Assessing ethical and social issues of transtelephonic electrocardiography (TTEGG) in Chile [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2014 The aim of this study was to focus on the ethical and social issues derived from the implementation of transtelephonic electrocardiography (TTECG) in the public healthcare sector in Chile, studying patients and healthcare providers' acceptance and ...
Eugenia Lamas +4 more
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JMIR Research Protocols, 2023 Background Strokes pose a particular challenge to the health care system. Although stroke-related mortality has declined in recent decades, the absolute number of new strokes (incidence), stroke deaths, and survivors of stroke has increased.
Ann-Kathrin Fischer, Axel C Mühlbacher
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Acceptability of Service Targets for ICT-Based Healthcare [PDF]
Healthcare Informatics Research, 2016 ObjectivesIn order to adopt and activate telemedicine it is necessary to survey how medical staff, who are providers of medical service, and consumers, who are the service targets, perceive information and communication technology (ICT)-based healthcare ...
Eun Min Jeon, Hwa Jeong Seo
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Acceptance of illness and social, individual factors as the predictors of quality of life in hypertensive patients [PDF]
حیات, 2023 Background & Aim: Many factors affect the hypertensive patients’ quality of life. Identifying the factors related to the quality of life can help to promote the quality of life in hypertensive patients.
Samira Khatar +3 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2018 Background The objective of this study was to explore the issues surrounding access to health and social care services for frail older adults with Polish stakeholders, including healthy and frail/pre-frail older adults, health care providers, social care
Donata Kurpas +6 more
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Comparing cost-sharing practices for pharmaceuticals and health care services among four central European countries [PDF]
, 2012 The paper reviews the existing cost-sharing practices in four Central European countries namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia focusing on patient co-payments for pharmaceuticals and services covered by the social health insurance.
Baji, Petra +3 more
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Physician-patient relationship perceived by outpatients at a hospital in Lima, Peru [PDF]
Horizonte Médico, 2016 Objective: To describe the Physician-patient relationship and to determine the factors associated with a good perception of it by the patients that attend ambulatory care in the Carlos Lanfranco La Hoz Hospital (CLLHH) of the Health Ministry (MINSA ...
Cinthya Mendoza +2 more
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Patient and Provider Perspectives on How Trust Influences Maternal Vaccine Acceptance Among Pregnant Women in Kenya [PDF]
, 2019 Background Pregnant women and newborns are at high risk for infectious diseases. Altered immunity status during pregnancy and challenges fully vaccinating newborns contribute to this medical reality.
Adero, Maxwell +14 more
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How patients contribute to an online psychoeducation forum for bipolar disorder: a virtual participant observation study [PDF]
, 2015 Background: In a recent exploratory randomized controlled trial, an online psychoeducation intervention for bipolar disorder has been found to be feasible and acceptable to patients and may positively impact on their self-management behaviors and ...
Poole, Ria +2 more
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Future challenges and recommendations [PDF]
, 2006 Rapid advances in information technology and telecommunications, and in particular mobile and wireless communications, converge towards the emergence of a new type of “infostructure” that has the potential of supporting a large spectrum of advanced ...
Incardona, F. +4 more
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