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Home / Archives for BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

How can information systems provide support to nurses’ hand hygiene performance? Using gamification and indoor location to improve hand hygiene awareness and reduce hospital infections

  • Autores: Da Silva MM, Gregório J, Lapão LV, Marques R, Pinheiro F, Póvoa P
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
  • Link: https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12911-017-0410-z

Hospital-acquired infections are still amongst the major problems health systems are facing. Their occurrence can lead to higher morbidity and mortality rates, increased length of hospital stay, and higher costs for both hospital and patients. Performing hand hygiene is a simple and inexpensive prevention measure, but healthcare workers’ compliance with it is often far from […]
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Implementing an online pharmaceutical service using design science research

  • Autores: Da Silva MM, Gregório J, Lapão LV
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
  • Link: https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12911-017-0428-2

The rising prevalence of chronic diseases is pressing health systems to introduce reforms. Primary healthcare and multidisciplinary models have been suggested as approaches to deal with this challenge, with new roles for nurses and pharmacists being advocated. More recently, implementing healthcare based on information systems and technologies (e.g. eHealth) has been proposed as a way […]
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Analysis of the quality of hospital information systems audit trails

  • Autores: Boldt I, Cruz-Correia R, Ferreira AM, Freitas A, Lapão L, Rodrigues PP, Santos-Pereira C
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • Journal: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
  • Link: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/13/84

Audit Trails (AT) are fundamental to information security in order to guarantee access traceability but can also be used to improve Health information System’s (HIS) quality namely to assess how they are used or misused. This paper aims at analysing the existence and quality of AT, describing scenarios in hospitals and making some recommendations to improve the quality of information.
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GHTM is a R&D Center that brings together researchers from IHMT with a track record in Tropical Medicine and International/Global Health. It aims at strengthening Portugal's role as a leading partner in the development and implementation of a global health research agenda. Our evidence-based interventions contribute to the promotion of equity in health and to improve the health of populations.

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