| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCorrespondence Script Concordance Tests: Guidelines for Construction Jean Paul Fournier, Anne Demeester, and Bernard Charlin BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 18. Published online 2008 May 6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-18.PMCID: PMC2427021 Study Protocol An integrated strategy of knowledge application for optimal e-health implementation: A multi-method study protocol Marie-Pierre Gagnon, France Légaré, Jean-Paul Fortin, Lise Lamothe, Michel Labrecque, and Julie Duplantie BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 17. Published online 2008 April 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-17.PMCID: PMC2390530 Technical Advance Extensions to decision curve analysis, a novel method for evaluating diagnostic tests, prediction models and molecular markers Andrew J Vickers, Angel M Cronin, Elena B Elkin, and Mithat Gonen BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 53. Published online 2008 November 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-53.PMCID: PMC2611975 Research Articles A decision-analytic approach to define poor prognosis patients: a case study for non-seminomatous germ cell cancer patients Merel R van Dijk, Ewout W Steyerberg, and J Dik F Habbema BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 1. Published online 2008 January 3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-1.PMCID: PMC2266916 No paper, but the same routines: a qualitative exploration of experiences in two Norwegian hospitals deprived of the paper based medical record Jan-Tore Lium, Aksel Tjora, and Arild Faxvaag BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 2. Published online 2008 January 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-2.PMCID: PMC2245928 Prospective, randomized evaluation of a personal digital assistant-based research tool in the emergency department Morris L Rivera, Jason Donnelly, Blair A Parry, Anthony Dinizio, Charles L Johnson, Jeffrey A Kline, and Christopher Kabrhel BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 3. Published online 2008 January 18. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-3.PMCID: PMC2245927 The effect of offering different numbers of colorectal cancer screening test options in a decision aid: a pilot randomized trial Jennifer M Griffith, Carmen L Lewis, Alison RT Brenner, and Michael P Pignone BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 4. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-4.PMCID: PMC2259331 Survey of information technology in Intensive Care Units in Ontario, Canada Stephen E Lapinsky, David Holt, David Hallett, Mohamed Abdolell, and Neill KJ Adhikari BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 5. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-5.PMCID: PMC2233621 Integration of modeling and simulation into hospital-based decision support systems guiding pediatric pharmacotherapy Jeffrey S Barrett, John T Mondick, Mahesh Narayan, Kalpana Vijayakumar, and Sundararajan Vijayakumar BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 6. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-6.PMCID: PMC2254609 A new methodology for assessment of the performance of heartbeat classification systems John M Darrington and Livia C Hool BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 7. Published online 2008 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-7.PMCID: PMC2373876 Users and non-users of web-based health advice service among Finnish university students – chronic conditions and self-reported health status (a cross-sectional study) Johanna Castrén, Teppo Huttunen, and Kristina Kunttu BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 8. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-8.PMCID: PMC2262883 Decision support in psychiatry – a comparison between the diagnostic outcomes using a computerized decision support system versus manual diagnosis Lars G Bergman and Uno GH Fors BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 9. Published online 2008 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-9.PMCID: PMC2258291 Should a colon cancer screening decision aid include the option of no testing? A comparative trial of two decision aids Jennifer M Griffith, Marlie Fichter, Floyd J Fowler, Carmen Lewis, and Michael P Pignone BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 10. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-10.PMCID: PMC2275224 Handheld computers for self-administered sensitive data collection: A comparative study in Peru Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Walter H Curioso, Marco A Gonzales, Wilfredo Evangelista, Jesus M Castagnetto, Cesar P Carcamo, James P Hughes, Patricia J Garcia, Geoffrey P Garnett, and King K Holmes BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 11. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-11.PMCID: PMC2323371 Instant availability of patient records, but diminished availability of patient information: A multi-method study of GP's use of electronic patient records Tom Christensen and Anders Grimsmo BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 12. Published online 2008 March 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-12.PMCID: PMC2386452 Physicians' perceptions of an electronic health record-based clinical trial alert approach to subject recruitment: A survey Peter J Embi, Anil Jain, and C Martin Harris BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 13. Published online 2008 April 2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-13.PMCID: PMC2374776 Risk communication formats for low probability events: an exploratory study of patient preferences James G Dolan and Stephen Iadarola BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 14. Published online 2008 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-14.PMCID: PMC2330036 Benchmarking of hospital information systems: Monitoring of discharge letters and scheduling can reveal heterogeneities and time trends Martin Dugas, Markus Eckholt, and Holger Bunzemeier BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 