• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.221-237
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• 2016

The wireless body area networks (WBANs) consist of wearable computing devices and can support various healthcare-related applications. There exist two crucial issues when WBANs are utilized for healthcare applications. One is the protection of the sensitive biometric data transmitted over the insecure wireless channels. The other is the design of effective medical management mechanisms. In this paper, a secure medical information management system is proposed and implemented on a TinyOS-based WBAN test bed to simultaneously address these two issues. In this system, the electronic medical record (EMR) is bound to the biometric data with a novel fragile zero-watermarking scheme based on the modified visual secret sharing (MVSS). In this manner, the EMR can be utilized not only for medical management but also for data integrity checking. Additionally, both the biometric data and the EMR are encrypted, and the EMR is further protected by the MVSS. Our analysis and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed system not only protects the confidentialities of both the biometric data and the EMR but also offers reliable patient information authentication, explicit healthcare operation verification and undeniable doctor liability identification for WBANs.

• 한국한의학연구원논문집
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• 제12권3호통권18호
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• pp.31-47
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• 2006

Nowadays Korean governments use Information Technology to improve the quality of life for a people. One of these tries is building the Food Tracing System based on Information Technology. Koreans have big concern about food that is good for health. The Food Tracing System means that the system can follows, traces, and records every steps of production and delivery of food and its ingredient. And this process should be identified and grouped by using tags, marks, and other methods. For example, producer of ingredient, processing steps of food, delivered place could be traced. In addition to food, medical herbs need consumer's trust in production and delivery. To trace and prosecute contaminated medical herbs, medical herbs also need this kind of Tracing System based on Information Technology. This study shows current medical herbs tracing ways and RFID(Radio Frequency IDentification) technology trend. As preceding study for future RFID based medical herbs tracing system, this study suggests the building plan and scenario of the Medical Herbs Tracing System. The determination of the main body for sticking RFID Tags is very important to design for RFID Traceability System. In this study, the starting point of information to medical herbs is an inspection agency. The Medical Herbs to product domestically or import moved to an inspection agency. An inspection agency bond the RFID Tags to packing of the Medical Herbs after examining the a basic its component. At the same time inspector give the information of production or importation to the Tags. This Tags are moved for logistical process to end point, the Korean medicine agency. The customer confirmed the traceability and certification information of the Medical Herbs. For success tracing of medical herbs, institutional support and close cooperation between related organizations is necessary besides good system design.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.81-84
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• 2021

The delivery of high-quality antenatal care is a perennial global concern for improving maternal and neonatal outcomes. Antenatal care is currently provided mainly on a one-to-one basis, but growing evidence has emerged to support the effectiveness of group antenatal care. Providing care in a small group gives expectant mothers the opportunity to have discussions with their peers about certain issues and concerns that are unique to them and to form a support system that will improve the quality and utilization of antenatal care services. The aim of this article is to promote group antenatal care as a means to increase utilization of healthcare.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.215-237
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• 2017

의료사고 관련 연구들은 의료분쟁 및 피해구제와 관련한 법이론적 연구가 대부분이며 의료사고 환자들의 심리적 경험을 심층적으로 탐구한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구는 의료사고를 겪은 환자들의 외상후 스트레스 장애(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: PTSD) 현황을 알아보고, 의료진의 설명 및 태도와 PTSD 증상의 관계에서 사회적 지지의 조절효과를 검증하였다. 의료사고 단체와 의료사고 관련 온라인 커뮤니티에서 모집된 총 180명의 의료사고 환자의 자료가 분석에 사용되었다. 분석 결과, 연구대상자 중 171명(95%)이 완전 PTSD 증상 수준으로 선별되었으며 다른 외상 경험자들과 비교해도 PTSD 증상의 심각도가 높은 것을 확인하였다. 또한 의료진의 설명 및 태도가 PTSD 증상에 미치는 주효과는 유의미하지 않았지만 의료진의 설명 및 태도와 PTSD 증상의 관계에서 사회적 지지 수준의 조절효과가 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 사회적 지지 수준이 높을 때는 의료진의 설명 및 태도에 따른 PTSD 증상의 유의미한 변화가 없었으나, 사회적 지지 수준이 낮을 때는 의료진의 설명 및 태도가 미흡할수록 PTSD 증상이 악화되었다. 이러한 연구 결과를 바탕으로 의료사고 환자들의 PTSD 증상을 완화하고 예방하는데 있어 심리적, 사회적, 제도적 방안들을 제언하였다. 마지막으로 본 연구의 제한점과 향후 연구 방향에 대해 논의하였다.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.193-200
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to research the opinion and acknowledgement about the clinical chronic disease care system subject to Medical Practitioners that copied the internal medicine and family medicine as a treatment subject and was fulfilled in the purpose of providing a basic data for the improvement and stable establishment of the chronic disease care system and the high blood pressure and diabetes mellitus patient's promotion of health. Results from the research the internal medicine was 79% and the subject's average age was 52.3 years, the proportion that the high blood pressure and the diabetes mellitus took was average 28% and the interest about the system was 65.9%. In the chronic disease care system expansion status the opposition was 75.7%, and the detail field knowledge level was 56.9%. In the opinion field about the system, all fields were shown negative. The chronic disease care system is an important government policy enforcing purposed to effectively manage the yearly increasing chronic disease, but the due to the cold attitude of Medical Practitioners that must actively accept it, the stable establishment of the system is being concerned. Therefore even if it's a good policy if it cant gain the support and agreement of the accepter, in the future when trying to implement a system there should be no idleness in the effort to gain cooperation and understanding to relevant involved ones.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.1058-1076
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• 2013

