• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.434-442
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• 2023

The relationship between acute kidney injury (AKI) prediction and nephrotoxic drugs, or drugs that adversely affect kidney function, is one that has yet to be explored in the critical care setting. One contributing factor to this gap in research is the limited investigation of drug modalities in the intensive care unit (ICU) context, due to the challenges of processing prescription data into the corresponding drug representations and a lack in the comprehensive understanding of these drug representations. This study addresses this gap by proposing a novel approach that leverages patient prescription data as a modality to improve existing models for AKI prediction. We base our research on Electronic Health Record (EHR) data, extracting the relevant patient prescription information and converting it into the selected drug representation for our research, the extended-connectivity fingerprint (ECFP). Furthermore, we adopt a unique multimodal approach, developing machine learning models and 1D Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) applied to clinical drug representations, establishing a procedure which has not been used by any previous studies predicting AKI. The findings showcase a notable improvement in AKI prediction through the integration of drug embeddings and other patient cohort features. By using drug features represented as ECFP molecular fingerprints along with common cohort features such as demographics and lab test values, we achieved a considerable improvement in model performance for the AKI prediction task over the baseline model which does not include the drug representations as features, indicating that our distinct approach enhances existing baseline techniques and highlights the relevance of drug data in predicting AKI in the ICU setting.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.635-651
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• 2023

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the main keyword, network structure, and main topics of the national petition related to "nursing" in South Korea. Methods: Data were gathered from petitions related to the national petition in Korea Blue House related to the topic "nursing" or "nurse" from August 17, 2017, to May 9, 2022. A total of 5,154 petitions were searched, and 995 were selected for the final analysis. Text network analysis and topic modeling were analyzed using the Netminer 4.5.0 program. Results: Regarding network characteristics, a density of 0.03, an average degree of 144.483, and an average distance of 1.943 were found. Compared to results of degree centrality and betweenness centrality, keywords such as "work environment," "nursing university," "license," and "education" appeared typically in the eigenvector centrality analysis. Topic modeling derived four topics: (1) "Improving the working environment and dealing with nursing professionals," (2) "requesting investigation and punishment related to medical accidents," (3) "requiring clear role regulation and legislation of medical and nonmedical professions," and (4) "demanding improvement of healthcare-related systems and services." Conclusion: This is the first study to analyze Korea's national petitions in the field of nursing. This study's results confirmed both the internal needs and external demands for nurses in South Korea. Policies and laws that reflect these results should be developed.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.195-202
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• 2011

RFID(Radio Frequency IDentification)는 사물 인식을 위한 시스템으로 유통 물류, 의료 보건, 항공 항만 분야 등으로 사용이 확대되고 있다. RFID 시스템은 비접촉식 시스템 환경이고, 동시에 다수의 태그가 인식되므로 태그 인증을 위한 처리 시간의 단축이 중요하다. 그러나 현재까지의 RFID 시스템에 대한 연구는 태그 인증 과정의 보안 취약점 향상을 위한 것이 대부분이었다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 태그 인증 과정에서 보안에도 안전하고 태그 인증 처리시간의 감소를 위한 효율적인 기법을 제안한다. 본 논문의 제안 기법은 RFID 시스템의 구성요소 중 하나인 데이터베이스에서 태그 ID 검색을 위해 식별 비트를 사용하여 분류된 해당 ID만 검색함으로써 태그 ID 검색 시간을 단축한다. 결과적으로 본 논문의 제안 기법은 데이터베이스의 처리량 및 처리 시간을 감소시켜 태그 ID 인증을 위한 처리시간을 단축하고, 수동형 태그의 에너지 활용도를 향상시키는 것에 의해, RFID 시스템의 성능 향상을 가져온다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.327-337
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• 2017

