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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.
Featured articles
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.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :28
The application of a data mining algorithm to patient records and physicians' prescriptions can identify knowledge gaps in available clinical guidelines and provide supplementary information to complete guideline recommendations.
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Research article
The feasibility of a web-based counselling program for occupational physicians and employees on sick leave due to back or neck pain Tanja de Jong, Judith Heinrich, Birgitte M Blatter, Johannes R Anema, Allard J van der Beek BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :46 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Retraction
Retraction: Estimation of progression of multi-state chronic disease using the Markov model and prevalence pool concept Hui-Chuan Shih, Pesus Chou, Chi-Ming Liu, Tao-Hsin Tung BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :45 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Debate
Information management to enable personalized medicine: stakeholder roles in building clinical decision support Gregory J Downing, Scott N Boyle, Kristin M Brinner, Jerome A Osheroff BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :44 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
An interdisciplinary team communication framework and its application to healthcare 'e-teams' systems design Craig E Kuziemsky, Elizabeth M Borycki, Mary Ellen Purkis, Fraser Black, Michael Boyle, Denise Cloutier-Fisher, Lee Ann Fox, Patricia MacKenzie, Ann Syme, Coby Tschanz, Wendy Wainwright, Helen Wong, Interprofessional Practices Team (alphabetically) BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :43 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
A global approach to the management of EMR (Electronic Medical Records) of patients with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: the experience of DREAM Software Andrea Nucita, Giuseppe M Bernava, Michelangelo Bartolo, Fabio Di Pane Masi, Pietro Giglio, Marco Peroni, Giovanni Pizzimenti, Leonardo Palombi BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :42 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Technical advance
Privacy-preserving record linkage using Bloom filters Rainer Schnell, Tobias Bachteler, J BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :41 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
Improving healthcare consumer effectiveness: An An imated, S elf-serve, We b-based R esearch Tool (ANSWER) for people with early rheumatoid arthritis Linda C Li, Paul Adam, Anne F Townsend, Dawn Stacey, Diane Lacaille, Susan Cox, Jessie McGowan, Peter Tugwell, Gerri Sinclair, Kendall Ho, Catherine L Backman BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :40 (20 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Disease surveillance using a hidden Markov model Rochelle E Watkins, Serryn Eagleson, Bert Veenendaal, Graeme Wright, Aileen J Plant BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :39 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Access to electronic health records by care setting and provider type: perceptions of cancer care providers in Ontario, Canada Margo C Orchard, Mark J Dobrow, Lawrence Paszat, Hedy Jiang, Patrick Brown BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :38 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Physicians' attitudes towards ePrescribing Lina Hellstr BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :37 (7 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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How do healthcare consumers process and evaluate comparative healthcare information? A qualitative study using cognitive interviews. Olga C Damman, Michelle Hendriks, Jany Rademakers, Diana MJ Delnoij, Peter P Groenewegen BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :423 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Classification of voluntary cough sound and airflow patterns for detecting abnormal pulmonary function Ayman A Abaza, Jeremy B Day, Jeffrey S Reynolds, Ahmed M Mahmoud, W TRAVIS Goldsmith, Walter G McKinney, E LEE Petsonk, David G Frazer Cough 2009, 5 :8 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Factors affecting mental fitness for work in a sample of mentally ill patients Yasser A Elsayed, Mohamed A Al-Zahrani, Mahmoud M Rashad International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2009, 3 :25 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
Glucocorticosteroid-sensitive inflammatory eosinophilic pseudotumor of the bladder in an adolescent: a case report Danfeng Xu, Yushan Liu, Yi Gao, Xuezhi Zhao, Chuangyu Qu, Changlin Mei, Jizhong Ren Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :136 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Debate
Dual equipoise shared decision making: definitions for decision and behaviour support interventions Glyn Elwyn, Dominick Frosch, Stephen Rollnick Implementation Science 2009, 4 :75 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Debate
Adjuncts or adversaries to shared decision-making? Applying the Integrative Model of behavior to the role and design of decision support interventions in healthcare interactions
Dominick L Frosch, France Legare, Martin Fishbein, Glyn Elwyn Implementation Science 2009, 4 :73 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Technical advance
Computer-aided assessment of diagnostic images for epidemiological research Alison G Abraham, Donald D Duncan, Stephen J Gange, Sheila West BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9 :74 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
Use of information and communication technologies to support effective work practice innovation in the health sector: a multi-site study Johanna I Westbrook, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Kathryn Gibson, Richard Paoloni, Joanne Callen, Andrew Georgiou, Nerida Creswick, Louise Robertson BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :201 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Repeatability of nerve conduction measurements derived entirely by computer methods Xuan Kong, Eugene A Lesser, Shai N Gozani BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2009, 8 :33 (6 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
The impact of networks on clinical trials in the United Kingdom Sze May Ng, Alan Michael Weindling Trials 2009, 10 :100 (4 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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