Reference no: EM133370590
Case Study: Oliver is in his mid-thirties and runs his own hair salon in a large Canadian city. He is trained as a professional hairdresser and has experience from various high-end establishments. Besides his passion for healthy diets and fashion, he finds technology fascinating! Inspired by a close friend, Oliver was one of the first adopters of personal heart-rate monitors in the 1990s, and ever since he has been exploring a broad range of activity tracking including heart rate, sleep, food, and mood as well as more unconventional measures like gut bacteria and social activity. His business was going well for a while, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was forced to drastically reduce his hours and his salon was closed for the better part of 2 years. Oliver's social life also changed as a result - his close friends no longer call and are very reluctant to gather due to COVID concerns - as a result, Oliver feels alone most of the time. Left in what feels like a mid-life crisis, with mounting depression and anxiety, he makes an appointment with his doctor. At the meeting, they discuss his social history, how he sometimes loses his temper, and the times.
Questions:
- Select one case below and discuss how the patient, the clinician, OR how the two together, could work to leverage patient-generated data (PGD)to improve the health outcomes of the patient
- Identify what the main barrier is in the case (i.e., what is preventing PGD from being used or valued?)
- How could you - an informatician - assist the people in your case to better leverage PGD and achieve a favourable outcome?