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- Afifi, S., et al.
(författare)
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A Novel Medical Device for Early Detection of Melanoma
- 2019
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : NLM (Medline). - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 261, s. 122-127
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. Early detection of melanoma is vital, as it helps in decreasing the death rate as well as treatment costs. Dermatologists are using image-based diagnostic tools to assist them in decision-making and detecting melanoma at an early stage. We aim to develop a novel handheld medical scanning device dedicated to early detection of melanoma at the primary healthcare with low cost and high performance. However, developing this particular device is very challenging due to the complicated computations required by the embedded diagnosis system. In this paper, we propose a hardware-friendly design for implementing an embedded system by exploiting the recent hardware advances in reconfigurable computing. The developed embedded system achieved optimized implementation results for the hardware resource utilization, power consumption, detection speed and processing time with high classification accuracy rate using real data for melanoma detection. Consequently, the proposed embedded diagnosis system meets the critical embedded systems constraints, which is capable for integration towards a cost- and energy-efficient medical device for early detection of melanoma.
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- Ahlin, Karin, 1963-
(författare)
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The Demonstration of a Tool for Self-Estimating Digital Competence
- 2023
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 302, s. 494-495
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study presents the results from a demonstration of a tool for self-estimation of digital competence for nurses and assistant nurses. The data was gathered from twelve participants working as leaders of older care homes. The results show that digital competence is of importance in health and social care, that the dimension of motivation is of utmost importance and that the presentation of the survey results should be flexible.
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- Ahmad, Awais, et al.
(författare)
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Designing for Human Well-Being : A Case Study with Informal Caregivers of Individuals with Cancer
- 2022
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 294, s. 214-218
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Informal Caregivers such as a spouse, other close relatives or friends of cancer patients can play an essential role in home-based treatment and care. However, the informal caregivers might not be prepared for this responsibility, and they might have several unmet requirements for taking care of patients in the home environment. The informal caregivers’ physical, social and psychological health is also profoundly affected due to the health conditions of their relatives. We propose a User-centred Positive Design as a hybrid framework by merging the traditional User-cantered design and positive design frameworks to enhance the informal caregivers’ subjective well-being. Our ongoing project (Carer-eSupport) will be used as a case study, and its main objective is to co-create and evaluate a web-based support system for informal caregivers of people with cancer. The proposed framework can be used for the design and development of health information systems with a special focus on users’ wellbeing and positive emotions.
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- Ali, Y, et al.
(författare)
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MedView-design and adoption of an interactive system for oral medicine.
- 2000
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Ingår i: Studies in health technology and informatics. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 77, s. 3-7
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- MedView is a joint project with participants from oral medicine and computer science. The aim of the project is to build a large database from patient examinations and produce computerized tools to extend, view, and analyze the contents of the database. The contents of the data base is based on a formalization of health-care processes and clinical knowledge in oral medicine harmonized within the network SOMNET. We give an overview of the current status of the MedView project and discuss background and future directions.
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| 6. |
- Amirahmadi, Ali, 1994-, et al.
(författare)
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A Masked Language Model for Multi-Source EHR Trajectories Contextual Representation Learning
- 2023
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Ingår i: Caring is Sharing - Exploiting the Value in Data for Health and Innovation - Proceedings of MIE 2023. - Amsterdam : IOS Press. - 1879-8365 .- 0926-9630. - 9781643683881 ; 302, s. 609-610, s. 609-610
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Using electronic health records data and machine learning to guide future decisions needs to address challenges, including 1) long/short-term dependencies and 2) interactions between diseases and interventions. Bidirectional transformers have effectively addressed the first challenge. Here we tackled the latter challenge by masking one source (e.g., ICD10 codes) and training the transformer to predict it using other sources (e.g., ATC codes).
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- Andersson, Gerhard
(författare)
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Guided internet treatment for anxiety disorders. As effective as face-to-face therapies?
