Life after go-live, Part 3: Struggling with structure.

Life after go-live. Part 4: Preventing error with an EMR.

Iranian Elderly Experiences With Myocardial Infarction

Objectives: Awareness of elderly patients' experiences of myocardial infarction can assist to identify their need, problems, as well as promote their quality of lives. However, there is a little information about how elderly people experience myocardial infarction. This study aimed to explore elderly patients experience with myocardial infarction and their coping strategies. Methods & Materi...

Life after go-live. Part 1: 'So good it's bad' information management.

EMRs enable medical practices to manage information in ways that would be difficult or impossible with paper medical records. This holds immense promise to improve quality of care and prevent medical errors. However, since EMRs frequently produce new information that has to be dealt with, they can increase work for clinical personnel. This column will explore some examples of this phenomenon fr...

Experiences Complementing Classroom Teaching With Distance Seminars in Metaverses and Videos

As a way of reinforcing classroom-based lessons, especially for continuous evaluation, the authors experimented with remote conferences and tutoring. These seminars were directed at three different groups of students: those who are struggling with the subject, those who were unable to attend all the lessons, and those seeking deeper insight. The authors experimented with different platforms for...

Patient perceptions having suffered a stroke in Galway.

Of the estimated 10,000 people annually who have a stroke in Ireland, about 7500 will continue to live with some residual disability. This study explored older people's perceptions of health, level of independence as well as the factors that enhanced or diminished ability to maintain quality of life after stroke. A grounded theory approach was used and 20 stroke survivors were interviewed. Anal...