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A “Behind-the-Scenes” Look at Interprofessional Care Coordination: How Person-Centered Care in Safety-Net Health System Complex Care Clinics Produce Better Outcomes

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2020
Introduction: While the effectiveness of team-based care and wrap-around services for high utilizers is clear, how complex care clinics deliver effective, person-centered care to these vulnerable populations is not well understood.
E. Marshall Brooks, Jodi M. Winship, Anton J. Kuzel   +2 more
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General practitioners’ reflections on using PSA for diagnosis of prostate cancer. A qualitative study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2022
Objective To investigate how GPs use the PSA test as a diagnostic tool in daily practice.Design Qualitative study using focus group interviews, the transcripts being analyzed by systemic text condensation.Subjects A total of 17 Norwegian GPs in three CME
Olav Thorsen, Eirik Viste, Torgeir Gilje Lid, Svein R. Kjosavik   +3 more
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Efficient drug delivery to lymph nodes by intradermal administration and enhancement of anti-tumor effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors

Cancer Treatment and Research Communications, 2023
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are novel immunotherapy drugs that have improved cancer treatments. Yet only a small percentage of patients experience durable responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Ryo Tanaka, Masaki Hiramitsu, Sakiko Shimizu, Shiori Kawashima, Akiko Sato, Yoichiro Iwase   +5 more
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The increasing impact of length of stay “outliers” on length of stay at an urban academic hospital

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background As healthcare systems strive for efficiency, hospital “length of stay outliers” have the potential to significantly impact a hospital’s overall utilization.
Andrew H. Hughes, David Horrocks, Curtis Leung, Melissa B. Richardson, Ann M. Sheehy, Charles F. S. Locke   +5 more
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Usefulness of the KDPI in Spain: A comparison with donor age and definition of standard/expanded criteria donor

Nefrología (English Edition), 2018
Introduction: Kidney donor shortage requires expanding donor selection criteria, as well as use of objective tools to minimize the percentage of discarded organs. Some donor pre-transplant variables such as age, standard/expanded criteria donor (SCD/ECD)
Carlos Arias-Cabrales, María José Pérez-Sáez, Dolores Redondo-Pachón, Anna Buxeda, Carla Burballa, Sheila Bermejo, Adriana Sierra, Marisa Mir, Andrea Burón, Ana Zapatero, Marta Crespo, Julio Pascual   +11 more
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Correction: A multicomponent, high-intensity, patient-centered care intervention to optimize transitional care coordination for complex multimorbid people: a pre-post design. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Del Pino-Sedeño T, González de León B, García Hernández M, Coronil Olmedo P, Reyes Melián YS, Martínez Hernández V, García Bautista E, Barrios Arraez E, Barreto Cruz S, Abrante-Luis A, García-Bello MA, González-Hernández Y, López-Rodríguez JA, Vázquez-Díaz JR.   +13 more
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Water Safety Plan, Monochloramine Disinfection and Extensive Environmental Sampling Effectively Control Legionella and Other Waterborne Pathogens in Nosocomial Settings: The Ten-Year Experience of an Italian Hospital

Microorganisms, 2023
Legionella contamination control is crucial in healthcare settings where patients suffer an increased risk of disease and fatal outcome. To ensure an effective management of this health hazard, the accurate application of a hospital-specific Water Safety
Claudio Farina, Eleonora Cacciabue, Franca Averara, Nadia Ferri, Francesca Vailati, Gabriele Del Castillo, Antonello Serafini, Beatrice Fermi, Nicola Doniselli, Fabio Pezzoli   +9 more
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Organ donation after euthanasia starting at home in a patient with multiple system atrophy

BMC Medical Ethics, 2021
Background A patient who fulfils the due diligence requirements for euthanasia, and is medically suitable, is able to donate his organs after euthanasia in Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada.
Najat Tajaâte, Nathalie van Dijk, Elien Pragt, David Shaw, A. Kempener-Deguelle, Wim de Jongh, Jan Bollen, Walther van Mook   +7 more
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P-23 TEST AND TREAT: PROFILE OF PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH HEPATITIS C IN THE PRISON SYSTEM OF PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL

Annals of Hepatology, 2023
Introduction and Objectives: Hepatitis caused by the C virus (HCV) is a public health problem whose greatest challenge is access to diagnosis and treatment. The population deprived of liberty is considered a priority for approaches involving the disease.
Eduardo Emerim, Viviane De Lima Cezar, Elenita Majaro Pinto Ferreira, Ana Francisca Perinazzo Fontoura, Daniel Conte Herter, Roslaine Ifran Amaral, João Nagildo, Rafael De Oliveira Nogueira, Cibele Dresch, Pauline Soares Ferrugem   +9 more
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Do soldiers seek more mental health care after deployment? Analysis of mental health consultations in the Netherlands Armed Forces following deployment to Afghanistan [PDF]

European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2014
Background: Military deployment to combat zones puts military personnel to a number of physical and mental challenges that may adversely affect mental health.
Elisabeth (Liesbeth) M. Taal, Eric Vermetten, Digna (Anneke) J. F. van Schaik, Tjalling Leenstra   +3 more
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