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Back to the Future: The Managed Care Revolution [PDF]

, 2002
The evolution to a managed care system did not achieve the complete, fundamental change in the health care delivery system that was envisioned by some of its early proponents.
Agrawal, Gail B., Veit, Howard R.
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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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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
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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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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
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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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Decentralization and Public Delivery of Health Care Services in India [PDF]

, 2008
This paper examines delivery of public health care services in India, in the broader context of decentralization. It provides an overview of the basic features and recent developments in intergovernmental fiscal relations and accountability mechanisms ...
Singh, Nirvikar
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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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Attitudes and Behavior of Health Care Workers Before, During, and After Implementation of Real-Time Location System Technology

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2020
Objective: To assess how staff attitudes before, during, and after implementation of a real-time location system (RTLS) that uses radio-frequency identification tags on staff and patient identification badges and on equipment affected staff’s intention ...
Joan M. Griffin, PhD, Thomas R. Hellmich, MD, Kalyan Sunder Pasupathy, PhD, Shealeigh A. Funni, BS, Skylar M. Pagel, BS, Sankara Subramanian Srinivasan, PhD, Heather A. Heaton, MD, MAS, Mustafa Y. Sir, PhD, David M. Nestler, MD, MS, Renaldo C. Blocker, PhD, Hunter J. Hawthorne, BS, Kyle R. Koenig, PMP, Kelly M. Herbst, BEd, M. Susan Hallbeck, PhD   +13 more
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Changes in perinatal management and outcomes of extremely preterm infants born below 26 weeks of gestation in a tertiary referral hospital in Sweden: Comparison between 2004–2007 and 2012–2016

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023
Introduction Perinatal management of extremely preterm births in Sweden has changed toward active care from 22–23 gestational weeks during the last decades. However, considerable regional differences exist.
Emma Aronsson, Malin Holzmann, Marco Bartocci, Ingela Hulthén Varli, Sissel Saltvedt   +4 more
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