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The Blue Button Project: Engaging Patients in Healthcare by a Click of a Button
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American Health Information Management Association
, 2015 , Article)
The Blue Button project has become a way for many Americans to download their health records by just a click in any way that suits them, such as in print, on a thumb drive, or on their mobile devices and smartphones. Several ...
Health Informatics - Introduction
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American Society for Medical Technology
, 2015 , Article)
Health informatics is a wide-ranging science incorporating the complex mixture of people, organizations, illnesses, patient care and treatment. It is a scientific field that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and ...
Evolution of the Web and its Uses in Healthcare
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American Society for Medical Technology
, 2015 , Article)
Before the Internet, people obtained health information
from consulting a healthcare provider, books, magazines and newspapers or simply by asking family
and friends. Nowadays, the internet has become a major source ...
Detection and Genotyping of Torque Teno Virus (TTV) in Healthy Blood Donors and Patients Infected With HBV or HCV in Qatar
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Wiley Periodicals, Inc
, 2015 , Article)
Torque Teno virus (TTV) has been associated
with non A–G hepatitis. The goal of this study
was to estimate the infection rates and genotypic
characteristics of TTV in the State of Qatar.
A total of 644 blood samples ...
Early Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency in School Children: A Qatari Experience
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OMICS Publishing Group
, 2015 , Article)
Objective: Iron deficiency still remains the most common nutritional deficiency throughout the world and is the
leading cause of anaemia in children. Early recognition of iron deficiency, even before the development of ...
Socioeconomic, demographic, housing and health conditions of Qatari women by status of marriage and implications for family polices
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2015 , Article)
This study addressed the problems and issues facing the Qatari family in the wake of rapid socio-economic development. The study explored housing conditions, health conditions and economic conditions of Qatari women as ...
Patient-Physician Relationship and the Role of Clinical Decision Support Systems
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American Society for Medical Technology
, 2015 , Article)
In the last quarter of the twentieth century rapid development in the biological, medical, and
pharmaceutical sciences has taken place and is continually developing causing a considerable
broadening and deepening in the ...
Editorial: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Inhibitors: Blocking Angiogenesis and Improving Outcomes.
(
OMICS International
, 2015 , Article)
Tumor tissues are just like normal tissues; require nutrients, oxygen
and the ability to evacuate waste products and CO2, the process of
angiogenesis or (tumor-associated vascularization) addresses these
needs to tumor ...
Healthcare and Education in Qatar
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The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
, 2015 , Article)
In mid-2011, I received an invitation from the Biomedical
Sciences program at Qatar University to serve as an external
reviewer. Recognized as an expert in medical laboratory
science education and accreditation, I was ...
Myocardial ischemic subject's thymus fat: A novel source of multipotent stromal cells
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Public Library of Science
, 2015 , Article)
Objective Adipose Tissue Stromal Cells (ASCs) have important clinical applications in the regenerative medicine, cell replacement and gene therapies. Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue (SAT) is the most common source of these ...