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Unplanned attendances of cancer patients to an outpatient unit in a low-income country: A prospective study from Sudan

South African Journal of Oncology, 2020
Background: Studies of unplanned attendances of cancer patients to outpatient oncology units in limited-resource settings are rare. Aim: The primary aim of the study was to determine the cause of unplanned visits of cancer patients to an outpatient ...
Moawia M.A. Elhassan, Safa I.H. Taha, Maha M.A. Maatoug   +2 more
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Can we predict a national profile of non-attendance paediatric urology patients: a multi-institutional electronic health record study

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2014
Background Non-attendance at paediatric urology outpatient appointments results in the patient’s failure to receive medical care and wastes health care resources.Objective To determine the utility of using routinely collected electronic health record ...
Ruth A. Bush, Vijaya M. Vemulakonda, Sean T. Corbett, George J. Chiang   +3 more
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Evaluation of the use of a Renal Health application by kidney transplant recipients [PDF]

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2023
Objective: to evaluate the use of a renal health application by kidney transplant recipients. Method: a retrospective, observational study with a sample composed of individuals registered in the kidney transplant section of the application from July ...
Juliana Gomes Ramalho de Oliveira, Hélady Sanders-Pinheiro, Ronaldo Almeida de Freitas Filho, José Eurico Vasconcelos Filho, Marjan Askari, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Júnior   +5 more
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Technology and Access to Healthcare with Different Scheduling Systems: A Scoping Review [PDF]

Healthcare Informatics Research
Objectives Online consultation scheduling is increasingly common in health services across various countries. This paper reviews articles published in the past five years and reflects on the risks and benefits of this practice, linking it to a recent ...
Lucas Manarte
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Mature Adults at the GP: Length of Visit and Patient Satisfaction—Associations with Patient, Doctor, and Facility Characteristics

Medicina, 2022
Background and objectives: The consultation time for more mature adults is often perceived as longer, increasing with the patient’s age and boosting their satisfaction with the visit.
Marta Rzadkiewicz, Gorill Haugan, Dorota Włodarczyk   +2 more
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Physiological and Behavioral Manifestations of Children and Teenagers with Down Syndrome During the Dental Appointment: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, 2022
Objective: To measure the heart rate (HR) and the behavior of children and teenagers with Down Syndrome (DS) during the dental appointment. Material and Methods: Two groups (n = 52), of both genders, aged 2-14 years, matched by age group were formed ...
Aryvelto Miranda Silva, Básia Rabelo Nogueira, Thalles Anthony Chaves Leal, Raimundo Rosendo Prado Júnior, Regina Ferraz Mendes   +4 more
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A model of access combining triage with initial management reduced waiting time for community outpatient services: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial

BMC Medicine, 2018
Background Long waiting times are associated with public community outpatient health services. This trial aimed to determine if a new model of care based on evidence-based strategies that improved patient flow in two small pilot trials could be used to ...
Katherine E. Harding, Sandra G. Leggat, Jennifer J. Watts, Bridie Kent, Luke Prendergast, Michelle Kotis, Mary O’Reilly, Leila Karimi, Annie K. Lewis, David A. Snowdon, Nicholas F. Taylor   +10 more
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Paper Notebooks vs. Mobile Devices: Brain Activation Differences During Memory Retrieval

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2021
It remains to be determined how different inputs for memory-encoding, such as the use of paper notebooks or mobile devices, affect retrieval processes. We compared three groups of participants who read dialogues on personal schedules and wrote down the ...
Keita Umejima, Takuya Ibaraki, Takahiro Yamazaki, Kuniyoshi L. Sakai   +3 more
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Specific timely appointments for triage to reduce wait times in a medical outpatient clinic: protocol of a pre-post study with process evaluation

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Managing demand for services is a problem in many areas of healthcare, including specialist medical outpatient clinics. Some of these clinics have long waiting lists with variation in access for referred people.
Annie K. Lewis, Nicholas F. Taylor, Patrick W. Carney, Katherine E. Harding   +3 more
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Translation and cross-cultural adaptation into Brazilian Portuguese of the ORAAprof instrument for Advanced Access [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objectives: to translate and cross-culturally adapt the self-reflective tool Outil Réflexif sur l’Accès Adapté (ORAAprof) into Brazilian Portuguese. Methods: methodological study conducted from August 2022 to April 2023 in five stages: translation, back-
Alexandre Ramiro Pinto, Lislaine Aparecida Fracolli, Lucia Yasuko Izumi Nichiata   +2 more
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