Microsoft Outlook Research Articles

Methodological advances in patient-centered rare disease research: the UTHealth Houston Turner Syndrome Society of the United States research registry

BackgroundMany different clinical specialists provide care to patients with Turner syndrome (TS), who have highly variable clinical manifestations. Therefore, a national TS registry is essential to inform a cohesive approach to healthcare and research. In 2015, the Turner Syndrome Society of the United States (TSSUS) created the Turner Syndrome Research Registry (TSRR) to engage directly with community participants who voluntarily provide longitudinal data about their experiences with TS. TSRR projects are collaborative partnerships between people with TS, TSSUS, and researchers.ResultsTo ensure that registry workflows conform to the data privacy choices of participants, TSSUS collaborated with UTHealth Houston in 2021 to create a new version of the TSRR that completely separates participant health data (stored at UTHealth) and personal identifiers (maintained at TSSUS). We developed an innovative Visual Basic (VB) script that, when embedded into Microsoft Outlook, redirects REDCap surveys through TSSUS to participants by matching registry IDs to participant email addresses. Additionally, the utilization of REDCap allows for portability of data as it is an open source platform.ConclusionIn this report, we will highlight three recent changes that more closely align the TSRR with this mission: a unique and equal collaborative partnership between UTHealth and TSSUS, an open-source platform, REDCap, that ensures data portability and compatibility across institutions, and an innovative survey routing system that retains participant confidentiality without sacrificing REDCap survey distribution capabilities to connect researchers with thousands of participants.

Exploring university students’ online self-presentation techniques and self-disclosure behaviors as predictors of staff response

Online educational platforms (e.g., Microsoft Outlook and Moodle) are integrated within higher education communication. Predominantly aged 18-24 years, university students have only ever known a digitally connected world and communicating online is a core component of their reality. Higher education students and staff are thus regularly communicating online. Online self-presentation techniques and online self-disclosure behaviors are required to communicate online. The online disinhibition effect elevates the risk of over-disclosure. Students may be drawing upon online self-presentation techniques and self-disclosure behaviors to communicate with staff via online educational platforms; this may be useful and result in informative responses from staff, or this could be unsuccessful (particularly if students over-disclose) and result in less informative responses from staff. To explore this, a mixed methods approach has been adopted within this study drawing upon 100 Moodle forum posts and 100 emails between students and staff at one U.K. higher education institution. A deductive thematic analysis identifies occurrences of students online self-presentation techniques and self-disclosure behaviors, and staff’s content disclosure (informativeness of responses). A path analysis then explores the predictive relationship between these components. Findings are the first to highlight that students are indeed utilizing online self-presentation techniques and self-disclosure behaviors via online educational platforms, and that these do predict the informativeness of staff response. Importantly, these findings should be used to support students in how to effectively communicate with staff via online educational platforms, and to educate staff in considerations of how they respond.

“A friendly reminder” – Improving workflow and efficiency in a pulmonary fellows’ outpatient continuity clinic

BackgroundSeeing patients in an ambulatory clinic generates electronic medical record (EMR) inbox tasks. Little is known about the standard baseline message turnaround time to EMR inbox task completion and whether electronic reminders improve turnaround time. Objective1) Obtain baseline message type and mean message turnaround time (MTT) to EMR inbox task completion data, 2) Standardize EMR workflow education, 3) Disseminate bi-weekly electronic reminders to fellows in their continuity clinic and measure MTT. MethodsProspective, non-randomized, unblinded, cross-over pre- and post-intervention pilot study in an ambulatory pulmonary clinic at a large, urban, academic referral health system. Sixteen pulmonary and critical care fellows affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship were divided equally into two groups, with the study period from October of 2021 to May of 2022, and were given bi-weekly calendar reminders in Microsoft Outlook with measurement of EMR messages and MTT. Results2554 messages were acknowledged with result notes (n = 1676, 59.16 %) being the most common. There was a 40 % decrease in overall MTT from the pre- to the post-intervention period (MTT = 33 days in pre-intervention period for whole cohort, MTT = 19 days in post-intervention period). ConclusionsMTT for EMR inbox tasks at a large, academic center with fellowship trainees is roughly 2.5 weeks. These findings should prompt other institutions to investigate their own trainees’ inbox handling habits and validates the benefit of EMR training and reminders on fellowship trainee's in-basket task turnaround time.

