Chios Hospital Information System Assessment.

A very important aspect for organizations that provide healthcare services is to have fully functional and successful information systems. A successful hospital information system can contribute to high quality healthcare services provided to the patients of the hospital. In this paper, is presented the evaluation of the information system of Chios Hospital, "Skylitsio".

How to Utilize My App Reviews? A Novel Topics Extraction Machine Learning Schema for Strategic Business Purposes.

Acquiring knowledge about users' opinion and what they say regarding specific features within an app, constitutes a solid steppingstone for understanding their needs and concerns. App review utilization helps project management teams to identify threads and opportunities for app software maintenance, optimization and strategic marketing purposes. Nevertheless, app user review classification for identifying valuable gems of information for app software improvement, is a complex and multidimensional issue.

Citizens' Opinions About a Digital Health Insurance Record.

An Electronic Health Insurance Record (EHIR) could give all the information needed to the insured citizens, informing them about the history of benefits and the health expenses. The aim of this work is to evaluate a Digital Health Insurance Record system as well as to explore the benefits of using this system, both for society and for each citizen individually. A quantitative survey was carried out using a questionnaire shared among 180 people in Greece in 2019.

Malignant mesothelioma cells secrete natriuretic peptides: Data and diagnostic clinical implications.

Background And Objective: Mesothelial cells and cardiomyocytes have shared embryonic mesodermal origin. Cardiomyocytes release BNP under stretch. We searched whether malignant mesothelioma cells also secrete BNP and if so, this has a meaningful impact.

Distribution-free monitoring schemes based on order statistics: a general approach.

In this article, we establish a new class of distribution-free Shewhart-type monitoring schemes based on order statistics. The setup of the proposed family of nonparametric control charts is presented in detail. Specific monitoring schemes, already introduced in the literature, are confirmed to be members of the new class.

A minor experimental stenosis in porcine descending thoracic aorta affects the spectral content of pressure pulse wave.

Objective: To carry out research into the possible changes of the spectral content of pressure pulse wave after the creation of an experimentally induced stenosis in the pig descending thoracic aorta.

Methods: Eight healthy, normotensive Landrace pigs were subjected to thoracotomy under sterile conditions. At the upper segment of the descending thoracic aorta, a 5-mm-long circumferential symmetric constriction was imposed and stabilized; hence, a 15-20 mm Hg pressure gradient was established.