LIST OF SELLECTED PUBLICATIONS relating to healthcare informatics:

Ales BOUREK - LIST OF SELLECTED PUBLICATIONS

Svoboda B., Bourek A. Role of the Czech Medical Council in transformation of the health care system of the Czech Republic. In: Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on System Science in Health Care SSHC'96, Barcelona, 1996

Zizka J, Bourek A. Learning and Classifying Medical Text Documents Using the Naive Bayes Algorithm. In: Sojka P, Matousek V, Pala K, Kopecek I, eds. Proceedings of the First Workshop TSD'98 on Text, Speech and Dialogue. Brno: Masaryk University Press, 1998; pp.147-150. (ISBN 80-210-1899-2)

Bourek A. Standardy efektyvnej opieki medycznej w procesie wprowadzania opieki kierovanej zgodnie z zalozeniami polityki Republiki Czeskiej. In: Jakosc w Opiece Zdrowotnej. Krakow, 1999. 54-57. (ISBN 83-907597-6-4) (Standards of effective medical care in the process of healthcare reimbursement in Czech Republic) – in Polish

Bourek A., Suchý M., Svoboda B. Modifying the general framework for standards of diagnostic and therapeutic care to reflect the specifics of different medical specialties. Final report - grant project of the Internal Grant Agency of Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic No. 5066-1/98

Bourek A., Suchý M., Svoboda B. Standards of Efficient Medical Care (SEMC). In: Javor A, van Eimeren W, Duru G, eds. Publications I. 7th International Conference on System Science in Health Care, “Sustainable structure for better health”. Lyon: ISSHC, 2000; pp. 436-439. ISBN 963 85060 9 1 Ö (ISBN 963 86078 0 7)

Seifert B., Bourek A., Suchý M. Provoz zdravotnických zařízení. Kapitola 9/1, 9/2: Programy kvality ve zdravotnictví. Verlag Dashofer, Praha, 2000. (ISBN 80-86229-18-1) (Management of healthcare facilities, chapter 9/1, 9/2 Quality Programmes in Healthcare) – in Czech

Žižka J., Bourek A., Frey L. TEA: A Text Analysis Tool for the Intelligent Text Document Filtering. In: Sojka P, Kopeček I, Pala K, eds. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop TSD'2000 on Text, Speech, and Dialogue. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2000: 18 (LNCS series vol. 1902); pp. 151-156

Gulacsi, L., Nizankowski, R., Bourek, A. From unconscious incompetence towards conscious Competence. (Quality improvement in healthcare in the CEECs). pg. 25-26. Eurohealth Vol. 6, No. 5, Winter 2000/2001. (ISSN 1356-1030)

Bourek A. Collaboration among payers, providers and consumers of health care (The general instruments of evaluation of quality and efficiency). In: "Health insurance in Central and Eastern Europe - the beginnings". Romuald Holly ed. Analyses and Programs Department - Insurance Institute in Poland. 459-465. Krajowy Instytut Ubezpieczen, Warszawa, 2001. (ISBN 83-911790-8-7)

Bourek A., Žižka J. Tapping medical knowledge without leaving home (The Internet medical information and knowledge resources / strategy and tactics for searching, retrieval and management. Plzeňský lékařský sborník 67,2001: 11-14. Karolinum, Praha, 2001 (ISSN 0551-1038)

Bourek, A. Změny v gynekologii a jak na ně reagovat. Praktická gynekologie, 5/2001, č.1 s. 51-53. (Brno, Medica Publishing ISSN 1211-6645) (Changes in gynecology/medicine and how to react) – in Czech

Bourek, A. Informační technologie užitečné pro práci – základní principy. Praktická gynekologie, 5/2001, č.2, s. 55-58. (Brno, Medica Publishing ISSN 1211-6645) (Information technologies useful for work – basic principles) – in Czech

Bourek, A. Vyhledávací služby v Internetu obecně a se zaměřením pro gynekologii. Praktická gynekologie, 5/2001, č.3, s. 43-50. (Brno, Medica Publishing ISSN 1211-6645) (Search engines in the Internet useful for the medical community) – in Czech

