Highlights: ? Health information technology (HIT) is shown to benefit quality of care for HIV/AIDS patients. ? An easy-to-use system responsive to users’ needs effectively facilitates rigorous application of quality improvement methods. ? HIT can lead to improved health outcomes … Continued
(Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
Conclusions: A thorough prior analysis of clinical activities and workflows, the use of the adequate technology, and the availability of data analysis tools will almost guarantee success in the deployment of an Oncology Information System. (Source: International Journal of Medical … Continued
Conclusion: This work demonstrates how processed text could enable detection of non-specific symptom clusters for use in automated surveillance activities. (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
This study used a health smart card with a clinical reminder system to keep continuous records of general outpatient visits of pregnant women to protect them from potential adverse events caused by improper prescription.Method: The health smart card, issued to … Continued
Highlights: ? Electronic medical record. ? Phenotype; data aggregation. ? Medical informatics. ? Research subject selection. ? Diabetes mellitus.Abstract: Purpose: To evaluate the impact of insufficient longitudinal data on the accuracy of a high-throughput clinical phenotyping (HTCP) algorithm for identifying … Continued
Conclusions: The case describes the secondary usage of data by a clinic aimed at improving management of the clinic’s patients. It illustrates that creating the pre-conditions for secondary use of data from EMRs is a complex process which can be … Continued
Conclusion: When designing and implementing complex technologies with pervasive implications, policymakers must consider not only technical issues but also the personal, social and organisational aspects of the programme. A judicious blend of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ management appears key to managing … Continued
Conclusion: The algorithms for identifying and classifying temporal expressions in medical narratives developed within Med-TTK significantly improved performance compared to TTK. Natural language processing applications such as Med-TTK provide a foundation for meaningful longitudinal mapping of patient history events among … Continued
Highlights: ? Effective semantic interoperability can only be obtained with structured routine data in predictable situations. ? Managerial, organizational, clinical and administrative priorities guide policy makers to select predictable situations. ? Structured routine data can be used for multiple purposes, … Continued