CONCLUSION: This article shows that it is possible to represent findings using the UMLS and the DICOM SR formalism with a semi-automated method. The Metamap program helped to find a model to represent the semantic structure of free texts with … Continued
CONCLUSION: Applying multi-perspective methodologies is an effective way to study and design user interactions with the front end of a guideline-based DSS. PMID: 19328739 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
Conclusions: We found that each section of health information has its own clients concerning their personal interests and status of health and life style. That is why customized market segmentation is strongly recommended for their loyal customers. Depends on the … Continued
CONCLUSIONS: Each of the four evolutionary approaches to decision support architecture has unique advantages and disadvantages. A key lesson was that there were common limitations that almost all the approaches faced, and no single approach has been able to entirely … Continued
Conclusion: The HFE approach to medication CPOE efficiently identifies and distinguishes currently unsafe or uncomfortable work situations that could obviously benefit from an IT solution from other work situations incorporating efficient work procedures that might be impaired by the implementation … Continued
CONCLUSION: Patients and physicians responded promptly to patient-directed electronic medication messages, identifying and addressing medication-related problems including ADEs. PMID: 17581772 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
Conclusions: WLAN-based RTLS can help alleviate process inefficiencies associated with traditional clinic workflow methods, which can lead to improved patient satisfaction. (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
Authors: Lenz R, Blaser R, Beyer M, Heger O, Biber C, Bäumlein M, Schnabel M Clinical pathways are an effective instrument to decrease undesired practice variability and improve clinician performance. IT-applications embedded into clinical routine work can help to increase … Continued
Conclusion: These results suggested that an internet-based interactive intervention could become a helpful tool in promoting and maintaining physical activity in the long term. (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).
The international interest in introducing e-PHRs has emerged as an important area of research in the medical and health informatics domain [1,2]. This interest has been summarised in scoping studies, such as [3–5]. Much of the research, however, focuses on … Continued