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Group 9:
Anam Abro,
Mark
Decourcy,
Veeraswamy
Venkata Surya
Nallam
BLUE RIVER
HOME CARE
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A fragmented health care system and the need for more
coordination across the health care setting
The lack of interoperable clinical information systems, which
would help provide readily available, comprehensiveinformation about the patient to those who de liver care,
those who manage care, and those who receive care
The current predominantly fee-for-service reimbursement
system that rewards volume and fragmentation, and doesnot effectively align incentives with the goals of ch ronic care
management.
FACTORS AFFECTING MISMANAGEMENT OFCHRONIC CARE
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The introduction of health IT, including electronic healthrecords and health information exchange, holds greatpromise for addressing many of the barriers to effectivechronic care management, by providing important clinicalinformation about the patient when it is needed, and
where it is needed, in a timely, secure fashion.
Having information from the care delivery process readilyavailable through health IT and health informationexchange at the national, state, and local levels supports
key components of the chronic care managementprocess, including those related to measurement, clinicaldecision support, collaboration and coordination, andconsumer activation.
HOW EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES CAN HELPCHRONIC CARE
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Social media is a new and developing integrated marketingstrategy in the healthcare world, but it also holds immensepotential for doctors and patients to communicate with oneanother on a whole new level.
The societal and economic burden imposed by chronic diseasehas resulted in recent years in a shif t in health policy thatfocuses on health promotion, chronic disease prevention, andself-management.
The intentions for self -management interventions are to
enable patients to become empowered, i.e., to be activeparticipants in their own care, and to enhance their ability tomake sound health decisions. Common to all models of self -management is the notion that patients are central to themanagement of their own health .
HOW EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES CAN HELPCHRONIC CARE
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The future confluence of health information
technologies will enable researchers and clinicians
to reveal novel therapies and insights into
treatments and disease management, as well as
environmental and genomic interactions, at an
unprecedented population scale.
HOW EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES CAN HELPCHRONIC CARE
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Social networking tools, when paired with the use ofpersonal health records, can be valuable in monitoringchronic diseases
Makes the possibility of bi-directional sharing possible, such
that a patient could share back to their physician, nurse,care team, information from a social network that they deemimportant to their health.
User will hopefully gain a social network of supportivefriends with similar healthcare issues and needs; increasedcompliance with their treatment plans; increased healthybehaviors; and improved communication with healthcareproviders.
Create a professional, managed, relationship; with the databeing brought to the physicians desktop from the placewhere the patient is.
BENEFITS OF INTEGRATING A PHR
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PHR Integration can assist in studies and monitoring of
chronic diseases
PHRs are seen both as a strategy to make healthcare more
patients centered and as a tool for self-management enablepatients to monitor their symptoms and therapy regimens over
time. This information can be shared with other users,
allowing for comparison of novel side effects and treatment
regimens.
With integration of PHRs and personally controlled health
records (PCHRs), the ability to conduct research into patients
behavior, treatments, and environment greatly expands .
BENEFITS OF INTEGRATING A PHR
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The surplus of information generated by such tools is al - ready
of great interest to pharmaceutical companies and public
health researchers
The plethora of real -world health information available fromthese varied data sources will increase the ability of health
researchers to perform translational research, better
understand clinical effectiveness of therapeutics, and open
doors to increased understanding of environmental and
behavioral influences on disease.
BENEFITS OF INTEGRATING A PHR
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Recruiting: Social media applications can be used forworkforce recruiting and talent acquisition. Recruiting at the
management level and above for hospitals is a main staple of
its business. This could lead to reduction in advertising costs.
Brand Management: Healthcare organizations an use socialmedia to promote their brands and services. For example at
the Childrens Hospital in Boston, social media is used to
show the hospitals focus on patients by sharing their pictures
and stories. This helps build a good image of the hospital.
BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON HEALTHCAREORGANIZATIONS
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Customer Relations: Social media provides healthorganizations an opportunity to hear both positive and
negative feedback from customers. In this way,
organizations can repair relationships and protect their
reputation.
Education: Educational Information can be shared withpatients through social media. Information can also be
shared amongst health professionals to encourage learning
and collaboration. An extreme example could be using
Twitter to give live updates on surgeries. In case of
complications, viewers will be able to assist.
Patient Care: Social Media groups can help in patient carecoordination.
BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON HEALTHCAREORGANIZATIONS
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Negative comments on social media can lead to a bad
reputation for the organization.
Privacy and ethical breaches are highly likely.
Language and cultural differences make it difficult for
everyone to benefit from the positives of social media.
Older people dont use social media as much hence they
will not benefit from the education.
RISKS/BARRIERSOF SOCIAL MEDIA ON HEALTHCARE
ORGANIZATIONS
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Faster drug development.
Knowledge-based medicine.
Early detection of diseases.
Improves quality of care through more accurate diagnosis and
fewer errors
Reduces cost of care through faster report turnaround, fasteracquisition times and higher patient throughput
Increase patient comfort with reduced invasiveness, shorter
examination times, less radiation and selective therapy.
IMPACT OF ADOPTING E-HEALTH ONHEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS
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Access to a social network site will be a good source for
documentation of previous cases that patients and
physicians can refer back to.
This may provide information that would have otherwise been
more costly and time consuming to receive.
This may reduce required interaction and therefor save time for
both parties which could be spent more efficiently.
Coordination: a social networking site would be a greatsource to coordinate between health providers in the case
that they come across a case that they may be unfamiliar
with or inexperienced on the topic.
This could increase the quality of diagnosis as well as care
provided.
BENEFITS OF INTERACTION BETWEENPATIENTS & HEALTH PROFESSIONALS USING
SOCIAL MEDIA
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If both the patient and health professional are avidsocial networkers this will create a very fluid andflexible forum for communication.
This may be especially true in the case of minor questions
where a formal appointment or meeting may have beenrequired to ask relatively routine questions.
On the opposing side to this point if both parties are notavid networkers there will be a serious communicationgap and the value added by the social networking sitewould be minimal if not gone.
Many health providers are slow adopters oftechnology. This slow adoption trait is a partialdriver of the Meaningful Use Act. It may be safe toassume that these slow adopters would not bereliable participants in a highly technologicalsocial network.
BENEFITS OF INTERACTION BETWEENPATIENTS & HEALTH PROFESSIONALS USING
SOCIAL MEDIA
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The social network site would be a wonderful
source to house administrative patient
information that could be passed to caregivers in
the same or different organizations. This wouldreduce time required by both groups.
BENEFITS OF INTERACTION BETWEENPATIENTS & HEALTH PROFESSIONALS USING
SOCIAL MEDIA
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The patient may rely upon information on social
network sites rather than seeking the advice of
primary physician and other health providers.
Less face time with staff may reduce patients
confidence in his or her own health status as well
as the health providers attention to that patient.
NEGATIVES OF INTERACTION BETWEENPATIENTS & HEALTH PROFESSIONALS USING
SOCIAL MEDIA
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Misinformation due to lack of interaction: The
abundance of information available on a social
networking site along with a patients increased
independence may lead to a patient to assumeresponsibility for symptoms that should be in the
hands of a professional.
This could lead to misdiagnosis and even taking
incorrect medicines which could have negativeconsequences.
NEGATIVES OF INTERACTION BETWEENPATIENTS & HEALTH PROFESSIONALS USING
SOCIAL MEDIA
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The relationship between patient and health
professionals may deteriorate as the patient
becomes more independent and requires less
face-to-face interaction.These two groups may have previously had a strong
personal relationship that would go away as both
sides become more reliant upon the social network
site.
NEGATIVES OF INTERACTION BETWEENPATIENTS & HEALTH PROFESSIONALS USING
SOCIAL MEDIA
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