본 연구는 재활의료 기관의 공간 환경에 대한 환자의 만족도를 조사하여, 환자들의 만족도가 미흡한 영역을 파악하는데 목적이 있으며, 궁극적으로 환자 중심의 재활의료 공간 환경 실현에 기여하고자 한다. 대전지역 6개 종합병원 및 전문재활기관의 물리치료실에서 치료를 받는 308명의 환자들을 대상으로 설문 조사를 시행하였다. 공간 환경 만족도를 7개 구성 부문요소로 분류하였고, 환자의 특성에 따라 비교 분석하기 위해 t-검정과 ANOVA를 실시하였다. 그 결과, 층간 이동성에서 상대적으로 가장 낮은 만족도를 보였고 입원환자에게 있어서 특히 그러했다. 치료실이 위치한 층은 두 번째로 낮은 만족도를 보였다. 쾌적성은 상대적으로 만족도가 높은 구성 부문요소이긴 했으나, 신경계환자의 경우 근골격계 환자보다 덜 만족하였다. 20대 환자가 60대에 비해 길 찾기에서 낮은 만족도를 나타냈고 실내디자인에 있어서는 50대가 70대에 비해 상대적 만족도가 떨어졌다. 이러한 조사결과와 분석은 향후에 환자들이 더 만족할 수 있도록 재활기관의 공간 환경디자인을 개선해가는 데에 있어서 근거기반으로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.138-144
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• 2010

급변하는 의료환경 속에서도 변함없이 의료기관들은 환자 안전관리 부분의 중요성을 인식하여 관리하고 있다. 하지만 현재 환자안전관리는 사후관리와 처벌이 강조된 프로세스들로 조직원들의 참여성이 결여된 문제를 보이고 있다. 본원 핵의학과 에서는 참여형 니어미스 사고예방 활동을 시행하여 환자안전사고에 사전관리를 시작하고 사고보고에 따른 불이익이 없는 시스템을 구축하여 니어미스 감소 와 환자안전사고 제로화를 목적으로 본 연구을 시작하였다. 또한 핵의학과만의 차별화된 환자안전관리System구축도 그 목적으로 하고 있다. 1. 팀원들의 과거 니어미스 및 현재 발생되고 있는 니어미스와 사고 사례수집(1차 자료수집). 2. 설문을 통해 중요도, 긴급도를 파악하고 니어미스 및 사고사례를 정량화(2차 자료수집). 3. 자료 분석을 통한 중요 접점 파악과 사고 사례 정량화. 4. 중요 접점 부분에 대한 매뉴얼 제작과 표준화, 오류방지를 위한 참여형 개선활동 시행. 5. 니어미스 보고체계 구축을 위한 웹 기반 커뮤니티 활동. 6. 설문과 FGI를 통해 활동 전후 평가 시행. 1) 비계량적이었던 핵의학과 내 안전사고 및 니어미스를 계량화(월 50여 회의 니어미스와 년 1건의 안전사고발생) 2) 계량화된 데이터를 통해 개선방안을 수립(0여건의 참여형 개선활동, 프로세스 개선, 표준화를 위한 약속 매뉴얼 제작) 3) 안전문화 시스템을 형성하고 팀원들의 높은 관여도를 형성.(보고체계구축, 체크리스트 제작, 안전문화 슬로건 제작, 평가 인덱스 구축) 4) 니어미스 및 사고 사례를 공유하고 반면교사로 삼기 위한 커뮤니티 개설. 5) 활동 전후 니어미스 발생률은 50% 감소 하였고 안전사고 제로. 핵의학과의 최고의 서비스는 환자안전이 보장된 양질의 검사와 치료를 제공하는 것이다. 참여형 개선활동으로 니어미스사고를 예방하고 안전문화를 형성하여 시스템을 구축함으로써 니어미스 발생 사례는 50% 줄었으며 안전사고는 발생하지 않았다. 이는 환자안전사고의 사전관리란 측면에서도 시사하는 바가 있다. 또한 불이익이 없는 사고보고체계도 마련하여 솔직하게 보고하고 인정하는 문화도 만든 계기가 되었다. 기본에 충실한 뛰어난 시스템은 환자에게 제공되는 최고의 서비스이며 형성된 안전문화 시스템은 결국 고객만족으로 이어질 것이다. 따라서 본원 핵의학과 에서는 마련된 시스템을 정착하고 안정시켜 차별화된 환자안전문화를 형성해 나가고자 한다.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.57-72
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• 2021