Bourek, A., Suchy, M., Svoboda, B. Measuring quality and effectivity of inpatient care using PMS (Performance Measurement System) – Two years experience. In proceedings of: Organizational and Clinical Excellence in Health Care. Balatonvilágos, Hungary, 2001. pg. 143-158

Bourek, A. Dlouhodobé strategie. In: Internet a medicína, Kasal, P., Svačina, Š., eds. Grada Publishing, Praha, 2001. s. 198-201. (ISBN 80-274-0119-7). (Longterm searching and information retrieval strategies. In: Internet and Medicine) – in Czech

Bourek, A. Programy kvality a standardy léčebných postupů. Verlag Dashofer, Praha, 2001. Continuous upgrades in 2006. (ISBN 80-86229-29-7) (Programs of Quality and Standards of Medical Care) – in Czech

Žižka, J., Bourek, A. Automated Selection of Interesting Medical Text Documents by the TEA Text Analyzer. In: Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing (CICLing2002). Gelbukh, A. ed. pg. 402-404, Springer, Berlin 2002. (LNCS 2276 – Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Edited by Goos, G., Hartmanis, J., van Leuwen, J.) (ISBN 3-540-43219-1)

Bourek, A. Hledání průkazných dokumentů z oblasti gynekologie a porodnictví na WWW. Praktická gynekologie, 6/2002, č.2 s. 12-15. (Brno, Medica Publishing ISSN 1211-6645) (Searching for evidence based documents on the WWW) – in Czech

Bourek, A, Landa, K., Suchy, M., Svoboda, B., Compatible and reusable modules for Central European countries healthcare systém – Don‘t reinvent, reuse. In: Proceedings of the 18th. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care. pg. 34, Urban & Fischer Verlag, Jena 2002. – (ISBN 3-437-31186-7)

Žižka, J., Bourek, A. Filtering of Large Numbers of Unstructured Text Documents by the Developed Tool TEA. In: Sojka P, Kopeček I, Pala K, eds. Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop TSD'2002 on Text, Speech, and Dialogue. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2002: 99-106

Bourek, A. The Era of Information in the Czech Republic: How Healthcare Is Managing Data Sets and Mind-Sets. In: Vahé A. Kazandjian. Accountability through measurement: a global healthcare imperative. American Society of Quality (ASQ Quality Press), Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2002, pg.291-324, ISBN 0-87389-567-3

Bourek, A., Suchy, M. Merging performance measurement and healthcare quality. ISQua”s 5th International Summit on Indicators. Using performance measurement to improve the quality and safety of health care. pg. 6

Bourek, A. Může mít úroveň komunikace vliv na efektivitu a kvalitu zdravotní péče. (Can the communication level influence effectivity and quality of healthcare?) Sborník Inmed 2002 – Informační systémy ve zdravotnictví. Stapro, Pardubice, 2002, pg. 32. ISBN 80-903167-1-9

Dušek L., Žaloudík J, Bourek A, Kay J. eds. HTA in “Real Time” Oncology as Educational Model for Data Management in Health Care Assessment. Health Technology Assessment Interantional workshop “Health Care Assessment – Data and Information Management – Lessons Learned – Trends Anticipated” 2004. Masaryk Univ. Publishing House, Brno, 2004. ISBN 80-210-3395-9

Zgodavová K., Bourek A, Golemanov L.A. Multilingual Virtual Quality Centre Providing eLearning Facilities for Health Service Management and Vocational Managerial Education and Training. In: Proceedings of 1éth International Symposium on Health Infromation Management Research, pg. 401-409, iSHIMR. Thessaloniki, 2005

Suchý M, Bourek A, Tůma P. CEEQNET – Performance measurement and monitoring of the healthcare quality and efficiency in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Proceedings of 22. International Society for Quality in Health Care Conference. Pg 168-169, ISQua, Vancouver, 2005

Kyliš J, Krousky J, Hoffman J, Bourek A. Monitoring deviations from defined standards of medical care in healthcare facilities based on collected data-sets. In: Proceedings of 22. International Society for Quality in Health Care Conference. Pg 152-153, ISQua, Vancouver, 2005

