This summary presentation covered several topics:
- The presenter's background in healthcare finance and strategy consulting.
- How regional extension centers can help with electronic health record implementation and clinic workflow changes.
- Examples of improving diabetes management at a community health center through targeted quality improvement efforts.
- Using an electronic health record and algorithms to identify and follow up with patients who are out of range on key health metrics.
- Presenting health information and educating participants through effective online portals and avatars.
- Mapping multi-morbidity and emergency department utilization patterns in Medicaid to identify priority areas.
- Challenges and opportunities for mobile health initiatives in developing countries where non-communicable diseases are rising issues.
How to communicate scientific and medical information to patients, advocates ...jangeissler
How to communicate scientific and medical information to patients, advocates and caregivers, presented by Jan Geissler at the European Medical Writer's Symposium (EMWA) on 12 May 2016
This document discusses the use of visual analytics in healthcare. It provides three case studies of using visual analytics: 1) supporting chronic headache patients by providing interactive visualizations of daily activities and their impact on conditions, 2) maintaining sepsis data dashboards through automated processes to allow robust visualizations of sepsis processes and outcomes, and 3) creating an interactive analytic injury dashboard to empower stakeholders to synthesize information to strengthen child injury surveillance, prevention and research. Visual analytics transforms raw data into meaningful information by making data accessible and helping address information overload.
MEDICal REsearch Support is a scientific, post graduate, international, life long learning, medical education and publication program for health care professionals aiming to support medical research by ‘Evidence Based Medicine and Medical Decision Making’ tools, especially Biostatistics.
Issues in Mobile Health (Robyn Whittaker)yan_stanford
This document summarizes key issues in mobile health (mHealth) based on interviews and research. It identifies five main categories of issues: policy and regulatory concerns around privacy and FDA regulation; wireless environment challenges of multiple networks and costs; health system issues like reimbursement, integration, and business models; challenges implementing mHealth like immature understanding and lack of evidence; and gaps in mHealth research around effectiveness, pace of technology, and underserved populations. Opportunities discussed include leveraging health reform, federal guidance, collaboration, and improving practice and research through iteration.
Riff: A Social Network and Collaborative Platform for Public Health Disease S...Taha Kass-Hout, MD, MS
A hybrid (event-based and indicator-based) platform designed to streamline the collaboration between domain experts and machine learning algorithms for detection, prediction and response to health-related events (such as disease outbreaks or pandemics). The platform helps synthesize health-related event indicators from a wide variety of information sources (structured and unstructured) into a consolidated picture for analysis, maintenance of “community-wide coherence”, and collaboration processes. The platform offers features to detect anomalies, visualize clusters of potential events, predict the rate and spread of a disease outbreak and provide decision makers with tools, methodologies and processes to investigate the event.
Outcomes research power point for research classfochoa10
Outcomes research studies the effects of healthcare treatments and care on individuals and populations. Both the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute aim to improve healthcare quality and safety for patients while also reducing costs. Aspects of outcomes research that are positive include improving patient safety, heart health, and understanding how healthcare is delivered and paid for. No wasteful research was identified from reviewing the websites of these two organizations.
This document summarizes presentations from a health informatics seminar covering three main themes: data collection and analytics, patient-technology interaction, and clinical and translational science. It describes several presentations within each theme, including topics on sensor-based data collection, data analytics in healthcare, usability of patient portals, telerehabilitation, and using health informatics to provide healthcare solutions for those in transitional housing. The document concludes that health informatics is a growing field aimed at improving healthcare quality and reducing costs through the use of health information technology.
This summary presentation covered several topics:
- The presenter's background in healthcare finance and strategy consulting.
- How regional extension centers can help with electronic health record implementation and clinic workflow changes.
- Examples of improving diabetes management at a community health center through targeted quality improvement efforts.
- Using an electronic health record and algorithms to identify and follow up with patients who are out of range on key health metrics.
- Presenting health information and educating participants through effective online portals and avatars.
- Mapping multi-morbidity and emergency department utilization patterns in Medicaid to identify priority areas.
- Challenges and opportunities for mobile health initiatives in developing countries where non-communicable diseases are rising issues.
