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Facility type and surgical specialty are associated with suboptimal surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis practice patterns: a multi-center, retrospective cohort study

open access: yesAntimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2019
Background Guidelines recommend discontinuation of antimicrobial prophylaxis within 24 h after incision closure in uninfected patients. However, how facility and surgical specialty factors affect the implementation of these evidence-based surgical ...
Westyn Branch-Elliman   +9 more
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Improving waiting times in the Emergency Department [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Waiting times in the Emergency Department cause considerable delays in care and in patient satisfaction. There are many moving parts to the ED visit with multiple providers delivering care for a single patient.
Medeiros, Joshua
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Through the Eye of the Beholder: Multiple Perspectives on Quality in Women\u27s Health Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Quality is an illusive concept with different meanings to different people. Providers often define quality in terms of patient outcomes, professional standards of practice, predetermined criteria used to measure quality, and even subjective opinion ...
Stichler, Jaynelle F, Weiss, Marianne E.
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Integrated Delivery Networks: In Search of Benefits and Market Effects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) have very different stated purposes than mere collections of hospitals: to coordinate care across the continuum of health services and to manage population health.
Aditi Sen   +3 more
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Microgrids & District Energy: Pathways To Sustainable Urban Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A microgrid is an energy system specifically designed to meet some of the energy needs of a group of buildings, a campus, or an entire community. It can include local facilities that generate electricity, heating, and/or cooling; store energy; distribute
Bourgeois, Tom   +5 more
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Quantification of Metamorphopsia in Resolved Idiopathic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: An Analysis Using M-CHARTS, Amsler Grid, and Optical Coherence Tomography

open access: yesClinical Ophthalmology
Barsha Suwal,1 Deepak Khadka,1 Arjun Shrestha,1 Rinkal Suwal,2 Bijay Khatri3 1Department of Ophthalmology, BP Eye Foundation, Hospital for Children, Eye, ENT, and Rehabilitation Services, Bhaktapur, Nepal; 2Department of Optometry, BP Eye Foundation ...
Suwal B   +4 more
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The Uninsured at the Starting Line: Findings from the 2013 Kaiser Survey of Low-Income Americans and the ACA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In January 2014, the major coverage provisions of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into full effect. These provisions include the creation of new Health Insurance Marketplaces where low and moderate income families can receive premium tax credits ...
Katherine Young   +2 more
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Parallel Private Health Insurance in Australia: A Cautionary Tale and Lessons for Canada [PDF]

open access: yes
Canada's restrictions on the role of private health insurance for publicly insured physician and hospital services are unique among countries with universal, publicly funded health care systems.
Deborah Cobb-Clark   +3 more
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Finding the Fit: A Review of Three Intervention Models for Working with HIV/AIDS Impacted Substance Users who are Homeless [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
This report reflects research on three different models of services for people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) who are also low-income, substance users and are homeless or at risk of becoming ...
Amy Rynell, Maryann Mason
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Management of Agitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has radically altered delivery of care in emergency settings.
Chang, Bernard P.   +6 more
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