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Evaluation of mobile phone and Internet intervention on waist circumference and blood pressure in post-menopausal women with abdominal obesity
24 January 2012
Min-Jeong Park, Hee-Seung Kim
Highlights: ► The mobile phone and internet intervention improved waist circumference and body weight at 12 weeks in post-menopausal women. ► A significant mean decrease in blood pressure was observed...
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Online usability and patients with long-term conditions: A mixed-methods approach
20 January 2012
Hans C. Ossebaard, Erwin R. Seydel, Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen
Highlights: ► Online informational needs of patients i.c. navigation and content should be met in a personalized way to avoid attrition and to encourage adherence. ► eHealth literacy scale (eHEALS) do...
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Oncology team members’ perceptions of a virtual navigation tool for cancer patients
16 January 2012
Kristen R. Haase, Carmen G. Loiselle
Highlights: ► A web-based cancer navigation tool was presented to clinic team members. ► A qualitative approach served to explore team members’ perceptions of the tool. ► Overall, participants’ views ...
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Record completeness and data concordance in an anesthesia information management system using context-sensitive mandatory data-entry fields
16 January 2012
Alexander Avidan, Charles Weissman
Highlights: ► A commercial AIMS was enhanced with context-sensitive mandatory data-entry fields. ► One year after introduction, 99.6% of 12,290 anesthesia records had complete data. ► Concordances of ...
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Detection of infectious symptoms from VA emergency department and primary care clinical documentation
13 January 2012
Michael E. Matheny, Fern FitzHenry, Theodore Speroff, Jennifer K. Green, Michelle L. Griffith, Eduard E. Vasilevskis, Elliot M. Fielstein, Peter L. Elkin, Steven H. Brown
Highlights: ► Infectious symptoms can be successfully detected within outpatient and emergency department Veteran's Administration notes. ► Assertion detection was critically important, as a majority ...
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