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Health Information Technology | 10.25.16

What Can We Learn About the Ebola Outbreak From Tweets?

The aims of this study are to demonstrate the use of Twitter as a real-time method of Ebola outbreak surveillance...

Health Information Technology | 10.25.16

Review and Analysis of Existing Mobile Phone Applications for Health Care – Associated Infection Prevention

The expanding number of mobile health applications (apps) holds potential to reduce and eliminate health care-associated infections (HAIs) in clinical...

Health Information Technology | 10.25.16

Automated Tracking and Ordering of Precautions for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms

The transmission and infection risk associated with multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) carriers necessitates surveillance and tracking to provide proper contact precautions....

Health Information Technology | 10.25.16

Studies on Nurse Staffing and Health Care – Associated Infection: Methodologic Challenges and Potential Solutions

National efforts to promote an HER may offer solutions for future studies by providing more comprehensive data on HAIs and...

Health Information Technology | 10.25.16

Surveillance Versus Clinical Adjudication: Differences Persist with New Ventilator – Associated Event Definition

The goals of this study are to compare the results of an automated surveillance strategy using the new VAE definition...

Health Information Technology | 10.25.16

An Electronic Surveillance Tool for Catheter – Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Intensive Care Units

Traditional methods of surveillance of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are error-prone and resource-intensive. To resolve these issues, a highly...

Health Information Technology | 10.25.16

Data Elements and Validation Methods Used for Electronic Surveillance of Health Care-Associated Infections: A Systematic Review

This article describes the primary data sources, data elements, and validation methods currently used in electronic surveillance systems (ESS) for...

Decontamination, Disinfection and Sterilization | 10.10.16

Human Papillomavirus – The New Challenge For Infection Prevention

HLD is defined as the complete elimination of all organisms except for large numbers of bacterial spores. The trophon EPR...

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