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Triage in primary healthcare [PDF]

Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, 2020
The majority of healthcare visits in Sweden are within the primary healthcare centres with a wide variety of patients, ranging from children to the elderly, varying from trivial to the most acute. The aim was to describe nurses’ experiences of triaging patients at walk-in clinics at primary healthcare centres. Semi-structured interviews with 12 nurses,
Malin Göransson, Anna-Carin Persson, Anna Abelsson   +2 more
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Measuring in-hospital quality multidimensionally by integrating patients’, kin’s and healthcare professionals’ perspectives: development and validation of the FlaQuM-Quickscan

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Measuring quality is essential to drive improvement initiatives in hospitals. An instrument that measures healthcare quality multidimensionally and integrates patients’, kin’s and professionals’ perspectives is lacking. We aimed to develop and
Fien Claessens, Deborah Seys, Charlotte Van der Auwera, Anneke Jans, Eva Marie Castro, Laura Jacobs, Dirk De Ridder, Luk Bruyneel, Zita Leenaerts, Astrid Van Wilder, Jonas Brouwers, Peter Lachman, Kris Vanhaecht, The FlaQuM Research Group   +13 more
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The MedSupport Multilevel Intervention to Enhance Support for Pediatric Medication Adherence: Development and Feasibility Testing

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction We developed MedSupport, a multilevel medication adherence intervention designed to address root barriers to medication adherence. This study sought to explore the feasibility and acceptability of the MedSupport intervention strategies to support a future full‐scale randomized controlled trial.
Elizabeth G. Bouchard, Hital Patel, Paula C. Vincent, Justine Kahn, Kira Bona, Thai Hoa Tran, Elisa M. Rodriguez, Kristopher Attwood, Kara M. Kelly   +8 more
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Evaluation of a specialist nurse-led structured self-management training for peer supporters with type 2 diabetes mellitus with or without comorbid hypertension in Slovenia

BMC Nursing
Background The training of peer supporters is critical because the success of the entire peer support intervention depends on the knowledge and experience that peer supporters can share with other patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the
Tina Virtič Potočnik, Matic Mihevc, Črt Zavrnik, Majda Mori Lukančič, Nina Ružić Gorenjec, Antonija Poplas Susič, Zalika Klemenc-Ketiš   +6 more
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High self-efficacy – a predictor of reduced pain and higher levels of physical activity among patients with osteoarthritis: an observational study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020
Background Self-efficacy is considered a core component in self-management. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the association between self-efficacy and health-related outcomes in osteoarthritis.
Åsa Degerstedt, Hassan Alinaghizadeh, Carina A. Thorstensson, Christina B. Olsson   +3 more
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Access to primary healthcare during lockdown measures for COVID-19 in rural South Africa: an interrupted time series analysis

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives We evaluated whether implementation of lockdown orders in South Africa affected ambulatory clinic visitation in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN). Design Observational cohort Setting Data were analysed from 11 primary healthcare clinics in northern ...
M. Siedner, J. Kraemer, M. Meyer, G. Harling, Thobeka Mngomezulu, Patrick Gabela, Siphephelo Dlamini, Dickman Gareta, N. Majozi, N. Ngwenya, J. Seeley, E. Wong, C. Iwuji, M. Shahmanesh, W. Hanekom, K. Herbst   +15 more
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients With Osteosarcoma: Local Control Outcomes With Dosimetric Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Osteosarcoma is a radioresistant tumor that may benefit from stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for locoregional control in metastatic/recurrent disease. We report institutional practice patterns, outcomes, toxicity, and failures in osteosarcoma patients treated with SBRT.
Jenna Kocsis, Shauna R. Campbell, Jonathan Jang, Eashwar Somasundaram, Chandana A. Reddy, Jacob G. Scott, Lilyana Angelov, Peter M. Anderson, Matteo Trucco, Zachary Burke, Lukas Nystrom, Nathan Mesko, Anthony Magnelli, Erin S. Murphy   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Realizing Health Reform's Potential: How the Affordable Care Act Will Strengthen Primary Care and Benefit Patients, Providers, and Payers [PDF]

, 2011
Examines issues in primary care and outlines the 2010 healthcare reform law's provisions to strengthen it, including temporary hikes in Medicare and Medicaid payments and support for innovations in care delivery and primary care workforce ...
Georgette Lawlor, Melinda Abrams, Rachel Nuzum, Stephanie Mika   +3 more
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The role of primary healthcare professionals in oral cancer prevention and detection [PDF]

, 2003
AIM: To investigate current knowledge, examination habits and preventive practices of primary healthcare professionals in Scotland, with respect to oral cancer, and to determine any relevant training needs. SETTING: Primary care.
A Mashberg, C Scully, C Scully, CE Dawson, CG Cowan, D Soutar, GJ Macfarlane, GJ Macfarlane, H Moller, I Hindle, J Gibson, J Llewelyn, JF Schnetler, K W Stephen, L M D Macpherson, LMD Macpherson, M F McCann, MF McCann, MGJ Haughney, NW Johnson, PB Lockhart, PM Speight, PM Speight, RH Secker-Walker, V I Binnie   +24 more
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Barriers to accessing primary healthcare services for people with disabilities in low and middle-income countries, a Meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

Disability and Rehabilitation, 2020
Background: Access to healthcare contributes to the attainment of health and is a fundamental human right. People with disabilities are believed to experience widespread poor access to healthcare services, due to inaccessible environments and ...
Goli Hashemi, M. Wickenden, T. Bright, H. Kuper   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source