Studies in health technology and informatics
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To optimise the development and implementation process of an electronic patient record, attitudes toward computers in health care and satisfaction with paper records of nurses and physicians of a department in an academic hospital were determined. For this purpose participants received two questionnaires. ⋯ Users who considered themselves as experienced computer users had more positive attitudes. Inexperienced users were more satisfied with the nursing paper record, while no significant differences existed for the paper medical record.
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Considering that neither captology nor agent-orientation, are applied in medical informatics, as they could be, the paper presents a broad-spectrum generic architectural framework to support developing adaptive medical applications, based on synergistic correlation between persuasive interfaces and intelligent agents. Their main features are adapted for medical informatics. Lying on this groundwork, the design space for agent-oriented persuasive applications is defined and several guidelines for its main dimensions are given. The approach is instantiated through an agent-based test-bench application, having the purpose to persuade to quit smoking.
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In this article, we present an Interventional Cardiology Training System developed by the Medical Application Group at Mitsubishi Electric in collaboration with the Center for Innovative Minimally Invasive Therapy. The core of the ICTS is a computer simulation of interventional cardiology catheterization. This simulation integrates clinical expertise, research in learning, and technical innovations to create a realistic simulated environment. ⋯ The haptics device controls the tool and provides appropriate feedback when contact with a vessel wall is detected. When the catheter is in place, a contrast agent can be injected into the coronary arteries; blood and contrast mixing is computed and a visual representation of the angiogram is displayed by the x-ray renderer. By bringing key advances in the area of medical simulation--with the real-time x-ray renderer for instance--and by integrating in a single system both high quality simulation and learning tools, the ICTS opens new perspectives for computer based training systems.
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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 2000
Multimedia-based courseware in the Virtual Learning Center at the Hannover Medical School.
The commercial use of the World Wide Web causes an extensive change in information technology. Web browser are becoming the universal front-end for all kinds of client-server applications. The possibilities of telematics offer a base for multimedia applications, for instance telelearning. ⋯ A very important part of graphic design in the context of multimedia applications is the creation and interactive use of images (still, moving). The growth and the complexity of medical knowledge as well as the need for continuous, fast, and economically feasible maintenance impose requirements on the media used for medical education and training. Web-based courseware in the Virtual Learning Center at the Hannover Medical School is an innovative education resource for medical students and professionals.