- 2012
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 181, s. 3-7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction: Guided Internet-delivered treatments were developed in the late 1990s and have since been tested in numerous controlled trials. While promising, there are yet few direct comparisons between Internet treatments and traditional face-to-face treatments. The aim of the present study is to present an overview of the evidence in the field of anxiety disorders. Method: Studies were located, including unpublished trials from our research group in Sweden. Results: Results of direct comparative trials on panic disorder (n=3) and social anxiety disorder (n=3) show equivalent outcomes. One study on specific phobia did not show equivalent outcomes with an advantage for face-to-face treatment. However, a systematic review by Cuijpers et al. (2010) found equivalent outcomes across several self-help formats, suggesting that guided self-help overall can be as affective as face-to-face treatments. Conclusion: Overall, there are still few large-scale trials and statistical power is often limited. A preliminary conclusion is that guided Internet treatment can be as effective as face-to-face treatments, but there is a need to investigate moderators and mediators of the outcome.
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| 9. |
- Ask, Per, et al.
(författare)
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NovaMedTech - A regional program for supporting new medical technologies in personalized health care
- 2012
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - 9781614990680 ; 177, s. 71-5
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- NovaMedTech is an initiative funded from EU structural funds for supporting new medical technologies for personalized health care. It aims at bringing these technologies into clinical use and to the health care market. The program has participants from health care, industry and academia in East middle Sweden. The first three year period of the program was successful in terms of product concepts tried clinically, and number of products brought to a commercialization phase. Further, the program has led to a large number of scientific publications. Among projects supported, we can mention: Intelligent sensor networks; A digital pen to collect medical information about health status from patients; A web-based intelligent stethoscope; Methodologies to measure local blood flow and nutrition using optical techniques; Blood flow assessment from ankle pressure measurements; Technologies for pressure ulcer prevention; An IR thermometer for improved accuracy; A technique that identifies individuals prone to commit suicide among depressed patients; Detection of infectious disease using an electronic nose; Identification of the lactate threshold from breath; Obesity measurements using special software and MR camera; and An optical probe guided tumor resection. During the present three years period emphasis will be on entrepreneurial activities supporting the commercialization and bringing products to the market.
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| 10. |
- Barua, Shaibal, et al.
(författare)
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Classifying drivers' cognitive load using EEG signals
- 2017
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. - 9781614997603 ; 237, s. 99-106
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A growing traffic safety issue is the effect of cognitive loading activities on traffic safety and driving performance. To monitor drivers' mental state, understanding cognitive load is important since while driving, performing cognitively loading secondary tasks, for example talking on the phone, can affect the performance in the primary task, i.e. driving. Electroencephalography (EEG) is one of the reliable measures of cognitive load that can detect the changes in instantaneous load and effect of cognitively loading secondary task. In this driving simulator study, 1-back task is carried out while the driver performs three different simulated driving scenarios. This paper presents an EEG based approach to classify a drivers' level of cognitive load using Case-Based Reasoning (CBR). The results show that for each individual scenario as well as using data combined from the different scenarios, CBR based system achieved approximately over 70% of classification accuracy.
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| 11. |
- Baysari, Melissa, et al.
(författare)
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Mandatory Medication Indications in Electronic Systems - The Prescriber Perspective.
- 2019
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 265, s. 95-100
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As hospitals transition from paper to electronic medication charts, an opportunity exists to 'nudge' prescribers to document medication indications by making this data-entry field mandatory. The aim of this study was to explore hospital doctors' perceptions of mandatory documentation of indications in an electronic medication management (EMM) system. Ten junior doctors took part in brief semi-structured interviews. Participants identified improved communication among staff as a key benefit of indication documentation. Recording indications was also seen to act as a prompt for medication review. Despite these benefits, indication documentation for all medications would be challenging to implement in practice. Users of the EMM system (i.e. junior doctors) explained that they are time poor and are often tasked with transcribing medication orders into the electronic system with limited knowledge of why medications are being prescribed. Determining the indication for use would require additional time and effort, and prescribers reported a high risk of working around the system if indication documentation was made mandatory.
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- Blusi, Madeleine, Ph.D., et al.
(författare)
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Smart Augmented Reality Assisting Patients with Medication Pillbox Self-Management
- 2019
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 264, s. 521-525
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Complex prescribed medicine regimens require extensive self-management. Handling multiple pills can be confusing; using a pillbox organiser is a common strategy. A smart Medication Coach Intelligent Agent (MCIA) can support patients in handling medicine. The aim of this research was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the MCIA. A prototype was tested with 15 participants, age 17-76, filled a pillbox according to prescription assisted by the MCIA implemented in a Microsoft HoloLens. A quantitative method using questionnaires was applied. Results showed that using the MCIA implemented in an AR-headset, to assist people with prescribed polypharmacy regimen in filling a pillbox, was feasible and acceptable. There was a difference related to age regarding people's willingness to use an AR-headset for medication self-management. People older than 65 felt less comfortable using the technology and were also more hesitant to use the technology than those under 65.