How to communicate scientific and medical information to patients, advocates ...jangeissler
How to communicate scientific and medical information to patients, advocates and caregivers, presented by Jan Geissler at the European Medical Writer's Symposium (EMWA) on 12 May 2016
This document discusses the use of visual analytics in healthcare. It provides three case studies of using visual analytics: 1) supporting chronic headache patients by providing interactive visualizations of daily activities and their impact on conditions, 2) maintaining sepsis data dashboards through automated processes to allow robust visualizations of sepsis processes and outcomes, and 3) creating an interactive analytic injury dashboard to empower stakeholders to synthesize information to strengthen child injury surveillance, prevention and research. Visual analytics transforms raw data into meaningful information by making data accessible and helping address information overload.
MEDICal REsearch Support is a scientific, post graduate, international, life long learning, medical education and publication program for health care professionals aiming to support medical research by ‘Evidence Based Medicine and Medical Decision Making’ tools, especially Biostatistics.
Issues in Mobile Health (Robyn Whittaker)yan_stanford
This document summarizes key issues in mobile health (mHealth) based on interviews and research. It identifies five main categories of issues: policy and regulatory concerns around privacy and FDA regulation; wireless environment challenges of multiple networks and costs; health system issues like reimbursement, integration, and business models; challenges implementing mHealth like immature understanding and lack of evidence; and gaps in mHealth research around effectiveness, pace of technology, and underserved populations. Opportunities discussed include leveraging health reform, federal guidance, collaboration, and improving practice and research through iteration.
Riff: A Social Network and Collaborative Platform for Public Health Disease S...Taha Kass-Hout, MD, MS
A hybrid (event-based and indicator-based) platform designed to streamline the collaboration between domain experts and machine learning algorithms for detection, prediction and response to health-related events (such as disease outbreaks or pandemics). The platform helps synthesize health-related event indicators from a wide variety of information sources (structured and unstructured) into a consolidated picture for analysis, maintenance of “community-wide coherence”, and collaboration processes. The platform offers features to detect anomalies, visualize clusters of potential events, predict the rate and spread of a disease outbreak and provide decision makers with tools, methodologies and processes to investigate the event.
Outcomes research power point for research classfochoa10
Outcomes research studies the effects of healthcare treatments and care on individuals and populations. Both the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute aim to improve healthcare quality and safety for patients while also reducing costs. Aspects of outcomes research that are positive include improving patient safety, heart health, and understanding how healthcare is delivered and paid for. No wasteful research was identified from reviewing the websites of these two organizations.
This document summarizes presentations from a health informatics seminar covering three main themes: data collection and analytics, patient-technology interaction, and clinical and translational science. It describes several presentations within each theme, including topics on sensor-based data collection, data analytics in healthcare, usability of patient portals, telerehabilitation, and using health informatics to provide healthcare solutions for those in transitional housing. The document concludes that health informatics is a growing field aimed at improving healthcare quality and reducing costs through the use of health information technology.
Adrian Towse outlined four priorities for his term as ISPOR President: 1) continuing globalization of ISPOR; 2) responding to growing payer demand for evidence of value; 3) raising HEOR scientific standards; and 4) supporting the next generation of researchers. He noted that ISPOR must anticipate diverse health systems' different challenges and respond to their needs by breaking out of narrow perspectives. Providing efficient healthcare globally requires understanding decision-making in different countries and using tools like HTA to support universal coverage in a way that incentivizes better outcomes and performance measurement.
The document summarizes key themes from a webinar on developing medical policies and coverage guidelines for next generation sequencing in oncology. It discusses the challenges of evaluating genomic tests and gaining insurance coverage. Recommendations include requiring laboratories to obtain accreditation for analytic validity, covering small gene panels when clinical utility is established, and facilitating data collection to support coverage of larger tests and off-label drug use. The webinar included perspectives from various stakeholders on addressing these issues.
Our patients want mHealth technologies and are engaging with mobile health apps and interventions. mHealth shows promise for monitoring health conditions, coordinating care, and promoting patient engagement and behavior change. However, more evidence is still needed on the safety, privacy, and effectiveness of mHealth before it can be widely adopted in clinical practice. Researchers and developers must focus on designing well-evaluated mHealth tools that optimize patient privacy, create robust evidence of impacts, and address ethical concerns to ensure mHealth meaningfully improves healthcare.
