Types of Challenges and Barriers in Accessing Paediatric Palliative Care in Romania: A Qualitative Study Based on Focus Groups Guided by a Semi-Structured Discussion Guide [PDF]
Background and Objectives: Paediatric palliative care in Romania is underdeveloped and unevenly distributed, which creates major difficulties in accessing services for children with life-limiting illnesses and their families.
Mihaela Hizanu Dumitrache +9 more
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Assessment of pediatric eye care services in health facilities in the Ashanti region of Ghana [PDF]
Background: Childhood visual impairment is an important public health concern considering the social, emotional and economic consequences. Lack of access to eye care services contributes to this growing problem.
Elizabeth M. Akpakli +2 more
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Is digitalization still an uncharted territory for palliative care? Use of electronic patient records and assessment instruments in German specialist palliative care: results of an online survey [PDF]
Background The use of routinely collected clinical data from electronic patient records (EPR) offers substantial potential for quality management and health services research, particularly in specialised palliative care (SPC). This study investigates the
Farina Hodiamont +4 more
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Objectives In the UK, the National Health Service long-term plan advocates exercise as a key component of clinical services, but there is no clearly defined workforce to deliver the plan.
A. Crozier +7 more
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Patient routing and process approach implementation for regional oncology service
Background. Cancer care involves a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment of patients. A complex interaction of actors in the deployment of oncology services dictates usage of modern management technologies for improving the quality and ...
R. A. Murashko +5 more
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Substance use amongst adult patients admitted to an irish acute mental health unit
Introduction Comorbid substance misuse in mental illness presents a significant challenge to mental health services. It may lead to higher rates of relapse, hospital admissions and poorer treatment outcomes.
A. Duggan +3 more
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Setup of BIOfid, a new Specialised Information Service for Biodiversity Research [PDF]
In order to promote the accessibility of biodiversity data in historic and contemporary literature, we introduce a new interdisciplinary project called BIOfid (FID=Fachinformationsdienst, a service for providing specialized information). The project aims at a mobilization of data available in print only by combining digitization of scientific ...
Koch,Markus +5 more
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Climate services for tourism: Insights from Caribbean Small Island Developing States
Peer reviewed literature on the availability and use of climate services in the operations and management of tourism is scarce. Using a multi-method approach, we provide insights on both basic and specialised climate information utilised by a range of ...
Roché Mahon +7 more
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Die Rechercheplattform PubPharm
The DFG-funded specialised information service pharmacy is a cooperative project between the University Library Braunschweig and the Institute for Information Systems (IfIS) at Technische Universität Braunscheig.
Draheim, Christina +7 more
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Background The ‘discharge letter’ is the mandatory written report sent from specialists in the specialist services to general practitioners (GPs) on patient discharge. Clear recommendations from relevant stakeholders for contents of discharge letters and
E. Biringer +4 more
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