Misplaced Trust: Latent Faults of Health IT in the Clinical Setting

Use of Open Source Software in Health Care Delivery – Results of a Qualitative Field Study

Yearbook of Medical Informatics ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1638840 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 22 (01) ◽

pp. 107-113

Author(s):

O. Heinze ◽

B. Bergh ◽

H. Schmuhl

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Field Study ◽

Open Source ◽

Health Care Delivery ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Clinical Setting ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Theory Approach ◽

Health It ◽

It Executives

Summary Objectives: To assess and analyze the attitude of health IT executives towards the utilization of specialized medical Open Source software (OSS) in Germany's and other European countries' health care delivery. Methods: After an initial literature review a field study was carried out based on semi-structured expert interviews. Eight German and 11 other European health IT executives were surveyed. The results were qualitatively analyzed using the grounded theory approach. Identified concepts were reviewed using SWOT analysis. Results: In total, 13 strengths, 11 weaknesses, 3 opportunities, and 8 threats of the utilization of OSS in a clinical setting could be identified. Additionally, closely related aspects like general software procurement criteria, the overall attitude of health IT executives, users, and management towards OSS and its current and future use could as well be assessed. Conclusions: Medical OSS is rarely used in health care delivery. In order to capitalize the unique advantages of OSS in a clinical setting, complex requirements need to be addressed. Shortcomings of OSS describe an attractive breeding ground for new commercial offerings and services that need yet to be seen.

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Biracial Testing: The Question of Clinicians' Influence on Children’s Test Performance

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.0801.05 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 5-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

David L. Ratusnik ◽

Roy A. Koenigsknecht

Keyword(s):

Clinical Setting ◽

Test Performance ◽

Test Scores ◽

Preschool Age ◽

Speech And Language ◽

Black And White ◽

Drawing Test ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Preschool Age Children

Six speech and language clinicians, three black and three white, administered the Goodenough Drawing Test (1926) to 144 preschoolers. The four groups, lower socioeconomic black and white and middle socioeconomic black and white, were divided equally by sex. The biracial clinical setting was shown to influence test scores in black preschool-age children.

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Systems of Oppression in Geriatric Clinical Service Delivery

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/2020_persp-20-00215 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

Diane L. Kendall

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Service Delivery ◽

Clinical Setting ◽

Service Providers ◽

Hard Work ◽

Clinical Service ◽

Meaningful Change ◽

Important Work ◽

Speech Language Pathologists ◽

Medical Institutions

Purpose The purpose of this article was to extend the concepts of systems of oppression in higher education to the clinical setting where communication and swallowing services are delivered to geriatric persons, and to begin a conversation as to how clinicians can disrupt oppression in their workplace. Conclusions As clinical service providers to geriatric persons, it is imperative to understand systems of oppression to affect meaningful change. As trained speech-language pathologists and audiologists, we hold power and privilege in the medical institutions in which we work and are therefore obligated to do the hard work. Suggestions offered in this article are only the start of this important work.

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