Data about the prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases, as one of the most important categories of epidemiological data, is used for interpreting health status of communities. This study aims to calculate the prevalence of outpatient diseases through the characterization of outpatient prescriptions. The data used in this study is collected from 1412 prescriptions for various ty...

A computerized medical image analysis technology suffers from imperfection, imprecision and vagueness of the input data in medical images and its propagation in all individual components of the technology including image processing and pattern recognition. In addition to the above, a Computerized Medical Image Analysis System such as computer aided detection (CAD) technology deals with another ...

Heart diagnosis equipment is not always available in every medical center, especially in the rural areas where less support and care. Physician intuition and experience are not always enough to attain high quality medical results. Therefore, medical errors and unwanted results are reasons for a need for unconventional computer-based diagnosis systems, which in turns reduce medical fatal errors,...

purpose: this study was designed to investigate the association between knowledge creation and   organizational innovation among the staff of tehran university of medical sciences (tums).   materials and methods: in this descriptive correlational study, 132 individuals from tums   employees were randomly selected based on cochran’s formula. the questionnaires of knowledge   creation management ...

background: the planners and managers in health policy sector are responsible for policy making and planning of the health structure of a country. therefore, they need to have access to reasonable and accurate information. knowledge of managers about the applications of hospital information system is therefore of high importance. this study aimed to survey the knowledge of managers of hamadan u...

In medical facilities, mobile devices provide the medium for remote diagnosis and information retrieval. Mobile devices aid medical personnel by allowing them to access information ubiquitously. The medical doctor or radiologist may use his mobile device to view patient’s medical images. But security and privacy is the major issue for such type of remote diagnosis. The existing system does not ...

introduction. evaluation of medical students has been usually restricted to evaluation of their medical information rather than their clinical skills . meanwhile, perfect diagnosis and treatment of a medical illness is highly related to the quality of making therapeutic alliance and physical examination. this article is a trial study to investigate the quality of medical student's skill in...