INVESTIGATING THE NON-ADOPTION OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS IN PRIMARY CARE

The objective of this study was to investigate the underlying reasons behind primary care centers in the United States not implementing an Electronic Health Record system in spite of looming penalties under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. In order to do this, survey was developed and distributed among healthcare providers who have not yet implemented an EHR system at their practice. The questions for the survey were developed after conducting a literature review of the barriers to EHR implementation. In this review, six themes emerged: technical, cost, productivity, change process, privacy and time. These 6 categories served as the foundation for the survey which consisted of 30 questions. The results from the survey were analyzed using SPSS. From the analysis we see what the participants perceive as the most significant of barriers and also see that nurses and doctors are divided in their opinion of the EHRs, where the former perceive them as them as not being useful and the latter seem to think otherwise. Further research may be conducted on determining why this is so

STABILITY OF TREDECIC FUNCTIONAL EQUATION IN MATRIX NORMED SPACES

In this current work, we dene and nd the general solution of the tredecic functional equation. We also investigate and establish the generalized Ulam-Hyers stability of this functional equation in matrix normed spaces by using the xed point method

Stability on Quinquevigintic Functional Equation in Different Spaces

In this work, we determine the general solution of the quinquevigintic functional equation and also investigate its stability of this equation in the setting of matrix normed spaces and the framework of matrix non-Archimedean fuzzy normed spaces by using the fixed point method

Autonomous Land Vehicle

The demand for the autonomous land vehicle industry has been increasing tremendously, and continues to grow; nearly 30 million autonomous vehicles are expected to be sold by 2040.1 Through the Autonomous Lands Vehicle (ALV) VIP team, students develop both the hardware and software to help enhance knowledge and gain experience in vehicle autonomy. An automatic pilot has been built that can drive the vehicle in real time. The purpose of this pilot is to generate vehicle control commands that will direct the vehicle from the starting point to the finishing point, without hitting unforeseen obstacles. A remote controlled vehicle has been transformed into an autonomous vehicle by implementing appropriate steering logic based on incoming data from ultrasonic distance sensors. The Team has strategized that the use of the Raspberry Pi single board computer would be the best candidate to function as the brain of the project due to open source software and familiarity of use.The current steering logic has been refined through an obstacle course based testing in scenarios with low gradient surfaces.For future iterations of this project, implementation of object recognition via a Pi CAM can relay what the ALV is seeing and with the introduction of a GPS module the user can actively monitor the coordinates of the vehicle . In addition to this, the project could be improved with a wider variation of testing in less controlled environments. Reference: https://news.ihsmarkit.com/press-release/automotive/autonomous-vehicle-sales-surpass-33-million-annually-2040-enabling-new-aut