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Internet and medicine
Sources of Fully Developed Course Materials on the Web.
Nurse Educ. 2009 July/August; 34(4): 143-145
Wink D
In this bimonthly series, the author examines how nurse educators can use Internet and Web-based computer technologies such as search, communication, and collaborative writing tools; social networking and social bookmarking sites; virtual worlds; and Web-based teaching and learning programs. This article describes sources of ready-to-use teaching-learning materials available free on the Internet. Techniques to find and evaluate these resources are discussed.
TRANSVERSE DORSAL ARACHNOID WEB AND SYRINGOMYELIA: CASE REPORT.
Neurosurgery. 2009 Jul; 65(1): E216-E217
Sridharan A, Heilman CB
OBJECTIVE: We present a case of syringomyelia attributed to a transverse thoracic arachnoid web at T4. The cerebrospinal fluid pressure caudal to the web was higher than the cerebrospinal fluid pressure rostral to the web, causing a syrinx in the thoracic and cervical spinal cord above the web. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A 43-year-old man presented with numbness and a burning pain in his left upper back and extremities. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a cervical-thoracic syrinx that terminated relatively abruptly at T4. Because of the abrupt termination of
Internet Addiction and Interpersonal Problems in Korean Adolescents.
Comput Inform Nurs. 2009 July/August; 27(4): 226-233
Seo M, Kang HS, Yom YH
The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of Internet addiction and interpersonal problems, explore the relationship between the two, and identify the relevant factors of Internet addiction in Korean middle school students. A cross-sectional survey design was used. The participants were 676 middle school students. A Korean version of the Internet addiction self-test scale and a Korean version of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems were used. Among the participants, 547 (80.9%) were identified as general users, 108 (16%) were
TTA Lynx: a web-based service for analysis of actinomycete genes containing rare TTA codon.
Bioinformatics. 2009 Jul 2;
Zaburannyy N, Ostash B, Fedorenko V
MOTIVATION: TTA Lynx is a web-based service for finding, assessing and comparing coding sequences that contain TTA codons. This codon is most notable for being a regulatory switch that governs different aspects of the physiology of several GC-rich, Gram-positive bacteria belonging to genus Streptomyces, prolific producers of clinically important natural products. The ever-increasing pace of genome sequencing is creating a huge volume of data that could be utilized to improve our understanding of rare codons in actinomycete biology (and other biological
Characteristics of Nurses Who Used the Internet-Based Nurses QuitNet for Smoking Cessation.
Public Health Nurs. 2009 Jul; 26(4): 329-338
Bialous SA, Sarna L, Wells M, Elashoff D, Wewers ME, Froelicher ES
Background: Smoking among nurses is higher than other health care professionals but nurse-specific cessation programs are limited. Nurses QuitNet((R)), launched in January 2004, provided an evidence-based online smoking cessation program for nurses and nursing students. Objectives: To describe Nurses QuitNet((R)) registrants and relationships among the demographic and smoking characteristics, program dissemination strategies, and site utilization patterns. Design: Cross-sectional study. Sample: 1,790 Nurses
The Joint Asia Diabetes Evaluation (JADE) Program: a web-based program to translate evidence to clinical practice in Type 2 diabetes.
Diabet Med. 2009 Jul; 26(7): 693-699
Chan J, So W, Ko G, Tong P, Yang X, Ma R, Kong A, Wong R, Le Coguiec F, Tamesis B, Wolthers T, Lyubomirsky G, Chow P
Aims The Joint Asia Diabetes Evaluation (JADE) Program is the first web-based program incorporating a comprehensive risk engine, care protocols, clinical decision and self-management support to improve ambulatory diabetes care. The aim was to validate the risk stratification system of the JADE Program using a large prospective cohort. Methods The JADE interactive risk engine stratifies patients into different risk levels using results from an annual comprehensive
A Patient's Wandering Eye and the Internet Can Lead to Pump Tampering.
P T. 2009 Jun; 34(6): 283-328
Grissinger M
Brief cognitive-behavioral internet therapy for irritable bowel syndrome.
Behav Res Ther. 2009 May 20;
Hunt MG, Moshier S, Milonova M
While cognitive-behavioral therapy for IBS is quite effective, the limited availability of competent therapists and lack of access to treatment remain problematic. This paper reports on a small, randomized, controlled trial of a five week internet based cognitive-behavioral intervention for IBS with limited therapist feedback via e-mail. Fifty-four IBS patients were recruited via the internet and randomly assigned to either immediate treatment or a wait-list control group. Thirty-one subjects completed the post-treatment assessment. 77% of treatment completers
Patient insight into the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the morning: an internet survey.
Curr Med Res Opin. 2009 Jul 2;
Partridge MR, Karlsson N, Small IR
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine diurnal variability of symptoms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to assess the impact of COPD upon patients' morning activities and routines. Research design and methods: Quantitative internet interviews with 803 COPD patients from Europe and the USA, including 289 patients with severe COPD. Severe COPD was defined according to regular use of COPD medication, third level of breathlessness or above using the modified Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea scale (MRC dyspnoea score >/=3) and one or
Trophodynamics of some PFCs and BFRs in a western Canadian Arctic marine food web.
