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Privacy and Security Challenges of Improved Patient Engagement
Published in Jan Oldenburg, Dave Chase, Kate T. Christensen, Brad Tritle, Engage!, 2020
The Blue Button functionality was developed to provide patients with the ability to log into a secure website to view and have the option to download their health information or claims information. The Blue Button program has been implemented by several federal government agencies such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Medicare, and TRICARE. As of August 2012, one million veterans had registered to access their health information via the VA’s Blue Button functionality.19 Several other public and private sector organizations are also looking to offer similar download capabilities for their patients and members, and the industry is looking to create ways for patients to forward downloadable record sets to other physicians. The Blue Button program is evolving as a means for patients to not only download data, but also to share the data with their healthcare providers. For example, a software application is available that allows a patient to push the patient’s Blue Button data directly to the mobile device (e.g., iPad) of the patient’s clinician.20
Dual utilization of Medicare and VA outpatient care among Veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders
Published in The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2023
Maya N. Hatch, Bella Etingen, Jason Raad, Sameer Siddiqui, Kevin T. Stroupe, Bridget M. Smith
In addition, the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) system41 and the addition of the Blue Button feature in My HealtheVet,42,43 which allows Veterans to view and print information from their VA electronic medical record, were recently created by the VA to improve information exchange (example of informational continuity of care). These features ensure that all Veterans have their VA care and current health status at their fingertips to share with other non-VA providers. However, one of the current limitations of these VA electronic systems, and the multidisciplinary care coordination practices noted above, is that the transfer of information is mostly from the VA to outside entities. Incorporation of information from non-VA systems/ clinicians back to the VA is dependent on patient self-report. Previous research has shown, unfortunately, that majority of Veterans are not discussing non-VA interactions with their VA providers.44,45 This is a substantial gap that continues to need work.
Comparison of on Site versus Online Psycho Education Groups and Reducing Caregiver Burden
Published in Clinical Gerontologist, 2022
Konstantina Karagiozi, Petrina Margaritidou, Marianna Tsatali, Makri Marina, Tatiana Dimitriou, Hippokratis Apostolidis, Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, Magdalini Tsolaki
The server configuration hosted: An open-source Content Management System (CMS) called Joomla (http://www.joomlalms.com/). This system is very popular among other content management systems, easy to use and stable.An open-source Learning Management System (LMS) called Moodle (http://moodle.org/). This system is a well-known and powerful learning platform supporting educators to deploy effective online lessons consisting of multiple contexts like documents, videos and presentations. Furthermore, Moodle functionalities support user interactions through online forums and blocks.An open-source web conferencing tool, called Big Blue Button (BBB) (http://bigbluebutton.org/). This tool provides real time sharing of audio and video. The educator can utilize BBB showing slides or by activating screen sharing. Moreover, capabilities of chatting, sharing emoji icons and polling can contribute to user engagement.
Barriers and strategies for coordinating care among veterans with traumatic brain injury: a mixed methods study of VA polytrauma care team members
Published in Brain Injury, 2018
Bridget M. Smith, Rachael N. Martinez, Charlesnika T. Evans, Karen L. Saban, Salva Balbale, Eric J. Proescher, Kevin Stroupe, Timothy P. Hogan
Another aspect of coordination that was reported as challenging by VA polytrauma care team members in our study was accessing and sharing medical records with non-VA providers. Although VA currently relies mostly on its own clinical team members to gather information about non-VA services and medications that Veterans may receive, various efforts are underway to enhance information sharing. VA launched the Virtual Electronic Record (VLER) in 2013 to facilitate exchange of health information across VA and non-VA settings (26,27). Additionally, VA continues to promote and refine its My HealtheVet patient portal, which allows Veterans to access information from their VA electronic health record and to store details about their non-VA health care. Veterans can, in turn, download and share this information with VA and non-VA providers through My HealtheVet features like the ‘Blue Button’ (28). Additional research is needed to examine how these technological efforts to improve information sharing affect coordination of care for Veterans with TBI.