Recent Progress in Senor-enhanced health information Systems- Slowly but Sustainably
Courtney Schoner
Strayer University
Dr. Lindsey- HSA 520 Class
Journal Article Critique #1
04-29-2012
Marschollek, Michael. (2009).
The Recent Progress in Sensor-Enhanced Health Information Systems- Slowly but Sustainably. Information for Health & Social Care, 34(4): 225-230.
Abstract
Within the recent years there has been an increase in studies on sensor enhanced health information systems (seHIS).
Health technology is important to utilize because of the demographic increase in the number of elderly today with the rise is disease. The study showed there were many components that provided relative importance to the study which includes patient-centered care using all available sources of information, data security, the stringent use of data representation and device connectivity standards, and adequate methods for data fusion and diagnostic analysis. (Marschollek, 2009 p. 225) During the research there was a main focus on disease that affects the ageing community with the aim to show the recent progress of seHIS systems. Research was conducted through Pub/Med Medline as well as through the research of one thousand and four papers in the field of health/medical journals and one journal in biomedical engineering. During the research the author, Michael Marschollek found that there were only a few sources that matched their search on integrating health enabling technologies in health information systems (HIS).
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In the future there will be a transition from the current institutional centered health information systems to person centered health information systems. This transition will be slow and inevitable in the growing field of seHIS research.
Introduction
The use of health enabling and information technologies has increased tremendously and will continue to do so in the future. In healthcare, “The expected economic impact of new health enabling technologies is often used as motivation for their development. Another motivation is the predicted positive impact on healthcare in general. A positive effect on health care in general can only be gained if the new technologies are sustainably integrated in health care organizations” (Klaus-Hendrick, 2008, p,1) A reason for health enabling systems is the demographic change; the increase of elderly people. This increase in the aging society increases the morbidity rate as well as increases the need of healthcare personnel.
A current trend is the aging population of the baby boomer generation. Enhanced health information Systems will help manage the challenges that will occur in the future, and will be able to provide health information and support to all caregivers, healthcare based and non-healthcare based. A big advantage to HIS is that the entire community is able to participate more in their own healthcare because it is available at their fingertips. Health enabling systems adds to the productivity, efficiency and effectiveness for the overall future of healthcare. Peter L. Reichertz points out, “Over the last years the scientific community has designed a complex variety of these valuable innovations. A systematic overview of the developed services would help to better understand their opportunities and limitations.” (Reichertz, 2011 p.1)
The population for this research consists of manual search of one thousand and four papers in the field of health/medical journals and one journal in biomedical engineering. According to Marschollek, “health enabling technologies deemed necessary include sensors, sensor-enhanced health information systems, health records, data input and analysis, knowledge representation and decision support, organizational aspects, economical aspects, and user acceptance.” (Marschollek, 2009 p.2) The objectives of this study were to report the progress of the HIS and the more recent progress of sensor enhanced health information systems (seHIS).
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Methods
The research approach that Marschollek took during this study was the hybrid approach, in order to identify recent progress. A hybrid approach is research done utilizing the telephone with data collection from websites. Marschollek researched PubMed/Medline used key terms such as assisting living facilities, health enabling technologies, and information systems anything that dealt with HIS.
Another approach taken was a manual search in which contained health and medical information journals and a biomedical engineering journal. “Marschollek (2009) conducted research and from the year 2007 to 2009 and found; there were three hundred and five papers involving IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, thirty six papers on Informatics for Health and Social Care for the years 2008 and 2009, twenty eight research papers on Medical Informatics and Internet in Medicine, three hundred and sixty three papers on International Journal of Medical Informatics and two hundred and seventy two papers on Methods of Information in Medicine.” (Marschollek, 2009 p226) While looking through the research information that contained seHIS was set aside for a more detailed look.
Results
As a result of the research study there was only a limited amount of research papers and journals that were deemed useful. The PubMed/Medline research consisted of a finding three papers that dealt specifically with seHIS. Marschollek closely reviewed thirty papers in the five categories previously stated and then narrowed the research down to thirteen useful papers. The study found relevance of, “six papers in IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, one paper in Medical Informatics and Internet in Medicine, one paper in International Journal of Medical Informatics and five papers in Methods of Information in Medicine.” (Marschollek, 2009 p227)
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The limited amount of research papers on seHIS showed a continual repeat of information. Marschollek continuously gathered, “A seHIS should support decentralized, patient-centRED and personalized care and should include the many sources of information in a person’s environment, data security is of paramount importance when considering both the amount and the granularity of personal data to be used in a seHIS. The use of standards for data representation, such as HL7 CDA, on the one hand and for sensor device connectivity and configuration, such as ISO/IEEE 11073, on the other hand are mandatory to provide the preconditions for a sustained usability of the data gathered within a sensor-enhanced health information system. Lastly, the development of adequate methods for data analysis will be crucial to bring about a benefit for individual care, especially with regard to the timely detection of pathological patterns in multi-modal data. A particular challenge is the integration and fusion of continuous and discrete data, both on a technical and a ‘diagnostic’ level.” (Marschollek, 2009 p.228) There were more challenges that occurred prior to the implementation of the seHIS, however Marschollek was unable to find a paper that described the challenges of seHIS.
Discussion
They advancing of sensor-based systems will transform the future of healthcare by enabling proactive personal health management as well as monitoring the patient’s health condition. Sensored based systems are made of many types of small physiological sensors, and transmission modules and processing capabilities. The system altogether will keep the cost low and make health related information available to everyone. (Sensors, 2010 p.4) A negative point of view is that the implementation of seHIS will bring about numerous amounts of challenges. On the positive point of view is that seHIS brings about the availability of healthcare related issues or everyone. The research will of seHIS will continue as well as the process of implementation.
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Critique
Marschollek describes the process of research to be extensive using the narrowing down of papers as a process to find the detailed information needed. Challenges are being faced dealing with the implementation of seHIS, however the research is ongoing. The author was able to provide the results through limited spread of information. The author was able to show the slow but steady progress of seHIS through the research of journals and papers provided through the research. The use of information was limited providing research of four journals detailing biomedical engineering and health and medical information. Since there was not a wide range of sources used for the research the study could have been more efficient and less limited information could have been gathered through outside sources or with a double overview of research findings. Altogether the goal was met to prove the progress of the growing field of seHIS.
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The Recent Progress in Sensor-Enhanced Health Information
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Health-enabling Technologies for the Elderly – An overview of
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