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Examining Challenges In The Adoption of Big Data In Health Care Institutions And Its Impact On Patients Satisfaction: An empirical study in Delhi, India: - Global Conference on Emerging Technologies, Business, Sustainable Innovative Business Practices, And Social Well-Being
No full textThe study aims to investigate the obstacles and factors influencing the adoption of big data in healthcare organizations, and its subsequent impact on patient satisfaction. Big data in healthcare refers to the collecting, analysis, and use of clinical data from patients that is too massive or complex to be grasped by standard data processing methods. Adopting big data in health care will enable manages to render services to patient and customer satisfaction. However, in the health care sector, firms must overcome several hurdles and problems by adopting new technology. A detailed literature review was undertaken to examine many obstacles associated with the use of Big Data. A well-structured questionnaire was prepared in Likert scale to find the elements that influence big data adoption and its impact on patient satisfaction. To evaluate factors, exploratory factor analysis using SPSS 21 was performed, and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was performed to assess key significant factors that impact patient satisfaction. The data was gathered from employees associated with the hospitals. The survey received responses from 212 participants. Following the analysis of the data, it was found that five challenging factors influences big data adoption. These are data integration, data understanding, technology and infrastructure, lack of expert and regulation barrier. These factors explained 70.36% of variance. Whereas, SEM analysis indicated that both data integration, data understanding and lack of expertise significantly affect big data adoption Furthermore, big data adoption in hospitals will help in improving patient satisfaction
Analysing The Impact of Student Health Post COVID-19 Pandemic And Providing A Solution Using Digital Technologies: - Global Conference on Emerging Technologies, Business, Sustainable Innovative Business Practices, And Social Well-Being
No full textThis COVID-19 has created enormous uncertainty into important parts of national and global society, including schools and institutions. This uncertainty had halted the normal functioning of students. For example, it is unclear how the institute's shutdown last spring affected students' academic performance. Similarly, the quick transition to virtual learning in the academic years will continue to have an impact on academic performance. Despite the uncertainties, there is a growing consensus that the lockdown and school and college closures caused by COVID-19 harmfully influenced students' academics, mental health, and physical health. This research study examines how students in schools and colleges feel post lockdown. This study also highlights how the digital technologies and its applications in improving the educational process
An Empirical Study of Paradigm Shift in Patient Loyalty Towards Hospitals in The Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
No full textPurpose: This research paper aims to identify the factors that have influenced patients' loyalty towards hospitals, doctors, or healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study seeks to create a comprehensive model that takes all these factors into account.
Design/ Methodology/Approach: The study collected primary data from 400 valid responses using a Google Form, and a non-probability, convenient sampling technique was used. The sample size was calculated using G*Power software. [21] The respondents were mostly from Bhopal or nearby areas in Madhya Pradesh, India. SmartPLS software [22] was used to conduct partial least square structural equation modeling. The study used confirmatory composite analysis to observe interrelationships in terms of linear compounds, and tested research hypotheses using a structural model.
Findings: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the healthcare industry, including patient loyalty and expectations. The research highlighted that patients are increasingly looking for a more human-centered approach from medical staff, which includes better communication and more personalized care. This means that healthcare providers need to focus on building strong patient relationships based on trust, empathy, and respect.
Originality Value: The present research work will help in identifying the key drivers of patient loyalty so that hospitals can focus on improving the areas that matter most to their patients, such as the quality of care, staff communication, accessibility, and overall patient experience. This, in turn, can increase patient satisfaction and ultimately lead to higher levels of patient loyalty
Physician Multi-Site Practice in China: Doctor practices, public views and legitimacy based on a controversial case
No full textAim: Physician multi-site practice (PMP), or dual practice, is commonplace worldwide. Since the mid-2000s, the Chinese Government has issued a series of laws and regulations to promote PMP with a goal of improving access to high-quality medical services. However, PMP is widely conducted illegally in China, i.e., without official registration of practicing doctors. This article provides a more nuanced understanding of PMP in China
Approach: This article takes a case study approach, one of the most widely used methods of qualitative research in the social sciences. It presents a high-profile case exposed through Chinese social media as well as public perceptions through the lens of online comments given by over thirty thousand netizens on a nationally controversial case.
