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Exploring Barriers to Medication Safety in an Ethiopian Hospital Emergency Department: A Human Factors Engineering Approach

INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2018
Objective: To describe challenges associated with the medication use process and potential medication safety hazards in an Ethiopian hospital emergency department using a human factors approach.
Ephrem Abebe, Michelle A. Chui
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Impacts and Lessons Learned of the First Three COVID-19 Waves on Cross-Border Collaboration in the Field of Emergency Medical Services and Interhospital Transports in the Euregio-Meuse-Rhine: A Qualitative Review of Expert Opinions

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundIn the Euregio-Meuse-Rhine (EMR), cross-border collaboration is essential for resource-saving and needs-based patient care within the emergency medical service (EMS) systems and interhospital transport (IHT).
Anja Sommer, Anja Sommer, Cassandra Rehbock, Cassandra Rehbock, Clara Vos, Christina Borgs, Sabrina Chevalier, Simone Doreleijers, Marie Gontariuk, Sofie Hennau, Eva Pilot, Hanna Schröder, Hanna Schröder, Loth Van der Auwermeulen, Alexandre Ghuysen, Alexandre Ghuysen, Stefan K. Beckers, Stefan K. Beckers, Thomas Krafft   +18 more
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Perceived Challenges and Unmet Primary Care Access Needs among Bangladeshi Immigrant Women in Canada

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2020
Introduction: Understanding barriers in primary health care access faced by Canadian immigrants, especially among women, is important for developing mitigation strategies.
Tanvir C. Turin, Ruksana Rashid, Mahzabin Ferdous, Nashit Chowdhury, Iffat Naeem, Nahid Rumana, Afsana Rahman, Nafiza Rahman, Mohammad Lasker   +8 more
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Use of information and communication technologies to support effective work practice innovation in the health sector: a multi-site study

BMC Health Services Research, 2009
Background Widespread adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) is a key strategy to meet the challenges facing health systems internationally of increasing demands, rising costs, limited resources and workforce shortages.
Georgiou Andrew, Callen Joanne, Paoloni Richard, Gibson Kathryn, Braithwaite Jeffrey, Westbrook Johanna I, Creswick Nerida, Robertson Louise   +7 more
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“Calling for help: I need you to listen” - A qualitative study of callers’ experience of calls to the emergency medical communication centre

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background The Emergency Medical Communications Center (EMCC) is essential in emergencies and often represents the public’s first encounter with the healthcare system. Previous research has mainly focused on the dispatcher’s perspective. Therefore, there
Trine Berglie Spjeldnæs, Kristine A. Vik Nilsen, Lars Myrmel, Jan-Oddvar Sørnes, Guttorm Brattebø   +4 more
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Implementation of a referral and expert advice call Center for Maternal and Newborn Care in the resource constrained health system context of the Greater Accra region of Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Referral and clinical decision-making support are important for reducing delays in reaching and receiving appropriate and quality care. This paper presents analysis of the use of a pilot referral and decision making support call center for ...
Ebenezer Oduro-Mensah, Irene Akua Agyepong, Edith Frimpong, Marjolein Zweekhorst, Linda Amarkai Vanotoo   +4 more
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Identifying barriers for out of hospital emergency care in low and low-middle income countries: a systematic review

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Out-of-hospital emergency care (OHEC), also known as prehospital care, has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality from serious illness. We sought to summarize literature for low and low-middle income countries to identify barriers to and
Antony Gatebe Kironji, Peter Hodkinson, Sarah Stewart de Ramirez, Trisha Anest, Lee Wallis, Junaid Razzak, Alexander Jenson, Bhakti Hansoti   +7 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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Retrospective Review on Reticular Materials: Facts and Figures Over the Last 30 Years

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
To shape the future course of research in reticular materials, this work reflects on the progress over the past 30 years, complemented by input from the community of 228 active researchers through a global, crowdsourced survey: ranging from demographics, how it works, publish and interact, to highlights on both academic and industrial milestones, as ...
Aamod V. Desai, Stefano Canossa, Ekaterina A. Chernova, Simon M. Vornholt, Konstantin Stracke, Jack D. Evans, E. Eja Petersen, Stefan Wuttke, Romy Ettlinger   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The co-ordination for emergency medical service system in rural communities: a case study of Local Administrative Organisation, Muang district, Khon Kaen Province [PDF]

Injury Prevention, 2010
Present paper is the study of the Emergency Medical Service System (EMSS) by the Local Administrative Organisation in Muang District, Khon Kaen province. The study aims to find the guideline for co-ordinating EMSS of Local Administration Organisation at subdistrict level in Khon Kaen.
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