2D Anatomical Structure for COVID-19 Medical Images.

For many clinical goals like surgical planning and radiotherapy treatment planning is necessary to understand the anatomical structures of the organ that is targeted. At the same time the 2D/3D shape of the organ is important to be reconstructed for the benefit of the doctors. For that reason, accurate segmentation techniques must be proposed to overcome the big data medical image storage problem.

The Contribution of Informatics to Overcoming the Covid-19 Fake News Outbreak by Learning to Navigate the Infodemic.

Daily, people are being exposed to an enormous amount of Covid-19 information, but not all of it is reliable. This phenomenon seriously affects the public health policy effectiveness, because there is a lot of misleading or inaccurate information, which is spreading rapidly and makes it more difficult to restrict the pandemic. Healthcare informatics has emerged as a diverse and important new field.

Machine Learning to Identify Fake News for COVID-19.

International Organizations are seriously concerned about the fake news phenomenon. UNESCO has defined the term of misinformation/disinformation, which are the two faces of fake news. European Commission has conducted a survey about "Fake News" through EU citizens to estimate the awareness and people behaviour related to the appearance of fake news and disinformation on electronic.

Investigating the Impact of Misinformation Sources on Health Issues: Implications for Public Health.

The aim of this work is to shortly provide the public with an overview about fake news and artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Especially in our days, where there is a high speed of spreading news, the impact of fake news on public health is crucial and the development of valid and effective means of technology to support the provision of safe and trustworthy information about public health issues is vital. The role of informatics in health area is profoundly important and AI in public health, so people will be able to distinguish the genuine information from the fake one.

Factors Influencing the Implementation of Flu Vaccination in Healthcare Professionals: Pros and Cons.

Introduction: Vaccination is the best method for microbial and viral infections prevention. Especially for health professionals, flu vaccination is the best method to protect them, and the same applies for the patients and the general population from being infected. One of the most important preventive measure is vaccination and the main types of vaccines available, the limitations and side effects are briefly presented.

Facilitators and barriers to the provision of type 1 diabetes inpatient care: An interpretive phenomenological analysis.

Aim: The aim and objective of this study was to understand how non-specialized nurses understand the possible barriers and facilitators of inpatient care for type 1 diabetes.

Design: An interpretative phenomenology approach was conducted.

Methods: The sample consisted of non-specialized nurses (N = 24) working in medical, surgical and nephrology wards in the state hospitals in Cyprus.

Health Organization Development and Design.

This chapter aims at providing the student with a general overview of the Health Organization Development and Design basic concepts. More precisely, this chapter outlines the origins and the future of Health services planning and development and the structure of health organizations. The typology of different international healthcare systems implemented in United Kingdom, United States of America, Greece, Serbia and Germany is also presented.

Mission and Structure of Health Services.

This chapter aims at providing the student with a general overview of the appropriate structure and ethics healthcare organizations are based on, the concept of ethical leadership, the importance of having clear statements of mission, vision and value in healthcare organizations and the Health Promotion Charters implemented in a Globalized World.

Health and Health Determinants.

This chapter aims at providing the student with a general overview of the Health and Health Determinantsbasic concepts. More precisely, this chapter provides a definition and explanation of health and health determinants and presents an overview of measures in epidemiology.

Sleep and Motion Disorders of Physicians and Nurses Working in Hospitals Facing the Pandemic of COVID 19.

Introduction: Several research studies have started to investigate the health conditions of medical doctors and nurses in order to find a relationship if any between their work environment, their usually heavy duties and the result of these two parametric on patients' health.

Aim: The present research study is an effort to investigate the relationship between the physical activity and sleep disorders among health care professionals, particularly among medical doctors and nurses.

Methods: Participants of the study were asked to fill a questionnaire which was a mixture of other internationally accredited questionnaires regarding physical activity level as well as sleeping functions.

Views of People with Diabetes Regarding Their Experiences of the Facilitators and Barriers in Type 1 Diabetes Inpatient Care: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.

Background: The aim of this study was to comprehend how people with diabetes view their experiences of the possible barriers and facilitators in inpatient care for type 1 diabetes from non-specialized nurses.

Design: An interpretative phenomenology analysis (IPA) was conducted.

Methods: The sample consisted of people with type 1 diabetes 1 ( = 24) who use the services of the state hospitals in Cyprus.

Wireless Monitoring Through Wearable Devices in the ICU: Are We Close?

Patients admitted to the ICU present life-threatening conditions requiring support from multidisciplinary specialists and continuous monitoring of vital signs and other parameters by a state-of-the-art medical technology. Wireless monitoring through wearable devices could be useful for hospitalized patients, particularly those who are unstable or at higher risk for serious complications such as critically ill patients. This review aims at summarizing current evidence regarding the use of wireless monitoring in the ICU setting.

