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Hall, Shirley L. "Information processing instruction in Virginia Community Colleges." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/94455.
Повний текст джерелаM.S.
Wagner, Pamela Jean, and Christal June Quam. "Electronic access to academic records by Department of Children's Services social workers." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2184.
Повний текст джерелаGeorgiou, Andrew. "The organisational and communication implications of electronic ordering systems for hospital pathology services." University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4653.
Повний текст джерелаComputerised Provider Order Entry (CPOE) systems provide clinicians with the ability to electronically enter hospital orders for laboratory tests and services. CPOE is able to integrate with hospital information systems and provide point of care decision support to users thereby making a potentially significant contribution to the efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery. The evidence of the impact of CPOE systems on pathology services is not extensive and insufficient attention has been paid to their effect on organisational and communication processes. This thesis aimed to investigate the implications of CPOE systems for pathology laboratories, their work processes and relationships with other hospital departments, using comparative examinations to identify the tasks they are involved in and the particular needs the laboratories expect to be filled by the new system. This longitudinal study of a CPOE system was carried out over three years using multiple cases from a hospital pathology service based at a large Sydney teaching hospital. Multi-methods using quantitative and qualitative data were employed to achieve triangulation of data, theory and methods. The findings provide evidence of a significant 14.3% reduction of laboratory turnaround times from 42 to 36 minutes when laboratory data for two months were compared before and after CPOE implementation. The findings also reveal changes in the pattern and organisation of information communication, highlighting transformations in the way that work is planned, negotiated and synchronised. These findings are drawn together in a comprehensive organisational communication framework that is highly relevant for developing a contingent and situational understanding of the impact of CPOE on pathology services.
Xiong, Li. "Resilient Reputation and Trust Management: Models and Techniques." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7483.
Повний текст джерелаSchaap, Jessica. "Electronic shoeboxes? : the database for historical research." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33923.
Повний текст джерелаTokosi, Temitope Oluwaseyi. "Electronic patient record (EPR) system in South Africa : information, storage, retrieval and share amongst clinicians." University of the Western cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5414.
Повний текст джерелаA phenomenological philosophy underlies this research study which attempts to understand clinicians’ perception and understanding of an electronic patient record (EPR) system currently operational at a hospital in the Western Cape Province in South Africa (SA). Healthcare is a human right, thus patient records contain critical data and mostly paper-based in many SA hospitals. Clinicians are the EPR primary users and their attitude in its use is important for its success. This study explores, identifies and determines clinicians’ cognitive attributes towards EPR with a technology use framework developed. An initial quantitative approach was applied but unsuccessful due to low sample size. A pilot study was then conducted using 11 respondents. Purposive sampling was first initiated then snowball introduced later to improve the sample size qualitatively. Interviews were administered to 15 clinicians and tape recorded. Narrative content analysis was used as the preferred analysis technique because of the advantage of gaining direct information from study participants, unobtrusive and a nonreactive way to study the phenomenon of interest. Research findings tested 12 propositions and found high impact relationships between attitude (ATT) and each listed theme namely: perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), complexity (COM), facilitating condition (FC), use behaviour (USE). Use behaviour had high impact relationships with storage (STO) and retrieval (RET). There were moderate impact relationships between PU and USE; PEOU and PU; RA and ATT; job fit (JF) and ATT; USE and share (SHA). The implication here is that any EPR system to be implemented should be tested using this framework to ascertain its usefulness and fit with a hospital's objectives and users expectations. By so doing, anticipated problems can be mitigated against and resolved before implementation. The study contributes to the information system (IS) body of knowledge through the technology use framework. The framework is for adoption by hospital management and its use by clinicians where EPR is operational. Traditional IS frameworks can be adopted for hospitals about to implement EPR because of the relevance of the "intent to use" theme.
