Pub Date : 2019-07-01DOI: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070103
Marilena Tarousi, Michail Sarafidis, P. Katrakazas, Ioannis N. Kouris, Stavros Pitoglou, O. Petropoulou, Athanasios Anastasiou, D. Koutsouris
The main objective of the article is to employ cloud computing technology in order to develop the decision support system of an integrated platform aimed to aid decision makers in natural disaster incidents. This specific platform refers to the most commonly occurred natural disasters in Europe. The decision support system included in the cloud-based platform, is an advanced collection of data processing tools that provides the possibility to export useful conclusions for decision making about the urgent needs of families and children.
{"title":"A Cloud Based Decision Support System Aimed to Contribute in Policy Making for Natural Disaster Related Incidents","authors":"Marilena Tarousi, Michail Sarafidis, P. Katrakazas, Ioannis N. Kouris, Stavros Pitoglou, O. Petropoulou, Athanasios Anastasiou, D. Koutsouris","doi":"10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070103","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of the article is to employ cloud computing technology in order to develop the decision support system of an integrated platform aimed to aid decision makers in natural disaster incidents. This specific platform refers to the most commonly occurred natural disasters in Europe. The decision support system included in the cloud-based platform, is an advanced collection of data processing tools that provides the possibility to export useful conclusions for decision making about the urgent needs of families and children.","PeriodicalId":36298,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42290474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-07-01DOI: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070102
M. Stamouli, A. Mourtzikou, P. Karkalousos, Z. Athanasiadou, Evaggelia Marasidi, Anastasios Skliris
It is well known that the results from clinical laboratories support diagnosis, prognosis and patient treatment. Thus, test results must be relevant, accurate and reliable for patient care. Despite all the automation, errors that are classified as pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical, are still present. International bibliographic data estimates that approximately 62.0% of the errors made in clinical laboratories are due to errors during the pre-analytical stage. The effect of the pre-analytical errors on the laboratory results has consequences that in many cases can lead to reduction of laboratory quality. In this study, the authors run a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) to analyze potential failure risks within the pre-analytical phase, in order to classify them according to severity and likelihood, based on the experience. In the present article, the authors performed an FMEA analysis of the pre-analytical phase of the testing process of a biochemistry laboratory.
{"title":"Application of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) During the Pre-analytical Phase in a Greek Biochemistry Laboratory","authors":"M. Stamouli, A. Mourtzikou, P. Karkalousos, Z. Athanasiadou, Evaggelia Marasidi, Anastasios Skliris","doi":"10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070102","url":null,"abstract":"It is well known that the results from clinical laboratories support diagnosis, prognosis and patient treatment. Thus, test results must be relevant, accurate and reliable for patient care. Despite all the automation, errors that are classified as pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical, are still present. International bibliographic data estimates that approximately 62.0% of the errors made in clinical laboratories are due to errors during the pre-analytical stage. The effect of the pre-analytical errors on the laboratory results has consequences that in many cases can lead to reduction of laboratory quality. In this study, the authors run a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) to analyze potential failure risks within the pre-analytical phase, in order to classify them according to severity and likelihood, based on the experience. In the present article, the authors performed an FMEA analysis of the pre-analytical phase of the testing process of a biochemistry laboratory.","PeriodicalId":36298,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43068993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-07-01DOI: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070104
Panagiotis Vartholomaios, N. Ramdani, C. Christophorou, Dimosthenis Georgiadis, Thomas Guilcher, Myriam Blouin, Mohamed Rebiai, A. Panayides, C. Pattichis, Michail Sarafidis, Vassilia Costarides, E. Vellidou, D. Koutsouris
Hospitals are considered a field of logistic robotics of high commercial potential and therefore a handful of mobile robot solutions exist. However, they have failed to trigger widespread acceptance by the market. The ENDORSE system will pursue 4 innovation pillars: an infrastructure-less multi-robot navigation, i.e. minimum installation of sensors and communications buses inside the building for the localization of robots, targets and docking stations; advanced HRI for resolving deadlocks and achieving efficient sharing of space resources in crowded environments; the deployment of ENDORSE software as a cloud-based service facilitating its integration with corporate software solutions such as ERP and CRM, complying with GDPR data security requirements; and allowing for reconfigurable and modular hardware architectures so that diverse modules can be easily swapped. ENDORSE functionality will be demonstrated via the integration of an e-diagnostic support module for vital signs monitoring, facilitating connectivity to cloud-based EHR, and validated in an operational hospital environment for realistic assessment.
{"title":"ENDORSE Concept","authors":"Panagiotis Vartholomaios, N. Ramdani, C. Christophorou, Dimosthenis Georgiadis, Thomas Guilcher, Myriam Blouin, Mohamed Rebiai, A. Panayides, C. Pattichis, Michail Sarafidis, Vassilia Costarides, E. Vellidou, D. Koutsouris","doi":"10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070104","url":null,"abstract":"Hospitals are considered a field of logistic robotics of high commercial potential and therefore a handful of mobile robot solutions exist. However, they have failed to trigger widespread acceptance by the market. The ENDORSE system will pursue 4 innovation pillars: an infrastructure-less multi-robot navigation, i.e. minimum installation of sensors and communications buses inside the building for the localization of robots, targets and docking stations; advanced HRI for resolving deadlocks and achieving efficient sharing of space resources in crowded environments; the deployment of ENDORSE software as a cloud-based service facilitating its integration with corporate software solutions such as ERP and CRM, complying with GDPR data security requirements; and allowing for reconfigurable and modular hardware architectures so that diverse modules can be easily swapped. ENDORSE functionality will be demonstrated via the integration of an e-diagnostic support module for vital signs monitoring, facilitating connectivity to cloud-based EHR, and validated in an operational hospital environment for realistic assessment.","PeriodicalId":36298,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070104","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47059233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-07-01DOI: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070101
A. Forestiero, S. Mancin, C. Saccavini, Stefano Gris, E. Sampognaro, Francesco Marchet, F. Moretti
This article presents the application of a model for the Assessment of Telemedicine (MAST) for the evaluation of the effectiveness of integrated care services in the management of frail multimorbidity patients in the local health and social authority (LHSA) of Feltre, Italy. The assessment was carried out within the European project CareWell, whose aim was to improve and develop a better coordination among the social and healthcare professionals supporting patient centred delivery of care at home using ICT. The multidisciplinary assessment described in this article takes into account the description of the enrolled patients and the services implementation other than safety aspects, clinical effectiveness, patient perspectives, economic aspects, as well as organizational aspects and socio-cultural, legal and ethical aspects. In particular, the assessment results show that people belonging to the intervention group feel better looked after, professionals feel part of a team and the data sharing could lead to a better coordination and resources saving.
{"title":"The Veneto Region Experience on Evaluating Integrated Care Using MAST","authors":"A. Forestiero, S. Mancin, C. Saccavini, Stefano Gris, E. Sampognaro, Francesco Marchet, F. Moretti","doi":"10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070101","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the application of a model for the Assessment of Telemedicine (MAST) for the evaluation of the effectiveness of integrated care services in the management of frail multimorbidity patients in the local health and social authority (LHSA) of Feltre, Italy. The assessment was carried out within the European project CareWell, whose aim was to improve and develop a better coordination among the social and healthcare professionals supporting patient centred delivery of care at home using ICT. The multidisciplinary assessment described in this article takes into account the description of the enrolled patients and the services implementation other than safety aspects, clinical effectiveness, patient perspectives, economic aspects, as well as organizational aspects and socio-cultural, legal and ethical aspects. In particular, the assessment results show that people belonging to the intervention group feel better looked after, professionals feel part of a team and the data sharing could lead to a better coordination and resources saving.","PeriodicalId":36298,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019070101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46619502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-04-01DOI: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040102
Evangelos Salamalekis, A. Pouliakis, N. Margari, C. Kottaridi, A. Spathis, Effrosyni Karakitsou, Alina-Roxani Gouloumi, D. Leventakou, G. Chrelias, G. Valasoulis, M. Nasioutziki, M. Kyrgiou, K. Dinas, I. Panayiotides, E. Paraskevaidis, C. Chrelias
Numerous ancillary techniques detecting HPV DNA or mRNA are viewed as competitors or ancillary techniques to test Papanicolaou. However, no technique is perfect because sensitivity increases at the cost of specificity. Various methods have been applied to resolve this issue by using many examination results, such as classification and regression trees and supervised artificial neural networks. In this article, 1258 cases with results from test Pap, HPV DNA, HPV mRNA, and p16 were used to evaluate the performance of the self-organizing map (SOM). An artificial neural network has three advantages: it is unsupervised, can tolerate missing data, and produces topographical maps. The results of the SOM application were encouraging and produced maps depicting the important tests.
