857 Characteristics of Bronchiolitis Care Episodes in An Integrated Health Care Delivery System [PDF]
Background: Bronchiolitis is common in children < 2 years. No previous studies have combined electronic outpatient, emergency department (ED), and inpatient data to define a care episode and measure total utilization during the course of illness. Objective: We describe bronchiolitis episodes by chronological and gestational age (GA) in a large multi ...
G Escobar +4 more
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The organizational dynamics enabling patient portal impacts upon organizational performance and patient health: a qualitative study of Kaiser Permanente. [PDF]
BackgroundPatient portals may lead to enhanced disease management, health plan retention, changes in channel utilization, and lower environmental waste.
de Bont, Antoinette +4 more
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Challenges and solutions to nurse-delivered integrated primary health care in Nelson Mandela Bay
Background: Delivery of a comprehensive and integrated primary health care service to increase healthcare access, quality, equity and efficiency requires an effective working environment.
Zubrina Baartman +2 more
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# Background Maternal and infant deaths can be prevented through integrated service delivery during pregnancy, postpartum, and early childhood. Our study analyses the gaps and opportunities associated with integrating maternal, newborn, and child health
Halima Tougri +8 more
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Understanding new models of integrated care in developed countries: a systematic review
Background: The NHS has been challenged to adopt new integrated models of service delivery that are tailored to local populations. Evidence from the international literature is needed to support the development and implementation of these new models of ...
Susan Baxter +5 more
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The significance of information standards for development of integrated health information system [PDF]
Information systems play a significant role in helping to improve health outcomes and decision-making at the point of care, as well as in the planning and funding of care.
Luić Ljerka, Striber-Devaja Dubravka
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Designing Clinical Space for the Delivery of Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care [PDF]
This study sought to describe features of the physical space in which practices integrating primary care and behavioral health care work and to identify the arrangements that enable integration of care.We conducted an observational study of 19 diverse practices located across the United States. Practice-level data included field notes from 2-4-day site
Rose, Gunn +12 more
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Integrated care as a means to improve primary care delivery for adults and adolescents in the developing world: a critical analysis of Integrated Management of Adolescent and Adult Illness (IMAI) [PDF]
Background: More than three decades after the 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata enshrined the goal of ‘health for all’, high-quality primary care services remain undelivered to the great majority of the world’s poor. This failure to effectively reach the most
Anatole, Manzi +10 more
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A tool for improving the delivery of integrated intensive health care performance
In intensive and intermediate care units, patient data consists of lower frequency asynchronous clinical data and higher frequency synchronous physiological data streams generated by medical equipment. Traditionally, nurses manually fill out forms, recording clinical data, and physiological data observed in each equipment at hourly intervals.
Balladini, Javier +6 more
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Shared geriatric mental health care in a rural community [PDF]
Introduction: A pilot project in shared mental health care was initiated to explore opportunities to increase the capacity of the rural primary care system as a resource for older people with mental health needs.
Dolansky, D +4 more
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