Effectiveness of Rapid Response Teams and the Importance of Preprints
Preparing a high-performance surgical team: lessons from 11,000 surgeries
SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: In the future, surgery will be centralized in hospitals with the best value (excellent results with reduced cost). High-performance teams will be required; however, available data concerning the specific abilities necessary to build and manage them are poor. OBJECTIVES: Share the set of competencies and skills established to b...
Monitoring of oral health teams after National Primary Care Policy 2017
Published in Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To monitor the number of oral health teams implemented in the Family Health Strategy after National Primary Care Policy 2017. METHODS This is a study of quantitative, descriptive and analytical nature that used the data from the public reports of the history of oral health coverage available in the e-Manager platform of Primary Care of th...
Multidisciplinary collaboration among young specialists: results of an international survey by the emerging EULAR networ...
...Published in RMD Open
Background Multidisciplinary collaboration is defined as a collective work involving multiple disciplines and is common in clinical care and research. Our aim was to describe current clinical and research collaboration among young specialists and to identify unmet needs in this area. Methods An online survey was disseminated by email and social med...
An integrated strategy for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers: a prospective observational stu...
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BACKGROUND: Since the beginning of SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, a large number of infections have been reported among healthcare workers (HCWs). The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among HCWs involved in the first management of infected patients and to describe the measures adopted to prevent the transmission in ...
Rapid Implementation of Inpatient Telepalliative Medicine Consultations During COVID-19 Pandemic.
As coronavirus disease 2019 cases increase throughout the country and health care systems grapple with the need to decrease provider exposure and minimize personal protective equipment use while maintaining high-quality patient care, our specialty is called on to consider new methods of delivering inpatient palliative care (PC). Telepalliative medi...
Pituitary society guidance: pituitary disease management and patient care recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic-a...
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Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the viral strain that has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has presented healthcare systems around the world with an unprecedented challenge. In locations with significant rates of viral transmission, social distancing measures and enforced ‘lockdowns’ ar...
Preparing for the next generation pharmacists.
Published in Pharmacy practice
To address the changes in health care and the needs of society related to medicines, we must redefine the profession of pharmacy. We have defined the next generation pharmacists (NGP) as "a health care provider and change agent on the interprofessional health care team, personalizing medication use, managing safe and effective medication systems, a...
Inpatient self-administered medication under the supervision of a multidisciplinary team: a randomized, controlled, blin...
Published in Pharmacy practice
Self-administered medication (SAM) is encouraged in many hospitals worldwide as it increases patients' knowledge and understanding of their medication, but the effects on other outcomes, e.g. compliance or medication errors, were unclear. To compare medication knowledge, adherence, medication errors, and hospital readmission among inpatients receiv...
Interprofessional relationships of a patient assistance team in critical care
ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify perceptions of teamwork according to the professionals of an Adult Intensive Care Unit. Methods: descriptive research with qualitative approach. The methodological framework was thematic content analysis. The theoretical framework of the work process was used to guide the interpretation of the data. Data collection:...
