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The seventh cervical vertebra is an appropriate landmark for thoracic kyphosis measures using distance from the wall

open access: yesHong Kong Physiotherapy Journal, 2023
Background: Hyperkyphosis is frequently found nowadays due to the change in current lifestyles and age-related system decline. A simple hyperkyphosis measurement can be made easily using the perpendicular distance from the landmark to the wall.
Arpassanan Wiyanad   +6 more
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Identification of clinician challenges in order to drive the development of competency-based education: results from an international needs assessment in multiple sclerosis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of European CME, 2015
Objective. To highlight clinical gaps of neurologists and nurses regarding their skills and confidence in engaging and communicating with multiple sclerosis (MS) patients to inform the design of continuing medical education (CME) initiatives.
Sean M. Hayes   +2 more
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The utility of upper limb loading device in determining optimal walking ability in ambulatory individuals with spinal cord injury

open access: yesHong Kong Physiotherapy Journal, 2021
Background: Walking devices are frequently prescribed for many individuals, including those with spinal cord injury (SCI), to promote their independence.
Makamas Kumprou   +5 more
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The Effect of Primary Care Visits on Total Patient Care Cost: Evidence From the Veterans Health Administration

open access: yesJournal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2022
Background: Since the 1980s, primary care (PC) in the US has been recognized as the backbone of healthcare providing comprehensive care to complex patients, coordinating care among specialists, and rendering preventive services to contain costs and ...
Jian Gao   +4 more
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Data consistency in the English Hospital Episodes Statistics database

open access: yesBMJ Health & Care Informatics, 2022
Background To gain maximum insight from large administrative healthcare datasets it is important to understand their data quality. Although a gold standard against which to assess criterion validity rarely exists for such datasets, internal consistency ...
Adrian Hopper   +10 more
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning Lessons and a Vision for a Better Health System

open access: yesOman Medical Journal, 2020
he fight against COVID-19 is ongoing and will require a great deal more effort and coordination through local and global initiatives. It is clear that the outbreak will have a lasting impact on healthcare investments and delivery models for many years to
Jehan Al Fannah   +2 more
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Flow Control of Radial Inlet Chamber and Downstream Effects on a Centrifugal Compressor Stage

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Radial inlet chambers are widely used in various multistage centrifugal compressors, although they induce extra flow loss and inlet distortions. In this paper, the detailed flow characteristics inside the radial inlet chamber of an industrial centrifugal
Fenghui Han   +4 more
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Can patient and family education prevent medical errors? A descriptive study

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background This study aims to increase understanding of how patient and family education affects the prevention of medical errors, thereby providing basic data for developing educational contents.
Yoon-Sook Kim   +7 more
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Justification of the Importance of the Implementation of Digital Innovation Projects in the Food Service

open access: yesInformaciâ i Innovacii, 2023
In the presented study, the trends in the digitalization of the processes of restaurant business objects are substantiated, existing approaches and classifications are presented. The authors have formed directions for the development of campaigns for the
Yu. V. Vylgina, M. Yu. Semakov
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Factors causing medication errors in an electronic reporting system

open access: yesNursing Open, 2021
Aim To analyse medication error data from a hospital's electronic reporting system and identify the factors affecting error types and harmfulness. Design A retrospective study.
Seonhee Yoon, Kyeongyae Sohng
doaj   +1 more source

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