Flornoy-Guédon, Audrey Fonzo-Christe, Caroline Meier, Emy Gazengel-Marchand, Marianne Francois, Olivia Gschwind, Liliane Bonnabry, Pascal
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
The role of the pharmacy technician (PT) has expanded in recent years, requiring new competencies, better communications skills and high-level knowledge about drugs. The objective of this study is to develop and evaluate a blended learning programme for PTs' continuing professional development. A blended learning programme designed to enhance knowl...
Megwalu, Uchechukwu C Ma, Yifei Divi, Vasu Tian, Lu
ImportanceSignificant insurance status disparities have been demonstrated in head and neck cancer (HNC) outcomes. The effects of insurance status on HNC outcomes may be explained by differential access to high-quality care.ObjectiveTo evaluate the association of insurance status with the quality of the treating hospital and receipt of guideline-com...
Mukamel, Dana Ladd, Heather Saliba, Debra Konetzka, R
OBJECTIVE: To estimate and contrast the relationships between nurse staffing and health outcomes in nursing homes with low and high dementia census, to understand the association of staffing hours with dementia care quality. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING: A national sample of nursing homes during 2017-2019 (pre-COVID). Data included the Payroll-Ba...
Siermann, Maria; 138077; Phillips, Amicia; Claesen-Bengtson, Zoe; Van Steijvoort, Eva; 122717;
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Nair Narayanan, Divya Awang, Samsiah Agins, Bruce Mohd Ujang, Izzatur Zulkifli, Nur Hamidi, Normaizira Ahmad Shukri, Saidatul
Ensuring quality in healthcare calls for a coordinated, systematic, congruous, and sustained approach. Nevertheless, it demands defining what the quality of healthcare means in the local context. Presently, the Malaysian healthcare system utilizes various definitions of quality of healthcare across the different initiatives and levels of healthcare...
Cantudo-Cuenca, Maria Dolores Gutiérrez-Pizarraya, Antonio García-Lloret, Patricia Gabella-Bazarot, Estefanía Morillo-Verdugo, Ramón
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
There is a high prevalence of multimorbidity and polypharmacy among older people, especially in people living with HIV (PLWH) with an increased life expectancy due to effective antiretroviral therapy (ART). Consequently, there is a higher risk of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM), potential drug-drug interactions (DI), and problems of non...
Nakphong, Michelle Afulani, Patience Beltrán-Sánchez, Hiram Opot, James Sudhinaraset, May
BACKGROUND: Despite research that has shown that the presence of support persons during maternity care is associated with more respectful care, support persons are frequently excluded due to facility practices or negative attitudes of providers. Little quantitative research has examined how integrating support persons in maternity care has implicat...
Holdroyd, Ian Chadwick, William Harvey-Sullivan, Adam Bartholomew, Theodore Massou, Efthalia Tzortziou Brown, Victoria Ford, John
Peer reviewed: True / OBJECTIVES: As general practice increasingly moves towards large group practices, there is debate about the relative benefits, safety and sustainability of different care delivery models. This study investigates the performance of single-handed practices compared to practices with multiple doctors in England, UK. METHODS: Prac...
Xiao, Chelsea Chunwen Makarchev, Nikita Tao, Xin
Residential care services are under increasing pressure to lower service provision costs while maintaining quality of care. Using a translog cost function, this paper examines the relationship between cost, quality and output in England's learning disability (LD) residential care sector. It finds genuine but diminishing economies of scale in LD res...
Huang, Wen-Jing Zhang, Meng-Wan Li, Bei-Yi Wang, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Chu-Han Yu, Jian-Guang
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
As a high-efficiency demanding department in a hospital, the outpatient pharmacy has a great need for quality improvement to provide superior medical service for patients. Little is known about the application of 5S management in a hospital pharmacy department. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impacts of 5S management on pharmaceutical ser...
