abstract：INTRODUCTION:Social distancing requirements during COVID-19 pose a challenge to conducting traditional academic detailing, which typically involves in-person peer education visits to improve patient outcomes. The main alternative is to conduct virtual academic detailing delivered through web-based technology, but this ...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Smart MH,Mandava MR,Lee TA,Pickard AS

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have shown great promise in detecting some diseases based on medical images. Most studies developed AI diagnostic systems only using eligible images. However, in real-world settings, ineligible images (including poor-quality and poor-location images) that can c...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Li Z,Jiang J,Zhou H,Zheng Q,Liu X,Chen K,Weng H,Chen W

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychological support is available more widely supported by emerging technologies as an addition to face-to-face consultations, more and more people are accessing psychological support using online resources. OBJECTIVE:This research provides insights into the perception of the key factors that affect the ef...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Liu J,Gao L

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Diabetic foot is one of the important complications of diabetes, which is occurred due to the destructive parameters in different anatomical sites of feet. Management and monitoring of these parameters are very important to decrease or prevent foot ulcers. We aimed to develop a smart wearable d...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Moulaei K,Malek M,Sheikhtaheri A

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current systems of reporting waiting time to patients in public emergency departments (EDs) has largely relied on rolling average or median estimators which have limited accuracy. This study proposes to use machine learning (ML) algorithms that significantly improve waiting time forecasts. METHODS:By im...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Pak A,Gannon B,Staib A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Researches on Lifestyle medicine (LM) have emerged in recent years to garner wide attention. Prostate cancer (PCa) could be prevented and treated by positive lifestyles, but the association between lifestyles and PCa is always personalized. OBJECTIVES:In order to solve the heterogeneity and diversity of dif...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Chen Y,Yu C,Liu X,Xi T,Xu G,Sun Y,Zhu F,Shen B

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To build a machine-learning model that predicts laboratory test results and provides a promising lab test reduction strategy, using spatial-temporal correlations. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We developed a global prediction model to treat laboratory testing as a series of decisions by considering contextual inform...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Yu L,Li L,Bernstam E,Jiang X

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study reviewed the competency and threshold standards for allied health professionals to identify the inclusion of digital health competencies. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A nine-stage, sequential meta-synthesis of professional standards was undertaken. Statements relevant to digital health were extracted, ca...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Butler-Henderson K,Dalton L,Probst Y,Maunder K,Merolli M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electronic approaches are becoming more widely used to obtain informed consent for research participation. Electronic consent (e-consent) provides an accessible and versatile approach to the consenting process, which can be enhanced with audio-visual and interactive features to improve participant engagement...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Skelton E,Drey N,Rutherford M,Ayers S,Malamateniou C

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the recent advances in computational science, machine-learning methods have been increasingly used in medical research. Because such projects usually require both a clinician and a computational data scientist, there is a need for interdisciplinary research collaboration. However, there has been no publ...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Higaki A,Uetani T,Ikeda S,Yamaguchi O

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ERAS protocol compliance is traditionally measured and reported as 'items compliance' which is retrospective longitudinal adherence of all patients to an index element. Reporting in this manner is restrictive and cannot impact care in real-time. In order to modify behavior effectively and instantaneously, we...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Baimas-George M,Cochran A,Watson M,Murphy KJ,Iannitti D,Martinie JB,Baker E,Ocuin L,Vrochides D

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last years, multidisciplinary post-discharge treatment programs, such as telemonitoring, have been promoted as a strategy for Heart Failure (HF) management. However, the distinctive requirements that a telemonitoring system should have, have not been clearly identified. To this aim, the most relevant requiremen...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Yanicelli LM,Vegetti M,Goy CB,Martínez EC,Herrera MC

