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Improving Health Care for Patients with Multimorbidity: A Mixed-Methods Study to Explore the Feasibility and Process of Aligning Scheduled Outpatient Appointments through Collaboration between Medical Specialties

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2022
Background: Many patients with multimorbidity have appointments and parallel trajectories in several outpatient clinics across medical specialties. This organisation may disintegrate care and challenges the navigation of the healthcare system.
Cathrine Bell, Charlotte Weiling Appel, Anne Frølich   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Medicaid Patients Have Greater Difficulty Scheduling Health Care Appointments Compared With Private Insurance Patients: A Meta-Analysis

Inquiry (United States), 2019
Medicaid patients are known to have reduced access to care compared with privately insured patients; however, quantifying this disparity with large controlled studies remains a challenge.
Walter Hsiang, Adam M Lukasiewicz, Mark Gentry   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Radiotherapy department supported by an optimization algorithm for scheduling patient appointments

Health Informatics Journal
Prompt administration of radiotherapy (RT) is one of the most effective treatments against cancer. Each day, the radiotherapy departments of large hospitals must plan numerous irradiation sessions, considering the availability of human and material ...
Nicolas Jansen, Izidor Mlakar, Umut Ariöz   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Cancellation on the Day of Surgery in an Ambulatory Setting Due to Patient Factors: A Preliminary Study

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021
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Eurico Castro Alves, João Oliveira, Mariana Ginestal, Catarina Ferreira, Ana Povo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attend anywhere clinic: A virtual outpatient clinic experience in otolaryngology during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021
Introduction Numerous technological advances have been made during the COVID‐19 pandemic. There has been a growing body of evidence highlighting the value of virtual consultations as an adjunct to physical appointments.
Paramesh Mankunda Puttasiddaiah, Simon Morris, Sam Dwamena, Ameeth Sanu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Doctor Consultation through Mobile Applications in India: An Overview, Challenges and the Way Forward [PDF]

Healthcare Informatics Research, 2020
Objectives To layout mHealth (mobile health) applications operating in India with the facility of either online doctor consultation or offline doctor appointment booking. Methods A cross-sectional, observational and web-based study was conducted.
Neeraj Agarwal, Bijit Biswas
doaj   +1 more source

Absenteeism of diabetics to appointments with an endocrinologist and its relationship with access to health services

Revista Ciências em Saúde, 2022
Objective: To analyze the association between absenteeism and access to specialized consultations for diabetics, in the Unified Health System (SUS) in Espírito Santo (ES). Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted using primary and secondary data with 472
Marcelle Lemos Leal, Edson Theodoro dos Santos Neto, Eliana Zandonade, Thiago Dias Sarti, Nagela Valadão Cade   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable waiting time reductions after introducing the STAT model for access and triage: 12-month follow up of a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Timely access is a challenge for providers of outpatient and community-based health services, as seen by the often lengthy waiting lists to manage demand.
Katherine E. Harding, David A. Snowdon, Luke Prendergast, Annie K. Lewis, Bridie Kent, Sandy F. Leggat, Nicholas F. Taylor   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automation of health care management system through software [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
In these modern times, people prefer convenience over traditional methods. This text describes the benefits of implementing a software system in Polyclinic #5.
Vaitekunene E. L., Boyko A. A., Moiseeva E. E., Dolgova T.G., Kleshko I.I.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

General practice recording of adverse childhood experiences: a retrospective cohort study of GP records

BJGP Open, 2020
Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are linked to negative health outcomes in adulthood. Poor engagement with services may, in part, mediate the association between adverse outcomes and ACEs.
Andrea E Williamson, Ross McQueenie, David A Ellis, Alex McConnachie, Philip Wilson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source