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Value-based purchasing and hospital acquired conditions: Are we seeing improvement?

, 2014
Objective: To determine if the Value-Based Purchasing Performance Scoring system correlates with hospital acquired condition quality indicators. Data sources/study setting: This study utilizes the following secondary data sources: the American Hospital ...
Haley, D. Rob, Zhao, Mei, Spaulding, Aaron   +2 more
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Super‐Resolution Ultrasound Based Cell Tracking With Polymeric Nanobubbles

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a super‐resolution ultrasound platform for tracking cells in vivo. Biocompatible polymeric nanobubbles are used as highly echogenic intracellular labels. Following the injection of cells and microbubbles, ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) can dynamically match the microvascular architecture and individual cell trajectories ...
Junlin Chen, Xiaoyu Wang, Jilin Fan, Bi Wang, Hanghang Fang, Yurui Wang, Hao Cui, Mohammad Roufarshbaf, Ekaterina Savina, Alexandra Valeske, Quim Peña, Yang Shi, Andreas Herrmann, Twan Lammers, Mathias Hornef, Roman Barmin, Thomas Lisson, Georg Schmitz, Anne Rix, Fabian Kiessling   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital Purchasing Alliance: Contextual Factors And Financial Performance

, 2017
Collectively, the purpose of the three papers included in this dissertation was to provide empirical evidence on the contextual factors that influence hospital utilization of services of group purchasing organizations and how utilization of group ...
Opoku-Agyeman, William Opoku-Agyeman
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A new approach to preferred provider selection in health care [PDF]

, 2018
In January 2015 Zilveren Kruis, the largest health insurer in The Netherlands, engaged in a new three-year, unlimited volume contract with five carefully selected providers of cataract surgery. Zilveren Kruis used a novel method, designed to identify the
van Raaij, Erik, Dohmen, Peter
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All‐Polyimide‐Mediated Liquid Metal Assembly on Aerogels for Breathable and Robust Electronic Skins

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
An all‐polyimide‐mediated assembly strategy resolves the fundamental conflict between physiological breathability and electromechanical robustness in wearable electronics. By integrating a polyamic acid‐encapsulated liquid metal ink onto an ultralight polyimide aerogel, imidization‐induced contraction enables low‐temperature conductive activation and ...
Haijun Zhu, Jiancheng Dong, Hao Qiu, Je Hyeong Kim, Xingyu Liu, Shiyin Lin, Mengting Zheng, Chang Zhou, Yuduo Zhang, Jiayu Hou, Kangjia Geng, Yuchen Wang, Yidong Peng, Haoran Liu, Guanzheng Wu, Yunpeng Huang, Yongsheng Luo, Steve Park, Tianxi Liu   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 125:Third party purchasing and incentives: the "Outcome Movement” and contracts for health services [PDF]

, 2001
The Outcomes Movement, also referred to as the “third revolution in medical care” has focused attention and resources on assessing the effectiveness of medical treatments.
Khalil, Fahad, Chalkley, Martin
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Application Of Gray Multi Criteria Decision Making In Purchasing Hospital Anesthesia Equipment

پیاورد سلامت, 2015
Background and Aim: Purchasing hospital equipment is one of the most important decisions made by managers and health professionals. Gray systems theory is an approach to deal with issues under uncertainty conditions where decision makers are facing a ...
Abdollah Reihani Yasavoli, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee, Mehdi Moghadasian, Shamsodin Nazemi, Hamid Shahbahrami, Rohollah Kalhor   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Ambient Light‐Activatable Luminescent Particle‐Embedded Conformal Patch for Photochemical Tissue Bonding and Photobiomodulated Healing

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We report a wearable photonic patch integrating room light‐ and sunlight‐activatable luminescent particles (RSLPs) for both photochemical tissue bonding and photobiomodulation. RSLPs harvest ambient light and emit red luminescence to drive chlorin e6–mediated collagen crosslinking.
Kyungjoo Jo, Seong‐Jong Kim, Seung Oh Jung, Kyeongtaek Lee, Mungu Kim, Kwanghyeon Park, Yewon Seo, Boram Park, Dongchul Jo, Jongshin Kim, Jin Huh, Hyemin Kim, Sei Kwang Hahn   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investment in Hospital Care Technology under Different Purchasing Rules: A Real Option Approach [PDF]

, 2004
In this article, we analyse the optimal investment decision in a new health care technology of a representative hospital that maximises its surplus in an uncertain environment.
Moretto, Michele, Levaggi, Rosella, Rosella Levaggi, Michele Moretto   +3 more
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BioEISense: A Microfluidic Platform for Real‐Time Monitoring of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation and the Efficacy of Antibiofilm Agents

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
BioEISense is a microfluidic device with integrated impedance sensors, for real‐time, label‐free monitoring of S. aureus biofilms. In this study, the biofilm culture conditions were optimized to support sensitive and reproducible detection of biofilm formation and eradication under dynamic flow‐through conditions. The system was also validated for both
Jéssica Amorim, Laura Vesalainen, Loïc Dreano, Markus Haapala, Cristina D. Cruz, Päivi Tammela, Tiina M. Sikanen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source