Aug. 26, 2013

Decision Tree Induction for the Screening of Patients at Risk of Moderately Emetogenic Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting During Delayed Phase

Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV) are the most feared and common side-effects of chemotherapy for cancer patients. The main care plan for CINV consists of preventative care using antiemetics before chemotherapy. CINV considerably impairs the life quality of cancer patients and increases the healthcare cost due to extended hospitalization or re-hospitalization. Thus, it is imperative to identify the patients at high-risk of CINV and provide sufficient antiemetic prophylaxis before chemotherapy. Several recent studies demonstrated that patient-related factors also significantly affect the risk of CINV but how those factors altogether affect the risk of CINV is an unknown fact. This is…

March 18, 2013

The MDID project: A study of dermatological image archive, search and use behaviors

A novel, web-based dermatology image management application (MDID) has been developed to facilitate the practices in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. Since its launch in early January, there are over 1700 images of over 500 patients have been uploaded to the MDID.  What are the conventional practices? Are there any differences of preference and activities among professional groups? Are there any changes in image use after adoption of MDID? To answer these questions, we are conducting a mix-method research including surveys, field observations, interviews, and user activity log analysis. A pre-launch survey has…