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| 14. |
- Borgestig, Maria, 1968-, et al.
(författare)
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The Benefits of Gaze-Based Assistive Technology in Daily Activities for Children with Disabilities
- 2017
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 242, s. 1082-1088, s. 1082-1088
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article reports research findings on how gaze-based assistive technology contributed to performance of daily activities for a group of children with severe physical impairments and without speech.
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| 15. |
- Broeren, Jurgen, et al.
(författare)
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Virtual rehabilitation after stroke.
- 2008
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Ingår i: Studies in health technology and informatics. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 136, s. 77-82
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this project was to investigate the effects of Virtual Reality technology and haptics for stroke rehabilitation. Twenty-nine stroke subjects, 17 women, and 12 men aged 44-85 years, participated in three different studies. All participants responded favorable to the use of the VR activity station. A change of attitude took place after the subjects were exposed to playing computer games. The general experience with the VR application approach suggests that this treatment concept is promising in stroke rehabilitation, with a wide range of applicability.
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| 16. |
- Bärkås, Annika, et al.
(författare)
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Analysis of Voluntary User Feedback of the Swedish National PAEHR Service
- 2019
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Ingår i: MEDINFO 2019. - : IOS Press. - 9781643680033 - 9781643680026 ; 264, s. 1126-1130
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- "Journalen" is a patient accessible electronic health record (PAEHR) and the national eHealth service for Sweden's citizens to gain access to their EHR. The Swedish national eHealth organization Inera, responsible for Journalen, created an inbox to receive voluntary user feedback about Journalen in order to improve the service from the user perspective. Based on voluntary user feedback via email. This study explored patients' experiences of using the national eHealth service and identified pros and cons. A mixed method content analysis was performed. In total, 1084 emails from 2016-2017 have been analyzed. 9 categories were identified, the most frequent ones related to questions about why some information was not accessible (due to regional differencies), feedback (including only positive or negative comments as well as constructive improvement suggestions), and emails about errors that user found in their record. These data can be successfully used to continuously improve an already implemented eHealth service.
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| 17. |
- Bärkås, Annika, et al.
(författare)
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Patients' Access to Their Psychiatric Records : A Comparison of Four Countries
- 2022
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Ingår i: Challenges of Trustable AI and Added-Value on Health. - Amsterdam; Berlin; Washington, DC : IOS Press. - 9781643682846 - 9781643682853 ; 294, s. 510-514
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Several Nordic and Baltic countries are forerunners in the digitalization of patient ehealth services and have since long implemented psychiatric records as parts of the ehealth services. There are country-specific differences in what clinical information is offered to patients concerning their online patient accessible psychiatric records. This study explores national differences in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Estonia in patient access to their psychiatric records. Data was collected through a socio-technical data collection template developed during a workshop series and then analyzed in a cross-country comparison focusing on items related to psychiatry records online. The results show that psychiatric records online are offered to patients in all four countries, and provide the same functionality and similar psychiatry information. Overall, the conclusion is that experiences of various functionalities should be scrutinized to promote transparency of psychiatric records as part of the national eHealth services to increase equality of care and patient empowerment.
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- Bärkås, Annika, et al.
(författare)
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Patients' Experiences of Demanded Access to Online Health Records
- 2024
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 310, s. 1424-1425
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Patient-Accessible Electronic Health Records (PAEHR) is particularly controversial in mental healthcare. We aim to explore if there is any association between patients with mental health conditions and the experience of someone demanding access to their PAEHR. A chi-square test showed a significant association between group belonging and experiences of someone demanding access to the PAEHR.
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| 19. |
- Bärkås, Annika, et al.
(författare)
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Patients' Experiences of Unwanted Access to Their Online Health Records
- 2023
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 302, s. 356-357, s. 356-357
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Patient-Accessible Electronic Health Records (PAEHR) are particularly disputed in mental healthcare. We aim to explore if there is any association between patients having a mental health condition and someone unwanted seeing their PAEHR. A chi-square test showed a statistically significant association between group belonging and experiences of someone unwanted seeing their PAEHR.
