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An Integrated Model of Patient and Staff Satisfaction Using Queuing Theory [PDF]

, 2015
This paper investigates the connection between patient satisfaction, waiting time, staff satisfaction and service time. It uses a variety of models to enable improvement against experiential and operational health service goals.
Clarkson, J, Mousavi, A, Young, T, Komashie, A   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identificação de doentes oncológicos idosos com necessidades de cuidados paliativos em unidades de cuidados intensivos: estudo observacional prospetivo monocêntrico

Cadernos de Saúde, 2018
Introduction: Identifying factors that can help move palliative care assessments upstream appears to be potentially beneficial for older cancer patients in the critical care setting. Aim: This study aimed to determine the profile of older cancer patients
Márcio Niemeyer-Guimarães, Fermin Roland Schramm, Ricardo Tavares de Carvalho   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supporting Survivor‐Centered Care Through Digital Health Integration

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Survivors of childhood cancer face barriers to receiving guideline‐based, long‐term follow‐up care. Two digital tools, Passport for Care (PFC) and Cancer SurvivorLink (SurvivorLink), address complementary gaps by enabling tailored survivorship care plan (SCP) generation, updating, storage, and sharing.
Jordan G. Marchak, Rebecca Williamson‐Lewis, Michael O'Connor, Michael Palgon, Yu‐Ra Kim, Michael Schuckenbrock, Paula Edwards, Abraham Mendoza, Anthony Adams, Brian Arriaga‐Solis, Justin Parker, Harry Tinoco‐Giraldo, Jason King, C. Michael Fordis, Karen E. Effinger, Maria Monica Gramatges   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do ‘Virtual Wards’ reduce rates of unplanned hospital admissions and at what cost? A research protocol using propensity matched controls

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2011
Background: This retrospective study will assess the extent to which multidisciplinary case management in the form of virtual wards (VWs) leads to changes in the use of health care and social care by patients at high risk of future unplanned hospital ...
Geraint Hywel Lewis, Martin Bardsley, Rhema Vaithianathan, Adam Steventon, Theo Georghiou, John Billings, Jennifer Dixon   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Project INTEGRATE: Developing a Framework to Guide Design, Implementation and Evaluation of People-centred Integrated Care Processes

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Background: People-centred integrated care is an acknowledged approach to improve the quality and effectiveness of health systems in delivering care around people’s needs and preferences.
Lucinda Cash-Gibson, Olena Tigova, Albert Alonso, George Binkley, Magda Rosenmöller   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Therapeutic Apheresis in Nigeria: A Multi‐Center Summary of Abstracts From the Inaugural Nigerian Society for Apheresis Scientific Meeting

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Therapeutic apheresis (TA) is an established treatment modality for hematologic, neurologic, and immunologic disorders, yet access remains severely limited in sub‐Saharan Africa. Donor apheresis, including platelet apheresis collection from healthy donors, represents an important complementary modality supporting blood product ...
Nosa Bazuaye, Chimezie Okwuonu, Evelyn Idam, Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Zinnah Aloziem, Blossom Amamchukwu, Patience Elimia, Mkpoikanabasi Obot‐Obot, Henry Mbakwe, Praises Maduagwuna, Olatunji Akinrodoye, Chiamaka Anyanwu, Benjamin Anyanwu, Adedamola Akinsiku, Oluwatoyin A. Akinsiku, Muzamil O. Hassan, Fatiu A. Arogundade, Olalekan E. Ojo, Homayemem Weli, Jesupelumi Adenihun, Aderemi Adelaja, Ebun Bamgboye, Olalekan Olatise, Ade E. Faponle, Ayoola Odeyemi, Michael Muoka, Stephen Asaolu, Qudrat Busari, Blessing Dawudu, Michael Naiyeju, Rasheed A. Balogun   +33 more
wiley   +1 more source

What is appropriate care? An integrative review of emerging themes in the literature

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Health care improvement efforts should be aligned in order to make a meaningful impact on health systems. Appropriate care delivery could be a unifying goal to help coordinate efforts to improve health outcomes and ensure system sustainability.
Joelle Robertson-Preidler, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Tricia J. Johnson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated stepped alcohol treatment for patients with HIV and at-risk alcohol use: a randomized trial

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2020
Background At-risk levels of alcohol use threaten the health of patients with HIV (PWH), yet evidence-based strategies to decrease alcohol use and improve HIV-related outcomes in this population are lacking.
E. Jennifer Edelman, Stephen A. Maisto, Nathan B. Hansen, Christopher J. Cutter, James Dziura, Yanhong Deng, Lynn E. Fiellin, Patrick G. O’Connor, Roger Bedimo, Cynthia L. Gibert, Vincent C. Marconi, David Rimland, Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas, Michael S. Simberkoff, Janet P. Tate, Amy C. Justice, Kendall J. Bryant, David A. Fiellin   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Mobile Phone Integrated Health Care Delivery System of Medical Images [PDF]

Journal of Digital Imaging, 2004
With the growing computing capability of mobile phones, a handy mobile controller is developed for accessing the picture archiving and communication system (PACS) to enhance image management for clinicians with nearly no restriction in time and location using various wireless communication modes.
Fuk-hay Tang, Maria Y. Y. Law, Ares C. H. Lee, Lawrence Wing-Chi Chan   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources