• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.205-210
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• 2017

The convergence healthcare industry in Korea has been stalled due to conflicts between stakeholders as well as a supplier-centered industry structure. This situation is caused by the structural contradiction in which the Korean industry has a prolonged conflict structure among stakeholders due to a strong regulation and an institutional inertia from the viewpoint of the sociotechnical system. Therefore, it is necessary to identify new system management plan that enhances social acceptability such as laws, customs and ideas while reducing conflicts between stakeholders. In this study, mainly adapting the stakeholder-oriented autopoiesis and focusing on publicness of healthcare, we propose the rationale and direction for policy making to harmonize various systems within the convergence healthcare industry.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.112-124
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• 2020

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the perception of medical aid beneficiaries on their experiences of receiving case management. Methods: Data were collected through in-depth interviews with sixteen medical aid beneficiaries who had been receiving medical aid case management from at least one year ago. The data were analyzed using the NVivo software program for its qualitative content analysis. Results: Three categories emerged from the data: "not perceived but come into my territory", "realized the necessity of changes and begin to take care of my own health", and "satisfied passively with some of my changes." With respect to these categories, eight sub-categories were ultimately identified. Conclusion: It would be effective if both medical aid beneficiaries and case managers can set the case management goals and management plans together at the beginning of case management. It is also needed to develop a comprehensive case management model tailored to the characteristics and needs of the beneficiaries.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to analyze the medical care utilization behavior of patients to whom treatment (surgery) is recommended after they are diagnosed with abnormal findings on health screening and factors affecting the selection of the medical institute for treatment. The data was collected from 291 patients who need treatment or surgery, according to the abnormal findings on the additional examination such as cardiac CT, brain MRI, Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy since four diseases are suspected among of 2,752 people who receive health screening. The results are as follows. First, the most common disease of patients who have abnormal findings by the diagnosis through the results of first testing is colon disease based on through the additional examination. The most common disease of patients who will get treatment (surgery) based on final diagnosis by a doctor who determines the result of health screening on the basis of diagnosis from the first testing is cardiovascular disease. Second, in terms of diseases, patients with cardiovascular disease select the medical institute where they get the health screenings as a place for treatment. Patients with cerebrovascular disease select another medical institute for treatment. Finally, the affective factors of selectivity treatment facility on health screening satisfaction were human, facility, health screening and revisit factors.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.957-964
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 NCS 기반 의료정보관리 직무수행을 위한 교육과정을 수행하고, 학습자의 실무지식을 이해할 수 있는 프로그램을 제작하였다. 이 프로그램은 의무기록의 데이터를 발생시키고 저장한 후 의무기록의 데이터를 분석하여 의료정보를 생성할 수 있는 교육용 프로그램이다. 의무기록의 내용이 다양하고 의무기록의 양적 차이가 있기 때문에 교육용 데이터의 표준을 위해 퇴원분석 프로그램에 의무기록의 내용을 요약하고 저장할 수 있도록 하였다. 프로그램을 사용하여 의료정보관리 NCS 능력단위 요소인 의료용어 DB, 의료용어 관련 DB, 진료관련 DB를 구축하고 관리할 수 있다. 다음은 프로그램 운영을 통해 학습 할 수있는 내용이다. 첫 번째로 데이터베이스의 구조를 이해하여 의료정보 DB 관리규정을 작성할 수 있다. 두 번째로 퇴원분석 프로그램에 입력하는 진단코드 및 의료행위코드의 구조와 기능을 이해할 수 있다. 또한 퇴원분석 프로그램에서 입력된 진단코드 및 의료행위코드들을 각 필드별로 검색하고 분석할 수 있다. 세 번째로 데이터를 입력하고 추출하여 의료정보를 생성함으로써 의료정보관리 능력을 향상시킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 퇴원분석 프로그램을 이용하여 학생들이 의무기록의 데이터를 발생시키고 분석하여 의료정보를 생성함으로써 의료정보관리에 대한 지식을 습득하고 실무능력을 향상시킬 수 있는 프로그램을 개발하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.174-181
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• 2016

