers manage care. There are two main types of personal health records: standalone PHRs where patients directly input data, and connected PHRs that are linked to provider medical records and allow two-way sharing of information.
Patient Safety in Indian Ambulatory Care settings By.Dr.Mahboob ali khan PhdHealthcare consultant
This document discusses patient safety in ambulatory care settings in India. It outlines three key factors that influence safety: patient and caregiver behaviors, provider-patient interactions, and the role of the community and health system. Common safety issues in ambulatory care include medication errors, diagnostic errors, poor care coordination and transitions. Improving safety will require reforms like using electronic health records more widely and engaging patients to take a more active role in managing their own care and acting as a check on the care they receive.
The document discusses P2I Care, a research network that aims to improve healthcare by focusing on the individual patient, provider, and health information. It describes how patient-reported outcomes captured in quality registries can empower patients and benefit both patients and providers. Quality registries in Sweden collect patient-reported data on pain levels, joint swelling, daily functioning, and more over time. This data gives patients insight into their condition and treatment and allows for shared decision making between patients and providers.
5 ways better data management can help physicians meet the demands of the mod...Unify
Unified communications and better data management can help physicians meet modern demands by:
1) Storing data securely in the cloud while keeping it easily accessible, analyzing it to provide insights and predictive care, and allowing it to guide treatment.
2) Providing integrated care for patients with multiple conditions by making data accessible to all authorized providers.
3) Improving workflows by integrating communication systems to arrange tasks and utilize telehealth, predictive analytics to intervene before events, and personalized healthcare.
The document is a project report on assessing patient satisfaction at HCG EKO Cancer Center in Kolkata. It includes an introduction, objectives to understand hospital operations and analyze patient satisfaction surveys. It finds that while 760 responses were satisfied, 240 were dissatisfied, identifying issues like lack of housekeeping staff and long wait times. The report provides recommendations to address problems and aims to give insights into improving patient experience.
Staff views of patient complaint policy
The document discusses a study that interviewed hospital staff about managing patient complaints. It found that clinicians see complaints as opportunities for improvement but administrative processes separate them from complaints. Staff suggested complaints be managed based on risk, responding immediately and directly to the patient. The study also found a need to aggregate patient feedback data from multiple sources and link it to service improvement efforts. Clinicians prioritized resolving complaints for individual patients and system improvement, while administrators focused on following processes. The research implications are for health services to manage complaints by risk level and link aggregated patient feedback to improvement.
The document discusses computer-based patient records (CPRs). It defines CPRs and compares them to electronic medical records (EMRs). CPRs contain complete patient data across providers and are designed to support users. EMRs focus on a single provider and usually stay within a practice. The document also outlines characteristics of CPRs like accountability, flexibility, interoperability and comprehensiveness. Benefits include coordinated care, reduced errors and costs. Legal issues involve privacy and patients' rights to access their health records.
The document summarizes the author's experience in their first semester of a Master of Science in Health Informatics program. Some key points:
- The author realized their goal of pursuing a masters degree and was interested in learning about health informatics and how it could impact the Philippines.
- They enjoyed learning about new topics each week and reflecting on their learning through blog posts. This helped enrich their knowledge on the field.
- Through discussions with professors and classmates, the author gained valuable insights that helped them better understand topics they initially struggled with, like enterprise architecture and standards.
- They found the program gave them a strong foundation of knowledge to start their career in health informatics.
Communication systems in hospitals use various methods to exchange information between patients, staff, and machines. Verbal communication informs patients of medical procedures while non-verbal cues like eye contact show care. Formal policies are rigid while informal chatting allows interaction. Technology aids communication for those unable to speak. Signs and symbols help all understand settings. Telephone and pager systems connect staff. Telemedicine allows remote consultations. Public address and CCTV boost security. Color codes standardize emergency responses. Posters further educate.
Yuri Quintana of BIDMC - November 11th Health Innovators Presentationmlkrgr
This is Yuri Quintana's presentation from November 11th's Health Innovators event "Leveraging Innovation to Improve Medication Adherence".
Please see more information about Health Innovators at http://www.healthinno.org.
Please visit http://www.bidmc.org/ to see more information about BIDMC
- Launchpad Venture Group is an angel investment group that invested $7 million in 45 portfolio companies in 2013, including 12 new deals and 16 follow-on deals. The group focuses on exits and bringing experience to portfolio companies.
