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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Demonstrating the data integrity of routinely collected healthcare systems data for clinical trials (DEDICaTe): A proof-of-concept study	64
Multimodal representation learning for medical analytics - a systematic literature review	56
Epid data explorer: A visualization tool for exploring and comparing spatio-temporal epidemiological data	45
The development of an IT-based intervention to support a healthy postpartum lifestyle through behavioral change	42
Presentation suitability and readability of ChatGPT’s medical responses to patient questions about on knee osteoarthritis	31
Use of daily posture and activity tracking to assess sedentary behavior, toss-and-turns, and sleep duration of independently living Thai seniors	28
Co-designing of a prototype mobile application for fetal radiation dose monitoring among pregnant radiographers using a design thinking approach	26
Critical risk and success factors for sustainability of an electronic health data capture, processing and dissemination platform for Uganda	24
Attitudes of patients and mental health professionals towards hypothetical use of serious games in psychotherapy	22
Using virtual reality technology to prevent substance misuse and violence among university students: A pilot and feasibility study	20
Knowledge, attitudes and associated factors to use district health information system among healthcare providers in Illu Aba Bora zone, South West of Ethiopia	20
Development and validation of a progressive web application to educate partial denture wearers	19
Pathways to usage intention of mobile health apps among hypertensive patients: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis	19
An indoor location-based hospital porter management system and trace analysis	18
Developing and validating a predictive model for future emergency hospital admissions	17
Identifying and prioritizing the key performance indicators for hospital management dashboard at a national level: Viewpoint of hospital managers	17
Workshop on evaluating medical apps using the mobile app Rubric for learning	16
Improving audit and feedback: A user-centred approach to designing feedback techniques for an online experiment	16
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	15
Identifying adverse drug reactions from patient reviews on social media using natural language processing	15
Smart variant filtering - A blueprint solution for massively parallel sequencing-based variant analysis	15
Analysis of total RNA as a potential biomarker of developmental neurotoxicity in silico	14
Prediction of diabetes prescription volumes of various geographies using regression techniques	14
Paediatric orthopaedic expert system	14
Real-world data analysis for the association of glucose control and mortality in critically ill patients	14

Patient engagement with digital disease management and readmission rates: The case of congestive heart failure	13
Brief cognitive-behavioral training for tinnitus relief using a mobile application: A pilot open trial	12
Prescribers’ reported acceptance and use of drug-drug interaction alerts: An Australian survey	12
Automatically identifying opioid use disorder in non-cancer patients on chronic opioid therapy	12
Safe at home: Acceptance of surveillance technology among caregivers for persons with dementia	12
The effect of an integrated electronic medical record system on malaria out-patient case management in a Ugandan health facility	11
Validation of a Korean version of mobile app rating scale (MARS) for apps targeting disease management	11
Using a natural language processing toolkit to classify electronic health records by psychiatric diagnosis	11
Comparison of machine learning models to predict complications of bariatric surgery: A systematic review	11
Six years of Project ECHO: Implementation and evaluation of a hospice-led multiprofessional education programme	10
A web-based platform for studying the impact of artificial intelligence in video capsule endoscopy	10
Hospital healthcare flows: A longitudinal clustering approach of acute coronary syndrome in women over 45 years	10
Why developers matter: The case of patient portals	10
My Data Choices: Pilot evaluation of patient-controlled medical record sharing technology	10
The design, development and usability testing of a smartphone-based mobile system for management of children’s oral health	10
Comparative analysis of machine learning algorithms for predicting diarrhea among under-five children in Ethiopia: Evidence from 2016 EDHS	9
Prevalence and patterns of mobile device usage among physicians in clinical practice: A systematic review	9
Identification of mycoplasma pneumonia in children based on fusion of multi-modal clinical free-text description and structured test data	9
Physicians differ in their perceptions of sensitive medical records: Survey and interview study	9
Game not over: Explaining older adults’ use and intention to continue using a gamified eHealth service	9
The association between information technology sophistication and patient portal use: A cross sectional study in Eastern North Carolina	9
Optimizing appreciation and persuasion of embodied conversational agents for health behavior change: A design experiment and focus group study	9
Leaders’ support for using online symptom checkers in Finnish primary care: Survey study	8
Programming techniques for improving rule readability for rule-based information extraction natural language processing pipelines of unstructured and semi-structured medical texts	8
‘Humans think outside the pixels’ – Radiologists’ perceptions of using artificial intelligence for breast cancer detection in mammography screening in a clinical setting	8
