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“It's the Exact Same Treatment … Except Only 5 Min Away”: A RE‐AIM Evaluation of a Speech‐Language Pathology Shared‐Care Model for Rural Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Challenges accessing post‐treatment speech‐language pathology (SLP) services can add to treatment burden for rural patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). Hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate a shared‐care SLP service designed to support local SLP access for patients with HNC, using the RE‐AIM framework.
Corey Patterson, Elizabeth C. Ward, Rebecca L. Packer, Jasmine Foley, Laurelie R. Wishart, Clare L. Burns, Sally Pether, Wendy Comben   +7 more
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Reducing Annual Hospital and Registered Nurse Staff Turnover—A 10-Element Onboarding Program Intervention

SAGE Open Nursing, 2017
Employee turnover is a key metric and performance indicator when evaluating the fiscal and operational effectiveness of any health-care facility. This article outlines a turnover analysis and onboarding program performance improvement initiative used by ...
Emma Kurnat-Thoma PhD, MS, RN, Mary Ganger BSN MSHS RN, Kelly Peterson BA, Lesley Channell MBA SPHR   +3 more
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Hypervision Proton Surgery: The Future Direction of Proton Therapy

iNew Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Proton beams provide unique physical advantages characterized by a low entrance dose, negligible exit dose, and a sharp Bragg peak, which enable superior sparing of normal tissues and support safe dose escalation for improved tumor control. However, conventional photon‐based fractionation remains widely used in proton therapy, where prolonged ...
Li Li, Shuanghu Yuan
wiley   +1 more source

THE ROLE OF PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT (SUGGESTION SYSTEM) IN SHAHID FAYAZBAKHSH HOSPITAL EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2003
Introduction: The undesirable use of available resources, shortage of resources, and increasing expenses of health care services, demonstrate the need for performing studies on the productivity of health care organizations and implementing the new ...
A.M MOSADEGH RAD
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Tiny carriers, big impact: How Fusobacterium nucleatum extracellular vesicles drive oral diseases and beyond

Interdisciplinary Medicine, EarlyView.
This review explores how Fusobacterium nucleatum extracellular vesicles drive local oral diseases and distal pathologies via sophisticated cross‐compartment cross talk. It highlights the transformative potential of these “tiny carriers” as next‐generation molecular intermediaries for advanced health monitoring and innovative bio‐interventions by ...
Rongyang Ma, Jiahui Huang, Yitong Chen, Haoxuan Wang, Hang Zou, Wanghong Zhao, Zilong Deng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety with Performance Indicators in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science Teaching Hospitals

پیاورد سلامت, 2016
Background and Aim: In health sector, improving quality of treatment services and patient safety are considered as vital. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between the quality improvement and patient safety (QPS) and the ...
Amir Ashkan Nasiripour, Shirin Jafari
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Human Health Risk Assessment From Exposure to Toxic Metals in Soils and Leafy Vegetables in Smallholder Farms of Northeastern Brazil

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study assessed human health risks associated with exposure to potentially toxic metals (PTMs) in soils and leafy vegetables cultivated in smallholder agricultural systems in Northeastern Brazil. Soil and vegetable samples were collected from 18 agricultural areas and analyzed for cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), nickel
Fernando Ferreira da Cunha Filho, Alex Souza Moraes, João Paulo Siqueira da Silva, Edvane Borges da Silva, Ademir Amaral, André Maciel Netto   +5 more
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The Evaluation of Performance Indicators in the Health Care Centers of Babol University of Medical Sciences by the Pabon Lasso Model (2011-2014)

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2015
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Performance indicators are the essential tools for measuring the efficiency of hospital services. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of performance indicators by the Pabon Lasso Model in the teaching ...
M Naghavian, A Naghshine, M Abdi, M A Jahani   +3 more
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Effect of ammonium concentration on methane oxidation and CO2 removal in an anaerobic biotrickling filter treating synthetic landfill gas and leachate

Journal of Chemical Technology &Biotechnology, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND Landfill gas (LFG) and leachate are commonly treated separately through energy‐intensive processes. This study evaluated the integration of both streams in an anaerobic biotrickling filter (BTF) to achieve simultaneous methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) removal coupled with ammonium (NH4+) transformation, and how the microbial ...
Cecilia Lizeth Alvarez‐Guzmán, Karla María Muñoz‐Páez, Alejandro Vargas, Idania Valdez‐Vazquez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance evaluating in hospitals affiliated in AHWAZ University of Medical Sciences based on PABON LASSO model

بیمارستان, 2012
Background: Performance evaluation could provide information to managers that they need to evaluate and monitor of the current status and activities in hospitals. The PABON LASSO model was applied to evaluate performing of hospitals affiliated with Ahwaz
M Zahiri, I Keliddar
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