This seminar we discuss the May graduation and the content required to have by the end of the semester. Also, Review of the project deadlines for those graduating in may final drafts, portfolio review, capstone poster and abstract completion.
Dr. Mack briefly touched on what is going on campus and talked about his experience with Fox News channel interview. initially he was hosted to talk about data science but ended up talking about COVID-19. Dr. Mack discussed about mass gathering will not be occurring in 2020 and that the classes may have students but with large amount of separation.
Moving on to the capstone presentations, Wally and i discussed our Telehealth (Necleus device) project with elderly participants. Telehealth technology helped to increase the quality of life for seniors by reducing mental health issues and raise the medication adherence commitment from 70% to 100% by the end of the project. we faced some limitation with the Nucleus device which is not able to be customized as well as unfriendly user interface. Hazel capstone was 30 day-readmission for liver patients and the deliverable was a database with transplant workup, steps in the process, discharge. Plan readmission automatically readmission reduced by 20% for CMS data. Future follow-up appointments, physician groups and patient management. Prior to database, social workers were using an excel document and unable to pull reports smoothly. The social workers were able to make graphs showing the improvement in their work efficiency. Fred project was an enterprise device which replaces legacy devices with difficult permission customization, data and input. Fred created an excel document for change management system using visual basic and automatically reflect on the system data. Johnathan and Mereya project is about change request workflow because they were updating to electronic health record. They conducted a map and gap analysis, lean methodology workload to create workflows that are flexible and approve efficiency. Stephanie project was on data integration, originally manually translate which take 30 minutes. Stephanie's was an assistant command where she was able to verbally change documents with simple changes and with the assist of Data.gov connect. Katy and Reggie is implementing a EHR which will change superuser by introducing position description with roles and responsibilities. Standardized position description will guide positions descriptions. The project is accepted at organizational level but hoping to go larger. Matt project is about nursing documentation errors. The nurse would use IPADs application and they would input their documentation on digital and structural format. The IPADs would decrease documentation errors and have icons for easy of use. Jada project was about optimizing usage for internet reporting for pressure injuries. the project audience is the medical staff who works on two systems causing double charting and errors. thus cause financial conflict with insurances and the proposed system will be a great solution for that.
By the end of the seminar, everyone was sad to say goodbye virtually since some of us will be graduating and leaving the state permanently. the faculty staff concluded the session with gratitude and thanks to all the students and stress out to keep in touch with each other.
The seminar was different in nature than the previous seminars since it was conducted virtually. Dr.Boone welcomed everyone and moved forwards to explaining how we are going to work during COVID-19 pandemic times. Also, we review the project deadlines for those graduating in may final drafts, portfolio review, capstone poster and abstract.
Classes are fully converted to online base and the upcoming seminars as well. Also, we discussed some health precautional procedures and the best practices to follow to protect ourselves and our community. Additionally, there were some changes in the nature of residency requirement which it is switched to virtual based project. Dr.Klimpel was the one to answer the students questions and address all the concerns in that regards.
Furthermore, Dr.mack stress out the importance of adapting remote work and advice everyone on how to do so as well as assuring all the student that the program board will put all the effort to support the students to graduate in time.
Dr.boone started the seminar with greetings and couple of reminders related to our graduation. Additionally, she went through the draft dues as well as providing a phone/ email directory for other facilities in the university that would provide assistance on graduate level. Also, we discussed the usability of the google sites and how we can overcome technical barriers we encounter. Furthermore, professor Kathy introduced cutting edge heart rhythm monitoring device. The device is capsule looking necklace with linked small pads on different areas on the body and linked to a specialized cell device that must be kept within 30 feet radius. The information retrieved from the device is stored and monitored by specialist at the company’s regional sites. The substantial advancement of heart rhythm monitors facilitated the life of the patients where in the past they used to cary a 20” swinger box for the same purpose. Dr.Boone, concluded withe reminder of keeping up our spirits and dedicate some time for meditation and mental care.
In this seminar,the attendees were first and second year HCI students and we casually concluded the semester activities. Dr.boone highlighted important matter and tasks to do before the holidays such as portfolio reflection, social justice reports, and graduation requirement. Additionally, I walk through the class on how to create portfolio website using Google sites. By the end of the seminar ask everyone to submit their course's surveys and how would it help to improve the program overall.
Dr. Brenda Boone embarked the seminar with a reflection to remind us as student of our true objectives from this program and balancing life and work is a key for success. She also introduced two valuable guests, the reference librarian at USD Coply library Mrs. Zoe Abrahams and the director of nursing informatics and training department at University of California San Diego Mr. Jud Simonds. Mrs. Zoe presented on how to access some research tools that available only for USD students. One of the tools that was very helpful is CINHAL Database, where we can find healthcare related scientific articles for free and in PDF form. Additionally, she discussed about the resources that can facilitate our graduation project writing process such as the referencing style and formatting. Mr. Simonds talked about the healthcare field needs and what are the competencies that we should walk out with from our the HCI program. Also, we discussed how and what positions we should apply to upon our graduation. Finally, Dr.Boone concluded the meeting with next seminar dates.
October seminar was interesting, where we discussed our progress for this semester and we reflect on the courses. Several student talked about their difficulties in their courses and as group we propose some suggestion that will solve the issue to the program advisor. Unfortunetly Dr.Boone was not with us, but she made a presentation to be presented by Dr.Mac. This activity taught me how collaboration is in real life, where we can rely on our peer in case of emergencies with trust and confidence.
As the first seminar in the second year as HCI student, we discussed our objectives for this semester and what are the means to successfully achieve it. Dr.Mack started with a brief introduction with Dr.boon and professor Klimpel who's recently awarded her Phd diploma. we discussed the capstone project deliverables and its due dates alongside with several housekeeping matters.
The April seminar is the last seminar in the spring semester, so Dr.Mack was keen to explain the importance of portfolio for health profession. Also we discussed wither we should use Typhon or Weebly platform to build our portfolio. As an example, our classmate Chariesse presented her portfolio and instructed us on how efficiently create our blogs. Patrick presented about how portable and tele-health technology are growing rapidly and shows a significant benefits to lower the cost of healthcare services. Paul discussed a recent scandal at Sharp Grossmont hospital regarding their data privacy policy. Jonathan presented about the deep learning covering the machine learning process. The subject was not new to me but i gain insights form clinical perspective. Data standardization was discussed by Matthew and how that will improve the interoperability of the clinical system and reflect on the national health.
March seminar was rich in information from different sources and covered different angels of healthcare. We started the seminar with Dr.Boone our graduation project advisor. As first year HCI student we discussed the requirement of the capstone project, what to include and the project, the projected due dates and more.
The second portion of the seminar was student article presentation. My classmate Rebecca was the first to present and covered one of the emerging concerns in healthcare field. Healthcare increasing needs created a mounting burden on the hospitals supply chain operation. Healthcare facility encountering a critical management and administration issue that need to be on the top of the management checklist. The next presentation was a systematic review about the use of health information system and what are the means that would betterment the current status. Besides, how the users of the system shows a great impact on the acceptance rate of the system. Users are the core of the system wither they were patients or staff members and the system should user-based to facilitate and enhance the provided services. The final presentation was by me about the blockchain technology and data security. Since the technology is part of each health services, which put the patient data at risk of the cyber criminals, blockchain technology provide a frog leap in terms of system information security. Thus, will empower the use of the data in scientific research and will enforce the clinical and evidence based system with more information. Also, it will allow multiple system to communicate with less risk and high reliability. Choosing this subject was mainly because my understanding of the current state of the healthcare and technology and how national healthcare system lag behind other industries in terms of security.
1. Mobile Health
2. CRM Application and healthcare
3. The Mobile-Base Application and Healthcare
4. HIMSS Presentation of Healthcare problems
December-18
At the end of the semester, this seminar was a thought-provoking. Prof. Mack introduces new tracks in the Healthcare informatics program, Analytical track and leadership track. Article presentation was interesting, Fred presented the idea of how to solve the explosive cost crisis in health care. Moab presented how the wearable devices could change our quality of life and the difference between wellness and medical device. In the End, a guest lecture presented organizational change management (OCM) and what is the best practice in change management.
October-18
As a requirement for healthcare informatics program, residency sites were discussed by Dr.Mack and introduce professor Atim the new Nursing school facility member. Also, we discussed the upcoming nurse profession and healthcare conferences. Charisse reflected on attendance to CHIME 2018 Fall forum. Her experience was a precious and and valuable, where she exposed to various area in healthcare and informatics.
Furthermore, we discussed as a group with Dr.Mack about our interpretation of the writing assignment in regards to the healthcare informatics jobs. My classmates who has clinical background raised different aspect of it, which were new to me, and helped me understand the importance and crucial role of health informaticist in clinical setting. Mainly, the job objective is to facilitate the use of technology in all areas of healthcare services. This assignment was an eye opener and showed my another angle of health informaticist responsibilities.
September -18
At the beginning of the seminar, Dr.Mack the program advisor introduced him self as well as the program administrative team. He talked about the importance of the monthly seminars and how it will participate in evolving our progress as HCI students and the scheduled assignments in each seminar. Also, we explored the national upcoming conferences related to healthcare and technology and how we can get the most out of it in terms of networking and professional experience. Moreover, every student introduced him/her self and their objectives form the program as well as his/her background and experience in healthcare. Additionally, Dr.Mack stress out the importance of the having professional networking tools such as Linkedin and creating portfolio that summarize our work and information gain during our time in the school. Besides, he explained the competencies we should obtain and different resources of knowledge that will facilitate our learning. Finally, Dr.Mack talked about expected deliverables for the upcoming seminars and its objectives.