The role of patients and healthcare providers in translational medicinejangeissler
The role of patients and healthcare providers in translational medicine, presented by Jan Geissler at the European Commission's Personalized Medicine Conference 2016 on 1 June 2016 in Brussels
The document discusses the National Institute for Health Innovation in New Zealand and its goals of developing health technologies, improving health outcomes, and strengthening the health system. It describes several initiatives, including creating a Health Data Interoperability Laboratory to facilitate adoption of interoperability standards, examining use of prediction tools for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and developing business intelligence tools and quality reporting for healthcare providers. The overall aim is to empower citizens through supported self-management and appropriate consumer technologies.
This document outlines the evolution of the learning health system over 5 chapters from the 1970s to the present. It discusses early databases and online networks in the 1980s that hinted at a new approach for sharing patient information. Foundations were established in the 1990s through electronic medical records, registries, and decision support tools. A vision for a national health information infrastructure emerged in the 2000s along with policies to promote it. The current focus is on building out this infrastructure through health information exchange platforms and other technologies, though challenges around privacy, standards, and financing remain.
The document summarizes the work of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in supporting effective communication to prevent communicable diseases. The ECDC monitors diseases and events across Europe to strengthen defenses against infectious diseases. It aims to introduce health communication knowledge and evidence-based strategies to guide disease prevention work. Specifically, the ECDC develops guidance, tools, and initiatives to build capacity in risk communication, health promotion, and behavioral sciences. It also fosters sharing experiences and innovative practices across member states. Key focus areas include communication on immunization and compiling evidence on effective strategies.
This document provides guidance on formulating a systematic review question. It discusses the key components of a review question, including defining the population, intervention/exposure, comparison, outcomes, and study type (PICOS/PECOS).
The research question should be relevant and important. Types of questions include those about causation, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment effects. The population, intervention/exposure, comparison, and outcomes should each be clearly defined. An example review question on interventions against Taenia solium specifies pigs and humans as the population, various drugs and sanitation programs as interventions, non-treated groups as the comparison, and efficacy and acceptance as outcomes. Study design such as observational studies and randomized controlled trials should also be
What will it take for patients and clinicians to use data from mobile health apps and sensors in routine care? Watch how Linq, a new product from Open mHealth, offers a new "bring your own app" approach that puts the focus back on patients and clinicians rather than on technology.
This document summarizes Bea Brown's scholarship objectives and learnings from a study tour related to implementation research. The objectives were to develop skills in implementation strategies, evaluation of quality programs, and strengthening relationships between the Sax Institute and international experts. Key lessons learned included the importance of organizational readiness, clinician involvement, and routine implementation. This directly informed the development of an implementation trial in cancer care.
Larry William Chang presents on mHealth and discusses how mobile technologies can transform patient care. He discloses his involvement with emocha Mobile Health and research grants. The presentation covers how technologies like sensors, social apps, and messaging can engage patients and be used for education, diagnosis, treatment, research, and communication between visits. Examples include apps to track symptoms, medications, and research participation. Chang argues these new tools provide opportunities for more participatory care models but cautions they require evaluation to ensure no harm to patients.
The document summarizes presentations from a health IT seminar in North Carolina. It discusses the NC strategy for health IT which aims to improve healthcare quality and outcomes through better use of technology. It also discusses using telehealth for rehabilitation and the CCNC informatics center which uses data to help manage patient populations. Finally, it discusses NCB Prepared which focuses on using analytics for early detection of biological hazards. Key themes included using data and technology to improve patient care, population health, and public health surveillance.
This document discusses how clinical IT could help with dengue management. It notes that while IT has helped with disease surveillance, few have explored its role in clinical settings for dengue case management. The document proposes that clinical decision support systems could provide alerts, reminders, assessment templates, management tools for different dengue classifications, electronic disease reporting, and integrated clinical data to help detect epidemics earlier. However, it notes the feasibility and value of these IT roles require further implementation and evaluation.
HXR 2016: To Heal and to Cure: Digital Health ExperiencesHxRefactored
Dr. Bruce Bloom is the President and Chief Science Officer of Cures Within Reach. His journey to this position started in February 2002, when he became the Executive Director of Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships, a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation. In 2005, when Goldman Partnerships created the public charity Partnership for Cures to carry on the Goldman mission, Dr. Bloom became President and Chief Science Officer. In October 2012, Partnership for Cures changed its name to Cures Within Reach to better reflect the focus of its mission: repurposing drugs and other treatments to drive more treatments to more patients more quickly.
Dr. Bloom directs the operation of this public charity dedicated to improving patient quality and length of life by facilitating pilot clinical trials testing repurposed treatments designed to be immediately incorporated into clinical use.
Cures Within Reach’s newest venture is CureAccelerator™, the only global online repurposing research collaboration platform designed to bring together funders, clinicians, researchers, industry and lay stakeholders to create and conduct pilot clinical trials that drive more repurposed treatments to more patients more quickly.
Shelia R. Cotten, PhD Director, Sparrow/MSU Center for Innovation and Research Director, Trifecta Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Department of Media & Information Michigan State University cotten@msu.edu
9/17/2015
ROLE OF LIBRARIAN IN HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONSAnaivko
Librarians play an increasingly important role in healthcare institutions by searching relevant literature for clinicians. While clinicians can research themselves using online databases, many lack the skills, time or access to consistently find the best evidence. When librarians assisted with searches, they were able to solve 84% of clinicians' requests by accessing medical databases and selecting the most appropriate literature. While online information is abundant, clinicians require training on effective search strategies and using the best evidence in practice to provide successful patient treatment.
Hourly rounding has been shown to reduce patient fall rates in hospital settings compared to using tab or bed alarms alone. Study 1 found that implementing hourly rounding on inpatient units resulted in a 23% reduction in falls, though it was not statistically significant. Study 2 was a systematic review finding that most studies reported hourly rounding as an effective way to reduce fall rates in hospitals. Together these studies indicate that hourly rounding may help prevent falls more than other interventions alone and has been associated with reductions in fall rates in various hospital settings.
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/
Sally Redman | Early findings from SPIRITSax Institute
Professor Sally Redman AM, CEO of the Sax Institute, recently addressed a CIPHER forum to share how the SPIRIT trial is testing a program designed to increase the use of research in policy and programs.
CIPHER, the Centre for Informing Policy in Health with Evidence from Research, is an Australian collaborative research centre managed by the Sax Institute, that is investigating the tools, skills and systems that might contribute to an increased use of research evidence in policy.
For more information visit www.saxinstitute.org.au.
This document provides details of Dr. Zulficar Aboobucker's proposed M.Phil research project evaluating Sri Lanka's veterinary public health system. It outlines his background and nomination, describes how veterinary services contribute to public health, and notes that Sri Lanka's veterinary services are fragmented across different levels and institutions. It also lists several relevant veterinary laws in Sri Lanka, many of which are outdated.
Public health is dependent on animal health in rural areas because poor animal health directly affects the human food supply. Veterinary public health entails the diagnosis, surveillance, epidemiology, control, prevention and elimination of Zoonoses. Unsatisfactory implementation of stringent disease control, meat inspectorate and drug dispensation legislations prevents the efficient production of food of animal origin; creating obstacles to international trade in animals and animal products and hence an impediment to overall socioeconomic development
Adrian Towse outlined four priorities for his term as ISPOR President: 1) continuing globalization of ISPOR; 2) responding to growing payer demand for evidence of value; 3) raising HEOR scientific standards; and 4) supporting the next generation of researchers. He noted that ISPOR must anticipate diverse health systems' different challenges and respond to their needs by breaking out of narrow perspectives. Providing efficient healthcare globally requires understanding decision-making in different countries and using tools like HTA to support universal coverage in a way that incentivizes better outcomes and performance measurement.
The document summarizes key themes from a webinar on developing medical policies and coverage guidelines for next generation sequencing in oncology. It discusses the challenges of evaluating genomic tests and gaining insurance coverage. Recommendations include requiring laboratories to obtain accreditation for analytic validity, covering small gene panels when clinical utility is established, and facilitating data collection to support coverage of larger tests and off-label drug use. The webinar included perspectives from various stakeholders on addressing these issues.
Our patients want mHealth technologies and are engaging with mobile health apps and interventions. mHealth shows promise for monitoring health conditions, coordinating care, and promoting patient engagement and behavior change. However, more evidence is still needed on the safety, privacy, and effectiveness of mHealth before it can be widely adopted in clinical practice. Researchers and developers must focus on designing well-evaluated mHealth tools that optimize patient privacy, create robust evidence of impacts, and address ethical concerns to ensure mHealth meaningfully improves healthcare.
