Posts Categorized: Nurses

Enhanced data gathering through active collaboration with Healthcare Actors

Health professionals and ICT for Health View more PowerPoint from Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva

Social determinants of Health and ICT for Health (eHealth) conceptual framework

Lately I have been designing, launching and gathering an online panel survey to a representative sample of Internet users in 14 European countries (approximately 14,000 responses). To ground the questionnaire I have developed a conceptual framework inspired and based on the two main sources. On the one hand, the Marmot Review team: Solar O &… Read more »

Innovation, Active patients and Diabetes

Yesterday I participated in a workshop about Innovation, active patients and Diabetes. I would like to share some of the scientific references I used for my presentation Glasgow, R. E., Kurz, D., King, D., Dickman, J. M., Faber, A. J., Halterman, E., et al. (2011). Twelve-month outcomes of an Internet-based diabetes self-management support program. Patient… Read more »

The Impact of eHealth on the Quality and Safety of Health Care: A Systematic Overview

In my last post about The economics of eHealth (I) I quoted OECD. (2010). Improving Health Sector Efficiency: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies. Health Policy Studies to point out that this study mentioned an absence, in general, of independent, robust monitoring and evaluation of programmes and projects to determine the actual payoff from… Read more »

The integration of Information and Communication Technology into nursing

I’m delighted to announce that the article entitled “The integration of Information and Communication Technology into nursing” has been accepted and is already in press at the International Journal of Medical Informatics. As soon as possible I will upload a pre-print version. Abstract Objectives To identify and characterise different profiles of nurses’ utilization of Information… Read more »

The integration of Information and Communication Technology into nursing practice

We are planning to launch again our survey to Physicians, Nurses and Pharmacists with the collaboration of their Professional Associations of Barcelona. Therefore, we are redesigning the questionnaires and checking our multivariate analysis. Following the published paper entitled “The integration of Information and Communication Technology into medical practice”, we have send to a peer-review journal… Read more »

Chronic Disease Management, Remote Monitoring and Treatment and ICT

Lately, I have been checking systematic literature reviews about Chronic Disease Management, Remote Monitoring and Treatment and Information and Communication Technologies: Whitten, P. S., Mair, F. S., Haycox, A., May, C. R., Williams, T. L., & Hellmich, S. (2002). Systematic review of cost effectiveness studies of telemedicine interventions. Bmj, 324(7351), 1434–1437. Louis, A. A., Turner,… Read more »

Health professionals, email use and URL prescription

Lately, I have been checking and reading some scientific papers about health communication from: Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives Health Communication Patients Education and Counselling The aim is to write a paper based on the presentation done with Michael Hardey: Internet information and email: shaping professional / patients relationship View more presentations from Francisco… Read more »

Health and the Network Society: Spanish/Catalan book launched

I’m delighted to present my book: Health and the Network Society published by Ariel now available at the book stores. I perfectly know that it would not become a best-seller but I hope it could contribute just a little to foster new debates and further research on ICT and Health.Health systems are embedded within technological,… Read more »

Internet information and email: shaping professional / patients relationship

“Innovative health technologies: health systems in transition Workshop” Supported by: Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) Organized by: Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva (Internet Interdisciplinary Institute –UOC) and Michael Hardey (Hull/York Medical School – Science and Technology Studies Unit, Department of Sociology, University of York) Data: 27th November Place: UOC IN3 building. Av. Canal Olímpic, s/n. Edifici B3, 08860 Castelldefels… Read more »