Hospital accreditation: Driving best outcomes through continuity of midwifery care? A scoping review [PDF]
Problem: Continuity of midwifery care models are the gold standard of maternity care. Despite being recommended by the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council, few women in Australia have access to such models.
Gamble, J, Browne, J, Creedy, DK
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Prepared and motivated to work in midwifery continuity of care? A descriptive analysis of midwifery students’ perspectives [PDF]
Background: Internationally, midwifery education and maternity services are evolving to promote midwifery continuity of care. It is unclear whether current Australian midwifery education programs are graduating a midwifery workforce prepared and ...
Dietsch, E, Sidebotham, M, Carter, J
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ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to test the feasibility of telepsychology support for patients with severe cardiorespiratory disease and their caregivers.
Lidia Gazzi +4 more
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Relationship continuity and person-centred care: An exploratory mixed-methods investigation of spousal partners’ responses to the challenging care needs of those with acquired brain injury [PDF]
Some partners of people with an acquired brain injury experience the person with the injury and their relationship as continuous with the pre-injury person and relationship, but others experience the person and relationship as very different to what went
Gerard A. Riley +3 more
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Comparing quality of public primary care between Hong Kong and Shanghai using validated patient assessment tools. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: Primary care is the key element of health reform in China. The objective of this study was to compare patient assessed quality of public primary care between Hong Kong, a city with established primary care environment influenced by its ...
Xu, Jianguang +39 more
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Background/Objectives: Point-of-care lung ultrasonography (LUS) represents an accurate diagnostic tool in older patients with respiratory failure. The integration of LUS with ultrasonographic assessment of diaphragm thickness and excursion, right vastus ...
Nicoletta Cerundolo +9 more
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ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) face multiple acute and chronic medical complications that may impact their quality of life as reported by patients themselves. Health‐related social needs (HRSNs), such as food and housing insecurity, are common in people with SCD, but the association between HRSNs and patient‐reported ...
Sarah J. Marks +5 more
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Is midwifery continuity of care cost effective? [PDF]
Midwifery Continuity of Care is a robust 'how to' guide to establishing midwifery continuity of care. Written by a team of international experts in their field, this book highlights lessons learned to help develop new ways of planning, implementing ...
Donnellan - Fernandez, Roslyn +3 more
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Exploring the value and acceptability of an antenatal and postnatal midwifery continuity of care model to women and midwives, using the Quality Maternal Newborn Care Framework [PDF]
BackgroundHaving a known midwife throughout pregnancy, birth and the early parenting period improves outcomes for mothers and babies. In Australia, midwifery continuity of care has been recommended in all states, territories and nationally although ...
Baird, K +5 more
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Diaphragm Ultrasound in Different Clinical Scenarios: A Review with a Focus on Older Patients
Diaphragm muscle dysfunction is increasingly recognized as a fundamental marker of several age-related diseases and conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure and critical illness with respiratory failure.
Carmine Siniscalchi +5 more
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