Medical Equipment and Healthcare Technology: Health Vision 2050

Health Vision 2050 Oman: A Committed Step towards Reforms.

The Use of Health Information Technology by Nurses in Healthcare

Background: Health Information Technology (HIT) has the potential for improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare and nurses are the largest group of HIT users. Objectives: Therefore, the present study mainly aimed to investigate the use of HIT by nurses in healthcare. Methods: This cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical study was conducted in four educational and treatmen...

Healthcare Information Technology Acceptance and E-Health

i This issue of IJHISI delivers a set of articles that further expand the breadth and depth of our understanding of key issues in health information systems and informatics. As with authors of papers appearing in previous issues, the assembled contributors also use a range of research methodologies, from conceptual model-ing and framework development to survey-based statistical analyses. In the...

Health technology assessments, evidence-based healthcare and health ethics.

Keeping data secure: protected health information and medical equipment.

What is the patient’s name? What is the patient’s age? Is this the right patient record to send vital signs data to? Will the ultrasound images be pulled up for the correct patient when the physician views them? Maintaining the security of protected health information (PHI) in medical equipment is necessary to maintain a patient’s basic right to privacy, and to provide safe, effective care. But...