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Health System Factors in Head and Neck Cancer Diagnosis: A HEADSpAcE Consortium Qualitative Study in Glasgow and Montevideo

open access: yesHead &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Head and neck cancer (HNC) is a devastating diagnosis, with advanced‐stage disease leading to poorer outcomes. This qualitative study aimed to identify health system factors associated with stage of HNC diagnosis. Methods Qualitative semistructured interviews with HNC patients and clinicians were undertaken in two purposively ...
Grant Creaney   +196 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Discharge Summary Prompt Reduces Postoperative Radiotherapy Delay in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

open access: yesHead &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Delays in postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) beyond 6 weeks are associated with worse outcomes in head and neck cancer (HNC). This study evaluated whether a discharge summary prompt could reduce PORT delay. Methods A retrospective review of patients from 2018 to 2023 was used as a pre‐intervention baseline.
Andreja Radevic   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Socio‐Economic Toll of Non‐Communicable Diseases in Low‐Resource Settings: Novel Evidence From Mozambique

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The socio‐economic burden of increasingly prevalent non‐communicable diseases (NCDs) in low‐income countries is substantial and widely recognised. This study aimed to fill the remaining evidence gap for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and hypertension (HTN) patients in selected health facilities across two provinces in Mozambique.
Maria Verykiou   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human resource challenges in leprosy control: A cross-sectional study in southwest border area of China. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Negl Trop Dis
Song R   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Applying Change Models and Methods During a Period of Vast Digital Transformation: A Systematic Review of Practice in Healthcare

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Reflection and learning about the use of virtual care in healthcare delivery has become a central goal for health systems internationally. Insights drawn in the aftermath of the COVID‐19 pandemic have led to vast changes to embed virtual care in health care delivery. This study explored the methodologies used to manage change that
Rebecca McDonnell   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital Fall Prevention Practices and Implementation Strategies: A Multisite Observational Study. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Patient Saf
McNett M   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring the Practices of Healthcare Practitioners During the Implementation of a Healthy Eating Policy

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Health promotion policy is an effective way to improve population health and reduce the burden of chronic disease, yet how implementation of health promotion at policy levels occurs within healthcare remains unclear. Healthcare organizations, on the one hand, aim to improve population health and ‘upstream’ health determinants through the ...
Laura J. Kennedy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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