AB1263 Finnish healthvillage.fi-rheumaticdiseases.fi: a specialised care service unit developed together with patients to offer on-line information and treatment for patients in a modern way [PDF]
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2018 Background Finnish on-line Health village environment, so-called HUS-MAP©, was used to develop on-line information for rheumatic patients. Objectives To face the challenge of increasing demand for rheumatological care without additional resources a new virtual client-orientated service was developed.
R.A. Luosujärvi +12 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background Numerous forces drive the evolution and need for transformation of long-term care services. Decision-makers across the globe are searching for models to redesign long-term care to become more responsive to changing health and care needs.
Hanne Marie Rostad +4 more
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Towards the cloudification of the social networks analytics [PDF]
, 2014 In the last years, with the increase of the available data from social networks and the rise of big data technologies, social data has emerged as one of the most profitable market for companies to increase their benefits.
Ayguadé Parra, Eduard +4 more
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Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening, 2017 BACKGROUND Most of those who commit suicide suffer from one or more mental disorders. We wished to identify the proportion that had been in contact with mental health care or interdisciplinary specialised addiction services during their lifetime and in ...
V. Ø. Haaland +4 more
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Recommended content of referral letters from general practitioners to specialised mental health care: a qualitative multi-perspective study [PDF]
, 2013 Background: In most Western countries, the referral letter forms the basis for establishing the priority of patients for specialised health care and for the coordination of care between the services.
Aslaksen, Aslak +5 more
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Perspectives on Care for Late-Stage Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson's Disease, 2021 In the late stage of Parkinson’s disease (PD), there is an increasing disease burden not only for the patients but also for their informal caregivers and the health and social services systems.
Kristina Rosqvist +5 more
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Temporal trends in ultrasound utilisation in the radiology department of a tertiary hospital
South African Journal of Radiology, 2022 Background: Little is known about the combined impact of increasing ultrasound usage by clinical disciplines outside radiology and technical advances in other specialised radiological modalities on the role of ultrasound in tertiary-level radiology ...
Nwabisa Siyeka +2 more
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Monitoring clinical quality in rare disease services – experience in England
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2008 After some well-publicised problems with paediatric cardiac surgery, there has been great interest in England in monitoring clinical quality in specialised medical services.
Jessop Edmund G +2 more
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What proportion of adult allergy referrals to secondary care could be dealt with in primary care by a GP with special interest? [PDF]
, 2016 Background: The concept of a General Practitioner with Special Interest (GPwSI) was first proposed in the 2000 National Health Service Plan, as a way of providing specialised treatment closer to the patient’s home and reducing hospital waiting times ...
A Bowling +8 more
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Equity-informative methods of health services research.
Journal of health organization and management, 2021 PURPOSE We review quantitative methods for analysing the equity impacts of health care and public health interventions: who benefits most and who bears the largest burdens (opportunity costs)?
R. Cookson +3 more
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