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The impact of reduced operating room capacity on the time delay of urgent surgical care for neurosurgical patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2022
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic raised major challenges to the management of patient flows and medical staff resource allocation. To prevent the collapse of medical facilities, elective diagnostic and surgical procedures were drastically reduced ...
Daniel Schöni, Marc-Eric Halatsch, Alex Alfieri   +2 more
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An intelligent real-time scheduler for out-patient clinics: A multi-agent system model

Health Informatics Journal, 2020
Scheduling of resources and patients are crucial in outpatient clinics, particularly when the patient demand is high and patient arrivals are random.
Jyoti R Munavalli, Shyam Vasudeva Rao, Aravind Srinivasan, GG van Merode   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical audit of COPD in outpatient respiratory clinics in Spain: the EPOCONSUL study [PDF]

, 2017
Myriam Calle Rubio,1–3 Bernardino Alcázar Navarrete,4 Joan B Soriano,5 Juan J Soler-Cataluña,6 José Miguel Rodríguez González-Moro,7 Manuel E Fuentes Ferrer,2,3,8 José Luis López-Campos9 On behalf ...
Calle Rubio M, Alcazar-Navarrete B, Rodriguez González-Moro JM, Lopez-Campos JL, Soriano JB, Soler-Cataluña JJ, Fuentes Ferrer ME, Fuentes Ferrer, Manuel E, Alcazar-Navarrete, Bernardino, Soriano, Joan B, Rodriguez-Gonzalez-Moro, Jose Miguel, Lopez-Campos, Jose Luis, Soler-Cataluña, Juan J, Fuentes-Ferrer, Manuel E, Calle Rubio, Myriam, Alcázar Navarrete, Bernardino, Calle-Rubio, Myriam, Rodríguez González-Moro, José Miguel   +17 more
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Prevalence and associated risk factors of resistant hypertension among Chinese hypertensive patients in primary care setting

BMC Primary Care
Introduction Hypertension (HT) is a major public health problem globally, and it is the commonest chronic disease with a prevalence of 27% among people aged 15 years or above in Hong Kong.
Kilpatrick Kiupak Chan, Lapkin Chiang, Clarence Chuenming Choi, Yimchu Li, Catherine Xiarui Chen   +4 more
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Evaluating Different Strategies on the Blood Collection Counter Settings to Improve Patient Waiting Time in Outpatient Units

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2022
Long patient waiting time is one of the major problems in the healthcare system and it would decrease patient satisfaction. Previous studies usually investigated how to improve the treatment flow in order to reduce patient waiting time or length of stay.
Chih-Hao Chen MS, Yao-Te Tsai PhD, Chun-An Chou PhD, Shao-Jen Weng PhD, Wen-Chin Lee MD, PhD, Li-Wei Hsiao MD, Natan Derek PhD, Chang-Pu Ko MS   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving Health Care for Patients with Multimorbidity: A Mixed-Methods Study to Explore the Feasibility and Process of Aligning Scheduled Outpatient Appointments through Collaboration between Medical Specialties

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2022
Background: Many patients with multimorbidity have appointments and parallel trajectories in several outpatient clinics across medical specialties. This organisation may disintegrate care and challenges the navigation of the healthcare system.
Cathrine Bell, Charlotte Weiling Appel, Anne Frølich, Anders Prior, Peter Vedsted   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing inappropriate polypharmacy for older patients at specialist outpatient clinics: a systematic review

, 2023
Objective: Polypharmacy is associated with negative clinical consequences. The efficacy of deprescribing interventions within medical specialist outpatient clinics remains unclear.
Hart, Laura, Clarkson, Louise, Lam, Alfred K, Khoo, Tien K, Louise Clarkson, Laura Hart, Alfred K. Lam, Tien K. Khoo   +7 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Appointment capacity planning in specialty clinics: a queueing approach [PDF]

, 2015
Specialty clinics provide specialized care for patients referred by primary care physicians, emergency departments, or other specialists. Urgent patients must often be seen on the referral day, whereas nonurgent referrals are typically booked an ...
Izady, N., Izady, Navid
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Bone Mineral Density After Contemporary Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: A Matched Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Reduced bone mineral density (BMD) has been reported in survivors of childhood and young adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL); however, data from cohorts treated with contemporary protocols and including matched controls remain limited.
Karen Schow Jensen, Mette Tiedemann Skipper, Niels Holtum Birkebæk, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Thomas Leth Frandsen, Bente Langdahl, Rikke Beck Jensen, Asger Roer Pedersen, Christian Mølgaard, Liv Andrés‐Jensen, Birgitte Klug Albertsen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source