- The environment for life sciences funding has changed, with large biopharma moving to Boston, venture capital focusing on earlier stages, and fewer federal grants available. This has created opportunities for angel groups.
- Dr. Richard Gill serves as a board director and investor for Launchpad Venture Group, with a focus on exits and ensuring return on investment exceeds what was invested. He has had successful exits from portfolio companies.
Kevin Ban of Dovetail Health - November 11th Health Innovators Presentationmlkrgr
Dovetail Health leverages technology to enhance medication management. Their system allows clinicians to reconcile medications, identify adherence barriers and safety issues, optimize regimens, and conduct comprehensive medication reviews. The system imports patient data, processes it, identifies patients for outreach, and performs clinical reviews. It also provides reporting on adherence, safety, and cost effectiveness that meets CMS requirements. The system aims to close gaps and improve medication management.
Yogendra Jain of RX Advance - November 11th Health Innovators Presentationmlkrgr
This is Yogendra Jain's presentation from November 11th's Health Innovators event "Leveraging Innovation to Improve Medication Adherence".
Please see more information about Health Innovators at http://www.healthinno.org.
Please visit http://www.rxadvance.com/ to see more information about RX Advance.
This document discusses using analytics to optimize medication adherence interventions. It begins by introducing GNS Healthcare and their Meaningful Adherence solution, which uses predictive modeling to precisely match individuals to specific adherence interventions that will maximize the return on investment. It then provides examples showing how value-based selection identifies more individuals who could benefit from interventions compared to rules-based selection based solely on medication possession ratio. The document concludes by outlining GNS's approach and analytics platform for planning, implementing, and continuously optimizing population health management programs and adherence interventions.
Lohri is a Punjabi harvest festival celebrated in January or February. It commemorates Dulla Bhatti, a folk hero who rescued kidnapped girls and helped the poor. On Lohri, Punjabis light bonfires, sing and dance around them, and exchange gifts like sweets and money. Traditions include singing folk songs about Dulla Bhatti, dancing bhangra and gidda, and families gathering to celebrate. The author's family called friends and relatives to wish them Lohri, danced and sang around their fireplace, and gave and received money. Newly married women receive special gifts from their families on Lohri like jewelry, clothes, and makeup.
This is Dr. Peter Madras' presentation that was given at the Health Innovators meeting on July 21st.
For more information on Health Innovators, please visit us at http://www.healthinno.org
This document appears to be a list of Dutch words related to websites and online media. It includes terms like "applicatie", "website", and "webisode" which refer to applications, websites, and episodic web-based video content. The list is short and repeats some of the same words.
The document contains two examples of metaphors used to describe families. The first metaphor compares a family to items found inside a medicine chest, with each family member represented by a different medical supply. The second metaphor depicts a family as remnants of an expired firecracker, with each family member analogous to a part of the firecracker after it is lit. Both metaphors creatively use imagery to represent familial relationships in just a few lines of poetry.
Health Innovators: Funding Healthcare Innovation - Presentation by Darshana Z...mlkrgr
This document summarizes a presentation by Catalyst Health Ventures (CHV) about their healthcare investing approach. It provides an overview of CHV's history and funds, describing their past investments and exits. It then outlines CHV's current portfolio and team. The presentation notes risks in healthcare investing like long development cycles but also opportunities from growing healthcare spending and needs. It describes CHV's strategy of focusing on large markets and innovative technology to create value. The presentation provides an example investment in Vortex Medical that challenged assumptions about development needs and regulatory/pricing strategy to yield strong returns.
This document summarizes the formulation of elasticity problems. It discusses the field equations, boundary conditions, and general solution strategies for elasticity problems. The fundamental problem can be formulated using either a displacement formulation or stress formulation. General solution strategies include direct, inverse, and semi-inverse methods. Mathematical methods for solving problems include analytical, approximate, and numerical techniques.
Major health care information systems (emr, ehr, phr, lhr)abhijyotsaini
This document provides an overview of major health care information systems including electronic medical records (EMR), electronic health records (EHR), personal health records (PHR), and legal health records (LHR). It discusses the definitions, components, benefits, and challenges of each system. The document emphasizes that health care information systems can improve patient care, administrative functions, and overall health care operations if implemented successfully. However, significant financial investment, user training, and overcoming resistance to change are necessary for full adoption and utilization of these systems.
