Intrauterine Device Initiation After Gonococcal and Chlamydial Infections: A Practice Workflow Initiative

Unplanned pregnancy remains an issue in the United States. The intrauterine device (IUD) is a solution. The IUD is safe for most women and is recommended for adolescents. Misconceptions exist about IUDs and sexually transmitted infections caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis. Accepted guidelines ensure the management of these sexually transmitted infections and subsequent, safe initiation of the IUD. The use of best practice alerts preserves the health care team’s adherence to clinical guidelines. This IUD provision initiative creates a workflow for the interprofessional team to ensure the safe initiation of an IUD to clients with a gonococcal or chlamydial infection.     

A Scientific Software Product Line for the Bioinformatics domain

ContextMost specialized users (scientists) that use bioinformatics applications do not have suitable training on software development. Software Product Line (SPL) employs the concept of reuse considering that it is defined as a set of systems that are developed from a common set of base artifacts. In some contexts, such as in bioinformatics applications, it is advantageous to develop a collection of related software products, using SPL approach. If software products are similar enough, there is the possibility of predicting their commonalities, differences and then reuse these common features to support the development of new applications in the bioinformatics area.ObjectivesThis paper presents the PL-Science approach which considers the context of SPL and ontology in order to assist scientists to define a scientific experiment, and to specify a workflow that encompasses bioinformatics applications of a given experiment. This paper also focuses on the use of ontologies to enable the use of Software Product Line in biological domains.MethodIn the context of this paper, Scientific Software Product Line (SSPL) differs from the Software Product Line due to the fact that SSPL uses an abstract scientific workflow model. This workflow is defined according to a scientific domain and using this abstract workflow model the products (scientific applications/algorithms) are instantiated.ResultsThrough the use of ontology as a knowledge representation model, we can provide domain restrictions as well as add semantic aspects in order to facilitate the selection and organization of bioinformatics workflows in a Scientific Software Product Line. The use of ontologies enables not only the expression of formal restrictions but also the inferences on these restrictions, considering that a scientific domain needs a formal specification.ConclusionsThis paper presents the development of the PL-Science approach, encompassing a methodology and an infrastructure, and also presents an approach evaluation. This evaluation presents case studies in bioinformatics, which were conducted in two renowned research institutions in Brazil.     

Considering pharmacy workflow in the context of Australian community pharmacy: A pilot time and motion study

Background

Given time pressures on primary care physicians, utilising pharmacists for chronic disease management is of great interest. However, limited data are available on the current workflow in community pharmacies to guide these discussions.

Complete assessment of occlusal dynamics and establishment of a digital workflow by using target tracking with a three-dimensional facial scanner

Purpose

To introduce a new and simple digital workflow to record dynamic occlusion, and apply it to occlusal analysis and prosthetic treatment in a virtual environment.

儿童肾积水诊断的临床思维辅助导向系统研究

目的:针对儿童肾积水诊断过程复杂,不同医疗机构的设备和医生技术经验不尽相同的问题,研发儿童肾积水诊断临床思维导向方案,实现智能化与高效化诊断。方法:纳入多类先天性肾积水诊断知识,并基于工作流和知识图谱关键节点推理技术给出将这些知识计算机临床思维化的方法,建立辅助导向系统,实现智能导诊。结果与结论:形成儿童肾积水临床思维诊断辅助导向系统,对儿童肾积水精准临床思维诊断推广至基层具有重要意义。