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Quality of health care: informatics foundations [PDF]

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 2003
Abstract:In this article we will discuss in what ways computer systems can contribute to the quality of healthcare and on which principles of informatics successful systems are founded. Section 2 presents an overview of studies that investigate the usefulness of decision support, and Section 3 discusses factors that determine the success of decision ...
Hasman, A., Safran, C., Takeda, H.
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Competition, Quality and Integrated Health Care

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2022
Integration of health care services has been promoted in several countries to improve the quality and coordination of care. We investigate the effects of such integration in a model where providers compete on quality to attract patients under regulated prices. We identify countervailing effects of integration on quality of care. While integration makes
Brekke, Kurt, Siciliani, Luigi, Straume, Odd Rune   +2 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Towards quality of care i n mental health services [PDF]

, 2019
Mental health is an integral part of health and is defined as “a state of mental well being where an individual realises their full potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life and can contribute productively to their community” (WHO).
Ministry of Health and Child Care, Government of Zimbabwe   +1 more
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Amputation rates of the lower limb by amputation level – observational study using German national hospital discharge data from 2005 to 2015

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background In international comparisons, rates of amputations of the lower limb are relatively high in Germany. This study aims to analyze trends in lower limb amputations over time, as well as outcomes of care concerning in-hospital mortality and ...
Melissa Spoden, Ulrike Nimptsch, Thomas Mansky   +2 more
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The influence of depressive symptoms on the effectiveness of a short-term group form of Schema Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for personality disorders: a naturalistic study

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background This naturalistic study examined the outcomes of Short-Term Schema Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in groups with personality disorders, and with high and low severity of depressive symptoms.
David Koppers, Henricus Van, Jaap Peen, Jet Alberts, Jack Dekker   +4 more
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Health‐Related Social Needs in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Are Associated With Worse Health‐Related Quality of Life

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) face multiple acute and chronic medical complications that may impact their quality of life as reported by patients themselves. Health‐related social needs (HRSNs), such as food and housing insecurity, are common in people with SCD, but the association between HRSNs and patient‐reported ...
Sarah J. Marks, Molly Sonenklar, Cerelia Donald, Cecelia Valrie, Wally Smith, India Sisler   +5 more
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Design of a retrospective patient record study on the occurrence of adverse events among patients in Dutch hospitals [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Various international studies have shown that a substantial number of patients suffer from injuries or even die as a result of care delivered in hospitals.
van der Wal Gerrit, Bruijne, M.C. de, Maurits W van Tulder, Asscheman Henk, van Tulder Maurits W, Waaijman, Roelof, Waaijman, R., de Bruijne, M.C., Asscheman, Henk, van der Wal, Gerrit, Zegers Marieke, Hoonhout, L.H.F., Peter Spreeuwenberg, Spreeuwenberg, Peter, Tulder, M.W. van, van der Wal, G., Wal, Gerrit van der, de Bruijne, Martine C., Marieke Zegers, Hoonhout Lilian HF, Lilian HF Hoonhout, Cordula Wagner, Wal, G. van der, Wagner, C., van Tulder, M.W., Wagner, Cordula, Zegers, H.W.M., Gerrit van der Wal, Martine C de Bruijne, Henk Asscheman, Groenewegen, Peter P., Spreeuwenberg Peter, de Bruijne Martine C, Zegers, M., Roelof Waaijman, Wagner Cordula, Spreeuwenberg, P., van Tulder, Maurits W., Hoonhout, Lilian H. F., Waaijman Roelof, Zegers, Marieke, Asscheman, H., Bruijne, Martine C. de, van Tulder, M.W.; id_orcid   +43 more
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Health Care Personnel’s Perspectives on Quality of Palliative Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2023
Marie Dahlen Granrud,1 Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl,2 Ann Karin Helgesen,2 Carina Bååth,2,3 Cecilia Olsson,3,4 Maria Tillfors,5 Christina Melin-Johansson,6 Jane Österlind,7 Maria Larsson,3 Reidun Hov,8 Tuva Sandsdalen9 1Department of Social Sciences and ...
Granrud MD, Grøndahl VA, Helgesen AK, Bååth C, Olsson C, Tillfors M, Melin-Johansson C, Österlind J, Larsson M, Hov R, Sandsdalen T   +10 more
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Acute stroke awareness of family physicians: translation of policy to practice

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020
Background Translating clinical guidelines into routine clinical practice is mandatory to achieve population level improvement of health. Emergence of specific therapy for acute stroke yielded the ‘time is brain’ concept introducing the need for ...
Szilvia Harsanyi, Nandor Balogh, Laszlo Robert Kolozsvari, Laszlo Mezes, Csaba Papp, Judit Zsuga   +5 more
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