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Seven practices for pursuing equity through learning health systems: Notes from the field

Learning Health Systems, 2021
Introduction Despite learning health systems' focus on improvement in health outcomes, inequities in outcomes remain deep and persistent. To achieve and sustain health equity, it is critical that learning health systems (LHS) adapt and function in ways ...
Allison Parsons, Ndidi I. Unaka, Constance Stewart, Jennifer Foster, Valerie Perez, Nana‐Hawa Yayah Jones, Robert Kahn, Andrew F. Beck, Carley Riley   +8 more
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Profitability of a dairy sheep genetic improvement program using artificial insemination [PDF]

, 2010
This simulation study investigated the farm-level economic benefits of a genetic improvement scheme using artificial insemination (AI) with fresh ram semen in dairy sheep of the Chios breed in Greece. Data were collected from 67 farms associated with the
Arsenos, G., Gelasakis, A. I., Oikonomou, G., Valergakis, G. E., Banos, G., Fortomaris, P.   +5 more
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Carcinomas and Carcinoid Tumors of the Lungs and Bronchi in Children and Adolescents: The EXPeRT Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary lung carcinomas and bronchial carcinoid tumors (BC) are very rare malignancies in childhood. While typical BC and mucoepidermoid carcinomas are mostly low‐grade, localized tumors with a more favorable prognosis than in adults, necessitating avoidance of overtreatment, adenocarcinomas of the lung are often diagnosed at advanced disease ...
Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Sabine Irtan, Yves Reguerre, Malgorzata Krawczyk, Ewa Bien, Tal Ben‐Ami, Maja Cesen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Dominik T. Schneider, Abbas Agaimy, Constantin Lapa, Hubert Ducou le Pointe, Rainer Claus, Catherine Daniel, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +19 more
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Disrupting deficit mindsets: mitigating cognition that derails equitable continuous improvement

Frontiers in Education
IntroductionContinuous improvement (CI) has transformative potential but far too often that potential is unrealized. Practitioners engaging in CI are frequently guided by mindsets that derail system transformation by shifting the focus from improving ...
Brandi N. Hinnant-Crawford, Rebecca G. Childs, Augustine Owusu Achiaw   +2 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu, Kaitlin LaGasse, Cory D. Saucier, Kimberly Raymond, Miranda Lauher‐Charest, Lauren Crowder, Beilei Cai, Mary Lisha Paul, Denise Adams   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a continuous improvement for justice

Frontiers in Education
In recent years, improvement researchers have sought to foreground equity in continuous improvement (CI) in efforts to better advance the position of Black, Brown, and other marginalized students in educational settings using CI.
Carlos Sandoval, Rebecca Colina Neri
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Strengthening Reliability and Sustainability: Integrating Training Within Industry (TWI) in a Quality Improvement Collaborative [PDF]

Global Journal on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Introduction Integrating process improvement tools into healthcare has shown promising results, yet the application of “training within industry” (TWI) still needs to be explored in this context.
Paulo Borem, Rafaela Moraes de Moura, Helena Barreto dos Santos, Guilherme Cesar Silva Dias Santos, Patrícia dos Santos Bopsin, Beatriz Ramos, Andrea Keiko Fujinami Gushken, Samara de Campos Braga, Edileusa Novaes Piusi, Priscila Martini Bernardi Garzella, Lais Silvestre Bizerra Baltazar, Karen Cristina da Conceição Dias Silva, Teilor Ricardo dos Santos, Marco Antonio Saavedra Bravo, Ademir Jose Petenate, Cristiane Maria Reis Cristalda, Luciana Yumi Ue, Claudia Garcia de Barros, Sebastian Vernal   +18 more
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Publishing quality improvement studies: learning to share and sharing to learn

BJA Open, 2023
Summary: This editorial welcomes the decision of BJA Open to publish quality improvement (QI) studies. It summarises the current problems with conducting, evaluating, and publishing QI studies.
Duncan Wagstaff, Suneetha Ramani Moonesinghe   +1 more
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Clinical and Biological Features of Response in Resistant Neuroblastoma to 131I‐Metaiodobenzylguanidine Radiotherapy in the Anti‐GD2 Immunotherapy Era

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background 131I‐metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I‐MIBG) radiotherapy is a key treatment for relapsed and refractory (R/R) neuroblastoma (NB). Patients with R/R disease treated in the modern era are increasingly exposed to anti‐GD2 immunotherapy, which exerts selective pressure and may modify both tumor cell state and microenvironment.
Benjamin J. Lerman, Katherine K. Matthay, Fabienne Hollinger, Catriona Black, Ann A. Lazar, Miguel Pampaloni, Steven G. DuBois, Kieuhoa T. Vo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source