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- Chen, Rong, et al.
(författare)
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An archetype-based testing framework
- 2008
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Ingår i: eHealth Beyond the Horizon. - Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press. - 9781586038649 ; 136, s. 401-6
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- With the introduction of EHR two-level modelling and archetype methodologies pioneered by openEHR and standardized by CEN/ISO, we are one step closer to semantic interoperability and future-proof adaptive healthcare information systems. Along with the opportunities, there are also challenges. Archetypes provide the full semantics of EHR data explicitly to surrounding systems in a platform-independent way, yet it is up to the receiving system to interpret the semantics and process the data accordingly. In this paper we propose a design of an archetype-based platform-independent testing framework for validating implementations of the openEHR archetype formalism as a means of improving quality and interoperability of EHRs.
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| 22. |
- Chen, Rong, 1972-, et al.
(författare)
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The openEHR Java reference implementation project
- 2007
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 129:Pt 1, s. 58-62, s. 58-62
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The openEHR foundation has developed an innovative design for interoperable and future-proof Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems based on a dual model approach with a stable reference information model complemented by archetypes for specific clinical purposes.A team from Sweden has implemented all the stable specifications in the Java programming language and donated the source code to the openEHR foundation. It was adopted as the openEHR Java Reference Implementation in March 2005 and released under open source licenses. This encourages early EHR implementation projects around the world and a number of groups have already started to use this code. The early Java implementation experience has also led to the publication of the openEHR Java Implementation Technology Specification. A number of design changes to the specifications and important minor corrections have been directly initiated by the implementation project over the last two years. The Java Implementation has been important for the validation and improvement of the openEHR design specifications and provides building blocks for future EHR systems.
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- Citoler, Alba Puyuelo, et al.
(författare)
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Designing a Social Snus Cessation Mobile Application with an Integrated AI Function
- 2024
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Ingår i: Studies in health technology and informatics. - 1879-8365 .- 0926-9630. ; 316, s. 532-533
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is expected to be increased in the coming years. There has been little attention paid on exploring how social aspects and AI can be integrated into mobile applications to support the people who want to quit snus. Our research aims to design a prototype of a social snus cessation mobile application for university students in Sweden, incorporating an AI function. This paper presents a work-in-progress of our research.
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| 24. |
- Courteille, O., et al.
(författare)
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Face validity of VIS-Ed : A visualization program for teaching medical students and residents the biomechanics of cervical spine trauma
- 2013
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Ingår i: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 20. - : IOS Press. - 9781614992080 ; 184, s. 96-102
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This RCT study aimed to investigate if VIS-Ed (Visualization through Imaging and Simulation - Education) had the potential to improve medical student education and specialist training in clinical diagnosis and treatment of trauma patients. The participants' general opinion was reported as high in both groups (lecture vs. virtual patient (VP)). Face validity of the VIS-Ed for cervical spine trauma was demonstrated and the VP group reported higher stimulation and engagement compared to the lecture group. No significant difference in the knowledge test between both groups could be observed, confirming our null hypothesis that VIS-Ed was on par with a lecture.
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| 25. |
- Courteille, O., et al.
(författare)
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Mixed Virtual Reality Simulation -Taking Endoscopic Simulation One Step Further
- 2011
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Ingår i: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 18. - : IOS Press. - 9781607507062 - 9781607507055 ; 163, s. 144-6
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This pilot study aimed to assess medical students' appraisals of a "mixed" virtual reality simulation for endoscopic surgery (with a virtual patient case in addition to a virtual colonoscopy) as well as the impact of this simulation set-up on students' performance. Findings indicate that virtual patients can enhance contextualization of simulated endoscopy and thus facilitate an authentic learning environment, which is important in order to increase motivation.
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- Dudkina, Anna, et al.
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Patient Input into the Electronic Health Record : Co-Designing Solutions with Patients and Healthcare Professionals.
