development deployment and usability of a point of care decision support system for chronic disease management using the recently approved hl7 decision support service standard
... behaviour as they interacted with the RAQ Data collection and analysis consisted ofa combination of qualitative analysis to assess the effect of technology on participant reasoning and decision- making, ... systems and user interfaces and provide information about the process ofusingasystem to characterize decision- making, reasoning skills, andthe information-processing needs of participants as they ... direct observation of participants Quantitative data Quantitative data were analysed using frequency analysis of demographic questions, task accuracy, and frequency and classes of problems encountered;...
... prevalence ofchronic diseases [40] and increase the awareness andthe need for patient self -care to supportchronicdiseasemanagement [40,41] As a result, there is a shift toward a new patient-physician ... this information andamanagement plan with their family physician at thepointofcare We believe that this component is an important step toward improved self -management Self -management strategies ... benefit may include an increased awareness for patients about osteoporosis and its associated risks, the availability of relevant information about what they can about these risks, andthe opportunity...
... similar cases may lead to less informed decisionThe reliability and accuracy ofthe diagnosis systems depend on the storage of cases/experiences and on the retrieval of all relevant cases and their ... also of importance forthe clinicians A standardization ofthe slope that is using negative and positive angles makes it more visualise and gives a terminology to a clinician for reasoning about ... relevant features are extracted automatically from the outcome ofthe calibration phase Finally, these extracted features thereafter help to formulate a new problem case and passed to the case-based...
... Example data is shown in Table 3.1 Task-related information Despite the Qualifications and other measures taken in the collection phase ofthe corpus, we believe the quality ofthe data remains ... between the workers was to compare the ids ofthe selected sentences The agreement was calculated as follows: each answer was compared to all the other answers forthe same question For each case, the ... which are not asked, and also contain practical examples Human-powered answers often contain unrelated information and discourselike elements Additionally, the answers not always have a connection...
... start ofthe planning and control cycle and serve as a frame of reference for CEOs, management, and staff Performance contracts are made with unit heads to stimulate the adoption of lessons learned ... interpreting the data; and drafting the manuscript As project leader ofthe independent programme evaluation, CW was responsible forthe design ofthe study LV acquired and analysed MQC data CW, LV, and ... Questionnaire and dissemination table (see additional file 1) Forthe last 15 years, a validated measuring instrument has been used to measure the developmental stage ofthe quality -management systems...
... Science, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia *Corresponding Author: kismail@jazanu.edu.sa, sayeedkhatib@hotmail.com Abstract Smear microscopy and culture forms the backbone of tuberculosis ... (TB) laboratory investigations in tertiary healthcare facilities which have a large number of cases and financial constraints The present study aimed to re-evaluate the efficiency of smear microscopy ... diagnostic methods are a continuing necessity The acid-fast smear has been used as an aid in the diagnosis of mycobacterial diseasefor many years It is the simplest procedure currently available...
... such as mealie meal and food baskets and loans for Page of income-generating activities, and lending a sympathetic ear to their plight will help boost the morale of caregivers and attract others ... out the reservation wage ofthe caregiver Estimating the opportunity cost of giving care by the caregiver takes into consideration the caregiver's educational status andthe income the caregiver ... was assessed by staff in the Nursing and Statistics departments at the University of Botswana, while the staff ofthe Community Home-Based Care Programme ofthe Ministry of Health, Botswana, assessed...
... guidelines for adults and children edition Kampala, Uganda: Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda; 2003 Kamya MR, Mayanja-Kizza H, Kambugu A, Bakeera-Kitaka S, Semitala F, Mwebaze-Songa P, Castelnuovo ... data items in these databases This evaluation is particularly timely and relevant with the expanding use of observational databases to assess the optimal timing of ART initiation, andthe establishment ... Diseases Institute (IDI) in Kampala, Uganda, is a centre of excellence for HIV clinical care in the country, and maintains a large observational clinic database anda nested research cohort database...
... overall performance gains of such systems Regarding the 3D wavelet transform, Kutil and Uhl have conducted a study ofthe software and hardware needs ofthe 3D wavelet transform [14] They have ... evaluated a parallel algorithm for computing the three-dimensional FFT They have also found out that the I/O mechanisms play a central role on the performance ofthe overall parallel systems They ... transforms Some efforts have focused on special architectures forthe fast computation of some of these transforms For instance, in [10] Modarressi and Sarbazi-Azad have proposed an algorithm for the...
... cancers are indeed a major cause of morbidity amongst albinos in the tropics These patients from a young age face a raging battle against these cancers; a battle the African albino often appears ... http://www.wjso.com/content/8/1/73 There is therefore a need for persons with albinism as well as healthcare providers at all levels ofcare to be enlightened on the health needs ofthe albino The head and neck region was the ... offering Plastic surgery services to the Eastern and Southern parts of Nigeria Nigeria is the most populous nation in sub-Saharan Africa andthe most populous black nation in the world with a...
