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Ultra Violet (UV) Light Irradiation Device for Hospital Disinfection
Jazuli Kazaure, Khalid Haruna, Ugochukwu Matthew, Andrew Nwanakwaugwu, Ubochi Nwamouh, Nwamaka Okafor, Oluwafemi Olawoyin
Jan 01, 2022
The biomedical technology application of ultraviolet light device was reviewed in the current research in a manner to improve public healthcare safety. The research adopted ultraviolet light irradiation to enable elimination of...
Published by: IGI Global
Assessing the Early Stage of eHealth Adoption
Noppon Choosri, Waritsara Jitmun, Pathathai Lumpoon, Supavas Sitthithanasakul, Sompob Saralamba, Krid Thongbunjob, Pongsatorn Chumsang
Jan 01, 2022
In this paper, the authors implement and determine the success the eHealth adoption for queue management when it was first deployed for a community hospital setting in Thailand. The electronic queue system was first implemented...
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Doing More Than Asking for Opinions
Jessica Helwig, Katherine Bishop-Williams, Lea Berrang-Ford, Shuaib Lwasa, Didacus Namanya, Bwindi Community Hospital
Jul 01, 2020
Health information systems (HIS) are used to manage information related to population health. The goal of this research was to conduct an evaluation of a HIS used at a hospital in south-western Uganda using participatory...
Published by: IGI Global
Testing Hospital Quality Strategic Determinants
Hospital administrators are motivated to improve hospital quality in the eyes of their patients, healthcare quality regulators, and accrediting organizations. This study empirically tests the importance of some strategic...
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Situated Learning Meets Community Needs
Gabriele Strohschen, David LaBuda, Pauline Scott, Jasmine Dash, Gail Debbs, Jeff Phillips
May 15, 2019
This chapter describes a community-based learning project (CbLP) in the Chicago West Side community of Austin. This learning setting provided the context for applying instructional strategies, methods, and techniques that are...
Published by: IGI Global
The Moderating Effect of Organization Culture on Competition Intensity and Hospital Quality
This study empirically tests the relationship between hospital competition intensity and its quality, and the moderating impact of hospital culture on this relationship. An emailed questionnaire collected data from 239 American...
Published by: IGI Global
Promoting Mobile Health Adoption to Hospital Patients Through Social Influencers
Mobile health (mHealth) plays a key role in improving healthcare interventions by engaging patients in healthcare management. Still, there is a paucity of empirical studies on the extent to which mHealth adoption could be...
Published by: IGI Global
Hospital Employee Performance Evaluation Based on Knowledge Map
With the deepening of theoretical research and social practice, hospital employee performance management has developed into a mature knowledge system. Therefore, systematic review of the research results in this field is...
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Understanding Community Integration in a Housing-First Approach
The Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi project has taken a housing-first approach, providing approximately half of the project participants with housing as well as services that are tailored to meet their...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Using Data Analytics to Predict Hospital Mortality in Sepsis Patients
Predictive analytics can be used to anticipate the risks associated with some patients, and prediction models can be employed to alert physicians and allow timely proactive interventions. Recently, health care providers have...
Published by: IGI Global
Self-Directed/Community-Supported Learning
MOOC designers seeking to address evolving ambitions of MOOCs to support workforce development confront a fundamental design dilemma: on the one hand, the self-paced nature of online learning is efficient for busy learners...
Instructional Design Education Educational Technologies Media and Communications Computer Science and Information Technology
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Community from the Perspective of Life
Ruud Welten
Dec 20, 2016
My question is whether a phenomenology of community is possible. Phenomenologystarts from experience, in the Husserlian sense of Erlebnis. Now, can acommunity be experienced, and not empirically but rather...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Performance Evaluation of Adopting the Electronic Style in Hospital Services
Globally, health information systems and technologies are being used increasingly and are seen as a way to increase the efficiency and quality of patient care. One of the factors blocking the use of electronic healthcare system...
Public Health & Healthcare Delivery Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences Healthcare Administration
Published by: IGI Global
The Home and Community Connections Model
A major myth of gifted education is the idea that gifted and advanced learners should already possess the knowledge and skills necessary to engage in rigorous learning experiences. This myth reinforces the underrepresentation of...
Education Special Education Special Education Social Sciences and Humanities Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences
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Sustainable Smart Homes and Community Happiness in the Malaysian Context
Suhaiza Zailani, Hui Au Yong, Zam Mohamad, Hajra Malik, Charles Ramendran S. P. R., Chee Yip, Chee Fong, Mobashar Rehman
Jan 01, 2022
Sustainable smart houses are one of the methods through which all these factors can be touched upon because such houses provide social well-being and cause less damage to the environment. Therefore, this study analysed the...
Published by: IGI Global
Logistics Chain Optimization and Scheduling of Hospital Pharmacy Drugs Using Genetic Algorithms
In recent years, the health sector has faced increasingly important challenges. Due to the economic crisis and competitions, hospitals are facing many issues affecting the supply chain, such as budget cuts or lack thereof as...
Published by: IGI Global
Building a Community of Practice in the Workplace
This study adopts Wenger's (1998) community of practice (CoP) framework to understand the relationships and professional learning community formed at an information technology call center at a large research university in the...
Published by: IGI Global
The Evolving Role of Community Colleges in Workforce Development
Community colleges play a crucial role in developing a skilled workforce through preparation. The questions that this chapter addresses are: How are community colleges ensuring that they are addressing current workforce and...
Published by: IGI Global
Community-Centered Urban Sensing
The authors examine the problem of integrating urban sensing into engaged planning. The authors ask whether enhanced urban data and analysis can enhance resident engagement in planning and design, rather than hinder it, even...
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Clinical and laboratory factors associated with neonatal sepsis mortality at a major Vietnamese children's hospital.
Nguyen Duc Toan, Thomas C Darton, Nguyen Hoang Thien Huong, Le Thanh Hoang Nhat, To Nguyen Thi Nguyen, Ha Thanh Tuyen, Le Quoc Thinh, Nguyen Kien Mau, Pham Thi Thanh Tam, Cam Ngoc Phuong, Le Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Ngo Ngoc Quang Minh, Ngo Minh Xuan, Tang Chi Thuong, Nguyen Thanh Hung, Christine Boinett, Stephen Reece, Abhilasha Karkey, Jeremy N Day, Stephen Baker
Apr 17, 2023
Sepsis is a major cause of neonatal mortality and children born in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are at greater risk of severe neonatal infections than those in higher-income countries. Despite this disparity, there...
Published by: PLOS global public health
Towards an Insight Into Customer Behavior in Virtual Brand Communities
This study aims at exploring the effects of customer’s personal factors and characteristics of brand community on customers’ behaviors in virtual brand community. The data were collected from customers of virtual brand...
Published by: IGI Global
Evaluating the Presence of Hospitals on Social Media
Today, adults are using social media to seek health information. Evidence suggests that hospitals using Instagram reported better patient engagement and in turn increased profit and reputation. Yet, little is known about how...
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The Relationship Between Persuasion Cues and Idea Adoption in Virtual Crowdsourcing Communities
Mohammad Daradkeh
Jan 01, 2022
Building on the elaboration likelihood model (ELM) and absorptive capacity, this study develops a four-dimensional model of idea adoption in Virtual Crowdsourcing Communities (VCCs) and examines the influence of different...
Published by: IGI Global
Change Management Perceptions in Portuguese Hospital Institutions Through ITIL
Organizations function in complex, dynamic and unpredictable environments. Implementing changes must therefore be well planned, managed, and evaluated as such ongoing efforts link organizational performance to peer...
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Detecting Community Structures Within Complex Networks Using a Discrete Unconscious Search Algorithm
Detecting the communities that exist within complex social networks has a wide range of application in business, engineering, and sociopolitical settings. As a result, many community detection methods are being developed by...
Published by: IGI Global
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