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| Joseph A CafazzoSummaryAffiliation: University of Toronto Country: Canada Publications
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Patient perceptions of remote monitoring for nocturnal home hemodialysisJoseph A Cafazzo
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hemodial Int 14:471-7. 2010..However, RPM alone is likely insufficient to alter patients' attitudes to undergo NHHD. RPM is a common expectation of CHD patients considering the therapy, at a minimum during the transitional phase...- The user-centered approach in the development of a complex hospital-at-home interventionJoseph A Cafazzo
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, University of Toronto, ON Canada
Stud Health Technol Inform 143:328-33. 2009..The use of ethnography, usability testing, and member-checking methods in a user-centered approach to design can result in systems that better meet the needs of the patients and caregivers alike... - Patient-perceived barriers to the adoption of nocturnal home hemodialysisJoseph A Cafazzo
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 4:784-9. 2009..Nocturnal home hemodialysis (NHHD) has been shown to improve clinical outcomes, although adoption has been limited. Given the known benefits, an understanding of the barriers to adoption is needed... - A mobile phone based remote patient monitoring system for chronic disease managementMathieu Trudel
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada
Stud Health Technol Inform 129:167-71. 2007.... - Applying usability heuristics to radiotherapy systemsAlvita J Chan
Healthcare Human Factors, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Radiother Oncol 102:142-7. 2012..Since radiotherapy treatment delivery systems often consist of multiple complex user-interfaces, a heuristic evaluation was conducted to assess the potential safety issues of such a system... - Mobile phone-based remote patient monitoring system for management of hypertension in diabetic patientsAlexander G Logan
Prosserman Centre for Health Research, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Am J Hypertens 20:942-8. 2007..The objectives of this study were to develop and pilot-test a home BP tele-management system that actively engages patients in the process of care... - Patients' experiences with learning a complex medical device for the self-administration of nocturnal home hemodialysisJennifer Wong
The Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Nephrol Nurs J 36:27-32. 2009..If the trend of patient self-treatment at home continues to increase, it is important for clinician educators to be attentive to self-treatment as a socially situated activity... - Self-care and quality of life of heart failure patients at a multidisciplinary heart function clinicEmily Seto
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, 190 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Cardiovasc Nurs 26:377-85. 2011..Multidisciplinary heart function clinics aim to improve self-care through patient education and to provide clinical management... - Attitudes of heart failure patients and health care providers towards mobile phone-based remote monitoringEmily Seto
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Med Internet Res 12:e55. 2010..However, little is known about whether patients and their health care providers are willing and able to use this technology... - Perceptions and experiences of heart failure patients and clinicians on the use of mobile phone-based telemonitoringEmily Seto
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Med Internet Res 14:e25. 2012..Previous trials of heart failure telemonitoring systems have produced inconsistent findings, largely due to diverse interventions and study designs... - Mobile phone-based telemonitoring for heart failure management: a randomized controlled trialEmily Seto
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Med Internet Res 14:e31. 2012..Mobile phones are becoming ubiquitous and economical, but the feasibility and efficacy of a mobile phone-based telemonitoring system have not been determined... - Internet use by end-stage renal disease patientsEmily Seto
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hemodial Int 11:328-32. 2007.... - Effectiveness of asynchronous tele-endoscopyAnushiya Ganeshalingam
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gastrointest Endosc 71:461-7, 467.e1-2. 2010..Asynchronous tele-endoscopy can improve access and quality of patient care. This is the first published evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of highly compressed digital video in GI endoscopy... - UK and Canadian perspectives of the effectiveness of mobile diabetes management systemsEmily Seto
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2009:6584-7. 2009..Some of the clinical results and challenges are presented together with future work and suggestions that aim to validate a generic platform for mobile diabetes management... - Telemanagement of hypertension: a qualitative assessment of patient and physician preferencesNancy V D Halifax
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
Can J Cardiol 23:591-4. 2007..Major design flaws and high operating costs, however, have hindered its adoption by physicians and patients... - The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation therapyAlvita J Chan
Healthcare Human Factors, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada
Radiother Oncol 97:596-600. 2010..Using human factors methods, a radiotherapy treatment delivery process was evaluated, and a redesign was undertaken to determine the effect on system safety... - Human factors perspectives on a systemic approach to ensuring a safer medication delivery processJoseph A Cafazzo
Healthcare Human Factors, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network UHN, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Healthc Q 12:70-4. 2009..Much of what is required from organizations is to transcend the organizational boundaries of medicine, pharmacy and nursing to produce a delivery system that ensures an integrated approach that addresses all stakeholders' needs... - Perception of eye contact in video teleconsultationTony Tam
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
J Telemed Telecare 13:35-9. 2007..Improved eye contact can be realized by increasing the horizontal distance of participants from the videoconferencing unit... - Challenges of hand hygiene in healthcare: the development of a tool kit to create supportive processes and environmentsAnjum Chagpar
Healthcare Human Factors, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario
Healthc Q 13:59-66. 2010..Because of this complexity, hand hygiene lends itself well to a human factors analysis in order to design a system that matches human cognitive and physical strengths and makes allowances for human limitations... - Image quality assurance of soft copy display systemsEmily Seto
Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Digit Imaging 18:280-6. 2005..The results indicate that medical display systems must be carefully selected and strictly monitored, maintained, and calibrated to ensure adequate image quality...