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Residential aged care homes have, or are in the process of implementing, electronic health record (EHR) systems to improve quality of care and reduce cost. For the system to deliver benefits, it must support nursing tasks and be seamlessly integrated into the nursing workflow. To identify whether and how an EHR system can do this most effectively, direct observation was conducted in a residential aged care home on nurses’ use of EHR for wound care. The work processes of wound care and its documentation were investigated. Problems in the use of EHR were identified: 1) functional deficiencies of the EHR system which included a lack of functions to remind nurses of the existence of a wound chart, unavailability of an existent function when needed and a lack of sufficient detail in the information provided; 2) a lack of mobile devices to allow nurses to access the EHR system at the point-of-care, resulting in nurses using paper for point-of-care documentation. The findings suggest that continuous improvement in both the EHR system and its management is required to achieve integration of people, task, process and technology for the optimal benefits of EHR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the internationalisation of regulatory requirements for health practices. It states that the harmonisation of the content of the papers submitted to health authorities are necessary for patient, industry, public health and economy. It argues that the inauguration of the International Harmonisation (ICH) in the European Union during the 1970s facilitated in the harmonisation of the registration files and the creation of the common application format (CTD).

Model tracing and constraint-based modeling are two prominent paradigms on which intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) have been based. We Kodaganallur, Weitz and Rosenthal (2005), have written a paper comparing the two paradigms, and offering guidance based on this comparison to prospective authors of ITSs. In a detailed critique of our paper, Mitrovic and Ohlsson (2006) have taken issue with many of our observations and conclusions. In this work we refute their critique and provide a more general, critical assessment of constraint-based modeling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Relates the adoption of White Paper on a common policy in the transport sector by the European Commission. Lists of challenges faced by the European transport system; Recommendation of measures to counteract problems; Concern of the European Union Road Federation.

The article announces several awards which include best poster award to Intelligent Event Management with Bluetooth Sensors Networks, best demo award to Personalized In-Vehicle Information Systems: Buildingand Application Infastructure for Smart Cars in Smart Spaces and best paper to An Approach for Secure Role Assignment.