- 2024
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 316, s. 1477-1481
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Patient-generated health data (PGHD) is the person's health-related data collected outside the clinical environment. Integrating this data into the electronic health record (EHR) supports better patient-provider communication and shared decision-making, empowering patients to actively manage their health conditions. In this study, we investigated the essential features needed for patients and healthcare providers to effectively integrate PGHD functionality into the EHR system. Through our collaborative design approach involving healthcare professionals (HCPs) and patients, we developed a prototype and suggestion, using Estonia as a model, which is the ideal approach for collecting and integrating PGHD into the EHR.
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| 30. |
- Eftring, Håkan, et al.
(författare)
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360-Degree Films for Cognitive Inclusion at Workplaces
- 2022
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Ingår i: Transforming our World through Universal Design for Human Development - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Universal Design, UD 2022. - 1879-8365 .- 0926-9630. - 9781643683041 ; 297, s. 127-134
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Persons with stress-related disorders, mental disorders and neuropsychiatric disabilities are in particular vulnerable to cognitive challenges at the workplace. The barriers faced by persons with communicative, social and cognitive disabilities are most often invisible to persons in the environment. The objective of the study presented in this paper is to develop and test a tool that increases awareness by inviting persons without disabilities to experience how cognitive barriers can look like in the workplace. Three 360-degree films were developed iteratively in close collaboration with users. Each film has one part highlighting difficulties and one part highlighting solutions. The films were evaluated with employers, employment experts, special support persons, HR staff and students. The results show that the films were realistic and useful for both supporting employment and for general awareness and insight.
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- Eftring, Håkan, et al.
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Eliciting parents' individual requirements for an inclusive digital school system
- 2016
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Ingår i: Universal Design 2016: Learning from the Past, Designing for the Future - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Universal Design, UD 2016. - 1879-8365 .- 0926-9630. - 9781614996835 ; 229, s. 211-221
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Parents often have a busy time sorting out their life puzzles, including getting information about their children's activities in school. More and more communication between teachers and parents take place via digital school systems. It can be hard for parents to find the information they are looking for and the teacher decides when information is sent and what communication method to use. All parents, but especially parents with disabilities, might have individual preferences on how to receive information and how to adapt meetings at school. In this paper we present a project where we involved parents and teachers in focus groups, an idea workshop and iterative user trials of a digital prototype. The goal was to elicit parents' individual requirements for an inclusive digital school system, where they can store their individual preferences about how and when to receive information from school and what requirements they have on meetings at school. Preliminary results show that we managed to create open and focused discussions among parents and teachers. The parents reacted very positively on an onboarding page with the possibility to quickly and easily enter preferences after their first log in, but more work needs to be done on how preferences are categorized on the onboarding page. Finally, parents need to get clear feedback from teachers and school when they have entered or updated preferences, so they can trust that their preferences will be met.
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- Eftring, Håkan, et al.
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From Face-to-Face to Online UDeL Camps : Supporting Staff at Higher Education Institutions in Developing Universal Design for eLearning (UDeL)
- 2021
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Ingår i: Universal Design 2021 : From Special to Mainstream Solutions - From Special to Mainstream Solutions. - 1879-8365 .- 0926-9630. - 9781643681900 ; 282, s. 144-160
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The TINEL Project is running a series of camps for staff at higher education institution to support them in developing inclusive eLearning. The first camp was conducted face-to-face, but the coronavirus pandemic meant that the second camp was conducted online. This created a case study in inclusive eLearning in itself and allowed us to experience and reflect on the challenges and opportunities of inclusive online teaching and learning. This paper presents the structure and content of the two camps, our reflections on moving from a face-to-face to an online situation and our elaboration how the UDL principles apply to eLearning to create Universal Design for eLearning (UDeL). We found that because we already had a syllabus for the camp prepared, transferring it to an online camp did not present a great number of challenges. Some aspects of the online situation were actually advantageous (e.g. presenting all materials digitally and making them fully accessible) while others were difficult to overcome (e.g. engaging all participants in online activities and discussions). We provide a set of recommendations of how to implement the three principles of UDL in eLearning situations.
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- Eide, A. H., et al.
