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Improving Patient Access to Primary Care Providers Using a Pharmacist-Physician Co-Visit Model

INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2023
Background: Implementation of a clinical pharmacist in the primary care setting can offset provider time spent managing chronic diseases using Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPAs).
Diana Palandri, Hanna Raber, Casey Tak, Elizabeth Bald, Katherine Hastings, Karen Gunning   +5 more
doaj  

Perceptions of barriers towards dental appointment keeping among patients of a tertiary care setting: A mixed method exploration

Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
Objectives: To explore the barriers governing dental appointment keeping among patients reporting to a tertiary care setting. To assess the prevalence of missed dental appointments in a tertiary care center.
K.A. Anagha, M. Megha, Vineetha Karuveettil, S. Vijay Kumar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of a new medical network system on the efficiency of treatment for eating disorders in Japan: a retrospective observational study

BioPsychoSocial Medicine, 2017
Background In Japan, patients generally have free access to any hospital or clinic. This could lead to reduced efficiency in the treatment for eating disorders (EDs) because there are only a limited number of doctors who can treat ED patients.
Junko Moriya, Mami Kayano, Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi   +2 more
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Gynaecological cancer follow-up: national survey of current practice in the UK

BMJ Open, 2013
Objective To establish a baseline of national practice for follow-up after treatment for gynaecological cancer. Design Questionnaire survey. Setting Gynaecological cancer centres and units. Geographical location UK.
S. Leeson, N. Stuart, Yvonne Sylvestre, Liz Hall, R. Whitaker   +4 more
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Comparing the efficacy of different maintenance intervals on preventing disease recurrence in patients with a history of periodontal treatment

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Background: Scheduled maintenance appointments after periodontal treatment are very much critical for the success of the treatment. This is necessary for patients seeking to prevent disease recurrence and maintain oral health.
Kiran K Ganji, Mohammad K Alam, Mohammed Ali Alkhwaitm, Kholood A S Al-Hammad, Sherif Sultan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

mHealth: Using Mobile Technology to Support Healthcare

Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 2014
Adherence to long-term therapy in outpatient setting is required to reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Diabetes, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Senanu R. Okuboyejo, Omatseyin L. Eyesan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The association between primary care appointment lengths and opioid prescribing for common pain conditions

BMC Health Services Research
Background While brief duration primary care appointments may improve access, they also limit the time clinicians spend evaluating painful conditions. This study aimed to evaluate whether 15-minute primary care appointments resulted in higher rates of ...
John C. Matulis, Kristi Swanson, Rozalina McCoy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Time spent by patients in a pre-anaesthetic clinic and the factors affecting it: An audit from a tertiary care teaching hospital

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2018
Background and Aims: Patient satisfaction from a pre-anaesthetic clinic (PAC) visit is greatly influenced by time spent there. We aimed to determine time spent in a PAC without an appointment system and the factors affecting the same.
Justin P James, Suma Mary Thampi
doaj   +1 more source

Adherence to screening appointments in a cervical cancer clinic serving HIV-positive women in Botswana

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background The link between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and cervical cancer is of particular concern in Botswana, where one in four women at risk for cervical cancer is HIV-positive.
Francis Barchi, Samantha C. Winter, Faith Mompati Ketshogile, Doreen Ramogola-Masire   +3 more
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Multi-agent Pareto appointment exchanging in hospital patient scheduling

Service Oriented Computing and Applications, 2007
We present a dynamic and distributed approach to the hospital patient scheduling problem, in which patients can have multiple appointments that have to be scheduled to different resources. To efficiently solve this problem we develop a multi-agent Pareto-
I. Vermeulen, S. Bohté, Koye Somefun, H. L. Poutré   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source