{"title":"An Artificial Intelligence Approach for the Detection of Cervical Abnormalities","authors":"Evangelos Salamalekis, A. Pouliakis, N. Margari, C. Kottaridi, A. Spathis, Effrosyni Karakitsou, Alina-Roxani Gouloumi, D. Leventakou, G. Chrelias, G. Valasoulis, M. Nasioutziki, M. Kyrgiou, K. Dinas, I. Panayiotides, E. Paraskevaidis, C. Chrelias","doi":"10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040102","url":null,"abstract":"Numerous ancillary techniques detecting HPV DNA or mRNA are viewed as competitors or ancillary techniques to test Papanicolaou. However, no technique is perfect because sensitivity increases at the cost of specificity. Various methods have been applied to resolve this issue by using many examination results, such as classification and regression trees and supervised artificial neural networks. In this article, 1258 cases with results from test Pap, HPV DNA, HPV mRNA, and p16 were used to evaluate the performance of the self-organizing map (SOM). An artificial neural network has three advantages: it is unsupervised, can tolerate missing data, and produces topographical maps. The results of the SOM application were encouraging and produced maps depicting the important tests.","PeriodicalId":36298,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47757566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-04-01DOI: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040101
G. Iyawa, M. Herselman, A. Botha
The purpose of this paper was to identify key participants, benefits, and challenges of a digital health innovation ecosystem in Namibia. The paper also aimed to identify strategies for implementing digital health innovation ecosystems in Namibia. This is a qualitative study that adopted semi-structured interviews in meeting the objectives of the study. The findings suggest that implementing digital health innovation ecosystems within the Namibian context will result in better processes of delivering healthcare services to patients. However, implementing such an ecosystem would require resources from both academic and governmental organizations. The need for skilled experts for managing the ecosystem would also be required. Hence, adopting the guidelines for implementing a digital health innovation ecosystem in developing countries, the study proposed guidelines which would make a digital health innovation ecosystem work for the Namibian context. The findings of this study can be used by healthcare managers within the Namibian context.
{"title":"Digital Health Innovation Ecosystems","authors":"G. Iyawa, M. Herselman, A. Botha","doi":"10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040101","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper was to identify key participants, benefits, and challenges of a digital health innovation ecosystem in Namibia. The paper also aimed to identify strategies for implementing digital health innovation ecosystems in Namibia. This is a qualitative study that adopted semi-structured interviews in meeting the objectives of the study. The findings suggest that implementing digital health innovation ecosystems within the Namibian context will result in better processes of delivering healthcare services to patients. However, implementing such an ecosystem would require resources from both academic and governmental organizations. The need for skilled experts for managing the ecosystem would also be required. Hence, adopting the guidelines for implementing a digital health innovation ecosystem in developing countries, the study proposed guidelines which would make a digital health innovation ecosystem work for the Namibian context. The findings of this study can be used by healthcare managers within the Namibian context.","PeriodicalId":36298,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47829837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-04-01DOI: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040103
A. Mourtzikou, M. Stamouli, D. Emmanouil
The business strategy of “blue ocean” is focused on creating demand through an impressive improvement in value for buyers at an affordable price. There are already many international references regarding the “blue oceans” in the field of health. What technological advances have also offered to the modern healthcare environment is a great variety of management and operational tools from electronic health records to telecare systems. While these technologies have different implementation backgrounds, what they all present as a competitive advantage is a promising era of efficiency and an opportunity to contain medical costs better. These technologies could obviously present a great opportunity in Greece's main organizational problem, the vast fragmentation of healthcare system. So far, many of these technologies have entered as part of the restructuring efforts, including electronic prescription systems and electronic auditing concerning drug reimbursement. What is needed, in order to fully incorporate these tools, is that systems are fully integrated.
