Sökning: "Medical healthcare"

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  1. 1. Medical Device Innovation : The integrated processes of invention, diffusion and deployment

    Författare :Kerstin Roback; Jan Persson; Stuart S. Blume; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Innovation; Medical technical products; Spread; Technique use; Technical development; Social change; Innovation; Medicintekniska produkter; Spridning; Teknikanvändning; Seknisk utveckling; Social förändring; Medical engineering; Medicinsk teknik;

    Sammanfattning : An increased use of medical devices has been assumed to be a major cause of rising healthcare expenditures. Nations around the world are trying to keep costs down, but strong incentives still exist for the development and use of new devices. Innovation is, however, never exclusively good or bad and it is not easy to evaluate the net effect. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Advancing Clinical Decision Support Using Machine Learning & the Internet of Medical Things : Enhancing COVID-19 & Early Sepsis Detection

    Författare :Mahbub Ul Alam; Rahim Rahmani; Jaakko Hollmén; Sadok Ben Yahia; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Internet of Medical Things; Patient-Centric Healthcare; Clinical Decision Support System; Predictive Modeling in Healthcare; Health Informatics; Healthcare analytics; COVID-19; Sepsis; COVID-19 Detection; Early Sepsis Detection; Lung Segmentation Detection; Medical Data Annotation Scarcity; Medical Data Sparsity; Medical Data Heterogeneity; Medical Data Security Privacy; Practical Usability Enhancement; Low-End Device Adaptability; Medical Significance; Interpretability; Visualization; LIME; SHAP; Grad-CAM; LRP; Electronic Health Records; Thermal Image; Tabular Medical Data; Chest X-ray; Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Federated Learning; Semi-Supervised Machine Learning; Multi-Task Learning; Transfer Learning; Multi-Modality; Natural Language Processing; ClinicalBERT; GAN; data- och systemvetenskap; Computer and Systems Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents a critical examination of the positive impact of Machine Learning (ML) and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) for advancing the Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) in the context of COVID-19 and early sepsis detection.It emphasizes the transition towards patient-centric healthcare systems, which necessitate personalized and participatory care—a transition that could be facilitated by these emerging fields. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Explorations of the Relationship Between the right to Make Decisions and Moral Responsibility in Healthcare

    Författare :Thomas Hartvigsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; autonomy; moral responsibility; informed consent; adolescence; family; mental disorder; ethics; criminal responsibility; bioethics; medical ethics; healthcare;

    Sammanfattning : People intuitively think that there is a strong connection between having a right to make decisions and to be morally responsible for those decisions. This thesis explores the relationship between these notions in the context of healthcare. The exploration particularly focuses on what I call fringe decisional agents, e.g. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Managers in healthcare organizations and their interactions with the media

    Författare :Maria Wramsten Wilmar; Lotta Dellve; Christian Jacobsson; Christer Sandahl; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Healthcare; Managers; The media; Interaction; Personification;

    Sammanfattning : Background: The combination of three forces, the organizations’ desire for visibility, the citizens’ interest in the HSOs and the increasing pressure upon journalists to attract the interest of the audiences have all contributed to the fact that HSO managers nowadays have more interactions with the media than ever before.Aim: The aim of this thesis is to gain a deeper knowledge about HSO managers’ interaction with the media; their experience of the interaction, strategies and support. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Antibacterial elastomeric materials for biomedical applications

    Författare :Annija Stepulane; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; hydrogels; antibacterial coating; polydimethylsiloxane; elastomer blends; drug-delivery; antimicrobial peptides;

    Sammanfattning : An ageing population in combination with scientific and clinical advancements have led to a steady increase in the use of medical devices. Elastomeric biomaterials – materials displaying rubber-like mechanics – have found widespread applicability in the production of both short- and long-term medical devices. LÄS MER