Biomedical subjects

M C Beuscart-Zephir

Publications and source records attributed to M C Beuscart-Zephir.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2003

Communication of information in the homecare context.

Organizing the Homecare with new information technologies is nowadays an important challenge. Indeed, some medical evolutions as the improvement of the duration of life, the number of chronic diseases and some social evolutions, such as the quality of patient life, or economic evolutions, such as the reduction of hospitalisation costs, could benefit from homecare. In this paper, we present the problem of the communication of information in the homecare context. Some main phases have been described that compose the two homecare processes: a logistic process and a care process. The communication of information during homecare depends on the concerned phases: first, some exchanges of information from existing Information System to the Homecare Information System; then, some exchanges between the homecare system and the mobile health care actors; and then, some mails during the outcome phase. Coordination architecture is briefly described, and two different implementations for the communication of information during homecare are presented: one is using XML messages to exchange information between Information Systems; the other is using mobile tools for communicating with mobile actors.

Efficiency, Organizational↗

PubMed1996

Assessment of a cooperative workstation.

Groupware and new Information Technologies have now made it possible for people in different places to work together in synchronous cooperation. Very often, designers of this new type of software are not provided with a model of the common workspace, which is prejudicial to software development and its acceptance by potential users. The authors take the example of a task of medical co-diagnosis, using a multi-media communication workstation. Synchronous cooperative work is made possible by using local ETHERNET or public ISDN Networks. A detailed ergonomic task analysis studies the cognitive functioning of the physicians involved, compares their behaviour in the normal and the mediatized situations, and leads to an interpretation of the likely causes for success or failure of CSCW tools.

Cooperative Behavior↗

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[Nutrition survey assisted by computer].

Data processing has made data banks available to the nutritionist, enabled rapid conversion of food data, and supplied detailed even commented listings of eating behaviour. Until now, however, use of the computer has remained the privilege of the dietician. A conversational data programme employing a microcomputer has been developed, enabling patients to establish a dialogue with the calculator, with storage of data concerning their food habits. A double food survey was conducted in 93 adult subjects, one of which involved the dieticians from ISTA, and the other the computer. Good correlation was found between the two estimates of calorific rations (r = 0.84, p less than 0.001) and nutriments. Deviations between the two estimates were less than 20 p. cent in the majority (80 p. cent) of cases. Psychological questioning confirmed the good reception reserved for this type of computerized survey, whatever the initial reservations held against data processing. Performances were not altered by the sociocultural level of the persons surveyed. This type of interactive programme should lead to simplification of the food anamesis, thus favorizing the communication and the counselling role of the nutritionist. It can also be of value in the framework of epidemiological surveys or education of nutrition.

Adult↗