Technical Issues: Creating a Troubleshooting System with Microsoft Outlook

As electronic resources routinely account for a sizable portion of library budgets, electronic resources librarians are under increasing pressure to ensure constant access to these resources. Therefore, developing troubleshooting skills and resources is critical for maintaining electronic access for patrons. This article emphasizes the significance of troubleshooting in electronic resources librarianship by highlighting articles on troubleshooting, the NASIG Core Competencies, and the subsequent need for troubleshooting systems that integrate with email. Therefore, this article details how to create an Outlook-Based Troubleshooting System to assist electronic resources librarians in efficiently resolving access issues.

The Machine That Transformed Computing: The Xerox Alto Combined Windows, WYSIWYG, Menus, and Networking to Make the Modern PC

I'm sitting in front of a computer, looking at its graphical user interface with overlapping windows on a high-resolution screen. I interact with the computer by pointing and clicking with a mouse and typing on a keyboard. I'm using a word processor with the core features and functions of Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or LibreOffice's Writer, along with an email client that could be mistaken for a simplified version of Apple Mail, Microsoft Outlook, or Mozilla Thunderbird. This computer runs other software, written using object-oriented program-ming, just like the popular programming languages Python, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, and R. Its networking capabilities can link me to other computers and to high-quality laser printers.

1302. Interactive Case-based Antimicrobial Stewardship Education Program to Pharmacists at a Large Community Health System

Abstract Background Education on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is one of the several elements outlined by the Center for Disease Control for hospital antibiotic stewardship programs. However, the Infectious Diseases Society of America guideline on implementing antimicrobial stewardship notes that passive education should not be a sole method for training as the effects are often short lived. AMS education strategies beyond didactic lectures and written material distribution are needed. We sought to describe the implementation of an interactive, case-based AMS educational program targeting pharmacists across a multi-hospital community health system licensed for over 1,500 beds. Methods Each month, a custom patient case was drafted by an infectious diseases trained pharmacist to highlight a common AMS principle encountered in practice. These topics were broadly categorized into appropriate empiric antibiotic selection, treatment plan modification, and identification of non-infectious clinical syndromes. A specific question with multiple choice answers was drafted. The case was disseminated to all hospital pharmacists via email using Microsoft Outlook. Pharmacists were prompted to use the voting buttons to select the correct answer (Figure 1). After a week, results of the survey was shared with the entire pharmacist staff along with information on the primary teaching point and detailed explanations for why each answer was correct or incorrect. Example Voting Buttons for Case-Based Education Results A total of eleven AMS cases were disseminated to 88 hospital pharmacists involved with direct patient care. Average number of responses per case was 27 (31%), range 17-41 (19%-47%). Average number of correct responses for each case was 74%, range 26%-100%. The highest rates of correct responses came from cases focusing on empiric antibiotic selection (87%), followed by identification of non-infectious clinical syndromes (73%). The lowest rate of correct responses were found with treatment plan modification cases (65%). Conclusion This case-based AMS education program leveraged existing technology to provide engagement across a large and geographically diverse pharmacist staff, provide opportunity to apply stewardship concepts, and assess staff pharmacist knowledge on general AMS principles. Disclosures Matthew Song, PharmD, BCIDP, Merck: Stocks/Bonds|ObsEva: Stocks/Bonds.

Optimizing the Application of Office Automation at the DPRD Secretariat of South Sulawesi Province

Along with the development of science and technology (IPTEK), the role of information systems in an organization or office is no longer in doubt. Information system support can make an office have a competitive advantage. This study aims to determine the optimization of the application of office automation at the DPRD Secretariat of South Sulawesi Province. Data collection techniques used are observation, questionnaires and documentation. The data analysis technique used is descriptive percentage and distribution analysis. The results showed that the Optimization of the Application of Office Automation at the Secretariat of the DPRD of South Sulawesi Province was in the very good category in terms of Microsoft Word indicators, which were in the very good category including the ease of employees in managing documents. Microsoft Excel indicators are in the very good category including providing convenience in terms of word processing. The Microsoft Outlook indicator is in the good category in terms of optimizing the performance of employees with a work schedule. The Microsoft Power Point indicator is in the good category in this case the presentation can facilitate information, and the Publisher Indicator is in the good category in this case increasing competitiveness through promotions.