{"title":"Implementation of the Blue Ocean Strategy in Healthcare","authors":"A. Mourtzikou, M. Stamouli, D. Emmanouil","doi":"10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040103","url":null,"abstract":"The business strategy of “blue ocean” is focused on creating demand through an impressive improvement in value for buyers at an affordable price. There are already many international references regarding the “blue oceans” in the field of health. What technological advances have also offered to the modern healthcare environment is a great variety of management and operational tools from electronic health records to telecare systems. While these technologies have different implementation backgrounds, what they all present as a competitive advantage is a promising era of efficiency and an opportunity to contain medical costs better. These technologies could obviously present a great opportunity in Greece's main organizational problem, the vast fragmentation of healthcare system. So far, many of these technologies have entered as part of the restructuring efforts, including electronic prescription systems and electronic auditing concerning drug reimbursement. What is needed, in order to fully incorporate these tools, is that systems are fully integrated.","PeriodicalId":36298,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019040103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48088809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2019010101
A. Xochelli, K. Stamatopoulos, C. Karamanidou
Patient participation in health care is widely considered as crucial for the development of improved health systems and the refined management of chronic conditions. Against this background, however, there are divergent views and contradictions regarding its definition and actual content and scope. Moreover, there is no consensus as to the appropriate interventions, hence assessing their impact remains a challenge. The authors herein comment on the terms that are most commonly used for defining patient involvement in health care and underline the barriers identified in everyday clinical practice that may be responsible for failing to fully materialize its potential impact and/or endorsing it in real life.
{"title":"Patient Involvement in Health Care. Different Terms Same Concept?","authors":"A. Xochelli, K. Stamatopoulos, C. Karamanidou","doi":"10.4018/IJRQEH.2019010101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019010101","url":null,"abstract":"Patient participation in health care is widely considered as crucial for the development of improved health systems and the refined management of chronic conditions. Against this background, however, there are divergent views and contradictions regarding its definition and actual content and scope. Moreover, there is no consensus as to the appropriate interventions, hence assessing their impact remains a challenge. The authors herein comment on the terms that are most commonly used for defining patient involvement in health care and underline the barriers identified in everyday clinical practice that may be responsible for failing to fully materialize its potential impact and/or endorsing it in real life.","PeriodicalId":36298,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4018/IJRQEH.2019010101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46387572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2019010102
C. Karamanidou, K. Stamatopoulos, A. Xochelli
Patient empowerment is evident nowadays through the increased role undertaken by patients in the evaluation of healthcare, shaping health policy and involvement in clinical research. But are physicians willing and able to empower their patients? The biopsychosocial model offers a holistic approach to care by including the subjective experience of illness into clinical processes. Within this context, effective communication is key as it can contribute towards better clinical outcomes for patients as well as protect physicians from burnout due to emotional exhaustion. Hematological malignancies are the focus of this contribution as their nature and management pose serious challenges for patients to understand and physicians to explain. Physicians can play a pivotal role in encouraging patients' empowerment by educating them about their illness, supporting them in self-management and involving them in their care. Communication skills training, availability of consultation tools and e-health applications can support physicians in their new role.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2019010104
Georgios C. Manikis, M. Spanakis, Emmanouil G Spanakis
Humans have various features that differentiates one person from another which can be used to identify an individual for security purposes. These biometrics can authenticate or verify a person's identity and can be sorted in two classes, physiological and behavioural. In this article, the authors present their results of experimentation on publicly available facial images and the efficiency of a prototype version of SpeechXRays, a multi-modal biometric system that uses audio-visual characteristics for user authentication in eHealth platforms. Using the privacy and security mechanism provided, based on audio and video biometrics, medical personnel are able to be verified and subsequently identified for two different eHealth applications. These verified persons are then able to access control, identification, workforce management or patient record storage. In this work, the authors argue how a biometric identification system can greatly benefit healthcare, due to the increased accuracy of identification procedures.
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