This dissertation evaluates how the decision-making regarding blood transfusion is done in trauma care and what variables are used. Then the variables discovered in the f [...]

Patients on prescription opioids for pain can develop opioid use disorder (OUD) from extended use. Such patients are at increased risk for opioid overdose deaths contribu [...]

Patients are increasingly engaged in the process of health care, including consumption of their own health data through patient portals and apps. The OpenNotes movement h [...]

The purpose of this review is to assess the overall state of publicly available mHealth apps that claim to treat depression. This will be done by reviewing systematic rev [...]

As reimbursement for healthcare procedures changes to a bundled payment model, providers will need to alter the way they handle patient care. Specifically, managing popu [...]

The CDC reports an estimated 20 million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur annually, with the cost of treating these new STI cases estimated to be about 16 [...]

This study set out to use evaluate how well risk information was presented within a mobile patient decision aid app, Mammopad, and to provide a detailed characterization [...]

Human factors methods are rapidly being adopted by the medical informatics community to explore the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health information technology [...]

As health care databases are becoming important sources of health care data, the anomalies these data may contain are increasing concern. This paper addresses anomalies b [...]

Usability refers to the principle that products should be designed to accommodate the typical understanding and abilities of their user communities, along with a consensu [...]