JMIR-E-collection 'Public (e)Health'

E-collection 'Public (e)Health'

Online Social Network Use by Health Care Providers in a High Traffic Patient Care Environment

Erik Black, Jennifer Light, Nicole Paradise Black, Lindsay Thompson

J Med Internet Res 2013 (May 17); 15(5):e94

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Background: The majority of workers, regardless of age or occupational status, report engaging in personal Internet use in the workplace. There is little understanding of the impact that personal Internet use may have on patient care in acute clinical settings. Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the volume of one form of personal Internet use—online social networking (Facebook)—generated by workstations in the emergency department (ED) in contrast to...

Which Bundles of Features in a Web-Based Personally Controlled Health Management System Are Associated With Consumer Help-Seeking Behaviors for Physical and Emotional Well-Being?

Annie Y.S. Lau, Judith Proudfoot, Annie Andrews, Siaw-Teng Liaw, Jacinta Crimmins, Amaël Arguel, Enrico Coiera

J Med Internet Res 2013 (May 06); 15(5):e79

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Background: Personally controlled health management systems (PCHMS), which include a personal health record (PHR), health management tools, and consumer resources, represent the next stage in consumer eHealth systems. It is still unclear, however, what features contribute to an engaging and efficacious PCHMS. Objective: To identify features in a Web-based PCHMS that are associated with consumer utilization of primary care and counselling services, and help-seeking rates for physical and...

Online Health-Searching Behavior Among HIV-Seropositive and HIV-Seronegative Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Baltimore and Washington, DC Area

Ying Li, J Polk, Michael Plankey

J Med Internet Res 2013 (May 03); 15(5):e78

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Background: Searching online for health information is common among American adults. However, there have been few studies to investigate the online health-searching behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM) with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Objective: To estimate the prevalence of Internet use among HIV-seropositive MSM and compare their online behaviors with HIV-seronegative men with chronic disease(s). Methods: This study was performed at the Baltimore/Washington, DC site of...

Examining the Differences in Format and Characteristics of Zoonotic Virus Surveillance Data on State Agency Websites

Matthew Scotch, Brittany Baarson, Rachel Beard, Robert Lauder, Aarthi Varman, Rolf U. Halden

J Med Internet Res 2013 (Apr 29); 15(4):e90

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Background: Zoonotic viruses are infectious organisms transmittable between animals and humans. Agencies of public health, agriculture, and wildlife conduct surveillance of zoonotic viruses and often report data on their websites. However, the format and characteristics of these data are not known. Objective: To describe and compare the format and characteristics of statistics of zoonotic viruses on state public health, agriculture, and wildlife agency websites. Methods: For each state, we...

A Web-Based Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Surveillance and Outbreak Detection System with Rule-Based Classification and Clustering

Yi-Ju Tseng, Jung-Hsuan Wu, Xiao-Ou Ping, Hui-Chi Lin, Ying-Yu Chen, Rung-Ji Shang, Ming-Yuan Chen, Feipei Lai, Yee-Chun Chen

J Med Internet Res 2012 (Oct 24); 14(5):e131

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Background: The emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are causing a global crisis. Combating antimicrobial resistance requires prevention of transmission of resistant organisms and improved use of antimicrobials. Objectives: To develop a Web-based information system for automatic integration, analysis, and interpretation of the antimicrobial susceptibility of all clinical isolates that incorporates rule-based classification and cluster analysis of MDROs and implements...

A Panel Analysis of the Strategic Association Between Information and Communication Technology and Public Health Delivery

Sarah Jinhui Wu, Wullianallur Raghupathi

J Med Internet Res 2012 (Oct 22); 14(5):e147

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Background: In this exploratory research, we use panel data analysis to examine the correlation between Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) and public health delivery at the country level. Objective: The goal of this exploratory research is to examine the strategic association over time between ICTs and country-level public health. Methods: Using data from the World Development Indicators, we construct a panel data set of countries of five different income levels and look closely...

Building a Transnational Biosurveillance Network Using Semantic Web Technologies: Requirements, Design, and Preliminary Evaluation

Douglas Teodoro, Emilie Pasche, Julien Gobeill, Stéphane Emonet, Patrick Ruch, Christian Lovis

J Med Internet Res 2012 (May 29); 14(3):e73

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Background: Antimicrobial resistance has reached globally alarming levels and is becoming a major public health threat. Lack of efficacious antimicrobial resistance surveillance systems was identified as one of the causes of increasing resistance, due to the lag time between new resistances and alerts to care providers. Several initiatives to track drug resistance evolution have been developed. However, no effective real-time and source-independent antimicrobial resistance monitoring system...

Real-time Prescription Surveillance and its Application to Monitoring Seasonal Influenza Activity in Japan

Tamie Sugawara, Yasushi Ohkusa, Yoko Ibuka, Hirokazu Kawanohara, Kiyosu Taniguchi, Nobuhiko Okabe

J Med Internet Res 2012 (Jan 16); 14(1):e14

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Background: Real-time surveillance is fundamental for effective control of disease outbreaks, but the official sentinel surveillance in Japan collects information related to disease activity only weekly and updates it with a 1-week time lag. Objective: To report on a prescription surveillance system using electronic records related to prescription drugs that was started in 2008 in Japan, and to evaluate the surveillance system for monitoring influenza activity during the 2009–2010 and...

Digital Dashboard Design Using Multiple Data Streams for Disease Surveillance With Influenza Surveillance as an Example

Calvin KY Cheng, Dennis KM Ip, Benjamin J Cowling, Lai Ming Ho, Gabriel M Leung, Eric HY Lau

J Med Internet Res 2011 (Oct 14); 13(4):e85

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Background: Great strides have been made exploring and exploiting new and different sources of disease surveillance data and developing robust statistical methods for analyzing the collected data. However, there has been less research in the area of dissemination. Proper dissemination of surveillance data can facilitate the end user's taking of appropriate actions, thus maximizing the utility of effort taken from upstream of the surveillance-to-action loop. Objective: The aims of the study...