Healthcare costs in the US are approximately 15% of GNP and are anticipated to reach 17%
of GNP in the near future. Management of chronic diseases via technology based ubiquitous …

This paper discusses aspects of information technologies for health care, in particular on
transinstitutional health information systems (HIS) and on health-enabling technologies, with …

Background: During the last decades, health-enabling and ambient assistive technologies
became of considerable relevance for new informatics-based forms of diagnosis, prevention …

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research on menstrual tracking has emphasized the
need for more inclusive design of mechanisms for tracking and sharing information on …

Objectives: To provide an introductory overview on selected areas of health-enabling and
ambient-assistive technologies and to suggest relevant fields for future research. Methods …

Although health information is readily available on the Internet and has changed the way
people deal with their health in many ways, the retrieval of relevant information remains …

Background: Each year, the International Medical Informatics Association Yearbook
recognizes significant scientific papers, labelled as “best papers”, published the previous …

Electronic patient record (EPR) systems are increasingly used and have matured sufficiently
so as to contribute to high quality care and efficient patient management. Our objective is to …

Objectives: To identify current challenges and developments in health information systems.
Methods: Reports on HIS, eHealth and process support were analyzed, core problems and …

Objectives: To summarize background, challenges, objectives, and methods for the usability
of patient data, in particular with respect to their multiple use, and to point out how to lecture …