... address Others raised these same issues but saw the information as an advantage because data could be aggregated at a regional level for analysis and addressed as part of broader policy and program ... of national clinical guidelines for diabetes care, the release ofthe national chronicdisease policy, the National Strategic Framework in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, anda number ... in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand The Lancet 2007, 9527(367):2029-2031 31 Anderson I: Recent developments in national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health strategy Australia and New...
... 52:275-280 Fujimaki K, Mori T, Kida A, Tanaka M, Kawai N, Matsushima T, Kishi K, Fujisawa S, Sakura T, Yokota A, Kanda Y, Taguchi J, Akiyama H, Kanamori H, Maruta A, Okamoto S, Sakamaki H: Human herpesvirus ... patients care, PS interpreted the chest-CT andthe MRI and added the figures, BM wrote the paper and all authors read andapprovedthe final manuscript Authors' information G.J and B.M are attending ... Bronchoalveolar lavage was positive for HHV6b too and negative for Adenovirus, Influenza, Parainfluenza, Respiratory syncytial virus and Legionella pneumophilia Immediate treatment with foscarnet and...
... 52:275-280 Fujimaki K, Mori T, Kida A, Tanaka M, Kawai N, Matsushima T, Kishi K, Fujisawa S, Sakura T, Yokota A, Kanda Y, Taguchi J, Akiyama H, Kanamori H, Maruta A, Okamoto S, Sakamaki H: Human herpesvirus ... patients care, PS interpreted the chest-CT andthe MRI and added the figures, BM wrote the paper and all authors read andapprovedthe final manuscript Authors' information G.J and B.M are attending ... Bronchoalveolar lavage was positive for HHV6b too and negative for Adenovirus, Influenza, Parainfluenza, Respiratory syncytial virus and Legionella pneumophilia Immediate treatment with foscarnet and...
... 5'-ATGCCGGGCGACGTGCTAAA; SCO3202 forward primer 5'-CTGATCCAGGAGGGCAAC, reverse primer 5'-GCGTACGTGGAGAACTTGAA, and dual labeled probe 5'-TCCGCGCGGTCGAGAAGTTC; SCO4157 forward primer 5'-GACGTACAAGGCGATCCAG, ... assay reaction The dnaK biotinylated probe used in gel shift assays was 5'TGCACACTTGAGCCTGTTCCACTCAAGTCAGCTGGAG; the SCO5639 biotinylated probe was 5'-TCGGATTGGAATTACTAAGATTCAGGATGCAGCACGCATCGT ... gene, was induced SCO3661 -79 GCCCGACTCCTTGAGTGGCCCTGACTCAACTTTGTGTACGCTGGACGAG -31 SCO5285 -51 CTCCCTTTCATTGAGTCGATGTAACTCAACTTGACTGCCGAAGGGGAGA -3 SCO3671 -102 CGGATAAGAGTTGAGTCCGCTCGACTCACCTCTGTTGACCCATCGCCGG...
... batch crystallization run, the solid concentration typically increases as the crystals nucleate and grow The imaging system thus acquires blank images (of the background) at the beginning, and ... extract information reliably from the images deteriorates considerably As an additional complication, at high solid-concentrations, the crystals may aggregate or agglomerate, making accurate particle ... demonstrates the experimental setup andthe detailed experimental procedures In Chapter 5, the metrics for evaluating PVM imaging systemand IA methodology are introduced, and evaluated with sea sand...
... transmitted through the analyzer are a function ofthe anchoring ofthe LC molecules within the sample, the orientation ofthe sample between the polarizers, andthe orientation ofthe polarizers ... between nanomaterials and cell membrane, which may provide the necessary information for establishing nanotoxicity pathway as well as for designing better nanomaterials with improved performance and ... crystals The anchoring angle of LCs can be described by a polar angle, θ, and an azimuthal angle, φ Polar angle is the angle between the director, d, andthe normal to the surface, y (Figure 2. 7A) ...
... is the total spatial variance ofthe concentration profile fora zone If the peaks acquired are symmetrical and have Gaussian profile, the theoretical plate number can also be calculated from the ... effectiveness and miniaturization, and therefore has great potential for on-site analysis of various pollutants at trace level CE is found to be a versatile analytical tool forthe analysis of DNA as well ... with a series of publications by Jorgenson and Lukacs [1-3], there has been a rapid developmentof CE as an analytical technique The popularity ofthe use of CE in various analytical fields has...
... higher level of precision It consists ofa spool valve anda solenoid coil The spool valve, which acts directly in accordance with electric signals, opens and closes the passage that links the pressure ... 2 Operation of ECD-V3 Pump 2-1 Fuel Suction and Injection The mechanism forthe suction and pumping/distribution ofthe fuel is basically the same as forthe previous distributor ... pump with the pressure chamber, is a type of solenoid valve that turns ON/OFF (opens and closes) in accordance with the signals from the engine ECU When the coil ofthe solenoid spill valve is...