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Editor-in-Chief Melissa Norton, MD
Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Danielle Talbot
Welcome to BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making published by BioMed Central
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in information management, systems and technology in healthcare and the study of medical decision making.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (ISSN 1472-6947) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :54
Pattern language is used to define the core elements of a web 2.0 system to support children with chronic diseases, which includes a high degree of user participation while maintaining a high standard consistent with evidence-based guidelines.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :53
Extensions to the decision curve analysis method, used to evaluate diagnostic tests, prediction models and molecular markers, are provided in the form of new software to help produce more accurate evaluations and prognoses.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :49
The Cardiovascular Health Improvement Model combines a wide range of risk factors, mortality and prevalence rates from published data to offer a comprehensive odds model for the estimation of cardiovascular and coronary heart disease risk.
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Research article
Recursive least squares background prediction of univariate syndromic surveillance data Amir-Homayoon Najmi, Howard Burkom BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :4 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
The SAIL databank: linking multiple health and social care datasets
Ronan A Lyons, Kerina H Jones, Gareth John, Caroline J Brooks, Jean-Philippe Verplancke, David V Ford, Ginevra Brown, Ken Leake BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :3 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
A comparative analysis of multi-level computer-assisted decision making systems for traumatic injuries Soo-Yeon Ji, Rebecca Smith, Toan Huynh, Kayvan Najarian BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :2 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
The first-year growth response to growth hormone treatment predicts the long-term prepubertal growth response in children
Berit Kristrom, Jovanna Dahlgren, Aimon Niklasson, Andreas FM Nierop, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :1 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
Accuracy of drug advertisements in medical journals under new law regulating the marketing of pharmaceutical products in Switzerland Macarena Gonzalez Santiago, Heiner C Bucher, Alain J Nordmann BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :61 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Software
The cancer translational research informatics platform Patrick McConnell, Rajesh C Dash, Ram Chilukuri, Ricardo Pietrobon, Kimberly Johnson, Robert Annechiarico, A Jamie Cuticchia BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :60 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Challenges in multidisciplinary cancer care among general surgeons in Canada Anna R Gagliardi, Frances C Wright, Dave Davis, Robin S McLeod, David R Urbach BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :59 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
The experiential health information processing model: supporting collaborative web-based patient education Laura A O'Grady, Holly Witteman, C Nadine Wathen BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :58 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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How confident are general dental practitioners in their decision to administer antibiotic prophylaxis? A questionnaire study. Eva Ellervall, Berndt Brehmer, Kerstin Knutsson BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :57 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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, J Decruyenaere BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :56 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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To make a difference - how GPs conceive consultation outcomes. A phenomenographic study Annika Anden, Sven-Olof Andersson, Carl-Edvard Rudebeck BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :4 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
Single lesion multibacillary leprosy, a treatment enigma: a case report Bishwa R Sapkota, Kapil D Neupane, Ram K Maharjan Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :8 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
Factors prompting PSA-testing of asymptomatic men in a country with no guidelines: a national survey of general practitioners Frances J Drummond, Anne-Elie Carsin, Linda Sharp, Harry Comber BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :3 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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MBA: a literature mining system for extracting biomedical
abbreviations Yun Xu, ZhiHao Wang, YiMing Lei, YuZhong Zhao, Yu Xue BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :14 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Complement consumption in children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria Nancy K Nyakoe, Ronald P Taylor, Joseph N Makumi, John N Waitumbi Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :7 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
Intention-to-treat. What is the question? Richard D Feinman Nutrition & Metabolism 2009, 6 :1 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
What promotes sustainability in Safe Community programmes?
Cecilia Nordqvist, Toomas Timpka, Kent Lindqvist BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :4 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Are figure legends sufficient? Evaluating the contribution of associated text to biomedical figure comprehension
Hong Yu, Shashank Agarwal, Mark Johnston, Aaron Cohen Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration 2009, 4 :1 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis treated with posterior arthrodesis and segmental pedicle screw instrumentation before the age of 9 years: a 5-year follow-up Ahmet Yilmaz Sarlak, Halil Atmaca, Levent Buluc, Bilgehan Tosun, Resul Musaoglu Scoliosis 2009, 4 :1 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Implementing an innovative consent form: the PREDICT experience Carole Decker, Suzanne V Arnold, Olawale Olabiyi, Homaa Ahmad, Elizabeth Gialde, Jamie Luark, Lisa Riggs, Terry DeJaynes, Gabriel E Soto, John A Spertus Implementation Science 2008, 3 :58 (31 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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