Huang, Chih-chung David. "The impacts of information technology on organizational effectiveness in human service organizations /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Повний текст джерелаArafat, Sachi. "Foundations research in information retrieval inspired by quantum theory." Thesis, Connect to e-thesis, 2008. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/181/.
Повний текст джерелаPh.D. thesis submitted to the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Information and Mathematical Sciences, University of Glasgow, 2007. Includes bibliographical references. Print version also available.
Chilappagari, Sairam. "Role of web services for globally distributed information retrieval systems in a grid environment implementation and performance analysis of a prototype /." Fairfax, VA : George Mason University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1920/3220.
Повний текст джерелаVita: p. 108. Thesis director: J. Mark Pullen. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Aug. 28, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-107). Also issued in print.
Chiware, Elisha Rufaro T. "Business information needs seeking patterns and information services in the small, medium micro enterprises sector (SMME) in Namibia /." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02052008-171412/.
Повний текст джерелаLi, Xiaodong. "RDSS ; a reliable and efficient distributed storage system." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1103127547.
Повний текст джерелаHorn, John F. "IPSec-based dynamic security services for the MYSEA environment." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Jun%5FHorn.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаThesis Advisor(s): Cynthia E. Irvine, Thuy D. Nguyen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-109). Also available online.
Sarasua, Wayne Alexander. "SIG-GIS : a GIS based traffic signal coordination and information management system." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19085.
Повний текст джерелаBharath, Karthik. "The logic of information flow a graded approach /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2008.
Знайти повний текст джерелаIncludes bibliographical references.
Byrne, Elaine. "A participatory approach to the design of a child-health community-based information system for the care of vulnerable children." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2004. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
Повний текст джерелаan Information System that can be used to advocate and influence decisions and policies for the rights of these children
an Information System that includes all children. An interpretive participatory action research approach, using a case study in a rural municipality in South Africa, was adopted for the study of a child-health Community-Based Information System. The context in which the community is placed, as well as the structures which are embedded in it, was examined using Structuration Theory. This theory also influenced the design of the Information System. As the aim of the research is to change the Information System to include vulnerable children, a Critical Social Theoretical and longitudinal perspective was adopted. In particular, concepts from Habermas, such as the creation of a public sphere and the &rsquo
Ideal Speech Situation&rsquo
, informed the methodology chosen and were used to analyse the research undertaken.
Based on the research conducted in this municipality, four main changes to the Health Information System were made. These were: &bull
determination of the community&rsquo
s own indicators
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changes in data collection forms
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creation of forums for analysis and reflection, and
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changes in the information flows for improved feedback. Other practical contributions of the research are the development of local capacities in data collection and analysis, the development of practical guidelines on the design of a child-health Community-Based Information System, and the development of strategies for enabling participation and communication. In line with the action research approach adopted, and the desire to link theory and practice, the research also contributed on a theoretical level. These contributions include extending the use of Structuration Theory, in conjunction with Habermas&rsquo
Critical Social Theory, to the empirical context of South Africa
addressing the gap of Community-Based Information Systems in Information System design
extending the debate on participation and communication in Information Systems to &rsquo
developing&rsquo
countries, and developing generalisations from a qualitative case study.
Nobles, Royce Anthony. "Evaluation of spelling correction and concept-based searching models in a data entry application." View electronic thesis (PDF), 2009. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2009-2/noblesr/roycenobles.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаLi, Fu Min. "Collecting web data for social science research." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3953492.
Повний текст джерелаPham, Nam Wilamowski Bogdan M. "Data extraction from servers by the Internet Robot." Auburn, Ala, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1781.
Повний текст джерелаJohnson, Daryl G. "An image storage system using a relational database management system to facilitate picture data handling /." Online version of thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10182.
Повний текст джерелаSun, Ye. "Peer-assisted semi-persistent online storage and distribution : design, analysis and modeling /." View abstract or full-text, 2009. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?CSED%202009%20SUN.
Повний текст джерелаBourget, Jean Paul. "Role-based file archiving /." Online version of thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/8045.
