Use Of Computers In Health Care Research Articles

Attitude of healthcare workers towards information technology

<p><strong>Introduction.</strong> Digital literacy includes things like being able to use information systems and supporting infrastructure. With the increasing use of technology in healthcare, it is important for healthcare staff to be digitally literate. The aim of the paper is to determine the attitudes of primary and secondary health care workers towards the use of computers in health care and to examine the influence of sociodemographic factors on the information literacy of health care workers. <br /><strong>Methods.</strong> The research was conducted according to the principle of a cross-sectional study. The research included 80 respondents, healthcare workers. Data analysis included methods of descriptive and inferential statistics. The data will be presented in the form of a table.<br /><strong>Results.</strong> The results showed that certain socio-demographic factors influenced the attitude of health workers towards the use of computers. The most significant factors were the level of education and previous IT education, but the time the respondents sopent working on the computer and whether they used the computer exclusively at work or at home also had an impact.<br /><strong>Conclusion. </strong>Healthcare workers showed a positive attitude towards the use of computers in healthcare. The most significant socio-demographic factors influencing knowledge of computer work are the level of education of the respondents and whether and where they received their education in information technology.</p>

Examining Nursing Students' Attitudes Towards Computer Use in Health Care

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı hemşirelik öğrencilerinin sağlık bakımında bilgisayar kullanımına ilişkin tutumlarının ve bu tutumları etkileyen faktörlerin incelenmesidir. Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı türde gerçekleştirilen araştırmaya 357 hemşirelik öğrencisi dahil edilmiştir. Veriler 2019-2020 Eğitim Öğretim Yılı Bahar Döneminde Tanıtıcı Özellikler Formu, Sağlık Bakımında Bilgisayar Kullanımına Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği ve Bilgisayar Destekli Bakım Planı Kullanımına İlişkin Görüş Formu aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Nicel veriler sayı (n), ortalama (minimum-maksimum), frekans (yüzde) şeklinde sunulmuştur. Anlamlılık düzeyi p<0.05 olarak alınmıştır. Açık uçlu sorulan sorulara verilen yanıtlar araştırmacılar tarafından okunduktan sonra MAXQDA yazılımı kullanılarak kodlar oluşturulmuş ve kodların betimsel analizleri (frekans) yapılmıştır. Bulgular: Öğrencilerin Sağlık Bakımında Bilgisayar Kullanımına Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği (SBBKYTÖ) toplam puanı 13.13±8.98 olarak belirlenmiştir. SBBKYTÖ puan ortalaması ile bilgisayar ve mobil teknoloji kullanma düzeyi, klinikte bilgisayar kullanma, teknolojiyi yakından takip etme durumları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark olduğu saptanmıştır. Öğrencilerin bilgisayar destekli bakım planı kullanımının avantajları incelendiğinde zaman kaybını önleme, iş yükünü azaltma, hasta ile ilgili verilere kolay erişim ve hatalarda azalma/güvenilirlik kodları, bilgisayar destekli bakım planlarının dezavantajları olarak ise bireyselleştirilmiş bakım için engel, yetersiz bilgisayar becerileri ve teknolojiye bağımlı olma kodları belirlenmiştir. Sonuç: Bu araştırma hemşirelik öğrencilerinin bilgisayar programlarını kullanma yeteneği konusunda kendilerinden emin olduklarını ve sağlık bakımında bilgisayar kullanımına istekli olduklarını ortaya koymaktadır.

Attitudes of Nursing Senior Students Towards the Use of Computers in Healthcare and Related Factors

Attitudes of Nursing Senior Students Towards the Use of Computers in Healthcare and Related Factors

Determining the Correlation between Nursing Students’ Problem-Solving Skills and Attitudes toward Computer Use in Health Care: A Comparative Study

Aim: This study aimed to determine the relation between nursing students’ problem-solving skills and attitudes toward computer use in health care. Methods: This was a cross-sectional and correlational study conducted between December 3 and 7, 2018 in the nursing department of the faculty of health sciences of a university in the northeastern region of Turkey. The study sample comprised 587 (73%) of nursing students. Data were collected using a descriptive characteristics form, the Problem-Solving Inventory and the Pretest for Attitudes Toward Computers in Healthcare scale. Scale total scores and subscale and subgroup mean scores were calculated. Descriptive statistics were presented as numbers and percentages. Data were analyzed using the Mann–Whitney U, Kruskal–Wallis H, and Spearman correlation tests. Results: The mean age of participants was 20.66±1.79 years. Of the participants, 61.0% were women. They had mean scores of 93.41±18.73 and 8.36±9.58 on the Problem-Solving Inventory and the Pretest for Attitudes Toward Computers in Healthcare scale, respectively. The Problem-Solving Inventory was weakly and negatively related with the Pretest for Attitudes Toward Computers in Healthcare scale (p = 0.000, r = -0.363). Conclusion: This study found that nursing students who had low scores on the Problem-Solving Inventory, that is, stronger problem-solving skills, demonstrated more positive attitudes toward computer use in health care. Based on these results, the following recommendations were made. Students’ problem-solving skills should be evaluated at the beginning of each academic year. During clinical internships, mentor nurses should introduce students to nursing informatics.

