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Technology application in healthcare is a recent field devoted to sustainability in the healthcare industry. However, research in this sector has grown at a rapid pace. While this expansion has been advantageous for the discipline, it has also made it more difficult to grasp its extent. As a...
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support systems (DSS) in planning for healthy cities as these systems have been found to improve the planning process. DSS are … nature and use of DSS within collaborative health planning is relatively limited. In particular, little research has been … that has been adopted to develop an online GIS-based DSS for health planners. The literature states that the overall aim of …
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Health care for Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia is based on a pro-active, community-level and protocol based approach supported by a web-based clinical information system called MMEx. In MMEx, protocols are encoded as structured care plans that prompt health...
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As a result of growing economic pressures, collaborations and process orientation are rapidly gaining importance for hospitals. With organisation and software landscapes which have grown over time in line with specific professional groups and functions, the paradigm shift places high demands on...
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The process by which genes and memes influence behaviour is poorly understood. Genes generally may have a strong influence as predispositions directing individuals towards certain behaviours; whereas memes may have a less direct influence as information inputs to cognitive processes determining...
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This study applies New Institutional theory to identify the social processes shaping the emergence of a standard setting body. Meyer and Rowan's classification of the mechanisms that lead to the creation of institutional rules—relational networks, degree of collective organisation and...
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Personal health information is a valuable resource to individuals and their families, as well as health care providers. This issue brief describes the features of 21 software-based Personal Health Records (PHRs) and assesses whether the features match the needs and preferences of underserved...
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