Browsing Department of Information Science and Media Studies by Journals "Studies in Health Technology and Informatics"
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A-Test Method for Quantifying Structural Risk and Learning Capacity of Supervised Machine Learning Methods
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This paper presents an original method for studying the performance of the supervised Machine Learning (ML) methods, the A-Test method. The method offers the possibility of investigating the structural risk as well as the ... -
Assessment of HIV Data Reporting Performance by Facilities During EMR Systems Implementations in Kenya
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)There is little evidence that implementations of Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMRs) are associated with better reporting completeness and timeliness of HIV routine data to the national aggregate system. We analyzed ... -
Distinguishing Septal Heart Defects from the Valvular Regurgitation Using Intelligent Phonocardiography
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper presents an original machine learning method for extracting diagnostic medical information from heart sound recordings. The method is proposed to be integrated with an intelligent phonocardiography in order to ... -
Health Facility Ownership Type and Performance on HIV Indicator Data Reporting in Kenya
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In low- and middle-income countries, private and public facilities tend to have highly variable characteristics, which might affect their performance in meeting reporting requirements mandated by ministries of health. There ... -
Integrating Socially Assistive Robots into Japanese Nursing Care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper presents experiences of integrating assistive robots in Japanese nursing care through semi-structured interviews and site observations at three nursing homes in Japan during the year 2019. The study looked at ... -
Integrating Socially Assistive Robots into Japanese Nursing Care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper presents experiences of integrating assistive robots in Japanese nursing care through semi-structured interviews and site observations at three nursing homes in Japan during the spring of 2019. The study looked ... -
Intellicor: Mobile Design for Monitoring Phonographic Signals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)A mobile and web-based prototype was developed to explore utility of heart sound data in the context of patient self-monitoring. There are not many applications available despite measurement equipment that can be purchased. ... -
K-Means Clustering in Monitoring Facility Reporting of HIV Indicator Data: Case of Kenya
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Health management information systems (HMISs) in low- and middle-income countries have been used to collect large amounts of data after years of implementation, especially in support of HIV care services. National-level ...