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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"clinical information systems"”.
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Testing a Model to Predict Successful Clinical Information Systems
Even though most clinical information systems (CIS) today are technically sound, the number of successful implementations of these systems is low. For that reason, understanding the characteristics and challenges for organizations implementing CIS is now considered key to successful information …
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Managing revisions of rules and guidelines used in clinical information systems : exploring a hierarchical knowledge representation model
One important purpose for creating clinical practice guidelines is to improve quality of care by reducing variations in practice. In the current healthcare environment, guidelines are being advocated as a means to disseminate research findings, standardize care, improve quality of care, and …
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Temporal pattern recognition in multiparameter ICU data
… The myriad of data gathered from biosensors and clinical information systems has created a challenge for clinicians to assimilate and interpret such large volumes of data. Physiologic measurements in the ICU are inherently noisy, multidimensional, and can readily fluctuate in response to …
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Clinical foundations and information architecture for the implementation of a federated health record service
Clinical care increasingly requires healthcare professionals to access patient record information that may be distributed across multiple sites, held in a variety of paper and electronic formats, and represented as mixtures of narrative, structured, coded and multi-media entries. A longitudinal …
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An Observational Investigation of On-Duty Critical Care Nurses' Information Behavior in a Nonteaching Community Hospital
… post hoc self-report survey studies of nurses' information seeking, there have been no observational studies of the patterns and content of their on-duty information behavior. This study used participant observation and in-context interviews to describe 50 hours of the observable information …
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Factors associated with the successful implementation of computerised hospital information systems in South Africa
A conceptual model of Computerised Hospital Information System (CHIS) use was developed and refined, in order to improve understanding of factors associated with successful CHIS implementation in level 1 and level 2 public sector hospitals in two South African provinces. The study drew on models of …
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An Examination of Factors Affecting Hemoglobin A1c Levels and Self-Care Behaviors among Type 2 Diabetic Patients in the Primary Care Setting
… self-management support, decision support, clinical information systems and delivery system design) for their combined and individual effect on patient self-care behaviors and HbA1c levels. <p>Participants of this study were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, 18 years of age or older, and …
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The requirements analysis & design for a clinical information system: a formal approach
… introduced a management structure based on the 'Clinical Directorate'. In order to lessen the increased workload commensurate with this measure, it was decided at St Thomas' that a new type of information system - the Directorate Information System or DIS - would introduced. This system was to …
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Long term outcomes of methadone substitution therapy (OST-M) for opiate dependency: the effect of patient characteristics and co-morbidities
… studies of UK subjects are required to improve clinical outcomes in OST-M subjects and to ensure ongoing availability of evidence-based treatments. <br/><br/>In this context, the study had two main objectives: to demonstrate that standard clinical information systems can deliver rich, valid …
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Multivariate sequential contrast pattern mining and prediction models for critical care clinical informatics
… signals are gathered from biosensors and clinical information systems. Subsequently, clinicians face an enormous challenge in the assimilation and interpretation of large volumes of unstructured, multidimensional, noisy and dynamically fluctuating patient data. The availability of …
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The Delivery System Design of a Community Mental Health Center and Provision of Quality: Cardiometabolic Screening for Persons with a Severe Mental Illness Prescribed Atypical Antipsychotic Medication
… Neither community mental health nor primary care systems address the physical health concerns of persons with a severe mental illness, thus widening the quality gap for this at risk, vulnerable population. The Chronic Care Model provides a systems framework for addressing the wide range of health …