White, Emma Proudlove, Nathan Kallon, Delordson
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BMJ open quality
Among other tests, Barts Health NHS Trust clinical transplantation laboratory conducts two important gene-detection tests: human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B*27 ('B27', associated with the diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis) and HLA-B*57:01 ('B57', associated with prediction of abacavir hypersensitivity disorder). The turnaround time (TaT) from sampl...
Srivastava, Raman Holmes, R Davis Noel, Christopher W Lam, Tong V Shewchuk, Jason R
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BMJ open quality
Taylor, Margaret Ann
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BMJ Open Quality
Bhayana, Rajesh Wang, Chenhan D Menezes, Ravi J Bartlett, Eric S Choi, Joseph
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BMJ Open Quality
Ordering and protocolling CT scans after-hours from the emergency department (ED) at our institution previously required discussion between the ED physician and radiology resident, which led to workflow inefficiency. Our intervention consisted of creating an electronic list of CT requests that radiology residents would monitor. Radiology protocolle...
Michelet, Mona Lund, Anne Strand, Bjørn Heine Engedal, Knut Selbaek, Geir Bergh, Sverre
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Scandinavian journal of primary health care
Objective: The aim of this study was to describe patients assessed for cognitive decline in primary healthcare, compared to patients assessed in specialist healthcare and to examine factors associated with depression.Design: This was an observational study.Setting: Fourteen outpatient clinics and 33 general practitioners and municipality memory tea...
Bidmead, Elaine Lie, Mabel Marshall, Alison Robson, Stephen Smith, Vikki J.
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Digital Health
Objective We present qualitative findings from interviews with frontline clinicians and service users of a fetal telemedicine service. Methods Semi-structured interviews with clinical stakeholders and service users were conducted, undertaken as part of a service evaluation. Data collection was undertaken by different teams, using interview schedule...
Burny, R. Manhiça, I. de Abreu, A. Pedro Magaia De Castro, S. Lobo Manhique, J. Fiebig, L. Valverde, E.
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Public Health Action
Finding and treating all tuberculosis (TB) patients is crucial for ending TB. We investigated whether rapid diagnostic turnaround time (TAT) and patient tracking could increase TB treatment initiation in Maputo, Mozambique. Among 3329 TB patients newly diagnosed by the University Eduardo Mondlane-Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling...
Jiang, Li Gilbert, Julie Langley, Hugh Moineddin, Rahim Groome, Patti A
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Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice
Le taux de détection au dépistage correspondant aux patientes admissibles du fait de leur âge s'est révélé inférieur au taux de dépistage officiel du cancer du sein pour l’ensemble de la population. La répartition géographique de l’intervalle diagnostique et du recours aux UED révèle des variations régionales dans les soins diagnostiques en oncolog...
Esquivel Sosa, Leidelén Fleites García, Yagima Jiménez González, Yurisandra
During the 20th century, diagnostic imaging was an extraordinary advance and is today an essential complementary method of clinical practice, with an impact on therapeutic procedures and medical education. The teaching implemented in the hospital centers should be aimed at achieving a correct balance between what is requested and what is really nec...
Partin, Melissa R Gravely, Amy A Burgess, James F Jr Haggstrom, David A Lillie, Sarah E Nelson, David B Nugent, Sean M Shaukat, Aasma Sultan, Shahnaz Walter, Louise C
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Cancer
Patient, physician, and environmental factors were identified, and the authors examined the contribution of these factors to demographic and health variation in colonoscopy follow-up after a positive fecal occult blood test/fecal immunochemical test (FOBT/FIT) screening. In total, 76,243 FOBT/FIT-positive patients were identified from 120 Veterans ...