The role of patients and healthcare providers in translational medicinejangeissler
The role of patients and healthcare providers in translational medicine, presented by Jan Geissler at the European Commission's Personalized Medicine Conference 2016 on 1 June 2016 in Brussels
The document discusses the National Institute for Health Innovation in New Zealand and its goals of developing health technologies, improving health outcomes, and strengthening the health system. It describes several initiatives, including creating a Health Data Interoperability Laboratory to facilitate adoption of interoperability standards, examining use of prediction tools for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and developing business intelligence tools and quality reporting for healthcare providers. The overall aim is to empower citizens through supported self-management and appropriate consumer technologies.
This document outlines the evolution of the learning health system over 5 chapters from the 1970s to the present. It discusses early databases and online networks in the 1980s that hinted at a new approach for sharing patient information. Foundations were established in the 1990s through electronic medical records, registries, and decision support tools. A vision for a national health information infrastructure emerged in the 2000s along with policies to promote it. The current focus is on building out this infrastructure through health information exchange platforms and other technologies, though challenges around privacy, standards, and financing remain.
The document summarizes the work of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in supporting effective communication to prevent communicable diseases. The ECDC monitors diseases and events across Europe to strengthen defenses against infectious diseases. It aims to introduce health communication knowledge and evidence-based strategies to guide disease prevention work. Specifically, the ECDC develops guidance, tools, and initiatives to build capacity in risk communication, health promotion, and behavioral sciences. It also fosters sharing experiences and innovative practices across member states. Key focus areas include communication on immunization and compiling evidence on effective strategies.
This document provides guidance on formulating a systematic review question. It discusses the key components of a review question, including defining the population, intervention/exposure, comparison, outcomes, and study type (PICOS/PECOS).
The research question should be relevant and important. Types of questions include those about causation, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment effects. The population, intervention/exposure, comparison, and outcomes should each be clearly defined. An example review question on interventions against Taenia solium specifies pigs and humans as the population, various drugs and sanitation programs as interventions, non-treated groups as the comparison, and efficacy and acceptance as outcomes. Study design such as observational studies and randomized controlled trials should also be
What will it take for patients and clinicians to use data from mobile health apps and sensors in routine care? Watch how Linq, a new product from Open mHealth, offers a new "bring your own app" approach that puts the focus back on patients and clinicians rather than on technology.
This document summarizes Bea Brown's scholarship objectives and learnings from a study tour related to implementation research. The objectives were to develop skills in implementation strategies, evaluation of quality programs, and strengthening relationships between the Sax Institute and international experts. Key lessons learned included the importance of organizational readiness, clinician involvement, and routine implementation. This directly informed the development of an implementation trial in cancer care.
Larry William Chang presents on mHealth and discusses how mobile technologies can transform patient care. He discloses his involvement with emocha Mobile Health and research grants. The presentation covers how technologies like sensors, social apps, and messaging can engage patients and be used for education, diagnosis, treatment, research, and communication between visits. Examples include apps to track symptoms, medications, and research participation. Chang argues these new tools provide opportunities for more participatory care models but cautions they require evaluation to ensure no harm to patients.
The document summarizes presentations from a health IT seminar in North Carolina. It discusses the NC strategy for health IT which aims to improve healthcare quality and outcomes through better use of technology. It also discusses using telehealth for rehabilitation and the CCNC informatics center which uses data to help manage patient populations. Finally, it discusses NCB Prepared which focuses on using analytics for early detection of biological hazards. Key themes included using data and technology to improve patient care, population health, and public health surveillance.
This document discusses how clinical IT could help with dengue management. It notes that while IT has helped with disease surveillance, few have explored its role in clinical settings for dengue case management. The document proposes that clinical decision support systems could provide alerts, reminders, assessment templates, management tools for different dengue classifications, electronic disease reporting, and integrated clinical data to help detect epidemics earlier. However, it notes the feasibility and value of these IT roles require further implementation and evaluation.