Bourek A., Dušek, L. Evidence Based Strategy and everyday Healthcare Reality: Friends or Enemies? Rational information Handling for Benefit of All Stakeholders. In Proceedings International Symposium: Evidence - Based Health Care, Priorities in Health Care. 1. vyd. Krakow, Poland : Ceestahc, 2006, 139-142

Vlk D., Bourek A., Forýtková L., Zgodavová K. Improhealth - e-learning for health care management. Bratislava Medical Journal, Bratislava, Slovakia : School of Medicine, Comenius University, 2006, 107/4s. 179-179. ISSN 0006-9248. 2006

Bourek A., Chaloupková V., Forýtková L., Vlk D. Information about the Center for Quality in Healthcare of Natl. Institute of Public Health (informace o Centru pro kavalitu ve zdravotnictví Státního zdravotního ústavu. In Sborník Mezinárodní konference ICEQ 2006 - Efektivita, kvalita a spokojenost klientů ve zdravotnictví a sociální péči, Praha. : Stapro s.r.o., Pardubice, 2006,. od s. 21-24, 4 s. ISBN 80-903167-6-X

Bourek A. How to search the Internet for EBM documents on gynecology (Jak hledat na Internetu dokumenty z gynekologie). Gynekolog, Hradec-Králové : MedExart, 2006, 5s. 199-202. ISSN 1210-1133. 2006

Zgodavová K., Golemanov L., Bourek A. Multilingual Virtual Quality Center Providing eLearning Facilities for Health Service. In Book of abstracts - Presentations from the 11th European Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Praha 26 - 28. April 2006. : BMJ, 2006

Forýtková L., Bourek A. Programs of Quality and Standards of Medical Procedures) Programy kvality a standardy léčebných postupů, Editorství Standardů léčebných postupů. : Verlag-Dashofer, Praha, 2006,. 150 s. 2006. ISBN 80-86229-29-7.

Bourek A. Workshop on Reflections on Management. In Book of abstracts - Presentations from the 11th European Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Prague Congress Centre, Czech Republic, 26.-28.April 2006. : BMJ, 2006

Bourek A., Forýtková L., Mornstein V., Vlk D. Medical Information Resources, Tools for their Management (Opportunities, Limitations, Risks) Zdroje zdravotnických znalostí, nástroje na jejich správu (možnosti, omezení, rizika). In II.Celofakultní konference o studiu na Lékařské fakultě MU Brno,2006. Brno : Lékařská fakulta MU, Brno, 2006

Bourek A. Healthcare informatics and overview of computer literacy for medical students. In: Fundamentals of biophysics and medical technology. V. Mornstein ed. MU Press, Brno, 2007. ISBN 978-80-210-4228-5

Bourek A. Interim results of work package number four (Patient safety indicators and vocabulary) of the SIMPATIE project. Proceedings of ICEQ International Conference, pg. 19-20, STAPRO, Prague, 7-8.3. 2007. ISBN 978-80-903167-9-9

Bourek A, Bourková A., Tůma P, Tachovský J., Břeň M. Information services and teamwork for efficiency quality and safety in the healthcare environment. In: Proceedings of 5th. International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Health - ICICTH, Samos, Greece July 5-7 (Kyriakos Em. Kiulafas ed.), pg. 310-312, 2007, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (ISBN 978-960-6608-71-1)

Bourek A., Bourková A, Programy kvality a standardy léčebných postupů. Týmová spolupráce – obecné zákonitosti a specifika zdravotnického prostředí, (Teamwork – general principles and specifics of the health care environment. In: Programs of Quality and Standards of Medical Procedures. Forýtková L., Bourek A. ed.), Verlag-Dashofer, Praha, kap. 3/8 str. 1-10, 23. aktualizace, srpen 2007, ISBN 80-86229-29-7

