MedView: an instrument for clinical research and education in oral medicine.
Journal article, 2005
The etiology for many of the mucosal lesions we encounter in clinical practice is frequently uncertain or unknown and there is reason to believe that multicausality plays an important role. To detect multicausal relationships, the analysis must include multiple variables and large amounts of data. A traditional retrospective analysis is often based on a limited number of variables and frequently entails methodological errors where vital information may be missing. Prospective studies may be hampered by the fact that the prevalences of many conditions are relatively low. The search for new knowledge in oral medicine should therefore be facilitated by prospective use of formalized information gathered in multicenter studies. MedView is a computer program that is based on formalized input and registration of all clinical information. The output applications are focused on visualization and statistical analysis. MedView is aimed at clinical research and is well suited for multicenter studies. It also contains applications for education and distant consultations.
education
User-Computer Interface
Oral Medicine
Database Management Systems
Humans
Dental Research
Causality
Education
Retrospective Studies
Information Storage and Retrieval
organization & administration
Software
Prospective Studies
Databases
Data Collection
Dental
statistics & numerical data
Learning
Computer Communication Networks
Multicenter Studies
Computer-Assisted Instruction
Author
Mats Jontell
University of Gothenburg
Ulf Mattsson
University of Gothenburg
Olof Torgersson
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computing Science (Chalmers)
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics
1079-2104 (ISSN)
Vol. 99 1 55-63Subject Categories
Dentistry
DOI
10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.01.009
PubMed
15599349