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Benefits from clinicians and healthcare organisations engaging in research [PDF]

, 2015
In Editor’s Choice, Godlee supports and re-emphasises the positive points about National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) clinical research networks that are made in Gulland’s article.1 2 We welcome this support for research networks and for the part
Boaz, A, Hanney, S, Jones, TH, Soper, B
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Mathematical modelling for health systems research: a systematic review of system dynamics and agent-based models

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
BackgroundMathematical modelling has been a vital research tool for exploring complex systems, most recently to aid understanding of health system functioning and optimisation.
R. Cassidy, Neha S. Singh, P. Schiratti, A. Semwanga, P. Binyaruka, N. Sachingongu, C. Chama-Chiliba, Z. Chalabi, J. Borghi, K. Blanchet   +9 more
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Blockchain protocols in clinical trials: Transparency and traceability of consent [version 5; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 2 not approved]

F1000Research, 2018
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 for collection of patients’ informed consent, which is bound to protocol revisions ...
Mehdi Benchoufi, Raphael Porcher, Philippe Ravaud   +2 more
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Canada’s new ethical guidelines for research with humans: A critique and comparison with the United States [PDF]

, 2012
Canada’s Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical conduct for research involving humans, first published in 1998, has recently been updated.1 The US Department of Health and Human Services has just issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would ...
Millum, J.
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Community and health systems barriers and enablers to family planning and contraceptive services provision and use in Kabwe District, Zambia

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
BackgroundUnmet need for contraception results in several health challenges such as unintended pregnancies, unwanted births and unsafe abortions. Most interventions have been unable to successfully address this unmet need due to various community and ...
A. Silumbwe, Theresa Nkole, M. Munakampe, C. Milford, J. Cordero, Yolandie Kriel, J. Zulu, P. Steyn   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

Gates Open Research, 2018
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
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The Role of Web Services at Home [PDF]

, 2005
The increase in computational power and the networking abilities of home appliances are revolutionizing the way we interact with our homes. This trend is growing stronger and opening a number of technological challenges.
Aiello, Marco
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Being pragmatic about healthcare complexity: our experiences applying complexity theory and pragmatism to health services research

BMC Medicine, 2018
BackgroundThe healthcare system has proved a challenging environment for innovation, especially in the area of health services management and research.
Katrina M. Long, F. McDermott, G. Meadows   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patient predictors of poor drug sensitive tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

F1000Research, 2019
Background: Ukraine has high rates of poor treatment outcomes among drug sensitive tuberculosis (DSTB) patients, while global treatment success rates for DSTB remain high.
Omowunmi Aibana, Andrej Slavuckij, Mariya Bachmaha, Viatcheslav Krasiuk, Natasha Rybak, Timothy P. Flanigan, Vasyl Petrenko, Megan B. Murray   +7 more
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Linking health facility data from young adults aged 18-24 years to longitudinal demographic data: Experience from The Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2020
Background: In 2014, a pilot study was conducted to test the feasibility of linking clinic attendance data for young adults at two health facilities to the population register of the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS).
Christopher Nyundo, Aoife M. Doyle, David Walumbe, Mark Otiende, Michael Kinuthia, David Amadi, Boniface Jibendi, George Mochamah, Norbert Kihuha, Thomas N. Williams, David A. Ross, Evasius Bauni   +11 more
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