Conclusions: Findings demonstrate that the majority of responding staff were generally positive about transitioning from CPOE system to a full electronic health record (EHR) and understood the goals of doing so, with overall improved ratings over time. In addition, the … Continued
CONCLUSIONS: Considering the increasing trend of Internet use in developing countries like Iran, and the consequent increase in the proportion of Internet-using patients, and finally the time constraints gastroenterologists face answering patients’ questions; similar websites seem to be effective ways … Continued
CompuMed Announces Kodak China Installs First OsteoGram®-Enhanced Digital X-Ray Platform – November 27, 2006 CompuMed, Inc. (OTCBB:CMPD) – a medical informatics company leading the development of advanced imaging technology for cost-effective analysis and monitoring – announced today that the first … Continued
$18 million award to support Yale Center of Excellence in Genomic Science – August 22, 2006 The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced a grant of $18 million over five years … Continued
Conclusions: We examined levels of EHR adoption in 848 Chinese hospitals and found that most of them have only basic systems, around level 2 and 0. Very few have a higher score and level for clinical information using and sharing. … Continued
CONCLUSIONS: In robust production systems, EAV-modeled databases trade a modest data sub-schema for a complex metadata sub-schema. The need to design the metadata effectively makes EAV design potentially more challenging than conventional design. PMID: 17098467 [PubMed – as supplied by … Continued
CONCLUSIONS: The evidence for the impact of CPOE needs to be improved to support scientific generalizability. Several common confounds are found in this literature. Future researchers will want to address them to improve the strength of the inference between CPOE … Continued
We report from a longitudinal laboratory-based usability evaluation of a health care information system. The purpose of the study was to inquire into the nature of usability problems experienced by novice and expert users, and to see to what extend … Continued
Conclusions: The results demonstrated that implementation of BCMA for oral medication could reduce half of the time for oral medication delivery. Nurses coordinated the hardware and software by accommodating the new facilities and operating BCMA system. The stability of wireless … Continued
Authors: Dufour JC, Cuggia M, Soula G, Spector M, Kohler F The aim of the French-speaking Virtual Medical University project (UMVF) is to share common resources and specific tools in order to improve medical training. Digital video on IP is … Continued