Harmonisation of German Health Care Data Using the OMOP Common Data Model - A Practice Report

Data harmonization is an important step in large-scale data analysis and for generating evidence on real world data in healthcare. With the OMOP common data model, a relevant instrument for data harmonization is available that is being promoted by different networks and communities. At the Hannover Medical School (MHH) in Germany, an Enterprise Clinical Research Data Warehouse (ECRDW) is established and harmonization of that data source is the focus of this work. We present MHH's first implementation of the OMOP common data model on top of the ECRDW data source and demonstrate the challenges concerning the mapping of German healthcare terminologies to a standardized format.

Usability Assessment as a Participatory Method for Implementing Technical Innovations in Nursing Care

For the introduction of technical nursing care innovations, a usability assessment survey is conducted by nursing staff. The questionnaire is used before and after the introduction of technical products. This poster contribution shows the latest comparison of pre- and post-surveys on selected products.

The Implementation of a Participatory Technology Development Process in a Clinical Setting

The implementation of a participatory technology development process has been realized within the development of an anti-decubitus system. Nurses as the user group are involved in that process. Beside results, the methodical background and the specific conditions for the realization are presented and discussed.

How to Decide upon Nursing Technologies - A Participation-Based Approach

This study describes an approach to support decisions on the acquisition of innovative nursing technologies. The approach focusses a participatory design that involves nursing staff from the beginning of the process and aims at achieving positive results regarding identification with the decision of implementation and use of technologies by nursing staff.

[Into the Garbage? - Reasons for the Non-use of Technical Innovations in Inpatient Care]

Despite the potentially positive effects of new technologies, innovations are often not well accepted by nurses. The aim of this study was to explore the reasons for not using a distributed alarm system and to derive recommendations for future projects. Three group discussions were held with 14 nurses. Content analysis was used to explore the data. The nursing staff was not involved in the selection and introduction of the technology. A lack of knowledge or interest was not the reason for not using the system. The technology rather interrupted work processes, led to additional workload and exposure to more noise pollution for employees and patients. Technologies must fit into daily work routines. Ideally, nurses should be involved in the development, but at the least, they should be consulted at the time of introduction.

Wearable Sensors for Nurses: Which Requirements Have to Be Considered?

To measure and compare the workload of nurses in a clinical setting raises up some questions. On the one hand we worked out which criteria can represent workload and how it can be measured. On the other hand we compile different requirements for wearable sensors. These requirements can be categorized in four groups: data, robustness, hygiene and usability. These results can support the selection of wearable sensors for a survey of the workload of nurses in a clinical setting.

Efficient intracellular multiplication of Legionella pneumophila in human monocytes requires functional host cell L-type calcium channels

The infectious agent of Legionnaires' disease, Legionella pneumophila, multiplies intracellularly in a variety of eukaryotic cells. Genistein, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has been shown to block intracellular replication of L. pneumophila without harming the infected host cell. The present study has been performed to investigate the underlying mechanism. We demonstrate that inhibition of intracellular bacterial growth by genistein is not mediated by its protein tyrosine kinase-modulating effect but by inhibition of L-type calcium channels of the infected host cell.