scholarly journals Utilization of Computers in Clinical Practice - Role of Physician Networks: Preliminary Communication

1983 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
J G Anderson ◽  
S J Jay
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Private University ◽  
Referral And Consultation ◽  
Medical Information System ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Three Dimensional Representation ◽  
Physician Networks

This study examines the influence of physician networks on the utilization of computers in clinical practice. Data on patient referrals, consultations, professional discussions, and on-call coverage were collected from 24 physicians who comprise a private group practice. Their utilization of a computerized hospital medical information system (HIS) in caring for patients admitted to a 1160-bed private, university affiliated, teaching hospital was determined. A matrix representing the professional relations among these physicians was subjected to smallest space analysis, a form of multidimensional scaling. Also, a number of indices that describe structural and interactional properties of the network and individual physicians were computed. The three-dimensional representation of the network that resulted from the analysis suggests a two-step process of adoption and utilization of medical technology. Physicians who were engaged in outside professional activities and in the training of medical students and house staff were more likely to utilize the system in caring for patients. These physicians, who were more centrally located and dominant in the referral and consultation process, were more likely to influence the practice patterns of their colleagues. The use of network analysis to identify influential physicians whose involvement is essential to the success of efforts aimed at introducing computers into clinical practice is discussed.

Value orientations of the doctor as predictor of efficiency of activity of the medical organization

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
K. N. Tsaranov ◽  
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E. M. Klimova ◽  
T. V. Akimov ◽  
A. B. Zvansky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Information ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Medical Information System ◽  
Medical Organization ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Selection Of

The article presents the results of an empirical study of the value orientations of dental clinic employees. It is suggested that gaps in human values are factors that influence professional activities in terms of communication (in the production team) and ultimately the profitability of the individual in the teams. The initial data is obtained from the reports of the clinic’s medical information system and the Schwartz’s Value Survey (SVS) and Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ). In addition, we used a retrospective analysis and a questionnaire survey. Doctors were divided into two groups based on the impact of value gaps on the share of revenue plan fulfillment (type one and type two groups). Attention is drawn to the direction of relationships in the group of the first type, all correlations of average strength are direct, in the group of type 2 – reverse. In the structure of the profile of value orientations, there are differences between the groups on the second place in importance for the respondents in the group of the first type are the value orientation (VO) “Achievement” and secondly, “Self-Direction”, third place in the group of the first type is “Benevolence”, whereas in the group of the second type of “Benevolence” in 4th place. To increase economic efficiency, managers of medical institutions need to organize activities to create cultural artifacts about the normative ideals of those values that affect the workflow, take into account the data of the employee’s value profile for optimal selection of the team composition (work shift).

Revealing gross three-dimensional structure in the SEM

1987 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 656-657
Author(s):  
Sterling P. Newberry
Keyword(s):  
Freeze Drying ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Small Object ◽  
Final Solution ◽  
Dimensional Representation ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Three Dimensional Representation ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Critical Point Drying

The beautiful three dimensional representation of small object surfaces by the SEM leads one to search for ways to open up the sample and look inside. Could this be the answer to a better microscopy for gross biological 3-D structure? We know from X-Ray microscope images that Freeze Drying and Critical Point Drying give promise of adequately preserving gross structure. Can we slice such preparations open for SEM inspection? In general these preparations crush more readily than they slice. Russell and Dagihlian got around the problem by “deembedding” a section before imaging. This some what defeats the advantages of direct dry preparation, thus we are reluctant to accept it as the final solution to our problem. Alternatively, consider fig 1 wherein a freeze dried onion root has a window cut in its surface by a micromanipulator during observation in the SEM.

Current Status of a Medical Information System

1970 ◽  
Vol 09 (03) ◽  
pp. 149-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Van Brunt ◽  
L. S. Davis ◽  
J. F. Terdiman ◽  
S. Singer ◽  
E. Besag ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Medical Data ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Medical Information System ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Central System

A pilot medical information system is being implemented and currently is providing services for limited categories of patient data. In one year, physicians’ diagnoses for 500,000 office visits, 300,000 drug prescriptions for outpatients, one million clinical laboratory tests, and 60,000 multiphasic screening examinations are being stored in and retrieved from integrated, direct access, patient computer medical records.This medical information system is a part of a long-term research and development program. Its major objective is the development of a multifacility computer-based system which will support eventually the medical data requirements of a population of one million persons and one thousand physicians. The strategy employed provides for modular development. The central system, the computer-stored medical records which are therein maintained, and a satellite pilot medical data system in one medical facility are described.

Coordinating Medical Literature with Patient Care

1977 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 234-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joann Gustafson ◽  
J. Nelson ◽  
Ann Buller
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Medical Information System ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Information Displays ◽  
Medical Displays ◽  
Computerized Medical Information ◽  
The Given

The contribution of a special library project to a computerized problem-oriented medical information system (PROMIS) is discussed. Medical information displays developed by the PROMIS medical staff are accessible to the health care provider via touch screen cathode terminals. Under PROMIS, members of the library project developed two information services, one concerned with the initial building of the medical displays and the other with the updating of this information. Information from 88 medical journals is disseminated to physicians involved in the building of the medical displays. Articles meeting predetermined selection criteria are abstracted and the abstracts are made available by direct selective dissemination or via a problem-oriented abstract file. The updating service involves comparing the information contained in the selected articles with the computerized medical displays on the given topic. Discrepancies are brought to the attention of PROMIS medical staff members who evaluate the information and make appropriate changes in the displays. Thus a feedback loop is maintained which assures the completeness, accuracy, and currency of the computerized medical information. The development of this library project and its interface with the computerized health care system thus attempts to deal with the problems in the generation, validation, dissemination, and application of medical literature.

Software for medical information system for audit and analysis of patients with gastrointestinal bleedings

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
I.D. Duzhyi ◽  
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V.V. Gorokh ◽  
O.V. Trubilko ◽  
S.V. Kharchenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Medical Information System

scholarly journals Structured-light 3D scanning of exhibited historical clothing—a first-ever methodical trial and its results

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerzy Montusiewicz ◽  
Marek Miłosz ◽  
Jacek Kęsik ◽  
Kamil Żyła
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Structured Light ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Models ◽  
3D Scanning ◽  
Dimensional Representation ◽  
3D Scanner ◽  
Three Dimensional Representation ◽  
3D Scanners

AbstractHistorical costumes are part of cultural heritage. Unlike architectural monuments, they are very fragile, which exacerbates the problems of their protection and popularisation. A big help in this can be the digitisation of their appearance, preferably using modern techniques of three-dimensional representation (3D). The article presents the results of the search for examples and methodologies of implementing 3D scanning of exhibited historical clothes as well as the attendant problems. From a review of scientific literature it turns out that so far practically no one in the world has made any methodical attempts at scanning historical clothes using structured-light 3D scanners (SLS) and developing an appropriate methodology. The vast majority of methods for creating 3D models of clothes used photogrammetry and 3D modelling software. Therefore, an innovative approach was proposed to the problem of creating 3D models of exhibited historical clothes through their digitalisation by means of a 3D scanner using structural light technology. A proposal for the methodology of this process and concrete examples of its implementation and results are presented. The problems related to the scanning of 3D historical clothes are also described, as well as a proposal how to solve them or minimise their impact. The implementation of the methodology is presented on the example of scanning elements of the Emir of Bukhara's costume (Uzbekistan) from the end of the nineteenth century, consisting of the gown, turban and shoes. Moreover, the way of using 3D models and information technologies to popularise cultural heritage in the space of digital resources is also discussed.

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