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Nutrition, A Tenet Of Lifestyle Medicine But Not Medicine?, Leigh A. Frame
Nutrition, A Tenet Of Lifestyle Medicine But Not Medicine?, Leigh A. Frame
Clinical Research and Leadership Faculty Publications
Nutrition is a foundation of health and one of six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine. The importance of nutrition in clinical care is now widely recognized by health care professionals and the public. However, clinicians are not comfortable counselling their patients on nutrition due to inadequate or lack of training, leaving a significant need in patient care. This gap can be closed with evidence-based curricula in medical schools and in the trainings of other health care professionals. This communication presents the current state of nutrition knowledge in health care, emphasizing nutrition education for physicians, and presents a model of how pre- …
Enhancing Healthcare Professional And Caregiving Staff Informedness With Data Analytics For Chronic Disease Management, Na Liu, Robert John Kauffman
Enhancing Healthcare Professional And Caregiving Staff Informedness With Data Analytics For Chronic Disease Management, Na Liu, Robert John Kauffman
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
An important area in healthcare to which data analytics can be applied is chronic disease management. The chronic care model is mostly patient-centric, so patients have been considered as the end users of data analytics. The information needs of healthcare providers have been overlooked. Drawing upon the theory of informedness and the transtheoretical model of health behavior change, we use a multicase study approach to investigate the information needs of different caregiving stakeholders in the spectrum of chronic diseases, and how data analytics can be designed to meet the varying needs of professionals and staff to support their informedness.