Biomedical subjects

M Markota

Publications and source records attributed to M Markota.

5 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2001

Slovenian experience on health insurance (re)introduction.

A period of changes in what had previously been public health insurance began in Slovenia in 1992. A new legislation introduced a mixed public-private insurance, the share of GDP allocated for health care insurance in Slovenia equaled the EU average, and the financing of the public health insurance has been balanced up - until now. For the first time since Slovenia gained independence, the compulsory health insurance is planning a 6% reduction in its income. The way to the solution of the problem lies in a political consensus on the public health issues in Slovenia, but it is still unclear whether it can be reached. A successful political agreement on the adequate amount of health care, granted to the Slovenian citizens by the public health insurance, should secure its balanced financing, which is about to be disturbed.

Croatia↗

PubMed2001

Attitudes towards information system security among physicians in Croatia.

To examine attitudes about information system security among Croatian physicians a cross-sectional study was performed on a representative sample of 800 Croatian physicians. An anonymous questionnaire comprising 21 questions was distributed and statistical analysis was performed using a chi-square test. A 76.2% response rate was obtained. The majority of respondents (85.8%) believe that information system security is a new area in their work. In general, physicians are not informed about European directives, conventions, recommendations, etc. Only a small number of physicians use personal computers at work (29%). Those physicians who have a personal computer use it mainly for administrative reasons. Most healthcare institutions (89%) do not have a security manual and the area of information system security is left to individual interest and initiative. Only 25% of physicians who have a personal computer use any type of password. A high percentage of physicians (22%) has never thought about the problem of personal data being used by organizations (e.g. police, banks) without legal background; a small, but still significant percentage of physicians (5.6%) has even agreed with such use. Results indicate that for the vast majority of physicians, information system security is a new area in their daily work, one which is left to individual interest and initiative. They are not familiar with the ethical, technical and legal backgrounds which have been defined for that area within the Council of Europe and the European Union. New aspects: This is the first study performed in Central and Eastern Europe dealing with information system security, performed on a representative nationwide sample of all the physicians.

Adult↗

PubMed2000

Using data warehousing and OLAP in public health care.

The paper describes the possibilities of using data warehousing and OLAP technologies in public health care in general and then our own experience with these technologies gained during the implementation of a data warehouse of outpatient data at the national level. Such a data warehouse serves as a basis for advanced decision support systems based on statistical, OLAP or data mining methods. We used OLAP to enable interactive exploration and analysis of the data. We found out that data warehousing and OLAP are suitable for the domain of public health and that they enable new analytical possibilities in addition to the traditional statistical approaches.

Ambulatory Care↗

PubMed1999

Slovenian experience on health care reform.

The health care system in Slovenia has undergone significant changes since 1992. The objectives were primarily economic and not medical, since the level of medical services rendered has been fairly high and there were limited needs for improvements. Many changes, such as privatization, have not yet achieved their main objective - improved efficiency and quality. We have, however, observed many positive results, such as the awareness of medical staff that the quality of the national health care system should not be taken as granted but should be based and developed on extremely careful planning. Health care reform packages are being designed primarily to address one important problem: cost containment. An important part of the reform was moving the major part of the health care budget outside of the state budget to make it more transparent and controllable and its use more subject to its primary intention.

Delivery of Health Care↗

PubMed1997

Implementing data privacy and security (the Slovenian experience).

Data protection is carried out in two steps. The legislation covers data privacy in general as well as its projection in health care. Its purpose was to leave no personal data undefined within the national health care system. The regulations deal with procedures and anticipated corrective actions, rendering a so-called "organisational prescription". Its purpose was to assure data security through an appropriate information system.

Computer Security↗