scholarly journals Towards an Evaluation Framework for Ubiquitous, Self-Evolving Patient Identification Solutions in Health Information Systems

2022 ◽  
Vol 196 ◽  
pp. 550-560
Author(s):  
Ovidiu Noran ◽  
Peter Bernus
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Patient Identification

scholarly journals Most Influential Qualities in Creating Satisfaction Among the Users of Health Information Systems: Study in Seven European Union Countries (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahryar Eivazzadeh ◽  
Johan S Berglund ◽  
Tobias C Larsson ◽  
Markus Fiedler ◽  
Peter Anderberg
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Satisfaction Index ◽  
Quality Aspects ◽  
Electronic Health

BACKGROUND Several models suggest how the qualities of a product or service influence user satisfaction. Models such as the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI), Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), and Delone and McLean Information Systems Success demonstrate those relations and have been used in the context of health information systems. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate which qualities foster greater satisfaction among patient and professional users. In addition, we are interested in knowing to what extent improvement in those qualities can explain user satisfaction and whether this makes user satisfaction a proxy indicator of those qualities. METHODS The Unified eValuation using ONtology (UVON) method was used to construct an ontology of the required qualities for 7 electronic health (eHealth) apps being developed in the Future Internet Social and Technological Alignment Research (FI-STAR) project, a European Union (EU) project in electronic health (eHealth). The eHealth apps were deployed across 7 EU countries. The ontology included and unified the required qualities of those systems together with the aspects suggested by the Model for ASsessment of Telemedicine apps (MAST) evaluation framework. Moreover, 2 similar questionnaires for 87 patient users and 31 health professional users were elicited from the ontology. In the questionnaires, the user was asked if the system has improved the specified qualities and if the user was satisfied with the system. The results were analyzed using Kendall correlation coefficients matrices, incorporating the quality and satisfaction aspects. For the next step, 2 partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) path models were developed using the quality and satisfaction measure variables and the latent construct variables that were suggested by the UVON method. RESULTS Most of the quality aspects grouped by the UVON method are highly correlated. Strong correlations in each group suggest that the grouped qualities can be measures that reflect a latent quality construct. The PLS-SEM path analysis for the patients reveals that the effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of treatment provided by the system are the most influential qualities in achieving and predicting user satisfaction. For the professional users, effectiveness and affordability are the most influential. The parameters of the PLS-SEM that are calculated allow for the measurement of a user satisfaction index similar to CSI for similar health information systems. CONCLUSIONS For both patients and professionals, the effectiveness of systems highly contributes to their satisfaction. Patients care about improvements in safety and efficiency, whereas professionals care about improvements in the affordability of treatments with health information systems. User satisfaction is reflected more in the users’ evaluation of system output and fulfillment of expectations but slightly less in how far the system is from ideal. Investigating satisfaction scores can be a simple and fast way to infer if the system has improved the abovementioned qualities in treatment and care.

scholarly journals Development of an Evaluation Framework for Health Information Systems (DIPSA)

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonis Stylianides ◽  
John Mantas ◽  
Zoe Roupa ◽  
Edna Yamasaki
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Evaluation Framework

Information Security Framework for Health Information Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 50-79
Author(s):  
Lech J. Janczewski
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Patient Identification ◽  
Medical Information Systems ◽  
Privacy Law ◽  
Privacy Issues ◽  
Basic Medical

This chapter outlines the major issues related to the security of medical information systems. Medical information systems are unique in this sense that integrity of the records and privacy issues are dominant. The presentation includes the formulation of the basic medical information security tenets as well as the discussion of the major components of the security subsystem: patient identification, access mechanism, reference monitor, communication subsystem and database subsystem. Also examples of privacy law are quoted and discussed.

Rationale and Design Considerations for a Semantic Mediator in Health Information Systems

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (04/05) ◽  
pp. 518-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sauquet ◽  
M.-C. Jaulent ◽  
E. Zapletal ◽  
M. Lavril ◽  
P. Degoulet
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Heterogeneous Systems ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Semantic Interoperability ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Current State ◽  
Engineering Environment

AbstractRapid development of community health information networks raises the issue of semantic interoperability between distributed and heterogeneous systems. Indeed, operational health information systems originate from heterogeneous teams of independent developers and have to cooperate in order to exchange data and services. A good cooperation is based on a good understanding of the messages exchanged between the systems. The main issue of semantic interoperability is to ensure that the exchange is not only possible but also meaningful. The main objective of this paper is to analyze semantic interoperability from a software engineering point of view. It describes the principles for the design of a semantic mediator (SM) in the framework of a distributed object manager (DOM). The mediator is itself a component that should allow the exchange of messages independently of languages and platforms. The functional architecture of such a SM is detailed. These principles have been partly applied in the context of the HEllOS object-oriented software engineering environment. The resulting service components are presented with their current state of achievement.

Data Security in Health Information Systems by Applying Software Techniques

1979 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 214-222
Author(s):  
K. Sauter
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Database Systems ◽  
Modern Computer ◽  
Proper Design ◽  
Software Construction ◽  
Organizational Procedures ◽  
Software Measures

The problems encountered in achieving data security within computer-supported information systems increased with the development of modern computer systems. The threats are manifold and have to be met by an appropriate set of hardware precautions, organizational procedures and software measures which are the topic of this paper. Design principles and software construction rules are treated first, since the security power of a system is considerably determined by its proper design. A number of software techniques presented may support security mechanisms ranging from user identification and authentication to access control, auditing and threat monitoring. Encryption is a powerful tool for protecting data during physical storage and transmission as well.Since an increasing number of health information systems with information-integrating functions are database-supported, the main issues and terms of database systems and their specific security aspects are summarized in the appendix.

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