Academic Articles & Research Papers

A career in medical informatics

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli explains how to have a career in medical informatics1 If you want to understand why I love technology, take a look at my hearing aid. Just before starting my house job, my nightmare scenario was of being deafened by the...

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Medical informatics and telemedicine: A vision

The goal of medical informatics is to improve care. This requires the commitment and harmonious collaboration between the computer scientists and clinicians and an integrated database. The vision described is how medical information systems...

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Indivisibility and Variety of Medical Informatics

Summary In recent editorials it has been pointed out that medical informatics, seen as comprehensive health care informatics, should be understood as the science of information processing and engineering of automated information systems wit...

Medical Informatics and Pediatrics-Reply

We, too, are pleased by the contributions that theArchiveshas made to the medical informatics literature. It is noteworthy that from a historical perspective, the American Journal of Diseases of Children had a reputation for publishing land...

COVID-19: Detecting depression signals during stay-at-home period

The new coronavirus outbreak has been officially declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. To grapple with the rapid spread of this ongoing pandemic, most countries have banned indoor and outdoor gatherings and ordered th...

A method for automatically extracting infectious disease-related primers and probes from the literature

Abstract Background Primer and probe sequences are the main components of nucleic acid-based detection systems. Biologists use primers and probes for different tasks, some related to the diagnosis and prescription of infectious diseases. Th...

Development and validation of an interpretable machine learning model for predicting the risk of coronary heart disease risk in diabetes mellitus patients: a dual-center retrospective study

Abstract Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) combined with coronary heart disease (CHD) significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular events with a greater mortality rate. Therefore, establishing a predictive model can help DM patients r...

Behind the scars: adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury disorder show profound personality pathology

Abstract Background Non-suicidal self-injury is a significant clinical concern in adolescent psychiatry and frequently co-occurs with a range of psychiatric disorders, including mood disorders, eating disorders, substance use disorders, and...

An Integrated Approach for Designing and Analyzing Lumbar Vertebral Biomodels with Artificial Disc Replacement

This study aims to develop an integrated approach for 3D lumbar vertebral biomodel design and analysis, specifically targeting unilevel disc degeneration and the replacement of lumbar artificial discs. Key objectives include improving exist...

Examining Rural and Urban Sentiment Difference in COVID-19–Related Topics on Twitter: Word Embedding–Based Retrospective Study

BackgroundBy the end of 2022, more than 100 million people were infected with COVID-19 in the United States, and the cumulative death rate in rural areas (383.5/100,000) was much higher than in urban areas (280.1/100,000). As the pandemic s...

A Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome extranet: supporting local communication and information dissemination

Abstract Background The objective of this study was to explore the use and perceptions of a local Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Extranet and its potential to support future information and communication applications. The SARS Ext...

Oxygen nanobubbles of ICG dimers achieve self-cascade photothermal and photodynamic therapy for hypoxia-reversible tumor treatment

Simultaneous photothermal and photodynamic therapies (PTT and PDT) hold great promise for noninvasive tumor therapy. However, effective regulation of PTT and PDT with optimal synergistic effects remains a challenge. To date, there are only ...

Identifying peer experts in online health forums

Abstract Background Online health forums have become increasingly popular over the past several years. They provide members with a platform to network with peers and share information, experiential advice, and support. Among the members of ...

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Medical informaticsʼ promised land

A decade ago, a "promised land" was envisioned in which the true potential of medical informatics would be realized. A decade later, it is time to assess academic medicine's progress in its journey into this medical informatics promised lan...

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Section IV. Medical Informatics

WHAT IS IT? In the summer of 2004 I was invited to lecture at Dartmouth. Dr. Rosen, my host,asked me if I could address my interpretation of Medical Informatics during my lecture. Thispresentation made me review and reflect on some old and ...