Continuing Educational Program in Nursing Informatics for Greek Nurses.

Nurses are required to adapt to a complex and rapidly evolving environment that incorporates new IT technologies. Continuing, lifelong learning, especially in the fast-growing fields of Nursing Informatics, eHealth and related Information and Communication Technologies, is vital to the professionalism of nurses. The study presents the curriculum development and implementation of the educational project entitled "Training of Nurses in Nursing Informatics and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)" which has been designed and offered to Greek nurses as a continuing - lifelong online educational program by the Health Informatics Laboratory of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

AI Techniques to Identify Nerve Cell Alterations in Digital Images.

Artificial intelligence (AI), utilising computing power, has managed to influence the health sector with many applications based on algorithms, tools, and automated processes. In this work, neuronbiological images acquired by an electronic microscope are assessed under appropriate image processing to identify areas of interest. The algorithmic steps identified the alterations of nerve cells that appeared as areas in the red channel of each digital image.

Digital Transformation Efforts in Greece: Evaluation of the E-Prescription System.

In recent years, Greece has made efforts towards digital transformation. The most significant was the installation and use of eHealth systems and applications by health professionals. The purpose of this study is to investigate the views of physicians on the usefulness, ease of use and user satisfaction of the eHealth applications and especially the e-prescription system.

A Conversational Web-Based Chatbot to Disseminate COVID-19 Advisory Information.

Chatbots are computer programs which integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies to simulate human conversation. The use of chatbots has significantly been increased during the COVID-19 pandemic to support healthcare procedures and systems. The purpose of this study is to present the design, implementation, and initial evaluation of a web-based conversational chatbot aiming at the immediate and reliable information regarding the COVID-19 disease.

Web and Mobile Enabled Application for Public Health Inspections.

This work aims to promote and improve Public Health practices by creating an Information System (IS) to register health inspections performed in health stores by the Public Health Inspectors of the Health Departments of Regions in Greece. The IS was implemented based on open-source programming languages and frameworks. The front end was implemented by JavaScript and Vue.

Predicting Mortality in COVID-19 Patients Using 6 Machine Learning Algorithms.

In late 2019, COVID-19 appeared and has since spread worldwide as the new pandemic, causing more than 6 million deaths. In dealing with this global crisis, the contribution of Artificial Intelligence was also important through the possibilities of creating predictive models through Machine Learning algorithms, which are already successfully applied to solving a multitude of problems, for many scientific fields. This work aims to find the best model for predicting the mortality of patients with COVID-19, through the comparison of 6 classification algorithms, i.

The Transition to Distance Learning in the Era of Covid-19 Pandemic: The Perceptions and Experiences of Nursing Students.

During the first months of COVID-19 pandemic, authorities of many countries imposed to educational institutions of all educational levels, the online delivery of their courses to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2. We investigated the perceptions and first experiences of Nursing students that attended the synchronous distance learning undergraduate course of Health Informatics. Respondents' perceptions and experiences were positive regarding the design and material of the course and the discussions with their peers while the technical support was negatively rated.

Use of Scratch as ICT Educational Tool in Health.

Education adds knowledge, experience, and skills to the human personality, from childhood to old age. This paper focuses on adult education, presenting the difficulties, techniques and results that have been demonstrated to produce educational training program, including material using Scratch. Referring to the planned education from the school, university or any other institution, the educators have a duty to share their knowledge with the students, to show them the way of knowledge, learning, and exploration.

A Smartphone App for Bedside Recording of Nursing Handovers in Haemodialysis Units.

The purpose of this study is to present the design, development and initial evaluation of a smartphone software (mobile app), for the needs of nursing bedside shift reporting and documentation. The app records and process nursing handovers concerning haemodialysis patient data, and it runs on Android smartphones, offering a structured and friendly user interface. Data are collected, processed, stored and accessed easily, quickly and securely by authorized users.

An Online Tool to Inform and Educate Caregivers on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is the most common Motor Neuron Disease. This paper presents the design, development, and evaluation of an online tool that provides information and training materials to caregivers about ALS, to promote health care and quality of life of patients. To collect the appropriate content, a literature review was conducted, and a Content Management System (CMS) was used for the development of the tool.

Nursing Staff's Awareness of Processing Personal Data According to GDPR.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the awareness of nursing personnel on processing patients' personal data according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation EU 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council). A cross-sectional study was conducted between May and June 2019 on a sample of 229 nurses working in the health care sector. A self-filled electronic questionnaire was constructed, evaluated for its validity and reliability, and used as a measuring tool.

An Online Prevention Tool for Ophthalmological Disorders.

The information of the general population regarding the prevention of eye diseases is crucial. This work presents the design and development of an online prevention tool for the information and education of the general population about ophthalmological diseases. A literature review was conducted for the collection of all necessary and up-to-date information regarding the diseases selected.