Bourková A, Bourek A. Týmová spolupráce – Techniky týmové spolupráce, process týmové spolupráce, definice pojmu teamwork, zavádění týmové spolupráce do zdravotnického prostředí, klinické protokoly, TeamSTEPPS (Teamwork – techniques of teamwork, teamwork process, teamwork definitions, implementing teamwork in the healthcare environment, clinical protocols, TeamSTEPPS.) Programy kvality a standard léčebných postupů. (Programs of Quality and Standards of Medical Procedures, Forýtková L., Bourek A. ed.), Verlag-Dashofer, Praha, kap. 3/8.1 str. 1-12, 24. Aktualizace, listopad 2007, ISBN 80-86229-29-7

Bourek A, Informatika ve zdravotnictví (Informatics in health care). Mornstein A., Hrazdíra I., Bourek A. Lékařská Fyzika a informatika (se zaměřením na zubní lékařství, Neptun, Brno, 2007, str. 293-17. (ISBN 978-80-86850-02-3)

Bourek A., Zgodavová K., Bober R., Forýtková L. Web-based Quality Management Course for Healthcare Organizations and Citizens. In: Proceedings of MEFANET 2007, MSD, Brno, 2007. Editors Dušek L., Mihál V., Štípek S. (ISBN 978-80-7392-007-4)

Bourek A., Bourková A.., Tůma P., Tachovský J., Břeň M. Information services and teamwork for efficiency quality and safety in the healthcare environment. In: Proceedings of Quality of the Health Care System, Strategies for fair and ethnic welfare system: the contribution of health care services. XVII Meeting of the Italian Society for the Quality in Health Care – VRQ. Reggio Emilia, 7-10.11.2007.

Bourek A, Bourková A., Tůma P, Zgodavová K., Tachovský J., Břeň M., Forýtková L. Health informatics, e-learning and teamwork logics for efficient high quality and safety services in the healthcare environment.

In: Proceedings of ECO-Q Magazine on Quality, 4th Greek National Conference "Quality in HealthCare Services", 6-7.12. 2007, Athens, Greece

Bourek A., Tůma P., Tachovský J., Břeň M., Bourková A. Possibilities, limitations and risks of the use of healthcare administrated data for decision support (lessons from CEEQNET project of 5 European countries). Indicators for Patient Safety and Quality. European State of the Art Symposium, ESQH office, 9-10 January 2008 l, Odense, Denmark

Bourek A., Forýtková L., Kristensen S., Mainz J., Bartels P. Indikátory bezpečnosti pacientů. (Indicators of patient safety). Finální výstupy oddílu 4 (slovník pojmů a soubor indikátorů pacientské bezpečnosti) projektu SIMPATIE. ICEQ 2008, Sborník conference ICEQ 2008 (Efektivita, kvalita a spokojenost klientů ve zdravotnictví a sociální péči). 19-20.3. 2008. s.50, Stapro, Praha, 2008 ISBN 978-80-903879-1-1.

Bourek A., Tůma P., Bourková L., Břeň M., Tachovský J. Administered healthcare data has limited value for benchmarking but enables modeling and scenarios of healthcare outcomes. Result of CEEQNET project. International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care. Poster and presentation, Show and Tell Session. 23.4.2008, Paris

Bourek A., Tůma P., Břeň M, Bourková A., Forýtková L., Tachovský J. Understanding indicators for healthcare quality management system in a systemic way. Proceedings of C&C International Conference Cooperation and Competition, Zineldin M., Janowska K., Vasicheva V. eds., Pg. 238-244, Allkopia Vaxsjo, 2009. ISBN 978-91-7636-616-5

Bourek A. Způsob účelné komunikace ve zdravotnickém prostředí / Jak správně a věcně formulovat hlášení. Nástroj SARA / SBAR (situace-anamnéza-rozvaha-akce / situation-background-assessment-recommendation). Dashofer, aktualizace programy kvality 2009

Poletti P., Bourek A.Quality management implementation in healthcare of Ukraine. Report for WHO. University Center for Healthcare Quality, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. conference in Lviv, UA, 16-17.6.2009

Golemanov L.A, Zgodavová K., Slimak M., Bourek A. Quality of Life and Well Being. Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin Press, 2009, ISBN 978-80-8075-379-5

Hrazdíra I., Mornstein V., Bourek A., Škorpíková J. Fundamentals of Biophysics and Medical Technology. Muni Press, Brno, 2009. ISBN 978-80-210-4228-5

Dionne Sofia Kringos, Ales Bourek, Helmut Brand, Walter Devillé The contribution of DG SANCO’s Health System Working Party to the European health information system. European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 17, Supplement 2, 2007, p. 66.