Governance intricacies in implementing regional shared care records: A qualitative study in the national health service, England	8
Technology-based interprofessional collaboration in primary care for home rehabilitation of the older adults: A dutch exploratory 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
Digital access among a national sample of currently and formerly homeless veterans in 2022	8
Telehealth care system for chronic disease management of middle-aged and older adults in remote areas	7
Exploring the challenges of and solutions to sharing personal genomic data for use in healthcare	7
The development of an augmented reality application for exercise prescription within paediatric oncology: App design and protocol of a pilot study	7
Predicting metabolic syndrome using machine learning – Analysis of commonly used indices	7
BoneScore: A natural language processing algorithm to extract bone mineral density data from DXA scans	7
Complementary frailty and mortality prediction models on older patients as a tool for assessing palliative care needs	7
Real-world data-based adverse drug reactions detection from the Korea Adverse Event Reporting System databases with electronic health records-based detection algorithm	7
Incomplete patient information exchange and unnecessary repeat diagnostics during oncological referrals in the Netherlands: exploring the role of information exchange	7
Public interest and seasonal peaks for wisdom teeth related web inquiries – A google trends analysis	7
Identifying benefits and concerns with using digital health services during COVID-19: Evidence from a hospital-based patient survey	7
Anatomically Integrated In-Place Visualization of Patient Data for Cooperative Tasks with a Case Study on a Neurosurgical Ward	7
Evaluating the Health Information system implementation and utilization in healthcare delivery	7
Determinants of the implementation of an artificial intelligence-supported device for the screening of diabetic retinopathy in primary care – a qualitative 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
A scoping review of the drivers and barriers influencing healthcare professionals’ behavioral intentions to comply with electronic health record data privacy policy	7
Is it alright to use artificial intelligence in digital health? A systematic literature review on ethical considerations	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
What are the impetuses Behind E-health applications’ self-management services’ ongoing adoption by health community participants?	6
Open-source electronic health record systems: A systematic review of most recent advances	6
Effect of integration of prescription drug monitoring program data in the electronic health record on queries by primary care providers	6
Empowering healthcare education: A multilingual ontology for medical informatics and digital health (MIMO) integrated to artificial intelligence powered training in smart hospitals	6

Conceptual design of the dual X-ray absorptiometry health informatics prediction system for osteoporosis care	6
Online health management continuance and the moderating effect of service type and age difference: A meta-analysis	6
When and in what circumstances is patient-targeted googling acceptable for health and social care professionals? A narrative review and thematic analysis	6
Development and usability of a mobile artificial intelligence platform for the management of childhood developmental disorders based on PHRs	6
Online intervention to prevent postnatal depression and anxiety in Chilean new mothers: Protocol for a feasibility trial	6
“It tracks me!”: An analysis of apple watch nudging and user adoption mechanisms	6
Chronic stroke survivors’ perspective on the use of serious games to motivate upper limb rehabilitation – a qualitative study	6
The impact of guided versus supportive coaching on mental health app engagement and clinical outcomes	5
Do we need a high level of detail in health information animations? An experimental study investigating the association between level of detail and information recall	5
Digital medicines for adherence support: A conceptual framework and qualitative study of adherence among chronically ill patients	5
An HL7 FHIR and GraphQL approach for interoperability between heterogeneous Electronic Health Record systems	5
Digital transformation in medical education: Factors that influence readiness	5
Radiotherapy department supported by an optimization algorithm for scheduling patient appointments	5
Clinical decision support system for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease using an enhanced gradient boosted decision tree classifier	5
Effects of community-based fall prevention interventions for older adults using information and communication technology: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
The digital divide between primary and secondary care: An analysis using SARS-CoV-2 hospital admissions	5
Development of a home visit solution with a route- and appointment planning tool for patients with severe spasticity: A participatory design study	5
Quality of medical records in public health facilities: A case of Southern Ethiopia, resource limited setting	5
Non-use of telemedicine: A scoping review	5
Readiness, acceptance and use of digital patient reported outcome in an outpatient clinic	5
Identifying protected health information by transformers-based deep learning approach in Chinese medical text	5
Consumer trust in telemedicine in Indonesia	5
Analysis of health recommendations using longitudinal quality of life data: QoL@TbA − A transformer-based approach	5
Tracking sentiments toward fat acceptance over a decade on Twitter	5