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Analytical Methods For Planning And Scheduling Daily Work In Inpatient Care Settings: Opportunities For Research And Practice, Laila Cure Ph.D.

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

This article identifies current challenges in the planning and execution of daily work in inpatient care settings. Inadequate planning of the processes and resources associated with inpatient care services may negatively affect their effectiveness. It may also lead to burnout of healthcare workers when the resulting work plan is unknowingly infeasible or does not incorporate the necessary human factors considerations. This paper provides with an overview of current research on inpatient care workflow planning, as well as with directions for researchers and practitioners to advance this problem using a combination of human factors engineering and analytical methods.

The Principles Of Good Health Care In The U.S. In The 2010s, Andrew S. Targowski

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

The purpose of this investigation is to define the principles of good health in the U.S. in the 21st century. The interdisciplinary, civilizational methodology is applied to establish roots of this health care at the national level. Among findings are; well-being of Americans” is the constitutional opportunity of an American, good health of Americans is a constituent of their well-being, basic health care should be perceived as the controlled right of a citizen. Human and societal wisdom requires mentally healthy people. Human and societal wisdom requires well educated citizens. The state of health care of the Americans is in a …

Digital Illness Narratives: A New Form Of Health Communication, Jofen Han, Jo Wiley

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

Social media has dramatically affected the way information is accessed and circulated. Social networking sites continue to create on-line communities where every participant plays an active role in seeking and sharing information. While social networks have profoundly impacted different industries in terms of communication between business-to-business and business-to-consumer interaction, they also have had significant impact on many stakeholders in the healthcare communication system. This report describes how a non-profit social networking site called CaringBridge can help patients communicate about their health challenges and gain support though their writings. When traditional “Illness Narratives” (a patient’s reflective writing about his/her illness) become …

Conference Co-Chairs’ Message, Bernard Han, Sharie Falan

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

No abstract provided.

Theoretical, Methodological And Practical Challenges In Designing Formative Evaluations Of Personal Ehealth Tools, Michael S. Dohan, Joseph Tan

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

This article describes the challenges experienced in designing a formative evaluation of a mobile personal eHealth tool for disease symptom tracking, in the context of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases management. As this unique context is characterized by regular visits with physicians, and the need to report disease activity to the physician, a mixed methodology is used to assess the fit of the technology to the context, and a multilevel model is used to evaluate theoretical links between patient and physician. Other issues include selection of sampling techniques, recruitment, and preventing study attrition by participants.

Data Interoperability And Information Security In Healthcare, Reid Berryman, Nathan Yost, Nicholas Dunn, Christopher Edwards

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

Interoperability represents the accurate exchange of information and the use of the information for effective decision making. For information exchange to be interoperable, it must be widely interpretable between multiple information systems. At a more granular level, it focuses on the accuracy, consistency and reliability of information exchanged between systems. The healthcare industry has defined many problems when it comes to the best practice of interoperability. Technical, financial, and managerial barriers are present that produce large scale complex problems for the whole industry. Although, a variety of potential solutions have been developed. Some have even been implemented already focusing on …

What Is Your Informatics Skills Level? --The Reliability Of An Informatics Competency Measurement Tool, Xiaomeng Sun, Sharie Falan

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

To determine the reliability of the nursing informatics self- assessment tool which was developed and extended from Kaminski’s assessment tool among health care students. It was hypothesized that there would be no significant difference in participant responses for a test/retest survey completed by nursing students.

The Second International Conference On Health Information Technology Advancement, Bernard Han, Sharie Falan

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Message from the Conference Co-Chairs

B. Han and S. Falan …………………………....….……………. 5

II. Message from the Transactions Editor

H. Lee …...………..………….......………….……….………….... 7

III. Referred Papers

A. Emerging Health Information Technology and Applications

The Role of Mobile Technology in Enhancing the Use of Personal Health Records

Mohamed Abouzahra and Joseph Tan………………….……………. 9

Mobile Health Information Technology and Patient Care: Methods, Themes, and Research Gaps

Bahae Samhan, Majid Dadgar, and K. D. Joshi…………..…. 18

A Balanced Perspective to Perioperative Process Management

Jim Ryan, Barbara Doster, Sandra Daily, and Carmen Lewis…..….…………… 30

The Impact of Big …

Akasha Creamer, Haenicke Instititue For Global Education

Study Abroad Alumni

Akasha Creamer visits to 35 countries complements global studies major.

