Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Health informatics

  1. Web model improved biomedical equipment planning in two Colombian institutions
    Development and validation of a WHO-aligned management model for evaluating biomedical equipment needs in Colombian healthcare institutions, with 70% reduction in evaluation time.
  2. Goma medicine retailers share common professional features
    Qualitative study examining medicine retailers in Goma as an emerging professional group despite diverse backgrounds, revealing how they integrate commercial and healthcare logics to provide.
  3. NABH digital health standards align with major international frameworks
    Scoping review mapping NABH Digital Health Standards against international maturity models, identifying convergences and gaps in AI governance, cybersecurity, interoperability, and health equity.
  4. Finnish COVID-19 monitoring favored broad data over equity-focused detail
    Examine how Finland's COVID-19 health monitoring systems shaped pandemic response and health equity through data governance decisions, revealing how aggregate data masked vulnerable populations.
  5. Italian hospital network tracked COVID-19 admissions reliably
    Sentinel Hospital Network in Italy monitored COVID-19 admissions across 21 hospitals, demonstrating vaccination's impact and validating surveillance reliability.
  6. Online osteoporosis information often falls short of evidence-based standards
    Study evaluates quality of online osteoporosis information across 146 German and English websites using evidence-based criteria, finding significant gaps in diagnostic, treatment, and prevention.
  7. Protocol compares two systems for Belgian ILI surveillance
    Protocol for evaluating code-based versus questionnaire-based influenza-like illness surveillance systems in Belgian general practices using CDC guidelines and multi-criteria decision analysis.
  8. Report method in informatics and computer science teaching
    Analysis of the report method in informatics and computer science education, examining its pedagogical effectiveness in developing critical thinking and presentation skills in technical domains.
  9. Inpatient satisfaction was linked to service quality in a China hospital survey
    Cross-sectional survey of 433 inpatients examining satisfaction determinants in a tertiary Chinese hospital, identifying core service quality dimensions as primary satisfaction predictors.