Browsing by Author "Senuzun, Fisun"

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Effects of Data Entry Tools on Health Professionals' Productivity: a Survey
(Acad Conferences Ltd, 2012) Sahin, Yasar Guneri; Celikkan, Ufuk; Senuzun, Fisun
The use of electronic health records (EHR) has become an important issue for accurate medical diagnosis. However, there exist two main difficulties in the creation of electronic health records which make EHR systems hard to deploy: collection of EHR data is time consuming and it is an error prone process. Selection of the most appropriate methods and tools is, therefore, significant for data entry by the health care providers at the point of care in order to maximize productivity. We have conducted a questionnaire to record health care professionals' perceptions of data entry process and determine the functions that, in the view of the professionals', would facilitate the process. The questionnaire consists of 18 basic questions, posted on several web sites which host questionnaires, and was also mailed to health care professionals working in various hospitals over a period of 10 months. Totally, 533 medical care professionals from 29 different countries participated in the survey, of which 284 were M. D., 127 were nurses and the remainder was other medical professionals. The questions focused on the following: workload, performance, productivity, data entry methods that are currently in use or preferred, potential productivity increase from using technological tools in creating EHR and motivational factors for the acceptance of a convenient data entry tool. The results indicate that the health care professionals have an excessive workload, and the use of convenient data entry tools would contribute to increase in productivity. While the clear majority of participants involved in data entry use keyboard and mouse, most expressed a preference for more convenient methods, such as voice recognition or touch screen. Furthermore, physicians reported rarely spending more than 15 minutes for each consultation and conducting 21-30 examinations a day. The main motivation for creating an efficient direct data entry was therefore, to increase time for patient examination and improve accuracy of the diagnosis.
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Interactive Videoconference Supported Teaching in Undergraduate Nursing: a Case Study for Ecg
(IEEE Computer Soc, Learning Technology Task Force, 2013) Celikkan, Ufuk; Senuzun, Fisun; Sari, Dilek; Sahin, Yasar Guneri
This paper describes how interactive videoconference can benefit the Electrocardiography (ECG) skills of undergraduate nursing students. We have implemented a learning system that interactively transfers the visual and practical aspects of ECG from a nursing skills lab into a classroom where the theoretical part of the course is taught. The students and the instructor in the classroom observe the activities in the skill lab in real time, while communicating with the nurse in the lab via audio and video links. An experiment was performed with the participation of 13 male and 57 female (total 70) second year nursing students-36 of who were assigned to Videoconference group (experimental group-VCG) and the other 34 were assigned to Traditional Classroom groups (control group-TCG). In the experiment, ECG knowledge levels of participants were measured by repeated tests (pretest, posttest I and posttest II) and data were analyzed with repeated measures of variances and covariance, the results demonstrating that videoconferencing contributed significantly to the improvement of ECG skills of the participants. In addition, a questionnaire was given to students along with posttest II, and the result of which indicated overwhelming satisfaction with videoconference based lecture.
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Perceived Usefulness of Data Entry Tools in Medical Encounters: a Survey
(Springer, 2013) Celikkan, Ufuk; Sahin, Yasar Guneri; Senuzun, Fisun
Electronic Health Records allows direct data entry and is an important factor for accurate diagnosis. However, two drawbacks of this system is the time needed to create them, which can reduce health care professional productivity, and the fact that it is error prone. It is important, therefore, to select the most appropriate methods and tools for data entry by the health care providers at the point of care in order to minimize a loss of productivity. The study aims to understand health care professionals' perceptions of the data entry process, and determine the appropriate methods, tools and functions that would facilitate the process, minimize loss of productivity and improve quality. A questionnaire which consisting of 18 basic questions (including demographic data) was posted on a web site which hosts questionnaires, on an established online community space and also mailed to health care professionals who are working in various hospitals for a duration of 10 months. Totally, 533 medical care professionals who are primarily from Turkey participated in the survey, of which 284 were medical doctors, 127 were nurses and the rest, other medical professionals. While the clear majority of participants involved in data entry use keyboard and mouse, most expressed a preference for more convenient methods, such as voice recognition or touch screen. Furthermore, physicians reported rarely spending more than 15 min for each consultation and conducting 21-30 examinations a day. The main motivation for creating an efficient direct data entry is to increase time allowed for patient examination, and to improve accuracy of diagnosis. Despite a heavy workload, health care professionals are very receptive to the idea of using a convenient data entry tool and keeping electronic patient records. Emergent data entry technologies in health sector can improve the quality of examinations, physicians' productivity and can decrease the percentage of medical misdiagnosis.