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Between the tacit and the explicit: ICT as a facilitator for knowledge creation and learning in physiotherapy education
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2008-06-16)It is a national aim to increase the pedagogical utilization of ICT in higher education and to use ICT to promote learning and innovation. E-learning tools and projects are prime examples for meeting this aim. Much research in this area seems to focus on economical, organizational and user satisfaction issues. Less is focusing on which type of knowledge the tools represent, and it seems to be a ... -
Cardiac patients’ willingness to use tele-health for cardiac rehabilitation and institutional readiness to adopt telemedicine in Sahid Gangalal National Heart Centre (SGNHC), Nepal
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-15)It is a cross sectional study conducted in Sahid Gangalal National Heart Centre (SGNHC) of Nepal, among 80 cardiac patients who are 18 years and above. The main objective of the study is to study the willingness of the cardiac patients for tele-cardiac rehabilitation and to study the readiness of study institution for telehealth/e-health in general. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package ... -
Challenges and Impact of Transforming Paper-Based Nursing Documentation into Electronic Form: A Study in Nepal
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-18)The healthcare sector is a very delicate sector which faces issues surrounding quality, safety, efficiency, cost, and access to health care services. The nurses have a huge responsibility to maintain quality documentation and they are struggling in doing so especially when they are still using paper-based nursing documentation. The transformation of paper-based nursing documentation into electronic ... -
Challenges faced by telemedicine in Africa : case study from Cameroon
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05)Telemedicine implementation in Africa is increasingly becoming am important topic of discussion; in and out of Africa, investigated, and implemented, yet the term lacks conceptual clarity and definition to health workers within the African continent itself. The primary purpose was to examine perceived susceptibility, some common barriers, and self-efficacy associated with the implementation put in ... -
The challenges, problems and strategies of electronic medical record implementation : a case study of an eye hospital from India
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2008-05-15)Interpretive research study was designed to answer the following research questions: 1) what are the different interests and expectations of managers and health staff and how they should be aligned in order to adopt an EMR system? 2) What are the challenges of the managers and problems faced by the end-users while transitioning their practice from paper to PC? 3) What are the strategies adopted by ... -
Co-creating since 1990s: an qualitative analyses of the exploratory case study on a small private health IT company in North Norway though the prism of ANT.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-05-14)Digitalization of healthcare is done through development and delivery of health information technology, mobile health, wearable devices, telehealth, telemedicine, health portals, personalized medicine, or in other words – ehealth. Ehealth solutions are expected to improve the treatment process, improved safety, efficiency and quality, as well as empowerment of both patients and healthcare professionals. ... -
Comparative study on system requirements and success factors of telemedicine solutions in resource-poor settings
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-06-01)Rationale: Attempts to successfully develop telemedicine solutions by specifying the require-ments and critical success factors of these solutions are on-going in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries as a means of improving access to high-quality healthcare. European Space Agency (ESA) (Dario et al. 2005) have explored the challenges and benefits of telemedicine solutions in these regions in the domains ... -
A context-sensitive framework for mobile terminals for assisting Type 2 diabetes patients
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2008-06-10)PURPOSE The aim of this research is to develop a mobile-based framework for using context information to create an intelligent environment within which applications for diabetes self-management operate. MOTIVATION Mobile applications are emerging as a preferred method for diabetes self-management. This increases the number of interruptions that the patient will get from the phone and can easily ... -
Coordinating resources in hospital : complex workflow
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2008-05-15)This paper attempts to provide an understanding of the intricacies in surgical operation planning and coordination; it followed the pre and post-implementation of DIPS ASA ─ an electronic surgical module introduced at UNN, Tromsø. Organizations are opting to grasp the promised benefits of IT. However, studies in past have showed that introduction of IT in large organisations are seemingly deemed ... -
Current situation and future opportunity of telemedicine in Bangladesh
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-08-15)Developing countries are leisurely adopter of new technologies, particularly with regards to the health services of these countries. This study explores the current health information infrastructure and future prospects of information and communication technology in health system of Bangladesh using an interpretative case study approach and proposes apply Telemedicine system to ensure health for ... -
