OBJECTIVES: As part of an investigation of connecting health professionals and the lay public to both disease and genomic information, we assessed the availability and nature of the data from the Human Genome Project relating to human genetic diseases. METHODS: We focused on a set of single gene diseases selected from main topics in MEDLINEplus, the NLM's principal resource focused on consumers...
Keywords: Phenotype, genotype, databases (genetic), computa-tional navigation, information systems, Interoperability
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVES: The current Intensive Care Information Systems (IC-ISs) collect and store monitoring data in an automated way and can replace all paper forms by an electronic equivalent, resulting in a paperless ICU...
Keywords: Computer-assisted, decision-making, information systems, software, Intensive Care
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVES: To analyze and to optimize interdisciplinary clinical processes, to introduce an IT-supported model for demand-driven system evolution in healthcare, and to demonstrate the feasibility of the approach for a clinical example and to present an evaluation. METHODS: System evolution and change management are viewed as two sides of the same coin, thus formal methods for process analysis and IT system evolution were embedded into a goal-oriented change management model...
Keywords: Organizational innovation, information systems, Computer Simulation, FMEA
01/2005 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerObjectives: The introduction of information system components (ISCs) usually leads to a change in existing processes, e.g...
Keywords: information systems, information management, processes of patient care, systems integration
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerObjectives: The aim of the paper is to review the challenges for evaluation in the light of characteristics of the healthcare sector, present as well as future. Methods: The approach is a synthesis based on highlights from the literature...
Keywords: Evaluation, information systems, success and failure criteria, obstacles and barriers, challenges
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVE: To review the literature concerning the quality assurance of medical ontologies. METHODS: scholar.google.com was searched using the search strings (+ontology +quality assurance) and (+ontology +evaluation/evaluating)...
Keywords: Terminology, Quality Control, information systems
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer