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Implementing Operations Support Systems in E-Health Based Systems [PDF]

, 2007
Information and communication technologies have been introduced in different dimensions of the health care. e-Health is the use of advanced communications technologies such as the Internet, portable, wireless and other sophisticated devices to support ...
Ayo, C. K., Ehikioya, S.A., Omoregbe, N. A.   +2 more
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Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez, Jill O. Robinson, Wendy A. Allen‐Rhoades, Hadley S. Smith, Isabel Canfield, Rebecca L. Hsu, Sarah R. Scollon, Lauren R. Desrosiers‐Battu, Nicole M. Schneider, Frank Y. Lin, Donald Williams Parsons, Sharon E. Plon, Mary A. Majumder, Janet Malek, Amy L. McGuire   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing team-based primary health care: a comparative analysis of policies in western Canada

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background We analyzed and compared primary health care (PHC) policies in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan to understand how they inform the design and implementation of team-based primary health care service delivery.
Esther Suter, Sara Mallinson, Renee Misfeldt, Omenaa Boakye, Louise Nasmith, Sabrina T. Wong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Parent Quality of Life at Two Years Following Their Child's Completion of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra, Maria McCarthy, Michael Takagi, Cinzia De Luca   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal space for Health in the Americas: is economic growth sufficient?

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2019
Objective. In 2014, the member countries of the Pan American Health Organization signed the Strategy for Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage.
Camilo Cid Pedraza, Mauricio Matus-López, Camilo Cid Pedraza   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What do geriatric rehabilitation patients and experts consider relevant? Requirements for a digitalised e-coach for sustainable improvement of nutrition and physical activity in older adults – a qualitative focus group study

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background During geriatric rehabilitation, attempts are made to increase the patients’ health and functional capacity. In order to maintain these improvements in the medium- and long-term, behavioural changes regarding mobility and nutrition are also ...
Lisa Happe, Andreas Hein, Rebecca Diekmann   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying access barriers faced by rural and dispersed communities to better address their needs: implications and lessons learned for rural proofing for health in the Americas and beyond

Rural and Remote Health, 2023
Introduction: Universal access to health services and universal health coverage are needed to achieve good health for all, yet rural communities face a variety of access barriers.
Natalia Houghton, Ernesto Bascolo, Rachael Cohen , Norma Lleny Cruz Vilcarromero, Hernán Rodriguez Gonzalez, Daniel Albrecht, Theadora Koller, James Fitzgerald   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants for participation in a prevention and early detection programme for children and adolescents in Germany: does social background play a role?

Archives of Public Health, 2023
Early detection examinations and prevention are particularly important in childhood and adolescence, as certain diseases are already developing and health-related attitudes and behaviour patterns are formed and implemented.
Kathrin Krüger, Anne-Marie Lapstich, Katrin Christiane Reber, Stephanie Sehlen, Sebastian Liersch, Christian Krauth   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interplay between circadian and other transcription factors—Implications for cycling transcriptome reprogramming

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This perspective highlights emerging insights into how the circadian transcription factor CLOCK:BMAL1 regulates chromatin architecture, cooperates with other transcription factors, and coordinates enhancer dynamics. We propose an updated framework for how circadian transcription factors operate within dynamic and multifactorial chromatin landscapes ...
Xinyu Y. Nie, Jerome S. Menet
wiley   +1 more source