The Dilemma of “To Be or Not To Be”: Developing Electronically e-Health & Cloud Computing Documents for Overseas Transplant Patients from Taiwan Organ Transplant Health Professionals' Perspective

The swine-origin new influenza variant A(H1N1) emerged in 2009 and changed the epidemiology of the 2009/2010 influenza season globally and at national level. Aims: The aim of the authors was to analyse the cases of two influenza seasons. Methods: The Medical and Health Sciences Centre of Debrecen University has 1690 beds with 85 000 patients admitted per year. The diagnosis of influenza was conducted using real-time polymerase chain reaction in the microbiological laboratories of the University and the National Epidemiological Centre, according to the recommendation of the World Health Organization. Results: The incidence of influenza was not higher than that observed in the previous season, but two high-risk patient groups were identified: pregnant women and patients with immunodeficiency (oncohematological and organ transplant patients). The influenza vaccine, which is free for high-risk groups and health care workers in Hungary, appeared to be effective for prevention, because in the 2010/2011 influenza season none of the 58 patients who were administered the vaccination developed influenza. Conclusion: It is an important task to protect oncohematological and organ transplant patients. Orv. Hetil., 2012, 153, 649–654.

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Contraception for Solid Organ Transplant Patients: Utilizing Social Media

Case Medical Research ◽

10.31525/ct1-nct03979950 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Organ Transplant ◽

Solid Organ Transplant ◽

Solid Organ ◽

Transplant Patients

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Loss of Anti-Hepatitis E Virus Antibodies in Organ Transplant Patients with Hepatitis E

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3572860 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Yukio Oshiro ◽

Hiroshi Harada ◽

Kiyoshi Hasegawa ◽

Naotake Akutsu ◽

Tomoharu Yoshizumi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hepatitis E Virus ◽

Organ Transplant ◽

Hepatitis E ◽

Transplant Patients

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Evaluating the E-Health Cloud Computing Systems Adoption in Taiwan’s Healthcare Industry

Life ◽

10.3390/life11040310 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 310

Author(s):

Shih-Chia Chang ◽

Ming-Tsang Lu ◽

Tzu-Hui Pan ◽

Chiao-Shan Chen

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Cloud Computing ◽

Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽

Cloud Service ◽

Computing System ◽

Healthcare Industry ◽

Computing Systems ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Cloud Computing System ◽

Health Cloud

Although the electronic health (e-health) cloud computing system is a promising innovation, its adoption in the healthcare industry has been slow. This study investigated the adoption of e-health cloud computing systems in the healthcare industry and considered security functions, management, cloud service delivery, and cloud software for e-health cloud computing systems. Although numerous studies have determined factors affecting e-health cloud computing systems, few comprehensive reviews of factors and their relations have been conducted. Therefore, this study investigated the relations between the factors affecting e-health cloud computing systems by using a multiple criteria decision-making technique, in which decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL), DANP (DEMATEL-based Analytic Network Process), and modified VIKOR (VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje) approaches were combined. The intended level of adoption of an e-health cloud computing system could be determined by using the proposed approach. The results of a case study performed on the Taiwanese healthcare industry indicated that the cloud management function must be primarily enhanced and that cost effectiveness is the most significant factor in the adoption of e-health cloud computing. This result is valuable for allocating resources to decrease performance gaps in the Taiwanese healthcare industry.

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