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Integral resource capacity planning for inpatient care services based on hourly bed census predictions [PDF]

, 2012
The design and operations of inpatient care facilities are typically largely historically shaped. A better match with the changing environment is often possible, and even inevitable due to the pressure on hospital budgets.
Bakker, P.J.M., Boucherie, R.J., Braaksma, A., Kortbeek, N., Smeenk, H.F.   +4 more
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The impact on cost, quality, and patient satisfaction when delivering care to acutely ill adults in an at-home care model versus an inpatient hospital setting. [PDF]

, 2019
The impact on cost, quality, and patient satisfaction when delivering care to acutely ill adults in an at-home care model versus an inpatient hospital setting. Hospital level care for certain acute conditions can be safely delivered in the patient’s home
Adams, Franchesca M
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Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek, Lori Wiener, Stephanie Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Donna Johnston, Fyeza Hasan, Adam Rapoport, Nathasha Datoo, Kimberley Widger, Sumit Gupta, Karen Fergus, Anthony K. C. Chan, Alisha Kassam, Emily McCullogh, Dave Lysecki   +13 more
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Implementing chronic care for COPD: planned visits, care coordination, and patient empowerment for improved outcomes

International Journal of COPD, 2011
Len FromerDepartment of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USAAbstract: Current primary care patterns for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) focus on reactive care for acute ...
Fromer L
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A Call for Change: The 2011 Commonwealth Fund Survey of Public Views of the U.S. Health System [PDF]

, 2011
Presents survey findings about the public's experiences with access to health care, care coordination, cost and administrative burdens, and health services delivery; their concerns; and priorities for system reform by income, insurance status, and ...
Ashley-Kay Fryer, Cathy Schoen, Kristof Stremikis   +2 more
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Blinatumomab Utilization in Pediatric B‐Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Experience From the Mountain West

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Blinatumomab is a bispecific T‐cell engager approved for the treatment of pediatric B‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL). Outpatient home infusion reduces hospitalization burden and optimizes resource utilization, but is logistically challenging.
Angela Parra del Riego, Kellee Parker, William C. Thomsen, James B. Ford, Mallorie B. Heneghan, David Spencer Mangum, Jennifer L. McNeer, Luke D. Maese, Claire E. F. Miller, Richard Lemons, Taumoha Ghosh   +10 more
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Care coordination between specialty care and primary care: a focus group study of provider perspectives on strong practices and improvement opportunities

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2015
Bo Kim,1,2 Michelle A Lucatorto,3 Kara Hawthorne,4 Janis Hersh,5 Raquel Myers,6 A Rani Elwy,1,7 Glenn D Graham81Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital, Bedford, 2Department of Psychiatry ...
Kim B, Lucatorto MA, Hawthorne K, Hersh J, Myers R, Elwy AR, Graham GD   +6 more
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Has cross-level clinical coordination changed in the context of the pandemic? The case of the Catalan health system

BMC Health Services Research
Background The COVID-19 pandemic triggered numerous changes in health services organisation, whose effects on clinical coordination are unknown. The aim is to analyse changes in the experience and perception of cross-level clinical coordination and ...
Daniela Campaz-Landazabal, Ingrid Vargas, Elvira Sánchez, Francesc Cots, Pere Plaja, Joan Manuel Perez-Castejón, Antonio Sánchez-Hidalgo, María Luisa Vázquez   +7 more
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Reversal of lung consolidation with mechanical insufflation–exsufflation in a brain-dead lung donor

JHLT Open
Shortage of donor lungs for transplantation is largely a consequence of low utilization rates and long waitlists persist despite growth of transplant activities. Low utilization frequently reflects early respiratory complications.
Silmary Maichle, MD, Inés García-González, MD, Manuel Solís-Jara, RN, Viktor Yordanov-Zlatkov, MD, Patricia Alonso-Martínez, MD, María Vidal-Martínez, MD, Francisco del-Río-Gallego, MD, PhD, Miguel Sánchez-García, MD, PhD   +7 more
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Development of a specialty intensity score to estimate a patient's need for care coordination across physician specialties

Health Science Reports, 2021
Backgrounds and aims This article develops a Specialty Intensity Score, which uses patient diagnosis codes to estimate the number of specialist physicians a patient will need to access.
Ashley Hodgson, Thomas Bernardin, Benjamin Westermeyer, Ella Hagopian, Tyler Radtke, Ahmed Noman   +5 more
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