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How is continuity of care experienced by people living with Chronic Kidney Disease? [PDF]

, 2017
Aims and objectives: To explore patients’ perceptions of continuity of care within a hospital-based specialist service. Background: Patient journeys through health care are becoming increasingly complex.
Alazri, Aspinal, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Boulton, Brown, Bültzingslöwen, Charmaz, Cowie, Freeman, Freeman, Freeman, Gallagher, Gjevjon, Gulliford, Guthrie, Haggerty, Ham, House of Commons Select Committee, Jackson, McCormack, Nair, Naithani, National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence, National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence, Pandhi, Parchman, Parker, Pontin, Reid, Santos, Saultz, Saultz, Servellen, Strauss, Strauss, Waibel, Walraven, Williams, World Health Organisation   +38 more
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Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu, Kaitlin LaGasse, Cory D. Saucier, Kimberly Raymond, Miranda Lauher‐Charest, Lauren Crowder, Beilei Cai, Mary Lisha Paul, Denise Adams   +8 more
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Experience-Based Co-Design: Tackling common challenges

The Journal of Health Design, 2018
There has been a surge in experience-based co-design (EBCD) efforts for quality improvement in health care and systems design globally. The authors identify common, shared challenges with using EBCD and their subsequent impact.
Tara Dimopoulos-Bick, Paresh Dawda, Lynne Maher, Raj Verma, Victoria Palmer   +4 more
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‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Community-Engagement-Based Design Project in Introductory Environmental Engineering [PDF]

, 2013
A collaborative, community-based design project was implemented in the upper-division undergraduate technical elective Introduction to Environmental Engineering at Harvey Mudd College.
Cardenas, Mary P.
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Feasibility and Safety of High‐Dose Proton Re‐Irradiation in Recurrent Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors: A Single‐Institution Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song, Jonathan Baron, Carlos Chavez Perez, Sidharth Ramesh, Jane Minturn, Kavita A. Desai, Amish C. Shah, Jean M. Belasco, Kristina A. Cole, Michael J. Fisher, Phillip B. Storm, Peter M. Madsen, Goldie Kurtz, Robert A. Lustig, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Michael J. LaRiviere   +15 more
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Quality Time: Using experience-based co-design to capture emergency department staff experience

The Journal of Health Design, 2020
Researchers used experience-based co-design to capture emergency department staff experience. The outcomes were service improvement, increased staff engagement, and staff feeling heard and valued.
Melanie Gager, Liza Keating, David Mossop, Matthew Wiltshire   +3 more
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Using patients’ experiences to identify priorities for quality improvement in breast cancer care: patient narratives, surveys or both?

BMC Health Services Research, 2012
Background Patients’ experiences have become central to assessing the performance of healthcare systems worldwide and are increasingly being used to inform quality improvement processes.
Tsianakas Vicki, Maben Jill, Wiseman Theresa, Robert Glenn, Richardson Alison, Madden Peter, Griffin Mairead, Davies Elizabeth A   +7 more
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Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek, Lori Wiener, Stephanie Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Donna Johnston, Fyeza Hasan, Adam Rapoport, Nathasha Datoo, Kimberley Widger, Sumit Gupta, Karen Fergus, Anthony K. C. Chan, Alisha Kassam, Emily McCullogh, Dave Lysecki   +13 more
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Enhancing the Reflective Capabilities of Professional Design Practitioners [PDF]

, 2009
According to Schon (1987), professional education should be centred on enhancing the practitioner’s ability to reflect before taking action. This is important to the designer for two reasons. The first of these concerns real world professional situations,
English, Stuart G.
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