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Effect of spoken language on primary care choice refugee health assessment program patients seen at Boston Medical Center [PDF]

, 2017
PURPOSE: There are approximately 21.3 million refugees worldwide. Connection to primary care is essential for these patients because of the potential for long-term and complex care that they require.
Tunstall, Hannah
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Evidence-based decision support for pediatric rheumatology reduces diagnostic errors. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: The number of trained specialists world-wide is insufficient to serve all children with pediatric rheumatologic disorders, even in the countries with robust medical resources. We evaluated the potential of diagnostic decision support software
Balu Athreya, CD Newgard, CK Correll, CL Deal, David Zurakowski, E Vittinghoff, Elizabeth Y. N. Ang, ES Berner, GD Schiff, Irit Tirosh, JE Allanson, JL McGhee, Jonathan S. Hausmann, JP Marcin, L Feldman, LL Minich, Lynn K. Feldman, M Al Maini, M Henrickson, M Henrickson, Mary Beth F. Son, Michael M. Segal, ML Mayer, MM Segal, MM Segal, O Wegwarth, P Ramnarayan, P Woo, R Tozzoli, Robert P. Sundel, SB Hanauef, WF Bond   +31 more
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Co-producing healthcare in a volume vs. value-based healthcare system: perspective of a parent of a patient and a health professions’ educator [PDF]

, 2019
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple Aim framework represents an approach to optimizing a health system’s performance by focusing on improving the patient experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing healthcare costs.
Caron, Rosemary M.
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P-899. Strong Hearts Program: Results of a Novel Primary-Care Based Chagas Disease Care Program in East Boston, MA, 2017-2023

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Background Chagas disease is a neglected parasitic infection that affects ∼300,000 people in the US, with a prevalence of ∼49 per 100,000 in Massachusetts, USA. Untreated Chagas disease leads to irreversible cardiac morbidity and death in 20-30% of cases,
Javier J Huerta, Ashley Maldonado, C. Milliren, Jillian Hertig, Katherine Collins, Jim Gomes, A. Salazar, Daniel Bourque, Natasha S Hochberg, David H. Hamer, Leonard L Levin, Jaime Gallegos Salazar, Elizabeth D Barnett, Juan Huanuco, Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Julia R. Köhler   +15 more
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Dynamic Patterns and Predominance of Respiratory Pathogens Post-COVID-19: Insights from a Two-Year Analysis

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Introduction Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) stand out as the most frequent causes leading to visits to the emergency department and hospitalizations.
Salma AlBahrani, Samira Jamaan AlZahrani, Thekra N. Al-Maqati, Atheer Almehbash, Anfal Alshammari, Refan Bujlai, Sarah Ba Taweel, Fares Almasabi, Abdullah AlAmari, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq   +9 more
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Evaluating Prescriber Adherence to Guideline-Based Treatment Pathways of a Newly Initiated Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at a Rehabilitation Hospital [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Inappropriate use of antimicrobials in the healthcare setting is associated with consequences including antimicrobial resistance, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), adverse drug reactions, and increased healthcare costs.
Bertram, Christie
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Witnessing history: a personal view of half a century in public health [PDF]

, 2018
Former Chief Medical Officer Sir Kenneth Calman recently celebrated 50 years in medicine. It was a period which saw the evolution of the public health agenda from communicable diseases to diseases of lifestyle, the change from a hospital-orientated ...
Bergman, B.P., Calman, K.C., Chandler, A.S., Laing, F.   +3 more
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875. Sex Differences in Academic Achievement and Faculty Rank in Academic Infectious Diseases

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Sex differences in faculty achievement in academic medicine have been described, but little is known about these differences in infectious diseases (ID).
Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Neena Kapoor, Daniel M. Blumenthal, W. Stead   +3 more
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Recurrence, Readmission, and Key Mortality Predictors in Patients with Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Infections

Diagnostics
Background: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) are designated by the World Health Organization as critical-priority pathogens. While global outcomes are well documented, regional data from the Middle East remain limited.
Bashayer Mohammed Alshehail, Marwan Jabr Alwezzeh, Hussain Humaid Almalki, Amani Alnimr, Haytham Wali, Zainab Al Jamea, Abdullatif S. Al Rashed, Mashael Alhajri, Hawra Abdulwahab Abdulaal, Lujain Ali Alanbari, Yazed S. Alsowaida, Abdullah Alamri, Sharifah Almuthen, Faten Azaiez, Saeed Alzahrani, Nawaf Zakari, Jaber Asiri, Wafa Alanazi, Mohanad Bakkar, Abdulaziz Alfifi, Omar Alzuwayed, Aiman El-Saed, Salma AlBahrani   +22 more
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Comparative point prevalence survey of antimicrobial consumption between a hospital in Northern Ireland and a hospital in Jordan

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background To assess antimicrobial prescribing in a Northern Ireland hospital (Antrim Area Hospital (AAH)) and compare them with those of a hospital in Jordan (Specialty Hospital).
Feras Darwish Elhajji, Ghaith M. Al-Taani, Lana Anani, Sahar Al-Masri, Haneen Abdalaziz, Su’ad H. Qabba’h, Abdel Qader Al Bawab, Michael Scott, David Farren, Fiona Gilmore, Ann Versporten, Herman Goossens, Mamoon A. Aldeyab   +12 more
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