Patients Meet Technology

Smith, Sherry P.; Barefield, Amanda C.

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“…Much of what is known about Baby Boomers' use of health technology is related to assisted living devices (e.g., personal emergency response systems, fall detection systems, switches, motion sensors, computer vision), rather than PHIM technologies [27] , [28] , [29] . Research shows that assistive living technologies may help keep many patients out of the hospitals and provide communication links with caregivers [30] .…”

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Challenges and Opportunities with Empowering Baby Boomers for Personal Health Information Management Using Consumer Health Information Technologies: an Ecological Perspective

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“Baby Boomers” (adults born between the years of 1946 and 1964) make up the largest segment of the population in many countries, including the United States (about 78 million Americans) [1]. As Baby Boomers reach retirement age and beyond, many will have increasing medical needs and thus demand more health care resources that will challenge the healthcare system. Baby Boomers will likely accelerate the movement toward patient self-management and prevention efforts. Consumer Health Information Technologies (CHIT) hold promise for empowering health consumers to take an active role in health maintenance and disease management, and thus, have the potential to address Baby Boomers' health needs. Such innovations require changes in health care practice and processes that take into account Baby Boomers' personal health needs, preferences, health culture, and abilities to use these technologies. Without foundational knowledge of barriers and opportunities, Baby Boomers may not realize the potential of these innovations for improving self-management of health and health outcomes. However, research to date has not adequately explored the degree to which Baby Boomers are ready to embrace consumer health information technology and how their unique subcultures affect adoption and diffusion. This position paper describes an ecological conceptual framework for understanding and studying CHIT aimed at satisfying the personal health needs of Baby Boomers. We explore existing literature to provide a detailed depiction of our proposed conceptual framework, which focuses characteristics influencing Baby Boomers and their Personal Health Information Management (PHIM) and potential information problems. Using our ecological framework as a backdrop, we provide insight and implications for future research based on literature and underlying theories represented in our model.

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Challenges and Opportunities with Empowering Baby Boomers for Personal Health Information Management Using Consumer Health Information Technologies: an Ecological Perspective

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“…A sophisticated EMR can best meet the needs of an individual patient if it simultaneously supports care provision that is evidence based as well as care that is sensitive to the individual patient’s emotional, educational and cultural context. [18] If a personal health record [19] is to be truly personal, it should incorporate concerns relevant to the particular patient. It is essential to develop the full potential of EMR implementation if the EMR is to actively support the paradigm of patient centered care.…”

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The electronic medical record and patient-centered care

Nusbaum¹

2011

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Background:One goal in EMR development should be to facilitate a patient-centered clinical encounter. Much prior EMR development has focused on capturing objective data, such as laboratory values and medication lists. Less attention has been devoted to the more complex task of capturing and analyzing data that incorporates the patient’s concerns and preferences.Methods:A literature search supplemented the author’s own various experiences with one EMR (that used nationally by the Department of Veterans Affairs) from his various perspectives of a physician, an educator, and a Chief of Staff. This data was used to identify both opportunities and obstacles to promoting patient-centered care in an integrated care setting that relies heavily on an EMR. Qualitative analysis and suggestions are offered for how the EMR can individualize patient care, in support of a patient-centered approach.Result:Three promising target areas in efforts to develop a patient-centered EMR are: elicitation of the chief complaint, conduct of health screening activities, and evaluation of health literacy. A range of strategies were identified, some of which may require information technology development, such as to facilitate patient direct entry of data into their own EMR.Conclusion:EMR design can facilitate a more patient-centered clinical encounter. Beyond the benefits to the individual patient, patient-centric modifications to the EMR architecture may also facilitate quality improvement and research activities on patient centered care. In light of the widespread current discussions of a movement toward Accountable Care Organizations that use EMR, it will be especially important to ensure that the resulting care systems maintain a focus on the patient and not just on the system of care.

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An Expository Discourse of E-Health

Moumtzoglou

Kastania

2012

Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care Delivery

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Patients Meet Technology

Cited by 10 publications

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Challenges and Opportunities with Empowering Baby Boomers for Personal Health Information Management Using Consumer Health Information Technologies: an Ecological Perspective

Challenges and Opportunities with Empowering Baby Boomers for Personal Health Information Management Using Consumer Health Information Technologies: an Ecological Perspective

The electronic medical record and patient-centered care

An Expository Discourse of E-Health

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