David Parry

David Parry is a senior lecturer in the Auckland University of Technology School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences New Zealand. His PhD thesis was concerned with the use of fuzzy ontologies for medical information retrieval. He holds degrees from Imperial College and St. Bartholomew’s Medical College (London), Auckland University of Technology and the University of Otago (New Zealand). His research interests include internet-based knowledge management and the semantic web, health informatics, the use of radio frequency ID in healthcare and information retrieval.

Publications

Mobile Technologies in Disaster Healthcare: Technology and Operational Aspects
Mobile Technologies in Disaster Healthcare: Technology and Operational Aspects
Samaneh Madanian, Reem Abubakr Abbas, Tony Norris, Dave Parry. © 2023. 20 pages.
The increasing penetration of smartphones and their ability to host mobile technologies have shown valuable outcomes in disaster management; albeit, their application in disaster...
Mobile Technologies in Disaster Healthcare: Technology and Operational Aspects
Mobile Technologies in Disaster Healthcare: Technology and Operational Aspects
Samaneh Madanian, Reem Abubakr Abbas, Tony Norris, Dave Parry. © 2021. 20 pages.
The increasing penetration of smartphones and their ability to host mobile technologies have shown valuable outcomes in disaster management; albeit, their application in disaster...
WISP-Based Devices as Part of a Home Telecare Node
WISP-Based Devices as Part of a Home Telecare Node
David Parry, Anne Philpott, Alan Montefiore. © 2013. 20 pages.
A systematic literature review of published sources that discuss radio frequency identification technology, ubiquitous health care, and dosage measurement was performed. The...
Computerised Decision Support for Women’s Health Informatics
Computerised Decision Support for Women’s Health Informatics
David Parry. © 2012. 13 pages.
Decision analysis techniques attempt to utilize mathematical data about outcomes and preferences to help people make optimal decisions. The increasing uses of computerized...
Open Source Software: A Key Component of E-Health in Developing Nations
Open Source Software: A Key Component of E-Health in Developing Nations
David Parry, Emma Parry, Phurb Dorji, Peter Stone. © 2011. 13 pages.
The global burden of disease falls most heavily on people in developing countries. Few resources for healthcare, geographical and infrastructure issues, lack of trained staff...
Open Source Software: A Key Component of E-Health in Developing Nations
Open Source Software: A Key Component of E-Health in Developing Nations
David Parry, Emma Parry, Phurb Dorj, Peter Stone. © 2010. 13 pages.
The global burden of disease falls most heavily on people in developing countries. Few resources for healthcare, geographical and infrastructure issues, lack of trained staff...
Using RFID to Track and Trace High Value Products: The Case of City Healthcare
Using RFID to Track and Trace High Value Products: The Case of City Healthcare
Judith A. Symonds, David Parry. © 2010. 13 pages.
Certain businesses call for a high level of traceability to track high value products. This case study of City Healthcare,1 New Zealand, focuses on the complex management issues...
Healthcare Information Systems and the Semantic Web
Healthcare Information Systems and the Semantic Web
David Parry. © 2010. 7 pages.
The World Wide Web (WWW) is a critical source of information for healthcare. Because of this, systems for allowing increased efficiency and effectiveness of information retrieval...
Computerised Decision Support for Women’s Health Informatics
Computerised Decision Support for Women’s Health Informatics
David Parry. © 2010. 14 pages.
Decision analysis techniques attempt to utilize mathematical data about outcomes and preferences to help people make optimal decisions. The increasing uses of computerized...
Coding and Messaging Systems for Women’s Health Informatics
Coding and Messaging Systems for Women’s Health Informatics
David Parry. © 2010. 14 pages.
Recording information about symptoms, observations, actions, and outcomes is a key task of health informatics. Standardization of records is vital if data is to be used by...
Auto-Identification and Ubiquitous Computing Applications
Auto-Identification and Ubiquitous Computing Applications
Judith Symonds, John Ayoade, David Parry. © 2009. 350 pages.
There is a need within radio-frequency identification (RFID) and other smart technologies to understand related practical implications. Auto-Identification and Ubiquitous...
Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
David Parry, Emma Parry. © 2009. 428 pages.
Women's health comprises a large range of activities including fertility and reproductive health and screening and treatment for gynecological conditions, with computer...
RFID and Assisted Living for the Elderly
RFID and Assisted Living for the Elderly
David Parry, Judith Symonds. © 2009. 18 pages.
Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) offers a potentially flexible and low cost method of locating objects and tracking people within buildings. RFID systems generally require...
Coding and Messaging Systems for Women's Health Informatics
Coding and Messaging Systems for Women's Health Informatics
David Parry. © 2009. 15 pages.
Recording information about symptoms, observations, actions, and outcomes is a key task of health informatics. Standardization of records is vital if data is to be used by...
Computerised Decision Support for Women's Health Informatics
Computerised Decision Support for Women's Health Informatics
David Parry. © 2009. 13 pages.
Decision analysis techniques attempt to utilize mathematical data about outcomes and preferences to help people make optimal decisions. The increasing uses of computerized...
Evaluation of a Fuzzy Ontology-Based Medical Information System
Evaluation of a Fuzzy Ontology-Based Medical Information System
David Parry. © 2009. 11 pages.
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) requires appropriate information to be available to clinicians at the point of care. Electronic sources of information may fulfill this need but...
Open Source Software: A Key Component of E-Health in Developing Nations
Open Source Software: A Key Component of E-Health in Developing Nations
David Parry, Emma Parry, Phurb Dorji, Peter Stone. © 2009. 13 pages.
This article is organized around a number of sections. The introduction outlines the rationale of the article and deals with some aspects of open source software (OSS) that make...
Open Source Software: A Key Component of E-Health in Developing Nations
Open Source Software: A Key Component of E-Health in Developing Nations
David Parry, Emma Parry, Phurb Dorji, Peter Stone. © 2008. 15 pages.
The global burden of disease falls most heavily on people in developing countries. Few resources for healthcare, geographical and infrastructure issues, lack of trained staff...
Using RFID to Track and Trace High Value Products: The Case of City Healthcare
Using RFID to Track and Trace High Value Products: The Case of City Healthcare
Judith A. Symonds, David Parry. © 2008. 13 pages.
Certain businesses call for a high level of traceability to track high value products. This case study of City Healthcare,1 New Zealand, focuses on the complex management issues...
Healthcare Information Systems and the Semantic Web
Healthcare Information Systems and the Semantic Web
David Parry. © 2008. 6 pages.
The World Wide Web (WWW) is a critical source of information for healthcare. Because of this, systems for allowing increased efficiency and effectiveness of information retrieval...
Evaluation of a Tool to Enhance Searching for Useful Medical Information on the Internet
Evaluation of a Tool to Enhance Searching for Useful Medical Information on the Internet
David Parry. © 2008. 14 pages.
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) requires appropriate information to be available to clinicians at the point of care. Electronic sources of information may fulfill this need but...
Evaluation of a Fuzzy Ontology-Based Medical Information System
Evaluation of a Fuzzy Ontology-Based Medical Information System
David Parry. © 2008. 12 pages.
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) requires appropriate information to be available to clinicians at the point of care. Electronic sources of information may fulfill this need but...
International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI)
International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI)
Qiang (Shawn) Cheng, Joseph Tan. Est. 2006.
The International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI) disseminates current technological innovations and applications in the emerging field of...
Evaluation of a Fuzzy Ontology-Based Medical Information System
Evaluation of a Fuzzy Ontology-Based Medical Information System
David Parry. © 2006. 12 pages.
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) requires appropriate information to be available to clinicians at the point of care. Electronic sources of information may fulfill this need but...