Browsing by Author "Househ, Mowafa"
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- ItemBalancing Health Information Exchange and Privacy Governance from a Patient-Centred Connected Health and Telehealth Perspective.(0000-00-00) Kuziemsky, Craig E; Gogia, Shashi B; Househ, Mowafa; Petersen, Carolyn; Basu, ArindamOBJECTIVES Connected healthcare is an essential part of patient centred care delivery Technology such as telehealth is a critical part of connected healthcare However exchanging health information brings the risk of privacy issues To better manage privacy risks we first need to understand the different patterns of patient centred care in order to tailor solutions to address privacy risks METHODS Drawing upon published literature we develop a business model to enable patient centred care via telehealth The model identifies three patient centred connected health patterns We then use the patterns to analyse potential privacy risks and possible solutions from different types of telehealth delivery RESULTS Connected healthcare raises the risk of unwarranted access to health data and related invasion of privacy However the risk and extent of privacy issues differ according to the pattern of patient centred care delivery and the type of particular challenge as they enable the highest degree of connectivity and thus the greatest potential for privacy breaches CONCLUSION Privacy issues are a major concern in telehealth systems and patients providers and administrators need to be aware of these privacy issues and have guidance on how to manage them This paper integrates patient centred connected health care telehealth and privacy risks to provide an understanding of how risks vary across different patterns of patient centred connected health and different types of telehealth delivery
- ItemEmergency Department Waiting Times (EDWaT): A Patient Flow Management and Quality of Care Rating mHealth Application.(2014-07-08) Househ, Mowafa; Yunus, FaiselSaudi hospital emergency departments ED have suffered from long waiting times which have led to a delay in emergency patient care The increase in the population of Saudi Arabia is likely to further stretch the healthcare services due to overcrowding leading to decreased healthcare quality long patient waits patient dissatisfaction ambulance diversions decreased physician productivity and increased frustration among medical staff This will ultimately put patients at risk for poor health outcomes Time is of the essence in emergencies and to get to an ED that has the shortest waiting time can mean life or death for a patient especially in cases of stroke and myocardial infarction In this paper we present our work on the development of a mHealth Application EDWaT that will provide patient flow information to the emergency medical services staff help in quick routing of patients to the nearest hospital and provide an opportunity for patients to review and rate the quality of care received at an ED which will then be forwarded to ED services administrators The quality ratings will help patients to choose between two EDs with the same waiting time and distance from their location We anticipate that the use of EDWaT will help improve ED wait times and the quality of care provision in Saudi hospitals EDs
- ItemThe impact of mobile phone screen size on user comprehension of health information.(2013-07-04) Alghamdi, Ebtisam; Yunus, Faisel; Househ, MowafaWithin the field of mobile health there is little research conducted on the impacts of mobile health technologies and applications on user comprehension of health content In this study we examine the difference between small medium and large screen mobile phone that affect the user comprehension of health content We designed an experimental study where 33 users read the contents of a health application on different mobile phone screen sizes Each participant was timed tracked for correctness and gave ratings for both readability and satisfaction on each task In addition they were asked some questions about the contents Results show that there was no significant impact of the screen size on user comprehension of the contents However it was found that participants with small screen size took longer to read the health contents
- ItemMobile Social Networking Health (MSNet-Health): beyond the mHealth frontier.(2012-08-09) Househ, MowafaThe purpose of this conceptual paper is to introduce the concept of Mobile Social Networking Healthcare MSNet Health The paper defines MSNet Health and provides a working scenario of MSNet Health The paper suggests various potential domain area applications for MSNet Health such as diabetes antenatal education smoking cessation weight loss and arthritis Challenges and future research areas are also discussed
- ItemRevisiting the impact of mobile phone screen size on user comprehension of health information.(2014-07-08) Alghamdi, Ebtisam; Yunus, Faisel; Househ, MowafaAbstract goes here This is completion of the research and update of the previous work that was published in 2013 1 The paper describes our recent experimental study of the impact of mobile screen size on the user comprehension of health information and application structures An experiment was conducted to measure the impact of screen size on user comprehension and retention Participants were given the same simple scenario which consisted of searching from different menus navigating and reading some contents They were timed and tracked for correctness Also a follow up survey was given to each participant that consisted of a rating scale to assess usability features comprehension and retention abilities of the participants based on different mobile screen sizes Results showed that there was a significant difference between mobile phone screen size and the time taken to read the contents which was at its highest on small screens p value 0 02 Also reading characters was hardest on a small screen p value 0 003 In addition there was a significant difference between the three screen sizes regarding the organization of the application s information showing that the smaller the screen size the more organized the information On the other hand there was no significant impact of screen size on user comprehension retention scores number of errors or effective task completion but it was generally better if a large screen size was used This study concludes that the screen size is not the main concern in comprehension of the contents or application structure However reading speed improves with the larger screen size and positively influences the task completion and understanding of the application elements
- ItemThe role of short messaging service in supporting the delivery of healthcare: An umbrella systematic review.(2016-05-28) Househ, MowafaShort messaging service SMS messages may present a convenient and cost effective method to support healthcare interventions This work assesses the effects of short messaging service on various healthcare interventions found in systematic reviews The search strategy was based on two key concepts short messaging service and healthcare delivery The initial search was conducted in December 2012 and was updated in June 2013 Of the 550 identified references 13 systematic reviews met the inclusion criteria of which 8 were published in peer reviewed journals and 5 were retrieved from the Cochrane library Data analysis shows that low to moderate research evidence exists on the benefits of short messaging service interventions for appointment reminders promoting health in developing countries and preventive healthcare In many interventions however there were a few studies that were of high quality and most of the studies were rated from low to moderate quality or had no rating at all Healthcare organizations policy makers or clinicians using short messaging service messages to support healthcare interventions should 1 implement interventions that have been found to work in healthcare settings 2 continue evaluating short messaging service interventions that have not been adequately assessed and 3 improve collaboration between various healthcare entities to develop studies targeted at specific populations to evaluate the long term impact of short messaging service on healthcare outcomes
- ItemThe Use of Telemedicine in Surgical Care: a Systematic Review.(0000-00-00) Asiri, Abdulmajid; AlBishi, Sara; AlMadani, Wedad; Elmetwally, Ashraf; Househ, MowafaIntroduction Telemedicine describes a healthcare service where physicians communicate with patients remotely using telecommunication technologies Telemedicine is being used to provide pre postoperative surgical consultation and monitoring as well as surgical education Aim Our purpose was to investigate the broad range of telemedicine technologies used in surgical care Material and methods MEDLINE EMBASE CINAHL and Science Direct were searched for available literature from inception to March 30 2018 with no language restrictions The search terms included cell phones telemedicine telecommunications video online videoconferencing remote consultation surgery preoperative perioperative postoperative and surgical procedures Studies were included if they used telemedicine in surgery for pre peri or post surgery periods and if they compared traditional surgical care with surgical telemedicine We excluded case series case reports and conference abstracts from our review Results A total of 24 studies were included in our review The study found that the use of telemedicine in preoperative assessment and diagnosis evaluation after surgery and follow up visits to be beneficial Patients reported benefits to using telemedicine such as avoiding unnecessary trips to hospitals saving time and reducing the number of working days missed Conclusion Telemedicine in surgical care can provide benefits to both patients and