11 articles in this issue
Simon de Lusignan
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Siaw-Teng Liaw,Simon de Lusignan
General practice should become the hub of integrated health neighbourhoods (IHNs), which involves sharing of information to ensure that medical homes are also part of learning organisations that use electronic health record (EHR) data for care, deci... see more
Catherine Harding,Alexa Seal,Louis Pilotto,Ken Mackey,Geraldine Duncan,Ronald Huynh,Robert McWilliam,Stephanie Blake
Background Data extraction tools (DETs) are increasingly being used for research and audit of general practice, despite their limitations.Objective This study explores the accuracy of Pap smear rates obtained with a DET compared to that of the Pap smear r... see more
Katie MacLure,Derek Stewart
Objective To explore the digital literacy knowledge and needs of pharmacy staff including pharmacists, graduate (pre-registration) pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, dispensing assistants and medicine counter assistants.Methods A systematic review was con... see more
Kathrin Cresswell,Pam Smith,Charles Swainson,Angela Timoney,Aziz Sheikh
Background Creating learning health systems, characterised by the use and repeated reuse of demographic, process and clinical data to improve the safety, quality and efficiency of care, is a key aim in realising the potential benefits and efficiency savin... see more
Michelle Greiver,Kimberly Wintemute,Babak Aliarzadeh,Ken Martin,Shahriar Khan,Dave Jackson,Jannet Leggett,Anita Lambert-Lanning,Maggie Siu
Background Consistent and standardized coding for chronic conditions is associated with better care; however, coding may currently be limited in electronic medical records (EMRs) used in Canadian primary care.Objectives To implement data management activi... see more
Ann R R Robertson,Pam Smith,Harpreet S. Sood,Kathrin Cresswell,Ulugbek Nurmatov Nurmatov,Aziz Sheikh
Background Timely progress with attaining benefits from Health Information Technology (HIT) investments requires UK policymakers and others to negotiate challenges in developing structures and processes to catalyse the trustworthy secondary uses of HIT-de... see more
Uba Backonja,Nai-Ching Chi,Yong Choi,Amanda K Hall,Thai Le,Youjeong Kang,George Demiris
Background: Health technologies have the potential to support the growing number of older adults who are aging in place. Many tools include visualizations (data visualizations, visualizations of physical representations). However, the role of visualizatio... see more
Ann R R Robertson,Ulugbek Nurmatov,Harpreet S. Sood,Kathrin Cresswell,Pam Smith,Aziz Sheikh
Background: Substantial investments are being made in health information technology (HIT) based on assumptions that these systems will save costs through increased quality, safety and efficiency of care provision. Whilst short-term benefits have often... see more
Carol S Bond,Osman Hassan Ahmed
Background Peer-to-peer health care is increasing, especially amongst people living with a long-term condition. How information is shared is, however, sometimes of concern to health care professionals.Objective This study explored what information is bein... see more
Tom Chan,Concetta Tania Di Iorio,Simon de Lusignan,Daniel Lo Russo,Craig Kuziemsky,Siaw-Teng Liaw
Sharing health and social care data is essential to the delivery of high quality health care as well as disease surveillance, public health, and for conducting research. However, these societal benefits may be constrained by privacy and data protection pr... see more