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Use of Indoor Location Technologies in Healthcare Contexts: A Scoping Review

Applied Sciences
The adoption of healthcare technologies has grown significantly, with real-time location systems (RTLSs) gaining particular attention. Despite decades of research, gaps persist in understanding the current state of the field and its future directions ...
Erik Teixeira Lopes, Derek Chaves Lopes, Gustavo Pedrozo, Igor Oliveira Alves, Gustavo Alan Käfer, Pedro Henrique Santos de Medeiros, Bruno S. Gonçalves, Sérgio Eduardo Soares Fernandes, Rui M. Lima   +8 more
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Model-Based Control of a 4-DOF Rehabilitation Parallel Robot with Online Identification of the Gravitational Term

Sensors, 2023
Parallel robots are being increasingly used as a fundamental component of lower-limb rehabilitation systems. During rehabilitation therapies, the parallel robot must interact with the patient, which raises several challenges to the control system: (1 ...
Rafael J. Escarabajal, José L. Pulloquinga, Vicente Mata, Ángel Valera, Miguel Díaz-Rodríguez   +4 more
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A pragmatics' view of patient identification [PDF]

, 2010
Patient identification is a central safety critical aspect of healthcare work. Most healthcare activities require identification of patients by healthcare staff, often in connection with the use of patient records.
S. Wilson, J. R. Galliers, Lichtner, Valentina; id_orcid, V. Lichtner, Galliers, Julia R, Wilson, S, Wilson, Stephanie, Galliers, J. R., Wilson, S., Lichtner, V, Galliers, JR, Lichtner, Valentina, Lichtner, V.   +12 more
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Clinical Study of Using Biometrics to Identify Patient and Procedure

Frontiers in Oncology, 2020
PurposeTo reduce patient and procedure identification errors by human interactions in radiotherapy delivery and surgery, a Biometric Automated Patient and Procedure Identification System (BAPPIS) was developed.
Jason W. Sohn, Haksoo Kim, Samuel B. Park, Soyoung Lee, James I. Monroe, Thomas B. Malone, Timothy Kinsella, Min Yao, Charles Kunos, Simon S. Lo, Robert Shenk, Mitchell Machtay, Mitchell Machtay   +12 more
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Novel cancer subtyping method based on patient-specific gene regulatory network

Scientific Reports, 2021
The identification of cancer subtypes is important for the understanding of tumor heterogeneity. In recent years, numerous computational methods have been proposed for this problem based on the multi-omics data of patients.
Mai Adachi Nakazawa, Yoshinori Tamada, Yoshihisa Tanaka, Marie Ikeguchi, Kako Higashihara, Yasushi Okuno   +5 more
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Patient identification system based on NFC and blockchain technology

Investigación e Innovación en Ingenierías, 2023
Objective: To develop a system in the field of medicine that allows to identify patients by making use of security for NFC cards based on blockchain. Methodology: A study of the physical characteristics of NFC cards was carried out to design an external security system, supported by the decentralization of the blockchain, which allows the use of these ...
Jorge Eliecer Gómez Gómez, Sebastian Ricardo Cárdenas, Fabian Sánchez Ruiz   +2 more
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Patient involvement in selection of immunosuppressive regimen following transplantation.

, 2014
Transplantation has made a considerable difference to the lives of many patients. However, feedback from patients indicates that although having a transplant is a hugely positive experience, having to take medications indefinitely is one of the biggest ...
MacPhee IA, Kyegombe M, MacPhee, IA, Popoola J, Greene H, Greene, H, Popoola, J, Kyegombe, M   +7 more
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13715 Leveraging Clinical Research Infrastructure to Correct Identification of Patients’ Primary Care Physicians in a Community Hospital

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2021
IMPACT: Correctly identifying and documenting patients’ primary care physicians in community hospital settings may improve clinical care and coordination for patients, potentially leading to a reduction in hospitalizations, while simultaneously ...
Laura Magda, Emily Perish, Darielle Sherrod, Lisa Dubin, Shavon Clark-Howard, Ashley Aguilar, Mary Cormier, Joshua Smith, David Meltzer   +8 more
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A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to pediatric early warning score (PEWS) implementation in a resource-limited setting

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
ObjectivesGlobally, pediatric hospitals have implemented Pediatric Early Warning Scores (PEWS) to standardize escalation of care and improve detection of clinical deterioration in pediatric patients.
Carolyn Reuland, Galen Shi, Mark Deatras, Mellinor Ang, Paula Pilar G. Evangelista, Nicole Shilkofski   +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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