Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly spreading across the world. As of March 26, 2020, there are more than 500,000 cases and 25,000 deaths related to COVID-19, numbers increasing by hour. Objective aim this study was explore trends in confirmed COVID-19 North Carolina, understand patterns virtual visits symptoms COVID-19. Methods We conducted a cohort patients using an on-demand, statewide urgent care center. collected data from February 1, 15, 2020....

<h3>Importance</h3> The use of electronic health records (EHRs) is directly associated with physician burnout. An underlying factor burnout may be EHR-related fatigue owing to insufficient user-centered interface design and suboptimal usability. <h3>Objective</h3> To examine the association between EHR fatigue, as measured by pupillometry, efficiency, mouse clicks, time, number screens, among intensive care unit (ICU) physicians completing a simulation activity in prominent EHR. <h3>Design,...

Objective The purpose of this study was to further explore the effect EHRs on emergency department (ED) attending and resident physicians' perceived workload, satisfaction, productivity through completion six EHR patient scenarios combined with productivity, satisfaction surveys. Methods To examine usability, we used a live observational design post observation surveys conducted over 3 days, observing interactions during 1-hour period. Physicians were asked complete in EHR, then participants...

As teledermatology has been widely adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential to examine patients' experiences and satisfaction with teledermatology.

Abstract Objectives Health-related chatbots have demonstrated early promise for improving self-management behaviors but seldomly been utilized hypertension. This research focused on the design, development, and usability evaluation of a chatbot hypertension self-management, called “Medicagent.” Materials Methods A user-centered design process was used to iteratively develop text-based using Google Cloud’s Dialogflow natural language understanding platform. Then, testing sessions were...

Background Electronic health records (EHRs) have been associated with information overload, causing providers to miss critical information, make errors, and delay care. Information overload can be especially prevalent in medical intensive care units (ICUs) where patients are often critically ill their charts contain large amounts of data points such as vitals, test laboratory results, medications, notes. Objective We propose study the relationship between EHR use among ICU 4 major United...

Obtaining informed consent (IC) is vital for ethically and effectively recruiting participants in research projects. However, traditional in-person IC approaches encounter notable obstacles, such as geographic barriers, transportation expenses, literacy challenges, which can lead to delays enrollment increased costs. Telehealth, especially teleconsent, offers a potential way overcome these obstacles by facilitating the process digital setting. Nonetheless, there are concerns about whether...

Virtual nursing is a novel model of care that utilizes experienced nurses providing remotely using telehealth technologies. This qualitative study focuses on patient experiences after virtual to complete hospital admission assessments or discharge education. Overall, patients reported mostly neutral positive with nursing, only 13% quotes identified as having negative sentiments. paper provides valuable insights into how perceive including acceptance, the advantages and perceptions.

Surgical video review improves performance, but capture, editing, sharing, and platform usability challenges hinder implementation. Evaluating by end-users is vital for effective adoption. In this study, we utilized a standardized measurement scale, the System Usability Scale (SUS), to measure of an existing local network capture (LNVC) within surgical department. The LNVC system consists intraoperative camera with attached hard drive data retention. SUS survey was administered residents...

Poorly designed Electronic Health Records (EHRs) can lead to increased workloads, decreased efficiency, and medical errors. This cross-sectional study surveyed ICU providers’ perceptions of their EHR using the NASA-TLX CSUQ surveys. We found that providers report temporal demand effort when EHR, they are dissatisfied with EHR’s interface quality.

The solution to the growing problem of rural residents lacking health care access may be found in use telemedicine and mobile (mHealth). Using mHealth or allows patients from remote areas have better care.The objective this study was understand factors influencing choice communication medium for receiving care, through analysis versus encounters with a virtual urgent clinic.We conducted postdeployment evaluation new service, Virtual Urgent Clinic, which uses modalities provide patient care....

Positive patient experiences are associated with illness recovery and adherence to medication. To evaluate the virtual care experience for patients COVID-19 symptoms as their chief complaints. We conducted a cross-sectional study of first cohort in clinic. The main end points this were visit volume, wait times, duration, diagnosis, prescriptions received, satisfaction. Of 1139 total visits, 212 (24.6%) had symptoms. average time (SD) all visits was 75.5 (121.6) minutes. duration 10.5 (4.9)...

Anxiety and depressive disorders are the most common mental health conditions among African American women. Despite need for care, women significantly underuse services. Previous mobile studies revealed significant improvements in anxiety or symptoms after intervention. The use of apps offers potential to eliminate mitigate barriers who seeking access services resources.This study aims evaluate usability prototype an app that is designed supporting self-management depression women.Individual...

Foundational domains are the building blocks of educational programs. The lack foundational in undergraduate health informatics (HI) education can adversely affect development rigorous curricula and may impede attainment CAHIIM accreditation academic

Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses experience high levels of burnout related to the high-stress environment. Management electronic health records (EHR) is a contributing factor physician burnout. However, limited research has established relationship between nurse's well-being and EHR use.The objective this study was examine association use nurses.We surveyed registered employed at major Southeastern medical center in United States about their demographics, with EHRs, satisfaction elements...

Chatbots have potential to deliver interactive self-management interventions but rarely been studied in the context of hypertension or medication adherence. The objective this study was better understand patient information needs and perceptions chatbots support self-management.Mixed methods were used assess preferences for using chatbots. We purposively sampled adults with who prescribed at least one medication. Participants completed questionnaires on sociodemographics, health literacy,...