Internet - Utilization
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Prevalence and characteristics of home Internet access in patients with cardiovascular disease from diverse geographical locations.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Patients living outside of urban centres do not have access to the same level of care as patients in cities. The use of the Internet has been suggested as a possible resolution to this geographic inequity. OBJECTIVE: To identify the ... Read more...

[Electronic health records and biomedical research]

16 Sep 2009 The rapid progress in Web technology has led to the multiplication of health and research records for any given patient. Initiatives such as the personal medical record or the communicating cancer communicable records have recently been introduced. ... Read more...

The Bipolar Interactive Psychoeducation (BIPED) study: trial design and protocol.

10 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorders affect between 3-5% of the population and are associated with considerable lifelong impairment. Since much of the morbidity associated with bipolar disorder is caused by recurrent depressive symptoms, which are often ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Internet - Utilization'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prevalence and characteristics of home Internet access in patients with cardiovascular disease from diverse geographical locations. 29 Sep 2009
• [Electronic health records and biomedical research] 16 Sep 2009
• Yes we can? Can all Americans join the imminent electronic health care revolution? A survey of patients receiving care at a public hospital. 12 Sep 2009
• Data sharing: Empty archives. 8 Sep 2009
• The Bipolar Interactive Psychoeducation (BIPED) study: trial design and protocol. 10 Aug 2009
• Development of mental health first aid guidelines for panic attacks: a Delphi study. 8 Aug 2009
• Loneliness as the cause and the effect of problematic Internet use: the relationship between Internet use and psychological well-being. 30 Jul 2009
• Self-concept, self-esteem, gender, race, and information technology use. 30 Jul 2009
• Hospitals cut the cords. 30 Jul 2009
• It's Twitter time. 30 Jul 2009
• Assessing the quality of a web-based learning system for nurses. 30 Jul 2009
• International Spanish/English Internet smoking cessation trial yields 20% abstinence rates at 1 year. 27 Jul 2009
• The kindest cut: what sort of person gives a kidney to a stranger? 25 Jul 2009
• Exposure to tobacco on the internet: content analysis of adolescents' internet use. 18 Jul 2009
• The consumption of Internet child pornography and violent and sex offending. 12 Jul 2009
• Factors affecting health care workers' adoption of a website with infection control guidelines. 2 Jul 2009
• The use of information technology and mental health among older care-givers in Australia. 29 Jun 2009
• Youth Internet use: risks and opportunities. 29 Jun 2009
• Getting tools used: lessons learned from successful decision support tools unrelated to health care. 29 Jun 2009
• Use of the internet by patients undergoing elective hernia repair or cholecystectomy. 23 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Internet'

Definition: A loose confederation of computer communication networks around the world. The networks that make up the Internet are connected through several backbone networks. The Internet grew out of the US Government ARPAnet project and was designed to facilitate information exchange.

Descriptor UI: D020407

Alternative terms: Internet; Internets; World Wide Web; Web, World Wide; Wide Web, World;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; instrumentation; organization & administration;

Tree Number: L01.224.230.110.500;

History Note: 99; see COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 1996-98