CONCLUSIONS: It was determined that telemonitoring made a cost-reduction of euro145,822 per year possible. However, variables such as educational level, psychosocial situation, time-travel distance from home to the hospital, reimbursement system and actual clinical status were not included. Furthermore, the … Continued
Conclusion: EPR systems in Norwegian primary care that have been developed in accordance with the principles of user-centered design have achieved widespread adoption and highly integrated use. The quality and efficiency of the clinical work has increased in contrast to … Continued
Conclusion: There is a distinct need for more comprehensive interventions, in which several technologies are integrated in order to be able to manage chronic conditions such as diabetes. Such IT interventions should be theoretically founded and should rely on principles … Continued
Conclusions: We found that underdosing alerts provide less value to providers than overdosing alerts. However, the low compliance with the alerts should trigger the evaluation of clinical practice behavior and the existing alert thresholds. Informational alerts noting the absence of … Continued
Conclusions: Strategies of the platform leader and openness of the platform towards third parties are the most important drivers for collective action between organizations offering independent living services. Establishing common service platforms for independent living services requires explicit attention to … Continued
Siemens Unveils New Solutions to Improve Laboratory Workflow at the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Conference – July 16, 2007 Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics is showcasing its comprehensive portfolio of performance-driven solutions for the first time at the American … Continued
Conclusion: Applying human-centred methods in the design of e-health solutions requires that designers must take particular considerations when patients and healthcare professionals are involved in the design process. (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
Conclusion: This study provides evidence that the computerized decision support system and an educational program as implementation strategies had a positive influence on nursing documentation practice. (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
Conclusions: Providing GPs with access to a CDSS to aid their decision to use the PSA, had no measurable effect on the GPs’ PSA testing behaviour. (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
Conclusions: Two-way SMS is a promising tool to conduct short health surveys. Evidence for implementing long surveys over SMS is still weak. The post survey interviews with survey participants suggested that sequential delivery of survey questions coupled with SMS reminders … Continued