Examining Nursing Students' Attitudes Towards Computer Use In Health Care

Amaç: Çalışmada hemşirelik öğrencilerinin sağlık bakımında bilgisayar kullanıma yönelik tutumlarının belirlenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Araçlar ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı olarak planlanan çalışmanın örneklemini elaman sayısı belli olan evrenden olayın görülüş sıklığının belirlenmesinde kullanılan formül ile hesaplanan 300 hemşirelik öğrencisi oluşturmuştur. Veriler Kaminski tarafından geliştirilen, “Sağlık Bakım Sisteminde Bilgisayarlara Karşı Tutum Ölçeği” ile birebir görüşme yöntemi ile etik kurallara uygun olarak yürütülmüştür. Veriler SPSS 15,0 paket programında; sayı ve yüzde (%) hesaplamaları olarak değerlendirilmiş, ölçülebilir değişkenlerin karşılaştırmasında Mann Whitney U ve Kruskal Wallis H testleri kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Sağlık bakımı verilen alanlarda, bilgisayar kullanımına yönelik duygu ve tutumlarının cinsiyet, yaş ve sınıfa göre anlamlı farklılık göstermediği belirlenmiştir. Çalışmada; bilgisayar kullanımına yönelik kararsızlık veya anksiyete yaşayabilecek olanlar %2, bilgisayar kullanımı konusunda huzursuz ve endişeleri olanlar %4, bilgisayar teknolojisi farkındalığı sınırlı olanlar %8 oranındadır. Bilgisayar yetenekleri konusunda gerçekçi görüşe sahip olanların %38,7, çeşitli bilgisayar programlarını kullanma yeteneği konusunda kendinden emin olanların %36, bilgisayar kullanmayı öğrenebilme konusunda kendilerinden çok emin olan, bilgi teknolojisini önemseyenlerin %11,3 oranında oldukları belirlenmiştir. Sonuç: Hemşire öğrencilerin bilgisayar teknolojisi ve eğitimini, sağlık bakımının ayrılmaz bir parçası olarak görmelerini sağlamak ve hemşire öğrencilerin bilgisayar kullanım etkinliğini artırmak amacıyla bilgisayara dayalı bir çevrede uygulamalarını gerçekleştirmeleri sağlanmalıdır.

Nursing Students’ Computer Self-Efficacy and Attitudes toward Its Use in The Health Care Setting: A Comparative Study

Context: The use of technology and computers in health care has been reported to improve nurses' decision-making and competencies, which in turn increase the quality of health-care practice.
 Aim: of this study is to assess and compare nursing students’ computer self-efficacy and attitudes toward its use in a health care setting in the Faculty of nursing – Benha and Hail Universities.
 Methods: A descriptive comparative cross-sectional study design was used to achieve the current study aim. The study conducted in the Faculty of Nursing - Banha University, Egypt, and Faculty of Nursing – Hail University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Quota sampling of 219 students was chosen as follows; 190 students from the Faculty of Nursing - Banha University and 29 students from the Faculty of Nursing – Hail University. A structured self-administered questionnaire covering sociodemographic data, the pretest for attitudes toward computers in healthcare, and computer self-efficacy scales were the tool used to collect the study data. 
 Results: 33% of nursing students from Benha University were have a realistic view of current computer capabilities in health care. In contrast, 28% of nursing students from Hail had a very positive view of computer use in health care. Nursing students at Hail University have the highest mean score compared to Benha nursing students (79.45±15.85 & 61.2±7.25, respectively) in their attitudes toward computer and computer self-efficacy. Benha nursing students have moderate computer self-efficacy compared with Hail nursing students who have a high computer self-efficacy level. A highly statistically significant relationship was detected between students' attitudes toward computers and computer self-efficacy (p-value=0.000). Also, there was a highly positive, statistically significant correlation between the demographic variables of nursing students and both students’ attitudes toward computers in health care and computer self-efficacy (p-value =0.00).
 Conclusion: Nursing students in both universities have a positive attitude toward computer use. A significant difference between the mean scores of the two groups in their attitude toward computer and self-efficacy was detected, with a highly statistically significant correlation between both students’ attitudes and their self-efficacy. Also, a significant relationship revealed between the studied students’ demographics and their attitude and self-efficacy. Future studies are recommended to evaluate existing technologies in terms of acceptance, effectiveness, and efficiency in real-life settings and to examine its effect on patient outcomes. Nurse educators should design training courses and educational programs to enhance computer self-efficacy beliefs among nursing students.

