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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of care of nurse-led and allied health personnel-led primary care clinics [PDF]

, 2011
Objectives To review the literature regarding quality of care of nurse-led and allied health personnel-led primary care clinics with specific attention to the quality indicators for fall prevention, continence care, pulmonary rehabilitation, mental ...
Chin, WY, Lam, CLK, Lo, SV
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Perspectives on quality mental health care from Brazilian and Cape Verdean outpatients: Implications for effective patient-centered policies and models of care [PDF]

, 2014
Mental health providers are increasingly coming into contact with large and growing multi-racial/ethnic and immigrant patient populations in the United States.
De Jesus, Maria, Earl, Tara R.
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Pulmonary Dysfunction Is Associated With Sleep Study Abnormalities in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: A Multicenter Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pulmonary dysfunction and sleep abnormalities are common in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Whether spirometry abnormalities are associated with polysomnography (PSG) findings remains unclear.
Ammar Saadoon Alishlash, Anis Rabbani Nourani, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, Dima Ezmigna, Tarig Ali‐Dinar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing Balanced Quality Indicators for Monitoring Virtual Care in Ambulatory Care Environments: Modified Delphi Panel Process

Journal of Medical Internet Research
BackgroundWhile the volume of virtual visits increased with the COVID-19 pandemic, little is still known regarding the quality of virtual visits.
Samuel Petrie, Oluwatoni Makanjuola, Celia Laur, Emeralda Burke, Patricia Rios, Onil Bhattacharyya, Geetha Mukerji   +6 more
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Does quality of care for hypertension in primary care vary with postcode area deprivation? An observational study [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Hypertension is a common major risk factor for stroke and coronary heart disease. Little is known about how achievement of financially incentivised and non-incentivised indicators of quality of care varies with deprivation, or about the ...
Nicholas Steel, Richard Holland, Salah Hammouche   +2 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of consensus quality indicators for cancer supportive care: a Delphi study and pilot testing

BMC Health Services Research
Background High quality supportive care is fundamental to achieve optimal health outcomes for people affected by cancer. Use of quality indicators provides comparative information for monitoring, management, and improvement of care within and across ...
Amelia Hyatt, Karla Gough, Holly Chung, Wendy Wood, Ruth Aston, Jo Cockwill, Spiridoula Galetakis, Meinir Krishnasamy   +7 more
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Health care quality indicators in patients with hypertension

"Arterial’naya Gipertenziya" ("Arterial Hypertension"), 2009
Monitoring of secondary prevention in 1368 hypertensive patients was performed using special quality indicators of medical care with Internet technology paying attention to National Guidelines on Hypertension. Better blood pressure control was achieved, and positive dynamics of medical care in hypertensive patients was demonstrated.
openaire   +1 more source

Quality assessment of primary care for common mental disorders in isolated communities: Taking advantage of health records. [PDF]

, 2015
INTRODUCTION: This article is part of a research study on the organization of primary health care (PHC) for mental health in two of Quebec's remote regions.
Fournier, L., Gauthier, J., Lessard, L., Morin, D.   +3 more
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