The Impact Of Big Data On The Healthcare Information Systems, Kuo Lane Chen, Huei Lee

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

This article explores the possible impact of big data on healthcare information systems. Possible research issues include: 1). What applications in healthcare information systems are impacted most? 2). What algorithm/programs will be used for big data? 3). What privacy, security, and ethical issues are there for big data? In the biology area, big data becomes the newest technology for genomics. Other possible areas include pharmacovigilance, patient care, and medical supply chain management.

Managing Government Regulatory Requirements For Security And Privacy Using Existing Standard Models, Gregory Schymik, Dan Shoemaker

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

This paper posits the use of a well-established standard approach to Federal compliance, which can be easily adapted to satisfy all legal and regulatory requirements for protection of patient personally identifiable information (PII) in health organizations. This approach is embodied in the three standards that dictate how to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). These standards also provide an excellent foundation for organizing a secure operation anywhere. The discussion revolves around the application of the FIPS 199 and FIPS 200/NIST 800-53(4) standard approach to the satisfaction of the present and upcoming legal and regulatory requirements for health …

The Role Of Mobile Technology In Enhancing The Use Of Personal Health, Mohamed Abouzahra, Joseph Tan

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

Healthcare industry is essential for the wellbeing of society members, however this industry is characterized by high cost and by plagued by serious medical errors. Personal health records (PHR) can play an important role in solving healthcare problems by enhancing patients’ involvement in their treatment, and improving patient-provider communication. Despite the potential importance of PHR systems, they suffer from low adoption rate because of several factors such as digital divide and lack of training. In this paper we propose that mobile PHR systems (MPHR) can aid in overcoming barriers to adopt PHR. We present a theoretical model based on theory …

Haworthnews (10/2013), Western Michigan University

Haworth College of Business News

• MacUpdate founder next speaker in Entrepreneurship Forum
• Students turned entrepreneurs create website app with help from WMU business accelerator
• Director named to MBA program in Grand Rapids
• Solar energy duo next up in Keystone Series
• Global director for corporate citizenship at Dow Chemical Co. to speak
• Georgienne Kirsten
• Professors for a Day

Prism #74, October 2013, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Communicator Vol. 11, No. 1, Western Michigan University

Communicator: School of Communication Newsletter

Inside this issue:

• 2013 Distinguished Lecture Sneak Peek
• SoC Receives Research Productivity Accolades
• An Enlightening Study Abroad, in Scotland
• WMU Alumni Making Waves in Mainstream Media

College Of Arts And Sciences E-News Issue 6: October 2013, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

No abstract provided.

The Graduate Standard - Vol. 2, No. 1, Western Michigan University

Graduate College news

• Dean's Message
• Amanda Shuman
• Marcus Johnson
• 2013 Graduate Ambassadors
• 2013 Graduate Fall Welcome
• Linda Comrie
• Professional Email Etiquette in 12 Easy Steps

Socializing Young Readers: A Content Analysis Of Body Size Images In Caldecott Medal Winners, Linda Wedwick, Nancy Latham

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Many studies have examined gender issues in children’s literature, but a review of the literature reveals that few studies have examined the instances of fatness in the images. Studying the fat representation in the images of children’s literature is important because exposure to a variety of body types may slow the rate of children’s body dissatisfaction. The present study examines exposure to body size images in picture books. Results of this content analysis indicate that there are fewer books with fat characters when compared to those without. However, when examining every image of body size within each text, there is …

