Fluid Therapy ; ethics ; methods ; Holistic Health ; Humans ; Palliative Care ; Patient-Centered Care ; Singapore ; Terminal Care ; ethics ; methods ; Withholding Treatment

OBJECTIVES: This study developed an information and communication technology (ICT)-based comprehensive health and social-needs assessment (CHSNA) system based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) with the aim of enhancing person-centered community care for community residents and supporting healthcare professionals and social workers who provide healthcare and social services in the community. METHODS: Items related to a CHSNA tool were developed and mapped with ICF codes. Experts validated the CHSNA system design and process using the Delphi method, and a pilot test of the initial version of the system was conducted. RESULTS: The following three steps of CHSNA were embedded in the system, which had a user-friendly screen and images: basic health assessment, life and activity assessment, and in-depth health assessment. The assessment results for the community residents were presented with visualized health profiles, including images, graphs, and an ICF model. CONCLUSIONS: The developed CHSNA system can be used by healthcare professionals, social workers, and community residents to evaluate the reasoning underlying health and social needs, to facilitate the identification of more appropriate healthcare plans, and to guide community residents to receive the best healthcare services. A CHSNA system can improve the implementation of standardized terminology utilizing the ICF and the accuracy of needs assessments of community residents.
Classification ; Community Health Services ; Decision Support Techniques ; Delivery of Health Care ; Methods ; Needs Assessment ; Patient-Centered Care ; Social Work ; Social Workers

PURPOSE: This study aimed to provide primary data for developing a program to enhance communication competence by identifying the patient-centered communication competency level of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses and the related factors.METHOD: Data were collected from August 28th to October 8th, 2015, from 199 ICU nurses working in 30 tertiary hospitals. The study questionnaire included items assessing the patient-centered communication competency of ICU nurses, nursing organizational culture, types of communication, the Teamwork Measurement Tool, the Perceived Nursing Work Environment tool, and the Wong & Law Emotional Intelligence Scale. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, a correlation test, and a multiple regression.RESULTS: The ICU nurses' mean score on patient-centered communication competency was 3.97 points. The factors influencing the patient-centered communication competency level of ICU nurses were professionalism (p =.002), innovation-oriented organizational culture (p =.015), and emotional intelligence (p < .001). These variables explained 42.2% of the total variance in the patient-centered communication competency of ICU nurses.CONCLUSION: These findings suggest the need for developing a patient-centered communication competency improvement program that focuses on improving ICU nurses' professionalism and emotional intelligence, and facilitates the creation of an innovation-oriented organizational culture.
Critical Care ; Emotional Intelligence ; Humans ; Intensive Care Units ; Jurisprudence ; Mental Competency ; Methods ; Nursing ; Organizational Culture ; Patient-Centered Care ; Professionalism ; Tertiary Care Centers

Biomedical Research ; methods ; Combined Modality Therapy ; methods ; trends ; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated ; methods ; Geography ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods ; Patient Care Planning ; trends ; Patient-Centered Care ; methods ; trends ; Western World

OBJECTIVETo establish a computer-assisted screening system for individualized treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

METHODSThe clinical data of the diabetic patients were retrospectively analyzed, and the regression equation for the affecting factors and therapeutic effect was established. With computer-aided programming, a computer-assisted screening system was established.

RESULTSA computer-assisted screening system for individualized treatment type 2 diabetes was established, which showed a concordance rate was 98% in clinical verification.

CONCLUSIONUsing epidemiological methods and assistance by computer technique, a computer-assisted screening system for individualized prescription can be established for selecting therapeutic regimen for type 2 diabetes.

Adult ; Aged ; Decision Support Systems, Clinical ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ; therapy ; Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted ; methods ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Patient-Centered Care ; methods ; Retrospective Studies

This review provides an update of education and training in family medicine in Singapore and worldwide. Family medicine has progressed much since 1969 when it was recognised as the 20th medical discipline in the United States. Three salient changes in the local healthcare landscape have been noted over time, which are of defining relevance to family medicine in Singapore, namely the rise of noncommunicable chronic diseases, the care needs of an expanding elderly population, and the care of a larger projected population in 2030. The change in the vision of family medicine into the future refers to a new paradigm of one discipline in many settings, and not limited to the community. Family medicine needs to provide a patient-centred medical home, and the discipline's education and training need to be realigned. The near-term training objectives are to address the service, training and research needs of a changing and challenging healthcare landscape.
Aged ; Family Practice ; education ; methods ; organization & administration ; Geriatrics ; methods ; Health Services Needs and Demand ; Humans ; Patient-Centered Care ; Program Development ; Singapore ; Societies, Medical

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a risk factoretailored small group education on anxiety and depressive symptoms, self-efficacy and self-care compliance in patients with first-time acute coronary syndrome (ACS) for 12-month follow-up. METHODS: A quasi-experimental pretest and post-test design was used. Patients were recruited from a national university hospital from 2010 to 2011 in Korea. The group education consisted of a 60-minute long video developed using multimedia contents including voice-recorded texts, flash animation, and video clips, with nurses' dialogue. The intervention group (n = 34) participated in group education using the multimedia video in a small group of patients with similar risk factors, and received periodic telephone counseling and text messages. The control group (n = 40) received usual care and counseling upon request. RESULTS: Depressive symptoms decreased, and self-efficacy and self-care compliance in the areas of medication, exercise, and healthy diet practice significantly increased in patients in the intervention group, compared with those in the control group. CONCLUSIONS: Risk factoretailored small group education and periodic text message were an effective strategy for decreasing depression, and increasing self-efficacy and long-term compliance with lifestyle changes in patients with first-time ACS. We suggested that risk factoretailored small group education need to be given for first-time ACS patients for psychological support and behavioral change in clinical practice. It is also comparable to individual approach to encourage psychological and behavioral change.
Acute Coronary Syndrome/*nursing/*psychology ; Adaptation, Psychological ; Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; *Multimedia ; *Patient Education as Topic ; Patient-Centered Care/methods ; Republic of Korea ; Risk Factors ; Self Care/*methods ; Self Efficacy ; Stress, Psychological/*nursing ; Teaching/*methods

PURPOSE: Current increase and complexity of medical tests and surgical procedures at outpatient department (OPD) require OPD nurses to have customer orientation focusing on various customers' interests and needs. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors associated with customer orientation in nurses working at OPD of hospitals. METHODS: The study used a descriptive correlational design with cross-sectional survey. The study settings were four general hospitals in Seoul and its metropolitan area. Data were collected from 138 OPD nurses from general hospitals. Study variables were personal traits, emotional intelligence, internal marketing, service management and customer orientation. RESULTS: Factors associated with customer orientation were identified as conscientiousness from personal traits (β .37, p < .001), emotional intelligence from individual characteristics (β .21, p = .032), and internal marketing from environmental characteristics (β .21, p = .001). CONCLUSIONS: Hospital administrators should support OPD nurses to cultivate sincere and sociable personal traits and emotional intelligence, and to consider employees as internal customers to improve patient-oriented services and satisfaction.
Adult ; Attitude of Health Personnel ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; *Emotional Intelligence ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Marketing/*methods ; Middle Aged ; *Nurse-Patient Relations ; Nursing Staff, Hospital/*psychology ; Organizational Culture ; Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/*organization & administration ; Outpatients/*psychology ; *Patient-Centered Care ; Seoul ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Young Adult