Social Media and the Empowering of Opponents of Medical Technologies: The Case of Anti-Vaccinationism
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Medication errors in residential aged care facilities: A distributed cognition analysis of the information exchange process
Conclusions: Application of the theoretical lens of distributed cognition can assist in enhancing our understanding of medication errors in RACFs through identification of gaps in information exchange. Understanding the dynamics of the cognitive process can inform the design of interventions … Continued
Seeking health information on the web: Positive hypothesis testing
Conclusion: Positive hypothesis testing on the Web is an understudied topic. More studies are needed to validate the effectiveness of the debiasing techniques discussed in this study and develop new techniques. Search engine developers should consider developing new options for … Continued
Corrigendum to “Towards an ontology for data quality in integrated chronic disease management: A realist review of the literature” [Int. J. Med. Inform. 82 (2013) 10–24]
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Effects of a short text message reminder system on emergency department length of stay
Highlights: ? We designed SMS automatic transmission system linked to consultation order. ? The CPOE-based SMS project reduced LOS of consulted patients in the ED. ? This intervention facilitated the decision-making process of consulting physicians.Abstract: Purpose: Specialty consultations and waiting … Continued
Special issue on information infrastructures for healthcare: The global and local relation
Information infrastructure for healthcare is a particular theoretical perspective that emphasizes the fundamental socio-technical nature of technology and practices. It stipulates that we need to include socio-material relations as part of the entangled infrastructures if we are to comprehend the … Continued