Purpose: At present, there are a variety of serious patient safety incidents related to problems in health information technology (HIT), specifically involving electronic medical records (EMRs). This emphasizes the need for an enhanced electronic medical record system (EMRS). As such, this study analyzed both the nature of and potential to prevent incidents associated with HIT/EMRS based on data from the Korea Patient Safety Reporting and Learning System (KOPS). Methods: This study analyzed patient safety incidents submitted to KOPS between August 2016 and December 2019. HIT keywords were used to extract HIT/EMRS incidents. Each case was reviewed to confirm whether the contributing factors were related to HIT/EMRS (HIT/EMRS-related incidents) and if the incident could have been prevented (HIT/EMRS-preventable incidents). The selected reports were summarized for general clarity (e.g., incident type, and degree of harm). Results: Of the 25,515 obtained reports, 2,664 incidents (10.4%) were HIT-related, while 2,525 (9.9%) were EMRS-related. HIT/EMRS-related incidents were the third largest type of incident followed by 'fall' and 'medication incidents.' More than 80% of HIT/EMRS-related incidents were medication-related, accounting for approximately one-third of the total number of medication incidents. Approximately 10% of HIT/EMRS-related incidents resulted in patient harm, with more than 94% of these deemed as preventable; further, sentinel events were wholly preventable. Conclusion: This study provides basic data for improving EMR use/safety standards based on real-world patient safety incidents. Such improvements entail the establishment of long-term plans, research, and incident analysis, thus ensuring a safe healthcare environment for patients and healthcare providers.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.1-23
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• 2002

D. W. Organ(1977) published a paper about the importance of Organizational Citizenship Behavior(OCB) in an organization. Since then, the studies of OCB have been continuously increased. As recent business environment has changed with rapidity and uncertainty, OCB for the improvement performance of organization should be more emphasized. Role behaviors of organization are divided into two parts such as in-role behavior and extra-role behavior. In recent, although the researches about extra-role behavior have been studied, they are still not sufficient. This study attempted to examine relationships between organizational culture, organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior, Sample was 193 employee engaged in hospitals of Pusan. In this study I chose four factor(affective, conservative, task and innovative culture) of organizational culture and three factors (affective, continuous and normative commitment) of organizational commitment and five factors(altruism, conscientiousness, courtesy, civic virtue and sportsmanship) with regard to organization citizenship behavior. The major findings of the empirical research are as follows ; 1. The Causal relation of dimensions of organizational culture and dimensions of OCB. 1) Affective culture has significant impact on courtesy, civic virtue of OCB. 2) Conservative culture has no significant impact on all of OCB. 3) Task culture has significant impact on conscientiousness, civic virtue, sportsmanship of OCB. 4) Innovative culture has no significant impact on courtesy, civic virtue of OCB. 2. The Causal relation of dimensions of organizational commitment and dimensions of OCB. 1) Affective commitment has significant impact on all of OCB. 2) Continuous commitment has no significant impact on all of OCB. 3) Normative commitment has significant impact on courtesy, civic virtue of OCB. In brief, though this study has several limitations in research design and methods, the results suggest that organizational culture of hospitals and organizational comitment of hospitals shows a strong relationship to the organization citizenship behavior.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.279-284
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• 2008

