Information Management
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

USB drives for communication of medical information in a pediatric dialysis unit.

30 Aug 2009 We evaluated the feasibility of using universal serial bus (USB) drives for communicating medical information between parents of children receiving dialysis and medical personnel during clinical encounters. When surveyed, parents and pediatric ... Read more...

Enhancing patient safety in the trauma/surgical intensive care unit.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Preventable deaths due to errors in trauma patients with otherwise survivable injuries account for up to 10% of fatalities in Level I trauma centers, 50% of these errors occur in the intensive care unit (ICU). The root cause of 67% of ... Read more...

Discrete choice experiments for complex health-care decisions: does hierarchical information integration offer a solution?

30 Jul 2009 This paper describes an application of hierarchical information integration (HII) discrete choice experiments. We assessed theoretical and construct validity, as well as internal consistency, to investigate whether HII can be used to investigate ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Information Management'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• How do RNs today best stay informed? Do we need "knowledge management"? 30 Aug 2009
• Achieving effective care coordination in the medical home. 30 Aug 2009
• Medical home 2009: what it is, where we were, and where we are today. 30 Aug 2009
• You've got mail. 30 Aug 2009
• USB drives for communication of medical information in a pediatric dialysis unit. 30 Aug 2009
• Enhancing patient safety in the trauma/surgical intensive care unit. 30 Aug 2009
• Is this reference correct? 19 Aug 2009
• Industry support and professional medical associations. 17 Aug 2009
• Security. Raising red flags: new rules require protection against identity theft. 30 Jul 2009
• Discrete choice experiments for complex health-care decisions: does hierarchical information integration offer a solution? 30 Jul 2009
• Scientific publishing. Data integrity report sends journals back to the drawing board. 22 Jul 2009
• Information management for high content live cell imaging. 19 Jul 2009
• Management of test results in family medicine offices. 29 Jun 2009
• Description of documentation in the management of chronic spinal pain. 29 Jun 2009
• Electronic medical records--where to from here? 29 Jun 2009
• [Towards the proposal of guidelines for information management strategy in nuclear medicine department] 30 May 2009
• Sharing information and data across heterogeneous e-health systems. 30 May 2009
• Enhancing continuity of information: essential components of consultation reports. 30 May 2009
• New records opening to HIM professionals. Wider content and record management initiatives offer new roles. 30 May 2009
• Watch your back. 24 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Information Management'

Definition: Management of the acquisition, organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information. (From Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D019451

Alternative terms: Information Management; Management, Information;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: L01.399;

History Note: 97

Technical Notes: management of acquis, organiz, storage & retrieval of information; SPEC qualif