Using a Mobile Health App (ColonClean) to Enhance the Effectiveness of Bowel Preparation: Development and Usability Study.

Background: Colonoscopy is the standard diagnostic method for colorectal cancer. Patients usually receive written and verbal instructions for bowel preparation (BP) before the procedure. Failure to understand the importance of BP can lead to inadequate BP in 25%-30% of patients.

Effectiveness of a Mobile Health Application for Educating Outpatients about Bowel Preparation.

Colonoscopy is an essential method for diagnosing and treating colorectal cancer, relying on effective bowel preparation to thoroughly examine the large intestinal mucosa. Traditional education involves printed instructions and verbal explanations but does not guarantee clear patient understanding. Poor bowel preparation can obscure mucosal visibility, delaying cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Applying Microsoft Power Platform to Improve Healthcare Worker Health Monitoring Processes.

Through the Microsoft Power Platform, we have developed a mobile health monitoring application, simplifying the reporting process with an individual reporting mode. Employees simply click "Very Healthy" or "Health Abnormality" and fill out the relevant information. Automated reports reduce managerial workload, enhancing satisfaction.

Development Plan for the Clinical Application of Maternity and Child Health Mobile App.

In 2021, the World Health Organization designated the theme for World Patient Safety Day as "Safe Maternal and Newborn Care" with the aim of raising awareness of the importance of maternal and newborn safety and improving their overall safety. Many healthcare institutions in Taiwan currently provide printed materials such as childbirth guidelines and nursing instructions to patients. However, mobile applications in the current digital world might be more handy to assist pregnant women in understanding the changes during pregnancy and provide relevant health education in order to help reduce pregnancy and childbirth complications, as well as decrease maternal and neonatal mortality rates.

Effectiveness of Gamification Intervention Platform on the Work Stress of Shift-Work Nurses in the Post-Pandemic Era.

In the post-pandemic era, the work pressure, trauma, anxiety, and burnout of shift nursing staff has continued to rise in all levels. By introducing Healing Games, turning interactions into game-like situations and using mindfulness as a framework, this will allow the nursing staff to realize their self-healing and help reduce stress.Through the establishment of this healing & stress-relieving game for nursing (HSR game-N) will also have a positive self-control effect on the negative emotions of work pressure.

The Effectiveness of Development mHealth Apps on the Self-Care Ability of Patients with Ostomy.

Intestinal cancer, severe injury, and severe inflammation are most often treated with surgery, and an ostomy will be left in place after surgery[1]. An ostomy is a portion of the intestine that is surgically removed and pulled up to the abdominal wall, creating a temporary or permanent opening that serves as a pathway for intestinal waste to be discharged from the body, usually called a stoma. Stoma may be temporary (2 months to 6 months) or permanent.

Use Mobile Apps to Link to Google Forms to Conduct Online Surveys.

The study aimed to evaluate changes in anxiety levels in patients with coronary artery disease before and after cardiac catheterization. The mobile applications LINE and GOOGLE were used to collect online data. A total of 188 patients participated in the study conducted at a regional teaching hospital in eastern Taiwan, and 51 of them completed the questionnaire twice, with a response rate of 27.

A Concept of Mobile Support System for the Young Onset Dementia in Taiwan.

Owing to the increasing population of young onset dementia all over the world. We designed a 6"-display Android mobile system for evaluating the potential patient of Dementia. A pilot test at experienced nursing members showed that they had strong willing of launching this design in their daily practical events.

Avoiding Obsolescence in Mobile Health: Experiences in Designing a Mobile Support System for Complicated Documentation at Long-term Care Facilities.

This study examined staff perceptions of planned obsolescence during a transition from old to new handheld devices for long-term mobile healthcare. Questionnaires based on the technology acceptance model were used to evaluate perceived ease of use and usefulness. This study recruited 120 staff from 26 long-term care facilities who used the old device and 86 staff from nine of the 26 original facilities who used the new device.

Mobile Health to Maintain Continuity of Patient-Centered Care for Chronic Kidney Disease: Content Analysis of Apps.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health problem with a high economic burden, which is particularly prevalent in Taiwan. Mobile health apps have been widely used to maintain continuity of patient care for various chronic diseases. To slow the progression of CKD, continuity of care is vital for patients' self-management and cooperation with health care professionals.

Making the CARE Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment as the Core of a Total Mobile Long Term Care Support System in China.

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments (CGAs) have been recommended to be used for better monitoring the health status of elder residents and providing quality care. This study reported how our nurses perceived the usability of CGA component of a mobile integrated-care long term care support system developed in China. We used the Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE), developed in the US, as the core CGA component of our Android-based support system, in which apps were designed for all key stakeholders for delivering quality long term care.

A fully functionalized metamaterial perfect absorber with simple design and implementation.

Broadband perfect metamaterial absorbers have been drawing significant attention in recent years. A close-to-unity absorption over a broad spectral range is established and this facilitates many photonic applications. A more challenging goal is to construct a broadband absorber with a tailored spectral absorption.

Omnidirectional, polarization-independent, ultra-broadband metamaterial perfect absorber using field-penetration and reflected-wave-cancellation.

In this work, we present the result of nickel (Ni)-based metamaterial perfect absorbers (MPA) with ultra-broadband close-to-one absorbance. The experimental broadband characteristic is significantly improved over the past effort on metamaterial perfect absorbers. An in-depth physical picture and quantitative analysis is presented to reveal the physical origin of its ultrabroadband nature.

Use of a mobile device by nursing home residents for long-term care comprehensive geriatric self-assessment: a feasibility study.

Long-term-care comprehensive geriatric assessments, such as the Minimum Data Set 3.0, are used to evaluate the clinical, psychological, and personal status of residents in long-term-care nursing facilities. Nursing staff conducts assessment interviews, thereby increasing the workload of nurses and the cost of patient care.

How complex documentation with Personal Digital Assistants could be?

The researchers have demonstrated that the PDA could be used for complex documentation and well accepted by users. This study examined whether the researchers could make the PDA system still keep great usability when the contents of information were requested to increase from 262 to 513 questions. Two independent convenience samples from the Veterans Medical Care system in Taiwan and the questionnaire designed based on Technology Acceptance Model were used in this study.

Developing a cost-effective home care management support system for small nursing homes in Taiwan.

Home care is important in Taiwan but most of the institutes are small and cannot afford computerization. We develop a support system based on InterRAI case management system using Excel VBA which is the most "free" application in institutes. The prototype system shows promising.

An empirical study of end user computing strategy in promoting the nursing informatics in Taiwan.

Nurses today should not just passively use programs set up for them by MIS professionals, they are capable of creating their own applications to help them do their job. We proposed a framework used to develop a spreadsheet training strategy for nurses. Our experimental studies confirm that trained nurses can become spreadsheet application developers.