Studies in health technology and informatics
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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 1999
Medical informatics educational tasks seen from practical perspective. Tempus-Phare Project CME-02555-96.
This paper tries to synthesize the discussion of a seminar on medical informatics educational tasks held in May 1998 in Sinaia, Romania, within the frame of the Tempus-Phare Project CME-02555-96 entitled "Know How Transfer from University to Industry" and coordinated by the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Romania. Special emphasis was paid to particular features of medical education requirements in East European countries, with particular reference to Romania.
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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 1999
Knowledge optimization theory and application to point-of-care testing.
Point-of-care testing is defined as testing at or near the site of patient care wherever that medical care is needed. The number and types of tests available at the point of care are increasing dramatically. Point-of-care testing provides test results to the clinical team immediately, usually within a therapeutic turnaround time of five minutes. ⋯ The basis for optimality is improved medical and/or economic outcomes. Results show that point-of-care testing is strongly justified for emergency resuscitations under any circumstances, in critical care, such as the operating room and intensive care unit, and in disease management. Long-range implications are: (1) the point-of-care testing trend will accelerate; (2) viable optimization tools include integrative strategies, clinical algorithms, care paths, and performance maps; (3) attention should be focused on rapid communication and understanding of critical results; and (4) enhanced human interfaces are crucial for efficient medical decision making and efficacious patient therapy.
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Telecommunications play an important role in telemedicine. Many forms of telecommunication services based on different telecommunication technologies are developed for various needs. The paper deals with complex real-time applications which demand high telecommunication requirements. ⋯ Requirements for multimedia elements are listed separately. Later on, short introduction of related telecommunication protocols is given. Real-time medical applications can show their ability in case of guaranteed quality of services delivered by telecommunication network as it is explained in the end.
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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 1999
Evaluation of medical knowledge using electronic textbooks and ExaMe program on Internet.
In the paper we describe the function of the ExaMe program that serves for evaluation of students knowledge using Internet. Evaluation is based on the knowledge base of a given course. Two types of evaluation tests are described. ⋯ The student can ask the ExaMe program for the test of different difficulty levels and state the number of questions required. Finally the first experience with the ExaMe program in practice is given. The application of the ExaMe program is shown in connection with IT EDUCTRA electronic products and electronic textbook on biomedical statistics.