Nurses attitudes towards computer use in healthcare

Nurses attitudes towards computer use in healthcare

Gender Effects on Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Physician Computer Users in Outpatient Diagnostic Clinics

A survey of computer use patterns among 179 physicians within multiple outpatient diagnostic clinics of a major healthcare system in the USA showed significant gender effects. A majority of physicians reported daily use of a desk mounted computer. Female physicians spent more time using a computer, were more likely to adjust the keyboard, but felt less familiar with the adjustability features. Over half of respondents reported upper body musculoskeletal discomfort. Female physicians experienced more frequent neck, shoulder, upper back and right hand musculoskeletal discomfort symptoms which seem to relate to their hours of computer use. Implications for the increased use of computers in healthcare are described.

Nursing conceptualizations of research and practice

Despite the fact that computer use in health care and nursing is burgeoning, nurses often find that they have inadequate tools with which to manage information about complex phenomena. Family is one such complex phenomenon of interest to nurses. Commonly-used computer tools for managing information about families may not be congruent with the ways that individuals define their families and may not be consistent with nursing conceptualization of families as dynamic groups not necessarily limited to biologically related individuals. Building nursing knowledge on incongruent conceptualizations will result in inaccurate knowledge. Communication and collaboration between nurse researchers, clinicians, and nursing informatics researchers are needed in order to produce tools that are consistent with nursing conceptualization and that will support nursing research and practice.

Developing an Evidence-Based Curriculum Designed to Help Psychiatric Nurses Learn to Use Computers and the Internet

This article describes the systematic process in which an evidence-based approach was used to develop a curriculum designed to support the computer and Internet skills of nurses in psychiatric hospitals in Finland. The pressure on organizations to have skilled and motivated nurses who use modern information and communication technology in health care organizations has increased due to rapid technology development at the international and national levels. However, less frequently has the development of those computer education curricula been based on evidence-based knowledge. First, we identified psychiatric nurses' learning experiences and barriers to computer use by examining written essays. Second, nurses' computer skills were surveyed. Last, evidence from the literature was scrutinized to find effective methods that can be used to teach and learn computer use in health care. This information was integrated and used for the development process of an education curriculum designed to support nurses' computer and Internet skills.

The Transforming Effect of Handheld Computers on Nursing Practice

Handheld computers have the power to transform nursing care. The roots of this power are the shift to decentralization of communication, electronic health records, and nurses' greater need for information at the point of care. This article discusses the effects of handheld resources, calculators, databases, electronic health records, and communication devices on nursing practice. The US government has articulated the necessity of implementing the use of handheld computers in healthcare. Nurse administrators need to encourage and promote the diffusion of this technology, which can reduce costs and improve care.

CliniViewer: a tool for viewing electronic medical records based on natural language processing and XML.

With the evolving use of computers in healthcare, the electronic medical record (EMR) is becoming more and more popular. A tool is needed that would enable physicians to accurately and efficiently access clinical information in multiple medical records associated with a particular patient. Both natural language processing (NLP) and the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) have been used in the clinical domain for capturing, representing, and utilizing clinical information and both have shown great potential. In this paper, we demonstrate another use of XML and NLP through CliniViewer, a tool that organizes and presents the clinical information in multiple records. We also describe the flexibility and capability provided when combining XML and NLP to summarize, navigate, and conceptualize structured information. The tool has been fully implemented and tested using patients with multiple discharge summaries.

Outcomes of education in information technology at nursing polytechnics

This paper discusses the outcomes of education in information technology (IT) at Finnish nursing polytechnics. The results of the study suggest that the achievement level of student nurses in theoretical IT studies is reasonably high. There remain, however, certain areas of study (such as operating systems) that require an increased input. The practical skills of student nurses are restricted to the use of word processing software on PCs as well as peripherals. Their knowledge of how to use healthcare information systems is limited. This is due to lacking opportunities for student nurses to practise using these systems. Student nurses showed a positive attitude towards computer use in healthcare. They are also highly motivated for further IT studies in the future.

Computer competence for nurse educators.

The Delphi technique, with an evaluation panel of 56 educators from 28 states during Round One and 55 in Round Two, was used as a method of collecting and organizing judgments of present and future needs for computer competence. Competence statements covered psychomotor, cognitive and affective issues in using the computer and related technology in nursing practice and teaching. Judged to be highly important were 45 of the 68 possible present needs and 44 of the 64 future needs. It was concluded that the most pressing needs for nursing educators are for knowledge of computer technology, information on how to use the computer as an instructional tool, recognition of the nurse's role and issues of computer use in health care and use of the nursing process in the development of computerized care plans.