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     Evaluation of clinical information systems. What can be evaluated and
 what  cannot?



    The evaluation of clinical information systems is essential as they are 
 increasingly  used in clinical routine and may even influence patient outcome 
 on the basis  of reminder functions and decision support. Therefore we try 
 to answer three  questions in this paper: 

         what to evaluate; 

         how to evaluate; 

         how to interpret  the results.





     Side effects and responsibility of medical informatics.



     It is argued that medical informaticians have an extended professional 
 responsibility,  which covers not only the state of the art technical planning, 
 an implementation  of information processing systems in medicine, but also 
 the final result for the patient. In order to discuss professional duties 
 of medical informaticians,  a modification of the Software Engineering Code 
 of Ethics and Professional  Practice developed by ACM/IEEE is proposed as 
 a guideline.



    Design and implementation of a framework to support the development of
 clinical  guidelines.



    The paper describes a number of design criteria that were formulated
regarding   the aspects of guideline representation, guideline authoring
and guideline   execution and explains the framework by example in terms
of the four stages   that were identified in the guideline development process
and the tools that  were developed to support each stage. It also shows examples
of systems that  were developed by means of the GASTON framework.



    Towards integration of clinical decision support in commercial hospital 
 information systems using distributed, reusable software and knowledge components



    Problem: Clinicians' acceptance of clinical decision support depends
on  its  workflow-oriented, context-sensitive accessibility and availability 
at the  point of care, integrated into the Electronic Patient Record (EPR). 
Commercially  available Hospital Information Systems (HIS) often focus on 
administrative  tasks and mostly do not provide additional knowledge based 
functionality.





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            The impact of medical informatics on the confidence of rural
physicians   caring for patients with chronic hepatitis C viral infections.
 



     The results of this study indicate that: (i) rural physicians are uncomfortable 
   in dealing with many aspects of HCV management; (ii) CD-ROM-based medical 
   informatics can significantly enhance rural physicians' confidence in these
   areas; (iii) approximately 50% of physicians will employ CD-ROM-based medical
   informatics in their offices; and (iv) physician level of satisfaction 
with   such programmes is high.


         Confident of Technology’s Future: Executive Look Ahead



         If the ever changing high-tech industry has any constant, it is
confidence:     confidence that technology can make a substantial and lasting
contribution     to making our future better than the past. The annual survey
of the Chief     Executive Officers (CEOs) of the member companies of the
Business Software     Alliance (BSA) shows that the technology industry retains
its long-term   vision  of a vibrant, growing and secure e-commerce environment
for both  businesses  and consumers.


         e-Health: improving prevention and treatment of disease



       Modern information and communication  technologies are now capable 
of  providing  systematic support to the prevention,  treatment and care of
patients,  whilst  they are at home.  This is leading  to a paradigm shift
 in both the  organisation  and the priorities of health  systems. This session
 examines  the consequences  of e-Health on people's quality  of life, on
economics,  employment and on  our society generally. 



Association 
  for Veterinary Informatics Symposium 2002 Call for Papers



       The Association has sponsored Symposia on Computer Applications in 
Veterinary    Medicine at various major veterinary meetings and has facilitated 
the distribution    of the proceedings of these symposia as part of meeting 
its educational  goals to:

      1. Serve the membership as an educational resource 

      2. Promote the use of information technology and electronic communications
   in all aspects of the profession

      3. Develop and promote standards in veterinary information management



 

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