Bourek A. Functions of the Czech Republic Centre of Health Care Quality. In: Assuring the Quality of Health Care in the European Union, A Case for Act. Legido-Quigley H., McKee M., Nolte E., Glinos I. A. eds. Observatory Studies Series No. 12. The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. pg. 97-100, WHO 2008, MPG Boks Ltd., Bodmin, Cornwall. ISBN 978-92-890-7193-2.

Bourek A., Tůma P., Bourková A., Tachovský J. Assuring the health of health care systems. Do we understand the logics of using health care related indicators? In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Social Networks and the Application Tools (Žižka J. ed.). SoNet. University of Central Europe. Skalica. Sept. 19-21, 2008. link: www.sonet.webnode.cz

Bourek A., Tůma P., Bourková A., Forýtková L., Tachovský J. Indicators as signals for synchronization and collaboration in healthcare institutions. Lessons from CEEQNET (Central and Eastern Europe Quality Network) project. Biofyzikální dny 2008, Karlov. Sborník abstrakt. Pg. 27-30, Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc. 2008. ISBN 978-80-244-1985-5

Bourek A., Tůma P., Břeň M., Bourková A., Forýtková L., Tachovský J. Understanding indicators for healthcare quality management system in a systemic way. Proceedings of C&C International Conference Cooperation and Competition, Zineldin M., Janowska K., Vasicheva V. eds., Pg. 238-244, Allkopia Vaxsjo, 2008. ISBN 978-91-7636-616-5

Forýtková L., Bourek A. (editors). Standardy léčebných postupů a Kvalita ve zdravotnictví. (Standards of Health Care and Quality in Medicine) 2008. vyd. Praha : Dashofer Verlag, 2008. 50 s. 1.,2.a 3.aktualizace Standardy léčebných postupů. ISSN 1803-120X

Golemanov L.A., Zgodavová K., Bourek A. Multilingual virtual quality center providing e-learning facilities for e-health and modern healthcare management education and training. Acta Mechanica Slovaca 11/2010, Technicka univerzita Kosice, Kosice 2010

Bourek A. General principles and logic of quality management in health and healthcare. In: E-Health Systems Quality and Reliability: Models and Standards. (Moumtzoglou A., Kastania A. eds.) IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, Pennsylvania. 2011. p. 2-19, 17 pp. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-843-8 (ISBN13: 978-1-61692-843-8, ISBN10: 1616928433, EISBN13: 9781616928452, URL: http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=41768)

Folksonomy - Supplementing RICHE Expert Based Taxonomy by Terms from Online Documents (Pilot Study)

Bourek A, Alexandrov M., Lopez R.. In Business and Engineering Applications of Intelligent and Information Systems. First edition. Rzeszow, Poland; Sofia, Bulgaria,: ITHEA, 2011. p. 115-123, 9 pp. ITHEA IBS ISC No.: 23. ISBN 978-954-16-0054-2

Joint development of clinical practice guidelines and quality indicators as a tool for quality of care improvement. Suchý M., Bourek A., Klika P., Dušek L., Ryska M., Bělina F., Kožený P. In Bath P. A., Mettler T., Raptis D. A., Sen B. A. (eds.). Proceedings of the 15th international Symposium on Health Information Management Rersearch - ISHIMR 2011. Zurich: University of Zurich, University of St. Gallen and University of Sheffield, 2011. p. 427-437, 563 pp. ISBN 978-0-9559283-1-4

Bourek Aleš. Guest Editorial Preface. Special Issue on Education. International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare. April-June 2012, Vol. 1, No. 2, IGI Publishing, ISSN: 2160-9551; EISSN: 2160-956X

