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A Study on the Recent Trends of Healing Environment in Korean Healthcare Facilities

  • Park, Jae-Seung;Lee, Teuk-Koo;Park, Yeong-Chol
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.59-66
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to define the concept of sustainability, to understand the traditional belief system, to comprehend user-focused healing environment, to understand the current status of Korean Hospitals, to analyze the selected case studies, and to point the way toward enhanced architectural solutions for healing environment in hospitals. The research results indicate that the design of healthcare facilities with healing effects depend on the considerations of 5 senses of patients. In other words, the sustainable design approach to create a healthy healing environment is very important, and architects must be aware of diverse sensory needs of the patients. In addition, the following factors affection healthcare facilities must be considered to create healing environment for users: - "Emphasis on sustainable Design" for harmony among nature, man, and building. - Creation of user Focused Healing Environment reflecting the suers' senses. - Search for New Hospital Forms through various design experiments to create the most suitable healing environment. - "Perception of Paradigm Shift" form a focus on sickness-oriented to wellness-oriented healthcare facility design. - "Awareness of Creating User-Friendly Environment" covering the entire age group form youth to elderly.

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A Study on the Architectural Planning of Spatial Configuration and Area Composition for Regional Trauma Center in Korea (국내 권역외상센터의 공간구성 및 면적구성에 대한 건축계획적 연구)

  • Park, Suroh;Park, Jaeseung
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.81-90
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: The regional trauma center should be a trauma treatment center equipped with facilities, equipment, and manpower capable of providing optimal treatment such as emergency surgery to a severely traumatized patient upon arrival at the hospital. In order to establish a medical system for effective severe diseases, it is necessary to prepare architectural planning guidelines for the regional trauma centers. Methods:: Analyze the spatial configuration, and the area composition of the regional trauma center, And to provide basic data for building a more efficient regional trauma center. The spatial composition analysis divides the space into initial care, resuscitation, patient area, nursing area, diagnostic test, staff training, staff support, public, and analyzes the area and interconnection of each space. Results: The area that must be included in the regional trauma center is the resuscitation area, the patient area, the diagnostic examination area, architectural planning should be designed to enhance the interconnection of the areas. IIn addition, a regional trauma center should be planned as a separate from the existing facility so that it can be installed and operated independently. Implications: A regional trauma center should be built as a stand alone operation and the space should be planned as a more efficient route.

Study on an Electrode Attachment Method Suitable for Underwater Electromyography Measurements

  • Han, Seul-ki;Park, Jung-seo;Nam, Taek-gil
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.95-98
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    • 2015
  • PURPOSE: This study was conducted to devise a method of preventing water infiltration into the surface electrodes during EMG measurements underwater and on the ground and to check the reliability of Electromyography (EMG) measurements when underwater. METHODS: Six healthy adults were selected as subjects in this study. The measurements in this study were conducted in pool dedicated to underwater exercise and physical therapy room in the hospital building. An MP150 (Biopac Systems, US, 2010) and a BioNomadix 2-channel wireless EMG transmitter (Biopac Systems, US, 2012) was used to examine the muscle activity of rectus femoris, biceps femoris, tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius of dominant side. The subjects repeated circulation tasks on the ground for more than 10 min for enough surface electrode attachment movement. After a 15-min break, subjects performed the circulation task underwater(water depth 1.1m, water temperature $33.5^{\circ}C$, air temperature $27^{\circ}C$), as on the ground, for more than 10 min, and the MVIC of each muscle was measured again. SPSS v20.0 was used for all statistical computations. RESULTS: The maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) values between the underwater and on the ground measurements showed no significant differences in all four muscles and showed a high intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of >0.80. CONCLUSION: We determined that EMG measurements obtained underwater could be used with high reliability, comparable to ground measurements.

