The exchange and use of health information can help healthcare professionals and
policymakers make informed decisions on ways of improving patient and population health …

Background The term “virtual patients”(VPs) has been used for many years in academic
publications, but its meaning varies, leading to confusion. Our aim was to investigate and …

Objective There is a need to integrate the various theoretical frameworks and formalisms for
modeling clinical guidelines, workflows, and pathways, in order to move beyond providing …

Pervasive computing is often mentioned in the context of improving healthcare. This paper
presents a novel approach for diagnosing diabetes using neural networks and pervasive …

Background: Over the past years, Greece has undergone several endeavors aimed at
modernizing and improving national health care services with a focus on PHC. However, the …

Purpose Our objective was to identify and examine studies of collaboration in relation to the
use of health information technologies (HIT) in the biomedical informatics field. Methods We …

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This paper describes the evaluation of a service-oriented prototype implementation. The
prototype development aims to exploit the use of serviceoriented concepts for achieving …

Abstract Background The integration of Information Systems (IS) is essential to support
shared care and to provide consistent care to individuals–patient-centred care. This paper …

Despite progress in creating standardized clinical data models and interapplication
protocols, the goal of creating a lifelong health care record remains mired in the pragmatics …