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An Biometric Identification System by Extracting Hand Vein Patterns. Journal
of the Korean Physical Society, Vol. 38, No. 3, March 2001, pp. 268272. (Added
August 31, 2007)
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3fi8,1,jv3r,f0re,ek2t,hmlx
Biometric Consortium, the US Government's focal point for research, development,
test, evaluation, and application of biometric-based personal identification/verification
technology. Read the introduction to biometrics for a good definition. The biometric
systems and examples leads to links to vendors of products in this area.
http://www.biometrics.org/
Biometrics Catalog. This government sponsored site contains links to much helpful
information about biometrics including a paper about challenges in using biometrics
(contains an excellent description of many methods), also an elementary description
of biometrics named Biometrics 101. (These two are found under Government Documents.)
(Added April 20, 2004)
http://www.biometricscatalog.org/
Daugman, J. (2001). Iris Recognition. An abstract of an article in
Scientific American. Presents a very complete, yet easily understood description
of this process. Some illustrations.
http://www.americanscientist.org/articles/01articles/Daugman.html
Iris Recognition: The Technology. A lengthy paper that describes this
technology in fairly easy to understand language. Includes diagrams.
http://www.iris-scan.com/iris_technology.htm
Silverman, M, & Liu, S. A Practical Guide to Biometric
Security Technology. (2000). An excellent easy to understand description
of the various features that can be used in biometric security.
http://www.computer.org/itpro/homepage/Jan_Feb/security3.htm
Improving Health in the Information Age. A report from the Markle Foundation
that provides links to resources abour RHIOs. (Added
June 8, 2005)
http://www.connectingforhealth.org/
Badzek, L. & Gross, L. (1999). Confidentiality and Privacy: At the
Forefront for Nurses. An article that discusses some of the issues involved.
http://www.nursingworld.org/ajn/1999/june/issu069c.htm
Cavoukian, A. (1996). Go beyond security -- build in privacy: one does
not equal the other.
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/960514_cavoukian_priv-sec.speech
Curtin, M. et. al. (1996). Snake Oil Warning Signs: Encryption Software
to Avoid. This piece presents a good description of the basics of encryption
before providing information on misleading techniques that vendors may use to
sell their software. Some of the misleading signs could apply to anyone purchasing
any hardware or software.
http://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/snake-oil-faq.html
Cutler, K. (2003). Information Security Checklist. A list of items to assess
when to assure the privacy and security of data in an information system. (Added
November 21, 2003)
http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=556
EFF "Privacy, Security, Crypto, & Surveillance" Archive.
A list of many resources about privacy on the Internet.
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/
Ghaemian, K. (1999). An Internet Security Primer. Discusses some techniques
for safely sending data over the Internet.
http://www.govtech.net/magazine/story.php?id=94648&issue=3:1999
Gostin, L. (1997). Health Care Information and the Protection of Personal Privacy:
Ethical and Legal Considerations. Annals of Internal Medicine, Part 2, 15
October 1997. 127:683-690. This article looks at the conflicts between
the needs for healthcare data and the need for patient privacy.
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/127/8_Part_2/683?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Health+Care+Information&searchid=1136671450486_3151&FIRSTINDEX=0&journalcode=annintmed
Practice Brief: Information Security: A Checklist for Healthcare Professionals
(Updated). An excellent source for checking to see if your agency is protecting
sensitive patient data. (Updated 12/12/02)
http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/pub_bok1_000042.html
Thearling, K. (1998). Data Mining and Privacy: A conflict in the making?
A white paper discussing the issue.
http://www.thearling.com/text/dsstar/privacy.htm
Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Healthcare: A Preliminary Roadmap from
the Nation’s Public and Private- Sector Healthcare Leaders. (2004). An
83 page report from the Markle Foundation. Unfortunately, if there were any
nurses on this committee, they omitted their credentials. However, the report
is helpful in understanding the barriers to the growth of electronic connectivity
in healthcare as well as some proposed solutions. (Added
January 17, 2006). PDF File
http://www.connectingforhealth.org/resources/cfh_aech_roadmap_072004.pdf
ANA Position Paper On Computer-based Patient Record Standards (1995). Although
dated, this provides information about the CPR (current terminology is EHR)
that is still pertinent.
http://nursingworld.org/readroom/position/joint/jtcpri1.htm
CPRI-HOST Web Page. This organization combined with Healthcare Information
and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Information that was originally on their
page can be found by going to the site and searching using the letters CPRI.
