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An overview of the research evidence on ethnicity and communication in healthcare [PDF]

, 2005
• The aim of the present study was to identify and review the available research evidence on 'ethnicity and communication' in areas relevant to ensuring effective provision of mainstream services (e.g.
Clay, Diane, Gumber, Anil, HASH(0x55aa093742c0), Johnson, Mark R. D., Jones, Kip, Shaw, A., Szczepura, Ala   +6 more
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Clinical handover within the emergency care pathway and the potential risks of clinical handover failure (ECHO) : primary research [PDF]

, 2014
Background and objectives: Handover and communication failures are a recognised threat to patient safety. Handover in emergency care is a particularly vulnerable activity owing to the high-risk context and overcrowded conditions.
Chessum, Peter, Cooke, Matthew (Professor of clinical systems design), Cross, S. (Steve), Fitton, Larry, Horniblow, Simon, Inada-Kim, Matthew, Rudd, Michelle, Spurgeon, Peter, Sujan, Mark-Alexander   +8 more
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Backscatter communication and multi-agent reinforcement learning enable low-power digital twin system for rural elderly care

Discover Internet of Things
Confronted by the global challenge of ageing and the paucity of elderly care resources in rural areas, a novel smart elderly care ecosystem model integrating digital twins and reinforcement learning is proposed.
Xiaoyan Guo
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Emergency medical services infrastructure development and operations in low- and middle-income countries: Community first responder–driven (Tier-1) emergency medical services systems

Surgery
Low- and middle-income countries face unique challenges in delivering prehospital emergency care, often requiring context-appropriate emergency medical services development focused on community-driven solutions (tier 1 systems). Replicating high-income country tier 2 systems in low- and middle-income countries is not financially feasible in resource ...
Jon Moussally, Usama Javed Mirza, Peter G. Delaney   +2 more
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Research Directions in Information Systems for Humanitarian Logistics [PDF]

, 2011
This article systematically reviews the literature on using IT (Information Technology) in humanitarian logistics focusing on disaster relief operations. We first discuss problems in humanitarian relief logistics.
Hillegersberg, Jos van, Sangiamkul, Esther   +1 more
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Selected Abstracts of the 19th International Workshop on Neonatology and Pediatrics; Cagliari (Italy); October 18-21, 2023

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2023
Selected Abstracts of the 19th International Workshop on Neonatology and Pediatrics; Cagliari (Italy); October 18th-21st, 2023 FROM WOMB TO AGING, FROM MEDICAL HISTORY TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE   The Workshop has been organized with the patronage of
--- Various Authors
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Accessing emergency rest centres in the UK - lesson learnt [PDF]

, 2011
Emergency rest centres (ERC) are premises that are used for the temporary accommodation of evacuees during an emergency situation. They form an important part of emergency response, by providing a focal point for receiving people and providing food ...
Kipling, J, Newton, R, Ormerod, M
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Thematic analysis of six Asian prehospital emergency medical systems to explore development principles

Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
. Background. Well-designed and functioning emergency medical service (EMS) can provide equitable access to emergency care to improve health issues, especially in low- and middle-income countries where the majority of deaths are due to conditions that ...
Amila Ratnayake, Dinesh Bagaria, April B. Llaneta, Ratrawee Pattanarattanamolee, Bui Hai Hoang, Takaaki Suzuki, Kenji Fukushima, Minh Nguyen, Weerasak Phongphuttha, Patrick Joseph G. Tiglao, Niladri Banerjee, Sohan de Silva, Srilal De Silva, Harshit Agarwal, Emelia B. Santamaria, Kriangsak Pintatham, Xuan Quy Le, Shinji Nakahara   +17 more
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Barriers to and Facilitators of Evidence-Based Decision Making at the Point of Care

MDM Policy & Practice, 2016
Introduction: Physicians vary widely in how they treat some health conditions, despite strong evidence favoring certain treatments over others. We examined physicians’ perspectives on factors that support or hinder evidence-based decisions and the ...
Ann S. O’Malley MD, MPH, Anna Collins MS, Kara Contreary PhD, Eugene C. Rich MD   +3 more
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A community-based ambulance model: lessons for emergency medical services and everyday health systems resilience from South Africa

Health Policy and Planning
Abstract The role of the emergency medical service (EMS) is changing globally as ambulance crews respond to a shifting burden of disease, as well as societal stressors such as violence and inequality. New ways of thinking about how to provide emergency care are required to shift EMS from a role primarily focused on clinical care and ...
Leanne Brady, Lucy Gilson, Asha George, Shaheem De Vries, Shakira Hartley   +4 more
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