Findings: Netizens saw benefits to PMP despite being illegal. A culturally rooted Chinese construction of the triple concepts of ‘Qing’ (sensibility, feeling or sentiment), ‘Li’ (propriety, norm or reason) and ‘Fa’ (rule, regulation or law) is employed to explore the issue of legitimacy of PMP in the Chinese context and explain why PMP has not yet been implemented effectively, and why members of the general public strongly support illegal PMP.
Conclusion: While doctors and the public support illegal PMP, it will be challenging for the Chinese Government to gain traction with official PMP policy
Exploring Technology Domains for Diabetes Care and Management under Pandemic: A preliminary scoping review
No full textObjective: Technology innovation emerged in diabetic care and management during COVID-19. To tackle emerging opportunities, this scoping review aims to analyze current technology used for diabetic care by employing WHO technology initiatives to reveal technology use potentials for future research and development.
Materials and Methods: We conducted a review following PRISMA. We initiated a search of related terms for peer-reviewed publications in PubMed and Web of Science, including those themed in diabetic care and management and published in English.
Results: We reviewed 42 articles following the guidance of WHO technology conceptualization, including mHealth (12%), eHealth (76%), and dHealth (12%). These initiatives are used to reveal six areas of technology utilization for diabetes care during the pandemic, including (1) social media; (2) sensor; (3) teleconference; (4) virtual care; (5) artificial intelligence; and (6) data mining.
Discussion: Based on the identified dimensions related to technology and health, we presented seven diabetes-related health events and their associations with technologies. Implications such as technology’s association with diabetes disease progression, technology diagramming for interdisciplinary collaboration, and technology features for health outcomes provide direction for future research and development.
Conclusion: This review illustrates current technology utilization in diabetes care during the pandemic. It also uncovers innovation opportunities across technology and diabetic healthcare domains and provides direction for future pursuits in academia and practice
Making Plans and Set Goals for Professional Enhancement and Achievement
No full textThe College aims to support your career, however you choose to grow professionally. No stress? We will have a huge variety of free webcasts and low cost networking events not to mention this Journal and Monthly Library Bulletins to keep you up to date. Spend a bit more and get together with your colleagues at our One Day Leadership Conference (March 17th in Melbourne) or our Annual Congress (October 11-13 in Canberra).
If you want to achieve something a bit more substantial this year: Are you an Associate Fellow who is not a Certified Health Manager? Consider the Certification Program in 2023 and commit to lifelong learning and recognition for this commitment.
Perhaps one of our Facilitated Learning Groups might appeal – we have FLG’s in Project Management and Clinician to Leaders coming up in early 2023.
Associate Fellow with sufficient experience to undertake Fellowship? Fellowship is our capstone program and a significant career achievement – applications close February 20th.
Perhaps some career support through our free to members Mentoring Program? Or for our more expert health leaders you could choose 2023 as the year to give back by offering to be a Mentor
A Study on Challenges of Data Security and Data Privacy in the Healthcare Sector: SWOT Analysis: - 2nd International Healthcare Management Conference 2022: Navigating the New Normal with Focus on Healthcare Accessibility, Innovation and Sustainability
No full textObjective: The aim of this research paper is to analyse and provide suggestions to overcome challenges of data security and data privacy in the healthcare sector. The objective is to also conduct a SWOT analysis to understand the current scenario of the healthcare sector. It will provide detail on the concerns of the healthcare sector.
Design and Setting: A quantitative data analysis was conducted. The online Google forms were used to gather primary data. Statistical analysis software was used for data analyses like independent sample t-tests and one-way anova.
Results: The healthcare sector is concerned about data security and data privacy. The violation of privacy cases in India has increased over several years. The data security and data privacy in healthcare sector are very important. The female respondents felt that it is very important that their consent is taken before their personal information is sold or shared with others plus before tracking their movement on the internet than male respondents.
