RECOLED: A group-aware collaborative text editor for capturing document history

This paper presents a usability analysis of RECOLED, a shared document editor which supports recording of audio communication in remote collaborative writing sessions, and transparent monitoring of interactions, such as editing, gesturing and scrolling. The editor has been designed so that the collaboration results in the production of a multimedia document history which enriches the final product of the writing activity and can serve as a basis for post-meeting information retrieval. A discussion is presented on how post-meeting processing can highlight the usefulness of such histories in terms of tracking information that would be normally lost in usual collaborative editing settings

Implementation guide for public health practitioners : the Residency Program Collaborative and Community Health Center Collaborative

The purpose of this implementation guide is to describe key lessons learned from the evaluation of the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physician\ue2\u20ac\u2122s (PAFP\ue2\u20ac\u2122s) Residency Program Collaborative and Community Health Center Collaborative (hereafter referred to as the RPC/CHCC). This document is intended for public health practitioners who are interested in using a quality improvement learning collaborative model to better understand how to implement this approach within their communities. Using lessons learned from the evaluation, this document includes considerations when trying to replicate this approach in different settings and with different audiences.The document is organized into five main sections:1. Introduction2. Getting a Residency Program Collaborative or Community Health Center Collaborative Started in Your Community3. Core Elements of the RPC/CHCC4. Program Monitoring and Evaluation5. ConclusionSuggested citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Implementation Guide for Public Health Practitioners: The Residency Program Collaborative and Community Health Center Collaborative. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services; 2015.\uef\ubf\ubcCS254054-AI. Introduction -- II. Getting a Residency Program Collaborative or Community Health Center Collaborative -- III. Core Elements of the RPC/CHCC: Core Element 1: Evidence-Based Frameworks for Systems Change Within Primary Care; Core Element 2: Delivery of Collaborative Activities Core Element; 3: Practice-Level Transformation; Core Element 4: Expand Reach in Practices; Core Element 5: Management of Collaborative -- IV. Program Monitoring and Evaluation -- V. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A. Glossary of Key Terms -- Appendix B. RPC/CHCC Logic Model -- Appendix C. RPC/CHCC Implementation Timeline -- Appendix D. Resources

The TrueBlue study : is practice nurse-led collaborative care effective in the management of depression for patients with heart disease or diabetes?

Background: In the presence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) or coronary heart disease (CHD), depression is under diagnosed and under treated despite being associated with worse clinical outcomes. Our earlier pilot study demonstrated that it was feasible, acceptable and affordable for practice nurses to extend their role to include screening for and monitoring of depression alongside biological and lifestyle risk factors. The current study will compare the clinical outcomes of our model of practice nurse-led collaborative care with usual care for patients with depression and T2DM or CHD.Methods: This is a cluster-randomised intervention trial. Eighteen general practices from regional and metropolitan areas agreed to join this study, and were allocated randomly to an intervention or control group. We aim to recruit 50 patients with co-morbid depression and diabetes or heart disease from each of these practices. In the intervention group, practice nurses (PNs) will be trained for their enhanced roles in this nurse-led collaborative care study. Patients will be invited to attend a practice nurse consultation every 3 months prior to seeing their usual general practitioner. The PN will assess psychological, physiological and lifestyle parameters then work with the patient to set management goals. The outcome of this assessment will form the basis of a GP Management Plan document. In the control group, the patients will continue to receive their usual care for the first six months of the study before the PNs undergo the training and switch to the intervention protocol. The primary clinical outcome will be a reduction in the depression score. The study will also measure the impact on physiological measures, quality of life and on patient attitude to health care delivered by practice nurses.Conclusion: The strength of this programme is that it provides a sustainable model of chronic disease management with monitoring and self-management assistance for physiological, lifestyle and psychological risk factors for high-risk patients with co-morbid depression, diabetes or heart disease. The study will demonstrate whether nurse-led collaborative care achieves better outcomes than usual care.<br /

Casco Bay Shorebird Monitoring Project: Year Two Progress Report

This document provides a summary of shorebird-use during the second field season of the Casco Bay Shorebird Monitoring Project. Casco Bay shorebird habitats are particularly vulnerable to degradation, given the heightened potential for coastal development, disturbance, and other factors in a landscape where industrial and residential land-use patterns prevail. This multi-year, collaborative project provides enhanced monitoring resolution at key shorebird feeding and roosting areas designated as Significant Wildlife Habitat by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Casco Bay Shorebird Monitoring Project: Year Three Progress Report

This document provides a summary of shorebird-use during the third field season of the Casco Bay Shorebird Monitoring Project. Relative to other coastal areas in Maine, Casco Bay shorebird habitats are particularly vulnerable to degradation, given the heightened potential for coastal development, disturbance, and other factors in a landscape where industrial and residential land-use patterns prevail. This collaborative project provides enhanced monitoring resolution at key shorebird feeding and roosting areas designated as Significant Wildlife Habitat by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW)

Casco Bay Shorebird Monitoring Project: Year Four Progress Report

This document provides a summary of shorebird-use during the fourth field season of the Casco Bay Shorebird Monitoring Project. Relative to other coastal areas in Maine, Casco Bay shorebird habitats are particularly vulnerable to degradation, given the heightened potential for coastal development, disturbance, and other factors in a landscape where industrial, commercial, and residential land-use patterns prevail. In 2012 this collaborative project provided enhanced monitoring resolution at key shorebird feeding areas designated as Significant Wildlife Habitat by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW)