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The study determined the association of sleep duration and insomnia symptoms with the components of metabolic syndrome and inflammation in middle-aged and older adults with metabolic syndrome in Taiwan. This cross-sectional study used the database compiled in Taiwan between 2004–2013. A total of 26,016 volunteers aged 35 years and above were selected. Metabolic syndrome was defined according to the International Diabetes Federation. Compared with regular sleep duration (6–8 h/day), short (<6 h/day) or long sleep duration (>8 h/day) and insomnia symptoms significantly increased the odds ratios of high waist circumference, high blood pressure, low high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, high triglycerides, high fasting blood glucose, and high C-reactive protein. Insomnia symptoms did not modify the effects of sleep duration on the components of metabolic syndrome and inflammation. Our study suggests that short or long sleep duration and insomnia symptoms may have an adverse effect on metabolic syndrome and inflammation.

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The design of the Taiwan Electronic Medical Record Template (TMT) provides the basis for developing a document-based information standard and an information interoperability infrastructure forTaiwan's healthcare system. An additional benefit of TMT is its strong data security structure.

e-prescribing i.e. electronic prescribing also known as Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) is a computer-aided system which provides the health professionals with a robust platform for writing their notes including the prescription, recommended-tests, suggestions, etc. for their clients electronically rather than manually. Due to dearth of normal infrastructure and facilities in healthcare system of Pakistan which are otherwise available around the globe in this modern era, there is an obvious overload on the health workers and practitioners. It is an established fact that Computerized Physician order entry (CPOE) system is very effective in reducing the medication errors. Most of the professionals in healthcare opine that CPOE is beneficial for both patients and health professionals themselves including organization. They show their interest in the adoption of this new technology centered system in our healthcare system for efficiency improvement. The results state clearly that this system is equally beneficial for organizations who want to adopt this system as perceived by the health professionals. Overall it supports the idea of adoption and implementation of CPOE in healthcare facilities in both public and private healthcare institutes. It can be concluded that CPOE should be adopted to enhance efficiency of the healthcare system for patients, health organizations as well as support healthcare professionals.