An Analysis on Role of Stakeholders for Security System in Smart Healthcare Environment (스마트 의료환경에서 보안체계 구축을 위한 이해관계자 역할 분석)

  • Kim, Yanghoon;Jeong, Wonwho
    • The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.17-27
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    • 2019
  • With the occurrence of the 4th Industrial Revolution, environmental change is happening in the healthcare industry as overall flow of Industry heads to ICT-based business environment. Healthcare Industry, which has the characteristic of public goods, is requiring a reliability and continuity of healthcare industry, however, the introduction of security is being delayed due to the problem of compatibility and extendability of existing system. Accordingly, in this research, we have built a section and role for stakeholders to be concerned in order to induce, analyze and introduce a needed security technology for rapidly building a security system in a smart healthcare environment. We have suggested a possibility of extendability regarding a multi-dimensional effort of stakeholders for establishing a healthcare security system.

Informational Justice, Cognitive Trust, and Satisfaction: Purchasers' Perspective of Healthcare Distribution Market

  • LEE, Changjoon
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.5-14
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: We examined informational justice, cognitive trust, and satisfaction in healthcare distribution market and their associations within the physician-patient (provider-purchaser) relationship. Methodology: 253 valid survey samples collected from patients and used structural equation modelling for analysis. Findings: We postulated that (1) physicians' informational justice has a positive impact on patients' cognitive trust, (2) patients' cognitive trust has a positive impact on satisfaction, and (3) patients' perceived informational justice has a positive impact on satisfaction. Participants were 253 people who had visited a hospital in South Korea in the past year. Results confirmed that the presence of informational justice has a positive impact on patients' cognitive trust and satisfaction in the physician-patient relationship. Additionally, once cognitive trust was built, it positively influenced patients' satisfaction. We discussed the concept and the impacts of informational justice in light of our analyses regarding patients' perceived cognitive trust and their satisfaction in the physician-patient relationship. Implications: These results emphasize the importance of ethics in healthcare, particularly physicians' frankness and honesty when providing information to patients. Further, these findings present implications for physician education, as part of their training must involve building their patients' cognitive trust as a prerequisite for developing patient satisfaction.

BIM based Construction Project Case Analysis for Facility Life Cycle Management from the Perspective of the Client (발주처 관점의 시설물 생애주기 관리를 위한 BIM 기반 건설 프로젝트 사례 분석)

  • Ham, Nam-Hyuk;Kim, Woong-Gi;Kim, Jae-Jun
    • Journal of KIBIM
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.12-21
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    • 2020
  • From the perspective of the client, the value of information for use in facility management is very low at the point of use. This is because the facility owner, who is a non-professional, cannot accurately request necessary information from the perspective of long-term facility life cycle management. The purpose of this study is to define the information necessary for facility management and to analyze the project operation method to procur this information to the client using BIM. To this end, this study analyzed the role of client and contractor, project delivery process, standards, and submissions in the BIM-based procurement area through USACE Air Force Hospital project case analysis. As a result of the analysis, if the client, who is the subject of facility operation, defines in advance the type and input method of necessary information in the operation stage, the client can receive the BIM optimized for operation from the contractor. The results of this study can be used to establish standards for receiving information necessary for establishment of procurement process and facility management of public institutions considering BIM introduction.

A Study on the Evacuation Procedure Analysis Model of General Hospital Considering Patients Types (환자의 유형을 고려한 종합 병원의 피난 절차 분석 모델에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seonyeong;Kweon, Jihoon
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.7-16
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: This study aimed to present an analysis model evaluating evacuation performance considering patient types and procedural evacuation in the medical facility. The user group of the medical facility, including users challenged in evacuation behavior, entails the risk of many casualties. Therefore, it is necessary to plan an evacuation procedure that considers the evacuation characteristics of users. Methods: Through the review of precedent studies, the evacuation procedure of the medical facility, the classification of patient types, and the evacuation procedure was set as conditions and variables for the analysis. The result caused by a variety of conditions and variables were explored. Results: 1) The total evacuation completion time and congestion time were shortened at the procedural evacuation. Moreover, it derived many users from evacuating at the initial phase. 2) The proposed model can provide a basis for proposing a space planning direction that considers the possibility of not carrying out the evacuation plan. 3) It supports safe evacuation by identifying variables that reduce overcrowding by comparing the congestion time of overcrowded spaces. 4) The analysis model can identify the overcrowded space through the evacuation route and suggest the basis for architectural improvements that reduce overcrowding. Implications: The study results can be used to analyze the performance of evacuation procedures and support the establishment of evacuation procedures and building plans for safe evacuation for medical facilities.

