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Current Status of Computerized Decision Support Systems in Mammography
Breast cancer is one of the most devastating and deadly diseases for women today. Despite advances in cancer treatment, early mammographic detection...
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Analysis and Architecture of Clinical Workflow Systems using Agent-Oriented Lifecycle Models
Healthcare executives are grappling with a climate of great change in the healthcare industry. This is coming from a number of sources. First, there...
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Computerization of Clinical Guidelines: an Application of Medical Document Processing
Clinical Guidelines are being developed as a tool to promote Best Practice in Medicine. They are usually defined as “systematically developed...
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Case-based Medical Informatics
The “applied” nature distinguishes applied sciences from theoretical sciences. To emphasize this distinction, we begin with a general, meta-level...
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Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis Based on the DNA Microarray Technology
Immense genomic data have been accumulated through various research activities such as the Human Genome Project. A genome is the entire collection of...
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Wearable Devices in Healthcare
The miniaturization of electrical and electronic equipment is certainly not a new phenomenon, and its effects have long been evident in the...
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Evidence Based Telemedicine
This chapter focuses on evidence based telemedicine and its various applications. Evidence based medicine is the integration of best research...
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Virtual Communities in Health Care
A virtual community is a social entity involving several individuals who relate to one another by the use of a specific communication technology that...
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Genetic diversity and natural selection analysis of VAR2CSA and vir genes: implication for vaccine development
Variable surface antigens (VSAs) encoded by var and vir genes in Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax , respectively, are known to be involved...
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Extra-abdominal trocar and instrument detection for enhanced surgical workflow understanding
PurposeVideo-based intra-abdominal instrument tracking for laparoscopic surgeries is a common research area. However, the tracking can only be done...
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New models of health and social care for people in later life: map** of innovation in services in two regions of the United Kingdom using a mixed method approach
BackgroundInnovation for reforming health and social care is high on the policy agenda in the United Kingdom in response to the growing needs of an...
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No improvement in AUDIT-C screening and brief intervention rates among wait-list controls following support of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services: evidence from a cluster randomised trial
BackgroundWhile Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are less likely to drink any alcohol than other Australians, those who drink are...
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Teamwork and implementation of innovations in healthcare and human service settings: a systematic review
BackgroundImplementation of new practices in team-based settings requires teams to work together to respond to new demands and changing expectations....
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Medication nonadherence and associated factors in patients with tuberculosis in Wau, South Sudan: a cross- sectional study using the world health organization multidimensional adherence model
BackgroundTuberculosis medication nonadherence is a multi-dimensional public health problem with serious consequences worldwide. There is little...
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Association of cancer treatment with excess heart age among five-year young breast cancer survivors
PurposeData evaluating cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk by cancer treatment among young women (≤ 40 years) with breast cancer are limited.
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Using economic analysis to inform health resource allocation: lessons from Malawi
Despite making remarkable strides in improving health outcomes, Malawi faces concerns about sustaining the progress achieved due to limited fiscal...
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Establishing evidence criteria for implementation strategies in the US: a Delphi study for HIV services
BackgroundThere are no criteria specifically for evaluating the quality of implementation research and recommending implementation strategies likely...
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Differences in the clinical management of shoulder pain by physician specialty: data from the 2007–2019 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to identify the differences in the clinical management of shoulder pain by primary care physicians (PCPs) and...
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Bridging the gaps in pediatric complex healthcare: the case for home nursing care among children with medical complexity
BackgroundChildren with medical complexity (CMC) comprise < 1% of the pediatric population, but account for nearly one-third of healthcare...
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Exploration of COVID-19 data in Malaysia through mapper graph
Huge amounts of data have been collected from various sources during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing a unique opportunity for analysis, data-driven...