This paper aims to provide basic data for work environment control, prevention of worker exposure to asbestos and improvement of air quality to protect workers ‘health after measuring the level of airborne asbestos and workers' exposure in a shipbuilding repair businesses. For this study, a total of 27 samples were collected from 27 workers who had been exposed to asbestos during engine, piping, boiler and other manufacturing processes in 'A' Shipbuilding Repair Company in Gyeongnam. This research was conducted from Oct. 1 to 30, 2007 and had the following results: The target group (27 workers) consisted of all men with an average age of 35.9 years and 6.6 years of work on average. Among them, fifteen 15 (55.6%) were smokers. In terms of their duties at work, there were 12 plumbing repair engineers (44.4%), 8 boiler repair engineers (29.6%) and 7 engine engineers (25.9%). The geometric mean concentration of airborne asbestos was 0.004 f/cc. A total of 4 samples exceeded the exposure limit. In particular, three exceeded the legal limit by more than double, which means that some workers have been highly exposed to asbestos. In terms of the concentration of asbestos fibres by work process, plumbing repair was the highest (0.0071 f/cc($0.001{\sim}0.57\;f/cc$)) while boiler was the lowest (0.0015 f/cc($0.001{\sim}0.007\;f/cc$)). Based on this study, proper action needs to be taken as soon as possible to protect workers from the threat of asbestos.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.81-98
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• 2014

Recently, due to external environment like the changes in health policy and various healthcare accreditations, along with hospital's internal efforts to improve the quality of medical services, demands for the development of medical information systems are increasing. Some examples are clinical information like DUR (Drug Utilization Review), CVR (Critical Value Report), and automatic benefit processing by treatment purposes, or hospital DSS (Decision Support System) on overall medical practice. Such systems act as a guide in making clinic judgments during practice or in other medical practice, and their effects on the medical treatment improvements are being proven by previous studies. In the reality of increasing attention in the effects of medical treatment improvement, studies related to hospital DDS were mostly focused on clinical, technical, and engineering points of view, and studies focusing on the user viewpoint are very limited. In order to verify the effects of DSS on practice improvements and hospital's management performance, this study used a research model constructed to verify how SERVQUAL of hospital DSS affects hospital management performance in BSC (Balanced Score Card) point of view. To empirically verify the research model, a questionnaire was conducted on the basis of "K-University Hospital's DSS" on clinicians and hospital employees related to system development, and the relationships between the factors were analyzed through path analysis. As a result of path analysis, excluding reactivity, tangibility, confidence, reliability, empathy among service qualities, had partially significant effects on management performance factors (learning and growth, internal process, financial affairs). This study is to prepare the theoretical ground on the management performance analysis of hospital DSS, and suggest the service quality of the system that should be considered in the planning and development stages for improved system.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.175-183
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• 2024

Background: The evolving healthcare environment necessitates changes in pharmacy education to meet these demands, with problem-based learning (PBL) being a promising approach. Methods: This study employed a single-group, repeated-measures design to evaluate the effects of PBL on the communication and problem-solving skills of fifth-year pharmacy students at S University. The course, which focused on pharmacy practice and communication, included 36 students who participated in structured pre- and post-intervention surveys, as well as self-reflection journals. The primary competencies assessed were problem-solving and communication skills. Data collection involved quantitative measures through surveys and qualitative insights from self-reflection notes. Results: Of the 36 students, 35 completed the pre-intervention surveys, and 27 completed the post-intervention assessments. Significant improvements were observed in problem-solving skills, including problem identification, information gathering, and planning. Communication skills showed overall improvement, though the differences were not statistically significant. Qualitative analysis of self-reflection notes revealed enhanced understanding of elderly patient care, increased responsibility, teamwork, and the importance of effective communication in pharmacy practice. Commonly identified themes included a heightened sense of responsibility, the importance of teamwork, and an appreciation for the multifaceted nature of pharmacy practice in elderly care. Conclusion: The PBL approach effectively enhanced students' problem-solving abilities and provided valuable experiential learning in pharmacy practice. The qualitative data indicated that students gained a deeper understanding of their roles and responsibilities, fostering greater motivation and teamwork. Further research should focus on broader applications across different institutions to validate these findings.