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401 A Usability Study of Patients Setting Up a Cardiac Event Loop Recorder and BlackBerry Gateway for Remote Monitoring at Home Telemedicine and e-Health, July 26, 2012
402 Internet-Based Aftercare for Patients with Back Pain--A Pilot Study Telemedicine and e-Health, July 26, 2012
403 Digitalizing Traditional Chinese Medicine Pulse Diagnosis with Artificial Neural Network Telemedicine and e-Health, July 26, 2012
404 Telemedicine in Acute-Phase Injury Management: A Review of Practice and Advancements Telemedicine and e-Health, July 26, 2012
405 A Pilot Study of Delivering Peer Health Messages in an HIV Clinic via Mobile Media Telemedicine and e-Health, July 26, 2012
406 Monitoring the use and outcomes of new devices and procedures: how does coding affect what Hospital Episode Statistics contribute? Lessons from 12 emerging procedures 2006–10 Journal of Public Health, July 25, 2012
407 Monitoring the use and outcomes of new devices and procedures: how does coding affect what Hospital Episode Statistics contribute? Lessons from 12 emerging procedures 2006–10 Journal of Public Health, July 25, 2012
408 Promoting cultural awareness in nursing education through international videoconferences International Journal of Nursing Practice, July 24, 2012
409 Evaluation of the training course for a nursing intervention programme to promote maternal role attainment in pregnant Japanese women who have undergone assisted reproductive technology International Journal of Nursing Practice, July 24, 2012
410 Testing a Nursing-Specific Model of Electronic Patient Record documentation with regard to information completeness, comprehensiveness and consistency Journal of Clinical Nursing, July 23, 2012
411 The effect of telemedicine in critically ill patients: systematic review and meta-analysis Critical Care, July 20, 2012 Evidence Based Medicine
412 Perspectives on Electronic Medical Record Implementation after Two Years of Use in Primary Health Care Practice Full Text Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, July 19, 2012
413 Mental Health Telephone Triage: Managing Psychiatric Crisis and Emergency Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, July 19, 2012
414 Patient And phaRmacist Telephonic Encounters (PARTE) in an Underserved Rural Patient Population with Asthma: Results of a Pilot Study Telemedicine and e-Health, July 19, 2012
415 The Use of Patient Pictures and Verification Screens to Reduce Computerized Provider Order Entry Errors Pediatrics, July 16, 2012
416 Remote monitoring of pain and symptoms using wireless technology in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, July 16, 2012
417 A clinical guideline for intrauterine device use in adolescents Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, July 16, 2012
418 Feasibility of Evaluating the CHIPRA Care Quality Measures in Electronic Health Record Data Pediatrics, July 13, 2012
419 Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults Full Text BMC Public Health, July 13, 2012
420 Integrated Personal Health Record Use: Association With Parent-Reported Care Experiences Pediatrics, July 11, 2012
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health conducted a study involving 96,008 women in the Nurse’s Health Study II with 18 years of follow up, which demonstrated a strikingly strong association with non-fatal cardiovascular disease. There were 2463 participants with psoriasis and 1,709,069 person-years of follow up. There were 713 cases of non-fatal cardiovascular disease (HR=1.55). The HRs for myocardial infarction and stroke were 1.70 and 1.45, respectively. For women with psoriatic arthritis, the HR was 3.47. For women < 40 years of age and psoriasis > 9 years, the HRs were 3.26 and 3.09, respectively.
Read the article summaryAs reported in the British Journal of Dermatology, two cytokine genes (IL-2RA and TNF/LTA) which have been implicated in autoimmune diseases are associated with severe alopecia areata. The study involved 768 patients with alopecia areata and 658 controls, and 26 cytokine genes were genotyped.
Read the article summaryAs reported in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and based on participants in the Nurses’ Health Study, Women’s Health Study, Health Professionals’ Follow-up Study, and Physicians’ Health Study II, total testosterone (RR = 0.62) and SHBG levels (RR = 0.65), and the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 2.63) are associated with colorectal cancer risk in men. An inverse association exists between the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 0.43) and colorectal cancer risk in women.
Read the article summary1 A critical review of the use of telephone tests to identify cognitive impairment in epidemiology and clinical research Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, April 11, 2013 Review Article
2 Social Networking in Online Support Groups for Health: How Online Social Networking Benefits Patients Journal of Health Communication, April 26, 2013 Review Article
3 e-Monitoring of Asthma Therapy to Improve Compliance in children using a real-time medication monitoring system (RTMM): the e-MATIC study protocol BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making, March 25, 2013 Free full text
4 Implementation of a telehealth programme for patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treated with long-term oxygen therapy Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, March 29, 2013
5 Utilization of home telemonitoring in patients 75 years of age and over with complex heart failure Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, April 8, 2013 Review Article
6 Health and Medication Information Resources on the World Wide Web Journal of Pharmacy Practice, March 26, 2013 Review Article
7 Pulmonary rehabilitation at home guided by telemonitoring and access to healthcare facilities for respiratory complications in patients with neuromuscular disease European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, April 12, 2013
8 Telephone consultations in place of face to face out-patient consultations for patients discharged from hospital following surgery: a systematic review BMC Health Services Research, April 26, 2013 Free full text Review Article
9 Assessing the impact of mobile technology on order verification during pharmacist participation in patient rounds American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, April 1, 2013 Review Article
10 Study: 'Virtual' House Calls Comparable to In-Person Care for People with Parkinson's Disease Johns Hopkins Medicine, March 18, 2013 Free full text
11 Antimicrobial stewardship through telemedicine in a community hospital in southern Brazil Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, April 4, 2013 Review Article
12 Computer-based intervention to enhance self-management of calcium and vitamin D intake in women Western Journal of Nursing Research , April 3, 2013
13 Strategic challenges facing user- and patient-centred e-health in Vietnam International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, March 28, 2013 Review Article
14 Practice-centred work analysis: towards ontology-based decision support in cross-boundary e-health International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, March 28, 2013 Review Article
15 Cost effectiveness of telehealth for patients with long term conditions (Whole Systems Demonstrator telehealth questionnaire study): nested economic evaluation in a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial British Medical Journal, April 16, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
16 A multi-faceted tailored strategy to implement an electronic clinical decision support system for pressure ulcer prevention in nursing homes: A two-armed randomized controlled trial International Journal of Nursing Studies, April 3, 2013
17 Telemedicine cardiovascular risk reduction in Veterans American Heart Journal, March 29, 2013
18 Feasibility of epilepsy follow-up care through telemedicine: A pilot study on the patient's perspective Epilepsia, December 20, 2007 Free full text
19 Telemedicine Coverage Dropped for Medicare Beneficiaries in 36 States and Territories Healthcare Informatics, April 4, 2013 Free full text
20 Differences in osteoarthritis self-management support intervention outcomes according to race and health literacy Health Education Research, April 8, 2013
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