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Achieving patient-focused maintenance services/systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and investigate the contribution made from the estates services to the quality of the patient experience from the perspective of all estates staff ranging from front-line staff to directors of estates ...
Clark, L., May, D.
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Survival Outcomes and Complications Among Canadian Children With Retinoblastoma: A Population‐Based Report From CYP‐C

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common pediatric ocular cancer, yet population‐based data on survival and risk factors remain limited. This study aimed to describe survival in a large national RB cohort and identify predictors of death and complications.
Samuel Sassine   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of National Competency Standards of Hospital Nursing Departments: An Analytic Hierarchy Process and Multidimensional Scale Analysis

open access: yesNursing Open
Aim This study was conducted to analyse national competency indicators of nursing departments, understand each department's competency characteristics and utilise them to assign departments and impart required education for nurses.
Seon‐Nyeo Kim, Sue‐Kyung Sohn
doaj   +1 more source

Prevention and control measures of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in low-risk departments: The spine surgery department example

open access: yesScience Progress, 2021
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads globally, hospital departments will need take steps to manage their treatment procedures and wards. The preparations of high-risk departments (infection, respiratory, emergency, and intensive care unit ...
Yongshun Zheng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Academic Pathology Departments and Associated Children’s Hospitals: An Overview of the Relationship

open access: yesAcademic Pathology, 2020
A survey of academic pathology departments was conducted in order to evaluate the relationship with their associated children’s hospitals. Forty percent (88) of US children’s hospitals were associated with academic pathology departments. Sixty percent of
David N. Bailey MD
doaj   +1 more source

Morbidity burden and community-based palliative care are associated with rates of hospital use by people with schizophrenia in the last year of life: A population-based matched cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Objective: People with schizophrenia face an increased risk of premature death from chronic diseases and injury. This study describes the trajectory of acute care health service use in the last year of life for people with schizophrenia and how this ...
Arendts, Glenn   +4 more
core   +5 more sources

Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effective measures to improve influenza vaccination coverage among healthcare workers during and after COVID-19

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
The influenza vaccine is the most effective measure to prevent influenza. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of measures taken by the hospital on the influenza vaccination coverage of medical staff after implementation.
Wanyu Jia   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety Net hospital Emergency Departments: Creating Safety Valves for Non-urgent Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Outlines how safety-net hospitals are addressing the rise in emergency department visits for non-urgent care, such as re-directing patients to outpatient clinics or community health centers and adding primary care capacity.
Laurie E. Felland   +2 more
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Demographics and Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension Patients in United States Emergency Departments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Introduction: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common, yet under-diagnosed, contributor to morbidity and mortality. Our objective was to characterize the prevalence of PH among adult patients presenting to United States (US) emergency departments (ED ...
Camargo Jr., Carlos A.   +2 more
core  

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