Siemens Supply Chain Management to Eliminate the Buffers of Inventory That Exists Between Originations in Chains through the Sharing of Information on Demand and Current Stock Levels

Objective: The major objectives of Siemens supply chain management to eliminate the buffers of inventory that exists between originations in chain though the sharing of information on demand and current stock levels. Method: As this research was exploratory in nature, the report has been written based on both the primary as well as the secondary form of information. Result: Siemens healthcare Limited has a small number of suppliers. Their responsibility is to only fulfill the local needs on behave to Siemens healthcare Limited to clients. With or without their help, Siemens healthcare Limited put them identify on their client mind by their own afford. Conclusion: The supply chain at Siemens healthcare diagnostics in Bangladesh is an integral link between the suppliers in Germany and customers in Bangladesh. The approach adopted to cater the demands of customers on a global scale is very effective since a global intranet of Siemens enable real time communication between suppliers and SMEL H DX. The information management systems used at Siemens Healthcare Limited are high-end applications software like SAP, Microsoft Outlook, SHOT (Siemens Healthcare on Target) which determine the profitability of the orders that customers place and can provide the estimated profit margin from each deal of the company. This ensures the end-to-end visibility of the supply chain thus ensuring the company retains a competitive growth rate with high levels of customer satisfaction.

Application System Document Submission to Improving Services in Jedongcangkring Village, Prambon District Web-Based

One of the problems faced by the Jedongcangkring village government, Prambon sub-district, is the process of submitting village documents in making or submitting manual letters, where this has an impact on services that are less than optimal for Jedongcangkring village residents, Prambon sub-district. During this Covid-19 pandemic, information technology is needed by humans in carrying out various human jobs. A computer is a device that was created to facilitate human work, while achieving rapid progress both in terms of hardware and software. The use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and other office software in making letters has several weaknesses, such as dependence on high village administrative capabilities resulting in letter formats often changing and prone to inaccuracies in recording data from letters that have been made. With this web-based village village document submission application, it is hoped that it can solve the problems that are being faced by Jedongcangkring village, Prambon sub-district in carrying out correspondence activities and improving correspondence administration services to be better.

Peer reviewing in foot and ankle surgery: is there a limit to scientific altruism?

IntroductionComplex foot and ankle trauma surgery is a super-specialization of orthopedic trauma surgery. This topic is gaining in interest, both clinically and in research. The peer review process is the cornerstone of the current scientific model of evaluation of research papers. The burden of peer review activity in foot and ankle trauma surgery is currently unknown. Material and methodA comprehensive Microsoft Outlook® analysis of over seven years’ worth of review invites from one surgical Foot & Ankle specialist working at a Level-1 trauma center was evaluated. The topic of each paper was recorded. Whether or not the journal was specifically foot ankle, orthopedic, general medicine or predatory of origin was noted. In addition, it was recorded if the journal was indexed in Pubmed, Medline, or Scopus. The topic of the paper was scored as being foot and ankle related, and more specifically foot and ankle trauma related. Review of revisions were scored as invites as well. ResultsFrom January 2013 to December 2019 a total of 467 review invites were received. The number of peer review invitations rose from 14 in 2013 to 127 in 2019. The percentage of foot and ankle specific journals was 27.4%. The number of requests from non-indexed (predatory) journals rose from 3.7% in 2014 to 36.2% in 2019, with a decrease in article topics related to the authors subspecialty. The annual absolute number of performed reviews stayed approximately the same throughout the study period (34 on average in the last 5 years). ConclusionThe number of review requests in foot and ankle surgery has increased about 5-fold over the 5 year period evaluated. There is a need for more reviewers to spread the burden. Therefore, foot and ankle specialists who are prepared to publish, should also be prepared to provide peer reviews to maintain a high level of quality in foot and ankle research.

