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eEmergency health care information systems [PDF]

2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2011
In this paper we provide an overview of the way that information and communication technologies have been used for emergency healthcare support. The paper provides a literature review of case studies exploring information systems for monitoring signals, images, medical videos, as well as information protocols used during emergency health care support ...
Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C., Constantinides, P., Pattichis, Constantinos S., Pattichis, Marios S., Panayides, Andreas S., Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos C., Constantinides, P., Pattichis, Constantinos S., Pattichis, Marios S., Panayides, Andreas S.   +9 more
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Health system design and performance: what can other countries learn from the Nordic experience? [PDF]

, 2016
Nordic health systems are amongst the strongest in the developed world. This paper discusses their strengths and lessons for other health systems under five headings: sources of finance, provider payment, organization, regulation, and persuasion.
Smith, PC
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Role of perceived ease of use, usefulness, and financial strength on the adoption of health information systems: the moderating role of hospital size

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Adoption of a health information system is always a challenge for hospitals. It is because most of the medical staff do not have enough skills to use the new technology and due to the sensitivity of medical data.
Ji Luo, Sayed Fayaz Ahmad, Asma Alyaemeni, Yuhan Ou, Muhammad Irshad, Randah Alyafi-AlZahri, Ghadeer Alsanie, Syeda Taj Unnisa   +7 more
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Generating statistics from health facility data: the state of routine health information systems in Eastern and Southern Africa

BMJ Global Health, 2019
Health facility data are a critical source of local and continuous health statistics. Countries have introduced web-based information systems that facilitate data management, analysis, use and visualisation of health facility data.
A. Maïga, Safia S. Jiwani, M. Mutua, T. Porth, C. Taylor, G. Asiki, Dessalegn Y. Melesse, C. Day, Kathleen L Strong, C. Faye, Kavitha Viswanathan, K. O’Neill, A. Amouzou, B. Pond, T. Boerma   +14 more
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Development and deployment of a nationwide predictive model for chronic kidney disease progression in diabetic patients

Frontiers in Nephrology
AimChronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major complication of diabetes and a significant disease burden on the healthcare system. The aim of this work was to apply a predictive model to identify high-risk patients in the early stages of CKD as a means to ...
Zhiyan Fu, Zhiyu Wang, Karen Clemente, Mohit Jaisinghani, Ken Mei Ting Poon, Anthony Wee Teo Yeo, Gia Lee Ang, Adrian Liew, Chee Kong Lim, Marjorie Wai Yin Foo, Wai Leng Chow, Wee An Ta   +11 more
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Two Singapore public healthcare AI applications for national screening programs and other examples

Health Care Science, 2022
This article explains how two AI systems have been incorporated into the everyday operations of two Singapore public healthcare nation‐wide screening programs.
Andy Wee An Ta, Han Leong Goh, Christine Ang, Lian Yeow Koh, Ken Poon, Steven M. Miller   +5 more
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Antecedents of the adoption of blockchain to enhance patients’ health information management in South Africa

South African Journal of Information Management, 2022
Background: Currently, the South African public healthcare system is hampered by a lack of effective patient data management. This leads to, amongst other challenges, a lack of transparency in the management of patients’ health information and unsecure ...
Dineo A. Matlebjane, Patrick Ndayizigamiye   +1 more
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Security and Privacy of Technologies in Health Information Systems: A Systematic Literature Review

De Computis
Health information systems (HISs) have immense value for healthcare institutions, as they provide secure storage, efficient retrieval, insightful analysis, seamless exchange, and collaborative sharing of patient health information.
Parisasadat Shojaei, Elena Vlahu-Gjorgievska, Yang-Wai Chow   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health information systems in developing countries: some reflections on information for action

Information Technology for Development, 2019
This short paper offers some reflections on the role, effectiveness and challenges for health information systems in developing countries. It is argued that such systems need to support the use of information for action, but that this is often ...
G. Walsham
semanticscholar   +1 more source

HealthSense: an application for querying raw sensor data [PDF]

, 2008
New sensing technologies and the decreasing cost of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) make possible the development of electronic Health (eHealth) monitoring systems.
Camous, Fabrice, McCann, Dónall, Roantree, Mark   +2 more
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