• International Journal of Contents
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2016

This paper presents a novel method to design and implement mobile u-health system by defining the essential elements of mobile healthcare services. We choose common service elements for the proposed u-healthcare scheme and design the service platform. Especially we focus on automatic feces or urine sensing u-care scheme to prove the effectiveness of our platform. We construct the system with sensing part with a manikin and a diaper, wireless communication part with feces or urine sensing data, and coordinator system based on the u-health platform defined in this paper. Experimental results show that our scheme is useful in the area of u-care service for the handicapped, the elderly, and patients who can hardly move by themselves. In addition the designed scheme offers a realized u-care scheme with the purpose of advanced developing tools for application or service developers.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2011

최근 건강관리에 대한 국민의 관심이 높아지면서 헬스케어 서비스에 대한 인식과 이용률이 증가하고 있다. 하지만 기존의 헬스케어 서비스는 이동성의 불편함이 있으며, 정보입력의 신뢰성과 제공되는 정보의 정확성이 낮은 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 문제점을 개선하여 스마트 폰을 활용한 m-Health 어플리케이션을 개발하였다. 이는 잘못된 생활습관으로 건강관리를 제대로 하지 못하는 20~30대를 대상으로 맞춤화된 식이추천, 심혈관 질환위험도 알림 등의 총 5가지 서비스를 제공한다. 또한 Importance-Performance Analysis(IPA)기법을 통해 일반적인 m-Health 서비스의 중요도와 본 서비스의 만족도를 비교분석하여 장점 및 문제점을 파악하였다. 개발된 어플리케이션의 IPA분석결과 m-Health 서비스를 효과적으로 제공받기 위해 필요한 12가지 항목 중 '정보 입력의 정확성 및 신뢰성', '컨텐츠 신뢰성', '건강에 적합한 서비스 추천' 등의 6가지 속성이 중요도와 만족도가 높은 영역에 속하였다. 그리고 '정보의 보안성'은 중요도는 높지만 만족도가 낮은 영역에 속하였다. 결론적으로 본서비스의 장점을 지속적으로 잘 유지하기 위해 Personal Heath record(PHR) 정보 연동과 함께 제공되는 서비스의 업 데이트 및 정보의 보안성 강화를 위한 연구를 진행할 예정이다.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2016

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to examine the health service utilization of elderly patients who visited an emergency medical center in the Gyeongbuk region and to provide basic information for the effective management of emergency medical centers. Methods : This study analyzed the characteristics of the hospital visits and the actual situation for the use of emergency medical care of 10,264 elderly patients that visited an emergency medical center in the Gyeongbuk region from January, 2014 to December, 2014. Frequency analysis and chi-square test were done in this study. Results : This study showed that there is a difference in the characteristics of health service utilization which included hospital visits, duration of hospital visits and mode of arrival to the emergency medical center according to age, gender and other characteristics. Conclusions : Providing efficient emergency services is necessary as well as establishing an emergency medical center management plan that takes into consideration the difference in health service utilization of elderly patients.

• 이베로아메리카
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.149-186
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• 2010

Community participation in health has been praised as a new way of improving health inequality in developing countries for many decades. This paper is an attempt to evaluate community participation programs in health focusing on two intercultural health hospitals in IX Region of Chile. After exploring the process of program building and its impact on the quality of service, this paper concludes that a community participation program with stronger participation resulted in higher patient satisfaction. The author expects such finding to contribute to more comprehensive understanding of the impact of participation in health programs.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.476-481
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• 2019

Background: Mystery shopping is a method in which a company monitors quality of service and employee conduct and compliance with regulations using an evaluator posing as a customer. It is a typical tool of customer-centered bureaucratic control insofar as it provides overall and standardized evaluation of intangible elements of customer service as well as physical elements of service environments. The purpose of this study is to examine how mystery shopping is related to the health status of service workers in South Korea. Methods: Data from semistructured interviews with 15 workers were collected from January to April 2019 to obtain information on service worker experiences with mystery shopping. Data were analyzed using the constant comparison method. Results: Mystery shopping limits worker autonomy and stiffens the workplace environment by standardizing and monitoring labor processes for service workers. In addition, mystery shopping heightens work stress through increased labor intensity. Five mechanisms by which mystery shopping affects service worker health are identified and comprise (1) multifaceted and multilayered surveillance, (2) evaluator subjectivity and irrational requirements, (3) standardized rules combined with high pressure to achieve sales, (4) self-esteem degradation because of evaluator results, and (5) musculoskeletal disorders because of strict adherence to labor processes based on evaluator results. Conclusion: Mystery shopping as an evaluation method should be reconsidered not only in terms of health problems but also in terms of organizational efficiency and issues of human rights.

