Papers by Athina Lazakidou
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PubMed, 2018
The proposed application is based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and it's used for medic... more The proposed application is based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and it's used for medical devices spatial mapping. The application aims at improving the efficiency of hospital units. By using appropriate software, digital maps are created. The technical and financial data of the respirators and ultrasound systems are displayed on the maps. The respirators are installed in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) of public hospitals in Peloponnese. The ultrasound scan systems are also installed in the Radiology Departments of the same units. The user is enabled to create interactive maps and visualize a large amount of real-time information. The overarching aim is to develop an integrated surveillance system of medical equipment. This process will promote the loss-making machinery replacement. Furthermore, the efficient management of revenue and expenditure operations of hospital units will be promoted. The reliable decision-making by the Ministry of Health or the Health and Social Welfare Departments will also be enhanced.
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PubMed, 2017
The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) combined with the development of innovative ... more The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) combined with the development of innovative skills within the broader health sector, can significantly improve and upgrade health care quality services. The proposed DDP4BIT system supports an alternative channel for digital information recording and equipment handling of Biomedical Technology Departments (BITs) of Health Care Units. This technology is ideal for all types of procedures based on handwritten forms that are commonly used in Health Care Units. The collection of useful statistics for analyzing and exporting data indicators is used in order to reduce ratios, such as operating time ratio, ideal operating time indicator, number of repetitive quality failures, total maintenance cost, etc. and supports decision-making.
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Advances in Management and Applied Economics, 2019
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Studies in health technology and informatics, 2016
The health sector is increasingly focused on the use of Communication Technology (ICT) Informatio... more The health sector is increasingly focused on the use of Communication Technology (ICT) Information and Communication. New technologies which introduced in health, should lead to lower cost of procedures, saving employees' working time and immediate and secure data storages for easy future search or meta-analysis. The DPP4ICU application which presented in this document, allows at the Intensive Care Unit's nurses (ICU) to enter directly the handwritten accountability, in the Organization Information System. Through this application is accelerated the proper completion of a document and is improved data quality. The application provides the ability to authorized users to exchange information with an automated manner.
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Annals of Information Systems, 2016
In recent years the term m-health is becoming more familiar. The term mHealth used for the practi... more In recent years the term m-health is becoming more familiar. The term mHealth used for the practice of medicine and health services through mobile devices. Mobile devices (smartphone, tablet, PDA, etc) are adopted by people and integrated into their everyday lives. Today the available m-health applications are varied and include the use of mobile devices for the collection of clinical data, providing healthcare information to healthcare professionals, researchers and patients, and for real-time monitoring of the patient vital signs and direct provision of care. There are applications that support patients easily to measure the heart rate, the level of blood glucose, the blood pressure or body temperature, to take certain reminders for medications and recommendations for their fitness and nutrition. The m-health technology is not intended to replace the work of healthcare professionals but considered to be a useful support tool for the management and provision of health care at the primary level. The m-health is an emerging and rapidly developing field, which has the potential to influence the transformation of the health and improve the quality and effectiveness.
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Global Journal of Respiratory Care
Background: The aim of this survey is the presentation of a health information system that is eli... more Background: The aim of this survey is the presentation of a health information system that is eligible for processing and archiving clinical and economic health data by creating an online database that spots the origin of data on digital maps. Data concerns the cost of imaging examinations, number of hospital beds and number of clinical examinations. Methods: Geographical information Systems (GIS) can be used for the rational management of diagnostic imaging examinations and the creation of a data basement that contains clinical protocols, patients’ history and financial data. Users can exchange large volumes of the specific data very fast even between health units and hospitals. GIS Statistics enables users to estimate several financial indicators. Data concerns 5 Greek Public Health Units (H.Us) in the 6th Health Region. Results: GIS platform enables users to process big health data and share them on a geodatabase. SPSS analysis in combination with GIS statistics tools reveal an o...
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Annals of Information Systems, 2016
The single most important reason for the existence of healthcare provision is the constant improv... more The single most important reason for the existence of healthcare provision is the constant improvement of the quality of care given to the patients. Based on this notion and the fact that modern day healthcare provision requires a multidisciplinary approach and relies heavily on various interrelated technologies we need to build/establish/turn on a system that will be in constant use and will reshape standard clinical practice.
