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Blockchain protocols in clinical trials: Transparency and traceability of consent [version 3; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Clinical trial consent for protocols and their revisions should be transparent for patients and traceable for stakeholders. Our goal is to implement a process allowing the collection of patients’ informed consent, which is bound to protocol revisions ...
Mehdi Benchoufi, Raphael Porcher, Philippe Ravaud   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How blockchain-timestamped protocols could improve the trustworthiness of medical science [version 2; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2016
Trust in scientific research is diminished by evidence that data are being manipulated. Outcome switching, data dredging and selective publication are some of the problems that undermine the integrity of published research.
Greg Irving, John Holden
doaj   +1 more source

Point-of-contact Interactive Record Linkage (PIRL): A software tool to prospectively link demographic surveillance and health facility data [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

Gates Open Research, 2017
Linking a health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) to data from a health facility that serves the HDSS population generates a research infrastructure for directly observed data on access to and utilization of health facility services.
Christopher T. Rentsch, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula, Jason Catlett, David Beckles, Richard Machemba, Baltazar Mtenga, Nkosinathi Masilela, Denna Michael, Redempta Natalis, Mark Urassa, Jim Todd, Basia Zaba, Georges Reniers   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating healthcare priority setting at the meso level: A thematic review of empirical literature [version 2; referees: 3 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2018
Background: Decentralization of health systems has made sub-national/regional healthcare systems the backbone of healthcare delivery. These regions are tasked with the difficult responsibility of determining healthcare priorities and resource allocation ...
Dennis Waithaka, Benjamin Tsofa, Edwine Barasa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breaking a Guinness World Record on Hand Sanitizing Relay, initiating a call for vital research in overcoming campaign fatigue for hand hygiene [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/4gb]

F1000Research, 2014
Hand hygiene has been shown to be effective in significantly reducing hospital acquired infections for many years. However it is difficult to maintain and enhance compliance with hand hygiene guidelines. In Hong Kong, we previously reported a strategy to
Wing Hong Seto, Kwok-Hung Li, Christina Woon Yee Cheung, Patricia Tai Yin Ching, Benjamin J. Cowling   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Socioeconomic and behavioral determinants of non-compliance with physician referrals following community screening for diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia: a mixed-methods study

Scientific Reports, 2023
Early detection of undiagnosed diabetes, hypertension or hyperlipidemia through screening could reduce healthcare costs resulting from disease complications.
Sungwon Yoon, Hendra Goh, Jie Kie Phang, Yu Heng Kwan, Lian Leng Low   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Has incentive payment improved venous thrombo-embolism risk assessment and treatment of hospital in-patients? [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/8k]

F1000Research, 2013
This paper focuses on financial incentives rewarding successful implementation of guidelines in the UK National Health Service (NHS). In particular, it assesses the implementation of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) venous ...
Sue Child, Rod Sheaff, Olga Boiko, Alice Bateman, Christian A Gericke   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A promising approach to scale up health care improvements in low-and middle-income countries: the Wave-Sequence Spread Approach and the concept of the Slice of a System [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/3sa]

F1000Research, 2014
There are several examples of successes in improving health care. However, many of these remain limited to the sites at which they were originally developed.
M. Rashad Massoud, Nana Mensah-Abrampah
doaj   +1 more source

Specialist LINK and primary care network clinical pathways - a new approach to patient referral: a cross-sectional survey of awareness, utilization and usability among family physicians in Calgary

BMC Family Practice, 2020
Background Specialist LINK is a real-time, non-urgent telephone collaboration line designed to link family doctors and specialists. The purpose was to reduce wait times, improve efficiency and enhance the coordination of patient care through enhanced ...
Mubashir Arain, Mahnoush Rostami, Mariama Zaami, Valerie Kiss, Richard Ward   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health Systems Research to Deliver Comprehensive Services to Indians [PDF]

Public Health Reports (1896-1970), 1969
A CONCEPT of community medicine and an organization of health services and practices that does not separate prevention, cure, containment, and rehabilitation are envisaged by the staff of the Indian Health Service (IHS), Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Public Health Service.
openaire   +2 more sources