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Understanding racial bias in health using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Over the years, several studies have demonstrated that there exist significant disparities in health indicators in the United States population across various groups. Healthcare expense is used as a proxy for health in algorithms that drive healthcare systems and this exacerbates the existing bias.
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CDRH Seeks Public Comment: Digital Health Technologies for Detecting Prediabetes and Undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 This document provides responses to the FDA's request for public comments (Docket No FDA 2023 N 4853) on the role of digital health technologies (DHTs) in detecting prediabetes and undiagnosed type 2 diabetes. It explores current DHT applications in prevention, detection, treatment and reversal of prediabetes, highlighting AI chatbots, online forums ...
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Promoting Strategies to Overcome Low Health Literacy and Improve Patient Understanding in Outpatient Setting [PDF]
, 2016 Over 36% of US adults have low health literacy. This contributes to poorer health outcomes and increased costs for individuals and health care systems.
Siskind, Samantha M.
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Increasing Staff Knowledge and Screening Practices for Adverse Childhood Experiences in Primary Care [PDF]
, 2019 Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are important to future health outcomes. Many health care providers lack the knowledge or training to assess for ACE. Purpose.
McGraw, Angela
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Evolutionary interplay between viruses and R‐loops
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Viruses interact with specialized nucleic acid structures called R‐loops to influence host transcription, epigenetic states, latency, and immune evasion. This Perspective examines the roles of R‐loops in viral replication, integration, and silencing, and how viruses co‐opt or avoid these structures.
Zsolt Karányi +4 more
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"A wealth of knowledge": A survey of the employment experiences of older nurses and midwives in the NHS [PDF]
, 2008 Background: The United Kingdom's National Health Service workforce is ageing, and the specific needs of this sector of its workforce need to be addressed.
Bakker +24 more
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The health care for diabetic persons in Italy: the QUADRI survey
Clinical Management Issues, 2008 To obtain regional and national data on the quality of diabetes care within the Italian National Health Service, a national survey among persons with diabetes was conducted in 2004. A sample of 3,426 diabetic patients (age 18-64 years) were interviewed using a standardized questionnaire.
Maggini, Marina +10 more
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Survey on health care applications in 5G networks
IET Communications, 2020 In 2019, 5G was introduced and it is being gradually deployed all over the world. 5G introduces new concepts, such as network slicing to better support various applications with different performance requirements on data rate and latency; and edge and cloud computing that will be responsible for the leverage of computational requirements.
Liu, Enjie +2 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Urine is a rich source of biomarkers for cancer detection. Tumor‐derived material is released into the bloodstream and transported to the urine. Urine can easily be collected from individuals, allowing non‐invasive cancer detection. This review discusses the rationale behind urine‐based cancer detection and its potential for cancer diagnostics ...
Birgit M. M. Wever +1 more
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Learning Bundled Care Opportunities from Electronic Medical Records [PDF]
arXiv, 2017 Objectives: The fee-for-service approach to healthcare leads to the management of a patient's conditions in an independent manner, inducing various negative consequences. It is recognized that a bundled care approach to healthcare-one that manages a collection of health conditions together-may enable greater efficacy and cost savings.
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