HXR 2016: To Heal and to Cure: Digital Health ExperiencesHxRefactored
Dr. Bruce Bloom is the President and Chief Science Officer of Cures Within Reach. His journey to this position started in February 2002, when he became the Executive Director of Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships, a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation. In 2005, when Goldman Partnerships created the public charity Partnership for Cures to carry on the Goldman mission, Dr. Bloom became President and Chief Science Officer. In October 2012, Partnership for Cures changed its name to Cures Within Reach to better reflect the focus of its mission: repurposing drugs and other treatments to drive more treatments to more patients more quickly.
Dr. Bloom directs the operation of this public charity dedicated to improving patient quality and length of life by facilitating pilot clinical trials testing repurposed treatments designed to be immediately incorporated into clinical use.
Cures Within Reach’s newest venture is CureAccelerator™, the only global online repurposing research collaboration platform designed to bring together funders, clinicians, researchers, industry and lay stakeholders to create and conduct pilot clinical trials that drive more repurposed treatments to more patients more quickly.
Shelia R. Cotten, PhD Director, Sparrow/MSU Center for Innovation and Research Director, Trifecta Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Department of Media & Information Michigan State University cotten@msu.edu
9/17/2015
ROLE OF LIBRARIAN IN HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONSAnaivko
Librarians play an increasingly important role in healthcare institutions by searching relevant literature for clinicians. While clinicians can research themselves using online databases, many lack the skills, time or access to consistently find the best evidence. When librarians assisted with searches, they were able to solve 84% of clinicians' requests by accessing medical databases and selecting the most appropriate literature. While online information is abundant, clinicians require training on effective search strategies and using the best evidence in practice to provide successful patient treatment.
Hourly rounding has been shown to reduce patient fall rates in hospital settings compared to using tab or bed alarms alone. Study 1 found that implementing hourly rounding on inpatient units resulted in a 23% reduction in falls, though it was not statistically significant. Study 2 was a systematic review finding that most studies reported hourly rounding as an effective way to reduce fall rates in hospitals. Together these studies indicate that hourly rounding may help prevent falls more than other interventions alone and has been associated with reductions in fall rates in various hospital settings.
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/
Sally Redman | Early findings from SPIRITSax Institute
Professor Sally Redman AM, CEO of the Sax Institute, recently addressed a CIPHER forum to share how the SPIRIT trial is testing a program designed to increase the use of research in policy and programs.
CIPHER, the Centre for Informing Policy in Health with Evidence from Research, is an Australian collaborative research centre managed by the Sax Institute, that is investigating the tools, skills and systems that might contribute to an increased use of research evidence in policy.
For more information visit www.saxinstitute.org.au.
This document provides details of Dr. Zulficar Aboobucker's proposed M.Phil research project evaluating Sri Lanka's veterinary public health system. It outlines his background and nomination, describes how veterinary services contribute to public health, and notes that Sri Lanka's veterinary services are fragmented across different levels and institutions. It also lists several relevant veterinary laws in Sri Lanka, many of which are outdated.
Public health is dependent on animal health in rural areas because poor animal health directly affects the human food supply. Veterinary public health entails the diagnosis, surveillance, epidemiology, control, prevention and elimination of Zoonoses. Unsatisfactory implementation of stringent disease control, meat inspectorate and drug dispensation legislations prevents the efficient production of food of animal origin; creating obstacles to international trade in animals and animal products and hence an impediment to overall socioeconomic development
This document discusses bioterrorism and bioterrorist agents. It defines bioterrorism and provides examples of historical bioterrorism incidents. It describes the three categories of bioterrorism agents according to the CDC based on their ease of transmission and potential for mortality. Priority agents are characterized by their ability to infect via aerosol and cause high morbidity and mortality. Sources of potential bioterrorism and impacts on direct infection, the environment and economy are reviewed. The anthrax attacks in the US in 2001 are summarized.
The document discusses the evolving scope of veterinary public health (VPH) in the 21st century. It defines VPH as applying veterinary skills and knowledge to protect and improve human health. VPH involves preventing zoonotic diseases and ensuring food safety. It is multidisciplinary, involving veterinarians, physicians, and other professionals. The scope of VPH has expanded and now includes areas like epidemiology, biomedical research, and the human-animal bond. Changes in farming, food production, trade, and emerging diseases are reshaping the priorities of VPH. Maintaining services in a climate of reduced resources and rapid change will require flexibility, coordination between groups, and evidence-based decision making.
