Technology Improvement Award - Recipients
Option Year One - May 2012 to April 2013
Recipient: Deaconess Hospital
Project Director: Monica Corcoran
Project Title: Improving Learning Retention Rates: Audience Response System
Amount: $2,634
Phone: 812-450-3385
Studies suggest that the use of an interactive tool during didactic lectures helps to increase the active participation and long-term learning retention of audience participants. For this reason, as well as to improve their reporting system, Deaconess Health System proposes incorporating the use of an electronic Audience Response System (ARS) in their Continuing Medical Education (CME) program. They plan to continue incorporating evidence-based practices through educational offerings by improving audience participation and by measuring their collective (and individual) knowledge gaps. This will aid the librarian in better addressing the searching habits and misperceptions of their clinicians. She can then respond to their searching needs in a more meaningful way.
Recipient: Northwestern Memorial
Project Director: Dan McCarthy
Project Title: The Use of Interactive Technology to Enhance Patient Engagement and Education at the Point of Care
Amount: $3,831
Phone: 919-414-2029
Patient education is a challenging endeavor for surgeons and individuals considering surgery. Conveyance and conceptualization of complex and unseen anatomy is essential, yet remains both time consuming and costly. This results in many patients proceeding to surgery without a full understanding of the anatomic aspects of the underlying problem, proposed repair, and postoperative expectations. These preventable misunderstandings likely affect clinical outcomes, postoperative resource utilization, and patient satisfaction. Their pilot project will examine the effects of implementing a novel, graphics-based tablet computer program for perioperative patient education.
Base Year - May 2011 to April 2012
Recipient: Allied Community Coop
Project Director: Susan Corrado
Project Title: Increasing Technology, Increasing Access, and Increasing Service at the Allied Community Coop
Amount: $4,438
Phone: 608-217-4419
The Allied Community Coop (ACC) is an innovative social cooperative in south Madison, Wisconsin that engages residents of this diverse low-income community as equal partners in efforts to address the social and economic conditions that create poor health. The ACC is going to use the granted funds to purchase a desktop computer, 2 laptops and a laser/printer/scanner/copier. They will use this technology to assist their stakeholders by: helping them to find quality health information and providing health education, and learning computer skills in order to apply for jobs online and be a successful job applicant.
Recipient: Western Illinois University
Project Director: Sean Cordes
Project Title: Midwest User Video Health Experiences (MUV-HE)
Amount: $4,472
Phone: 309-298-2785
WIU will use the funding from this award to create informational announcements on health topics critical to the Greater Midwest Region population. This will include digital stories of public consumer experiences of those living in the Midwest. Informational health video messages will be created that will help pique interest and engage people with MedlinePlus, and ultimately foster a goal of adopting healther behaviors. The project will highlight MedlinePlus content and tools in a way that reflects that health climate, needs, and sensibilities of public health consumers in the Midwest.
Recipient: Iowa Health - Des Moines
Project Director: Nancy O'Brien and Paula Whannell
Project Title: Technology Improvement - IHDM Family Resource Library
Amount: $3,783
Phone: 515-241-6490
In early 2012, a new Blank Children's Developmental Center opened in Blank Children's Hospital. Iowa children with physical, developmental and behavioral disorders will be seen at the clinic. The Family Resource Library in a prime position geographically to be involved in this program. They are purchasing PC-based software, iPads and apps to be used by library users and in particular, by children. Carefully selected software and apps will help children develp motor, cognitive and communication skills. The goal is to build this program into a state-wide referral center.
Recipient: Loyola University
Project Director: Liz Novak
Project Title: Improving Resources and Services with New Equipment
Amount: $4,464
Phone: 708-216-5305
Loyola University Health Science Library will use the funds from this award to purchase Mac computers and iPads to add to their equipment resources. The computers and software purchased with this award will replace some aged public computers. The iPads will allow them to demonstrate mobile technology in medical mobile workshops and outreach projects as well as assist in testing while they create a mobile website.
Recipient: Sullivan University
Project Director: Nathan Ragland
Project Title: Drug Information Resources in the Palm of Your Hand: Enhanced Resource Access Via the Use of Mobile Devices
Amount: $4,410
Phone: 502-413-8629
The students, faculty and residents in the College of Pharmacy at Sullivan University often need to access drug information off-site in labs, hospitals, clinics and in patients' homes. This project aims to create a custom web resource portal for drug information and to purchase six Apple iPad 2 devices which will be available for check out. The custom web portal will use buttons for hyperlinks and be designed to fit the screen size of the iPads to ensure ease of use.
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