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Exploiting the Multiscale Information Fusion Capabilities for Aiding the Leukemia Diagnosis Through White Blood Cells Segmentation

IEEE Access, 2022
Leukemia is one of the most terminal types of blood cancer, and many people suffer from it every year. White blood cells (WBCs) have a significant association with leukemia diagnosis.
Nadeem Akram, Sharjeel Adnan, Muhammad Asif, Syed Muhammad Ali Imran, Muhammad Naveed Yasir, Rizwan Ali Naqvi, Dildar Hussain   +6 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance: Professional and Public Education, Engagement, and Training Activities 2021–2022 (ESPAUR Report)

Medical Sciences Forum, 2023
This is a summary of initiatives to engage and educate the general public and healthcare professionals about antimicrobial use, stewardship and resistance, as covered in the 2021–2022 English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and ...
Catherine V. Hayes, Jordan Charlesworth, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Eirwen Sides, Amy Jackson, Emily Cooper, Brieze Read, Donna Seaton, Lorna Flintham, Harpreet Sidhu, Donna M. Lecky   +10 more
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Integrating Primary and Secondary Care to Enhance Chronic Disease Management: A Scoping Review

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2021
Background: In Ireland, as in many healthcare systems, health policy has committed to delivering an integrated model of care to address the increasing burden of chronic disease.
Sara Murtagh, Geoff McCombe, John Broughan, Áine Carroll, Mary Casey, Áine Harrold, Thomas Dennehy, Ronan Fawsitt, Walter Cullen   +8 more
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The use of patient‐reported outcome measures by healthcare professionals in specialized asthma management centers in French‐speaking Belgium: A mixed‐methods study

Clinical and Translational Allergy, 2023
Introduction Recently, the literature has promoted the use of patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) in clinical practice as a means to foster patient engagement.
Gilles Louis, Bernard Voz, Michèle Guillaume, Delphine Kirkove, Benoit Pétré   +4 more
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Differences in the referral process from general practice to resident specialists in gynaecology depending on density of specialists and patients’ socioeconomic status

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2023
Background There are significant differences in the densities of resident specialists in gynaecology (RSGs) in various regions of Denmark. It is unclear whether this disparity affects gynaecological patients’ experience of the referral process and ...
Alexander D. L. Laschke, Jan Blaakær, Charlotte Floridon Jensen, Mette Bach Larsen   +3 more
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Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on lung cancer screening in the UK: a qualitative study

BJGP Open, 2020
Background: Lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) has been shown to decrease mortality. Low lung cancer survival rates in the UK, driven primarily by late-stage presentation, provide the impetus for implementing screening ...
Charikleia Margariti, Maria Kordowicz, Gillian Selman, Arjun Nair, Yvonne Akande, Azhar Saleem, Tiago Rua   +6 more
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Preventive Care for Adults With Cerebral Palsy and Other Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Are We Missing the Point?

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2022
Preventive care techniques are cornerstones of primary care for people with neurodevelopmental disabilities such as cerebral palsy (CP). However, well-established methods evaluating health constructs may not be applied in the same way for adults with CP,
Daniel G. Whitney, Daniel G. Whitney, Michelle L. Rabideau, Michael McKee, Edward A. Hurvitz   +4 more
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Modelling the episodes of care for iron deficiency anemia patients in a secondary-care center using continuous-time multistate Markov chain

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022
Background: Despite the high prevalence of gastro-intestinal (GI) cancer in iron deficiency anemia (IDA), some IDA patients do not complete all the necessary GI investigations at the initial referral.
Orouba Almilaji
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Co-design of a digital solution for total hip and knee arthroplasty journey: A case study

Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 2023
End-users’ involvement is crucial to develop human-centered solutions; patient acceptance and endorsement by clinicians will be achieved when the features of digital solutions align with their needs and expectations.
Miia Jansson, Heidi Similä, Marja Harjumaa, Jonna Koivisto, Kadri Haljas, Markus Lind, Riitta Laitala, Ari-Pekka Puhto, Minna Pikkarainen   +8 more
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Fitness for purpose of routinely recorded health data to identify patients with complex diseases: The case of Sjögren's syndrome

Learning Health Systems, 2020
Background This study is part of the EU‐funded project HarmonicSS, aimed at improving the treatment and diagnosis of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). pSS is an underdiagnosed, long‐term autoimmune disease that affects particularly salivary and lachrymal
Sytske Wiegersma, Linda E. Flinterman, Chiara Seghieri, Chiara Baldini, John Paget, Jaime Barrio Cortés, Robert A. Verheij   +6 more
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