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eHealth tools to provide structured assistance for Atrial Fibrillation Screening, Management And guideline Recommended Therapy in metropolitan general practice: the AF-SMART study (2018)
Journal Article
Orchard, J., Neubeck, L., Freedman, B., Li, J., Webster, R., Zwar, N., Gallagher, R., Ferguson, C., & Lowres, N. (2019). eHealth tools to provide structured assistance for Atrial Fibrillation Screening, Management And guideline Recommended Therapy in metropolitan general practice: the AF-SMART study. Journal of the American Heart Association JAHA, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.118.010959

Background: This eHealth implementation study aimed to evaluate strategies to promote opportunistic atrial fibrillation (AF) screening using electronic screening prompts and improve treatment using electronic decision support software (EDS).
Method... Read More about eHealth tools to provide structured assistance for Atrial Fibrillation Screening, Management And guideline Recommended Therapy in metropolitan general practice: the AF-SMART study.

How data science can advance mental health research (2018)
Journal Article
Russ, T. C., Woelbert, E., Davis, K. A. S., Hafferty, J. D., Ibrahim, Z., Inkster, B., John, A., Lee, W., Maxwell, M., McIntosh, A. M., Stewart, R., & MQ Data Science Group. (2018). How data science can advance mental health research. Nature Human Behaviour, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0470-9

Accessibility of powerful computers and availability of so-called big data from a variety of sources means that data science approaches are becoming pervasive. However, their application in mental health research is often considered to be at an earli... Read More about How data science can advance mental health research.

White paper on inequalities and unmet needs in the detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) and use of therapies to prevent AF-related stroke in Europe (2018)
Report
Camm, J., Antoniou, S., Caso, V., Doehner, W., Eisle, J.-L., Engdahl, J., Koob, S., Lobban, T., Neubeck, L., Rosenqvist, M., & Vanhooren, G. (2018). White paper on inequalities and unmet needs in the detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) and use of therapies to prevent AF-related stroke in Europe. BMS–Pfizer Alliance

No abstract available.

Open-source Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Asthma Hospitalisation Rates (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rooney, L., Chute, C., Buchanan, W. J., Smales, A., & Hepburn, L.-A. (2018, November). Open-source Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Asthma Hospitalisation Rates. Presented at Global Health 2018, Athens, Greece

Long-term conditions in Scotland account for 80% of all GP consultations; they also account for 60% of all deaths in Scotland. Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are common long-term respiratory diseases [1]. Asthma is a heteroge... Read More about Open-source Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Asthma Hospitalisation Rates.

Increasing The Uptake Of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Within Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cartledge, S., Bray, J. E., Stubb, D., Finn, J., & Neubeck, L. (2018, November). Increasing The Uptake Of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Within Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs. Presented at American Heart Association

Introduction: Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs provide an ideal environment to deliver targeted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training to cardiac patients and their family members. However, the prevalence of CPR training in Australian... Read More about Increasing The Uptake Of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training Within Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs.

Atrial Fibrillation Screen, Management And Guideline Recommended Therapy (AF SMART II) in the rural primary care setting: an implementation study protocol (2018)
Journal Article
Orchard, J. J., Neubeck, L., Freedman, B., Webster, R., Patel, A., Gallagher, R., Li, J., Hespe, C. M., Ferguson, C., Zwar, N., & Lowres, N. (2018). Atrial Fibrillation Screen, Management And Guideline Recommended Therapy (AF SMART II) in the rural primary care setting: an implementation study protocol. BMJ Open, 8(10), Article e023130. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023130

Introduction: Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) in people ≥65 years is now recommended by guidelines and expert consensus. While AF is often asymptomatic, it is the most common heart arrhythmia and is associated with increased risk of stroke. Ea... Read More about Atrial Fibrillation Screen, Management And Guideline Recommended Therapy (AF SMART II) in the rural primary care setting: an implementation study protocol.

Interference graphs to monitor and control schedules in low-power WPAN (2018)
Journal Article
van der Lee, T., Liotta, A., & Exarchakos, G. (2019). Interference graphs to monitor and control schedules in low-power WPAN. Future Generation Computer Systems, 93, 111-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2018.10.014

Highlights
• This study presents the complete and slotted interference graph model.
• The service uses the complete interference graph to evaluate the network.
• Slotted interference graphs are used to reschedule problematic connections.
• Rea... Read More about Interference graphs to monitor and control schedules in low-power WPAN.

Media Depictions of “Unacceptable” Workplace Violence towards Nurses (2018)
Journal Article
Hoyle, L., Smith, E., Mahoney, C., & Kyle, R. (2018). Media Depictions of “Unacceptable” Workplace Violence towards Nurses. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, https://doi.org/10.1177/1527154418802488

Violence and aggression towards nurses are global concerns. Despite repeated research on causal factors and widespread “zero tolerance” campaigns, rates of violence and aggression have not declined. Violence and aggression towards nurses can negativ... Read More about Media Depictions of “Unacceptable” Workplace Violence towards Nurses.

Scottish National Inquiry on Atrial Fibrillation. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neubeck, L., Barclay, K., Dunn, M., Oliver, C., Armitage, W., Hudson, P., Bruce, J., Grubb, N., & Quinn, T. J. (2018, August). Scottish National Inquiry on Atrial Fibrillation. Paper presented at Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association ASM (Prize Session Finalist)

Background: Understanding Atrial Fibrillation (AF) management in Scotland was identified as a key priority at the Cross Party Group for Heart Disease and Stroke which meets regularly at the Scottish Parliament. Therefore, a national inquiry was launc... Read More about Scottish National Inquiry on Atrial Fibrillation..