Повний текст джерелаShafique, Hamza. "On Development and Optimization of Energy Management System (EMS) for Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) : Providing Ancillary Services." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-289630.
Повний текст джерелаEtt batterilager installerat separat eller tillsammans med en solelanläggning kan användas för mer än att öka egenanvändning av solel. Smart styrning med ett Energy Management System (EMS) möjliggör leverans av systemtjänster från batterilagret till elnätet. Hypotesen i denna studie innefattar att optimering av distributionen av ett energilagers kapacitet mellan kapning av effekttoppar och leverans av systemtjänsten frekvensreglering innebär en ökning av resursens värde. EMS som designats under detta projekt består av två delar; dels en prognosmodul som prognostiserar energianvändning för att ge rekommendationer för distribuering av kapacitet, dels en modul som i realtid styr batteriet baserat på prognosmodulens rekommendationer och uppmätt data. Prognosmodulen har testats i en fallstudie av Öckerö Ishall. Fallstudiens resultat visar att EMS som konstruerats reducerar nätavgiften med 9,5% genom att minska dagens högsta effekttopp med 21%. Resultatet visar även att frekvensreglering kunde levereras under tre timmar samma dag, vilket skulle generera ytterligare intäkter.
Mullin, Jim. "Prototype system for document management." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9868.
Повний текст джерелаThakur, Amritanshu. "Semantic construction with provenance for model configurations in scientific workflows." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2008. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-07312008-092758.
Повний текст джерелаBurgess, Clifford G. (Clifford Grenville). "A Graphical, Database-Querying Interface for Casual, Naive Computer Users." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330813/.
Повний текст джерелаOgundaini, Oluwamayowa Oaikhena. "Adoption and use of electronic healthcare information systems to support clinical care in public hospitals of the Western Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2417.
Повний текст джерелаIn the Western Cape, South Africa, despite the prospective benefits that e-Health information systems (e-Health IS) offer to support the healthcare sector; there are limitations in terms of usability, functionality and peculiar socio-technical factors. Thus, healthcare professionals do not make the most use of the implemented e-Health IS. Unfortunately, explanations remain tentative and unclear, yet non-usage of the e-Health IS defeats the objectives of its adoption, in the sense that the plan to improve and deliver quality healthcare service in the public sector may not be achieved as envisaged. The aim of the study was to acquire explanations to the causes of the limitations regarding the adoption and, particularly, the use (or non-use) of e-Health IS by clinical staff in the public healthcare institutions in South Africa. The choice of research approach was informed by the research problem, objectives, and the main research question. By the reasons of the subjective and socio-technical nature of the phenomenon, a deductive approach was adopted for this investigation. The nominalist ontology and interpretivist epistemology positions were taken by the researcher as a lens to conduct this research; which informed a qualitative methodology for this investigation. The purposive sampling technique was used to identify the appropriate participants from different hospital levels consisting of Hospital Administrative staff, and Clinical staff (Clinicians and Nurses) of relative experiences in their clinical units. Subsequently, the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and content analysis technique were used to contextualize, simplify, and analysis the text data transcripts. The findings indicate that healthcare professionals have a high level of awareness and acceptance to use implemented e-Health IS. There are positive perceptions on the expected outcomes, that e-Health IS would improve processes and enhance healthcare services delivery in the public healthcare sector. Also, findings indicate that social influence plays a vital role especially on the willingness of individuals (or groups); as the clinical staff are influenced by their colleagues despite the facilitating conditions provided by the hospital management. Further, findings indicate that it is somewhat problematic to maintain balance in running a parallel paper-electronic system in the hospital environment. Hence, the core factors that influence successful adoption and use of e-Health IS include; willingness of an individual (or group) to accept and use a technology, the performance expectancy, social influence among professionals in the healthcare scenery and adequate facilitating conditions. In summary, it is recommended that there should be an extensive engagement inclusive of all respective stakeholders involved in the adoption processes. This would ensure that e-Health IS are designed to meet both practical organizational and clinical needs (and expectations) with respect to the hospital contexts.
