China started to pay more attention to the construction of a regional and national health information network after the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in 2003.The co
A fuzzy knowledge base encapsulating core expert rules for glaucoma follow up is developed and subsequently refined into a standard of care by reconciling several expert opinions.The Learning from Exa
Human hand and finger movements are of obvious importance.The possibility of recording all fingers joints movements during everyday life is then strategic for medical diagnosis,surgery and post trauma
There is growing recognition among many healthcare researchers that a human-centered approach to the design and evaluation of health information systems is vital for the success of such systems in hea
Increasing acceptance and availability of information and communication technology (ICT) have made the development and implementation of web-based electronic personal health records (PHRs) more feasib
This paper will add to the health and disasters literature by considering the spatial patterns of a factor not commonly associated with evacuation decisions,the existing chronic health burden of the p
Context: The term eHealth is widely used by many individuals,academic institutions,professional bodies,and funding organizations.It has become an accepted neologism despite the lack of an agreed-upon
In this article we investigate the application of IEEE 802.16-based broadband wireless access (BWA) technology to telemedicine services and the related protocol engineering issues.An overview of the d