Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
Tinnitus, characterized by the perception of ringing or buzzing in the ears, significantly affects millions globally and negatively impacts their quality of life. Current management strategies vary in effectiveness, underscoring the need for precise,...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
Anomaly detection methods in time series data can play a pivotal role in epidemic surveillance Early Warning Systems (EWS). Statistical and rules-based methods have been traditionally employed in such systems, but are challenged by data dynamics and ...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
Equitable distribution of physicians across specialties is a significant public health challenge. While previous studies primarily relied on classic statistics models to estimate factors affecting medical students' career choices, this study explores...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
Hospital readmissions are a major challenge for healthcare systems, leading to increased costs and adverse patient outcomes. Predicting which patients are at risk of readmission is critical for improving care and optimizing resource allocation. This ...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
Clinical routine data is a valuable resource for research and analysis in hospitals. Even though regulations allow access within a clinical system, decentralized research with up-to-date data remains a problem limited by privacy concerns. Synthetic d...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
We propose XGBOrdinal, an extension of XGBoost designed for ordinal classification problems commonly found in fields like medicine, where outcomes are often represented as scores, scales, stages, or grades. The proposed approach builds on the theoret...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
This paper examines how two health regions in Norway adopted different strategies for implementing commercial AI algorithms to outline. One region employs a top-down, research-driven approach, while the other takes a bottom-up, innovation-focused app...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
Proactive and ongoing monitoring of AI systems, or algorithmovigilance, is essential for mitigating patient safety risks from AI in healthcare. In this study, we describe the information needs for an AI monitoring and operations system and provide de...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
Several research institutions nowadays collaboratively conduct many scientific projects. Within a national Italian initiative on robotic rehabilitation, this study aims to develop new collaborations that can support the project's missions. Bibliograp...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
Discussions about the benefits of admitting very old individuals to intensive care unit (ICU) remain challenging. We hypothesized that data-driven algorithms could leverage extensive real-life data to provide more accurate long-term predictions. Our ...