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Developing an Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Health Care Practice: Rewiring Health Care Professions for Better Care.

open access: yesJournal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to impact almost every aspect of health care, from detection to prediction and prevention. The adoption of new technologies in health care, however, lags far behind the emergence of new technologies.
D. Wiljer, Zaki Hakim
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effectiveness of increase health volunteer ability program in basic care for the dependent elderly in the communities, Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Health Research, 2019
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to study and compare knowledge and skills in basic care for the dependent elderly of health volunteers before and after the increase in ability program participation. Design/methodology/approach - Quasi experimental
Premwadee Karuhadej   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the Patient Experience: A Conceptual Framework

open access: yesJournal of Patient Experience, 2020
The patient experience is now globally recognized as an independent dimension of health-care quality. However, although patients, providers, health-care managers, and policy-makers agree on its importance, there is no standardized definition of the ...
Patrick Oben MD
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Significant Disparities Exist in Consumer Health Insurance Literacy: Implications for Health Care Reform

open access: yesHealth literacy research and practice, 2019
Background: Health insurance literacy (HIL) is defined as a person's ability to seek, obtain, and understand health insurance plans, and once enrolled use their insurance to seek appropriate health care services.
J. Edward   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

End of Life Care: The Importance of Culture and Ethnicity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Despite Australia's cultural diversity, there is little doubt that ethnic minority groups continue to have less access to health care systems, let alone culturally appropriate care, including palliative and end of life care.
Jane Phillips
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Effects of health insurance integration on health care utilization and its equity among the mid-aged and elderly: evidence from China

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
BackgroundThe fragmentation of health insurance schemes in China has undermined equity in access to health care. To achieve universal health coverage by 2020, the Chinese government has decided to consolidate three basic medical insurance schemes.
Chaofan Li   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Integration of basic dermatological care into primary health care services in Mali

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization, 2005
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate, in a developing country, the effect of a short training programme for general health care workers on the management of common skin diseases - a neglected component of primary health care in such regions. METHODS: We provided a one-
Antoine Mahé   +7 more
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Decentralization and Public Delivery of Health Care Services in India [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines delivery of public health care services in India, in the broader context of decentralization. It provides an overview of the basic features and recent developments in intergovernmental fiscal relations and accountability mechanisms ...
Singh, Nirvikar
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Integrating mental health into primary health care in Zambia: a care provider's perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background Despite the 1991 reforms of the health system in Zambia, mental health is still given low priority. This is evident from the fragmented manner in which mental health services are provided in the country and the limited budget allocations, with
Lonia Mwape   +6 more
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Quality of basic maternal care functions in health facilities of five African countries: an analysis of national health system surveys.

open access: yesLancet Global Health, 2016
BACKGROUND Global efforts to increase births at health-care facilities might not reduce maternal or newborn mortality if quality of care is insufficient. However, little systematic evidence exists for the quality at health facilities caring for women and
M. Kruk   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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