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The Physician Fee Schedule Was Not Built for High-Cost Supplies and Equipment

Cureus
As reimbursement from the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) continues to decline, cuts to practice expense relative value units disproportionately impact office-based interventionalists and private practices that rely on high-cost equipment.
David Rasmussen, Amulya Yalamanchili, Bob Tahara, Gerald A Niedzwiecki, Jason McKitrick, Tarita O Thomas   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Basic Surgical Supplies and Equipment

, 2013
To improve access to care for surgical conditions in Africa, what is needed is not always “high-tech”—on the contrary, it is just reliable provision of the “bare bones” with basic life-saving instruments, equipment, and supplies.
Doruk Ozgediz (252061), Robert Riviello (377569)   +1 more
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Regional anaesthesia practice in public hospitals in Botswana: A cross-sectional study.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionLittle is known about the regional anesthesia practice in low resources settings (LRS). The aim of this study was to describe the regional anesthesia capacity, characteristics of regional anesthesia practice, and challenges and solutions of ...
Mamo Kassa, Farai Madzimbamuto, Gaone Kediegite, Eugene Tuyishime   +3 more
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Inactivation of multiple human pathogens by Fathhome's dry sanitizer device: Rapid and eco-friendly ozone-based disinfection

Medicine in Microecology, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly, causing millions of deaths across the globe. As a result, demand for medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) surged and supplies dwindled. Separate entirely, hospital-acquired infections have become commonplace
Ryan Kenneally, Quentin Lawrence, Ella Brydon, Kenneth H. Wan, Jian-Hua Mao, Subhash C. Verma, Amir Khazaieli, Susan E. Celniker, Antoine M. Snijders   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Learning models for forecasting hospital resource utilization for COVID-19 patients in Canada

Scientific Reports, 2021
Hospitals in Canada are facing a crisis-level shortage of critical supplies and equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. This motivates us to create predictive models that can use Canada COVID-19 data and pandemic-related factors to accurately forecast 5 ...
Jianfei Zhang, H. Pathak, A. Snowdon, R. Greiner   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Application of KNN (K-Nearest Neighbor) in the Medical Dental Equipment Recommendation System at Rantauprapat Hospital Web Based

Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Engineering Applications (JAIEA)
The development of information technology currently has a very important role and can be utilized in facilitating all human activities from various aspects, including activities that take place in the health sector such as hospitals which already use ...
A. Monica, Yahfizham, Aninda Muliani Harahap   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The AST/ALT ratio as a mediator of heavy metal exposure and diabetic kidney disease (DKD) risk: A NHANES study

Scientific Reports
The potential impact of heavy metal exposure on the progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) remains a subject of scientific inquiry. While some studies have hinted at a correlation, definitive evidence is still lacking.
Yu Li, Juan Chai, Jinjuan Chen, Jiayin Du, Jianbo Mu, Lingqin Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Shared Services Center Deployment at a University Hospital (CENTROMED) in Natal, Brazil: A Study on Availability and Capacity

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2020
Davidson Rogério de Medeiros Florentino,1 Eric Lucas dos Santos Cabral,2 Wilkson Ricardo Silva Castro,2 João Florêncio da Costa Junior,3 João Gomes de Torres Neto,2 Francisco de Cássio de Oliveira Mendes,4 Helio Roberto ...
de Medeiros Florentino DR, dos Santos Cabral EL, Silva Castro WR, da Costa Junior JF, de Torres Neto JG, de Oliveira Mendes FC, Hekis HR, Meneses Rêgo AC, Araújo Filho I   +8 more
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N95 Mask Decontamination using Standard Hospital Sterilization Technologies

medRxiv, 2020
The response to the COVID19 epidemic is generating severe shortages of personal protective equipment around the world. In particular, the supply of N95 respirator masks has become severely depleted with supplies having to be rationed and health care ...
Anand Kumar, S. Kasloff, Anders Leung, T. Cutts, J. Strong, K. Hills, G. Vazquez-Grande, Barret Rush, S. Lother, R. Zarychanski, J. Krishnan   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
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