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WEBNET
1997
13 years 9 months ago
Telemedicine: An Inquiry in the Economic and Social Dynamics of Communications Technologies in the Medical Field
The health care industry in the United States has been experiencing substantial and ever increasing cost pressures. At the same time, many forces are revolutionizing the way healt...
Francis Pereira, Elizabeth Fife, Antonio A. Schuh
WSC
2008
13 years 10 months ago
A simulation study of interventions to reduce appointment lead-time and patient no-show rate
A problem in health care is the lengthy waiting time for patients to receive an appointment. Long appointment delays cause patient dissatisfaction with the health care clinic and ...
Ronald E. Giachetti
TITB
2010
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13 years 2 months ago
Data-Centric Privacy Protocol for Intensive Care Grids
Abstract--Modern e-Health systems require advanced computing and storage capabilities, leading to the adoption of technologies like the grid and giving birth to novel health grid s...
J. Luna, Marios D. Dikaiakos, Manolis Marazakis, T...
AAAI
2006
13 years 9 months ago
MedEthEx: A Prototype Medical Ethics Advisor
As part of a larger Machine Ethics Project, we are developing an ethical advisor that provides guidance to health care workers faced with ethical dilemmas. MedEthEx is an implemen...
Michael Anderson, Susan Leigh Anderson, Chris Arme...
ANOR
2010
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13 years 5 months ago
Quality competition for screening and treatment services
This paper examines how quality for one type of preventive health care services, screening services are determined under competition and explores its links with the treatment servi...
Evrim D. Günes, Stephen E. Chick, Luk N. Van ...