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My Health Informatics Journey Ben Jelen
Indiana University
PhD Student in Proactive Health Informatics
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Outline
• My Background
• Problem Solving
• Health Informatics
MY BACKGROUND
• Grew up in Cincinnati
• Reluctant Bengals Fan
• Ohio State Engineering
– Biomedical Engineering
– Entrepreneurship Minor
• Epic Systems
– Electronic Health Record Company
– Focus primarily on large health systems
– ASAP TS (Emergency Department Software)
• Indiana University
– PhD Student in Health Informatics
– 4th Year
– Using my skills to solve health problems using technology
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PROBLEM SOLVING
Problem Solving
• Applicable to life in general
• Everyday problems
– Dinner
– Traffic Detours
– Losing your phone
• Millions of solutions
My Problem Solving Steps
1. Define the problem
2. Gather information
3. Come up with solutions
4. Pick one Justify your choice!
5. Try it out
Let’s try it out
• Dementia/Alzheimer’s
– Cognitive impairments
• What do I know?
– Most of my grandparents have had it
– There’s lots of work on it
– Heard you need to keep your mind active
1. Define the Problem
• What do you know about dementia?
• What are some of the struggles people face?
• How do you define dementia?
Narrowing Our Definition
• Possible routes to take
– Caring for them after they have it?
– Caregivers?
– How can we prevent it? Pr Health
2. Gather Information
• How do you define dementia?
• Who is actually impacted?
• What is known to be important to prevent the dementia?
Not Just Alzheimer’s
http://www.greenlineseniorcare.com/different-types-of-dementia
Impacts Many People
Markson, E. W., & Stein, P. J. (2012). Social Gerontology: Issues & Prospects. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education.
Differences in Minorities
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/07/682036486/study- suggests-alzheimer-s-disease-may-work-differently-in-african-americans
Suggestions for Prevention from www.alz.org
• Head to Heart Connection
• Physical Exercise and Diet
• Social Connections and Intellectual Activity
• Head Trauma
http://www.alz.org/research/science/alzheimers_prevention_and_risk.asp
3. Come up with solutions
• How can we help prevent dementia in people?
• What technology could help us?
My Research – What I saw
• Technology like Arduino and conductive thread increasingly easy to use
• Many OAs already creating with fabric, wood, clay, etc.
• Long term engagement with new devices is a problem
Making their own devices!
Making their own devices!
In the News
https://nursing.nyu.edu/news/smart-dresser-prototype-guides-people-dementia-getting-dressed https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2018/05/body-wornsensors/
4. Pick one Justify it
• Millions of options
• Why pick that solution?
My Research
• Others have had success with children
• If any group would want to create, it’ll be OAs who are already creating
• Engagement “IKEA” Effect
Ananthanarayan, S., Siek, K., & Eisenberg, M. (2016). A Craft Approach to Health Awareness in Children. DIS ’16 Ananthanarayan, S., Siek, K., & Eisenberg, M. (2014). Towards the crafting of personal health technologies. DIS ‘14 Norooz, L. & Froehlich, J. (2013). Exploring early designs for teaching anatomy and physiology to children using wearable e-textiles. IDC ‘13
5. Try it out
5. Try it out
HEALTH INFORMATICS
In the News
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/03/05/589286575/this-chef-lost-50-pounds-and-reversed-pre-diabetes-with-a-digital-program https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/05/588914818/personal-tech-devices-are-still-learning-how-to-improve-health
Health Informatics
Clinical Informatics
Electronic Health Records
• Increased efficiency
– Within an institution
– Between facilities
• Better care
– For individuals
– For populations
Slide adapted from Kay Connelly
Personal Health Records
• Patient control
– Review EHR info
– Upload own info
• Issues
– Usability
– Trustworthiness of data
– Security
Slide adapted from Kay Connelly
Health Informatics
Decision Support
Clinical Informatics
Clinical Decision Support
health observations + health knowledge =
health recommendations
Health Informatics
Decision Support
Health Records
Personal Data Sources
Clinical Data Sources
Slide adapted from Kay Connelly
• Medical
– Blood tests
– Heart monitoring
– Biomedical imaging (MRI, X-ray, CAT scan)
– Physician notes
– Lab Tests
Biological Data Sources
• Medical
• Biology
– The Genome
Slide adapted from Kay Connelly
Environmental Data Sources
• Medical
• Biology
• Environment
– Heavy metals (e.g., in fish)
– PCBs
– Pesticides
– Mold
Slide adapted from Kay Connelly
Personal Data Sources
www.fitbit.com http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/introducing-our-smart-contact-lens.html https://www.sleepnumber.com/360-bed-ces-2018#
• Medical
• Biology
• Environment
• Continuous Monitoring
– Exercise
– Heart rate, glucose, etc.
– Sleep
Health Informatics
Decision Support
Clinical Informatics
Personal Data Sources
Personalized Medicine
Personalized Medicine
How can I get the skills to contribute to health informatics?
Informatics Areas
• Bio & Chem Informatics
– Molecules/proteins
– Genes
– Pharmaceuticals
– Data Science
Dr. Yuzhen Ye
Informatics Areas
• Bio & Chem Informatics
• Security and Privacy
D. Halperin, T.S. Heydt-Benjamin, B. Ransford, S.S. Clark, B. Defend, W. Morgan, K. Fu, T. Kohno, and W.H. Maisel.. (2008) Pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators: Software radio attacks and zero-power defenses. In IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
http://blog.ucsusa.org/for-sara-faulty-medical-device-leads-to-unnecessary-invasive-surgery/chest-xray
Dr. Hill
Informatics Areas
• Bio & Chem Informatics
• Security and Privacy
• Pervasive and Mobile Computing
Dr. Siek Dr. Connelly
SICE Faculty working in Health Informatics
• Katie Siek ([email protected]) – Projects: Maker Electronics for
Older Adults, Women’s Health • Expertise: Making, pervasive health,
human computer interaction, Personal Health Records, women’s health
• Kay Connelly ([email protected]) – Projects: Precision Health, Aging in
Place Home Sensing • Expertise: Pervasive health, mobile
systems, human computer interaction
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SICE Faculty working in Health Informatics
• Patrick Shih ([email protected]) – Projects: Animal Computer
Interaction, Stigmatized Groups • Expertise: Improving health through
online community interventions
• James Clawson ([email protected]) – Projects: Women’s Health –
Midwives and Pregnanet Women • Expertise: Healthcare journeys,
women’s health, mobile and pervasive design Pr Health
SICE Faculty working in Health Informatics
• Dana Habeeb ([email protected])
– Projects: Health Impacts of Localized Air Quality, Heat Wave Prediction • Expertise: Environmental sensing,
environmental informatics, smart cities
• Christina Chung ([email protected])
– Projects: Personal Informatics, Food Tracking through Instagram • Expertise: Health tracking, personal
informatics, ubiquitous computing
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SICE Faculty working in Health Informatics
• Jeffrey and Shaowen Bardzell
– Feminist social science and designing for sexual and intimate interactions
• David Wild
– Cheminformatics
• Selma Sabonavic
– Robotics for health
Questions?
• Interested in More? – Introduction to Health Informatics
(I407/H407)
– UROC Program (website)
– Summer REU (website) • Research Internship @ IU
• Ben Jelen – [email protected]
– http://wphomes.soic.indiana.edu/bcjelen/
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