Strategies for the Education of Diabetic Patients on the World Wide Web Part I - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Strategies for the Education of Diabetic Patients on the World Wide WebPart I

K C LUN

<kclun@nus.edu.sg>

Associate Professor, Dept of Community Medicine

Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Informatics

Director, Medical Informatics Programme

National University of Singapore

A recent study shows that 60% of consumers in the USA get their health information from the Internet

Number of Internet users in 11 Asian countries will hit 10 million by end 1999 and 30 million by 2002

• Health information from Web Portals
• Text-based e.g. Frequently-Asked Questions
• Multimedia-based e.g. Health Education Videos
• Newsletters and Electronic Journals
• Discussion Groups, Interactive Forum and Support Groups
• Virtual Patient
• Distance Education

Health ONE: A strategic joint project between the NUS Medical Informatics Program and the National Computer Board

Connect to Health ONE

Health ONE reaches out to the public and healthcare professionals via interactive multimedia web applications as well as multilingualism to promote health and education

using gaming technique to promote patient education

Can this electronic virtual pet be usefully applied to medicine?

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Research Goal:

Build a website that allows users to learn management of a disease by looking after a virtual patient afflicted with a particular medical condition.

Proper management results in control of condition and eventually improvement.

Kasou Kanjya or Kkanjya

- Japanese for “Virtual Patient”

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Research Goal:

Build a website that allows users to learn management of a disease by looking after a virtual patient afflicted with a particular medical condition.

Improper management results in deterioration of patient’s condition.

Kasou Kanjya or Kkanjya

- Japanese for “Virtual Patient”

I am OK but take good care of me

Ouch! I need my insulin

My diabetes is under control.

Thank you for taking good care of me

kclun

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• Three levels of play (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
• Scoring based on:
• Patient’s adherence to dietary restrictions
• Strict adherence to insulin regime
• Score of 2 - caloric and insulin intake fall within normal range
• Score of 1 - Outside the normal range but within the stipulated upper and lower bounds
• Score of 0 - Outside the stipulated upper and lower bounds

1 virtual day =

15 mins real-time

• timely insulin injections

• glucometer readings based on dietary
• caloric intake

User registration

User login with password

• Plays with virtual patient
• Administers insulin
• Feeds patient

Outcome

Store user’s login name,

password and play level, date

of last transaction

Store user transactions

Store criteria and scoring system for each level of play

SQL database

Digital training videos delivered in real-time using streaming technology

• Glucometer module:
• calibration of glucometer
• measurement of blood glucose
• obtaining reading from glucometer

• Insulin module:
• proper way to administer insulin using traditional fine needle
• NOVOPEN III

• Teaches the importance of medication compliance to patients
• Educates patients and the public on the management of diabetes
• Training videos teaches them on proper procedure to administer insulin and calibration and use of glucometer

Strategies for the Education of Diabetic Patients on the World Wide Web

To be continued …

Please view Part II