Journal of Medical Internet Research

While bibliometric studies of individual journals have been conducted, to the best of our knowledge, bibliometric mapping has not yet been utilized to analyze the literature published by the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR).

Barcode information management systems (BIMS) have been implemented in operating rooms to improve the quality of medical care and administrative efficiency. Previous research has demonstrated that the Agile development model is extensively used in the development and management of information systems. However, the effect of information systems on staff acceptance has not been examined within the context of clinical medical information management systems.

Syndromic surveillance for respiratory infections such as COVID-19 is a crucial part of the public health surveillance toolkit as it allows decision makers to detect and prepare for new waves of the disease in advance. However, it is labor-intensive, costly, and increases exposure to survey personnel. This study assesses the feasibility of conducting a mobile phone–based respiratory syndromic surveillance program in a middle-income country during a public health emergency, providing data to support the inclusion of this method in the standard infection control protocols at the population level.

Long COVID has widened the health gap across society and highlighted the vulnerabilities and risks faced by health care systems. For instance, the global trend of medical workers resigning has become a prominent topic on social media. In response to this severe social problem in global public health within the digital society, it is urgent to investigate how the professional identity of medical students, who are digital natives and the future workforce of medical practitioners, is affected by the media environment.

One of the significant changes in intensive care medicine over the past 2 decades is the acknowledgment that improper mechanical ventilation settings substantially contribute to pulmonary injury in critically ill patients. Artificial intelligence (AI) solutions can optimize mechanical ventilation settings in intensive care units (ICUs) and improve patient outcomes. Specifically, machine learning algorithms can be trained on large datasets of patient information and mechanical ventilation settings. These algorithms can then predict patient responses to different ventilation strategies and suggest personalized ventilation settings for individual patients.

A digital health check can be used to screen health behavior risks in the population, help health care professionals with standardized risk estimation for their patients, and motivate a patient to change unhealthy behaviors. Long-term unemployed individuals comprise a particular subgroup with an increased risk of lifestyle-related diseases.

Primary care informatics (PCI) professionals address workflow and technology solutions in a wide spectrum of health, ranging from optimizing the experience of the individual patient in the clinic room to supporting the health of populations and augmenting the work of frontline primary care clinical teams. PCI overlaps uniquely with 2 disciplines with an impact on societal health—primary care and health informatics. Primary care is a gateway to health care access and aims to synthesize and coordinate numerous, complex elements of patients’ health and medical care in a holistic manner. However, over the past 25 years, primary care has become a specialty in crisis: in a post–COVID-19 world, workforce shortages, clinician burnout, and continuing challenges in health care access all contribute to difficulties in sustaining primary care. Informatics professionals are poised to change this trajectory. In this viewpoint, we aim to inform readers of the discipline of PCI and its importance in the design, support, and maintenance of essential primary care services. Although this work focuses on primary care in the United States, which includes general internal medicine, family medicine, and pediatrics (and depending on definition, includes specialties such as obstetrics and gynecology), many of the principles outlined can also be applied to comparable health care services and settings in other countries. We highlight (1) common global challenges in primary care, (2) recent trends in the evolution of PCI (personalized medicine, population health, social drivers of health, and team-based care), and (3) opportunities to move forward PCI with current and emerging technologies using the 4Cs of primary care framework. In summary, PCI offers important contributions to health care and the informatics field, and there are many opportunities for informatics professionals to enhance the primary care experience for patients, families, and their care teams.

Digital health has become essential for effective clinical practice. However, the successful adoption of digital health is dependent on the strength of the patient-physician relationship. The patient-physician relationship shapes the quality of care and impacts health care outcomes, especially in primary care. However, the impact of the increasing use of digital health on the patient-physician relationship is uncertain.

Although many people are supportive of their deidentified health care data being used for research, concerns about privacy, safety, and security of health care data remain. There is low awareness about how data are used for research and related governance. Transparency about how health data are used for research is crucial for building public trust. One proposed solution is to ensure that affected communities are notified, particularly marginalized communities where there has previously been a lack of engagement and mistrust.

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The co-design of health technology enables patient-centeredness and can help reduce barriers to technology use.

Searches for “pro-suicide” websites in the United States peaked during the week a high-profile news story was published and remained elevated for 6 months afterward, highlighting the need to avoid mentioning specific sources of explicit suicide instructions in media publications.