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In-house Editor Hannah Clark PhD
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in relation to the design, development, implementation, use, and evaluation of health information technologies and decision-making within the healthcare setting.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (ISSN 1472-6947) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, EMBASE, Scopus, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :50
A novel public health laboratory information system to monitor HAART for HIV in Peru, NETLAB, reduces the time for publication of test results from two months to just one day.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :41
A new protocol using Bloom filters can encrypt identifying information while allowing reasonable rates of matching to other data sets and thus permit linkage of records from databases with privacy-preserving requirements.
Volume 9 Suppl 1
Research
Philadelphia, PA, USA. 3 November 2008
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Research article
Regression Tree construction by bootstrap: Model search for DRG-systems applied to Austrian health-data Thomas Grubinger, Conrad Kobel, Karl-Peter Pfeiffer BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10 :9 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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IT adoption of clinical information systems in Austrian and German hospitals: results of a comparative survey with a focus on nursing Ursula Hubner, Elske Ammenwerth, Daniel Flemming, Christine Schaubmayr, Bjorn Sellemann BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10 :8 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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How information systems should support the information needs of general dentists in clinical settings: suggestions from a qualitative study Mei Song, Heiko Spallek, Deborah Polk, Titus Schleyer, Teena Wali BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10 :7 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Use of the internet as a source of health information by Spanish adolescents Jaime Jimenez-Pernett, Antontio Olry de Labry-Lima, Clara Bermudez-Tamayo, Jose Francisco Garcia-Gutierrez, Maria del Carmen Salcedo-Sanchez BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10 :6 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Implementation and evaluation of a nurse-centered computerized potassium regulation protocol in the intensive care unit - a before and after analysis Miriam Hoekstra, Mathijs Vogelzang, Jose T Drost, Marcel Janse, Bert G Loef, Iwan CC van der Horst, Felix Zijlstra, Maarten WN Nijsten BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10 :5 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A novel time series analysis approach for prediction of dialysis in critically ill patients using echo-state networks T Verplancke, S Van Looy, K Steurbaut, D Benoit, F De Turck, G De Moor, J Decruyenaere BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10 :4 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Towards computerizing intensive care sedation guidelines:
design of a rule-based architecture for automated execution
of clinical guidelines Femke Ongenae, Femke De Backere, Kristof Steurbaut, Kirsten Colpaert, Wannes Kerckhove, Johan Decruyenaere, Filip De Turck BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10 :3 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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General practitioners' attitudes and preparedness towards clinical decision support in e-Prescribing (CDS-eP) adoption in the West of Ireland: a cross sectional study Chee Peng Hor, James M. O'Donnell, Andrew W. Murphy, Timothy O'Brien, Thomas J. B. Kropmans BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10 :2 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A framework for enhancing spatial and temporal granularity in report-based health surveillance systems Hutchatai Chanlekha, Ai Kawazoe, Nigel Collier BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10 :1 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Organization-wide adoption of computerized provider order entry systems: a study based on diffusion of innovations theory Bahlol Rahimi, Toomas Timpka, Vivian Vimarlund, Srinivas Uppugunduri, Mikael Svensson BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :52 (31 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Patellar tendon ossification after partial patellectomy:
a case report
Husamettin Cakici, Onur Hapa, Kutay Ozturan, Melih Guven, Istemi Yucel Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010, 4 :47 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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A systematic review of the use of theory in the design of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies and interpretation of the results of rigorous evaluations Philippa Davies, Anne E Walker, Jeremy M Grimshaw Implementation Science 2010, 5 :14 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The combined positive impact of Lean methodology and Ventana Symphony autostainer on histology lab workflow Lewis A Hassell, Crystal F Glass, Clinton Yip, Patricia A Eneff BMC Clinical Pathology 2010, 10 :2 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Building generic anatomical models using virtual model cutting and iterative registration Mei Xiao, Jung Soh, Oscar Meruvia-Pastor, Eric Schmidt, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Christoph W Sensen BMC Medical Imaging 2010, 10 :5 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Letter
Hourly measurements not required for safe and effective glycemic control in the critically ill patient Miriam Hoekstra, Mathijs Vogelzang, Evgeny Verbitskiy, Maarten W Nijsten Critical Care 2010, 14 :404 (8 [PDF ]
Study protocol
Effects of computerized clinical decision support systems on practitioner performance and patient outcomes: Methods of a decision-maker-researcher partnership systematic review R BRIAN Haynes, Nancy L Wilczynski, Computerized Clinical Decision Support System Systematic Review (ccdss) Implementation Science 2010, 5 :12 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Effects of liquid stimuli on dual-axis swallowing accelerometry signals in a healthy population Joon Lee, Ervin Sejdic, Catriona M Steele, Tom Chau BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2010, 9 :7 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Identification of complex metabolic states in critically injured patients using bioinformatic cluster analysis
Mitchell J Cohen, Adam D Grossman, Diane Morabito, M Margaret Knudson, Atul J Butte, Geoffrey T Manley Critical Care 2010, 14 :R10 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
How to integrate individual patient values and preferences in clinical practice guidelines? A research protocol Trudy van der Weijden, France Legare, Antoine Boivin, Jako S Burgers, Haske van Veenendaal, Anne M Stiggelbout, Marjan Faber, Glyn Elwyn Implementation Science 2010, 5 :10 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Bridging the gaps among research, policy and practice in ten low- and middle-income countries: development and testing of a questionnaire for researchers David Cameron, John N Lavis, G Emmanuel Guindon, Tasleem Akhtar, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Godwin D Ndossi, Boungnong Boupha, Research to Policy and Practice Study Team (rppst) Health Research Policy and Systems 2010, 8 :4 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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