Implementing telemonitoring in primary care: learning from a large qualitative dataset gathered during a series of studies (2018)
Journal Article
Hanley, J., Pinnock, H., Paterson, M., & McKinstry, B. (2018). Implementing telemonitoring in primary care: learning from a large qualitative dataset gathered during a series of studies. BMC Family Practice, 19(1), 118. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-018-0814-6

Background: Telemonitoring for long term conditions such as hypertension and diabetes has not been widely adopted despite evidence of efficacy in trials and policy support. The Telescot programme comprised a series of seven trials and observational s... Read More about Implementing telemonitoring in primary care: learning from a large qualitative dataset gathered during a series of studies.

Transforming Care After Treatment Partnership, Integration and Co-ordination (2018)
Report
Campbell, K., & Johnston, L. (2018). Transforming Care After Treatment Partnership, Integration and Co-ordination. Scotland: Macmillan Cancer Support

This Bulletin presents the evidence and learning on the implementation of holistic needs assessment (HNA) within 11 completed local projects from the national evaluative perspective. The data sources used are given in Appendix One.
It focuses on dif... Read More about Transforming Care After Treatment Partnership, Integration and Co-ordination.

Low-Cost Body Area Network for Monitoring of Diabetic Patient (2018)
Book Chapter
Huzooree, G., Khedo, K. K., & Joonas, N. (2018). Low-Cost Body Area Network for Monitoring of Diabetic Patient. In Design and Development of Affordable Healthcare Technologies (135-164). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4969-7.ch006

The confluence of wireless body area network (WBAN) advancement has led to a great shift in the healthcare sector and has enormous potential to reduce long-term costs, social problems, workforce issues, and improve quality of healthcare service. Base... Read More about Low-Cost Body Area Network for Monitoring of Diabetic Patient.

An international recommendation framework of core competencies in health informatics for nurses. (2018)
Journal Article
Hübner, U., Shaw, T., Thye, J., Egbert, N., Marin, H. D. F., Chang, P., O’Connor, S., Day, K., Honey, M., Blake, R., Hovenga, E., Skiba, D., & Ball, M. (2018). An international recommendation framework of core competencies in health informatics for nurses. Methods of Information in Medicine, 57(S01), e30-e42. https://doi.org/10.3414/me17-01-0155

Background: While health informatics recommendations on competencies and education serve as highly desirable corridors for designing curricula and courses, they cannot show how the content should be situated in a specific and local context. Therefore... Read More about An international recommendation framework of core competencies in health informatics for nurses..

Mobile technology utilization among patients from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds attending cardiac rehabilitation. (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, L., Ding, D., Neubeck, L., Gallagher, P., Paull, G., Gao, Y., & Gallagher, R. (2018). Mobile technology utilization among patients from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds attending cardiac rehabilitation. JMIR Cardio, 2(1), Article e13. https://doi.org/10.2196/cardio.9424

Background: Barriers to attending cardiac rehabilitation (CR), including cultural and linguistic differences, may be addressed
by recent technological developments. However, the feasibility of using these approaches in culturally and linguistically... Read More about Mobile technology utilization among patients from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds attending cardiac rehabilitation..

Atrial fibrillation: is there enough evidence to recommend opportunistic or systematic screening? (2018)
Journal Article
Orchard, J., Lowres, N., Neubeck, L., & Freedman, B. (2018). Atrial fibrillation: is there enough evidence to recommend opportunistic or systematic screening?. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47(5), 1372-1378. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy111

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart arrhythmia, the prevalence rising with age to 18% for those aged  ≥85 years. It is associated with a 5-fold higher likelihood of stroke, a doubling of mortality and an increased likelihood of heart fa... Read More about Atrial fibrillation: is there enough evidence to recommend opportunistic or systematic screening?.

Scalable training of artificial neural networks with adaptive sparse connectivity inspired by network science (2018)
Journal Article
Mocanu, D. C., Mocanu, E., Stone, P., Nguyen, P. H., Gibescu, M., & Liotta, A. (2018). Scalable training of artificial neural networks with adaptive sparse connectivity inspired by network science. Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 2383. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04316-3

Through the success of deep learning in various domains, artificial neural networks are currently among the most used artificial intelligence methods. Taking inspiration from the network properties of biological neural networks (e.g. sparsity, scale-... Read More about Scalable training of artificial neural networks with adaptive sparse connectivity inspired by network science.

An Edge-Based Architecture to Support Efficient Applications for Healthcare Industry 4.0 (2018)
Journal Article
Pace, P., Aloi, G., Gravina, R., Caliciuri, G., Fortino, G., & Liotta, A. (2019). An Edge-Based Architecture to Support Efficient Applications for Healthcare Industry 4.0. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 15(1), 481-489. https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2018.2843169

Edge computing paradigm has attracted many interests in the last few years as a valid alternative to the standard cloud-based approaches to reduce the interaction timing and the huge amount of data coming from Internet of Things (IoT) devices toward... Read More about An Edge-Based Architecture to Support Efficient Applications for Healthcare Industry 4.0.