Concept Maps for Diabetes Management: Patient and Provider Applications

To complete this assignment, you’ll need to create two concept maps: one for patient-based medical applications and one for provider-based medical applications. Below are the steps and explanations for creating these concept maps.

### Step 1: Choose a Disease Process

For this example, let’s choose **Diabetes** as the disease process.

### Step 2: Choose Two Patient-Based Medical Applications

You need to choose two patient-based medical applications that you think would be useful from the perspective of a patient. Let’s choose:

1. **MySugr** – A diabetes management app.
2. **Glucose Buddy** – Another app for tracking diabetes metrics.

### Step 3: Create the First Concept Map for Patient-Based Medical Applications

Choose three criteria for each application. Here are the criteria and brief descriptions for both MySugr and Glucose Buddy:

#### MySugr

1. **Inform**
– Provides information about diabetes management, including educational videos and articles.
2. **Record**
– Allows users to record their blood sugar levels, meals, medications, and physical activity.
3. **Remind/Alert**
– Sends reminders for blood sugar checks, medication times, and doctor’s appointments.

#### Glucose Buddy

1. **Instruct**
– Offers instructions on how to manage diabetes through diet, exercise, and medication.
2. **Display**
– Graphically displays user-entered data such as blood glucose levels and trends over time.
3. **Guide**
– Provides guidance based on user-entered information, suggesting actions like consulting a physician if certain thresholds are crossed.

### Step 4: Choose One Provider-Based Medical Application

Choose one provider-based medical application. Let’s choose:

**Epocrates** – A widely used clinical decision support app.

### Step 5: Create the Second Concept Map for Provider-Based Medical Applications

Choose three criteria for Epocrates and briefly describe how the app meets them:

1. **Inform**
– Provides a wealth of clinical information including drug interactions, disease management guidelines, and diagnostic tools.
2. **Guide**
– Offers guidance on prescribing medications and treatment protocols based on the latest clinical evidence.
3. **Communicate**
– Allows communication with other healthcare professionals through secure messaging and linkages to social networks for professional collaboration.

### Step 6: Research Scholarly Articles

Using the Galen library, research two scholarly articles that support the use of medical applications in practice.

#### Article 1: “The Impact of Mobile Health Applications on Patient Outcomes”
– **Summary:** This article discusses how mobile health applications like MySugr and Glucose Buddy improve patient outcomes by enhancing self-management, providing real-time data tracking, and offering educational resources. The study shows significant improvements in blood glucose control and patient engagement.

#### Article 2: “Clinical Decision Support Systems in Modern Healthcare”
– **Summary:** This article examines the role of clinical decision support systems like Epocrates in improving the quality of care. It highlights how these applications provide up-to-date clinical guidelines, reduce medication errors, and facilitate better decision-making among healthcare providers.

### Concept Map Creation

Using the above information, create the concept maps in Word or PowerPoint following the tutorial guidelines provided. Here’s a brief outline on how to create them:

1. **Open Word or PowerPoint and start a new document/presentation.**
2. **For the Patient-Based Medical Applications Concept Map:**
– Create a central node labeled “Diabetes Management.”
– Create two sub-nodes for “MySugr” and “Glucose Buddy.”
– From each sub-node, create three branches representing the chosen criteria (Inform, Record, Remind/Alert for MySugr; Instruct, Display, Guide for Glucose Buddy).
– Provide brief descriptions on each branch.

3. **For the Provider-Based Medical Applications Concept Map:**
– Create a central node labeled “Clinical Decision Support.”
– Create a sub-node for “Epocrates.”
– From the sub-node, create three branches representing the chosen criteria (Inform, Guide, Communicate).
– Provide brief descriptions on each branch.

4. **Include a summary box at the bottom of each concept map:**
– Summarize the findings from the two scholarly articles in a paragraph with 5-7 sentences.

### Final Submission

– **Check your work for spelling, grammar, and syntax errors.**
– **Ensure the concept maps are clear, well-organized, and follow the tutorial guidelines.**
– **Save and submit your concept maps according to your instructor’s guidelines.**

By following these steps, you will create comprehensive concept maps that detail the utility of patient and provider-based medical applications in managing diabetes and supporting clinical decisions.

 

Assignment Instructions:

Note: You will need to download medical apps onto an iPhone, iPad, or Android device to complete this assignment. If you do not have any of these devices, you may use the app in a web browser on the host’s website.

 Assignment Instructions:

Review the following tutorial on building concept maps in Word and PowerPoint

 

Tutorial: How To Create Concept Maps in Word and PowerPoint

 

Please read these instructions and  follow each step.

Step 1: For this assignment, choose one disease process (example: diabetes, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, depression, heart disease, etc.).

Step 2: Choose two (2) patient-based medical applications.

· When choosing these applications, think about being the patient. What applications would help you? What applications might you download to your Smartphone and why?

· Use  Green & Murphy’s (2016) article entitled “50 Healthcare Applications for Clinicians and Consumers to Know”  Download Green & Murphy’s (2016) article entitled “50 Healthcare Applications for Clinicians and Consumers to Know” Open this document with ReadSpeaker docReader to complete this section or  use a healthcare application that you find in your own search .

Step 3: Create the first concept map for patient-based medical applications

· Choose three criteria from the list below which you used to select the chosen application by asking yourself –  Does the app:

· Inform: Provide information in a variety of formats (text, photo, video)

· Instruct: Provide instructions to the user

· Record: Capture user entered data

· Display: Graphically display user entered data/output user entered data

· Guide: Provide guidance based on user-entered information (e., recommend a physician consultation or course of treatment)

· Remind/Alert: Provide reminders to the user

· Communicate: Provide communication with the user and/or provide links to social networks.

· Briefly describe how the application meets the criteria in each of the concept map nodes/sections

Step 4: Choose one (1) provider-based medical application.

· When choosing this application, think about being the provider (nurse, doctor, advanced practice nurse). What application would help you? What application might you download to your Smartphone and why?

· Use  Green & Murphy’s (2016) article entitled “50 Healthcare Applications for Clinicians and Consumers to Know”  Download Green & Murphy’s (2016) article entitled “50 Healthcare Applications for Clinicians and Consumers to Know” Open this document with ReadSpeaker docReader to complete this section or  use a healthcare application that you find in your own search .

Step 5: Create the second concept map for provider-based medical applications

· Choose three criteria from the list below which you used to select the chosen application by asking yourself –  Does the app :

· Inform: Provide information in a variety of formats (text, photo, video)

· Instruct: Provide instructions to the user

· Record: Capture user entered data

· Display: Graphically display user entered data/output user entered data

· Guide: Provide guidance based on user-entered information (e., recommend a physician consultation or course of treatment)

· Remind/Alert: Provide reminders to the user

· Briefly describe how the application meets the criteria in each of the concept map nodes/sections

Step 6: Using the Galen library, research a minimum of two (2) scholarly articles related to the topics associated with the medical applications.

· Explain how the research supports the use of medical applications in practice. Provide this summary (one paragraph with at least 5-7 sentences) in the box at the bottom of the concept map template provided by your faculty member or you may create your own.

Important note to students: Pay close attention not only to the details of this assignment but also to the spelling, grammar, and syntax of your work.  You are encouraged to use your Galen resources such as Grammarly, APA Style Central, etc. to complete this assignment.

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