(Information change October 14, 2003)
http://www.himss.org/ASP/index.asp
EHR Walk through. This site provides a user view of the Indian Health Service
Electronic Health Record. There are links to both a PDF File
and a Flash version. The latter downloads to the user's computer and can then
be played whenever a user wishes. This EHR is for outpatient service. Worthwhile
to look at and use with students. (Added May 7, 2005)
http://www.ihs.gov/cio/ehr/index.cfm?module=walkthru
Electronic medical records: Why their time has come. (2003). Although
an advertising brochure, this pdf file
has some excellent information about the electronic health record. (Added
October 11, 2003)
http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/reports/HCI-HIMMS-EMR.pdf
Institute of Medicine (1997) TheComputer-Based Patient Record (Revised
Edition). The complete book is available online.
http://www.nap.edu/html/computer/
Andrew, W. Dick, R. (1997). Computer-Based Patient Records Venturing Off
the Beaten Path: It's Time to Blaze New CPR Trails. An excellent article,
could be described as the definitive article, exploring what the CPR is, and
what it is not.
http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/issues/1997/05_97/cpr.htm
Institute of Medicine (2003). Key Capabilities of an Electronic Health
Record System. PDF File
Complete report detailing eight core capabilities that an electronic health
record should have.
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10781
Lander, L.M., & Daniel, A. (n.d.). The journey to the electronic health
record. A discussion of the possibilities for the "virtual health record"
together with a description of the components. (Added
October 8, 2003).
http://www.infotivity.com/dynamic.htm
Szende, A. (2001, October 1). A lifelong ehealth record. Canadian Healthcare
Manager. A description of the Health Information Network (HiNET), an electronic
record that is in use for pediatric patients in Ontario. HiNet's current database
includes 80,000 patients, 400,000 patient encounters and 1.5 million transactions.
(Added October 8, 2003)
http://www.chmonline.ca/issue/article.jsp?content=20011001_230095_9495
Siman, A. (2000, January). An agenda for the future: A national electronic
health records system. Healthcare Information Management & Communications
Canada, XIV(1). An excellent description of what a patient birth to death
electronic health record can accomplish. (Added October
7, 2003) PDF File
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ohih-bsi/pubs/coach/coach4_ehrdse_e.pdf
Walker, J. (2003, October). Clinical-information connectivity nationwide. Healthcare
Informatics. An excellent article that addresses how the Patient Safety
Institute is working with one state to insititute a forerunner of an electronic
health record. Presents an excellent way around the unique identifier problem.
(Added October 11, 2003)
http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/issues/2003/10_03/partnerships.htm
Digital Signatures Tutorial. Explains the criteria for a legal signature, then
explains how digital signature technology works, provides information about
public key certificates and closes with a discussion of challenges and opportunities.
(Added January 7, 2006)
http://www.abanet.org/scitech/ec/isc/dsg-tutorial.html
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This act went into
effect October 1, 2000. Full text is available. (Added
October 14, 2003)
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2001/06/esign7.htm
Grabbe, J. O. (n.d.) Digital signatures. This article is extremely informative
and offers visual aids to depict what encrytping looks like "behind the
scenes" of a digital signature. The information provided tot he reader
includes: digital signature process, how to perform a digital signature, how
messages are "crunched", what happens when a key error is made, and
the process for verifying signatures. A brief, but very good article that leaved
the reader with a better understanding of the digital process. (Added
October 8, 2003)
http://www.aci.net/kalliste/digsig.htm
Signature Update. An educational forum focused on the validity of
electronic signatures in the legal spectrum. Provides updates on electronic
signatures with information for each state.
http://www.reallegal.com/valueAddEsignatures.asp
UNCITRAL (A UN Group) Model Law on Electronic Signatures with Guide to Enactment
(2001). An 83 page PDF File
comprehensive report.
http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/electcom/ml-elecsig-e.pdf
Bailin, J. (2001). Ergonomics & Computer Injury: FAQs. This resource
contains some frequently asked questions about computers and ergonomics by Jonathan
Bailin, Ph.D. who specializes in Exercise Physiology /Ergonomics/ Biomechanics
Sports Medicine & Ergonomics.
http://www.netsci.org/Science/Special/feature01.html
Cornell University Ergonomics Web Site. This constantly updated site contains
links to many helpful items about ergonomics including a self help guide to
ergonomics, children's computer use, OSHA's April 2002 Ergonomics Plan, access
to a 52 minute video on The Mysteries of Ergonomics, and Research Studies.
