• Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.7-14
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• 2020

This study analyzed the effect of the number of deaths of circulatory system diseases according to 12-day short-term exposure of carbon monoxide from January 2010 to December 2018, and predicted the future treatment cost of circulatory system diseases according to increased carbon monoxide concentration. Data were extracted from Air Korea of Korea Environment Corporation and Korea Statistical Office, and analyzed using Poisson regression analysis and ARIMA intervention model. For statistical processing, SPSS Ver. 21.0 program was used. The results of the study are as follows. First, as a result of analyzing the relationship between the impact of short-term carbon monoxide exposure on death of circulatory system diseases from the day to the previous 11 days, it was found that the previous 11 days had the highest impact. Second, with the increase in carbon monoxide concentration, the future circulatory system disease treatment cost was estimated at 10,123 billion won in 2019, higher than the observed value of 9,443 billion won at the end of December 2018. In addition, when summarized by month, it can be seen that the cost of treatment for circulatory diseases increases from January to December, reflecting seasonal fluctuations. Through such research, the future for a healthy life for all citizens can be realized by distributing various devices and equipment utilizing IoT to preemptively respond to the increase in air pollutants such as carbon monoxide.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.49-57
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• 2021

Objectives : This study evaluated the medical communication skills of trainee doctors and analyzed the relationship between medical communication skills, self-efficacy on clinical performance (SECP) and empathy. Methods : A total of 106 trainee doctors from a university hospital participated. The questionnaire comprised self-evaluated medical communication skills, modified SECP and the Korean version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professionals version. The mean difference in medical communication skills scores according to gender, age, division (intern, internal medicine group or surgery group) and position (intern, first-/second- and third-/fourth-year residents) were analyzed. Pearson correlation coefficients were determined between medical communication skills, modified SECP and empathy. The effects of each variable on medical communication skills were verified using the structural equation model. Results : There were no statistically significant mean differences in self-evaluated medical communication skills according to gender, age, division or position. Medical communication skills had a significant positive correlation with modified SECP (r=0.782, p<0.001) and empathy (r=0.210, p=0.038). Empathy had a direct effect on modified SECP (β=0.30, p<0.01) and modified SECP had a direct effect on medical communication skills (β=0.80, p<0.001). Empathy indirectly influenced medical communication skills, mediating modified SECP (β=0.26, p<0.05). Conclusions : Medical communication skills are an important core curriculum of residency programs, as they have a direct correlation with SECP, which is needed for successful treatment. Moreover, the medical communication needs a new understanding that is out of empathy.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.95-100
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• 2005

Purpose: Critical pathways (CP), also known as clinical pathways, are management plans that display goals for patients and have led to improved outcomes for many disease entities. This study was aimed at developing a critical pathway for the surgical treatment of gastric cancer patients and evaluating its usefulness. Materials and Methods: A CP was developed and implemented by a team of surgeons, nurses, nutritionists, and administrative officials. Among the 117 patients who received curative gastrectomies for gastric cancer at Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, between October 2003 and August 2004, 26 patients were treated according to the CP. We evaluated its usefulness by comparing the clinical characterisctics, postoperative progress, hospital stays, and costs between the CP and the non-CP groups. Patient satisfaction was also surveyed with questionnaires. Results: Of the initial 26 patients in the CP group, two were excluded from the final evaluation; one patient had a duodenal stump leakage, and the other had a gastric stasis postoperatively. In 8 patients, protocol violation occurred; six patients refused to be discharged on the $7^{th}$ postoperative day, one patient who had an gastric staisis postoperatively stayed for 2 additional days, and one patient who needed ICU care stayed for 4 additional days. The drop-out rate was $7.7\%$ (2/26), and the variance rate was $30.8\%$ (8/26). The mean hospital stay was 11.3 days ($10\~15$ days) for the CP group compared with 17.5 days ($9\∼68$ days) for the non-CP group, resulting in a difference of about 6 days (P<0.05). The mean hospital stays after surgery were 10.3 days ($7\∼68$ days) and 8.3 days ($7\∼12$ days) for the non-CP and the CP groups, respectively, but the difference was statistically not significant (P>0.05). The mean charge during the hospital stay was higher in the non-CP group ( $\\$ 6,292,200) than in the CP group ( $\\$ 4,863,685). The charge per hospital day was higher in the CP group ( $\\$ 430,414) than in the non-CP group ( $\\$ 359,554). Patient satisfaction was higher in the CP group than in the non-CP group. Conclusion: By developing and applying a critical pathway in the surgical treatment of stomach cancer patients, we could reduce the length of hospital stay as well as the cost. A multi-centered prospective study to establish a standard treatment pathway and to demonstrate its effectiveness is needed in the future.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.507-511
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to analyze the dental service system in correctional institutions and 10 find the factors for improving inmates' oral health. This study is comprised of document review, telephone and questionnaire survey. The subjects of questionnaire survey are public health dentists and doctors in correctional institutions. They responded to questionnaire and the survey was collected from previous research and selected information about the dental service system. The findings of the study were as follow : Documentary survey 1. According to 2004's study, there are 42 dental offices in 46 all correctional institutions. 2. Criminals who took an health examination occupied 69.0% when committed to a jail in 2002's study. Majorities of them(81.5%) responded that they didn't take any oral examination. Telephone & Questionnaire survey 1. Full-time public health dentists are 26 in 2009. There is no correctional institution having oral health providers in 26 correctional institutions surveyed. 2 About 10 patients use the dental services in a day. Part-time dentists visit 4 times a month as average in 80% of institutions. 40% of institutions responded dental treatments can't be progressed conveniently because of the lack of oral health providers. 3. 80% of respondents answered that it is hard to cure prisoners, and that's because they are forbidden to get out of the institutions. 4. Only 20% of correctional institutions offered the oral hygiene instructions. There is no regular oral hygiene education for all inmates. 5. They need to increase the number of oral health providers.