Zgodavová Kristina, Bourek Aleš. Potential of WEB Based Learning in Managing for the Sustained Success of a Healthcare Organization Based on IMPROHEALTH® Project. International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare. April-June 2012, p. 12-28, IGI Publishing, Vol. 1, No. 2, ISSN: 2160-9551; EISSN: 2160-956X

Bourek A. Czech Republic overview. in: Clinical Guidelines for Chronic Conditions in the European Union. Legido-Quigley, H., Panteli, D., Car, J., McKee, M., Busse, R. eds.

pg. 91, 137, European Commission’s Directorate–General for Health & Consumers to the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, May 2012

Bourek A., Health System and Love. Editorial. EuroLifestyle Newsletter. Number 02/2012, Volume 05, Issue 2, pg. 1-3, Published online, Dresden. Germany

Kraurova Olga, Alexandrov Mikhail, Bourek Aleš. Classification of Primary Medical Records with RUBRYX-2: First Experience. In: Artificial Intelligence Methods and Techniques for Business and Engineering Aplications. Setlak Galina, Alexandrov Mikhail, Markov Krassimir (eds.), ITHEA, 2012, Rzeszow, Poland; Sofia, Bulgaria, ISBN: 978-954-16-0057-3 (printed), ISBN: 978-954-16-0058-0 (online), ITHEA IBS ISC No.: 26

Bourek Aleš, Kastania Anastasia, Moumtzoglou Anastasius. Quality of Healthcare in the Cloud: Advantages and Security issues. E-Literacy Impact of Stakeholders Involved in Cloud Computing for Healthcare Quality. Session at ISQua 29^th International Conference Advancing Quality and Safety for All, October 21-24, 2012, Geneva, Switzerland, conf. programme pg. 31

Bourek A. European country profiles on clinical guidelines, Czech Republic. pg. 99-100. In: Clinical Guidelines for Chronic Conditions in the European Union. Edited by Helena Legido-Quigley, Dimitra Panteli, Josip Car, Martin McKee, Reinhard Busse. Observatory Studies Series 30, The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, © World Health Organization 2013 (acting as the host organization for, and secretariat of, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies), Copenhagen, Denmark 2013, ISBN 978 92 890 0021 5

Bourek A. Ošetřovatelské standardy – smysl a cíle. Kap. Varia/Oše str. 1-3. Aktualizace říjen 2013. In: Forýtková L., Bourek A. (editors). Standardy léčebných postupů a kvalita ve zdravotní péči. vyd. Praha : Verlag Dashöfer, 2013. Standardy léčebných postupů a kvalita ve zdravotní péči. ISSN 1803-120X

Zgodavová K, Bourek A. Chapter 3: Educational Paradigm Change and Fostering Sustainable Success of Healthcare Organization with the Aid of Web Based Interactive Training. In: Wang, V. C. (2014) editor. Advanced Research in Adult Learning and Professional Development: Tools, Trends, and Methodologies (pp. 1-342). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4615-5

Bernard, V., Mornstein, V., Bourek, A. Effect of near field ultrasound on carboplatin treatment of ovarian carcinoma cells. Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics, India: National Institute of Science Communicat, 2013, roč. 50, č. 4, s. 284-288. ISSN 0301-1208

Bernard, V., Staffa. E., Mornstein, V., Bourek, A. Infrared camera assessment of skin surface temperature - Effect of emissivity. Physica Medica, European Journal of Medical Physics, Oxford: Elsevier Ltd, 2013, roč. 29, č. 6, s. 583-591. ISSN 1120-1797.