Unlike too many Web Sites that just trumpet accomplishments, this one provides
real information.
http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/
Ergonomics at Work. From the University of California Berkeley, this site has
information about many aspects of ergonomics including its importance and symptoms
of difficulties (Program for Faculty & Staff), things to consider in a thorough
description of computer Ergonomics, and tips for supervisors. Although for faculty,
would be useful in any agency.
http://www.uhs.berkeley.edu/facstaff/ergonomics/
Healthy Computing. This website features information on many ergomically reltaed
topics such as keyboard placement, how far to sit from a monitor, and mobile
computing as well as providing information about various health related topics.
Also includes a buyers guide that describes various products. Well worth a look!
( Added August 30, 2003)
http://www.healthycomputing.com/
Mobile ergomics. This site presents information about ergonomic problems with
laptop computers, PDAs, and cell phones as well as tips for making their use
less likely to cause difficulties. (Added October 22,
2003)
http://www.healthycomputing.com/mobile/
Pillar, B. & Golumbic, N. (Eds.). (1993). Chapter 5, Applying Patient Care
Ergonomics to the Patient- Nurse-Machine Interaction Nursing Informatics: In
Nursing Informatics: Enhancing Patient Care. Bethseda, MD: National
Center for Nursing Research, 23-30. [Electronic Version]. This chapter, although
old, presents a good picture of ergonomic problems as well as areas that need
research. Still a valuable resource. Enter and select chapter 5 from the table
of contents. (Added October 21, 2003)
http://www.nih.gov/ninr/research/vol4/
Sweere, H. (2003, June). Ergomonics of the non-office. This article presents
some measurements that would be useful in designing a computer work station
that is used by many different people. (Added October
21, 2003)
http://www.ergoweb.com/news/detail.cfm?id=750.
Commission of the European Communities (2002). eEurope 2002: Quality Criteria for Health related Websites. Journal Medical Internet Researcy 4(2). Retrived March 25, 2003 from http://www.jmir.org/2002/3/e15
Hook, K. G., White, G. B. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements:
An Indpendent Study Module. Includes history of code, reasons for current
changes, the key interpretive statements, the significance of the code, and
application of the code to practice. (Added January
7, 2006)
http://nursingworld.org/mods/mod580/code.pdf
IMIA Code of Ethics for Informatics. http://www.imia.org/English_code_of_ethics.html
Links to Codes of Ethics for many different technological societies sponsored
by the Illinois Institute of Technology.
http://ethics.iit.edu/codes/codes_index.html
Medicine, Ethics & Medical Informatics (2001). This website was
prepared as a class project at the Oregon Health Sciences University. Besides
the introduction contains links to parts of the project concerned with areas
of study, definitions, electronic medical records, privacy & security, standardization,
artificial intelligence, telemedicine and research.
http://www.journeyofhearts.org/jofh/jofh_old/minf_528/intro.htm
Added August 8, 2003
Sage, W. M. (2000). Accountability through Information: What the Health
Care Industry Can Learn from Securities Regulation. A rather lengthy look
at the situation that the change in healthcare from a professional to a marketing
industry has created in terms of accountability.
http://www.milbank.org/0012sage.html
The Scope of Medical Informatics Ethics (2001). Paper prepared by a class that
enumerates the ethics of broad areas of informatics.
http://www.journeyofhearts.org/jofh/jofh_old/minf_528/areas.htm
Bakken, S., Campbell, K.E, Cimino, J.J.,Huff, S. M. Hammond, W.
E. (2000). Toward vocabulary domain specifications for health level 7—coded
data elements. Journal of the American Medical Association 7 (4), 333-342.
[Electronic Version]. Retrieved August 8, 2003 from
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=61438.
PDF File
available at
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&action=stream&blobtype=pdf&artid=61438
Health Level 7 Organization. The home page of the HL7 organization.
Links to much information about the group. Links under resources may be helpful.
http://www.hl7.org/
Hammond, E. (1997). Testimony before the National Committee on
Vital and Health Statistics [NCVHS], Subcommittee on Health Data Needs, Standards
and Security. Although a plea for understanding of the need for the NCVHS to
understand the need for standards there is much information about what HL7 is.
http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/970211t3.htm
Medical Application Integration (HL7 Interfacing). A easily understood
description of the need for HL7 with a link to a brief description of what HL7
is. Only accessible with Internet Explorer. In the definition, grammar refers
to the protocols for interchange and vocabulary for the terminology.
http://www.timesquared.net/HealthCare/HL7/
Frequently Asked Questions About the National Provider Identifier (NPI) (2000).
A list of questions and answers, many items here including information about
what it is, who needs an NPI, and how to get one. (Added
October 13, 2003)
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/faqnpi.htm
.
Final. HIPAA Privacy Rules
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996: Just an Incremental
Step in Reshaping Government. (2005). Article in Online Journal of Issues
in Nursing that looks at some of the possible and potential results of
the HIPAA regulations. (Added December 15, 2005)
http://nursingworld.org/ojin/tpclg/leg_16.htm
HIPAA Fact Sheets. There are many different fact sheets available here, mostly
addressing privacy. (Added October 5, 2004)
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
HIPAA Glossary. Terms are well defined in easy to understand language.
http://www.himinfo.com/howto/hipaa/glossary.cfm
HIPAA on HAND. A download for some PDAs that contains the Regulation Text of
the HIPAA Regulations & Standards for privacy. (Added
August 25, 2003)
http://www.pdacortex.com/HIPAA_on_HAND_Download.htm
HIPAA Privacy Summary (2003). Written in easy to understand language.
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacysummary.pdf
Frequently asked questions about a National Provider Identifier. Although HIPAA
originally required this, it is currently on hold.
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/faqnpi.htm
Unique Health Identifier for Individuals: A White Paper from US HEW that examines
the need for a unique health identifier. (Added January
7, 2006)
http://www.epic.org/privacy/medical/hhs-id-798.html
Ambler, S. (2000). User Interface Design: Tips and Techniques. A PDF File
16 pages in length. Introduction addresses the economics of a good user interface.
Details 20 items that should be considered in design. Discusses prototyping
and interface flow diagrams. The summary presents bulleted points for general
guidelines, screen design, and prototyping.
http://www.fiit.stuba.sk/~bielik/courses/psi-slov/material/ui-design.pdf
Human Computer Interaction. This site features a full online book devoted to
the teaching of this issue by the Association for Computing Machinery and the
IEEE Computer Society. Chapter 2, Human Computer Interaction is especially valuable
to anyone interested in this phenomenon. Includes a detailed description, a
brief history, and the nature of human-computer interaction.
http://sigchi.org/cdg/
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) page for Health IT. Many
informative links here to government projects in relation to informatics. (Added
September 29, 2005)
http://healthit.ahrq.gov/home/index.html
Department of Health and Human Services (2003). Federal government announces first federal egov health information exchange standards. Standards that will be used in the National Information Infrastructure as part of the administrations eGov initiative. (Added October 15, 2003) http://www.os.dhhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030321a.html
Information for Health: A Strategy for Building the National Health Information
Infrastructure (2001). The full report and recommendations from the national
committee on vital and health statistics. (Added May
26, 2004)
http://www.aspe.hhs.gov/sp/nhii/Documents/NHIIReport2001/default.htm
National Health Information Infrastructure Web Page. Use this page to keep
up on current happenings. (Added May 26, 2004)
http://www.aspe.hhs.gov/sp/nhii/
Summary of Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Request for Information
(RFI) Responses. In November 2004, the the Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a Request for Information (RFI).
This report summarizes the 5,000 pages that resulted. It was released June 5,
2005. (Added June 6, 2005)
http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/rfisummaryreport.pdf
Stergiou C. & Siganos, D. (1996) Neural networks. An easily understood
introduction to Artificial Neural Networks.
http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~nd/surprise_96/journal/vol4/cs11/report.html
AHRQ Web M & M site (Morbidity and Mortality).This AHRQ sponsored site
is an online journal and forum on patient safety and health care quality. There
is expert analysis of medical errors reported anonymously by readers, interactive
learning modules on patient safety ("Spotlight Cases"), and forums
for online discussion. CME credit is available. To submit a case one must register,
but registration is free. (Added November 23, 2003)
http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/
The National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) site presents a comprehensive
site for much information related to patient safety including a glossary, description
of a root cause analysis and several other topics. Has active participation
by VA hospitals. Very useful site! (Added October 4,
2003)
http://www.patientsafety.gov/index.html
Ease of Use. Ten rights of users. (Added February 12,
2006)
http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/publish/12
Head, A. J. (2003). Personas: Setting the Stage for Building Usable Information
Sites. This article describes how to create a persona, or composite person,
to use when desiging Web sites. This same approach could be used in designing
user interfaces in information systems. Added September
4, 2003
http://www.infotoday.com/online/jul03/head.shtml
Kushniruk, A. W., Patel , V. L., & Cimino, J. J. (1998). Usability
testing in medical informatics: Cognitive approaches to evaluation of information
systems and user interfaces. An excellent pdf
article that describes how to evaluate systems for cognitive usability. (Added
October 20, 2003)
http://www.dbmi.columbia.edu/cimino/Publications/1997%20-%20SCAMC%20-%20Usability%20Testing%20in%20Medical%20Informatics%20-%20Cognitive%20Approaches%20to%20Evaluation%20of%20Information%20Systems%20and%20User%20Interfaces.pdf
Nielsen, Jakob, Ten Usability Heuristics. Ten general rules of thumb for usability in computer interfaces. (Added February 12, 2006) http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html
Snyder, Carolyn (2003). Six Signs You Should Use Paper Prototyping. An excellent
paper explaining not only when to use paper prototyping, but how. Great way
to ensure good usability. (Added May 26, 2006)
http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2003/12/23/sixSigns.html
Usability First. Although theoretically designed primarily for Web Site designers,
this is valuable information for any software designer. Best information is
found by scrolling down and clicking on "Introduction to Usability"
and "Glossary."
http://www.usabilityfirst.com/
User Interface Analysis (1999). This is a series of detailed papers that present
ideas for what to explore when designing a user interface. As contrasted with
the Head article above, this site recommends using real persons. Although written
for a business audience, the items listed can easily be changed to meet healthcare
needs. It should be helpful in making syystems that do not impede work flow.
(Added October 15, 2004)
http://www.uidesign.net/1999/papers/UIA1.html
More references for usability can be found on the Chapter 7 page
(These references are from the chapter. This list only include the ones that are still available. Please report broken links to Linda Q. Thede)
Ambler, S. (2000). User interface design: Tips and Techniques. Retrieved April
8, 2002 from
http://www.ambysoft.com/userInterfaceDesign.html.
Baillin, J. (1995). Ergonomics & Computer Injury: FAQs. Retrieved April 8,
2002 from
http://www.netsci.org/Science/Special/feature01.html.
Code of Ethics for Health Informatics Professionals (2001). PDF File.
Retrieved April 10, 2002 from
http://www.imia.org/pubdocs/Code_of_ethics.pdf
CUErgno. (2001). Ideal typing posture: Negative slope keyboard support. .
Figure 19-1 on page 329. Retrieved October 10, 2003. (Change in URL)
http://128.253.253.139/ahtutorials/tutorialimages/idealtyping.jpeg
DOH Medicaid Update (2001). Retrieved April 6, 2002 from
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/mancare/omm/2001/mar2001.htm.
(No longer available)
HHS Fact Sheet.(2002). Administrative simplification under HIPAA: National
standards for transactions, security and privacy. Retrieved April 6, 2002 from
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/hipaa.html.
Real Legal E-Transcript (2002). Retrieved April 8, 2002 from
http://www.reallegal.com/sigsindepth.asp
Now at http://www.reallegal.com/index.asp
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