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Continuous quality improvement project to reduce the downtime of medical linear accelerators: A case study at Zhejiang Cancer Hospital

open access: yesHeliyon
Objective: To analyse and continually improve existing issues in the quality improvement process of medical linear accelerators (LINACs) and enhance the quality control management of LINACs.
Qi-Peng Lu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Model‐Driven Optimization of Subcutaneous Polymer Prodrugs Achieves Cancer Remission in Mice

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) model was developed to evaluate multiple dosing regimens for subcutaneously administered water‐soluble polymer prodrug for cancer therapy. The model enabled prediction of in vivo performance and contributed to the optimization of anticancer efficacy.
Anne Rodallec   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medicare Quality Measurement and Reporting Programs: Opportunities for Alliances Under Health Reform [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Outlines provisions to expand Medicare quality measurement and reporting and opportunities for RWJF's Aligning Forces for Quality communities to work with providers in coordinating measures with Medicare, offer feedback, and focus on equity and cost ...
Chris Weiser, Jane Hyatt Thorpe
core  

Elastomeric Micro‐Balloons for Remote Control of Cerebral Blood Flow and Real‐Time In vivo Imaging of Rodent Brain Response to Hypoperfusion

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study reports the fabrication of MRI‐compatible elastomeric micro‐balloons via a multi‐step bubble casting process, where the monolithic elastomeric wall is selectively stiffened for reversible and controlled inflation and elasticity, depending on the target vessels for graded occlusion of cerebral arteries.
Jong Bin Kim   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medicine procurement in hospital pharmacies of Nepal: A qualitative study based on the Basel Statements.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
BackgroundAccessibility and affordability of evidence-based medicines are issues of global concern. For low-income countries like Nepal, it is crucial to have easy and reliable access to affordable, good-quality, evidence-based medicines, especially in ...
Mina Shrestha   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nurses\u27 Alumnae Association Bulletin - Volume 4 Number 7 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1946
Welcome Home Jefferson Unit Honored by Army Sincere Thanks Treasurer Report Calendar of Events Graduate Nurses\u27 Chorus Lest You Forget Attention Hi-Light of the Alumnae Association Meetings Ambitions for Alumnae Association Notice!
Aynes, Edith   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Using National Measures of Patients' Perceptions of Health Care to Design and Debrief Clinical Simulations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article describes an innovative approach to using national measures of patients' perspectives of quality health care. Nurses from a regional simulation consortium designed and executed a simulation using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of ...
Bartlett Ellis, Rebecca J.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A Nano‐Interception Strategy for Chronic Heart Failure: Prussian Blue Nanoparticles Disrupt Fibroblast‐Immune Communication via CCL2 Sequestration

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
A nano‐interception strategy disrupts pathogenic fibroblast–macrophage crosstalk in chronic heart failure. Scalable Prussian blue nanoparticles selectively sequester CCL2 via ultrahigh‐affinity binding, preventing CCR2+ macrophage recruitment and breaking a key fibro‐inflammatory circuit. This approach demonstrates robust efficacy in murine and porcine
Bo Chen   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital Choice for Cataract Treatments: The Winner Takes Most [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018
Background Transparency in quality of care is an increasingly important issue in healthcare. In many international healthcare systems, transparency in quality is crucial for health insurers when purchasing care on behalf of their consumers, for ...
Suzanne Ruwaard, Rudy C M H Douven
doaj  

Distributive Injustice(s) in American Health Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Havighurst and Richman seek to show the nature--and to suggest the cumulative attitude--of the many regressive tendencies of the financing, regulatory and legal regime governing the private side of US health ...
Havighurst, Clark C., Richman, Barak D.
core   +2 more sources

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