Change Management in Healthcare Organizations: Soft Skills Training Strategies Through Blended Learning Environments.

Teaching soft skills for change management in healthcare organizations is becoming increasingly necessary, even more, when implementing health information systems (HIS). There is little evidence that these skills can be learned through online teaching environments. This paper describes the experience of having taught soft skills to health informatics master's degree students, through blended learning environments.

Adoption Factors Related to Electronic Vaccine Record in the Public Primary Care Network of Buenos Aires City.

The Electronic Health Record used in the public primary care network of Buenos Aires City has a specific module for the vaccines registration. The present study explores the factors of EHR adoption by nurses. We found 5 barriers and one facilitator for adoption. Barriers are related with organize the flow of patients especially during vaccine campaigns, adapt the work stations and integrate the records with the vaccine central program.

Developing an Electronic Record Tool Representative of Primary Health Care in the Public Health Care System of Buenos Aires City.

The Primary Health Care strategy is based on organization of interdisciplinary teams and comprehensive approach to health, disease and health care processes. To strengthen information systems so that they represent primary health care complexities, participatory meetings were held with primary care practitioners from the public health care system of Buenos Aires City. Terms for the record tool and its components were chosen using consensus methodologies. This process involved 300 practitioners from 49 centers, and submission of 21 proposals. It was decided to change the term "Electronic Medical Record" with "Comprehensive Health Record." It was also agreed that, apart from "Reason for Consultation," the field "Problem Situation" would be added, that "Care Service" would be replaced with "Care Act," and that a new module "Health Team Management and Education Activities" would be included to document practitioners team activities.

Providers Expectations on Telemedicine: A Qualitative Research in a Large Healthcare Network of Latin America.

UNLABELLED: The benefits of Telemedicine make it a viable, reliable and useful discipline for dispensing health care. This qualitative study is aimed to understand the expectations, opinions and previous knowledge of the professionals about telemedicine at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. RESULTS: Professionals realize that Telemedicine is inserted into their usual practice in an informal way. They consider telemedicine as an alternative to the traditional delivery of health care, but are afraid of their role in health care is undermined. Professionals point out very specific applications of Telemedicine such as monitoring the health of patients remotely, drug doses adjustments and sharing clinical information. CONCLUSION: Results suggest that professionals are not familiar with telemedicine and will be necessary to develop a training plan before implementation.