Self-Esteem and Social Anxiety of Nursing Student (간호학생의 자아존중감과 대인불안)

  • Chung, Bok-Yae;An, Hyo-Ja
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.224-228
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    • 2006
  • Purpose: This study was to identify the nursing students' self-esteem and social anxiety to provide the data for their interpersonal relations. Method: The subjects of study were the 433 nursing students of the junior colleges around a city and a province, Korea. The data were collected from Dec. 7 to Jun. 9, 2006. The instrument for the study was questionnaire consisted on the general characteristics, Interaction Anxiousness Scale by Leary, and Rosenberg's self-esteem scale by Rosenberg. Result: The results of this research were as follows : The mean scores of self-esteem and social anxiety were respectively 28.65 and 38.38. The correlation between self-esteem and social anxiety was shown the significantly negative correlation(r=-.286, p=.000). According to the general characteristics, there were shown the significant differences in grades and ages in self-esteem. There were shown the significant differences in grades, types of next stage of education, and religions in social anxiety. Conclusion: The results of this study could be attributed to improve the interrelationship of nursing students because self-esteem and social anxiety are essential in building and maintaining the desirable personal relations.

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A qualitative study on dental clinical assistance work performed in dental clinics - Focusing on nursing assistant - (치과진료실에서 수행되는 치과진료 협조업무에 대한 질적연구 - 간호조무사를 중심으로 -)

  • Sun-Hwa Hong;Sang-Eun Moon;Ga-Hye Seo
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.563-572
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    • 2022
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is to provide basic data for elucidating the clinical experiences of nursing assistants working at dental clinics and for establishing the bases necessary for building a safe working environment for the staff at dental clinics. Methods: From March 28 to August 20, 2022, the study conducted in-depth interviews with nursing assistants working with dental hygienists in dental clinics. The collected data were analyzed using the phenomenological method. Results: The study analyzed the meanings associated with the dental clinical assistance work experiences of nursing assistants in dental clinics. A total of 98 semantic words and 9 sub-categories were extracted, which were ultimately categorized into 4 central meanings: 'imperfect reality', 'work without boundaries', 'putting oneself in someone else's shoes', and 'symbiosis'. Conclusions: The nursing assistants were exposed to an environment where they needed to perform delegated treatment procedures even when they lacked dental work competency. They recognized their gaps in learning and the necessity for designated roles as clinical assistants. Thus, it is necessary to review the allocation and expansion of the work roles of dental practitioners based on the practical and rational realities in dental practice.

Comparison and Implications of Single Institutional Review Board and Human Research Protection Program in the United States and Korea (미국과 한국의 Single Institutional Review Board와 Human Research Protection Program의 비교와 함의)

  • Ock-Joo Kim
    • The Journal of KAIRB
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2023
  • In the United States (US), due to the Common Rule, completely revised in 2017, single Institutional Review Board (IRB) review has become mandatory for government-sponsored multi-institutional research since 2020 regardless of the number of participating institutions. The goal of these changes is to reduce redundant reviews by the IRB at each institution and better protect research participants. In this paper, single IRB and Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) in the US and Korea were compared and considered, and their implications were discussed. A comparison of the HRPP evaluation and certification systems of the US and Korea includes that of SMART IRB in the US and Korea Central IRB, aiming at single IRB review for efficient review with support from the country and building a more efficient national human subject research network in the future. Its comparison and analysis will be helpful in deriving future tasks and development directions of single IRB and HRPP in Korea.

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