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) usage has surged substantially across the globe, particularly among adolescents and young adults. The ever-increasing prevalence of social media makes it highly convenient to access and engage with content on numerous substances, including e-cigarettes. A comprehensive dataset of 5...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Ketonen V,Malik A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are acknowledged as vital tools to strengthen Primary Health Care (PHC) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, these technologies have been used only for selected services. Moreover, there is limited evidence on how effective these interventi...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Faujdar DS,Sahay S,Singh T,Kaur M,Kumar R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite attempts to reform the healthcare delivery system in the Middle East, expectations for its progress have been-and for some still are-somewhat slow. OBJECTIVE:This study reviewed progress in the use and adoption of telemedicine in Middle Eastern countries. The key dimensions affecting the progress of...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Al-Samarraie H,Ghazal S,Alzahrani AI,Moody L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs aim to optimize antibiotic use and reduce inappropriate prescriptions through a panel of interventions. The implementation of clinical guidelines is a core strategy of AMS programs. Nevertheless, their dissemination and application remain low. Computeri...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Catho G,Centemero NS,Catho H,Ranzani A,Balmelli C,Landelle C,Zanichelli V,Huttner BD,on the behalf of the Q-COMPASS study group.

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:About ten years ago, an age-related digital divide was identified, where 'the elderly' denoted a group of people at risk of losing the benefits of a digital society. The aims of this work are to find a relationship between self-assessed health and internet use by older people in European countries and to asc...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Tavares AI

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Home care nursing requires high quality documentation to facilitate communication between health providers. Despite the awareness surrounding the importance of documentation, the home care nursing environment lends itself to incomplete and inaccurate documentation. Our study aims to develop a hierarchical st...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Lee J,Kang MJ,Garcia JP,Dykes PC

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Building on initial work carried out by the Faculty of Clinical Informatics (FCI) in the UK, the creation of a national competency framework for Clinical Informatics is required for the definition of clinical informaticians' professional attributes and skills. We aimed to systematically review the academic l...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Davies A,Mueller J,Moulton G

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Various healthcare stakeholders define quality of care in different ways. Public policy could advocate all these concerns. This study was conducted to identify the main themes on patient safety of stakeholders expressed before and after the Patient Safety Act was enacted in Korea in 2015. DESIGN:Longitudina...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Cho I,Lee M,Kim Y

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an increasing trend in using network science methods and algorithms, including community detection methods, in different areas of healthcare. These areas include protein networks, drug prescriptions, healthcare fraud detection, and drug abuse. Counterfeit drugs, off-label marketing issues, and findi...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Shirazi S,Albadvi A,Akhondzadeh E,Farzadfar F,Teimourpour B

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Febrile neutropenia (FN) has been associated with high mortality among adults with cancer. Current systems for early detection of inpatient FN mortality are based on scoring indexes that require intensive physicians' subjective evaluation. OBJECTIVE:In this study, we leveraged machine learning techniques to...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Du X,Min J,Shah CP,Bishnoi R,Hogan WR,Lemas DJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Physicians encounter a large number of questions during patient care. Therefore, finding high-quality evidence provides a good opportunity to improve patient care and continue learning. OBJECTIVES:The present study aims to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the physicians' clinical information-seekin...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Daei A,Soleymani MR,Ashrafi-Rizi H,Zargham-Boroujeni A,Kelishadi R

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aim to 1) design an evaluation framework to examine the accuracy of automatic privacy auditing tools, 2) apply the evaluation method at a hospital to validate the performance of an auditing tool that uses a machine learning algorithm to automate user access auditing, and 3) recommend further improvements i...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Yesmin T,Carter MW

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Teamwork has become a modus operandi in healthcare and delivery of patient care by an interdisciplinary healthcare team (IHT) is now a prevailing modality of care. We argue that a formal and automated support framework is needed for an IHT to properly leverage information technology resources. Su...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Wilk S,Kezadri-Hamiaz M,Amyot D,Michalowski W,Kuziemsky C,Catal N,Rosu D,Carrier M,Giffen R