Objectives: This retrospective study aims to evaluate the prevalence of maxillofacial trauma in a developing country, along with its pattern, etiology and management. Data for the present study were collected from the Department of Dentistry, ESIC Medical College and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chennai in India. Materials and Methods: The medical records of patients treated for maxillofacial injuries between May 2014 and November 2015 were retrospectively retrieved and analyzed for prevalence, pattern, etiology, and management of maxillofacial trauma. SPSS software version 16.0 was used for the data analysis. Results: Maxillofacial fractures accounts for 93.3% of total injuries. The mean and standard deviation for the age of the patients were $35.0{\pm}11.8$ years and with a minimum age of 5 years and maximum age of 75 years. Adults from 20 to 40 years age groups were more commonly involved, with a male to female ratio of 3:1. There was a statistically significantly higher proportion of males more commonly involved in accident and injuries (P <0.001). Conclusion: The most common etiology of maxillofacial injury was road traffic accidents (RTA) followed by falls and assaults, the sports injuries seem to be very less. In RTA, motorized two-wheelers (MTW) were the most common cause of incidents. The majority of victims of RTA were young adult males between the ages of 20 to 40 years. The malar bone and maxilla were the most common sites of fracture, followed by the mandible. The right side of the zygomatic complex was the predominant side of MTW injury. The majority of the zygomatic complex fractures were treated by conservative management. Open reduction and internal fixation were performed for indicated fracture patients.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.507-513
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• 2022

When X-ray energy above 8 MV is used, photoneutrons are generated by the photonuclear reaction, which activates the components of linear accelerator (linac). Safely managing the radioactive material, when disposing linac or replacing components, is difficult, as the standards for the radioactive material management are not clear in Korea. We surveyed the management status of radioactive components occurred from medical linacs in Korea. And we also measured the activation of each part of the discarded Elekta linac using a survey meter and portable High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector. We found that most medical institutions did not perform radiation measurements when disposing of radioactive components. The radioactive material was either stored within the institution or collected by the manufacturer. The surface dose rate measurements showed that the parts with high surface dose rates were target, primary collimator, and multileaf collimator (MLC). ⁶⁰Co nuclide was detected in most parts, whereas for the target, ⁶⁰Co and ¹⁸⁴Re nuclides were detected. Results suggest that most institutions in Korea did not have the regulations for disposing radioactive waste from linac or the management procedures and standards were unclear. Further studies are underway to evaluate short-lived radionuclides and to lay the foundation for radioactive waste management from medical linacs.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.72-81
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• 2015

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.583-585
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• 2015

최근, 잔디는 공원, 학교 운동장, 골프장에서 일반 주택정원까지 그 쓰임새가 늘고 있어 국내 잔디산업 시장 규모는 점점 늘어날 것으로 예상된다. 그러나 잔디관리를 위한 운영비 증가 및 농약사용으로 인한 환경문제가 제기되고 있다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 잔디관리의 효율성을 증대시키고 운영비를 절감할 수 있는 영상처리 기반의 스마트 잔디관리 시스템을 제안한다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2021

Various types of high-precision radiotherapy, such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), tomotherapy (Tomo), and stereotactic body radiation therapy have been available since 1997. After being covered by insurance in 2015, the number of IMRT cases rapidly increased 18-fold from 2011 to 2018 in Korea. IMRT, which uses a high-beam irradiation monitor unit, requires higher shielding conditions than conventional radiation treatments. However, to date, research on the shielding of facilities using IMRT and the current understanding of its status are insufficient, and detailed safety regulation procedures have not been established. This study investigated the recommended criteria for the shielding evaluation of facilities using medical linear accelerators (LINACs), including 1) the current status of safety management regulations and systems in domestic and international facilities using medical LINACs and 2) the current status of the recommended standards for safety management in domestic and international facilities using medical LINACs. It is necessary to develop and introduce a safety management system for facilities using LINACs for clinical applications that is suitable for the domestic medical environment and corresponds to the safety management systems for LINACs used overseas.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.176-187
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• 2013

Background: In 2006 Emergency Medical Services Index (EMSI), which summarizes the performance of regional emergency medical services system, was developed. This study assesses the performance of the EMSI to help determine whether EMSI can be used as evaluation tool. Methods: To build a composite score of the EMSI from predefined 24 indicators, 3 normalized values were calculated for each indicator, the normalized values of each indicator were weighted using 4 weighting methods, and the weighted values were aggregated into the final composite score using 2 aggregation schemes. The performance of EMSI was evaluated using 3 criteria: discrimination, construct validity, and sensitivity. Discrimination was the proportion of regions that did not include the overall median rank in the 5th to 95th percentiles rank interval, which was calculated from Monte Carlo simulation. Construct validity was a correlation among the alternative EMSIs. Sensitivity of EMSIs was evaluated by total shift of quartile membership and changes of 5th to 95th percentile intervals. Results: The total discrimination performance of the EMSI was 50.0%. Correlation coefficients between EMSIs using standardized values and those using rescaled values ranged from 0.621 to 0.997. Variation of the quartile membership of regions ranged from 0.0% to 75.0%. The total change in the 5th to 95th percentile intervals ranged from -19 to +17 places. Conclusion: The results suggested that the EMSI could be used as a tool for evaluating quality of regional EMS system and for identifying the areas for quality improvement.