mHealth and eHealth Applications for a Medicalized Quarantine Hotel during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: In Taiwan, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has risen significantly in May 2021. The second wave of the epidemic occurred in May 2022. mHealth (mobile health, social media communities) and eHealth (electronic health, Hospital Information System) can play an important role in this pandemic by minimizing the spread of the virus, leveraging health care providers' time, and alleviating the challenges of medical education.

Tracking Hospital Visitors/Chaperones during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an emerging infectious disease with strong infectious power and fatality rate. To protect national health, government agencies have regulations on hospital chaperoning and visiting. This article presents the development and implementation of a monitoring system for hospital visiting and chaperoning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the PTSD Symptom Scale-Interview for Patients With Severe Burn in Taiwan.

This study examined the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Post-traumatic Syndrome Scale-Interview (C-PSSI) for severe burn victims of the Formosa Fun Coast Explosion that occurred in Taiwan. A purposive sampling, cross-sectional, descriptive design study was selected. Participants were patients with severe burns from the Formosa Fun Coast Explosion, selected from teaching medical centers in Taiwan.

The Application of an Integrated IHCA Information System to Analysis the Related Indicators.

In-Hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is a high risk of patient's safety issue in medical institutions, the incidence and patient's outcome of IHCA is an important indicator of ability of medical treatment and emergency medical quality of hospital. By building up the IHCA information system, we can save the time of typing and statistical data, save the consumption of paper and storage space, managers can view immediately data, track progress and confirm the correctness of the information, and Index values can be rendered immediately.

Enhancing a Blood Transfusion Platform with Clinic Decision Support Component to Better Assure Patient Safety.

Blood transfusion is an important but complex and high-risky clinical procedure. Any error could cause serious injuries to patients. To better assure the procedure safety, we enhancing our home-made blood transfusion platform with new clinic decision support components to assure patient's identity and to inform clinicians of any event in time.