Standardization Needs For Effective Interoperability, Marilyn Skrocki

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

The Electronic Health Record (EHR) has brought unique challenges in the effort to share information. How data is captured varies from institution to institution. In order for data to be well understood, data should have a definition that is consistent and comprehensively understood by all users of the data. Standardization of how data is captured is critical to allow the production and export of data needed to support quality assessment, decision support, exchange of data for patients with multiple health care providers and public health surveillance. Patient safety and quality improvement are dependent upon embedded clinical guidelines that promote standardized, …

Is It Really Time To Replace Your Ils With A Next-Generation Option?, Keith Kelley, Carrie C. Leatherman, Geraldine Rinna

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

A claimed benefit of the emerging next-generation, cloud-based systems is to give libraries new efficiencies, allowing them to do more with less. And we can hardly wait. But we suspect that they are not there yet.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session September 18, 2013, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the September 18, 2013 WMU Board of Trustees meeting include:

• Remarks by the Board Chair Jeanne Carlson
• Remarks by President John Dunn
• Lease Agreement with the WMU School of Medicine

WMU Board of Trustees

Embracing A Productive Rhetorical Pragmatism: Teaching Writing As Democratic Deliberation, Jennifer Clifton

Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education

Our current points of stasis in American politics make clear: we are facing a deep crisis of imagination in public life. Our (in)ability to imagine the interests and experiences of others limits not only how we understand domestic and global citizenship but also how we enact that citizenship with others. In talk and in practice, the inability to take seriously the interests and experiences of others leads Americans – in English Language Arts classrooms and in public life – to cast those who disagree as deeply flawed in character – unpatriotic, ungodly, lazy, irresponsible, or criminal.

In this article, I …

9/11 Remembrance, Bronson Park, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Western News, Sept. 5, 2013, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: University earns more national accolades; Report details successful first year in implementing strategic plan; Four staff members to receive annual Make a Difference Awards; On Campus with Vance Harris.

President's Perspective (September 2013), John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

Welcome to the fall 2013 semester and what promises to be a banner year in the history of our University.

College Of Arts And Sciences E-News Issue 5: September 2013, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

No abstract provided.

Prism #73, September 2013, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Effectiveness Of Online Information Literacy Tutorials For Millennial Undergraduates, Dianna E. Sachs, Kathleen Langan, Carrie C. Leatherman, Jennifer L. Walters

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

This article reports on the findings of a study that evaluated the effectiveness of redesigning online information literacy tutorials in order to meet the learning needs and preferences of Millennial students. Using both quantitative and qualitative measures, this study compared two different online tutorials – a static, HTML-based tutorial and a dynamic, interactive, audio/video tutorial. This study found that, contrary to generalizations made in the library and education literature, Millennial students learned equally well from both tutorials. However, students expressed a much higher level of satisfaction from the tutorial designed to be “Millennial friendly.”

Trading The Picket Fence: Perceptions Of Childbirth, Marriage, And Career, Wanda Parham-Payne, Bette J. Dickerson, Tekisha Dwan Everette

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

While there was a slightly lower rate of out-of-wedlock births in 2009, 41 percent of all births were to unmarried women. Although there has been an increase across the board among older age groups, Black women continue to have children out of wedlock at a disproportionately higher rate than White and Asian women. This is of particular interest, considering African-American women are increasingly attaining higher levels of education in comparison to previous generations of African-American women. As such, the perceptions of childbirth, child-rearing, and marriage among a sample of African-American women matriculating within a postsecondary setting are explored.

Beyond Professional Emergencies: Patterns Of Mistakes In Social Work And Their Implications For Remediation, Keith Roberts Johnson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper analyzes the emerging field of government mandated child protection, the work's design, and the public crisis caused by public airing of its mistakes. The cycle of reacting to public revulsion at errors,followed by a return to "business as usual" persists despite official, government inquiries and the social work profession identified with the protection of children. The risk of working in a highly emotional area is discussed through the sociology of "mistakes at work," or professional emergencies. This work balances risks with advantages of evoking emotions. The risk comes from the negative emotions associated with official failures seen by …