This paper presents the theoretical framework and rationale for the ACTive intervention which proposes the use of video technology to facilitate patient and family participation in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings where plans of care are determined. It is surmised that patient and family involvement will improve communication and compliance in hospice care. An analysis of data from a pil...

background: patient participation means involvement of the patient in decision making or expressing opinions about different treatment methods, which includes sharing information, feelings and signs and accepting health team instructions. objectives: given the importance of patient participation in healthcare decision making which empowers patients and improves services and health outcomes, thi...

This paper describes the participation of Organizer Team in the ImageCLEFlifelog 2017 Retrieval and Summarization subtasks. In this paper, we propose some baseline approaches, using only the provided information, which require different involvement levels from the users. With these baselines we target at providing references for other approaches that aim to solve the problems of lifelog retriev...

conclusions meeting the prerequisites to incorporating tbl in the curriculum of medical universities plays a pivotal role in its success. accordingly, in the assessment of the curriculum of medical universities, these requirements should be fully identified and fulfilled so as to be able to devise appropriate plans for the success of teaching methods. context this review study, performed in 201...

This case study looks at a 71-year-old man who had 52 years of chronic lower limb pain and ulceration secondary to radiotherapy for an osteosarcoma. It discusses some issues surrounding amputation in such a case and raises early preoperative involvement by a multidisciplinary amputee rehabilitation team as a mandatory arm of management.

This paper reports on the effects of computer self-efficacy and involvement on satisfaction with using a Listserv Web site, learning, and team-member tie strength. The customized Listserv allowed one hundred sixteen undergraduate students, enrolled in database and decision support courses, to exchange ideas and documents related to an Oracle class project. Questionnaires were administered befor...

The interaction designer role is not an acknowledged role on the core eXtreme Programming (XP) team and XP has no explicit process for dealing with interaction design. We interviewed interaction designers and other team members on two real-world XP teams and in this paper we report on how they combined interaction design activities with XP. Initial results show that having interaction designers...

Effective communication management is a crucial component of project management as it reduces non-productive effort, prevents duplication, helps to eliminate mistakes, manage uncertainty and generate ideas that lead to better solutions. It also encourages team-work, increases motivation and ensures the involvement of all team members. The larger the project, the more significant communication i...

The move to agile software development methodologies has generated great enthusiasm. The emphasis on team-oriented development and reliance on people rather than predefined processes is transforming software development into a socio-technical process. Through the lens of a real-world project we examined the difficulties experienced when an IS development project shifted from a structured waterf...

it is dawn clear that empowered employees in public sector perform a critical role in their organizational service quality. by the same token, currently competitive advantages stem from employees’ high self-confidence and their commitment toward the goals rather than application of high technologies. this study summarizes twenty influencing factors on employees empowerment including information...