Environ Sci Technol. 2009 Jun 1; 43(11): 4076-81
Tomy GT, Pleskach K, Ferguson SH, Hare J, Stern G, Macinnis G, Marvin CH, Loseto L
The trophodynamics of per- and polyfluorinated compounds and bromine-based flame retardants were examined in components of a marine food web from the western Canadian Arctic. The animals studied and their relative trophic status in the food web, established using stable isotopes of nitrogen (delta15N), were beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) > ringed seal (Phoca hispida) > Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) > Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) approximately equal to Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis)
eHealth
Sharing information and data across heterogeneous e-health systems.
Telemed J E Health. 2009 Jun; 15(5): 454-64
Ganguly S, Kataria P, Juric R, Ertas A, Tanik MM
Information and data sharing across heterogeneous e-health systems, focusing on the management of patient care, have become the backbone of modern delivery of sustainable telemedicine services. Information and data available to healthcare practitioners in such environments range from patient's medical records, stored in repositories at places where patients have been treated, to a variety of information related to medical research, pharmaceutical products, or information stored within social networks of healthcare interest
Semantic interoperability, e-health and Australian health statistics.
HIM J. 2009; 38(2): 41-5
Goodenough S
E-health implementation in Australia will depend upon interoperable computer systems to share information and data across the health sector. Semantic interoperability, which preserves the meaning of information and data when it is shared or re-purposed, is critical for safe clinical care, and also for any re-use of the information or data for other purposes. One such re-use is for national health statistics. Usable statistics rely on comparable and consistent data, and current practice is to use agreed national data standards to achieve this. The standardisation and interoperability
Using Action Research to Implement an Integrated Pediatric Asthma Case Management and eHealth Intervention for Low-Income Families.
Health Promot Pract. 2009 Jun 10;
Wise M, Pulvermacher A, Shanovich KK, Gustafson DH, Sorkness C, Bhattacharya A
Asthma case management and education programs improve pediatric asthma outcomes, but designing rigorous randomized controlled studies that accurately measure effects while encouraging parent participation is challenging. This is especially so for low-income African American families, who face significantly more severe asthma and social stress than their middle-class counterparts. Action research can help health education researchers negotiate between the elegant and complex designs favored by scientists with
Expectations and experiences of eHealth in primary care: A qualitative practice-based investigation.
Int J Med Inform. 2009 May 22;
Flynn D, Gregory P, Makki H, Gabbay M
OBJECTIVES: (1) To assess expectations and experiences of a new eHealth service by patients and staff in three primary care settings; (2) to ascertain attitudes to a range of future, primary care-oriented eHealth services. DESIGN: Qualitative case study. SETTING: Three UK general practices introducing an eHealth service for booking patient appointments. PARTICIPANTS: Ninety patients purposively selected from users and non-users of the new service and 28 staff (clinicians, management and administrative staff). RESULTS: Actual patient use of the service
[FAQs on the effects of e-health on the doctor-patient relationship.]
Aten Primaria. 2009 May 19;
Mira Solves JJ, Llinas Santacreu G, Lorenzo Martínez S, Pérez-Jover V
Background: Articles on e-health and e-patients have been increased exponentially. Results: Frequently asked questions (FAQs) are presented on how the Internet affects relationships between doctors and patients, along with the answers based on the results of empirical studies. Conclusions: An even higher use of the Internet is envisaged as a source of health information. The Internet can be an ally so that the patient may access reliable information and advantage can be taken of its dynamism to help the patient achieve
E-health can be a two-edged sword for the medical doctor.
Tenn Med. 2009 May; 102(5): 7-8
Gerkin DG
An e-health system for the elderly (Butler Project): a pilot study on acceptance and satisfaction.
Cyberpsychol Behav. 2009 Jun; 12(3): 255-62
Botella C, Etchemendy E, Castilla D, Baños RM, García-Palacios A, Quero S, Alcañiz M, Lozano JA
The Butler Project is a technological e-health platform that uses the Internet to connect various users; it was designed to deliver health care to the elderly. The Butler platform has three levels of implementation: diagnosis (mood monitoring, alert system, management reports), therapy (training in inducing positive moods, memory work), and entertainment (e-mail, chat, video, photo albums, music, friend forums, accessibility to the Internet). The objective of this work is to
Third intensive Balkan telemedicine and e-health seminar: current principles and practices of telemedicine and e-health--clinical applications and evidence-based outcomes: International Conference on Telemedicine and e-Health February 6-7, 2009 Skopje, Macedonia.
