scholarly journals On the Way to Close the Loop in Information Logistics: Data from the Patient — Value for the Patient

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 091-097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Hackl ◽  
Alexander Hoerbst ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Data Reuse ◽  
Clinical Information Systems ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Information Logistics ◽  
Free Text Search ◽  
Selection Of

Objective: To summarize recent research and to propose a selection of best papers published in 2017 in the field of Clinical Information Systems (CIS). Method: Each year a systematic process is carried out to retrieve articles and to select a set of best papers for the CIS section of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Yearbook of Medical Informatics. The query aiming at identifying relevant publications in the field of CIS was refined by the section editors during the last years. For three years now, the query is stable. It comprises search terms from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus as well as additional free text search terms from PubMed and Web of Science®. The retrieved articles were categorized in a multi-pass review carried out by the two section editors. The final selection of candidate papers was then peer-reviewed by Yearbook editors and external reviewers. Based on the review results, the best papers were then selected by the IMIA Yearbook editorial board. Text mining, and term co-occurrence mapping techniques were used to get an overview on the content of the retrieved articles. Results: The query was carried out in mid-January 2018, yielding a consolidated result set of 2,255 articles which had been published in 939 different journals. Out of them, 15 papers were nominated as candidate best papers and four of them were finally selected as best papers in the CIS section. Again, the content analysis of the articles revealed the broad spectrum of topics which is covered by CIS research. Conclusions: Modern clinical information systems serve as backbone for a very complex, trans-institutional information logistics process. Data that is produced by, documented in, shared via, organized in, presented by, and stored within clinical information systems is more and more reused for multiple purposes. We found a lot of examples showing the benefits of such data reuse with various novel approaches implemented to tackle the challenges of this process. We also found that the patient moves in the focus of interest of CIS research. So the loop of information logistics begins to close: data from the patients is used to produce value for the patients.

scholarly journals Clinical Information Systems as the Backbone of a Complex Information Logistics Process: Findings from the Clinical Information Systems Perspective for 2016

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (01) ◽  
pp. 103-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. O. Hackl ◽  
T. Ganslandt
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Clinical Information Systems ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Medical Subject Headings ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Information Logistics ◽  
Free Text Search ◽  
Logistics Process ◽  
Selection Of

Summary Objective: To summarize recent research and to propose a selection of best papers published in 2016 in the field of Clinical Information Systems (CIS). Method: The query used to retrieve the articles for the CIS section of the 2016 edition of the IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics was reused. It again aimed at identifying relevant publications in the field of CIS from PubMed and Web of Science and comprised search terms from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) catalog as well as additional free text search terms. The retrieved articles were categorized in a multi-pass review carried out by the two section editors. The final selection of candidate papers was then peer-reviewed by Yearbook editors and external reviewers. Based on the review results, the best papers were then chosen at the selection meeting with the IMIA Yearbook editorial board. Text mining, term co-occurrence mapping, and topic modelling techniques were used to get an overview on the content of the retrieved articles. Results: The query was carried out in mid-January 2017, yielding a consolidated result set of 2,190 articles published in 921 different journals. Out of them, 14 papers were nominated as candidate best papers and three of them were finally selected as the best papers of the CIS field. The content analysis of the articles revealed the broad spectrum of topics covered by CIS research. Conclusions: The CIS field is multi-dimensional and complex. It is hard to draw a well-defined outline between CIS and other domains or other sections of the IMIA Yearbook. The trends observed in the previous years are progressing. Clinical information systems are more than just sociotechnical systems for data collection, processing, exchange, presentation, and archiving. They are the backbone of a complex, trans-institutional information logistics process.

scholarly journals Clinical Information Systems as the Backbone of a Complex Information Logistics Process: Findings from the Clinical Information Systems Perspective for 2016

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (01) ◽  
pp. 103-108
Author(s):  
W. O. Hackl ◽  
T. Ganslandt
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Clinical Information Systems ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Medical Subject Headings ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Information Logistics ◽  
Free Text Search ◽  
Logistics Process ◽  
Selection Of

Summary Objective: To summarize recent research and to propose a selection of best papers published in 2016 in the field of Clinical Information Systems (CIS). Method: The query used to retrieve the articles for the CIS section of the 2016 edition of the IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics was reused. It again aimed at identifying relevant publications in the field of CIS from PubMed and Web of Science and comprised search terms from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) catalog as well as additional free text search terms. The retrieved articles were categorized in a multi-pass review carried out by the two section editors. The final selection of candidate papers was then peer-reviewed by Yearbook editors and external reviewers. Based on the review results, the best papers were then chosen at the selection meeting with the IMIA Yearbook editorial board. Text mining, term co-occurrence mapping, and topic modelling techniques were used to get an overview on the content of the retrieved articles. Results: The query was carried out in mid-January 2017, yielding a consolidated result set of 2,190 articles published in 921 different journals. Out of them, 14 papers were nominated as candidate best papers and three of them were finally selected as the best papers of the CIS field. The content analysis of the articles revealed the broad spectrum of topics covered by CIS research. Conclusions: The CIS field is multi-dimensional and complex. It is hard to draw a well-defined outline between CIS and other domains or other sections of the IMIA Yearbook. The trends observed in the previous years are progressing. Clinical information systems are more than just sociotechnical systems for data collection, processing, exchange, presentation, and archiving. They are the backbone of a complex, trans-institutional information logistics process.

scholarly journals Findings from the Clinical Information Systems Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. 90-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ganslandt ◽  
W.O. Hackl ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Clinical Information Systems ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Secondary Use ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Selection Of

Summary Objective: To summarize recent research and to propose a selection of best papers published in 2014 in the field of Clinical Information Systems (CIS).Method: A query with search terms from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) catalog as well as additional free text search terms was designed to identify relevant publications in the field of clinical information systems from PubMed and Web of Science®. The retrieved articles were then categorized in a multi-pass review carried out separately by the section editors. The final selection of 15 candidate papers was then peer-reviewed by Yearbook editors and external reviewers. Based on the review results the four best papers were then selected at the best papers selection meeting with the IMIA Yearbook editorial board. Results: The query was carried out in mid-January 2015, yielding a combined result set of 1525 articles which were published in 722 different journals. Among these articles two main thematic sections were identified: i) Interoperability from a syntactical and semantic point of view as well as from a long-term preservation and organizational/legal point of view and ii) secondary use of existing health data in all its shades. Here, patient safety was a major scope of application. Conclusions: CIS have become mature over the last years. The focus has now moved beyond data acquisition for just supporting the local care workflows. Actual research efforts in the CIS domain comprise the breakdown of information silos, the reduction of barriers between different systems of different care providers and secondary use of accumulated health data for multiple purposes.

scholarly journals New Problems - New Solutions: A Never Ending Story

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (01) ◽  
pp. 146-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ganslandt ◽  
W.O. Hackl ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Information ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Medical Subject Headings ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Free Text Search ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Mapping Techniques ◽  
Selection Of

Summary Objective: To summarize recent research and to propose a selection of best papers published in 2015 in the field of Clinical Information Systems (CIS). Method: The query which had been used last year to retrieve articles for the CIS section of the IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2015 was refined. It again aimed at identifying relevant publications in the field of CIS and comprised search terms from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) catalog as well as additional free text search terms from PubMed and Web of Science. The retrieved articles were categorized in a multi-pass review carried out separately by the two section editors. The final selection of 15 candidate papers was then peer-reviewed by Yearbook editors and external reviewers. Based on the review results the four best papers were then selected at the best papers selection meeting with the IMIA Yearbook editorial board. To get an overview on the content of the retrieved articles we applied text mining and term co-occurrence mapping techniques. Results: The query was carried out in mid-January 2016, yielding a combined result set of 1851 articles which were published in 790 different journals. The most relevant terms from abstracts and titles of these articles were assigned to six different clusters. A majority of articles dealt with two thematic blocks, problems and solutions in the CIS field. The majority of the 2016 CIS candidate papers and all four best papers could be assigned to these two thematic blocks. Conclusions: We identified two main tracks among the CIS candidate and best papers as well as in CIS research activities in general: problems and solutions. A never ending cycle of continuous improvement.

scholarly journals THE USAGE OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS IN CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 100-101
Author(s):  
Marsa Gholamzadeh ◽  
Hamidreza Abtahi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Clinical Information Systems ◽  
Quality Of Patient Care ◽  
The World

Introduction: The intensive care unit can be defined as a complex system that composed of clinical informations, tasks and knowledge. It is also one of the most stressful and most vital parts of healthcare centers which involve a huge amount of information and clinical data daily. These informations should be analyzed and managed in the best way as soon as possible to restore patients to normal by health professionals. Accurate and timely diagnosis, the best treatment and to avoid any possible error in this section can be equivalent to achieve the best possible result and reducing the length of hospitalization and mortality. As a result, due to the complex nature of the critical care and the mass of clinical data; using a combination of medical knowledge with the latest technologies and use of medical informatics capabilities can be the best way to reduce the workload of the sector and improve the quality of patient care. Methods: A systematic search was conducted on the PubMed/MEDLINE, web of science, BMJ, ScienceDirect, and Scopus database for finding studies that have related to critical care and usage of informatics or medical informatics. The collected data and results are summarized by researchers and the results analyzed based on similarities and differences. Results: With increased development of medical informatics and electronic systems has led to substantial progress in the field of critical care since 1980 till now around the world. Several articles, research projects has published. From 1981 to 2016 almost 600 scientific papers were found which included reports, posters and thesis written in context of critical care medical informatics. More than 65 percent of these studies is about designing CDSS in this field. Today, many of these systems are used in medical centers around the world and lead to improving the quality of patient care and reduce medical errors in intensive care units. Among these 600 papers, 230 articles related to our issue in fields of the design of electronic records, clinical information systems, decision support systems, data mining, telemedicine, smart analysis of clinical information and knowledge extraction techniques were selected as the main source of this study. Conclusion: According to results of our study, it seems that critical care is potentially a valuable resource for medical informatics researches. The applied of medical informatics in the different fields of the diagnosis, interpretation, and treatment in different countries have improved the quality of care for patients in critical care field. We can mention some common fields which used such as infection control and early detection in intensive care units, clinical information systems, and CPOE and decision support systems such as APACHE system for grading the severity of illness of patients who hospitalized and even telemedicine. Since this area of research has not been a field of interest in Iran yet, it seems that this study with the aim of review the application of medical informatics in different countries could lead to practical researches in this field.

scholarly journals Managing Complexity. From Documentation to Knowledge Integration and Informed Decision Findings from the Clinical Information Systems Perspective for 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 095-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner O. Hackl ◽  
Alexander Hoerbst ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Informed Decision ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Clinical Information Systems ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Selection Of

Objective: To summarize recent research and to propose a selection of best papers published in 2018 in the field of Clinical Information Systems (CIS). Method: Each year a systematic process is carried out to retrieve articles for the CIS section of the IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics and to select a set of pest papers for the section. The same query as in the last five years was used. The retrieved articles were categorized in a multi-pass review carried out by the two section editors. The final selection of candidate papers was then peer-reviewed by Yearbook editors and external reviewers. Based on the review results the best papers were then chosen at the selection meeting with the IMIA Yearbook editorial board. Text mining, and term co-occurrence mapping techniques were again used to get an overview of the content of the retrieved articles. Results: The query was carried out in mid-January 2019, yielding a consolidated, deduplicated result set of 2,264 articles which had been published in 957 different journals. This year, we nominated twelve papers as candidates and three of them were finally selected as best papers in the CIS section. Again, the content analysis of the articles revealed the broad spectrum of topics which is covered by CIS research. Conclusions: We could observe ongoing trends from our 2017 analysis. The patient increasingly moves in the focus of the research activities and trans-institutional aggregation of data is still an important field of work. The move to use patient and other clinical data directly for the patient and to support data driven process management, the move away from clinical documentation to patient-focused knowledge generation and support of informed decision, is gaining momentum by the application of new or already known but, due to technological advances, now applicable methodological approaches.

scholarly journals Trends in Clinical Information Systems Research in 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (01) ◽  
pp. 121-128
Author(s):  
W. O. Hackl ◽  
A. Hoerbst ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Clinical Information Systems ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
Editorial Committee ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Mapping Techniques ◽  
Selection Of

Objective: To give an overview of recent research and to propose a selection of best papers published in 2019 in the field of Clinical Information Systems (CIS). Method: Each year, we apply a systematic process to retrieve articles for the CIS section of the IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics. For six years now, we use the same query to find relevant publications in the CIS field. Each year we retrieve more than 2,000 papers. As CIS section editors, we categorize the retrieved articles in a multi-pass review to distill a pre-selection of 15 candidate best papers. Then, Yearbook editors and external reviewers assess the selected candidate best papers. Based on the review results, the IMIA Yearbook Editorial Committee chooses the best papers during the selection meeting. We used text mining, and term co-occurrence mapping techniques to get an overview of the content of the retrieved articles. Results: We carried out the query in mid-January 2020 and retrieved a de-duplicated result set of 2,407 articles from 1,023 different journals. This year, we nominated 14 papers as candidate best papers, and three of them were finally selected as best papers in the CIS section. As in previous years, the content analysis of the articles revealed the broad spectrum of topics covered by CIS research. Conclusions: We could observe ongoing trends, as seen in the last years. Patient benefit research is in the focus of many research activities, and trans-institutional aggregation of data remains a relevant field of work. Powerful machine-learning-based approaches, that use readily available data now often outperform human-based procedures. However, the ethical perspective of this development often comes too short in the considerations. We thus assume that ethical aspects will and should deliver much food for thought for future CIS research.

scholarly journals Clinical Information Systems Research in the Pandemic Year 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (01) ◽  
pp. 134-140
Author(s):  
W. O. Hackl ◽  
A. Hoerbst ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Clinical Information Systems ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Mapping Techniques ◽  
The Impact

Summary Objective: In this synopsis, we give an overview of recent research and propose a selection of best papers published in 2020 in the field of Clinical Information Systems (CIS). Method: As CIS section editors, we annually apply a systematic process to retrieve articles for the International Medical Informatics Association Yearbook of Medical Informatics. For seven years now, we use the same query to find relevant publications in the CIS field. Each year we retrieve more than 2,400 papers which we categorize in a multi-pass review to distill a preselection of 15 candidate papers. External reviewers and yearbook editors then assess the selected candidate papers. Based on the review results, the IMIA Yearbook editorial board chooses up to four best publications for the section at a selection meeting. To get an overview of the content of the retrieved articles, we use text mining and term co-occurrence mapping techniques. Results: We carried out the query in mid-January 2021 and retrieved a deduplicated result set of 2,787 articles from 1,135 different journals. We nominated 15 papers as candidates and finally selected four of them as the best papers in the CIS section. As in the previous years, the content analysis of the articles revealed the broad spectrum of topics covered by CIS research. Thus, this year we could observe a significant impact of COVID-19 on CIS research. Conclusions: The trends in CIS research, as seen in recent years, continue to be observable. What was very visible was the impact of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has affected not only our lives but also CIS.

Effectivness of Health Information System Applications: Clinical Information and Diagnosis-Treatment Systems in Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Assist. Prof. Dr. Demokaan DEMİREL
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Management Information System ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health Information System ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Clinical Information Systems ◽  
Management Information

The distinctive quality of the new social structure is that information becomes the only factor of production. In today's organizations, public administrators are directly responsible for applying information to administrative processes. In addition to his managerial responsibilities, a knowledge based organization requires every employee to take responsibility for achieving efficiency. This has increased the importance of information systems in the decision-making process. Information systems consist of computer and communication technology, data base management and model management and include activity processing system, management information system, decision support systems, senior management information system, expert systems and office automation systems. Information systems in the health sector aim at the management and provision of preventive and curative health services. The use of information systems in healthcare has the benefits of increasing service quality, shortening treatment processes, maximizing efficiency of the time, labour and medical devices. The use of information systems for clinical decision making and reducing medical errors in the healthcare industry dates back to the 1960s. Clinical information systems involve processing, storing and re-accessing information that supports patient care in a hospital. Clinical information systems are systems that are directly or indirectly related to patient care. These systems include electronic health/patient records, clinical decision support systems, nurse information systems, patient tracking systems, tele-medicine, case mix and smart card applications. Diagnosis-treatment systems are information-based systems used in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. It consists of laboratory information systems, picture archiving and communication system, pharmacy information system, radiology information system, nuclear medicine information system. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of health information system applications in Turkey. The first part of the study focuses on the concept of information systems and the types of information systems in organization structures. In the second part, clinical information systems and applications for diagnosis-treatment systems in Turkey are examined. Finally, the study evaluates applications in the health sector qualitatively from the new organizational structure, which is formed by information systems.

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