Rare diseases knowledge management: the contribution of proximity measurements in OntoOrpha and OMIM

OntoOrpha: An Ontology to Support the Editing and Audit of Knowledge of Rare Diseases in ORPHANET

ORPHANET is the reference information portal on rare diseases and orphan drugs for healthcare professionals and for general audience. After ten years of evolution, current ORPHANET tools cannot support efficiently the edition, update and data sharing processes demanded by a constantly growing rare diseases knowledge. In order to improve the editing workflow, we are conducting research to build ...

OntoOrpha: An Ontology to Support Edition and Audit of Knowledge of Rare Diseases in ORPHANET

Investigating Knowledge Management Practices in a Successful Research and Development Organization

In this paper after a review on the concept and literature of knowledge management, the conceptual model of a successful knowledge management system that is currently being applied in a research and development (R&D) aerospace organization is presented and discussed. The main contribution of the paper is presenting the model in its useful and practical status without becoming involved in theore...

Customer Quality: A Self-reporting Survey among Angiography Patients

Background and Objectives: The increasing pressure on health systems to improve quality of health care, require them to develop novel conceptual framework and indices aimed at evaluating decision variables in the contemporary complex community. Customer Quality is a newly introduced concept addressing capability of patients in contribution to healthcare process and cooperation with healthcare p...

Knowledge of Operating Room Staff on Fire Resources and Fire prevention Measurements

Background and Objectives: Fire risk is a potential risk in operating rooms. To have safety, fire risk management and its prerequisites including knowledge enhancement should be considered in operation rooms. The aim of this study was to determine knowledge of operating room staff about fire resources and fire prevention in Valiasr hospital, Boroujen. Material and Methods: In this cross-section...