Design of a location–based Ascom/trixbox prototype for context-sensitive communication system in hospitals
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-09-23)This Master thesis is based on an ongoing project work titled ―Context-Sensitive systems for mobile communication in hospitals‖ at Norwegian Centre for Integrated care and Telemedicine (NST), University Hospital of North Norway (UNN). The project group is working on context-sensitive communication in hospitals based on Ascom/trixbox experimental (ATE) platform. The ATE based protocol system ... -
“Diabetes care”: Providing advanced representation of mobile diabetes diary data to general practitioner
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-07-18)Purpose The purpose of the research is to develop an application that will support diabetes management in general practice. The research solution was implied to allow general practitioner to see advanced represented data that was measured and recorded into mobile diabetes diary by patients with diabetes. Motivation The development of mHealth applications for patients with diabetes has large ... -
Digital dannelse -et bidrag til forståelse av en kompleks utfordring i skolen
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-12-15)Denne oppgaven omhandler temaet digital dannelse. Oppgaven har to hovedhensikter: Det ene er å bidra til et økt fokus på temaet, og det andre er å være et bidrag i seg selv, som kan etterprøves for deretter enten å videreutvikles, aksepteres eller forkastes. Oppgaven bygger blant annet på et syn om at digital dannelse må være noe mer og/eller annet enn regler og normer for skikk og bruk på nettet, ... -
E-learning and teledermatology: Are web-based images good enough for learning?
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-06-26)The purpose of this study is to review different papers that discuss about e-learning and teledermatology and how web based images are helping in diagnose and treatment of dermatological problems. This study is a qualitative chronicle literature review of teledermatology and e learning to evaluate the current situation of teledermatology to solve skin related problems and how modern technologies are ... -
Electronic communication across organizational borders in healthcare: an empirical study
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-13)This empirical study of the national message exchange system is aimed to serve as a partial evaluation within a local context, based on user experiences. A qualitative method based on semi-structured, open-ended interviews with clinical system users at the University Hospital of Northern-Norway and in the healthcare service of the Municipality of Tromsø, combined with informal meetings with project ... -
Electronic communication across organizational borders in healthcare: an empirical study
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-13)This empirical study of the national message exchange system is aimed to serve as a partial evaluation within a local context, based on user experiences. A qualitative method based on semi-structured, open-ended interviews with clinical system users at the University Hospital of Northern-Norway and in the healthcare service of the Municipality of Tromsø, combined with informal meetings with project ... -
Electronic disease surveillance system based on inputs from people with diabetes: an early outbreak detection mechanism.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-18)Objective: Generally, the purpose of this thesis project is to develop an effective electronic disease surveillance system, which is capable of detecting a cluster of people with elevated blood glucose (BG) levels within a specific region and timeframe by analyzing diabetes data. Specifically, we mainly focus on developing an early outbreak detection algorithm that can analyze BG data and detect ... -
eMedication - a smartphone-based e-medication system for hospitalized patients
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-10-13)Purpose: The purpose of this research was to develop a smartphone based e-medication app for hospitalized patients at the University Hospital of North Norway (UNN). The app was expected to provide an overview of medication that the patient is given during hospitalization. Motivation: E-medication has become widely popular in many countries, and has replaced the paper-based prescription. This ... -
Emnet: A System for Privacy-preserving Statistical Computation on Distributed Health Data
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-18)Motivation: Despite its enormous benefits, EHR data reuse is limited because of multi-dimensional challenges where privacy comes on the forefront. Recently various privacy-preserving statistical computation tools have emerged. However, they have limited privacy guarantee and use ad-hoc techniques for privacy-preserving computation of statistical functions. Purpose: ... -
Enabling medical research on clinically collected data using openEHR archetypes
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-06-07)Purpose: The aim of the thesis is to providing a high quality research repository based on openEHR platform and assessing the feasibility. This involves transforming the data to openEHR data format, annotating, and visualizing data. Method: We used the design paradigm rooted in the engineering discipline to build the system and assessed the feasibility using a criteria which uses the effect of the ...
