Barbara Dixon Module 5
Systematic
Design of Meaningful Presentations of Medical Test Data for Patients
(2013-2016). Zikmund-Fisher, B. J., Fagerlin, A., Jagsi, R., Langa, K.,
Tarini, B. A., Solomon, J. (2017). Center
for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine.
1. Why was this article, blog,
post, or multimedia chosen?
This article was used because it highlights the importance of how data
is presented. I have learned so much
about data, and yet the importance of data presentation is a new concept to
me. It seems so obvious and yet creating
meaningful data is a difficult task to achieve. The author notes the difficulty
of knowing how to present data to the population of people that have poor
literacy skills or poor understanding if numbers. How do we present lab results to them? The data
will quite literally be meaningless to them and they will not be able to use
the data to make personal healthcare decisions that will improve their
health.
2. What makes it interesting,
appropriate, or reputable?
This information is very interesting to me because reveals an important
area of informatics I had never considered. Research in this area could possibly
help to bridge a gap in healthcare disparities.
For example, if information is delivered to the right person in the
right way, that person can use the new information to improve their health. On the contrary, if we continue to deliver
health information to the public without any regard to how
individuals would best understand that data, a lot of time will be wasted
delivering meaningless data and people will not have the additional knowledge of
how to improve their health.
3. Is it an opinion? Case study?
Research study? Product review?
This paper is a proposal for research.
4. What was the need, problem,
issue or trend addressed in the article, blog, post, or multimedia?
The need is for more research on how to best present data to people with
different needs and abilities for understanding that data.
5. What was the solution for
which technology had an answer?
Technology can improve the way data is presented to people, therefore giving
the data improved meaning.
6. What implications might this
have in healthcare delivery?
Improving how data is presented and improving its meaning will allow
people to use the information more effectively, allowing them to improve their
own health by making changes and better decisions. This could bridge gaps in healthcare
disparities that are caused by poor comprehension of the healthcare data.
7. What did you learn from it
that might have application for your practice?
Reflecting on how I educate patients and talk to them about their
healthcare data, I can see how I need to pay attention to my patient’s level of
understanding of the data I give them. Knowing
the impact data presentation has on a patient’s healthcare outcome, I need to
better evaluate their ability to understand, and utilize different methods of
presenting data when I can see that it is necessary.
References
Zikmund-Fisher,
B. J., Fagerlin, A., Jagsi, R., Langa, K., Tarini, B. A., Solomon, J. (2017).
Systematic design of meaningful presentations of medical test data for patients
(2013-2016). Retrieved February 26, 2017 from: http://cbssm.med.umich.edu/what-we-do/research-projects/systematic-design-meaningful-presentations-medical-test-data-patients