Validation of an Automatic Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor in a Critical Care Setting.

Invasive blood pressure (IBP) is the gold standard method for BP monitoring in critically ill patients. However, due to practical difficulties and complications, noninvasive methods may offer an alternative. We aim to evaluate an automatic oscillometry-based wrist BP monitor in critically ill patients compared to IBP.

Remote Monitoring of Patients in Quarantine in the Era of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.

The aim of our study is to propose a remote patient monitoring solution through a smart phone application (Smart Patient) collecting health data to support diagnosis, monitoring and predicting poor outcome in asymptomatic/mild cases of COVID-19, including signs and symptoms, risk factors, comorbidities, medications and vital signs such as body temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate and oxygen saturation. By continuous daily recording of suspected cases and patients, family doctors in the community will be able to follow up cases and intervene promptly when deterioration in vital signs and symptoms takes place referring the patient to the hospital.

Epidemiological Analysis of the Covid-19 Epidemic in Greece.

During the last months the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) has been recognized as a global threat. Transmission of the infection has rapidly increased in Europe as well as in Greece, living behind a huge number of deaths. During this situation an analysis of the spread of the disease must be undertaken and characteristics of the virus must be recognized.

An Epidemiological Analysis for H1N1 Infection.

During the last years the dependence of inflections have been increased, especially the infection H1N1, in Europe as well as in Greece. Especially the last 2 years (2017-2018) the percentage of spreading is still significant. For the analysis of the impact's diseases in population during these periods, epidemiological indexes have been introduced.

Evaluating the Health Status of Injured People due to Road Accidents.

Road accidents are one of the major causes of loss of life, injuries and damage of property. The aim of this paper is to assess the overall health status (physical and psychological) of road accident victims and to propose a Health IT system to managing the assessment procedure. A prospective observational study was conducted among 474 people attended to the emergency department, after a road accident.

Experiences and Quality of Life in Critically Ill Patients: Can Technology Lead to Improvements?

Unlabelled: Experiences and outcomes of critically ill patients reflect quality of intensive care. The aim of this study was twofold: a) to investigate factors affecting patients' experiences to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and b) to measure patients' post discharge Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL).

Methods: A cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection was carried out.

Integrating GDPR in ISO 15189 for Medical Laboratories: Major Aspects and Perspectives.

Medical laboratories process and store sensitive data during four major phases: arrival of patients in the laboratory premises and registration of their data, pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical phases. ISO 15189 has specific requirements concerning the management of the laboratory data in terms of security, availability and protection. The aim of the present study was to examine major aspects of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) integration in medical laboratories that comply with the ISO 15189 standard, including data breach and informed consent.

Mobile Phone Applications for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Appraisal and Perspectives.

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) has been associated with a plethora of maternal and neonatal comorbidities as well as adverse pregnancy outcomes. Evidence supports that identifying women with GDM and tight controlling of blood glucose (BG) levels are the fundamental steps for an effective management and prevention of risks associated with GDM. Recent advances in mobile phone applications have shown that they may offer personalized health care services, improve patient's care, independence and self-management as well as enhance patient's compliance to BG monitoring and treatment.

The Role of Nurses and the Facilitators and Barriers in Diabetes Care: A Mixed Methods Systematic Literature Review.

Background: The aim of this review is to identify the roles and activities of nurses working with people with diabetes and to examine the facilitators and barriers in caring for such people.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted. From 531 abstracts reviewed, 29 studies were included (18 studies comprised questionnaire surveys, one was an intervention study, two used both questionnaires and interviews, and eight of them used interviews).

Survival Models in Computer Virus.

During the communication between various computer system parts under a basic unit various threats can appear causing different damages into the system. The spreading of the computer virus into the system must be investigated under modeling analysis and simulations must be applied. In this work survival analysis models have been introduced to overcome the problem with the computer virus.

A Hospital Information System Application May Facilitate Staff Compliance with Quality Protocols in a Medical Unit: A Case Study.

Quality standards have been widely adopted in healthcare, while the Hospital Information Systems (HIS) support quality management in modern hospitals. However, staff compliance lags behind. In this study, we investigated the effect of a novel application, implemented in the HIS, on staff compliance in the Intensive Care Unit of a tertiary teaching hospital.

Computer Virus Models - The Susceptible Infected Removed (SIR) Model.

The healthcare domain requires security against possible threats, such as viruses to defend the integrity of the health and patient records. During the system analysis, different parts of the sub systems are connected under a main system. Under these connections into the Internet, malicious programs are spread into the system network and damages to vital information have been appearing.