15. Published online 2008 April 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-15.PMCID: PMC2374775 An iconic language for the graphical representation of medical concepts Jean-Baptiste Lamy, Catherine Duclos, Avner Bar-Hen, Patrick Ouvrard, and Alain Venot BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 16. Published online 2008 April 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-16.PMCID: PMC2413217 The interpretation of systematic reviews with meta-analyses: an objective or subjective process? Ian Shrier, Jean-François Boivin, Robert W Platt, Russell J Steele, James M Brophy, Franco Carnevale, Mark J Eisenberg, Andrea Furlan, Ritsuko Kakuma, Mary Ellen Macdonald, Louise Pilote, and Michel Rossignol BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 19. Published online 2008 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-19.PMCID: PMC2408567 Measurement properties of the Inventory of Cognitive Bias in Medicine (ICBM) Ruth M Sladek, Paddy A Phillips, and Malcolm J Bond BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 20. Published online 2008 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-20.PMCID: PMC2432053 Design of a graphical and interactive interface for facilitating access to drug contraindications, cautions for use, interactions and adverse effects Jean-Baptiste Lamy, Alain Venot, Avner Bar-Hen, Patrick Ouvrard, and Catherine Duclos BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 21. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-21.PMCID: PMC2442832 Evaluation of SOVAT: An OLAP-GIS decision support system for community health assessment data analysis Matthew Scotch, Bambang Parmanto, and Valerie Monaco BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 22. Published online 2008 June 9. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-22.PMCID: PMC2438346 An update on Uniform Resource Locator (URL) decay in MEDLINE abstracts and measures for its mitigation Erick Ducut, Fang Liu, and Paul Fontelo BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 23. Published online 2008 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-23.PMCID: PMC2435527 Discussing life expectancy with surgical patients: Do patients want to know and how should this information be delivered? Michael G Clarke, Katherine P Kennedy, and Ruaraidh P MacDonagh BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 24. Published online 2008 June 15. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-24.PMCID: PMC2440736 Communicating effectiveness of intervention for chronic diseases: what single format can replace comprehensive information? Henrik Stovring, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Ivar S Kristiansen, Jorgen Nexoe, and Jesper B Nielsen BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 25. Published online 2008 June 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-25.PMCID: PMC2467410 Towards pervasive computing in health care – A literature review Carsten Orwat, Andreas Graefe, and Timm Faulwasser BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 26. Published online 2008 June 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-26.PMCID: PMC2467411 Adapting a Markov Monte Carlo simulation model for forecasting the number of Coronary Artery Revascularisation Procedures in an era of rapidly changing technology and policy Haider R Mannan, Matthew Knuiman, and Michael Hobbs BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 27. Published online 2008 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-27.PMCID: PMC2443119 Decision-making in percutaneous coronary intervention: a survey Catherine R Rahilly-Tierney and Ira S Nash BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 28. Published online 2008 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-28.PMCID: PMC2443120 Value of syndromic surveillance within the Armed Forces for early warning during a dengue fever outbreak in French Guiana in 2006 Jean-Baptiste Meynard, Hervé Chaudet, Gaetan Texier, Vanessa Ardillon, Françoise Ravachol, Xavier Deparis, Henry Jefferson, Philippe Dussart, Jacques Morvan, and Jean-Paul Boutin BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 29. Published online 2008 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-29.PMCID: PMC2459153 Logical Analysis of Data (LAD) model for the early diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke Anupama Reddy, Honghui Wang, Hua Yu, Tiberius O Bonates, Vimla Gulabani, Joseph Azok, Gerard Hoehn, Peter L Hammer, Alison E Baird, and King C Li BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 30. Published online 2008 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-30.PMCID: PMC2492849 Laypersons' understanding of relative risk reductions: Randomised cross-sectional study Lene Sorensen, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Ivar S Kristiansen, Jørgen Nexøe, and Jesper B Nielsen BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 31. Published online 2008 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-31.PMCID: PMC2494548 Automated de-identification of free-text medical records Ishna Neamatullah, Margaret M Douglass, Li-wei H Lehman, Andrew Reisner, Mauricio Villarroel, William J Long, Peter Szolovits, George B Moody, Roger G Mark, and Gari D Clifford BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 32. Published online 2008 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-32.PMCID: PMC2526997 Is Canada ready for patient accessible electronic health records? A national scan Sara Urowitz, David Wiljer, Emma Apatu, Gunther Eysenbach, Claudette DeLenardo, Tamara Harth, Howard Pai, and Kevin J Leonard BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 33. Published online 2008 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-33.PMCID: PMC2532996 User experiences of evidence-based online resources for health professionals: User testing of The Cochrane Library Sarah E Rosenbaum, Claire Glenton, and Jane Cracknell BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 34. Published online 2008 July 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-34.PMCID: PMC2529276 Improving antibiotic prescribing for adults with community acquired pneumonia: Does a computerised decision support system achieve more than academic detailing alone? – a time series analysis Kirsty L Buising, Karin A Thursky, James F Black, Lachlan MacGregor, Alan C Street, Marcus P Kennedy, and Graham V Brown BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 35. Published online 2008 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-35.PMCID: PMC2527556 Does Choose & Book fail to deliver the expected choice to patients? A survey of patients' experience of outpatient appointment booking Judith Green, Zoe McDowall, and Henry WW Potts BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 36. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-36.PMCID: PMC2529277 Applying cusum-based methods for the detection of outbreaks of Ross River virus disease in Western Australia Rochelle E Watkins, Serryn Eagleson, Bert Veenendaal, Graeme Wright, and Aileen J Plant BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 37. Published online 2008 August 13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-37.PMCID: PMC2542357 Factors influencing the implementation of clinical guidelines for health care professionals: A systematic meta-review Anneke L Francke, Marieke C Smit, Anke JE de Veer, and Patriek Mistiaen BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 38. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-38.PMCID: PMC2551591 Hospital characteristics associated with highly automated and usable clinical information systems in Texas, United States Ruben Amarasingham, Marie Diener-West, Laura Plantinga, Aaron C Cunningham, Darrell J Gaskin, and Neil R Powe BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 39. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-39.PMCID: PMC2553406 How does age affect baseline screening mammography performance measures? A decision model John D Keen and James E Keen BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 40. Published online 2008 September 21. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-40.PMCID: PMC2563001 Non-compliance with a postmastectomy radiotherapy guideline: Decision tree and cause analysis Amir R Razavi, Hans Gill, Hans Åhlfeldt, and Nosrat Shahsavar BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 41. Published online 2008 September 21. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-41.PMCID: PMC2556998 Analysis of queries sent to PubMed at the point of care: Observation of search behaviour in a medical teaching hospital Arjen Hoogendam, Anton FH Stalenhoef, Pieter F de Vries Robbé, and A John PM Overbeke BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 42. Published online 2008 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-42.PMCID: PMC2567311 Sample size determination for bibliographic retrieval studies Xiaomei Yao, Nancy L Wilczynski, Stephen D Walter, and R Brian Haynes BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 43. Published online 2008 September 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-43.PMCID: PMC2569926 A new scoring system in Cystic Fibrosis: statistical tools for database analysis – a preliminary report GM Hafen, C Hurst, J Yearwood, J Smith, Z Dzalilov, and PJ Robinson BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 44. Published online 2008 October 5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-44.PMCID: PMC2580762 Pilot study of an interactive voice response system to improve medication refill compliance Kristen Reidel, Robyn Tamblyn, Vaishali Patel, and Allen Huang BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 46. Published online 2008 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-46.PMCID: PMC2588437 Telemedicine in interdisciplinary work practices: On an IT system that met the criteria for success set out by its sponsors, yet failed to become part of every-day clinical routines Antoinette de Bont and Roland Bal BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 47. Published online 2008 October 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-47.PMCID: PMC2615749 Are decision trees a feasible knowledge representation to guide extraction of critical information from randomized controlled trial reports? Grace Y Chung and Enrico Coiera BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 48. Published online 2008 October 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-48.PMCID: PMC2584633 Construction of an odds model of coronary heart disease using published information: the Cardiovascular Health Improvement Model (CHIME) Christopher J Martin, Paul Taylor, and Henry WW Potts BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 49. Published online 2008 October 31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-49.PMCID: PMC2601038 Underutilization of information and knowledge in everyday medical practice: Evaluation of a computer-based solution David Zakim, Niko Braun, Peter Fritz, and Mark Dominik Alscher BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 50. Published online 2008 November 5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-50.PMCID: PMC2596106 The experience of linking Victorian emergency medical service trauma data Malcolm J Boyle BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 52. Published online 2008 November 17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-52.PMCID: PMC2596105 Support vector machine versus logistic regression modeling for prediction of hospital mortality in critically ill patients with haematological malignancies T Verplancke, S Van Looy, D Benoit, S Vansteelandt, P Depuydt, F De Turck, and J Decruyenaere BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 56. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-56.PMCID: PMC2612652 Debate Integrated Personal Health Records: Transformative Tools for Consumer-Centric Care Don Detmer, Meryl Bloomrosen, Brian Raymond, and Paul Tang BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2008; 8: 45. Published online 2008 October 6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-45.PMCID: PMC2596104 |