Frontiers in Digital Health, 2021 Family and Domestic violence (FDV) is a global problem with significant social, economic, and health consequences for victims including increased health care costs, mental trauma, and social stigmatization.
George Karystianis +4 more
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Using Blockchain for Electronic Health Records
IEEE Access, 2019 Blockchain have been an interesting research area for a long time and the benefits it provides have been used by a number of various industries. Similarly, the healthcare sector stands to benefit immensely from the blockchain technology due to security ...
Ayesha Shahnaz +2 more
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The Vulnerability Index: A weighted measure of dementia and cognitive impairment risk
Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 2021 Introduction A brief, easily calculated and interpretable index to assess vulnerability to developing cognitive impairment is needed in clinical practice and research.
Michael J. Kleiman, James E. Galvin
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Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2014 Introduction Research suggests that electronic messaging can improve patient engagement. Studies indicate that a ‘digital divide’ may exist, where certain patient populations may be using electronic messaging less frequently. This study aims to determine
Sean Patrick Mikles, Thelma J Mielenz
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Knowledge and Information Sources of Standard Precautions among Physicians in Mashhad, Iran [PDF]
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2019 Introduction: Health care workers are exposed to percutaneous injuries. They are at risk of infection from bloodborne pathogens during routine clinical duties. Adherence to standard precautions can protect health care workers.
Masoumeh Sarbaz +3 more
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Predicting diabetes-related hospitalizations based on electronic health records [PDF]
, 2019 OBJECTIVE: To derive a predictive model to identify patients likely to be hospitalized during the following year due to complications attributed to Type II diabetes. METHODS: A variety of supervised machine learning classification methods were tested and
Brisimi, Theodora S. +4 more
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A Blockchain-Applied Personal Health Record Application: Development and User Experience
Applied Sciences, 2022 This study aims to introduce a novel blockchain-applied personal health records (PHR) application and validate its user experience. The system transmits the part corresponding to the patient’s personal information off-chain and prevents data forgery and ...
Ji Woong Kim +3 more
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A comparison of the performance of seven key bibliographic databases in identifying all relevant systematic reviews of interventions for hypertension [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Bibliographic databases are the primary resource for identifying systematic reviews of health care interventions. Reliable retrieval of systematic reviews depends on the scope of indexing used by database providers.
Carter, Matt +3 more
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Synergistic drug combinations from electronic health records and gene expression. [PDF]
, 2016 ObjectiveUsing electronic health records (EHRs) and biomolecular data, we sought to discover drug pairs with synergistic repurposing potential. EHRs provide real-world treatment and outcome patterns, while complementary biomolecular data, including ...
Chen, William +19 more
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The Scottish school leavers cohort: linkage of education data to routinely collected records for mortality, hospital discharge and offspring birth characteristics [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose: The Scottish school leavers cohort provides population-wide prospective follow-up of local authority secondary school leavers in Scotland through linkage of comprehensive education data with hospital and mortality records.
Dundas, Ruth +2 more
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