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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in information management, systems and technology in healthcare and the study of medical decision making.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (ISSN 1472-6947) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Scientific (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :16
VCM, a graphical language that depicts drug-related medical concepts as simple icons, is easy to use and allows physicians to evaluate drug monograph information almost twice as fast as traditional text.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :12
While primary care physicians use electronic patient records (EPRs) efficiently and are satisfied with their overall availability, the functionality of EPRs must be improved to allow better representation of patient information and to avoid adding to the doctors’ administrative workload.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :3
The use of personal digital assistants for the collection of patients’ data for clinical research requires less time than paper methods and also improves data integrity.
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Script Concordance Tests: Guidelines for Construction Jean Paul Fournier, Anne Demeester, Bernard Charlin BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :18 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
An integrated strategy of knowledge application for optimal e-health implementation: A multi method study protocol Marie-Pierre Gagnon, France Legare, Jean-Paul Fortin, Lise Lamothe, Michel Labrecque, Julie Duplantie BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :17 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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An iconic language for the graphical representation of medical concepts Jean-Baptiste Lamy, Catherine Duclos, Avner Bar-Hen, Patrick Ouvrard, Alain Venot BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :16 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Benchmarking of hospital information systems: Monitoring of discharge letters and scheduling can reveal heterogeneities and time trends Martin Dugas, Markus Eckholt, Holger Bunzemeier BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :15 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Risk communication formats for low probability events: an exploratory study of patient preferences James G Dolan, Stephen Iadarola BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :14 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Physicians' perceptions of an electronic health record-based clinical trial alert approach to subject recruitment: A survey Peter J Embi, Anil Jain, C Martin Harris BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :13 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Instant availability of patient records, but diminished availability of information: a multi-method study of GPs use of electronic patient records
Tom Christensen, Anders Grimsmo BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :12 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Handheld computers for self-administered sensitive data collection: A comparative study in Peru Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Walter H Curioso, Marco A Gonzales, Wilfredo Evangelista, Jesus M Castagnetto, Cesar P Carcamo, James P Hughes, Patricia J Garcia, Geoffrey P Garnett, King K Holmes BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :11 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Should a colon cancer screening decision aid include the option of no testing? A comparative trial of two decision aids Jennifer M Griffith, Marlie Fichter, Floyd J Fowler, Carmen Lewis, Michael P Pignone BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :10 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Decision support in psychiatry Lars G Bergman, Uno GH Fors BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :9 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The perceived impact of location privacy: a web-based survey of public health perspectives and requirements in the UK and Canada Philip AbdelMalik, Maged N Kamel Boulos, Ray Jones BMC Public Health 2008, 8 :156 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Software
Automating dChip: toward reproducible sharing of microarray data analysis Cheng Li BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 :231 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Technical advance
Proposal of a framework for evaluating military surveillance systems for early detection of outbreaks on duty areas Jean-Baptiste Meynard, Herve Chaudet, Andrew D Green, Henry L Jefferson, Gaetan Texier, Daniel Webber, Bruce Dupuy, Jean-Paul Boutin BMC Public Health 2008, 8 :146 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
Methods of data collection and analysis for the economic evaluation alongside a national, multi-centre trial in the UK: Conventional ventilation or ECMO for Severe Adult Respiratory Failure (CESAR)
Mariamma M Thalanany, Miranda Mugford, Clare Hibbert, Nicola J Cooper, Ann Truesdale, Steven Robertson, Ravindranath Tiruvoipati, Diana R Elbourne, Giles J Peek, Felicity Clemens, Polly Hardy, Andrew Wilson BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8 :94 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology
Evaluation of an operational malaria outbreak identification and response system in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Marlize Coleman, Michael Coleman, Aaron M Mabuza, Gerdalize Kok, Maureen Coetzee, David N Durrheim Malaria Journal 2008, 7 :69 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Responsiveness of five condition-specific and generic outcome assessment instruments for chronic pain Felix Angst, Martin L Verra, Susanne Lehmann, Andre Aeschlimann BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008, 8 :26 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Thinking styles and doctors' knowledge and behaviours relating to acute coronary syndrome guidelines Ruth M Sladek, Malcolm J Bond, Luan T Huynh, Derek PB Chew, Paddy A Phillips Implementation Science 2008, 3 :23 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Software
VariVis: a visualisation toolkit for variation databases Timothy D Smith, Richard GH Cotton BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 :206 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Requirements for effective academic leadership in Iran: A Nominal Group Technique exercise Ali Bikmoradi, Mats Brommels, Alireza Shoghli, Zohreh Sohrabi, Italo Masiello BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :24 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The role of economics in the QUERI program: QUERI Series Mark W Smith, Paul G Barnett Implementation Science 2008, 3 :20 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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