Do Email and Mobile Phone Prompts Stimulate Primary School Children to Reuse an Internet-Delivered Smoking Prevention Intervention?
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Web-based interventions for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review of recent evidence
Conclusion: The web-based interventions have demonstrated some level of favourable outcomes, provided they are further enhanced with proper e-research strategies. (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
Changing course to make clinical decision support work in an HIV clinic in Kenya
Conclusion: Implementing clinical decision support in resource-limited settings is challenging. Understanding and correcting root causes of problems related to reminders will facilitate successful implementation of the decision support systems in these settings. (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
Information system support as a critical success factor for chronic disease management: Necessary but not sufficient.
CONCLUSIONS: In complex primary care settings environment where physicians have low adoption rates of electronic tools to support the care of patients with chronic conditions, successful implementation may require a set of interrelated system and technology factors. PMID: 16920013 [PubMed … Continued
Tensions associated with the use of electronic knowledge resources within clinical decision-making processes: A multiple case study.
CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest EKR usage in a clinical decision-making context may have negative consequences when three types of tension arise in a clinical decision-making context. Illustrated types of tension are interrelated and not mutually exclusive. Awareness of EKR-related tensions may … Continued
What factors are associated with the integration of evidence retrieval technology into routine general practice settings?
CONCLUSION: Clinicians’ use of an online evidence system was directly related to their reported experiences of improvements in patient care. Post-trial clinicians positively changed their views about having time to search for information and pursued more questions during clinic hours. … Continued
A Ubiquitous Reflective E-Portfolio Architecture
Conclusions: There is evidence that the environment where the professional practice takes place influences the usage of the e-portfolio. Mobile devices were able to support students in their professional practice; however, these devices present characteristics that must be judiciously selected, … Continued