medical informatic and technology UPDATE
FluDetWeb: an interactive web-based system for the early detection of the onset of influenza epidemics
Background:
The early identification of influenza outbreaks has became a priority in public health practice. Alarge variety of statistical algorithms for the automated monitoring of influenza surveillance have been proposed,but most of them require not only a lot of computational effort but also operation of sometimes not-so-friendlysoftware.
Results:
In this paper, we introduce FluDetWeb, an implementation of [...]
Analysis of clinical uncertainties by health professionals and patients: an example from mental health
Background:
The first step in practising Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) has been described as translating clinical uncertainty into a structured and focused clinical question that can be used to search the literature to ascertain or refute that uncertainty. In this study we focus on questions about treatments for schizophrenia posed by mental health professionals and patients [...]
Evolving health information technology and the timely availability of visit diagnoses from ambulatory visits: A natural experiment in an integrated delivery system
Background:
Health information technology (HIT) may improve health care quality and outcomes, in part by making information available in a timelier manner. However, there are few studies documenting the changes in timely availability of data with the use of a sophisticated electronic medical record (EMR), nor a description of how the timely availability of data [...]
Security and privacy requirements for a multi-institutional cancer research data grid: an interview-based study
Background:
Data protection is important for all information systems that deal with human-subjects data. Grid-based systems – such as the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) – seek to develop new mechanisms to facilitate real-time federation of cancer-relevant data sources, including sources protected under a variety of regulatory laws, such as HIPAA and 21CFR11. These systems embody [...]