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Barriers for Accessing Assistive Products in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
- 2023
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : NLM (Medline). - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 306, s. 297-302
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- WHO implemented the Rapid Assistive Technology Assessment in 2021. This is a household survey on self-reported use, need and barriers for accessing AT in 35 countries globally. In order to obtain comparable data, all surveys followed guidelines developed by WHO, including national two-stage random sampling of households. The 2021 rATA survey included 32 of a total of 140 LMICs globally. Around 40 % of the total respondents (all countries) estimated travel distance to be <5 km, varying from less than 10 % to almost 60 % among the countries. Around 15 % had to travel more than 50 km, varying from 1.3 % to 37.5 %. More individuals living in rural as compared to urban areas had to travel more than 25 km to get their main assistive product. Gender differences were marginal. By far the most prevalent barrier to access assistive products was "Cannot afford", amounting to 39.9% and varying from 6.7 % to 79.1 % among countries. This was followed by "No support" with 14.3 %, varying from 2.3 % to 36.9 %, and "Not available" with 8.1 %, varying from 1 % to 21.5 %. More barriers were reported in rural than urban areas and women report more barriers than men. Variation between countries in both travel time and barriers is substantial and country-specific service development is needed to guide service development.
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- Eklund, Ann-Marie, 1971
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Mobility and health information searches - a Swedish perspective
- 2013
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 14th world congress on medical and health informatics, MEDINFO 2013. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. - 9781614992882 ; 192
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Today the first point of contact between a patient and health care is often an internet health portal - not a human. There is also a trend towards increased use of mobile devices for internet searching. We present a study of the use of mobile vs non-mobile devices when accessing the main Swedish official health portal. Our findings indicate that there is a difference in not only when people search for health information, but also the type of information searched for using different devices. We conclude that further analysis is needed to understand these differences, and consequently that the same portal solution may not suit both mobile and non-mobile health information seekers.
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- Eklund, Patrik, 1958-, et al.
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Mobile guidelines for pharmacologic treatment of hypertension
- 2004
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 103, s. 58-60
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mobile health technologies provide case studies with potentially rather huge impacts. Examples are provided e.g. by guidelines involving pharmacologic treatment. Knowledge and reasoning need to interact with information management, and often involves utility of various devices. Well organised databases for pharmacological information are also necessary for successful engineering of mobile extensions in these case studies.
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- Ekstedt, Mirjam, et al.
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Reducing Errors through a Web-Based Self-management Support System
- 2014
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Ingår i: East Meets West eSMART. - Amsterdam : IOS Press. - 9781614994145 - 9781614994152 ; 201, s. 328-334
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Web-based self-management support systems SMSS, can successfully assist a wide range of patients with information and self-management support. O or as a stand-alone service, are e-messages. This study describes how one component of a multi component SMSS, an e-message service, in which patients with breast cancer could direct questions to nurses, physicians or social workers at the hospital where they were being treated, had an influence on safety and continuity of care. Ninety-one dialogues consisting of 284 messages were analysed. The communications between patients and the healthcare team revealed that the e-messages service served as a means for quality assurance of information, for double-checking and for coordination of care. We give examples of how an e-mail service may improve patients' knowledge in a process of taking control over their own care – increasingly important in a time of growing complexity and specialization in healthcare. It remains to be tested whether an e-message service can improve continuity of care and prevent or mitigate medical mishaps.
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- Emmanouil, A., et al.
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Anamnesis via the Internet : Prospects and pilot results
- 2001
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Ingår i: MEDINFO 2001. - Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press. - 9781586031947 - 9781607509288 ; 84:Pt 1, s. 805-9
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A comprehensive computerized questionnaire was developed to obtain the anamnesis of patients seeking contact with a physician for any type of new problem. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate ifa structured questionnaire filled out by the patient and complementing an interview at the physician’s office would contribute to a better quality of the total anamnesis and/or lead to savings in time at the visit. The results encourage further developments in this direction. The potential uses proposed are, in addition to being used to improve a visit, the correct assessment of the history for prioritization and scheduling of visits and in some situations, the anamnesis obtained over the net may be the basis for medical advice without a visit. This study emphasizes the great improvement of information captured by this type of questionnaire based on medical knowledge about associated symptoms and relevant questions depending on the problem presented compared to the results obtained by a simple open question used in many e-health services today.
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- Enström, Clara, et al.
