Fig. 11.1 The general information technology (IT) infrastructure of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) value-based health care (VBHC) program. Patients use a mobile application (a) which is connected…
Fig. 3.1 Characteristics of telephone activity 2011–2012. (High frequency telephone encounters in patients with IBD were associated with increased CRP C-reactive protein and ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate elevation, prednisone and…
Colorectal surgeonsa Neurologists/pain specialists Dermatologists Nutritionistsa Dietitiansa Obstetricians/gynecologists Emergency medicine physicians Occupational therapists Endocrinologists Oncologists Enterostomal nurse therapistsa Pathologistsa Family practitioners Pediatric gastroenterologistsa Gastroenterologistsa Pediatricians Geneticists Physical therapists Hematologists Psychiatristsa…
Fig. 10.1 Concept diagram of a fully developed patient-centered medical home (PCMH) to include Multiple telemedicine applications. Clouds represent existing remote technology (orange) or future applications (gray). Green lines represent…
Measure description Documentation of IBD type, anatomic location, and activity Percentage of patients prescribed corticosteroid-sparing therapy Bone loss assessment in patients who have been on corticosteroid therapy Influenza immunization Pneumococcal…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Raymond K. Cross and Andrew R. Watson (eds.)Telemanagement of Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-22285-1_4 4. Teleconsultation in the Care of Patients with IBD Andrew R. Watson1 (1) Department of Colorectal Surgery, University of…
and Sandra M. Quezada1 (1) Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 100 North Greene St, Lower Level, 21201 Baltimore, MD, USA Sandra M. Quezada Email: squezada@medicine.umaryland.edu…
Measurement Variability and Error A biological variable measured on each of a number of individuals will always exhibit a certain amount of variability. The measurements are likely to vary between…
Introduction Correlation analysis is concerned with measuring the degree of association between two variables, x and y. Initially, we assume that both x and y are numerical, e.g. height and…
The Problems We have two independent groups of individuals (e.g. homosexual men with and without a history of gonorrhoea). We want to know whether the proportions of individuals with a…