Measuring the Intention of Using Augmented Reality Technology in the Health Domain.

Augmented Reality technology can provide useful tools and devices to support healthcare services. The aim of this study is to investigate the intention of IT and health care scientists' to use Augmented Reality technology in Healthcare. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire based on a theoretical research model.

Usefulness, Ease of Use, Ease of Learning and Users' Satisfaction of E-Prescription and E-Appointment Systems for Primary Health Care.

The purpose of this study is to investigate views of physicians, nurses and administrative personnel working in Primary Health Care (PHC) structures in the Greek regions of Achaia and Attica, on the usefulness, ease of use, ease of learning and users' satisfaction of e-prescription and e-appointment systems. The e-prescription and e-appointment systems we evaluated are developed and hosted by the Greek e-Government Center for Social Security Services (IDIKA S.A.

Augmented Reality Glasses and Head-Mounted Display Devices in Healthcare.

Augmented Realty (AR) technology has a significant contribution in healthcare sector by offering valuable solutions the last two decades. The aim of this paper is to investigate the implementations of Augmented Reality technologies in healthcare, which include wearable devices such as AR Glasses and Optical Head-Mounted Display Devices (OHMD), by searching the international scientific literature. Relevant studies were retrieved online from scientific databases using keywords related to Augmented Reality in healthcare.

How do nursing students perceive the notion of EHR? an empirical investigation.

This paper describes an empirical study aiming to assess nursing students' perceptions on Electronic Health Record (EHR) concepts and their potential future attitude towards use. Based on the theoretical ground of Rogers' Innovation Diffusion Theory and other research works, a formulated model was empirically validated among ninety nursing undergraduates. Data analysis was based on partial least squares path modeling.

Collection and sharing of information on patient safety education and training in Europe.

The European Union Network for Patient Safety (EUNetPaS) is a project funded and supported by the European Commission within the 2007 Public Health Programme and aims to encourage and enhance the collaboration of participating EU countries in the field of Patient Safety. One of its major objectives is to promote Patient Safety (PS) education and training in Member States, through building a platform for mutual exchange of experience and knowledge on methods of planning and implementing sustainable learning activities. Towards this direction, a methodology has been applied, based on a three axes schema, which describes the roles, the awareness level and the competences of the PS Education and Training Activities.

Promoting interprofessional education in health sector within the European Interprofessional Education Network.

According to a common definition, interprofessional education (IPE) is described as "occasions when two or more professions learn from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care". The Leonardo project under the name European Interprofessional Education Network (EIPEN) in health and social care, has been dealing with the challenges of interprofessional education. The EIPEN project tries to develop a transnational network of universities and employers in the six participating countries and at the same time to promote good practices in interprofessional learning and teaching in health and social care.

The EIPEN project: promoting interprofessional education in health professions.

The Leonardo project under the name European Interprofessional Education Network (EIPEN) in health and social care, has been dealing with the challenges of Interprofessional Education (IPE). The EIPEN project tries to develop a transnational network of universities and employers in the six participating countries and at the same time to promote good practices in Interprofessional LearningTeaching in healthsocial care. IPE provides opportunities for students and practitioners to learn with, from and about each other during qualifying and post-qualifying training and in their practice.

Multimedia technologies in education.

In general multimedia is the combination of visual and audio representations. These representations could include elements of texts, graphic arts, sound, animation, and video. However, multimedia is restricted in such systems where information is digitalized and is processed by a computer.

Nursing Information System.

Nursing Information System (NIS) is a part of a health care information system that deals with nursing aspects, particularly the maintenance of the nursing record. The several objectives that a Nursing Information system should meet in order to succeed its aims, cover the users' needs and operate properly are described. The functions of such systems, which combine with the basic tasks of the nursing care process, are examined.

Evaluating an ICNP Web-based nursing documentation system.

The purpose of this paper is to present the evaluation of a web based nursing documentation system which helps nursing professionals and students to study ICNP Greek beta 2 version and to create nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomes by selecting relevant terms from ICNP. This advanced web-based ICNP browser enables the authentication of the user, and the creation of a type of nursing care plan through the use of ICNP. It provides different ways for creating nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomes, by selecting relevant ICNP terms through the tree-structure view, index and search components of the tool.

Documenting nursing practice by using ICNP on the Web.

This paper presents the design and implementation of an internet based nursing care planning system which helps nursing professionals and students to study ICNP beta 2 version and to create nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomes by selecting relevant terms from ICNP. This advanced web-based ICNP browser enables the authentication of the user, and the creation of a type of nursing care plan through the use of ICNP. It provides different ways for creating nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomes, by selecting relevant ICNP terms through the tree-structure view, index and search components of the tool.