Integrated Care in Switzerland: Strengths and Weaknesses of a Federal System
Introduction: Switzerland’s fragmented healthcare system mirrors its federal structure and mix of cultures and languages. Although the Swiss have a higher life expectancy than most of their neighbours, their healthcare system faces similar challenges ...
Séverine Schusselé Filliettaz +3 more
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Care Integration in Primary Dementia Care Networks: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study
Introduction: Currently, care integration for community-dwelling persons with dementia is poor and knowledge on how to effectively facilitate development of integrated dementia care is lacking.
Dorien L. Oostra +4 more
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Longitudinal multiple case study on effectiveness of network-based dementia care towards more integration, quality of care, and collaboration in primary care. [PDF]
INTRODUCTION:This study aimed to provide insight into the merits of DementiaNet, a network-based primary care innovation for community-dwelling dementia patients.
Anke Richters +5 more
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Incidental chest radiographic findings in adult patients with acute cough [PDF]
PURPOSE Imaging may produce unexpected or incidental findings with consequences for patients and ordering of future investigations. Chest radiography in patients with acute cough is among the most common reasons for imaging in primary care, but data on ...
Almirall, Jordi +23 more
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Frontrunning, Free-Riding and Over-Aspiring: A Case Study Exploring How Configurations of Involvement, Social Comparison and Organizational Goal Attainment Affect Perceived Network Goal Attainment [PDF]
Background Complex problems in healthcare (fragmentation, specialization, and increased costs) are often addressed by implementing collaborative interorganizational networks.
Galina van der Weert +2 more
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Informing implementation of quality improvement in Australian primary care [PDF]
Background: Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives in primary care are effective at improving uptake of evidence based guidelines, but are difficult to implement and sustain.
Harris, Mark +3 more
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Primary care research networks in the United Kingdom [PDF]
Frank Sullivan and colleagues describe the new bodies emerging to coordinate and boost primary care research in the four UK ...
Sullivan, F. +3 more
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Association of Primary Care Team Composition and Clinician Burnout in a Primary Care Practice Network [PDF]
To determine the relationship of the emotional exhaustion domain of burnout with care team composition in a Midwestern primary care practice network.We studied 420 family medicine clinicians (253 physicians and 167 nurse practitioners/physician assistants [NP/PAs]) within a large integrated health system throughout 59 Midwestern communities.
Elliot J. Bruhl +9 more
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A network model of activities in primary care consultations [PDF]
AbstractObjectiveThe objective of this study is to characterize the dynamic structure of primary care consultations by identifying typical activities and their inter-relationships to inform the design of automated approaches to clinical documentation using natural language processing and summarization methods.Materials and MethodsThis is an ...
Ahmet Baki Kocaballi +7 more
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Barriers and facilitators to HPV vaccination in primary care practices: A mixed methods study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research [PDF]
Background In the United States, the effective, safe huma papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine is underused and opportunities to prevent cancer continue to be missed.
Dodd, Sherry +5 more
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