Telemed J E Health. 2009 May; 15(4): 379-86
Doarn CR, Latifi R, Hadeed G, Haxhihamza K, Bekteshi F, Lecaj I
The region, which consists of the countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosova, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, takes its name from the mountain range, the Balkans. The Balkans, a Turkish word for "chain of wooded mountains," covers an area of 700,000 km(2) region in Southeastern Europe and is home to over 55 million inhabitants. A decade of war and ethnic fighting in the 1990s destroyed the medical systems in place, creating a desperate need to rebuild a modern healthcare
The e-health landscape: current status and future prospects in Korea.
Telemed J E Health. 2009 May; 15(4): 362-9
Lee M, Min SD, Shin HS, Lee BW, Kim JK
The e-health infrastructure in Korea has come a long way within a short period since the establishment of the Korea e-Health Association in 2003 by the Korean Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy. Since then, four related government departments in the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Information and Communication, Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Science and Technology have also started planning and promoting their own strategies for e-Health applications. We have defined standardization, law and policy
Current status of e-health awareness among healthcare professionals in teaching hospitals of Rawalpindi: a survey.
Telemed J E Health. 2009 May; 15(4): 347-52
Shoaib SF, Mirza S, Murad F, Malik AZ
The purpose of this survey was to determine the number of healthcare professionals with knowledge about e-health and how many people would like to use e-health in their practice. A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from September to November 2007 in Rawalpindi Medical College and allied hospitals. E-health survey questionnaires were designed and distributed among healthcare professionals, and their knowledge and attitudes toward e-health were assessed. Of 186 healthcare professionals, 41.4% were doctors, 31.7% were medical
Open Access
Open access: the alternative to subscription-based medical publishing.
West J Emerg Med. 2008 Nov; 9(4): 240-2
Ahmed SS, Tran QP, Langdorf MI, Lessick S, Lotfipour S
Does Open Access in Ophthalmology Affect How Articles are Subsequently Cited in Research?
Ophthalmology. 2009 Jun 20;
Lansingh VC, Carter MJ
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the concept of open access affects how articles are cited in the field of ophthalmology. DESIGN: Type of meta-analysis. PARTICIPANTS: Examination of 480 articles in ophthalmology in the experimental protocol and 415 articles in the control protocol. METHODS: Four subject areas were chosen to search the ophthalmology literature in the PubMed database using the terms "cataract," "diabetic retinopathy," "glaucoma," and "refractive errors." Searching started in December of 2003 and worked back in time to the beginning of the year. The number
Open access chemical and clinical probes to support drug discovery.
Nat Chem Biol. 2009 Jul; 5(7): 436-40
Edwards AM, Bountra C, Kerr DJ, Willson TM
Drug discovery resources in academia and industry are not used efficiently, to the detriment of industry and society. Duplication could be reduced, and productivity could be increased, by performing basic biology and clinical proofs of concept within open access industry-academia partnerships. Chemical biologists could play a central role in this effort.
Open-access publishing - a new path.
J Biomed Discov Collab. 2009; 4: 6
Smalheiser N, De Groote SL, Case MM
Editorial: Toward more open access of data while increasing the value of the journal.
Poult Sci. 2009 Jul; 88(7): 1345
Scanes CG
The textual characteristics of traditional and Open Access scientific journals are similar.
BMC Bioinformatics. 2009 Jun 15; 10(1): 183
Verspoor K, Cohen KB, Hunter L
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Recent years have seen an increased amount of natural language processing (NLP) work on full text biomedical journal publications. Much of this work is done with Open Access journal articles. Such work assumes that Open Access articles are representative of biomedical publications in general and that methods developed for analysis of Open Access full text publications will generalize to the biomedical literature as a whole. If this assumption is wrong, the cost to the community will be large, including not just wasted
An economic justification for open access to essential medicine patents in developing countries.
J Law Med Ethics. 2009; 37(2): 184-208
Flynn S, Hollis A, Palmedo M
This paper offers an economic rationale for compulsory licensing of needed medicines in developing countries. The patent system is based on a trade-off between the "deadweight losses" caused by market power and the incentive to innovate created by increased profits from monopoly pricing during the period of the patent. However, markets for essential medicines under patent in developing countries with high income inequality are characterized by highly convex demand curves, producing large deadweight losses relative to potential profits when monopoly firms
An open-access microfluidic model for lung-specific functional studies at an air-liquid interface.
Biomed Microdevices. 2009 May 30;
Nalayanda DD, Puleo C, Fulton WB, Sharpe LM, Wang TH, Abdullah F
In an effort to improve the physiologic relevance of existing in vitro models for alveolar cells, we present a microfluidic platform which provides an air-interface in a dynamic system combining microfluidic and suspended membrane culture systems. Such a system provides the ability to manipulate multiple parameters on a single platform along with ease in cell seeding and manipulation. The current study presents a comparison of the efficacy of the hybrid system with conventional platforms using assays analyzing the
Paying for open access.
Haematologica. 2009 Jun; 94(6): 764
Open Access Implementation and Diabetes Outcomes.
J Gen Intern Med. 2009 May 14;
Bundy DG, Randolph G