The WBAN(Wireless Body Area Network) supplies mobile convenience to our medical services. But if we have few effective control variables across this service deployment, the hidden distortions or defects of the system might threaten the lives and rights of the stakeholders. Therefore we need to increase the service credibility, to get WBAN effective. This study proposes a governance mechanism using feasible variables that are currently in use in practices in WBAN environments against medical incidents. Control variables were tested in Seoul National University hospital and related medical industries of South Korea. We assume that WBAN systems would be open based on integrating patients, medical employees and law enforcements to get smart theater operations against medical incidents by implementing proposed MJA(Multilateral Joint Analysis) model. MJA model also contributes to the convergence of computer systems and medical services by demonstrating flexible SOA(Service Oriented Architecture) dashboard of healthcare services with credibility factors in medicine. The important components in MJA model across WBAN, were found to be "Safety, Accuracy and Reliability" in priority order. Factor analysis, correlations and ANOVA were used to evaluate this model and an IT dashboard with a realization of mobile application, was used to support participants' decision-making.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.51-65
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate experiences of violence with patients or family members by paramedics working at emergency rooms. Methods: A questionnaire was administered from June 1 to 31, 2017 to 225 paramedics working at 27 emergency medical centers. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS statistics ver 24.0 program. Results: Within the past year, 208(92.9%) of 224 participants experienced violence among whom 202(90.2%) experienced verbal abuse, 193(86.2%) experienced physical threat, 89(39.7%) experienced physical violence, and 52(23.2%) experienced sexual violence. The level of violence response depending on the overlapping experience of violence type showed significant difference from emotional response (p= .001), social response (p= .001), physical response (p= .004), and overall violence response (p= .001). Conclusion: In conclusion, paramedics are frequently exposed to violence in the emergency rooms, of which they mostly experience verbal abuse. In addition, because the reporting system in the event of violence and the coping process are not well-informed, paramedics are unable to sufficiently utilize the reporting system and programs established within the institution. Therefore, the support of the legal system is needed to create a safe working environment for the medical staff who work in the emergency medical centers.

• 의학교육논단
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.174-183
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• 2023

Educational evaluation involves data collection and the analysis of various education-related factors to make decisions that improve educational quality. Systematic educational evaluation is essential for enhancing the quality of education. This study reports a case of student-conducted process evaluation of a medical school's student support system and the procedure for devising improvement plans. Sixteen Inje University College of Medicine students participated in the Education Evaluation Committee (IUCM-EEC) to understand the educational improvement process as learners and actively achieve improvement. The Quality Improvement Committee of the Inje University College of Medicine (IUCM-QIC) decided to reform its student support system based on a previous educational evaluation in 2019. The evaluation of the student support system was conducted for 10 months in 2021 by the student subcommittee, under the guidance of the IUCM-EEC. The CIPP (context-input-process-product) evaluation model was used for a systematic evaluation. Accordingly, the subcommittee developed evaluation criteria and indicators, and analyzed relevant data collected from surveys and the previous literature. For further recommendations and revision ideas, the student subcommittee members interviewed faculty members from six other medical schools and also conducted a focus group interview with the dean and vice deans of IUCM. Finally, the student subcommittee submitted a report to the IUCM-QIC. Communication with various stakeholders is essential for a successful evaluation process. In this case, students, as key stakeholders in education, evaluated the student support system. Their active participation helped improve their understanding of the evaluation process.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권8C호
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• pp.772-781
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• 2009

This paper proposes a novel algorithm for the efficient classification and retrieval of medical images. After color and edge features are extracted from medical images, these two feature vectors are then applied to a multi-class Support Vector Machine, to give membership vectors. Thereafter, the two membership vectors are combined into an ensemble feature vector. Also, to reduce the search time, Correlated Categories Vector is proposed for similarity matching. The experimental results show that the proposed system improves the retrieval performance when compared to other methods.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.63-86
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• 2001

지금 전 세계에서는 인간수명의 연장과 건강에 대한 관심이 고조되고 있다. 더욱이 인터넷의 발달로 의료정보 접근과 의료 상담에 관련된 사이트들이 증가하는 가운데 의학정보에 대한 오남용 가능성도 배제 할 수 없다. 이제 공공도서관에서도 이용자에게 건강·의학정보를 수집 정리하여 능동적인 지역정보봉사를 제공해야만 하는 시점에 와 있다. 본 연구에서는 공공도서관에서 지역정보봉사의 개선을 위한 한 방안으로 의자정보사이트의 구축과 관리를 지원하는 통합 지식관리시스템 모형을 제안하고자 한다. 따라서 이론적 배경으로 공공도서관의 의학 정보서비스에 관련된 이슈와 지식경영과 지식관리시스템에 관련된 이슈를 다룬다. 그 다음 국내외 12개 의학정보사이트를 분석한 후 공공도서관 의학정보사이트 구축에 대한 계획 및 구성을 제안한다. 끝으로 의학정보사이트를 지원하는 5개의 하부 시스템으로 구성된 통합 지식관리시스템의 모형을 다음과 같이 제안한다: 1)지식창출 시스템, 2)기술지원 시스템, 3)교육지원 시스템 4)커뮤니티 시스템, 5)지식공유 네트워크 시스템. 이 시스템은 지식경영에 기초를 둔 통합 지식관리시스템으로서 공공도서관이 보다 경쟁력을 갖고 지역정보봉사를 효율적으로 수행하도록 지원할 것이다.