• 식품과학과 산업
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.16-20
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• 2015

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신설비학회 2008년도 정보통신설비 학술대회
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• pp.331-335
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• 2008

Recently, the development of u-City and u-City services have been actively pursued by individual local government bodies in South Korea. This study focuses on the development of u-Health service, one of the services of u-City, by studying u-Health services in development (domestic and foreign) and by analyzing and proposing the communication infrastructure required to provide such services. Mainly, this study will focus on analyzing the current trend in personal mobile device based u-Health services domestically and internationally, and propose a new type of u-Health service, u-Diet service. The study will introduce the architecture, service scenario, technologies, characteristics, and the business model for the u-Diet service. It is expected that this study will provide the guideline for developing new u-Health services.

• 정보과학회 컴퓨팅의 실제 논문지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.284-292
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• 2017

사물인터넷 기술의 발달로 의료서비스의 질을 높이기 위한 정보통신기술과 의료서비스의 결합 시도가 증가하고 있다. 사물인터넷 기술을 활용하면 개인의 건강 정보를 일상생활에서 지속적으로 수집 할 수 있으며, 이에 대한 분석을 통해 의료서비스 품질을 향상 시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대하고 있다. 하지만 일상 생활에서의 건강정보 수집을 위해 활용할 수 있는 사물인터넷 기기들의 부족과 사용자 편의성 저하 등의 문제와 더불어, 개인 건강 정보에 대한 개인정보 보호 문제가 이러한 서비스들의 연구 개발 및 적용에 걸림돌이 되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 사용자가 자연스러운 일상 생활을 영유하는 상황에서 건강관련 정보를 상시 수집하고 이를 개인 저장소에 저장하여 필요시에만 의료 종사자에게 제공할 수 있는 일상 건강정보 관리 서비스 시나리오를 구성하고, 이를 위한 사물인터넷기반 스마트 홈 테스트베드를 구축하였으며, 현재 사용자 실험을 진행 중에 있다. 본 연구 결과를 기반으로 추후 의료기기 제조업체, 병의원, 보험사 등과의 연계를 통해 일상의 건강정보에 기반한 고품질 의료 시범서비스 제공 방안을 모색하고 있으며, 다양한 건강관련 사물인터넷 기기의 활성화 및 일상 건강정보 분석을 통한 스마트 헬스케어 서비스의 활성화에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2011

The purpose of this paper was to evaluate performance of information system for one national university hospital in order to identify the factors influencing performance of information system. KPIs were collected for 181 users of information system (41 doctors, 104 nurses, and 11 medical supporting staffs, and 25 administrative staffs) from August 10 to 24, 2010. The results were as follows: Average performance score for input layer was 3.16; average performance score for process layer was 3.35; and average performance score for business layer was 3.57. Scores for input layer was lowest for nurses and scores for process and business layer were lowest for doctors. Results from the path analysis showed that system quality, demographic characteristics, and security significantly influenced management process but these factors except demographic characteristics influenced user satisfaction; and management process also significantly influenced user satisfaction.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.199-215
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• 1998

The health care environment exerts tremendous influence on community health practices. Here the author mention several major factors that will influence the future plan for health service and health education; that is, economic problem, the issues of decrement of infectious disease, increment of chronic degenerative disease due to natural increase of the elderly, increased frequency of traffic and industrial accidents and the issues of medical-technological advances etc. Therefore, special efforts by health personnel should be made to develop health education and health promotion strategies on a community-wide basis. Accordingly, the flexible accessibility, convenient availability, guaranteed medical service, sufficient supply of health information, and rapidly available medicaid service for special population such as the elderly, the handicapped, the disabled and the poor are considered. Also, the financial support from the central government and local self-government and active participation of health consumer to health service are needed in Korea, The role of the health personnel is to elicit, facilitate and maintain health promoting behavior with his and her assurance for health consumers being competent and supported in the voluntary choice of their health promoting activities. The health promoting activities such as the above mentioned will be produce escalation of their life Quality among Koreans.