Bosire, Joshua. "Designing an integrated surgical care delivery system." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2007.
Знайти повний текст джерелаMelo, Forchu Midou. "The design of a hands-free speech recognition application during the intrapartum stage." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2416.
Повний текст джерелаUnlike the developed nations, the health sector within the developing countries is faced with the triple challenges of human, financial and technological scarcity of resources. This insufficiency of resources results into amongst other intrapartum mishaps. To ameliorate some of these conditions, the World Health Organization (1994) promoted the use of the pathogram as an informative and data capturing tool that could help reduce intrapartum mishaps. The usage of the partogram within the intrapartum environment also introduced a dilemma as birth attendants spent quite a good amount of time using their eyes and hands (in pen and paper) capturing medical data onto the partogram instead of investing these resources onto the expectant mother and or fetus. This study adopted Design Science Research as a suitable research approach, strengthened by a pragmatic philosophical standpoint. This study involved the following methods; • A review of literature in the intrapartum environment, along with topics from relevant reference disciplines including speech recognition • A series of semi-structured contextual interviews with birth attendants, student nurses and senior midwives • A design science research study using the knowledge from the reference disciplines to design a hands-free voice driven epartogram • A simulation of the capturing of intrapartum data to evaluate and refine the prototype (epartogram) by applying anonymized intrapartum data driven by natural speech • An evaluation of the artifact (epartogram) based on a number of published guidelines recommended by scholars to demonstrate its potential utility as well as to establish if the solution is generic to the contextual environment. Although the introduction of ICT into the problem domain abetted the process of data capturing (specifically the referral process), the fundamental aspect of using the prototype to free the hands and eyes of the birth attendants proved challenging due to issues with the recognition of natural speech by speech recognition systems and background noise. Monitoring of MOU and the referral process from a lower MOU to a higher one could benefit a great deal from this study as the prototype thrived well in that regard. Natural speech recognition by machines in an uncontrolled environment is still at its infancy (some of the most powerful engines can not differentiate between background noise and direct instruction). Not withsatnding the challenges posed by the infancy of speech recognition, the artifact showed potential as a manual epartogram providing spatial access to multiple participating MOU via the cloud.
Wu, Yuk Ying. "Movie allocation in parallel video servers /." View Abstract or Full-Text, 2002. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?COMP%202002%20WU.
Повний текст джерелаIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 69-76). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.
MCHENRY, WILLIAM KEITH. "THE ABSORPTION OF COMPUTERIZED MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN SOVIET ENTERPRISES (HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SOCIAL IMPACT)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187955.
Повний текст джерелаVan, der Watt Cecil Clifford. "Design considerations of a semantic metadata repository in home-based healthcare." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2300.
Повний текст джерелаThe research was conducted as part of a socio-tech initiative undertaken at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. The socio-tech initiative overall focus was on addressing issues faced by rural and under-resourced communities in South Africa, specifically looking at Home-Based Healthcare (HBHC) primarily in the Western Cape. As research into the HBHC context in rural and under-resourced communities continued numerous issues around data and data-elements came to light. These data issues were especially prevalent in relation to the various paper forms being used by the HBHC initiatives that attempt to deliver care in these communities. The communities have the tendency to suffer from poor access to formal healthcare services and healthcare facilities. The data issues were primarily in terms of how data was defines and used within the HBHC initiatives. Within the HBHC initiatives that cater for rural and under-resourced communities there was a clear prevalence of paper-based systems, and a very low penetration of IT-based solution. Because similar and related data-elements are used throughout the paper forms and within different context these data-elements are inconsistently used and presented. The paper forms further obfuscate these inconsistencies as the paper forms regularly change due to internal and external factors. When these paper forms are changed date elements are added or removed without the changes to the underlying ontologies being considered.
