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Adoption Factors Associated with Electronic Health Record Among Long-Term Care Facilities: A Systematic Review
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)Objectives: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act created incentives for adopting electronic health records (EHRs) for some healthcare organisations, but long-term care ...
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Factors Associated With Adoption of Health Information Technology: A Conceptual Model Based on a Systematic Review
(JMIR Publications, 2014)Background: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) allocated $19.2 billion to incentivize adoption of the electronic health record (EHR). Since 2009, Meaningful Use Criteria ...
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Barriers Over Time to Full Implementation of Health Information Exchange in the United States
(JMIR Publications, 2014)Background: Although health information exchanges (HIE) have existed since their introduction by President Bush in his 2004 State of the Union Address, and despite monetary incentives earmarked in 2009 by the ...
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Writing a Systematic Review for Publication in a Health-Related Degree Program
(2019)Background: The protocol in this manuscript was designed to help graduate students publish. It is the result of a challenge from our provost in 2013. I developed this protocol over the last 6 years and have ...
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Hospital-Based Back Surgery: Geospatial-Temporal, Explanatory, and Predictive Models
(JMIR Publications, 2019)Background: Hospital-based back surgery in the United States increased by 60% from January 2012 to December 2017, yet the supply of neurosurgeons remained relatively constant. During this time, adult obesity ...
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Preventing The Abuse Of Residents With Dementia Or Alzheimer's Disease In The Long-Term Care Setting: A Systematic Review
(Dove Medical Press, 2019-08)Purpose: The main objective of this study was to investigate abuse of residents with either dementia or Alzheimer's disease in long-term care settings, to identify facilitators and barriers surrounding implementation ...
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Measures of Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Quality of Telemedicine in the Management of Alcohol Abuse, Addiction, and Rehabilitation: Systematic Review
(JMIR Publications, 2020-01)Background: More than 18 million Americans are currently suffering from alcohol use disorder (AUD): a compulsive behavior of alcohol use as a result of a chronic, relapsing brain disease. With alcohol-related ...
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Barriers to the Use of Mobile Health in Improving Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: Systematic Review
(Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2019)Background: The use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies to improve population-level health outcomes around the world has surged in the last decade. Research supports the use of mHealth apps to improve health ...
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Telehealth and Patient Satisfaction: A Systematic Review and Narrative Analysis
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017-06)Background: The use of telehealth steadily increases as it has become a viable modality to patient care. Early adopters attempt to use telehealth to deliver high-quality care. Patient satisfaction is a key indicator ...
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Security Techniques for the Electronic Health Records
(Springer, 2017-07)The privacy of patients and the security of their information is the most imperative barrier to entry when considering the adoption of electronic health records in the healthcare industry. Considering current legal ... -
Impact of Electronic Health Records on Long-Term Care Facilities: Systematic Review.
(JMIR Publications, 2017-09)Background: Long-term care (LTC) facilities are an important part of the health care industry, providing care to the fastest-growing group of the population. However, the adoption of electronic health records ...
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Classification of Alzheimer's Disease with and without Imagery using Gradient Boosted Machines and ResNet-50
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2019-08)Alzheimer's is a disease for which there is no cure. Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD) early facilitates family planning and cost control. The purpose of this study is to predict the presence of AD using socio-demographic, ... -
Adopting Telemedicine for the Self-Management of Hypertension: Systematic Review
(JMIR Publications, 2017-10)Background: Hypertension is a chronic condition that affects adults of all ages. In the United States, 1 in 3 adults has hypertension, and about half of the hypertensive population is adequately controlled. This ...
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Health Information Technology Continues to Show Positive Effect on Medical Outcomes: Systematic Review
(JMIR Publications, 2018-05)Background: Health information technology (HIT) has been introduced into the health care industry since the 1960s when mainframes assisted with financial transactions, but questions remained about HIT's contribution ...
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The use of Electronic Health Records to Support Population Health: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
(Springer, 2018-11)Electronic health records (EHRs) have emerged among health information technology as "meaningful use" to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare, and health disparities in population health. In other instances, ... -
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Telemedicine for Treatment of Military Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(Foundation for Rehabilitation Information, 2018-08)Background: Military veterans returning from a combat zone often face mental health challenges as a result of traumatic experiences. The veteran in the United States has been underdiagnosed and underserved. Since ...
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Sensory and Memory Stimulation as a Means to Care for Individuals with Dementia in Long-term Care Facilities
(Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2018-05)Objective: The primary objective of this study was to identify and further examine the facilitators and barriers of utilizing sensory and memory stimulation as a means to care for individuals with dementia who ...
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An Evaluation of Alternatives for Providing Care to Veterans
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2018-08)In 2014, a whistleblower reported that many U.S. veterans died while waiting for care at the Phoenix VHA. Problems with veteran’s care through 2018 reveal ongoing and systematic problem. In March 2018, the VA Inspector ... -
The Use of Health Information Exchange to Augment Patient Handoff in Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review
(Thieme Medical Publishers, 2018-10)Background: Legislation aimed at increasing the use of a health information exchange (HIE) in healthcare has excluded long-term care facilities, resulting in a vulnerable patient population that can benefit from ...
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Validating a Competency-Based HIT Curriculum in a BHA and MHA Program Through the Voice of the Customer
(SAGE, 2019-07)Competency mapping in higher education is not a new technique for curriculum development. Competency-based curriculum in health care administration programs has appeared in the literature every few years. Texas State ...