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical pathways (CPs) increase in popularity and are known to lead to several benefits in the hospital environment. Clinical pathways can be either paper-based or software-based. It is known that paper-based CPs can result in more paperwork instead of simplifying daily routines of healthcare workers. Insuf...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Askari M,Tam JLYY,Aarnoutse MF,Meulendijk M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent spontaneous seizures. Over 70% epilepsy patients can live normally if their seizures can be controlled. For this, many factors should be tracked and managed, but doing so is hard because of individual differences. There are mobile appli...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Yoo S,Lim K,Baek H,Jang SK,Hwang GY,Kim H,Hwang H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, it is rare for nursing data to be available in data repositories due to the quality of nursing data collected in clinical practice. To improve the quality of nursing data, the American Nurses Association recommends the use of Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) for cod...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Kim J,Macieira TGR,Meyer SL,Ansell Maggie M,Bjarnadottir Raga RI,Smith MB,Citty SW,Schentrup DM,Nealis RM,Keenan GM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given that China has free universities dedicated solely to the elderly, such universities may be the perfect place to provide large numbers of elderly with a systematic program of self-management. Yet, testing health applications in this location has not occurred, partly because time-consuming training is re...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Zhao X,Wang L,Ge C,Zhen X,Chen Z,Wang J,Zhou Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether context-specific alerts for potassium-increasing drug-drug interactions (DDIs) in a clinical decision support system reduced the alert burden, increased alert acceptance, and had an effect on the occurrence of hyperkalemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In the pre-intervention period all alert...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Muylle KM,Gentens K,Dupont AG,Cornu P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The drug information most commonly requested by patients is to learn more about potential adverse drug reactions (ADRs) of their drugs. Such information should be customizable to individual information needs. While approaches to automatically aggregate ADRs by text-mining processes and establishment of respe...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Kusch MKP,Zien A,Hachenberg C,Haefeli WE,Seidling HM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of routine HIV programme data for surveillance is often limited due to inaccuracies associated with patient misclassification which can be addressed by unique patient identification.We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of integrating an iris recognition biometric identification system into routi...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Anne N,Dunbar MD,Abuna F,Simpson P,Macharia P,Betz B,Cherutich P,Bukusi D,Carey F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Clinicians commonly use the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and the Barthel Index (BI) to measure clinical outcome after stroke. These are potential targets in machine learning models for stroke outcome prediction. Therefore, the quality of the measurements is crucial for training and validation of these model...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Lin CH,Hsu KC,Johnson KR,Luby M,Fann YC

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chatbots are systems that are able to converse and interact with human users using spoken, written, and visual languages. Chatbots have the potential to be useful tools for individuals with mental disorders, especially those who are reluctant to seek mental health advice due to stigmatization. While numerous...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Abd-Alrazaq AA,Alajlani M,Alalwan AA,Bewick BM,Gardner P,Househ M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence-based therapy for heart failure remains underutilized at hospital discharge, particularly for patients with heart failure who are hospitalized for another cause. We developed clinical decision support (CDS) to recommend an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor during hospitalization to promo...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Blecker S,Austrian JS,Horwitz LI,Kuperman G,Shelley D,Ferrauiola M,Katz SD

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poorly designed infusion pumps can lead to user errors and adverse incidents. Therefore, assessments of their usability and performance that can inform managerial decisions about the selection of appropriate medical devices are essential. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to identify design deficiencies and evalua...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Liu K,Chan FY,Or CK,Sun DT,Lai WS,So HY

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:This paper presents Alzheed, a mobile application for monitoring patients with Alzheimer's disease at day centers as well as a set of design recommendations for the development of healthcare mobile applications. The Alzheed project was conducted at Day Center "Dorita de Ojeda" that is focused o...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Chávez A,Borrego G,Gutierrez-Garcia JO,Rodríguez LF

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, the development and application of emerging information technologies, such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, Internet of Things, and wearable devices, has expanded the content of electronic health (e-health). Electronic health has become a research focus, but few studies have expl...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Gu D,Li T,Wang X,Yang X,Yu Z

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assist medical professional in better treatment of diseases, and improve patient outcomes, healthcare has brought about a cognitive computing revolution. The cognitive computing system processes enormous amounts of data instantly to answer specific queries and makes customized intelligent recommendations. Cognitive...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： Behera RK,Bala PK,Dhir A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient access to electronic health records (EHRs) is associated with several determinants and outcomes, which are interrelated. However, individual studies and the reviews summarizing them have only addressed particular aspects, such as policy, usability or health outcomes of adoption. Therefore, no compreh...

journal_title：International journal of medical informatics

authors： van Mens HJT,Duijm RD,Nienhuis R,de Keizer NF,Cornet R

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00