Rautenbach, James. "Towards a framework for identity verification of vulnerable children within the Eastern Cape." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/597.
Повний текст джерелаChipfumbu, Colletor Tendeukai. "Engendering the meaningful use of electronic medical records: a South African perspective." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/18420.
Повний текст джерелаBerger, Arne, Maximilian Eibl, Stephan Heinich, Robert Knauf, Jens Kürsten, Albrecht Kurze, Markus Rickert, and Marc Ritter. "Schlussbericht zum InnoProfile Forschungsvorhaben sachsMedia - Cooperative Producing, Storage, Retrieval, and Distribution of Audiovisual Media (FKZ: 03IP608)." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-96922.
Повний текст джерелаPretorius, Linda. "Remote information management of an automated manufacturing system." Thesis, Bloemfontein : Central University of Technology, Free State, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/104.
Повний текст джерелаWith technology advancing, more and more people turn to the World Wide Web to conduct business. This may include buying and selling on the Web, advertising and monitoring of business activities. There is a big need for software and systems that enable remote monitoring and controlling of business activities. The Mechatronics Research Group of the Faculty of Engineering, Information and Communication Technology at the Central University of Technology, Free State, has identified a similar need. This research group has created an Automated Manufacturing System around which research topics revolve. They want to monitor this Automated Manufacturing System from remote locations like their offices or, if possible, from home. The Remote Information Management (RIM) System was developed, using the Rapid Application Development (RAD) Methodology. The reasons why this methodology was used, is because it is the best to use in a changing environment, when the system needs to be developed very quickly and when most of the data is already available. This is a good description of the Automated Manufacturing System’s environment. The RAD methodology consists of four stages: Requirements Planning, User Design, Rapid Construction and Transition. Project Management is used throughout these stages to ensure that the project goes according to plan. Development of the RIM system went through all four stages and project management was applied. The final system consisted of a Web Page with Web Camera views of the Automated Manufacturing System. The application that was developed using National Instruments LabVIEW, Microsoft Visual C++, and Microsoft Excel, is embedded in this Web Page. This application is called a Virtual Instrument (VI). The VI shows real-time data from the Automated Manufacturing System. Control over the VI can be granted and will allow the remote user to create reports on how many different products was produced and system downtimes. A system like the RIM System has advantages in the business world. It can enable telecommuting and will allow employees and managers to monitor (and even control) manufacturing systems, or any system connected to a PLC, from remote locations.
Deng, Yanbo. "Using web services for customised data entry." Master's thesis, Lincoln University. Environment, Society and Design Division, 2007. http://theses.lincoln.ac.nz/public/adt-NZLIU20080313.185408/.
Повний текст джерелаKanai, Rieko. "Case study: Applied Digital Solutions I3 services platform." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1734.
Повний текст джерелаDavis, Gavin Rapheal. "Information retrieval interaction and the undergraduate student at historically disadvantaged higher education institutions in the Western Cape, South Africa: a cognitive approach." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
Повний текст джерелаAsiimwe, Sarah. "Use of health information for operational and strategic decision-making by division level managers of Kampala City Council Health Department." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2002. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
Повний текст джерелаMatondolo, Siyamthanda Luthando. "Utilisation of ICT in healthcare centre to support HIV/AIDS flow of information and service delivery In Khayelitsha." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2477.
