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Development of a Clinical Rounds Module Under the CAISIS Platform
(2012-09-11)This paper presents and documents tasks and research performed during the author’s Master of Health Informatics internship at the Diagnostic Radiology Department in collaboration with the Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program ... -
Development of a Database Driven Web Application: Health and Wellness in My Family
(2012-09-11)The scope of the project revolved around the development of an online inventory tool which would help Issak Walton Killam (IWK) Health Centre understand the health of the community in a better way. The scope also involved ... -
Development of a HL7 CDA R2 Compliant Discharge Summary Teaching Template for the QEII Renal Clinic
(2012-08-02)Internships give students of Health Informatics opportunities to receive on-the-job training and to connect their academic health informatics knowledge to the real world. This internship is composed of two objectives, ... -
Development of a Policy and Procedure Manual for the Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Care Nova Scotia
(2012-04-30)The internship was completed at the Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit (SEU) at Cancer Care Nova Scotia (CCNS). The SEU is responsible for collecting and analyzing data on all diagnosed cases of cancer in Nova Scotia. This ... -
Development of a Prostate Cancer Patient PSA History Calculator To Support Patient Follow-Up Scheduling Decisions
(2012-05-28)The primary goal of this Health Informatics (HI) work-term was to develop a software application which can be used by the Radiation Oncology Department of the QEII to predict the probability that a patient’s prostate ... -
Development of PDA Version Cancer Management Guidelines
(2012-08-21)The internship was performed in Cancer Care Nova Scotia (CCNS) from May 9th to September 2nd, 2005. The objective of the internship work was to convert the cancer management guidelines developed by Cancer Site Teams of ... -
Development of reports containing health indicators generated with data extracted from cancer data management software
(2012-05-24)This report describes the Master of Health Informatics internship undertaken by James Wills at the Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program (NSBSP) in 2011. NSBSP is mandated to provide early detection of breast cancer through ... -
Development of the Health System Use Project (HSU)
(2012-08-21)In order to fully understand health care, one must first recognize and acknowledge the many uses for health system data. To this end it is necessary to develop methods and solutions that can capture information for its ... -
Development of the Integrated Patient Information System for the Geriatric Day Hospital at the QEII
(2012-05-01)The internship was completed at the Geriatric Medicine Research Unit in the Veteran’s Memorial Building in Halifax. The internship work was performed from June 1st to August 31st, 2008. The internship objective was to ... -
Diagnostics and prospective outcome of a diffuse glioneuronal tumor with oligodendroglioma-like features and nuclear clusters after surgical resection (DGONC): a case report
(Oxford University Press, 2022-10-25)Diffuse glioneuronal tumors with oligodendroglioma-like features and nuclear clusters (DGONC) are rare tumors of the central nervous system, having been added as a provi-sional diagnosis in the ... -
Do health care providers trust product monograph information regarding use of vaccines in pregnancy? A qualitative study
(Health Canada, 2018-06-07)Background: In uenza immunization is recommended in pregnancy to prevent severe infections in pregnant women and newborns, yet vaccine uptake remains low. Studies suggest that cautionary language in vaccine product monographs ... -
Documentation and Analysis of GASHA Hospice Palliative Care Delivery Processes
(2012-07-31)The internship placement took place at the StFX Centre for Logic and Information (CLI) in Antigonish, NS, and reported directly to the director of CLI, Dr. Wendy MacCaull, professor of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer ... -
A Drug Utilization Study: Use of Sedative Hypnotic Drugs in Acute Care, Hospital In-patients
(2012-05-02)This report summarizes the internship work of Kunal Mohindra, a Master in Health Informatics candidate (2009-2011) for the period: May 3, 2010 – August 31, 2010. The internship was completed as a part of the HINF 7000: ... -
Drugs for chronic pain in children: a commentary on clinical practice and the absence of evidence
(2013-01)Pediatric chronic pain is widespread, under-recognized and undertreated. Best management usually involves a multimodal approach coordinated by a multidisciplinary team. The present commentary specifically discusses common ... -
Dynamics of Frailty and Cognition After Age 50: Why It Matters that Cognitive Decline is Mostly Seen in Old Age
(IOS Press, 2017-03)Background: Frailty has been considered an antecedent and, to a lesser extent, an outcome of cognitive impairment. Both frailty and cognitive impairment are multiply determined and each is strongly related to age, making ... -
Dysregulated Arl1, a regulator of post-Golgi vesicle tethering, can inhibit endosomal transport and cell proliferation in yeast
(2011-07)No abstract available. -
Echinococcal disease in Alberta, Canada: more than a calcified opacity
(2005-05)BACKGROUND: Most cases of echinococcal disease (ED) acquired in Canada are thought to be due to the sylvatic form of Echinococcus granulosus, which may be more benign than ED due to either Echinococcus multilocularis or ... -
Elongation of Exogenous Fatty-Acids by the Bioluminescent Bacterium Vibrio-Harveyi
(1989-01)No abstract available.