Alexander, D., Bourek, A., Kilroe, J., Rigby, M. and Staines, A. The RICHE taxonomy - an innovative means of classification of child health research. Child: care, health, and development, Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2014, roč. 40, č. 5, s. 632-639. ISSN 0305-1862. doi:10.1111/cch.1211

Forýtková Lenka a Bourek Aleš. Standardy léčebných postupů a Kvalita ve zdravotnictví - Manuál zvyšování kvality péče pro nemocnice, polikliniky, praktické lékaře a specialisty. 1. vyd. Praha: Verlag dashofer, 2014. 260 s. aktualizace 2014. ISSN 1803-120X

Bourek A, Staffa E. Human Trafficking in the Information Society. Chapter 7. in: Handbook on Human Trafficking, Public Health and the Law: A Spring School from the New Haven Perspective. Eds.: Kirch Wilhelm, Wiessner Siegfried, Pati Roza. pg. 91-108, Thieme Verlag KG, 2014 Stuttgart. ISBN 978-3-13-175601

Bourek Aleš. Introducing Healthcare System Change Strategies to Policy Makers in the Open Society and Digital Environment: What Works Now, But May Not Work in the Near Future. In: Special Issue on How to Introduce Health System Change Strategies to Policy Makers? Vahé A. Kazandjian editor. International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare, 3(2), 36-59, April-June 2014 , DOI: 10.4018/ijrqeh.2014040103

Dmitry Stefanovskiy, Mikhail Alexandrov, Ales Bourek, Tomas Hala. Concepts Identification in Document with Network Activation Method. In: Galina Setlak, Krassimir Markov (ed.) Transactions on Business and Engineering Intelligent Applications. ITHEA® 2014, Rzeszow, Poland; Sofia, Bulgaria, ISBN: 978-954-16-0068-9 (printed) ISBN: 978-954-16-0069-6 (online), pg. 93-97

Staines Anthony, Rigby Michael , Leonardi Matilde, Ravens-Sieberer Ulrike, Bourek Aleš et al. RICHE – Research Inventory, Indicators, Gaps and Roadmaps for Child Health in Europe - an EU FP7 project. PeerJ 19.3.2014 (pre-print), PeerJ PrePrints 2:e295v1, https://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.295v1

Bourek Aleš, Bernard Vladan , Staffa Erik. AtHEAL project workshop Healthcare education & Quality management in health care institutions. Masaryk University, 22-24.07.2015, Brno – CZ

Staffa Erik, Bernard Vladan, Kubíček Luboš, Vlachovský Robert, Vlk Daniel, Mornstein Vojtěch, Bourek Aleš and Staffa Robert. Infrared thermography as option for evaluating the treatment effect of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty by patients with peripheral arterial disease. Vascular, London: Sage Publications Inc, 2017, vol. 25, No 1, p. 42-49. ISSN 1708-5381. doi:10.1177/1708538116640444

Bourek Aleš. How to Make Your Work Really Influence Future Healthcare: From Projects through Policies to Integration into Health Systems. Chapter 16 in: Anastasius Moumtzoglou editor. Design, Development, and Integration of Reliable Electronic Healthcare Platforms. (Part of the Advances in Healthcare Information Systems and Administration Book Series), p. 271-295, IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, Pennsylvania. 2017. ISBN13: 9781522517245, ISBN10: 1522517243, EISBN13: 9781522517252, doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1724-5 (10.4018/978-1-5225-1724-5.ch016)

W. Ricciardi, P. Barros, A. Bourek, W., Brouwer, L. Lehtonen, M. McKee. Innovative Payment Models for High-cost Innovative Medicines. Report of the Expert Panel on effective ways of investing in Health. ISBN 978-92-79-7705, doi:10.2875/049700

S. Nutti, M. McKee, L. Lehtonen, M. Barry, L. Siciliani, L. Murauskiene, A. Bourek, C. Anastasy, D. Kringos, J. De Maesener, P. Pita Barros, W. Brouwer. Benchmarking Access to Healthcare in the EU. Opinion of the Expert Panel on effective ways of investing in Health. ISBN 978-92-79-77055, doi:10.2875/781739.

M. McKee, W. Ricciardi, S. Nuti, L. Lehtonen, D. Kringos, A. Bourek, J. De Maeseneer, C. Anastasy, L. Siciliani. Application of the ERN model in European cross-border healthcare cooperation outside the rare diseases area. Opinion of the Expert Panel on effective ways of investing in Health. ISBN 978-92-79-96726-9, doi: 10.2875/562372

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