Conclusion: Healthcare and information technology sectors are among the most important sectors in the current online world. The strengths are healthcare awareness and mobile applications while weakness are ineffectively protected systems and infrastructure problems. The opportunities are investments for different facilities in the sector plus increase in research and development. The threats are violation of data privacy, data thefts and cyber-attacks putting a question on data security. Proper effective procedures have to be implemented to improve data security
The Effectiveness of Scenario-Based Training of Clinicians in the Use of Electronic Health Records – A Systematic Literature Review
No full textThe digitalisation of healthcare represents another change challenge for clinicians, and the most prominent of these is the Electronic Health Record (EHR). Adopting the EHR, including the training of clinicians of all disciplines, often does not occur effectively, which increases the risk of adverse events and the reduction in the quality and safety of clinical care. The competent use of the EHR requires clinician user training. One form of training is scenario-based. The questions asked of the literature in this SLR are what evidence exists as to the effectiveness of using scenarios to train clinicians in using the EHR, and is there a research gap in this evidence to inform future research?
To undertake this systematic review of the literature, the researchers implemented the PRISMA Method. Only highly ranked, health-related academic databases accessed through an electronic library catalogue were used to search for relevant peer-reviewed/refereed articles. The decision to apply the PRISMA method was based on the PRISMA statement, which safeguards comprehensive reporting and transparency to ensure inferred recommendations and interventions are based on the best available evidence.
6,898 records were returned from Boolean searches for articles published between November 2018 to November 2021. Five articles were included for greater analysis following exclusions by title review, abstract review, and quality assessment. Quality assessment of articles reporting empirical studies relating to the effectiveness of using scenarios in this type of training was performed using the standard quality assessment scoresheet by Kmet [48].
Three themes emerged from the literature. The centrality of workflow, Clinician engagement are key, and scenario-based training is one of many training strategies implemented.
The authors found that further rigorous research studies are required to enhance the evidence body for the continued usage of scenario-based training of clinicians to effectively use the EHR, particularly as the digital landscape within health continues to evolve. Moreover, the authors posit that further research on scenario-based EHR training of clinicians should include:
Scenario-based training is just one part of a broader and blended EHR training suite.
Ensuring future studies encompass a diversity of all fields of clinical roles within the research and,
Include standardised terminology naming for clinicians' scenario-based EHR training within the studies
Barriers And Facilitators to Accessing Medical Services in Rural And Remote Australia: A systematic review
No full textObjective: This qualitative review aims to identify and list the barriers and facilitators to accessing medical services for rural and remote Australians, within the current literature to inform policy development and highlight the need for further research.
Methods: The review was guided by the PRISMA method. Boolean search strings identified relevant articles using the Griffith University Library electronic catalogue. The study included only English language research articles published between August 31st, 2018 and August 31st, 2021, focusing on facilitators and barriers within the Australian context considering both access and rurality/remoteness.
Results: Thematic analysis of six articles identified ten barriers: communication, confidentiality, fear and shame, funding, geography, health behaviours, reliance on others, service provision, staffing, transport; and eight facilitators: collaboration/partnerships, communication, cultural safety funding, service provision, staffing, and telehealth, to accessing medical services in rural and remote Australia.
Conclusion: Ten barriers and eight facilitators to accessing medical services in rural and remote Australia were identified and listed from six articles identified through a qualitative review. This review identified a research gap regarding understanding the underlying challenges behind these barriers and facilitators and the implications for policy implementation to improve access to medical services
Resource-based View: A new strategic perspective for public health service managers
No full textThe resource-based view (RBV) theory is a widely accepted strategic management theory, particularly within private sector organisations. [1,2,3] However, within public healthcare settings, the level of empirical support available on the use and appropriateness of RBV within this environment is largely unchartered. Consequently, this paper aimed to further understand the level of evidence for the purpose of providing an insight into how it may be used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public health organisations.
An extensive literature search returned a total of 859 studies. Of these, just 13 studies met the inclusion criteria of being an investigation of the use of RBV theory in public sector healthcare organisations. The analysis conducted demonstrates that while the use of RBV theory has been relatively slow, the benefits are positive.
The practical application of RBV theory lies in strategically mapping the relationships between resources, capabilities, and public value, relevant to healthcare organisations, in order to gain and understand how public value is created to provide a competitive advantage and superior performance for the organisation