• Health and Mission
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• s.4
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• pp.17-19
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• 2005

줄기세포는 난치병에 걸렸을 때 장기의 기능을 담당할 수 있는 세포를 재생해 낼 수 있게 한다. 줄기세포는 근래에 "21세기판 불로초"로 불리며, 무한히 증식 될 수 있는 자기 재생능, 정상염색체 유지 및 다양한 세포로의 분화 등 놀라운 특성으로 난치병, 노인성 질환 치료를 위한 치료제로 활용 중이다.

• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.259
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• pp.70-71
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• 2011

`의사가 제대로 설명해주지 않는다', '진료시간이 너무 짧다' 등의 말은 환자의 입에서 자주 오르내리는 불만사항이다. 게다가 당뇨병 환자는 갖가지 합병증을 앓다보면 치료받아야 할 일이 많아져 그만큼 병원 가야할 일도 잦아지는데, 그러다보면 예기치 못하게 의료사고의 피해자가 될 수 있다. 의료사고가 발생해도 전문지식을 가진 병원을 상대로 승소하기가 힘들다보니 속수무책으로 당할 수밖에 없는 게 환자의 처지다. 사례를 통해 의료사고에 대한 지식을 넓혀보자.

• 보건세계
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• v.53 no.2 s.594
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• pp.35-39
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• 2006

의사는 환자의 병을 낫게 하는 치료자가 아니라 환자가 병을 극복할 수 있도록 도와주는 가이드 역할을 할 뿐이다. 험준한 히말라야의 풍토와 지리를 잘 알고 있는 셀파가 등반대를 잘 가이드 하여 수많은 역경을 극복하고 정상에 도달할 수 있도록 도와주는 것처럼, 결핵환자를 진료하는 의사의 역할은 결핵에 대한 지식과 경험을 이용해 결핵 환자가 완치에 도달할 수 있도록 곁에서 도와주는 것이라고 생각된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.766-768
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• 2003

There are two reasons that the remote medical is newly embossed. One is the development of the info-communications technology that is possible to the remote diagnosis. Another is changing the thinking about the new medical services for the offerers and consumers. Therefore, we suggest the mobile-environmental remote diagnosis system. The system could apply more efficient connection with the very fast developing diagnosis and medical treatment.

• The Journal of Information Systems
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.237-255
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• 2011

지난 수십 년 간 연구자들은 효과적인 진료지원시스템을 개발하기 위해 다양한 도구와 방법론들을 제안하였고 지금도 새로운 방법론과 도구들을 계속적으로 개발하고 있다. 그 중에서 흉통으로 응급실에 내원한 노인환자에 대한 정확한 진단은 중요한 이슈 중의 하나였다. 따라서 많은 연구자들이 의사의 진단 능력을 향상시키기 위한 지능적인 의료의사결정과 시스템 개발에 투신하고 있지만 전통적인 의료시스템에 따른 대부분의 진료의사결정이 단일 분류기(classifier)에 기반하고 있어 만족스런 성능을 보여주지 못하고 있는 것이 현실이다. 따라서 이 논문은 앙상블 전략을 활용하여 의사들이 노인환자들의 흉통을 더 정확하고 빠르게 진단하는데 있어 도움을 줄 수 있게 하였다. 의사결정나무, 인공신경망, SVM 모델을 결합한 앙상블 기법을 실제 응급실에서 수집한 응급실 자료에 적용하였고, 그 결과 단일 분류기를 사용하는 것에 비해 월등히 향상된 진단 성과를 보이는 것을 관찰 할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.87-88
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 응급 환자가 발생하여 가까운 병원이나 대형 병원에 도착하기 전에 환자의 정보를 이용하여 응급처치가 가능하도록 한다. 그리고 응급 의료 기관에서는 환자 진료 준비를 사전에 갖출 수 있도록 하여 응급 환자 진료의 효율성을 높였다. 우리가 흔히 연락을 쉽게 할 수 있는 119번호를 이용하여 다양한 복합 응급 신고를 접수하고 있고, 유관기관과 통합적 대응 체계를 구축하는 효율적 응급의료서비스 새로운 전략을 제시하고자 한다.