Turn your computer into a patient education library
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Background The preoperative visit is an appropriate time to educate the patient on anaesthesia. The aim of this study was to determine if a website, as an information source for anaesthesia before the visit to the preoperative assessment clinic (PAC), increases patients� knowledge on...
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Within the emerging context of the digitization of health care, electronic health records (EHRs) constitute a significant technological advance in the way medical information is stored, communicated, and processed by the multiple parties involved in health care delivery. However, in spite of the...
- Hunting for Health. Hobson, Katherine // U.S. News & World Report;11/17/2003, Vol. 135 Issue 17, p48
Discusses the pros and cons of searching the Internet for health information. Ways to evaluate a Web page for accuracy and usefulness; Reliable sites that are recommended as starting points for information; Suggestion of Consumer WebWatch and the nonprofit Health Improvement Institute to assess...
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Electronic health records (EHRs) and EHR-connected patient portals offer patient-provider collaboration tools for visit-based care. During a randomized controlled trial, primary care patients completed pre-visit electronic journals (eJournals) containing EHR-based medication, allergies, and...
- Medical practice management software for today's healthcare provider. Virga, Robert M. // Orange County Business Journal;07/28/97, Vol. 20 Issue 30, p32
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- Doctors Team Up With Computers. // Futurist;Sep/Oct2000, Vol. 34 Issue 5, p13
Focuses on the reliance of doctors on computers and artificial intelligence for diagnoses and surgeries as of September 2000.
- Implementation and Termination of a Computerized Medical Information System. Lawler, Frank; Cacy, Jim R. // Journal of Family Practice;Mar96, Vol. 42 Issue 3, p233
Editorial. Discusses the implementation and termination of a comprehensive computerized medical information system at the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Oklahoma. Examination of the implementation process; Problems encountered.
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Features a systems integrator from DuPont which simplifies data flow between chemistry analyzers and laboratory information system. Cost effectiveness.