To tweet or not to tweet? : Exploring the use of Social Media for [public] he...Francisco J Grajales III
This document explores the role of social media in public health. It defines public health and social media, and outlines why people use social media. It provides examples of how different organizations, including governments, NGOs, physicians and patients, are using social media tools like blogs, Twitter, social networking sites, and mobile technologies. The document discusses barriers to social media use in public health like digital divides, and the role of organizations like PAHO in supporting member states. It argues that engaging people where they are online is key to success, and provides low-cost case studies of health organizations innovating with tools like video, mobile technologies and crowdsourcing.
The document provides an overview of the public health model (PHM). It defines public health and explains that public health aims to provide conditions for population-level health as opposed to focusing only on individual patients or diseases. It then defines the PHM as a model that comprehensively addresses health or social problems by considering human and environmental factors and identifying causes to suggest interventions. Key aspects of the PHM are that it takes a population-level approach and focuses on prevention, promotion, surveillance and service evaluation in addition to traditional areas like diagnosis and treatment. Examples of applying the PHM to violence prevention and child welfare services are also provided.
A multidisciplinary reflexion on health issues of the 21st century could lead to innovative solutions. One of the challenges to overcome in the coming decades is how to support the increasing number of chronic patients in a pressured healthcare ecology. Patients in chronic disease management are expected to increasingly use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for self-care during their treatment process and for co-decision with health care providers. The application of these types of information and communication technology is looked upon as one of the ways to get both patients and healthcare providers more involved in their treatment and to increase the health related quality of care, according to the WHO. Connecting patients and health care professionals would not only improve the technical system of communicating but also triggers social innovations of care models in which new ways of interacting and deciding improves the diagnostics and treatment. So far, a general overview of the extent and nature of published research involving this subset of ICT-interventions is lacking. Based on a scoping review conducted by Wildevuur e.o cancer was chosen as a case study to research how ICT could support cancer-patients in a person-centred approach to care.
The document summarizes Bryan's attendance at the Medinfo 2010 conference, including:
- The conference covered topics like adoption determinants, implementation, citizen-centric e-health, and evaluation methodology.
- One session discussed collaboration in health robotics research for aged care and described analyzing medication management processes.
- Bryan attended several presentations related to clinical modeling, standardization, and openEHR and participated in workshops on software development.
CLICKNL DRIVE 2018 | 24 OCT | Ehealth for healthy ageing, get inspired! Part 1CLICKNL
This document provides an agenda and information about an event on e-health for healthy aging.
The agenda outlines two parts: contribution mapping and creative and health innovation ways of working. In part one, there will be project pitches, a contribution mapping exercise and interview, and a discussion of key insights. Part two will similarly include project pitches, an exercise and interviews on creative and health ways of working, and a discussion of key insights.
The document also includes pitches from several projects exploring e-health solutions for issues related to healthy aging such as social isolation prevention, obesity prevention, and supporting independent living for those with dementia. Interviews are conducted to understand how different actors' contributions can align and what creative
This document provides an overview of a presentation on health research. It defines research and outlines its aims and classifications. It discusses identifying research problems and the knowledge management cycle. It emphasizes that research should address real community problems and be action-oriented to inform policymakers and ultimately improve public health.
Community ophthalmology: concept & practicessurajsenjam
Community ophthalmology aims to provide comprehensive eye health care through public health approaches like epidemiology, health promotion, and primary eye care. It focuses on preventive, curative, and promotive community-based activities. Key aspects include epidemiological studies of eye diseases, policy and planning, management information systems, monitoring and evaluation, environmental eye health, economics of eye care, behavioral sciences, biostatistics, and project management. Community ophthalmology specialists employ public health approaches and work in community settings to address the epidemic of preventable blindness.
The document discusses the role of librarians in bridging the digital divide and improving access to health information for global and disaster situations. It advocates for enhanced training and mentoring of librarians to gain new skills in knowledge management, evidence assessment, and responding to information needs in disasters and global health emergencies. Librarians can play key roles as knowledge brokers, researchers, and information specialists. Partnerships between libraries, organizations, and networks are important to share expertise and resources to ensure all people have access to reliable health information.
