EXAM 2 Flashcards
Tend to be:
- female
- comparatively young, well-educated, and already information rich
characteristics of ePatients
are “internet savvy” people who “meet their own health needs using the internet and other information and communication technology”
- typically find health-related information, share it with others, investigate treatment options and more, online
ePatients
The use of technology to transcend geographical distance in promoting good health
ehealth
The use of devices such as smartwatches, mobile phones, tablet computers, and personal digital assistants for health purposes
mHealth
“why and when do people seek eHealth information”
- find info quickly, to avoid inconveniencing others, and hopefully, to solve an unexpected and urgent dilemma
information sufficiency threshold
The amount of information a person needs in order to feel capable of coping with and understanding a threatening tissue
information sufficiency threshold
The idea that 5 main variables influence people’s intentions to use new technology:
1. social influence
2. performance expectancy
3. effort expectancy
4. facilitating conditions
5. hedonic motivation
unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology
unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology:
1. the degree to which people believe close others (such as family members or friends) value their technology use
social influence
unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology:
2. is a measure of how useful people think a technology will be in helping them complete tasks
performance expectancy
unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology:
3. refers to how hard or easy it is to use a new technology
effort expectancy
unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology:
4. reflect the availability of helpful resources and/or support
facilitating conditions
unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology:
5. pleasure associated with using a technology
hedonic motivation
Disadvantages of eHealth:
- _: online info is sometimes incomplete or inaccurate (AABCC: Accuracy, Authority, Bias, Currency, Comprehension)
- _: online info contradictory or counterproductive
- unreliable information
- conflicting information
Disadvantages of eHealth:
- _: huge volume of online info (confirmation bias)
- _: Cyber security, EMR
- overwhelming amounts of information
- privacy concerns
Using the internet effectively
- distinguish between _ and _ online info
- trustworthy, unreliable
Using the internet effectively
- distinguish between trustworthy and unreliable online info:
- Don’t trust info if there is no _ or if the source given is not well known
- Look for another source if the sponsors are trying to _ rather than offer free info
- Don’t rely on info if it is _ or its references are missing or don’t seem _
- author or sponsor
- sell a product
- dated, legitimate
Using the internet effectively
- distinguish between trustworthy and unreliable online info:
- Keep in mind that _ don’t speak in terms of “secret formulas” or “miraculous cures”
- _ warning: wording such as “treats all forms of cancer”, “ cancer disappears” and “nontoxic” (Food & Drug)
- legitimate health practitioners
- Red Flag
Using the internet effectively
- distinguish between trustworthy and unreliable online info:
- Don’t be convinced by case studies of _
- Do your own _; read medical journals; ask health professionals
- Read the _; look for disclaimers and vague wording
- Report suspicious claims to the Federal Trade Commission, Better Business Bureau, or State Attorney General’s office
- “actual” satisfied customers
- research
- fine print carefully
Delivering health info:
- 5 Billion
- positives: lower initial cost, portability
- negatives: limited functionality, limited depth of info
mHealth (mobile devices)
Delivering health info:
- 2.2 Billion
- positives: high functionality, in-depth info
- negatives: high cost for internet & computer, stationary
eHealth (computers)
- patient-centered communication
- patient education
- access to services
- cost saving
potential advantages for telehealth consumers
- compromised quality of care
- threats to privacy
potential negatives for telehealth consumers
utilize technology to facilitate long-distance health care, education, administrative teamwork, and disaster responses
Telehealth
Is a subset of telehealth that specifically involves offering clinical services to patients at a distance, usually through the use of teleconference exams and shared diagnostic data, but also via iphone and computer-mediated conversations
Telemedicine
- theory of personal causation
- theory X and theory Y
- motivation-hygiene theory
theoretical foundations
Theoretical foundations:
- The proposition that people resist being treated as pawns (required to relinquish control and unthinkingly follow orders) but respond well when they are treated as origins (active participants in designing and carrying out worthwhile tasks)
Theory of personal causation
Theoretical foundations:
- The perspective that managers tend to fall into one of two basic camps:
1. _ managers believe people are naturally lazy and must be produced and supervised to be productive
2. _ managers believe people enjoy the inherent rewards of work and are motivated to make a positive difference
- Theory X
- Theory Y
Theoretical foundations:
- The idea that satisfaction is based on one set of factors (Ex: feeling satisfied, making an important difference, feeling respected, learning, and improving)
- and dissatisfaction is based on a different set of factors (Ex: feeling underpaid, working in unhealthy or unproductive conditions, perceiving that rules and policies are unfair)
Motivation-hygiene theory
Team members who loves a challenge, have a positive attitude, and inspire everyone around them
A-team players
Team members who have bad attitudes, who are often lazy or late, and who resent the demands of the job
B-team players
Career opportunities for healthcare administrators:
- oversees the care of all the patients at a health care, facility, manages the nursing staff, and communications between the nursing staff and the physicians at a healthcare facility
nursing director
Career opportunities for healthcare administrators:
- manages the cost-effective operation of a medical facility and all financial aspects, including risks for the organization
chief financial officer
Career opportunities for healthcare administrators:
- manages and implements a healthcare facility’s strategic initiatives and long-term growth plans
medical office manager
Career opportunities for healthcare administrators:
- supervises the healthcare facility and implements policies and procedures for personnel, regulation, and quality patient care, and other medical facets that may effect the institutional healthcare system
medical director
Career opportunities for healthcare administrators:
- acquires, analyzes, and secures the digital and traditional health records of patients
health information manager
Career opportunities for healthcare administrators:
- oversees a specialty field and the quality of care in it, represents the field publicity and within the organization, coordinates activities, and interacts with administration and other departments as the representative of the field
departmental director
Career opportunities for healthcare administrators:
- responsible for ensuring that the quality of care meets a healthcare facility’s overall mission and goals
chief operating officer
Career opportunities for healthcare administrators:
- directs the efficient operation of a medical facility or system by managing and balancing day-to-day operations and long-term strategic development initiatives
President or CEO
Servant leadership and employee empowerment
- _
- patients
- frontline
- supervisors
- executives
- when the classic hierarchy is inverted, executives act as servant leaders by listening and supporting frontline and holding everyone accountable for excellence
invert the pyramid
- invert the pyramid
- build relationships by listening
- push decision making to the lowest level possible
- hold people accountable
- celebrate success
- remind yourself every morning that you are not in it to make money off of sick people
Servant leadership and employee empowerment
- hire carefully: A-team vs B-team players
- teach the cultures and values
- continually recruit internal talent
advice to human resource managers
People make relatively enduring judgments between alternatives based on trust, shared values, loyalty, and commitment
- commitment and trust are the greatest predictors of relationship strength
commitment-trust theory of relationships
What makes an organization recognizable in comparison to others
identity
an overall but sometimes fleeting feeling about a company based on its “personality”
image
a long-term assessment by a range of constituents about the character, conscience, and credibility of an organization
reputation
- identity
- image
- reputation
- point A to point B company/organization
- superficially image-based company/organization
- reputation-based company/organization
Organizational identity, image and reputation
History of healthcare service advertising:
- _: American Medical Association (AMA) banned advertising and public relations by physicians
1922
History of healthcare service advertising:
- _: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) applied antitrust law to healthcare and determined that the AMA’s policy banning advertising and PR by physicians is illegal
1975
History of healthcare service advertising:
- _: AMA and other medical societies brought legal challenges to FTC
1975-1982
History of healthcare service advertising:
- _: The supreme court sided with the FTC and ruled the advertising/PR ban illegal
1982
- topics of comment:
- common: physician interpersonal manner, staff communication, physician knowledge, and skill, taking time with patients
- uncommon: treatment follow-up, convenience of location, cleanliness of the office, weekend/evening office hours, physician years in practice
Yelp ratings for healthcare facilities/providers
Yelp ratings for healthcare facilities/providers
- relationship with clinical outcomes: _ between hospitals with high and low yelp ratings in preventable readmission and mortality rate
no difference
- Be first
- Be right
- Be credible
- Express empathy
- promote action
- show respect
Crisis and emergency risk communication (CERC) principles
Crisis and emergency risk communication (CERC) principles:
- Crises are time sensitive
- communicating information quickly is crucial
- for members of the public, the first source of information often becomes the preferred source
Be first