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A framework for health care planning and control [PDF]

, 2011
Rising expenditures spur health care organizations to organize their processes more efficiently and effectively. Unfortunately, health care planning and control lags far behind manufacturing planning and control.
Hans, Erwin W., Houdenhoven, Mark van, Hulshof, Peter J.H.   +2 more
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“The role as a champion is to not only monitor but to speak out and to educate”: the contradictory roles of hand hygiene champions

Implementation Science, 2019
Background Implementation science experts define champions as “supporting, marketing, and driving through an implementation, overcoming indifference or resistance that the intervention may provoke in an organization.” Many hospitals use designated ...
Cassie Cunningham Goedken, Daniel J. Livorsi, Michael Sauder, Mark W. Vander Weg, Emily E. Chasco, Nai-Chung Chang, Eli Perencevich, Heather Schacht Reisinger   +7 more
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Random Forest Models for Prediction of Hip Fracture Risk Versus Mortality Risk in the Oldest Old

JBMR Plus, 2023
Targeted fracture prevention strategies among late‐life adults should balance fracture risk versus competing mortality risk. Models have previously been constructed using Fine‐Gray subdistribution methods.
Lisa Langsetmo, John T. Schousboe, Brent C. Taylor, Jane A. Cauley, Howard A. Fink, Peggy M. Cawthon, Deborah M. Kado, Kristine E. Ensrud, for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group   +8 more
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Improving the Health Care of Foster Children Throughout the US: Texas, a Case Example [PDF]

, 2019
Children who have been exposed to the foster care system comprise a high-risk, vulnerable, and potentially medically complex population that has both poor health and poor access to health care.
Agathis, Nickolas, Greeley, Christopher, Raphael, Jean L   +2 more
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The Use of Saliva Samples to Test for Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in Newborns: Examination of False-Positive Samples Associated with Donor Milk Use

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2023
A universal screening research study was conducted in six hospitals to identify the clinical sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on newborn dried blood spots (DBSs) versus saliva specimens for the diagnosis of congenital ...
Whitney Wunderlich, Abbey C. Sidebottom, Anna K. Schulte, Jessica Taghon, Sheila Dollard, Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population Health Research: Early Description of the Organizational Shift Toward Population Health Management and Defining a Vision for Leadership. [PDF]

, 2017
As health care delivery systems adapt to the changing marketplace, many struggle to define a clear strategy that will prove successful in managing the health of entire populations.
Caldararo, Kristi L., Nash, David B.
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It's about time: WHO and partners release programming strategies for postpartum family planning [PDF]

, 2014
The postpartum period is a critical time to address high unmet family planning need and to reduce the risks of closely spaced pregnancies. Practical tools are included in the new resource for integrating postpartum family planning at points when women ...
Egan, Shannon, Gaffield, Mary Eluned, Temmerman, Marleen   +2 more
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Tracing the potential of networks to improve community cancer care: an in-depth single case study

Implementation Science Communications, 2021
Background Despite overall declines in cancer mortality in the USA over the past three decades, many patients in community settings fail to receive evidence-based cancer care. Networks that link academic medical centers (AMCs) and community providers may
Jennifer L. Ridgeway, Lisa A. Boardman, Joan M. Griffin, Timothy J. Beebe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Facility-based delivery in the context of Zimbabwe's HIV epidemic--missed opportunities for improving engagement with care: a community-based serosurvey. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundIn developing countries, facility-based delivery is recommended for maternal and neonatal health, and for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT).
Buzdugan, Raluca, Cowan, Frances M, Mahomva, Agnes, McCoy, Sandra I, Mushavi, Angela, Padian, Nancy S, Webb, Karen   +6 more
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Controlled Substance Agreements for Opioids in a Primary Care Practice

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2017
Background Opioids are widely prescribed for chronic non cancer pain (CNCP). Controlled substance agreements (CSAs) are intended to increase adherence and mitigate risk with opioid prescribing.
Lindsey M. Philpot, Priya Ramar, Muhamad Y. Elrashidi, Raphael Mwangi, Frederick North, Jon O. Ebbert   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source