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Visualizing Future Breast Cancer Prognosis by Generative AI
- 2024
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Ingår i: Studies in health technology and informatics. - 1879-8365 .- 0926-9630. ; 316, s. 724-725
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden, 30 percent of breast cancer cases are detected between screenings, leading to later staged cancer diagnoses. Aileen Health is preventing later staged cancers by making a breast cancer prognosis with generative AI. This study investigates how breast radiologists perceive AI-generated images and their usability as cancer prognosis. Through literature review and formative usability testing, the research study emphasizes the challenges when integrating AI-generated medical images into clinical decision-making. Furthermore, our findings stress the importance of avoiding cognitive overload and following mental models. Future research should focus on radiologists' use of breast cancer prognosis at various urgency levels, as well as AI accuracy of generated images.
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- Eriksson, Magnus, et al.
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A 6 degrees-of-freedom haptic milling simulator for surgical training of vertebral operations
- 2012
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 173, s. 126-128
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the research presented here, the aim has been to develop a haptic milling simulator for surgical training of vertebral operations. One central goal has been to create a simulator that gives the user a realistic impression of contacts with, and milling of, a virtually represented bone tissue model. A new 6 degrees-of-freedom haptic algorithm for milling is implemented together with new 6 degrees-of-freedom haptic device.
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- Eriksson, Magnus G., et al.
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A haptic VR milling surgery simulator - using high-resolution CT-data
- 2006
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 119, s. 138-143
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A haptic virtual reality milling simulator using high resolution volumetric data is presented in this paper. We discuss the graphical rendering performed from an iso-surface generated using marching cubes with a hierarchical storage method to optimize for fast dynamic changes to the data during the milling process. We also present a stable proxy-based haptic algorithm used to maintain a tip position on the surface avoiding haptic fall-through.
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- Erlingsdottir, Gudbjörg, et al.
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Lost in Translation? Care Coordination cross Contexts in Swedish Homecare Nursing
- 2019
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Ingår i: Context Sensitive Health Informatics : Sustainability in Dynamic Ecosystems - Sustainability in Dynamic Ecosystems. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. - 9781643680040 - 9781643680040 ; 265, s. 42-47
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The responsibilities for delivery of care in Sweden is divided between the regions and the municipalities. The regions run the hospitals and the primary care centres (PCCs) whereas the municipalities are responsible for homecare nursing and nursing homes. The homecare nurses and the doctors they need to seek advice from, thus belong to different organizations/contexts. As more patients with multi- and long-term illnesses are taken care of in their homes the workload of the homecare nurses has increased. A new healthcare agreement has thus been signed between a region in South Sweden and its municipalities. The healthcare agreement states that doctors from the PCCs are to form mobile teams together with the homecare nurses. This paper reports from a pre-study investigating how the agreement, in terms of translation sociology, is interpreted in four of the municipalities. The aim of the research project as a whole is to develop digital support systems for the mobile teams.
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- Falkman, Göran, 1968-, et al.
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Collaboration Patterns in an Online Community of Practice in Oral Medicine
- 2008
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Ingår i: eHealth Beyond the Horizon – Get IT There. - Amsterdam : IOS Press. - 9781586038649 ; 136, s. 175-80
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- SOMWeb is an online collaboration system based on Semantic Web technologies, which is used for knowledge sharing and dissemination within an oral medicine community in Sweden. Based on a previous study of the use of SOMWeb, general patterns of interaction and communicative activities involved in community collaboration have been identified. The patterns for one such activity, distance consultation, are described and modeled using techniques from the Pragmatic Web. It is also shown how patterns could inform system design
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- Falkman, Göran, 1968-, et al.
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SOMWeb - Towards an Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing in Oral Medicine
- 2005
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Ingår i: Connecting Medical Informatics and Bio-Informatics: Proceedings of MIE2005 - The XIXth International Congress of the European Federation for Medical Informatics. - Amsterdam : IOS Press. - 1586035495 ; 116, s. 527-32, s. 527-532
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In a net-based society, clinicians can come together for cooperative work and distance learning around a common medical material. This requires suitable techniques for cooperative knowledge management and user interfaces that are adapted to both the group as a whole and to individuals. To support distributed management and sharing of clinical knowledge, we propose the development of an intelligent web community for clinicians within oral medicine. This virtual meeting place will support the ongoing work on developing a digital knowledge base, providing a foundation for a more evidence-based oral medicine. The presented system is founded on the use and development of web services and standards for knowledge modelling and knowledge-based systems. The work is conducted within the frame of a well-established cooperation between oral medicine and computer science.
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- Florin, Jan, et al.
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Partient participation in decision making in nursing.
- 2006
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Ingår i: Studies in health technology and informatics. ; , s. 54-57:122, s. 54-57
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Patient participation in decision making concerning nursing needs is an important aspect of high quality care, of interest for both planning and implementing care. However, patients' perspective on participation in clinical decision making has not been studied extensively and the literature is inconclusive of what roles patients prefer to adopt. The aim was to investigate associations between patient demographics and preferences for participation in clinical decision making and to compare patients and RNs perceptions of the patients' preferences for participation. A cross sectional study including 80 nurse-patient dyads was adopted. The Control Preference scale was used to collect data. The findings showed that younger and more educated patients preferred to be more active in some aspects of decision making than older and less educated patients did. Further, in comparison with RNs inference of patient preferences for participation, patients preferred to be more passive in decision making in relation to nursing needs in general, as well as for physical and psychosocial needs. Differences in perceptions between patients and RNs concerning patient participation could hamper high quality care and need to be addressed.
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- Forsslund, Jonas, et al.
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The effect of haptic degrees of freedom on task performance in virtual surgical environments
- 2013
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 184, s. 129-135
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Force and touch feedback, or haptics, can play a significant role in the realism of virtual reality surgical simulation. While it is accepted that simulators providing haptic feedback often outperform those that do not, little is known about the degree of haptic fidelity required to achieve simulation objectives. This article evaluates the effect that employing haptic rendering with different degrees of freedom (DOF) has on task performance in a virtual environment. Results show that 6-DOF haptic rendering significantly improves task performance over 3-DOF haptic rendering, even if computed torques are not displayed to the user. No significant difference could be observed between under-actuated (force only) and fully-actuated 6-DOF feedback in two surgically-motivated tasks.
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- Fu, Qiang, et al.
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Using mobile information technology to build a database for anesthesia quality control and to provide clinical guidelines.
- 2003
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 95, s. 629-634
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The paper describes a mobile information system to collect patient information for anaesthesia quality control. In this system we use handheld computers, to collect patient data at the bedside with a daily synchronization of the data of the anaesthesiologist's handheld with the anaesthesia database center, later used for quality control analysis. Further, we design mobile clinical guidelines to be used on the same handhelds.
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- Georgsson, Mattias, 1969-
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A Review of Usability Methods Used in the Evaluation of Mobile Health Applications for Diabetes.
- 2020
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 273, s. 228-233
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mobile health applications for diabetes are developed like never before and many patients use them for their personalized health needs. With increased use, an increased number of usability evaluations are performed to assure that the applications function as intended. In this review the goal was to determine what usability methods are currently used in the evaluation of mobile health applications for diabetes and how these are used.METHODS: A literature review was conducted to identify applicable studies in the databases ACM Digital Library, Cinahl and Pubmed between the years 2015 and 2020. After the inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, 32 articles remained that were included in the final review.RESULTS: Most of the studies included one established usability engineering method such as an expert-based and/or user-based method or a validated questionnaire/instrument. Some also included a combination of these. Others used methods of their own design; commonly questionnaires and interviews either on their own or in combination.CONCLUSION: To achieve an adequate level of evidence and quality in the evaluation, it is important that at least one is an established usability engineering method or a validated instrument. This to assure and continue to build the evidence base in this area.
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- Ghareh Baghi, Arash, et al.
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An Edge Computing Method for Extracting Pathological Information from Phonocardiogram
- 2019
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. - 9781614999867 ; 262, s. 364-367
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a structure of decision support system for pediatric cardiac disease, based on an Internet of Things (IoT) framework. The structure performs the intelligent decision making at its edge processing level, which classifies the heart sound signal, to three classes of cardiac conditions, normal, mild disease, and critical disease. Three types of the errors are introduced to evaluate the performance of the processing method, Type 1, 2 and 3, defined as the incorrect classification from the critical disease, mild, and normal, respectively. The method is validated using 140 real data patient records collected from the hospital referrals. The estimated negative errors for the Type 1, and 2, are calculated to be 0% and 4.8%, against the positive errors which are 6.3% and 13.3%, respectively. The Type 3, is calculated to be 16.7%, showing a high sensitivity of the method to be used in an IoT healthcare framework.
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