The upcoming design and implementation of the new generation of 5G cellular systems, jointly with the multiple wireless communication systems that nowadays coexist within vehicular environments, leads to Heterogeneous Network challenging urban scenarios. In this framework, user's Radiofrequency Ele...

The use of wearable tools for health self-quantification (SQ) introduces new ways of thinking about one's body and about how to achieve desired health outcomes. Measurements from individuals, such as heart rate, respiratory volume, skin temperature, sleep, mood, blood pressure, food consumed, and q...

COVID-19 is one of the biggest pandemics in human history, along with other disease pandemics, such as the H1N1 influenza A, bubonic plague, and smallpox pandemics. This study is a small contribution that tries to find contrasted formulas to alleviate global suffering and guarantee a more manageabl...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the absorption in a user's head of an electromagnetic field (EMF) emitted by the Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth module of a wearable small Internet of Things (IoT) electronic device (emitting EMF of up to 100 mW), in order to test the hypothesis that EMF has an insigni...

The International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI) is the Academy of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA). As an international forum for peers in biomedical and health informatics, the Academy shall play an important role in exchanging knowledge, providing educatio...

The taxonomic position of an unknown bacterial strain designated CNM695-12, isolated from the blood of an immunocompromised subject, was investigated via phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, genotypic and genomic analyses. Bacterial cells were determined to be Gram-stain-negative bacilli, aerobic, non-motil...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) whole-genome analysis has identified five large clades worldwide which emerged in 2019(19A and 19B) and in 2020 (20A, 20B, and 20C). This study aimed to analyze the dif-fusion of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain using maximum-likelihood phylogenetic a...

Acaba de publicarse la nueva versión de la serie de normas UNE-EN ISO 13606, sobre comunicación de la historia clínica. Unos documentos que permiten la transferencia de información entre sistemas y que resultan de vital importancia en el panorama científico actual para servir de base a los sis...

The availability of electronic health data favors scientific advance through the creation of repositories for secondary use. Data anonymization is a mandatory step to comply with current legislation. A service for the pseudonymization of electronic healthcare record (EHR) extracts aimed at facilita...

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is frequent and often coexists with other diseases. The aim of this study was to quantify the prevalence of COPD and related chronic comorbidity among patients aged over 40 years visiting family practices in an area of Madrid. Methods: An obs...

OBJECTIVES: To summarize the major activities of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI) from 2018 until 2019, and to provide an outline of actions planned for 2020. METHOD: Reporting about these activities and actions by the members of the Academy's first Board. RESULTS: A...

Background: Different studies have suggested that web search data are useful in forecasting several phenomena from the field of economics to epidemiology or health issues. Objective: This study aimed to (1) evaluate the correlation between suicide rates released by the Spanish National Statistics I...

Objetivo En este artículo se expone el desarrollo de un modelo de aprendizaje electrónico realizado en la Escuela Nacional de Sanidad por especialistas de diferentes disciplinas (salud pública, pedagogía, informática, administración, gestión y calidad). Material y métodosEl proyecto se dividió en 4...

A methodology is presented for a smooth, orderly implementation of specific e-Health services for monitoring chronic patients outside of the hospital setting. Identified as a stage-gate model for the management of the overall implementation process, this methodology is presented formally structured...

[ES] Fundamento: Teniendo en cuenta que una de las misiones de la Red Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica es aportar información para la acción, se hace imprescindible su difusión en tiempo oportuno. El objetivo de este trabajo es conocer el contenido de las páginas web del Centro Nacional de Epi...

The aim is to evaluate specific absorption rate (SAR) values from exposure near handheld ultra-high frequency radiofrequency identification readers (UHF RFID guns-small electronic devices, or even portable computers with relevant accessories-emitting up to several watts of electromagnetic field (EM...

There is a growing need to implement and evaluate the technological solutions that allow the early detection of age-related frailty and enable assessment of the predictive values of frailty components. The broad use of these solutions may ensure an efficient and sustainable response of health and s...

Qué es el liderazgo. Liderazgo en Investigación en enfermería. Investen-isciii. Liderazgo en Investigación y profesionalismo en Salud Digital. Ejemplos de liderazgo. La Convergencia de la Revolución Digital y la Medicina. Liderazgo de los pacientes Salud Participativa. Profesionalismo en Salud Digi...

Los hospitales y centros de atención sanitaria están experimentando una notable implantación de nuevos sistemas inteligentes basados en tecnologías radiantes para localización e identificación de material, instrumentación e incluso de pacientes

For Review Personal exposure meters (PEMs) for measuring exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) are typically used in epidemiological studies. As it is known, these measurement devices introduce a perturbation of the real EMF exposure levels due to the presence of the human body in its immediate ...