This paper presents a novel content accounting architecture. Content accounting is becoming increasingly important since it is anticipated that in the near future more billable content on the Internet will be published. The architecture presented in this paper has a distributed functionality and an innovative view with respect to the payment system that is incorporated. The architecture enables...

MPLS is an emerging backbone technology for service providers, which is being deployed on a large scale in recent days. Using MPLS, service providers can deliver different types of services like TE, QoS and IP VPN along with adequate security according to the specific business demands, across either switched or routed networks. This paper deals with the current problems in service providers’ ne...

Despite the importance of interaction between industrialization and health, this subject has not been studied sufficiently in Iran. In this regard, the aim of this study is investigating the impact of industrialization on health in Iranian provinces during 2009-13. The used data has been collected from the Statistical Centre of Iran and the National Organization for Civil Registration. The intr...

OBJECTIVE The study sought to elucidate and refine the interpersonal, communicative dimension of the communal coping model (CCM) of catastrophizing. The primary aim was twofold. First, we examined the relations among pain intensity, catastrophizing, and pain behaviors as they function within the patient-health provider relationship. Second, we investigated the role of catastrophizing and pain b...

rapid growth of e-commerce has made the competition quite different. in this new environment customers have wide choices and are looking forward to the support which guarantees the delivery of what they have chosen. this leads to complexity in the relationship between the provider and the customer which obviously is made more in a b2b environment. service level agreement (sla) is a key tool to ...

Treating a patient with traumatic brain injury requires an interdisciplinary approach because of the pervasive, profound and protean manifestations this condition. In review, key aspects medical history review systems will be described in order to highlight how role any provider must evolve become better advocate. Although is written from vantage point vision care provider, it hoped that patien...

Because informed consent requires discussion of alternative treatments, proper consent for dialysis should incorporate discussion about other renal replacement options including kidney transplantation (KT). Accordingly, dialysis providers are required to indicate KT provision of information (KTPI) on CMS Form-2728; however, provider-reported KTPI does not necessarily imply adequate provision of...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Although several studies have found that the burden of symptoms in patients who are on maintenance hemodialysis is substantial, little is known about renal providers' awareness of these symptoms. The aim of this study was to assess renal provider recognition of symptoms and their severity in hemodialysis patients. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS The Dia...

OBJECTIVE To visualize and describe collaborative electronic health record (EHR) usage for hospitalized patients with heart failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS We identified records of patients with heart failure and all associated healthcare provider record usage through queries of the Northwestern Medicine Enterprise Data Warehouse. We constructed a network by equating access and updates of a pa...