Academic Articles & Research Papers

Training in medical informatics

Medical Informatics

This column reports the results of a survey conducted of medical librarian participants in medical informatics training at the University of Pittsburgh. This small study was undertaken in order to identify issues in training different kinds...

Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics: Collaborations on the Road to Genomic Medicine?

In this report, the authors compare and contrast medical informatics (MI) and bioinformatics (BI) and provide a viewpoint on their complementarities and potential for collaboration in various subfields. The authors compare MI and BI along s...

Medical Informatics Europe '99

This volume seeks to reflect the state of the art on medical informatics. It presents ideas that will guide the process of medical informatics. Topics in the book include: information systems in health care and medicine; telemedicine and te...

Medical Informatics and the Science of Cognition

Recent developments in medical informatics research have afforded possibilities for great advances in health care delivery. These exciting opportunities also present formidable challenges to the implementation and integration of technologie...

Patient-reported outcomes and measures for vaginal relaxation syndrome management: a systematic review

Abstract Background The heterogeneity of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in published clinical studies on vaginal relaxation syndrome (VRS) hinders cross-study comparisons and integration of ev...

i-MoMCARE: AI-enabled mobile app for maternal and child health care in Cambodia – a pilot implementation and evaluation study

Objectives In Cambodia, village health support groups (VHSGs) are central to maternal and child health (MCH) service delivery, yet maternal mortality remains high with regional disparities. Although digital health solutions show promise, th...

Handbook of Medical Informatics

Data Processing.- Database Management.- Telecommunication, Networking, and Integration.- Coding and Classification.- The Patient Record.- Biosignal Analysis.- Medical Imaging.- Image Processing and Analysis.- Primary Care.- Clinical Departm...

Rapid review of the ideal clinic realisation and maintenance programme among primary healthcare providers in the Gauteng Province, South Africa

Background The ideal clinic realisation and maintenance (ICRM) programme in South Africa aims to elevate primary healthcare clinic (PHC) service quality in preparation for the National Health Insurance rollout. This study investigated ICRM ...

Using the consolidated framework for implementation research to guide a pilot of implementing an institution level patient informed consent process for clinical research at an outpatient setting

Abstract Background In Singapore, research teams seek informed patient consent on an ad hoc basis for specific clinical studies and there is typically a role separation between operational and research staff. With the enactment of the Human...

Healthcare Management and Leadership Roles

Within the changes in healthcare system across the years, new challenges emerge for healthcare practitioners, organisations, and their management boards, so the recognition of the need for different health professionals in healthcare manage...

The Study Of Influence Of Human Resource Management (HRM) On Implementation Of Clinical Governance In Tehran University Of Medical Sciences Hospitals

Background and Aim: Clinical governance is the application of mechanisms at the right time and place to do tasks for patients properly and obtain maximum clinical results. The implementation of clinical governance definitely requires the sk...

Effectiveness of an electronic clinical decision support system in improving the management of childhood illness in primary care in rural Nigeria: an observational study

Objectives To evaluate the impact of ALgorithm for the MANAgement of CHildhood illness (‘ALMANACH’), a digital clinical decision support system (CDSS) based on the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness, on health and quality of care ou...

The South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) and SASOP State Employed Special Interest Group (SESIG) position statements on psychiatric care in the public sector

Executive summary. National mental health policy: SASOP extends its support for the process of formalising a national mental health policy as well as for the principles and content of the current draft policy. Psychiatry and mental health...

Healthcare management and leadership roles

Within the changes in healthcare system across the years, new challenges emerge for healthcare practitioners, organisations, and their management boards, so the recognition of the need for different health professionals in healthcare manage...

Hospital Information System Utilization in Iran: a Qualitative Study

Hospital information system (HIS) should ideally allow different forms of data to be stored and used for decision making by clinicians and managers alike. This system has been developed since the early 1980's, and many hospitals gradually c...

Cuba's Community Health Services：Introduction and Implications to China

Cuba has a three-level healthcare system, and offers free universal healthcare, of which community health services occupy a decisive position. Cuba has accumulated abundant experience in implementing public health services, primary healthca...

Physician’s changes in management of return visits to the Emergency Department

Return visits to the Emergency Department (ED) are estimated between 2-3.1%, which impacts ED care costs and wait times. Adverse events for unscheduled return visits (URVs) have been reported to be as high as 30%. The objective of this stud...

Assessing pain knowledge among community nurses in Singapore: A pre- and post-education course study

Background Community nurses play a crucial role in managing pain, a prevalent yet often inadequately addressed symptom in community settings. Persistent knowledge gaps among healthcare providers contribute to inconsistent pain management, p...

Career advancement and gender equity in healthcare management

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the conditions for career advancement in healthcare management and examine factors that may be impeding gender equity. Design/methodology/approach The authors assess gender differences in the ...