Повний текст джерелаThis research is an attempt to investigate the utilisation of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Healthcare to support the flow of HIV/AIDS patient’s general information in public and private sector. Furthermore, the research examines the detail flow of database information for healthcare service delivery to patients, in particular HIV/AIDS patients, in Khayelitsha Township. Finally, the research will detail the types of technologies currently being utilised to transfer this information, technology utilised for capturing or data collection profile of the patient. The research study data collecting was done in 2009 in mostly private and public healthcare centre in Khayelitsha township. First, the study will concentrate on general utilisation of ICT in healthcare service delivery and flow of information for public and private sector healthcare centres. Additionally, the research also looks at NGOs such as HIV/AIDS Unit in Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and Treament Action Campaign (TAC) to find out what ICT equipment is being utilised to transfer this information to adult people to inform and make them to be aware of HIV/AIDS and improve healthcare service delivery to patients and particularly to HIV/AIDS patients. Taking NGO’s such as TAC and CPUT HIV/AIDS Unit that are well informed about HIV/AIDS, nationally and internationally will make our research results to be more precise. The research will also look at the utilisation of ICT in flow of information at healthcare centre such as communication between healthcare providers such as receptionist/clerk, nurses, doctors and medical researchers since they are the first people who deal with HIV/AIDS patient cases when they come for healthcare provision.
He, Hai. "Towards automatic understanding and integration of web databases for developing large-scale unified access systems." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2006.
Знайти повний текст джерелаDucrou, Amanda Joanne. "Complete interoperability in healthcare technical, semantic and process interoperability through ontology mapping and distributed enterprise integration techniques /." Access electronically, 2009. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/3048.
Повний текст джерелаBradley, Jeffrey Darren. "Some further considerations in the design and implementation of a low-power, 15-bit data acquisition system." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15037.
Повний текст джерелаRoboji, Zukiswa. "Factors influencing reports on anti-retroviral therapy sites at Amathole health district." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020607.
Повний текст джерелаTswane, Siphokazi. "Indigenous knowledge and caregivers' use of data elements in home-based healthcare." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2302.
Повний текст джерелаHome-Based Healthcare (HBHC) is an important aspect of South Africa's healthcare system. HBHC is the provision of care services to patients by trained or semi-trained caregivers at home. In South Africa HBHC was introduced in 2001 to address many problems with traditional healthcare such as overcrowding in public health facilities. South Africa has one of the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in the world, which is often accompanied by opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis. HBHC is envisaged to address these challenges, thus relieving the burden on primary healthcare. HBHC is itself faced with many problems which include poor information or data management, unclear information flows, and insufficient information storage. It is also not clear how caregivers use data elements and there is no coherent indigenous knowledge base for the capturing, implementation and utilisation of data elements in local HBHC providers. This is particularly important to caregivers who rely on frameworks of indigenous knowledge in interpreting and making decisions on how to provide a care service to patients. In reality, caregivers operate in indigenous environments requiring the utilisation of local knowledge. This study explores the relationships between, and approaches to, data elements in different HBHC providers and communities. Three interpretive case studies in the Eastern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa were conducted. Semistructured interviews, focus groups, participant observation and document analysis were used for data collection. The primary research question was: What happens when caregivers from various communities interact with data elements when providing a care service? Caregivers' indigenous knowledge and use of data elements was then harnessed in a knowledge base. The results from this study can be used by HBHC managers to develop their forms and training materials as the initial set of data elements used in HBHC has been identified. Caregivers from different communities can also learn how these data elements are used in other communities.
Ntsham, Xolile. "Information flows in the social development grant process: a user experience perspective." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1390.
