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June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Understanding the impact of video games in improving health outcomes was the focus of this systematic review. They study examined a total of 195 health outcomes. Video games involving physical or psychological therapy were most frequently successful at achieving their purpose.
March 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The authors recently found documentation discrepancies in 60 percent of resident daily-progress notes with respect to patient weight, medications, or vascular lines. To what extent information systems can decrease such discrepancies is unknown. The ...
April 3, 2012 | Journal Article
Exposure to a brief video about organ donation increased consent to donate among Black and White participants.
October 18, 2011 | Journal Article
Video interpreting services had minimal impact on health care outcomes in this study of two hospitals in California.
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study to determine the relationship between the acquisition of surgical robots and the amount of radical prostatectomy (RP) procedures in hospitals and regions found increased performance of RPs in hospitals and regions that had surgical robots.
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A spatial agent-based model (ABM) simulation of individuals' walking behavior in a city demonstrated that ABMs can effectively formalize the dynamic processes behind and facilitate understanding of individuals' walking behavior.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Google Street View allows researchers to conduct "virtual" audits of a neighborhood's characteristics. This study compared observations made from Google Street View images with data from a previous field audit of New York City blocks.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This essay, from a supplement to the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, reviews changes in medical technology that occurred over the past 50 years. The authors consider developments in fetal medicine, medicalization, the history of psychotropics and theoretical movements.
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In an effort to increase health literacy, this pilot study examined the use of short television clips from ER in health literacy curriculum, finding that their use led to student engagement in the content and demonstrated knowledge acquisition.
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Emergency physician Adam Landman—a former corporate consultant with a background in information systems—is eager to re-enter the digital age. He is tired of writing scripts, thumbing through paper records and trying to decipher his colleagues’ handw ...