OBJECTIVE With the rapid increase in use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), such as electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), users and non-users are exposed to the aerosol and product constituents. This is a review of published data on the human health effects of exposure to e-cigarettes and their components. METHODS Literature searches were conducted through September 2013 using mu...

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Managing the complexity of a systemwide electronic medical record design and implementation: lessons for nurse leaders.. Implementing an integrated electronic outcomes and electronic health record process to create a foundation for clinical practice improvement.. Impact of clinical alerts within an electronic health record on routine childhood immunization in an urban pediatric population.. Man...

We have overestimated the ability of electronic health records (EHR) systems to enhance efficiency by eliminating transcription and the need to physically pull charts. Hospital managers typically underestimate the costs of upgrade fees and support. To avoid this problem, hospitals must develop a full total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis to independently forecast total lifecycle costs for EHR ...

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario Correspondence: David Sweanor, University of Ottawa, Common Law Section, Faculty of Law, 57 Louis-Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5. e-mail [email protected] Public health campaigns need pragmatic revolutionaries, people who can spot opportunities and use them to the benefit of individual and population health. Electronic cigarettes (or vapourizers), which...

Public health surveillance of oral health might benefit from increased access to and analysis of electronically available data including systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of outcome-specific data for use in public health action to improve oral health. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a new Health-oriented Electronic Oral Health Record (Health-EOHR) that ...

Electronic health records enable the global availability of medical data. This has numerous benefits for the quality of offered services. However, privacy concerns may arise as now both the patient’s medical history as well as the doctor’s activities can be tracked. In this paper, we propose an electronic health record system which allows the patient to control who has access to her health reco...

Computer systems and communication technologies made a strong and influential presence in the different fields of medicine. The cornerstone of a functional medical information system is the Electronic Health Records (EHR) management system. Several electronic health records systems were implemented in different states with different clinical data structures that prevent data exchange between sy...