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A Priority-based Fair Queuing (PFQ) Model for Wireless Healthcare System [PDF]

, 2020
Healthcare is a very active research area, primarily due to the increase in the elderly population that leads to increasing number of emergency situations that require urgent actions.
Bana, S., Bana, S.
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Sustaining a New Model of Acute Stroke Care: A Mixed-Method Process Evaluation of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2023
Background  Internationally, Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) ambulances have changed pre-hospital acute stroke care delivery. MSU clinical and cost-effectiveness studies are emerging, but little is known about important factors for achieving sustainability of ...
Kathleen L. Bagot, Tara Purvis, Shaun Hancock, Henry Zhao, Skye Coote, Damien Easton, Bruce CV Campbell, Stephen M. Davis, Geoff A. Donnan, Shane Foster, Francesca Langenberg, Karen Smith, Michael Stephenson, Stephen Bernard, Sharon McGowan, Bernard Yan, Peter Mitchell, Sandy Middleton, Dominique A. Cadilhac   +18 more
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Responsibility modelling for civil emergency planning [PDF]

, 2009
This paper presents a new approach to analysing and understanding civil emergency planning based on the notion of responsibility modelling combined with HAZOPS-style analysis of information requirements. Our goal is to represent complex contingency plans
A Aviz̆ienis, C Perrow, CM Pearson, D Martin, D Martin, D Smith, D Smith, D Smith, DM Woods, E Mumford, G Dewsbury, I Sommerville, Ian Sommerville, J Dobson, J Reason, JA McDermid, P Checkland, R Darimont, R Strens, RJ Wieringa, Russell Lock, S Kholsa, Tim Storer   +22 more
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Population Health Solutions for Assessing Cognitive Impairment in Geriatric Patients. [PDF]

, 2018
In December 2017, the National Academy of Neuropsychology convened an interorganizational Summit on Population Health Solutions for Assessing Cognitive Impairment in Geriatric Patients in Denver, Colorado. The Summit brought together representatives of a
Adler, Deb, Alban, Christopher, Bondi, Mark, Braun, Michelle, Cagigas, Xavier, Daven, Morgan, Denney, Robert L, Drozdick, Lisa, Foster, Norman L, Golden, Tamara, Hwang, Ula, Iverson, Grant, Ivey, Laurie, Kramer, Joel, Lacritz, Laura, Lantz, Melinda, Latts, Lisa, Ling, Shari M, Malone, Michael, Maria Lopez, Ana, Martin-Plank, Lori, Maslow, Katie, McConnel, Charles E, Melady, Don, Messer, Melissa, Meyers, John, Most, Randi, Norris, Margaret P, Perry, William, Pliskin, Neil, Roebuck-Spencer, Tresa, Shafer, David, Silver, Cheryl, Silverberg, Nina, Thomas, Colin M, Thornhill, Laura, Tsai, Jean, Vakharia, Nirav, Waters, Martin   +38 more
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Physiology-Aware Rural Ambulance Routing

, 2017
In emergency patient transport from rural medical facility to center tertiary hospital, real-time monitoring of the patient in the ambulance by a physician expert at the tertiary center is crucial.
Berlin Jr., Richard B., Hosseini, Mohammad, Sha, Lui   +2 more
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Quality of service and continuous quality improvement in voluntary medical male circumcision programme across four provinces in South Africa: Longitudinal and cross-sectional programme data

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background Recent studies in the Sub-Saharan countries in Africa have indicated gaps and challenges for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) quality of service.
Tawanda Nyengerai, Motshana Phohole, Nelson Iqaba, Constance Wose Kinge, Elizabeth Gori, Khumbulani Moyo, Charles Chasela   +6 more
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Use of 3G mobile phone links for teleconsultation between a moving ambulance and a hospital base station [PDF]

, 2006
The importance of this paper lays in its suggestion: minimise the time for the initial treatment of a patient. As soon as an ambulance receives a patient, a videoconferencing session can be initiated between the moving vehicle and a base station in a ...
Banitsas, KA, Koutsouris, D, Perakis, K, Tachakra, S   +3 more
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Oslo government district bombing and Utøya island shooting July 22, 2011: The immediate prehospital emergency medical service response

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2012
Background On July 22, 2011, a single perpetrator killed 77 people in a car bomb attack and a shooting spree incident in Norway. This article describes the emergency medical service (EMS) response elicited by the two incidents.
Sollid Stephen JM, Rimstad Rune, Rehn Marius, Nakstad Anders R, Tomlinson Ann-Elin, Strand Terje, Heimdal Hans, Nilsen Jan, Sandberg Mårten   +8 more
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Introducing an on-site Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) physician at the Emergency Medical Communication Centre - implications for dispatch precision at a Norwegian HEMS base

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Dispatch precision of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) is a key topic in prehospital research. In Norway, the combined role of the HEMS physician on-call and the Emergency Medical Communication Centre (EMCC) physician has been ...
Ole Erik Ulvin, Oddvar Uleberg, Andreas Asheim, Helge Haugland   +3 more
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A Mobile Geo-Communication Dataset for Physiology-Aware DASH in Rural Ambulance Transport

, 2017
Use of telecommunication technologies for remote, continuous monitoring of patients can enhance effectiveness of emergency ambulance care during transport from rural areas to a regional center hospital. However, the communication along the various routes
Berlin, Richard R., Hosseini, Mohammad, Jiang, Yu, Sha, Lui, Yekkehkhany, Ali   +4 more
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