BACKGROUND Providing patients with unrestricted access to their electronic medical records through patient portals has impacted patient-provider communication and patients' personal health knowledge. However, little is known about how patient portals are used in oncology. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to understand attitudes of the portal's adoption for oncology and to identify the adva...

Successful knowledge management in institutions relies heavily on the process of knowledge sharing. Subsequently, the electronic tools of communication are no longer treated as repository within knowledge management but are regarded as collaborative tools in today's knowledge-driven organization. To further strengthen the positive effects of knowledge sharing through e-communication tools, inst...

OBJECTIVE Perceptions of the role of oncology medical staff in supporting bereaved families have evolved with the transition to interdisciplinary cancer care. We investigated the interactions between oncology professionals and bereaved families. METHODS This cross-sectional study involved all oncology medical staff at the Davidoff Center. Participants were given a questionnaire relating to be...

With the increasing deployment of wireless networks, opportunistic networks are already becoming commonplace due to the limitation of Internet access points. As a result, developing communication tools for opportunistic networks is necessary. Due to the fact that existing applications can not support group chatting efficiently for opportunistic networks, we propose ONEChat to address this issue...

This paper empirically examines the impact of environmental uncertainty, IT enablers and interorganizational relationships on supply chain flexibility and supply chain integration. Based on the data collected from 196 organizations, multiple regression analyses are used to test the factors impacting supply chain flexibility and supply chain integration respectively. It was found that commitment...

When people engage in conversations for learning or problem solving, they often reference and manipulate external (visual and textual) representations. Online, external representations take on additional importance because they are also the medium of communication. In this paper I highlight a few important aspects of the roles that external representations can play in the meaning-making activit...

Actual 3D modelling tools and virtual reality systems are affecting creativity during the early stages of the design process. They are often used as communication tools (passive) rather than ideation tools (active) because of their interface complexity. Among other reasons, this is due to abstract commands that demand precision in the execution and always suggest inconsistent default values. Th...

Forums for discussion are one of asynchronous communication tools that have been widely employed in all platforms of distance learning as important means for communications between learners, and between learners and instructors. Assisting forum users during and after their communications and providing them more useful information on their activities are our research interests. We present in thi...

Although using diagrams is generally considered one of the most effective strategies for solving math word problems, research and educational practice reports indicate that students lack spontaneity in their use of diagrams. In an attempt to address this problem, the present study investigated the hypothesis that creating situations whereby students have to teach other students how to solve mat...

This paper aims at proposing a new enhanced way of working in electronic design. In fact, the design of an electronic component requires many competencies and skills, and the joint effort of several researchers and engineers, not necessarily located at the same place. With traditional ways of work and communication tools, the interactivity level is reduced and it seems that the product life cyc...