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See All >> Messages include industry-sponsored communications and special communications from MDLinx561 A telemedicine network to support paediatric care in small hospitals in rural Tanzania Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, February 8, 2012
562 Feasibility of providing nephrology services to remote communities with videoconferencing Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, February 7, 2012
563 Systematic review of studies of the cost-effectiveness of telemedicine and telecare. Changes in the economic evidence over twenty years Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, February 7, 2012 Evidence Based Medicine
564 Telecytology in East Africa: a feasibility study of forty cases using a static imaging system Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, February 7, 2012
565 Factors Affecting Provision of Successful Monitoring in Home Telehealth Gerontology, February 1, 2012
566 Jaundice in primary care: a cohort study of adults aged >45 years using electronic medical records Full Text Family Practice, January 31, 2012
567 Internet Message Boards for Pregnancy Loss: Whos On-Line and Why Women's Health Issues, January 26, 2012
568 Envisioning a Learning Health Care System: The Electronic Primary Care Research Network, A Case Study Full Text Annals of Family Medicine, January 25, 2012
569 Families With Children Who Are Technology Dependent Western Journal of Nursing Research , January 24, 2012
570 Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): Objectives and Design American Journal of Epidemiology, January 24, 2012
571 Student perception of clicker usage in nursing education Teaching and Learning in Nursing, January 23, 2012
572 Using ePortfolio to demonstrate competence in associate degree nursing students Teaching and Learning in Nursing, January 23, 2012
573 Self-Efficacy Change With Low-Tech, High-Fidelity Obstetric Simulation Training for Midwives and Nurses in Mexico Clinical Simulation in Nursing, January 23, 2012
574 Videotaped interviews as a medium to enhance cross-cultural programme evaluation Health Promotion International, January 23, 2012
575 IPod technology for teaching patients about anticoagulation: a pilot study of mobile computer-assisted patient education Primary Health Care Research & Development, January 23, 2012
576 Imager Evaluation of Diabetic Retinopathy at the Time of Imaging in a Telemedicine Program Full Text Diabetes Care, January 19, 2012
577 Early Adopters of Electronic Prescribing Struggle to Make Meaningful Use of Formulary Checks and Medication History Documentation Full Text Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, January 18, 2012
578 Clinical outcomes after telemedicine intensive care unit implementation Critical Care Medicine, January 17, 2012
579 Effects of Electronic Health Information Technology Implementation on Nursing Home Resident Outcomes Journal of Aging and Health, January 17, 2012
580 Bedside Nurses’ Perceptions of Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine American Journal of Critical Care, January 12, 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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