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the paper discusses the use of modern information technologies, and in particular geographic information systems (gis), in the management and control of major accident risk. for this purpose, the regulatory framework of the recent “seveso ii” directive is briefly described. the referencing in space of the phenomena may be defined in terms of a geometrically exact or a relative location. the for...

introduction: today, medical software are used in different aspects of healthcare varying from simple data processing to collection and interpretation of physiological information and education of nurses and physicians. to ensure use of medical software, they must be constantly evaluated based on specific criteria. since there is no organized evaluation system and comprehensive criteria for eva...

introduction: acute coronary syndrome (acs) includes st segment elevation myocardial infarction (stemi), non- st segment elevation myocardial infarction (nstemi), and unstable angina. it is among the leading causes of death. registry systems are designed and implemented to collect and analyze the data related to a specific disease. decreasing the burden acs would need some strategies such as de...

Background. A Health Systems Nurse Specialist (HSNS) graduate curriculum uses a health systems approach to provide the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed by the HSNS to improve the health of various patient populations. "Nursing Informatics in Health Systems" is a course within this curriculum that explores the analysis and evaluation ofinformation needs and information systems in commu...

In many ways, medicine, and specifically dermatology, is practiced in much the same manner today as in centuries ago, but more recently, dermatologists have been facing enormous changes in the way they perform their profession and much of this is a result of a fundamental change in the manner in which information is exchanged through information technology. With the advent of more advance...

This paper uses the theoretic framework of TOE(technology-organization-environment), identifies the factors promoting and hindering informatization of nursing institutions for the aged. This case study of six nursing institutions for the aged finds that different ownership institutions have some different factors promoting and hindering the process of informatization. In general, compared with ...

Cancer case management provides consecutive care during the entire process through diagnosis to treatment and follow-up. We established an integrative information system with integration of the health information system. This integrative information system shortened the time spent on case screening, follow-up data management, and monthly data summarization of case managers. It also promoted the...