The number and type of mobile health (mHealth) applications, developed for a wide variety of health interventions, have proliferated over the past several years. This is particularly true in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where mHealth solutions have been proposed … Continued
Authors: Göransson KE, Ehrenberg A, Ehnfors M, Fonteyn M The purpose of this paper is to describe how qualitative data analysis software was used in an attempt to manage and support a three-step protocol analysis of think aloud data in … Continued
Main institution: (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
Electronic medical records (EMRs) can reduce medical errors and potentially improve patient safety [1]. An in-depth review of the biomedical literature demonstrated a positive impact of EMRs in outpatient settings for approximately half the outcomes measured [2]. One-year after EMR … Continued
(Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
Software continues to change along the course of its life-cycle, either due to day to day maintenance issues such as bug fixes, or in a rather planned fashion to evolve into a more capable product. Software maintainability (‘maintainability’ from here … Continued
CONCLUSIONS: When hospital clinical staff seek medication advice from other members of a ward it tends to be sought from those in their profession. However key individuals in the ward are relied upon for the provision of medication advice by … Continued
(Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
Conclusion: Low-income breast cancer patients sought out information from an online cancer information expert. Patients with more negative perceptions at pre-test tended to use the service more. Greater use of the service was associated with improvement in patients’ perception of … Continued
Conclusion: The emerging world of the ‘integrated nurse’ cannot be adequately understood without examining how nurses make use of ICT and the Internet within nursing practice and the way this is shaped by institutional, technical and professional opportunities and constraints. … Continued