The human resource costs of implementing autopend clinical decision support to improve health maintenance.

Sutter Health developed a novel autopend, or automated laboratory test ordering, clinical decision support (CDS) tool to coordinate the patient and physician process of completing preventive services. This study estimated the costs of developing and implementing the autopend functionality within an existing electronic health maintenance (HM) reminder system. Human resource time was measured by triangulating in-depth key informant interviews with Microsoft Outlook Calendar metadata (meetings attended) for managers and hourly data from a time-based project management tool (Project Web App) for Epic programmers. Employee time spent was multiplied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics California state hourly wages. Sutter Health is an integrated health care delivery network with more than 12,000 physicians across 100 communities serving 3 million patients. Activity-based costing methodology was used to divide the implementation into activities and the human resources required to complete them. Developing and implementing the autopend CDS took more than 3 years, involved 6 managers and 3 Epic programmers, and cost $201,500 (2013 US$) (2670 total hours), which excluded the costs of implementing the initial HM reminder system. Managers spent 90.5% of the total costs (86.6% of total hours) integrating autopend into the health system compared with 9.5% of the total costs (13.4% of total hours) spent programming the functionality. The autopend CDS might be similarly costly for other organizations to implement if their managers need to complete comparable activities. However, electronic health record vendors could include autopend as a standard package to reduce development costs and improve the uptake of this promising CDS tool.

Task Scheduler of Sending Electronic Mails Automatically

Nowadays, Every one of every shop, each provisional stores, banking, marketing, etc., everywhere using app to send the any details of each customer should view the message or email alerts. In Earlier days, we used Microsoft Outlook to send and receive emails automatically with limited users of online mode communication. In this paper, scheduler logic will follow to read a data from excel database and used an authenticated email with less secure of SMTP properties that should match with system date. Then, Using Task Scheduler of creating a basic task with a batch file it will send an email automatically. Using any IDE of supports maven properties and setting up a database of scheduler logic was used and batch file of Jar File was created that must be fed into the task scheduler of source link. Finally, Based on System's Date(mm/dd) get the data from excel database and the task of sending emails to be send appropriate users automatically.

Information System Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio to Speed Up Approved Sample Distribution Process

An approved sample is a sample that has been tested in a laboratory and approved by experts who understand it to be a sample in the production process. In the current process, all sample identities are written manually and repeatedly inputted by several people. This manual process is a major bottleneck in producing approved samples so that it can cause delays in the production process. This manual process causes employees to have to work overtime 2-3 hours every day to complete the approved sample which must be issued on the same day. To overcome this problem, an information system was developed to eliminate bottlenecks in this process. Design and development of software use the SDLC method which includes information gathering to find out business processes, DFD analysis, design user interface, ERD and database, and continued with development using Visual Studio, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, and VBA as well as Microsoft Outlook as supporting programs. After the software is implemented it can be seen that the bottlenecks that have occurred so far can be removed and the work completed faster, no additional overtime is required and can even be one day sooner. Besides all the data is stored more neatly and facilitates the process of finding data.

Behavioral Analysis of Trickbot Banking Trojan with its New Tricks

Trickbot is a banking trojan designed to steal users private information. Trickbot trojan first appeared in late October 2016 and targeted banks in Australia. Later, it has targeted many other countries financial institutions, banks and credit card providers. As of April 2017, there have been attacks on leading banks in the UK, US, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, New Zealand, France, Ireland. However, in late 2017, the use of encryption techniques in Trickbot became very popular. Later on, Trickbot launched some updates into its malware code. Due to these updates, Trickbot has been constantly evolving and gaining new features. In addition, with added new modules, Trickbot is able to spread itself and infect as many computers as possible. Generally, Trickbot spreads itself with spam e-email campains which includes e-mail attachments that are often hidden as a Microsoft Office document with active macros. When the malicious sample is executed, it downloads some other binaries. In November 2018, Trickbot authors developed a new module for stealing credentials from the most known applications, such as FileZilla, Microsoft Outlook, and WinSCP. From the beginning of January 2019, the latest versions have been available through seasonal themed spam emails, as if they are coming from a major financial advisory firm. In this study, we conducted analyses to reveal Trickbot behaviour while its code is injected into Banking official web sites. We performed static and dynamic analyses using different tools to identify TrickBot-associated streams and detect TrickBot infection. As a result of the analysis, we found out that its authors use web injections to banking websites to steal and access login information. In addition, our analysis revealed that Trickbot targets many international banks in many countries via web injections. We also discovered that Trickbot uses different interfaces and files to replicate itself.