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Journal of Health Education Research & Development, 2017
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Tourism: An international Interdisciplinary Journal, Sep 30, 2019
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Proceedings of the 5th …, 2008
In this paper we present some results from the research concerning questions such as: Why some ad... more In this paper we present some results from the research concerning questions such as: Why some adults participate in continuing education programs and others don't; which are the barriers to participation; what encourages people to attend; why some adults drop out and others ...
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International Journal of Computers in Clinical Practice, 2019
The aim of this article is the development and use of a smart accountability system (both systemi... more The aim of this article is the development and use of a smart accountability system (both systemic and individual) during the provision of health services, which will free up a large number of resources within a Health Organization. Compared to traditional manual recording, the new system of Digital Pen and Paper (DPP) achieves a significant reduction in the organization's operating cost. Over the duration of seven months from January to July 2016, 693 forms were collected from three public hospitals of Greece. 49 nurses who worked in intensive care units (ICU) took part in the survey. 18,934 fields were filled in 1,466 of which were counted with errors. The accuracy percentage rate of the data amounts to 92.3% and the corresponding rate of errors to 7.7%. The average time for a form to be filled in by a nurse using the digital pen amounts to 3 minutes and 35 seconds. The highest percentage rate of data accuracy reached 94.76% and the best time of filling in the form was under 3...
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Computer, 2008
ABSTRACT ICTD has become a truly global undertaking, bringing together north and south, rich and ... more ABSTRACT ICTD has become a truly global undertaking, bringing together north and south, rich and poor, rural and urban, researcher and practitioner, technologist and social scientist—all striving to work toward a better life for the least privileged.
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has changed the global businesses environment by a... more Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has changed the global businesses environment by a wide range of tools, methodologies and functions, facilitating the strategic management and supporting firms to achieve a long term competitive advantage. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the new applications of Information Communication Technology in tourism industry, the contribution of ICT to the promotion of the tourist product, as well as the potential to the tourism management and the process of decision-making. One important tool, which helps in making decisions in the field of tourism economy, is the Geographic Information System (GIS), which provides a comprehensible representation of the statistical figures of the tourism economy by facilitating decision-making on tourism policy. In this paper is presented some tourist financial figures and their visualization through graphs by Geographic Information System.
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Internationally, successful organizations have been those that consider their human capital as th... more Internationally, successful organizations have been those that consider their human capital as their most important asset. Effective Human Resources Management practices have been pointed out internationally as an important element of service quality and customer satisfaction. Job satisfaction, stress and burnout are important human resource management aspects that modern organizations are faced with, forming an important element of employees' well-being in all organizations. The purpose of the present work was to investigate whether nurses would be less satisfied and more stressed when patients receive poor quality of service. Data analyzed in the present work were extracted from published reports for several hospitals from twelve different countries in Europe, Asia and USA. There was a large variability in working conditions and management practices in different countries. Nevertheless, nurses' job satisfaction can be a good indicator of patients' satisfaction. Nurses&...
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Studies in health technology and informatics, 2018
Greece is one of the European countries with the largest number of CT and MRI scans. Geographic I... more Greece is one of the European countries with the largest number of CT and MRI scans. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are a useful tool for efficient cost reduction in the health sector. ArcGIS software is used to create interpretable maps. Data represents the number of imaging examinations per type and population size. All available data is acquired in 2012-2015. By using special symbols, pop up windows emerge. The windows contain a large number of data. The results are filtered and uploaded to a digital control panel. This central information system combined with the digital maps form a digital platform for estimating the exact number of diagnostic examinations. The survey confirms that the General Hospital of Tripolis performed 27.000 CT examinations in 2012-2015, corresponding to approximately 57% of the population of Tripolis. The approximate percentage of CT scans of the Hospital Unit of Pyrgos was found 55%. The implementation of this platform confirms the large number of...
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International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 2010
The field of the Laboratory Diagnostics (in vitro), a sector of the field of health services, con... more The field of the Laboratory Diagnostics (in vitro), a sector of the field of health services, constitutes an industrial market that includes activities of research, development, production and products distribution that are designated for laboratory use. These products are defined as techno-medical products including various categories of products such as simple medicines, advanced technological systems, etc. Despite the high performance, the enlargement and the increasing trends of the field, it is not recorded the expected progress in the methods and the ways of promotion, trading and supporting of these products in the market. The present paper aims at the investigation of the consumers' opinion and the specification of those services that are possible to be implemented in electronic services and commerce for a strongly competitive advantage for the enterprises of the sector. The analysis of the findings from the Consumer Purchase Decision Centres (CPDC) shows how important it is to implement web-based applications in the proposed services.
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