Highlights: ? Introduction of CPOE improved pharmacy turnaround times. ? Despite improved pharmacy turnaround, there was no change in the time to the first dose of antibiotics. ? Admission workflow is a complex process, and will require a multifaceted approach … Continued
CONCLUSIONS: Predictive data mining is becoming an essential instrument for researchers and clinical practitioners in medicine. Understanding the main issues underlying these methods and the application of agreed and standardized procedures is mandatory for their deployment and the dissemination of … Continued
This study throws light on problems of continuity of patient care paths, patient-related and IT-system-related error handling and time spent on core activities-when ubiquitous IT is used locally in a real physical setting with specific traditions of performing or ‘doing … Continued
CONCLUSIONS: Computer-assisted education was effective in reducing the stigma of depression and increasing knowledge about depressive disorder. A web-based intervention has the potential to be used for educating graduate students and university staff about depression and for reducing depression stigmata. … Continued
CONCLUSIONS: Health care organizations attempting to promote physician use of CIT are advised to deepen consideration of physicians’ perspectives about technology adoption and use in order to address their concerns, reduce skepticism, and increase the likelihood of implementation success. PMID: … Continued
CONCLUSIONS: The approach produces an estimation of a lower bound for cost savings concerning the treatment of diabetes related complications in a 30-year time frame. These savings alone do not prove cost efficiency of the INCA approach. Further work is … Continued
Conclusion: This study identified several patterns of patient–physician interaction with electronic health record systems. Consistent with previous studies, physician initiated gaze is an important driver of the interactions between patient and physician and patient and technology. (Source: International Journal of … Continued
Conclusions: Benefits of MDT work are in evidence, but the causes are not fully understood. Instead of asking ‘how can technology support more MDT activity?’, we ask ‘how can we preserve the benefits of human–human interaction in an increasingly technological … Continued
Conclusions: New Zealand ED staff favored electronic poisons information resources while Australians preferred discussion with a colleague. That Poisons Information Centers were the least utilized resource was surprising. (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
CONCLUSION: Further quantitative research in particular is required to assess the impact of online communication, with special regard to the effect on overall patient demand and on healthcare process efficiency. PMID: 17188564 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: International … Continued