Повний текст джерелаThis study focuses on information flows in the social grant process from a user experience perspective. The study was conducted with the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), which is responsible for the administration and distribution of social grants to underprivileged citizens. Social grants help poor citizens to attain equitable income on a monthly basis. Grants play an increasingly important role in reducing poverty and inequality in South Africa, but are also subject to challenges like dependency, mismanagement and corruption. Information flow within SASSA is essential for the coordination of the grant process. The success of administering any social grant process depends largely on efficient communication practices and stable information technology. Communication among grant users requires the transfer of relevant information from its point of inception to the next point(s) of use. Government departments are transposing their paper-based systems into digital systems, which pose new implications for grant administration, however. Accordingly, the use of electronic services in government should mean faster information flow and, thus, more effective service delivery. The literature reveals, however, that non-technical aspects like user experience (UX) are essential in designing meaningful e-government systems. With a focus on user experience, this study uncovers the problems that SASSA and grant users face in the grant process and works toward possible solutions to resolve these problems. This research lays an important foundation in terms of gaining a better understanding of information flows, e-government, and user experiences in the grant process. This research is exploratory in nature and adopts a qualitative interpretivist approach. To gain a deeper understanding of the perspectives and experiences of grant users, the researcher employed the „Institutionalise User Experience in Government‟ (IUXG) methodology. The study targeted individuals that had knowledge of the social grants. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the research participants. Furthermore, the researcher adopted a thematic analysis method to code and analyse data. The findings of this study revealed the centrality of user experience in the grant process, notably in terms of the many challenges associated with information flow. The findings also revealed that factors such as social grant awareness, availability and use of information technology, digital divide, and grant accessibility bring enormous impact on grant processes and service delivery. The study contributes a landscape model for depicting the information flows in processing grants, and develops a broader understanding of how technology can help users to better disburse, access, and utilise grants. The study also informs e- government practitioners about the design and implementation of user-centred design with emphasis on information flows. Key Words: Information flows, social grants, e-government, and user experience.
Conte, Simone Ivan. "The Sea of Stuff : a model to manage shared mutable data in a distributed environment." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/16827.
Повний текст джерелаElrufaie, Elharith Omer. "A Wiki paradigm to manage online course content." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2446.
Повний текст джерелаMchunu, Nokubalela Ntombiyethu. "Adequacy of healthcare information systems to support data quality in the public healthcare sector, in the Western Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1387.
Повний текст джерелаHealthcare services are vital to all human beings, as our daily lives depend on them. In South Africa approximately eighty per cent of the population uses the public healthcare services. In the current healthcare systems data corruption exists which threatens data quality in the systems. The aim of this study was to understand the existing information handling processes and factors that affect the accuracy and integrity of healthcare data. A qualitative research methodology, under the interpretive paradigm was used for this investigation. Activity theory is used to formulate an analytical framework, the “healthcare information system data quality activity theory framework”. This was very helpful for understanding the healthcare information handling process as an activity system that consists of actors with individual goals. Though the goals are varied, they are joined together by the common objective. The logic of the framework is that a realisation of goals in the activity system depends on a number of factors. At the beginning, there must be a synchronous inter-linkage between the goals of the actors, the mediating factors such as adequate tools, user skills, enabling policies, and the systematic procedures that are diligently enforced. It is assumed that any situation which prevents this inter-linkage will have a negative impact on the realisation of the sought objective. The framework therefore, was very helpful in informing questions, the data collection and ultimately, the analysis processes. The public healthcare sector is the main source of data; other sources were literature, the Internet and books. The analysis of data was done using content analysis to find what themes emerge and the relationship (s) between them in what is being analysed. The findings reveal a lack of adherence to information handling procedures and processes which lead to corrupt data in the systems. In addition, most users have limited skills, which is a hindrance to them in performing their duties as expected by the healthcare sector. In fact, the healthcare sector is also challenged by systems which are constantly slow or down, due to limited network capacity and human errors. The presence of these challenges suggests non-adherence to data handling procedures, which explains the existing corrupt data in the healthcare systems. Therefore the recommendation is that the public healthcare administration must enhance their training programs. The training must be re-designed to cater for the needs of all users, regardless of their background. It needs to improve user skills and boast their confidence in using electronic systems. Obviously, any changes and improvements need to be sustainable, and the sector is unlikely to succeed without enforcement of new procedures. Therefore, adherence to data handling procedures must be strictly enforced, with policies thoroughly communicated to the users. That way, the sector will not only have systems and related policies, but also ensure their full exploitation for improved service delivery in the public healthcare sector in South Africa.
Wongchachom, Chumnong. "An investigation into a community information database system in the northeast of Thailand: Community empowerment through community learning centres." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2006. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/104.
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