Privacy-Preserving Process Mining in Healthcare.

Process mining has been successfully applied in the healthcare domain and has helped touncover various insights for improving healthcare processes. While the benefits of process miningare widely acknowledged, many people rightfully have concerns about irresponsible uses of personaldata. Healthcare information systems contain highly sensitive information and healthcare regulationsoften require protection of data privacy.

Patients' preferences when comparing analogue implant impressions using a polyether impression material versus digital impressions (Intraoral Scan) of dental implants.

Objectives: The primary objective of this clinical study was to assess the patients' perception of the difference between an analogue impression approach on the one hand and an intra-oral scan (IO scan) on the other when restoring implants in the non-aesthetic zone. A second objective was to analyse the difference in time needed to perform these two procedures.

Materials And Methods: Thirty consecutive patients who had received 41 implants (Straumann tissue level) in the non-aesthetic zone in an implant-based referral practice setting in the Netherlands.

Need for a new skin cancer management strategy.

The worldwide incidence of skin cancer (especially nonmelanoma skin cancer) has increased markedly during the last decades. Skin cancer should be considered a chronic disease. To manage the future costs and quality of care for patients with skin cancer, a revised health strategy is needed.