The burden of predatory journal and congress requests in foot and ankle surgery

IntroductionIn recent years the proportion of predatory invitations by email of the total number of emails received has grown dramatically. The aim of the current study was to objectify the increase in predatory journal and congress requests per email over a 5.5-year period and their relatedness to the receivers’ speciality in Foot and Ankle surgery. Material and methodA comprehensive Microsoft Outlook® analysis of 5.5 years’ worth of junk email from one surgical Foot & Ankle specialist working at a Level-1 trauma centre was evaluated. The topic of each email from the last year was scored according to the ‘degree-of-relatedness’. ResultsBetween July 1st 2013 and December 31th 2018 a total of 41,687 emails were collected in the junk email folder of Microsoft Outlook®. A total of 17.0 percent was attributed to emails from predatory journals and congresses. Over the 5.5-year period the percentage of total emails that consisted of invitations from predatory journals and congresses rose from 4.5% to 40.8%. Only an insignificant amount (2.3%) was directly related to the authors medical sub-speciality of Foot and Ankle surgery. ConclusionThis is the first study showing the individual burden of unsolicited emails from predatory publishers and journals. The authors acknowledge the risk that this publication, like all others, will likely result in yet even more invitations from predatory journals and congress invitations. All should be warned of a huge increase in emails from predatory journals and congresses, which has likely not peaked yet. Appropriate action is needed, as we urge foot–ankle interested scientists to publish in indexed journals with proper peer review.

Developing an End-to-End Secure Emailing Add-in using Steganography

Thanks to the emergence and spread of the internet, email is one of the main and fastest communication tools in both daily and business life. The amount and the importance of data exchanged in emailing have been continuously increasing. This brings the security-related issues. To be able to protect the security of the information, there has been a need to develop innovative ways. Although most email servers are already including some measures, there could some cases in which higher level security measures would be needed. In this paper, we propose an end-to-end secure emailing add-in using the steganographic method, which involves communicating secret data in an appropriate multimedia carrier, e.g., image, audio, and video files. The purpose of the system outlined in this paper is to implement the concept of “information confidentially” through both steganographic and cryptographic techniques. This system is integrated into one of the most commonly used commercial emailing software, Microsoft Outlook as an add-in

A randomised feasibility study to investigate the impact of education and the addition of prompts on the sedentary behaviour of office workers

BackgroundOffice workers have been identified as being at risk of accumulating high amounts of sedentary time in prolonged events during work hours, which has been associated with increased risk of a number of long-term health conditions.There is some evidence that providing advice to stand at regular intervals during the working day, and using computer-based prompts, can reduce sedentary behaviour in office workers. However, evidence of effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability for these types of intervention is currently limited.MethodsA 2-arm, parallel group, cluster-randomised feasibility trial to assess the acceptability of prompts to break up sedentary behaviour was conducted with office workers in a commercial bank (n = 21). Participants were assigned to an education only group (EG) or prompt and education group (PG). Both groups received education on reducing and breaking up sitting at work, and the PG also received hourly prompts, delivered by Microsoft Outlook over 10 weeks, reminding them to stand. Objective measurements of sedentary behaviour were made using activPAL monitors worn at three time points: baseline, in the last 2 weeks of the intervention period and 12 weeks after the intervention. Focus groups were conducted to explore the acceptability of the intervention and the motivations and barriers to changing sedentary behaviour.ResultsRandomly generated, customised prompts, delivered by Microsoft Outlook, with messages about breaking up sitting, proved to be a feasible and acceptable way of delivering prompts to office workers. Participants in both groups reduced their sitting, but changes were not maintained at follow-up. The education session seemed to increase outcome expectations of the benefits of changing sedentary behaviour and promote self-regulation of behaviour in some participants. However, low self-efficacy and a desire to conform to cultural norms were barriers to changing behaviour.ConclusionsPrompts delivered by Microsoft Outlook were a feasible, low-cost way of prompting office workers to break up their sedentary behaviour, although further research is needed to determine whether this has an additional impact on sedentary behaviour, to education alone. The role of cultural norms, and promoting self-efficacy, should be considered in the design of future interventions.Trial registrationThis study was registered retrospectively as a clinical trial on ClinicalTrials.gov (ID no. NCT02609282) on 23 March 2015.

Cost Estimates for Designing and Implementing a Novel Team Care Model for Chronically Ill Patients.

Little is known about the cost of implementing chronic care models. We estimate the human resource cost of implementing a novel team-based chronic care model "Champion," at a large multispecialty group practice. We used activity-based costing to calculate costs from development through rollout and stabilization in 1 clinic with 12 000 chronic care patients. Data analyzed included Microsoft Outlook meeting metadata, supporting documents, and 2014 employee wages. Implementation took more than 29 months, involved 168 employees, and cost the organization $2 304 787. Payers may need to consider a mixed-payment model to support the both implementation and maintenance costs of team-based chronic care.

A Survey of Military Counseling Content and Curriculum Among Council on Rehabilitation Education- and Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs-Accredited Programs

Purpose:To determine the amount, frequency, and type of course content related to military counseling issues in Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE)- and Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)-accredited master’s-level counselor education programs.Methods:A questionnaire was sent to all CORE- and CACREP-accredited program directors/coordinators (N= 383) via Microsoft Outlook e-mail system. The authors used the 6-item questionnaire to ask participants to report data in the following areas: (a) if their program offered a certificate program, specialty track, concentration, or degree program in military counseling; (b) if not, do they intend to add a stand-alone military counseling course, certificate program, specialty track, or degree program in military counseling; (c) if they currently have plans, how do they intend to deliver such topics within the structure of their curriculum or counselor education program; (d) if coursework already exists, how is it currently structured within their curriculum and counselor education program; and (e) 3 open-end questions requesting course titles; semester hours related to course content, curriculum, and/or concentration, and comments regarding student assignments and/or projects that are military related.Results:Overall, out of 362 programs surveyed, 85 (23.4%) responded. All 85 of survey respondents indicated that they did not have a (a) certificate program, (b) specialty track, or (c) degree program that related to military counseling. Of the 85 programs, 34 schools (4.7%) had developed stand-alone courses that offered military counseling content. More than two-thirds of the 85 programs reported covering military counseling content in various courses across the curriculum.Conclusion:None of the program directors/coordinators in this study indicated they had a specialty track, concentration, or certificate program. Some of the participants indicated they were considering adding additional seminars, courses, and other student experiences that would integrate assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for persons that are active-duty personnel and veterans. Overall, the data suggest that there is greater attention and a willingness among counselor educators to infuse military counseling–related coursework. This is promising because it is critical that preprofessionals and professionals alike be introduced to the emerging population of providing rehabilitation counseling services to military personnel, veterans, and their family members.

The Role of Mobile Forensics in Terrorism Investigations Involving the Use of Cloud Storage Service and Communication Apps

Mobile technologies can be, and have been, exploited in terrorist activities. In this paper, we highlight the importance of mobile forensics in the investigation of such activities. Specifically, using a series of controlled experiments on Android and Windows devices, we demonstrate how mobile forensics techniques can be used to recover evidentiary artefacts from client devices. There are three simulation scenarios, namely: (1) information propagation, (2) information concealment and (3) communications. The experiments used three popular cloud apps (Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive), five communication apps (Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype and Viber), and two email apps (GMail and Microsoft Outlook). The evidential data was collected and analysed using mobile forensics and network packet analyser tools. The correlation of evidence artefacts would support to infer illegal use of mobile devices. This study also highlights the extent of acquired evidence between Android and Windows devices, in which Android presents more evidentiary value.