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Patient-reported outcomes and measures for vaginal relaxation syndrome management: a systematic review

Hongqin Chen, Jian Meng, Qiao Li, Xin Luo et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2025)

Abstract Background The heterogeneity of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in published clinical studies on vaginal relaxation syndrome (VRS) hinders cross-study comparisons and integration of ev...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-025-02432-5

Sources of Information and Behavioral Patterns in Online Health Forums: Observational Study

Sudau, Fabian, Friede, Tim, Grabowski, Jens, Koschack, Janka et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2014)

BackgroundIncreasing numbers of patients are raising their voice in online forums. This shift is welcome as an act of patient autonomy, reflected in the term “expert patient”. At the same time, there is considerable concern that patients ca...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2875

German Medical Informatics Initiative

Sebastian Claudius Semler, Frank Wissing, Ralf Heyder • Methods of Information in Medicine (2018)

This article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on the German Medical Informatics Initiative. The Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) was launched within the scope of the German Federal Ministry of Education a...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.3414/me18-03-0003 PMC: 6178199

Perspectives for Medical Informatics

Thomas Ganslandt, Hans‐Ulrich Prokosch • Methods of Information in Medicine (2008)

OBJECTIVES: Even though today most university hospitals have already implemented commercial hospital information systems and started to build up comprehensive electronic medical records, reuse of such data for data warehousing and research ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.3414/me9132

Medical informatics

Alan L. Rector (2003)

Description Logics and related formalisms are being applied in at least five applications in medical informatics - terminology, intelligent user interfaces, decision support and indexing, technology, and systems integration. Important issue...

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Medical Informatics

Robert A. Greenes • JAMA (1990)

Information management constitutes a major activity of the health care professional. Currently, a number of forces are focusing attention on this function. After many years of development of information systems to support the infrastructure...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1990.03440080092030

Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life in Schizophrenia: Beyond the Medical Model

Madeline W. Z. Lim, Jimmy Lee, Jimmy Lee, Jimmy Lee • Frontiers in Psychiatry (2018)

Background: Improving Quality of Life (QoL) in Schizophrenia is an important treatment objective in the shift toward person-centered and recovery-oriented care. Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is a focused aspect of QoL that is direc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00712

Application of Gene Therapy to Oral Diseases

Seiichi Yamano, Kenji Inoue, Yoichiro Taguchi • Pharmaceutics (2025)

Gene therapy has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach across various oral diseases. This review examines current applications and future prospects of gene therapy in dentistry, focusing on five key areas: oral cancer, cancer-related ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics17070859

Integrated Dentist–Nurse Collaborative Care Model for Caries Management in China

Jiaohong Liu, Haohao Wang, May Lei Mei, Chloe Meng Jiang et al. • Dentistry Journal (2026)

Dental caries, as a common chronic disease with high global prevalence, has undergone a paradigm shift from a traditional treatment-oriented model to a management approach focused on controlling caries risk factors while implementing person...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/dj14070430

Exploring Hypertension Etiology and Patient Perspectives on Treatment in Ghana: A Qualitative Investigation

Fidelis Atibila, Gill Ten Hoor, Emmanuel Timmy Donkoh, Gerjo Kok • Advances in Public Health (2024)

Background. Hypertension (HTN) is a growing public health concern affecting both economically developed and developing nations. In Ghana, HTN significantly impacts morbidity and mortality. Understanding the perspectives of HTN patients rega...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2024/6672589

Understanding the Barriers and Facilitators to Sharing Patient-Generated Health Data Using Digital Technology for People Living With Long-Term Health Conditions: A Narrative Review

Emma Simpson, Richard Brown, Elizabeth Sillence, Lynne Coventry et al. • Frontiers in Public Health (2021)

Using digital technology to share patient-generated health data has the potential to improve the self-management of multiple long-term health conditions. Sharing these data can allow patients to receive additional support from healthcare pr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.641424

Visualizing healthcare system variability and resilience: a longitudinal study of patient movements following discharge from a Swedish psychiatric clinic

Jakob Svensson, Johan Bergström • BMC Health Services Research (2020)

Abstract Background As healthcare becomes increasingly complex, new methods are needed to identify weaknesses in the system that could lead to increased risk. Traditionally, the focus for patient safety is to study incident reports and adve...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05642-3

Cardiovascular risk management system: prerequisites for developing, organization principles, target groups

E. V. Shlyakhto, N. E. Zvartau, S. V. Villevalde, A. N. Yakovlev et al. • Российский кардиологический журнал (2019)

Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are associated with high demographic and economic  losses.  Their decrease is one  of the  main lines of development  and improvement of the world health systems. An analysis of the current situation i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15829/1560-4071-2019-11-69-82

Healthcare Management and the Humanities: An Invitation to Dialogue

Nathan M. Gerard • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021)

Throughout the fields of medicine and organization studies, there are growing indications of the value of the humanities for enriching scholarship, education, and practice. However, the field of healthcare management has yet to consider the...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136771 PMC: 8296922

Healthcare Management for Healthy Society

Sagar Shinde, MANJUSHA A. BHANGE • International Conference on Healthcare Innovations, Software and Engineering Technologies (HISET) (2024)

A community's health and well-being are greatly influenced by the discipline of healthcare management. This indepth overview article explores the complex facets of healthcare administration and how it significantly impacts a community's gen...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/hiset61796.2024.00044

Prevalence of fear of hypoglycemia in adults with type 1 diabetes using a newly developed screener and clinician’s perspective on its implementation

Magaly Perez-Nieves, Jingwen Liu, Beth Mitchell, Marina Basina et al. • BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care (2023)

Introduction Fear of hypoglycemia (FoH) affects quality of life, emotional well-being, and diabetes management among people with type 1 diabetes (PwT1D). American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) guidelines recommend assessing FoH in clinical p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2023-003394

Assessing receptiveness to change among primary healthcare providers by adopting the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR)

Lee Lan Low, Fathullah Iqbal Ab Rahim, Mohammad Zabri Johari, Zalilah Abdullah et al. • BMC Health Services Research (2019)

Abstract Background Amid the current burden of non-communicable (NCD) diseases in Malaysia, there is a growing demand for more efficient service delivery of primary healthcare. A complex intervention is proposed to improve NCD management in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4312-x

A systematic perspective on the applications of big data analytics in healthcare management

Sachin Kamble, Angappa Gunasekaran, Milind Goswami, Jaswant Manda • International Journal of Healthcare Management (2018)

The exponential growth in the data collected in the form of electronic health records, registries, or wearable sensors has bought a big data revolution in the health industry. A large amount of information is required to be extracted from t...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20479700.2018.1531606

Policy Recommendations for Information Prescribing to Heart Failure Patients to Reduce Readmissions, Mortality, and Costs

Mina Mahami-Oskouei, Vahideh Zarea Gavgani, Faranak Kazemi Majd • Journal of Caring Sciences (2026)

Introduction: Heart failure is a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality, with frequent readmissions mainly due to poor self-care knowledge and low medication adherence. These readmissions increase healthcare costs and reduce patient...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.34172/jcs.026.36567