Patient Data Collection Methods. Retrospective Insights.QUESTJOURNAL
Introduction: Multiple classic and modern data collection techniques are presented in the current paper, but only a mix of them provides the appropriate approach to address patient safety problems. The current study aims to reveal the data collection methods applied worldwide. Materials and Methods: All scientific sources of the current article were identified mainly by research on Internet. The matching words used in the search of materials are “data collection methods”, “hospital reporting systems”, “incident reporting systems”, “patient events”, “patient reported data”. Relevant articles and studies covering the 2003-2016 timeframe were selected as a reference. Results: Various data collection procedures are available worldwide. During several years of research, it was concluded that a significant number of patient studies use the following patient data collection methods: retrospective record review, record review of current inpatients, staff interview of current inpatients and nominal group technique based consensus method. Conclusion: New trends in data collection techniques are also discussed, as they reveal the potential of the electronic environment. Future insights on this topic should consider the standardization of different data collection methods in order to improve data comparability aspects.
The document discusses a seminar on assessing eHealth and telemedicine services with a focus on patient outcomes and involvement. It describes several frameworks for assessment, including MAST, a multidimensional framework adopted in several European countries. MAST suggests a three stage assessment process including pre-assessment, multidisciplinary assessment of domains like clinical effectiveness and patient perspective, and assessing transferability. Effective involvement of patients is highlighted, noting they can provide information on outcomes and expectations through methods like interviews, questionnaires and diaries. Their views are influenced by factors like comfort with technology and interaction with professionals.
Final Presentation of the Bergen Summer Research School 2010, course 4: Mobile Technologies for Global Health Research (presented on Friday, July 2 by Ali Habib, John Wesonga and Heather Zornetzer)
Explores some of the uses of information and communication technologies in health research advocacy and communication and draws on a research project managed by Healthlink Worldwide
- The document discusses ensuring community care is provided in close collaboration with citizens and communities. It emphasizes the importance of patient empowerment, health literacy, digital health, patient involvement, and inclusiveness.
- Patient empowerment in community settings requires a shift towards seeing patients as equal partners in their care. This involves improving health literacy, self-management support, and shared decision-making between patients and healthcare professionals.
- Digital technologies can help facilitate chronic disease management and patient-centered care if designed and implemented in a way that strengthens patient empowerment and health literacy. Meaningful patient involvement in healthcare, research, and policy is also critical.
Improving health care outcomes with responsible data scienceWessel Kraaij
Keynote presentation by Wessel Kraaij at the Dutch pattern recognition and impage processing society (NVPBV) 29/5/2018, Eindhoven.
This talk discusses
1. trends in health care and respondible data science and their intersection
2. Secure federated analytics on distributed data repositories
3. Generating clinically relevant hypotheses from patient forum discussions.
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One Health As A Tool to Strengthen Interactions Between Risk Modelling And Veterinary And Human Public Health
1. One health as a tool to strengthen
interactions between risk modelling and
veterinary and human public health
Sophie O. Vanwambeke, UCLouvain
Katrien Tersago, Uantwerp
Luigi Sedda, UOxford
2.
3. Needs for public health
• Accurate info in summarized form, eg: early warning,
risk vs. non risk,… accounting for changing human
behaviour
• Rapid and excellent interconnections between all
actors: practitioners, PH agencies, modellers
4. Modelling today
AUC? ROC?
GLM? GWR?
AIC? BIC?
• Modellers absorbed by modelling
• Entry points into modelling often diverse
• Modelling methods and data sets, while more
broadly accessible, are also getting more complex.
• Diversity of outcomes (eg maximise info vs.
Minimise error)
5. An example: hantavirus
Minimize error strategy: prediction
Sedda and Tersago, in progress
Maximise information: explore environmental
determinants
Zeimes et al, 2012
EDENext steering committee meeting, Budapest, 31 March 2011
5
6. How can one health help
• Support interpretation of factors and complex
processes represented in models for zoonotic
diseases
• Facilitate communication across disciplines
• Optimise use of resources for surveillance and
control
• EDENext!
7. Lessons learned
• Modellers should
communicate better, from
the onset, on PH
knowledge of the system,
and on information content
of modelling results.
• Modellers should highlight
better the PH relevant
information of model
outputs
Questions asked
• How do modellers need to
change their modelling
practice?
• What does risk -as a
modelling output- mean?
How to come up with
model outputs relevant to
risk assessment?