health informaticsmedical informaticssystematic reviewBackground: Consumer health informatics (CHI) is an emerging field that utilizes technology to provide health information to enhance health-care decision making by the public. There is, however, no widely accepted or uniform definition of CHI. A ...
A Health Information Exchange (also called a health data exchange) is a technology solution that enables healthcare providers and organizations to share patient information electronically between systems that would otherwise not be connected. You can think of the HIE as a data clearinghouse among many...
The value of consumer involvement in health services research is widely recognized. While there is a growing body of evidence about the principles of good consumer involvement, there is little research about the effect that involvement c... Katrina Wyatta Mary Cartera Vinita Mahtanib Angela Barnard...
Glioblastoma, also known asglioblastoma multiforme, is a type of glioma, which are tumors that occur in the brain and spinal cord. Glioblastoma is anaggressive cancerthat forms from cells called astrocytes that support nerve cells. Glioblastoma can happen at any age, but it tends to occur more ...
Food waste in campus dining operations: Inventory of pre- and post-consumer mass by food category, and estimation of embodied greenhouse gas emissions There are many economic, social and environmental reasons to reduce the occurrence of food that is wasted. As communities consider options for managi...
The driving force of this healthcare transformation is nothing but the competition created by the consumer. These consumers always search for the best quality along with the best price for almost every healthcare service. As a result, healthcare providers are bound to provide cost-effective product...
This sometimes leads them to make choices based on the quality perception of a product without having the possibility to reach the desired level of food safety. There is considerable information asymmetry between producer and consumer and despite the recent EC Regulation No. 1169/2011 on the ...
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about Pap smears. A Pap smear, also called a Pap test, is a routine screening test for early diagnosis ofcervical cancer. A Pap smear also can detect changes in cervical cells that suggest cancer may develop...
Ecommerce is booming in both business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) sectors. In B2C ecommerce, a retailer or other business sells directly to end customers. In B2B ecommerce, one business sells to another. In both sectors, the goal for most businesses is to enable cust...
What is a Health Insurance Advocate? Discussion Comments ByMelonlity— On Jul 30, 2014 A lot of states have an attorney general's office that will investigate consumer complaints for free. That is a real public service, because it might be cost prohibitive for consumers to hire attorneys and...