HEALTH INFORMATICS;PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH INFORMATICSKrishna Gandhi
The document discusses various topics related to health informatics including definitions of key terms like health informatics, nursing informatics, and public health informatics. It describes the need for and applications of nursing informatics in areas like nursing practice, administration, and limitations. Examples are provided of how data, information and knowledge are used in healthcare for education, hospital management, research, and data management. Emerging technologies like nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, real-time data, robotics, and virtual reality are discussed as applied examples of knowledge and information in healthcare.
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Healthcare IT: What the Frontline of Hospital Medicine Really Needs
1. Healthcare IT: What the frontline
of hospital medicine really needs
Suneel Dhand MD
Attending Physician
Director of Hospital Medicine
North Shore Medical Center
Partners Healthcare
2. Hospital Medicine
• Fastest growing specialty
• “Hospitalist” first coined in 1996
• Approaching 40,000
• Driving frontline metrics
– Length of stay
– Patient safety
– Readmissions
– Patient experience
3.
4. The meaning of medicine
“It is more important to know what sort of person has a
disease than to know what sort of disease a person has”
5. Healthcare IT
• Massive growth over last 10 years
• Meaningful Use “drive”
• Widespread adoption of EMRs
• Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)
• Future is unlimited
7. Outcomes
• The good
– Safety
– Information retrieval
– Reduced paperwork; no more “piles” of charts
• The Bad
– Been rushed out
– Slow and inefficient systems
– Time
• The Ugly
– Patients don’t feel the full benefits
8. How long are we spending with our patients?
J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Aug;28(8):1042-7.
In the wake of the 2003 and 2011 duty hours regulations, how do internal medicine interns spend their time?
Block L et al. Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
BACKGROUND: The 2003 and 2011 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) common program
requirements compress busy inpatient schedules and increase intern supervision. At the same time, interns wrestle with the
effects of electronic medical record systems, including documentation needs and availability of an ever-increasing amount of
stored patient data.
OBJECTIVE: In light of these changes, we conducted a time motion study to determine how internal medicine interns spend their
time in the hospital.
DESIGN: Descriptive, observational study on inpatient ward rotations at two internal medicine residency programs at large
academic medical centers in Baltimore, MD during January, 2012. Twenty-nine interns at the two residency programs.
MAIN MEASURES: The primary outcome was percent of time spent in direct patient care (talking with and examining patients).
Secondary outcomes included percent of time spent in indirect patient care, education, and miscellaneous activities (eating,
sleeping, and walking). Results were analyzed using multilevel regression analysis adjusted for clustering at the observer and
intern levels.
KEY RESULTS: Interns were observed for a total of 873 hours. Interns spent 12 % of their time in direct patient care, 64 % in
indirect patient care, 15 % in educational activities, and 9 % in miscellaneous activities. Computer use occupied 40 % of interns'
time. There was no significant difference in time spent in these activities between the two sites.
CONCLUSIONS: Interns today spend a minority of their time directly caring for patients. Compared with interns in time motion
studies prior to 2003, interns in our study spent less time in direct patient care and sleeping, and more time talking with other
providers and documenting. Reduced work hours in the setting of increasing complexity of medical inpatients, growing volume of
patient data, and increased supervision may limit the amount of time interns spend with patients.
Interns now spend only 12% of their time in direct
patient care and 40% with computers
9. •Check-in or grocery store assistant?
•Same question for nurses
•Biggest complaint: “Doctor doesn’t spend enough time with us”
•Swinging the pendulum back
The patient interaction
10. Questions to ask
•Does IT solution save time and improve experience as in other
aspects of life?
•Will IT result in better outcomes, not just “tick boxes”
•Disconnect between the world of IT and reality of frontline
medicine
– Geriatric population
– Workflow
– Hospital environment
11. What we need
• More efficient, minimal clicking, rapid logging in
• Mobile solutions; order entry
• Better use of voice recognition
• Mobile monitoring
• Longer than talking?
12. Solutions to work on in hospital
medicine
• Medication reconciliation
• Inpatient safety
• Readmissions
• Discharge process
• Question IT for patient satisfaction?
15. The future: Let’s work together
• Enormous opportunities, smarter and better systems
• Entrepreneurs: Help us solve frontline problems
• “Seen but not heard”
• Keep the doctor-patient relationship front and
center of all healthcare in this new era