OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Health Informatics Journal is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Systematic review of machine learning applications in the early prediction and management of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia	61
Enhancing maternal nutrition: The development of Doojan, a gamified mHealth app for pregnant women	47
11th Panhellenic Conference on Biomedical Technology & 2nd Panhellenic Conference of Physical Sciences in Health: Innovations and Perspectives	45
Workshop on evaluating medical apps using the mobile app Rubric for learning	35
Multimodal representation learning for medical analytics - a systematic literature review	28
The usability and effect of an mHealth disease management platform on the quality of life of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation – The emPOWERD-AF study	26
Using virtual reality technology to prevent substance misuse and violence among university students: A pilot and feasibility study	25
Presentation suitability and readability of ChatGPT’s medical responses to patient questions about on knee osteoarthritis	22
Developing and validating a predictive model for future emergency hospital admissions	21
Use of daily posture and activity tracking to assess sedentary behavior, toss-and-turns, and sleep duration of independently living Thai seniors	20
Development and validation of a progressive web application to educate partial denture wearers	20
Attitudes of patients and mental health professionals towards hypothetical use of serious games in psychotherapy	19
Epid data explorer: A visualization tool for exploring and comparing spatio-temporal epidemiological data	19
The development of an IT-based intervention to support a healthy postpartum lifestyle through behavioral change	19
Identifying and prioritizing the key performance indicators for hospital management dashboard at a national level: Viewpoint of hospital managers	18
Co-designing of a prototype mobile application for fetal radiation dose monitoring among pregnant radiographers using a design thinking approach	16
Demonstrating the data integrity of routinely collected healthcare systems data for clinical trials (DEDICaTe): A proof-of-concept study	15
Pathways to usage intention of mobile health apps among hypertensive patients: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis	15
Improving audit and feedback: A user-centred approach to designing feedback techniques for an online experiment	15
An indoor location-based hospital porter management system and trace analysis	14
Knowledge, attitudes and associated factors to use district health information system among healthcare providers in Illu Aba Bora zone, South West of Ethiopia	14
Identifying adverse drug reactions from patient reviews on social media using natural language processing	13
Critical risk and success factors for sustainability of an electronic health data capture, processing and dissemination platform for Uganda	13
Prediction of diabetes prescription volumes of various geographies using regression techniques	12
Smart variant filtering - A blueprint solution for massively parallel sequencing-based variant analysis	12

Automatically identifying opioid use disorder in non-cancer patients on chronic opioid therapy	12
Real-world data analysis for the association of glucose control and mortality in critically ill patients	12
The effect of an integrated electronic medical record system on malaria out-patient case management in a Ugandan health facility	12
Analysis of total RNA as a potential biomarker of developmental neurotoxicity in silico	12
Building the foundation for immunization information system interoperability: Lessons from the Canadian context	12
Paediatric orthopaedic expert system	12
Safe at home: Acceptance of surveillance technology among caregivers for persons with dementia	11
Validation of a Korean version of mobile app rating scale (MARS) for apps targeting disease management	11
Brief cognitive-behavioral training for tinnitus relief using a mobile application: A pilot open trial	11
Comparison of machine learning models to predict complications of bariatric surgery: A systematic review	11
Using a natural language processing toolkit to classify electronic health records by psychiatric diagnosis	10
Why developers matter: The case of patient portals	10
Prescribers’ reported acceptance and use of drug-drug interaction alerts: An Australian survey	10
A web-based platform for studying the impact of artificial intelligence in video capsule endoscopy	10
The association between information technology sophistication and patient portal use: A cross sectional study in Eastern North Carolina	9
Identification of mycoplasma pneumonia in children based on fusion of multi-modal clinical free-text description and structured test data	9
The design, development and usability testing of a smartphone-based mobile system for management of children’s oral health	9
Prevalence and patterns of mobile device usage among physicians in clinical practice: A systematic review	9
Comparative analysis of machine learning algorithms for predicting diarrhea among under-five children in Ethiopia: Evidence from 2016 EDHS	9
My Data Choices: Pilot evaluation of patient-controlled medical record sharing technology	8
Optimizing appreciation and persuasion of embodied conversational agents for health behavior change: A design experiment and focus group study	8
Leaders’ support for using online symptom checkers in Finnish primary care: Survey study	8
Physicians differ in their perceptions of sensitive medical records: Survey and interview study	8
The perceived impact of project ECHO networks in Northern Ireland for health and social care providers, patients, and the health system: A qualitative analysis	8
Effective detection of Covid-19 using Xception net architecture: A technical investigation using X-ray images	8
Game not over: Explaining older adults’ use and intention to continue using a gamified eHealth service	8
Six years of Project ECHO: Implementation and evaluation of a hospice-led multiprofessional education programme	8
Programming techniques for improving rule readability for rule-based information extraction natural language processing pipelines of unstructured and semi-structured medical texts	8
Digital access among a national sample of currently and formerly homeless veterans in 2022	7
A scoping review of the drivers and barriers influencing healthcare professionals’ behavioral intentions to comply with electronic health record data privacy policy	7
Telehealth care system for chronic disease management of middle-aged and older adults in remote areas	7
Governance intricacies in implementing regional shared care records: A qualitative study in the national health service, England	7
Determinants of the implementation of an artificial intelligence-supported device for the screening of diabetic retinopathy in primary care – a qualitative study	7
Public interest and seasonal peaks for wisdom teeth related web inquiries – A google trends analysis	7
BoneScore: A natural language processing algorithm to extract bone mineral density data from DXA scans	7
A hybrid cloud data lake architecture supporting the integration of clinical and genomics data	7
Technology-based interprofessional collaboration in primary care for home rehabilitation of the older adults: A dutch exploratory study	7
Reducing abnormal expenses in national health insurance based on a control chart and decision tree-driven define, measure, analyze, improve and control process	7
Complementary frailty and mortality prediction models on older patients as a tool for assessing palliative care needs	7
Exploring the challenges of and solutions to sharing personal genomic data for use in healthcare	7
‘Humans think outside the pixels’ – Radiologists’ perceptions of using artificial intelligence for breast cancer detection in mammography screening in a clinical setting	7
Predicting metabolic syndrome using machine learning – Analysis of commonly used indices	6
Effect of integration of prescription drug monitoring program data in the electronic health record on queries by primary care providers	6
Is it alright to use artificial intelligence in digital health? A systematic literature review on ethical considerations	6
Chronic stroke survivors’ perspective on the use of serious games to motivate upper limb rehabilitation – a qualitative study	6
Online health management continuance and the moderating effect of service type and age difference: A meta-analysis	6
Identifying benefits and concerns with using digital health services during COVID-19: Evidence from a hospital-based patient survey	6
Development and usability of a mobile artificial intelligence platform for the management of childhood developmental disorders based on PHRs	6
Evaluating the Health Information system implementation and utilization in healthcare delivery	6
Emergency department nurses’ learning and evolving perspectives in interacting with patients who self-harm. An explorative interview study of the use of a mobile application	6

When and in what circumstances is patient-targeted googling acceptable for health and social care professionals? A narrative review and thematic analysis	6
Incomplete patient information exchange and unnecessary repeat diagnostics during oncological referrals in the Netherlands: exploring the role of information exchange	6
Anatomically Integrated In-Place Visualization of Patient Data for Cooperative Tasks with a Case Study on a Neurosurgical Ward	6
The development of an augmented reality application for exercise prescription within paediatric oncology: App design and protocol of a pilot study	6
Conceptual design of the dual X-ray absorptiometry health informatics prediction system for osteoporosis care	6
“It tracks me!”: An analysis of apple watch nudging and user adoption mechanisms	6
Development of a home visit solution with a route- and appointment planning tool for patients with severe spasticity: A participatory design study	5
Effects of community-based fall prevention interventions for older adults using information and communication technology: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
What are the impetuses Behind E-health applications’ self-management services’ ongoing adoption by health community participants?	5
The impact of guided versus supportive coaching on mental health app engagement and clinical outcomes	5
Identifying protected health information by transformers-based deep learning approach in Chinese medical text	5
Digital medicines for adherence support: A conceptual framework and qualitative study of adherence among chronically ill patients	5
Empowering healthcare education: A multilingual ontology for medical informatics and digital health (MIMO) integrated to artificial intelligence powered training in smart hospitals	5
Open-source electronic health record systems: A systematic review of most recent advances	5
Analysis of health recommendations using longitudinal quality of life data: QoL@TbA − A transformer-based approach	5
Non-use of telemedicine: A scoping review	5
Digital transformation in medical education: Factors that influence readiness	5
Online intervention to prevent postnatal depression and anxiety in Chilean new mothers: Protocol for a feasibility trial	5
Radiotherapy department supported by an optimization algorithm for scheduling patient appointments	5