Information systems for highly skilled clerical workers present themselves as a collection of window-based processes with underlying procedures accessing databases. It is left to the users to continue or interrupt a certain piece of work or to switch from one application to another. Such system can be supported by three layers: a database layer, a dialogue layer and a presentation layer. In thi...

We analyzed attack rates for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in three categories of hospital workers (nurses, nonmedical support staff, and other technical or medical staff) in all public hospitals in Hong Kong that had admitted SARS patients. Of 16 such hospitals, 14 had cases. The overall attack rate was 1.20%. Nonmedical support staff had the highest attack rate (2.73%). The odds ra...

OBJECTIVE To assess the temporal trends in occupation specific all causes and cause specific mortality in Japan between 1980 and 2005. DESIGN Longitudinal analysis of individual death certificates by last occupation before death. Data on population by age and occupation were derived from the population census. SETTING Government records, Japan. PARTICIPANTS Men aged 30-59. MAIN OUTCOME ...

The aetiology of primary Fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC) is poorly understood. Occupational exposures may contribute to PFTC risk. We studied incidence of PFTC in occupational categories in the Nordic female population aged 30-64 years during the 1960, 1970, 1980/1981 and/or 1990 censuses in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) for the years followi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate associations between the electronic environment, clerical burden, and burnout in US physicians. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS Physicians across all specialties in the United States were surveyed between August and October 2014. Physicians provided information regarding use of electronic health records (EHRs), computerized physician order entry (CPOE), and electronic patient p...

The objective was to determine whether symptomatic workers with an abnormal sensory nerve conduction study consistent with carpal tunnel syndrome differed, in terms of electrophysiologic measures, psychosocial, demographic, anthropometric, or ergonomic variables, from workers with an asymptomatic median mononeuropathy. This was a cross-sectional study of active workers at six different work sit...

Costs for workers’ compensation benefits in California have increased sharply in recent years, following periods of decline and stability. California was already one of the most expensive states for total costs per injured worker and for a number of types of testing and treatment in the midto late 1990s. For example, a series of multi-state studies revealed that California has the second highes...

We present new UK research (1987-90) in the area of gender and office information systems design. Our paper will contribute to the CSCW debate in two areas. Methodology, where we use our case-study experiences to reflect upon the traditional computing approaches to office systems design. Secondly, participatory design, through our active involvement in the work-place we consider a gender perspe...

BACKGROUND Singapore was affected by an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) from 25 February to 31 May 2003, with 238 probable cases and 33 deaths. AIMS To study usage of personal protective equipment (PPE) among three groups of healthcare workers (HCWs: doctors, nurses, and administrative staff), to determine if the appropriate PPE were used by the different groups and to ex...

WHEX THE Committee on Economic Security, in 1031, was drawing up its recommendations for a national social security program for the United States, ;I commo~i lAteri in many of the existing social insuri\nw systenls was to corer only manual workers and clerical and white-c~ollar workers earning less thaii it specified amount. The great del)ression of the thirties had made clear, however, that th...