Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 81, No. 2

Issue Highlights

  • Healthcare professionals’ adoption and use of a clinical information system (CIS) in primary care: Insights from the Da Vinci study
    February 2012(Vol. 81 | No. 2 | Pages 73-87)

    Isabelle Vedel, Liette Lapointe, Marie-Thérèse Lussier, Claude Richard, Johanne Goudreau, Lyne Lalonde, Alain Turcotte

  • Do hospital physicians’ attitudes change during PACS implementation? A cross-sectional acceptance study
    February 2012(Vol. 81 | No. 2 | Pages 88-97)

    Bram Pynoo, Pieter Devolder, Wouter Duyck, Johan van Braak, Bart Sijnave, Philippe Duyck

  • Physicians’ experiences of participation in healthcare IT development in Finland: Willing but not able
    February 2012(Vol. 81 | No. 2 | Pages 98-113)

    Susanna Martikainen, Johanna Viitanen, Mikko Korpela, Tinja Lääveri

  • Results of a randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of a mobile SMS-based intervention on treatment adherence in HIV/AIDS-infected Brazilian women and impressions and satisfaction with respect to incoming messages
    02 February 2012

    Thiago Martini da Costa, Bárbara Jaqueline Peres Barbosa, Durval Alex Gomes e Costa, Daniel Sigulem, Heimar de Fátima Marin, Adauto Castelo Filho, Ivan Torres Pisa

  • Effects of a short text message reminder system on emergency department length of stay
    02 February 2012

    Min Joung Kim, Joon Min Park, Sang Mo Je, Je Sung You, Yoo Seok Park, Hyun Soo Chung, Sung Phil Chung, Hahn Shick Lee

  • Prescribers’ interactions with medication alerts at the point of prescribing: A multi-method, in situ investigation of the human–computer interaction
    01 February 2012

    Alissa L. Russ, Alan J. Zillich, M. Sue McManus, Bradley N. Doebbeling, Jason J. Saleem

  • Caring for individual patients and beyond: Enhancing care through secondary use of data in a general practice setting
    30 January 2012

    Marianne Tolar, Ellen Balka

  • Bedside information technology to support patient-centered care
    30 January 2012

    Christine A. Caligtan, Diane L. Carroll, Ann C. Hurley, Ronna Gersh-Zaremski, Patricia C. Dykes

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About International Journal of Medical Informatics

International Journal of Medical Informatics provides an international medium for dissemination of original results and interpretative reviews concerning the field of medical informatics. The Journal emphasizes the evaluation of systems in healthcare settings.

The scope of journal covers:

  • Information systems, including national or international registration systems, hospital information systems, departmental and/or physician's office systems, document handling systems, electronic medical record systems, standardization, systems integration etc.;
  • Computer-aided medical decision support systems using heuristic, algorithmic and/or statistical methods as exemplified in decision theory, protocol development, artificial intelligence, etc.
  • Educational computer based programs pertaining to medical informatics or medicine in general;
  • Organizational, economic, social, clinical impact, ethical and cost-benefit aspects of IT applications in health care.

Short technical communications concerning (solved) problems in implementing or using existing information systems are welcome. Review articles concerning subjects falling in the scope of the journal are also invited.

Official Affiliates

The International Journal of Medical Informatics is the official journal of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) and the European Regional Council of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA).