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eHealth and Community Health Strategies

This document discusses working with groups towards community development. It begins with objectives to share journal readings on interventions for facilitated growth groups, including orientation, structure, direction, process, conflict resolution, behavior awareness, and applying new learning. It then reviews stages of group development and discusses using health technologies like e-Health in the community. Key points include: - Defining e-Health as using information and communication technologies for health. - Nurses process data into valuable health information for evidence-based care. Electronic records improve on paper methods. - The Philippines has increasing internet and mobile access but limited health budgets affect e-Health development. - An assignment asks students to observe a community health center and

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eHealth and Community Health Strategies

This document discusses working with groups towards community development. It begins with objectives to share journal readings on interventions for facilitated growth groups, including orientation, structure, direction, process, conflict resolution, behavior awareness, and applying new learning. It then reviews stages of group development and discusses using health technologies like e-Health in the community. Key points include: - Defining e-Health as using information and communication technologies for health. - Nurses process data into valuable health information for evidence-based care. Electronic records improve on paper methods. - The Philippines has increasing internet and mobile access but limited health budgets affect e-Health development. - An assignment asks students to observe a community health center and

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CHN-2.

session-13

Information
Working cont.. Technology & Community
Health

-Rona Grace “Ging” Tabujara, RN, MM


1 minute - Sharing time
What made you…
Smile 
Cry 


Excited
this week?
Review
Last week, 2 groups reported about the
1. Documentation and reporting
▪ Family health records
▪ Community profile

We discussed about
The Stages of Group Development
2. Forming
3. Storming
4. Norming
5. Performing
6. Adjourning
Objectives
At the end of the session, Unit 5 on Working with Group
towards Com Devt will be continued. The students will
be able to share their journal readings on the
Interventions on facilitated Growth Groups
▪ Orientation, structure and direction
▪ Process, negotiate and resolve conflicts
▪ Awareness of the effects of behavior
▪ Application of New Learning

Collaboration and Partnership


Objectives
Demonstrate Effective use of appropriate health
technologies available in the community to aid
implementation of the health care plan.

Information Technology and Community Health


 Definition of e-Health
 Power of Data Information
 E-Health Status in the Philippines
Journal Reading Report
Interventions on facilitated Growth Groups
▪ Orientation, structure and direction
- Marielle and Hope
▪ Process, negotiate and resolve conflicts
- Angelica, Dawn
▪ Awareness of the effects of behavior
- Joy and Angeline
▪ Application of New Learning
- Justine and Micah
Collaboration and Partnership
- Gian and Jake
Guidelines in sharing
1. Cite what Stage of Development is your
topic
2. Why is it happening in that stage?
3. What have you learned in your journal
reading?
4. How were you able to apply it in the
past?
IT & Community Health
1. Definition of e-Health

eHealth is the use of ICT for health

ICT – Information and Communication


Technologies
Diverse set of technological tools and
resources used to communicate, and to
create, disseminate, store and manage
information.
IT & Community Health
 Communication with clients thru
Teleconference, Email or electronic
mail, SMS – short message service

 Recording, Retrieving and mining data


in an EMR or electronic medical record

 Patient teachings using electronic tools


– radio, TV, computers, smartphones,
tablets
IT & Community Health
2. Power of Data Information

Nurses are knowledge Managers

They process raw knowledge data to


valuable information to deliver evidenced
based and individualized interventions

Example – “39”age, house number, jersey


number but if it is an RR what does it
IT & Community Health
 Problems on paper based methods
1. Records gets misplaced
2. Illegible handwriting
3. Patient privacy is compromised
4. Data are difficult to aggregate
5. Actual time for client care gets limited
IT & Community Health
 Benefits of ICT on health
1. data are readily mapped, enabling
more targeted interventions and
feedback
2. Data can easily retrieved and
recovered
3. Redundancy of data is minimized
4. Data for clinical research becomes
more available
5. Resources are used efficiently
IT & Community Health
Good Data Qualities
1. Accuracy – event is reflected as it
happens
2. Accessibility – available when needed
3. Comprehensiveness - complete
4. Consistency / reliability –no
discrepancy
5. Currency – up-to-date and timely
6. Definition – properly labeled and
clearly defined
IT & Community Health
3. E-Health Status in the Philippines

2001 – 2.5% had internet access


2011 – 29%

Mobile users – 80%


73 million subscribers

Text Messaging Capital of the World


IT & Community Health
 Factors affecting eHealth in the
country
1. Limited health budget
2. The emergence of free and open
source software
3. Decentralized government
4. Target users are unfamiliar with the
technology
5. Surplus of “digital native” RN
IT & Community Health
 DOH – health information system
1. Electronic Field Service Information
System
2. Online National Electronic Injury
Surveillance System
3. The People Health Atlas
4. Unified Health Information System
Assignment
Technology should make our lives easier
1. Visit your community health center
2. Observe
3. What are they doing currently doing ?
4. How can they use eHealth to improve the
community health in your area?
5. Provide at least 5 suggestions
6. 1page. Due Monday. 12MN
Any Questions…

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