Olivera, Mario J. Palencia-Sánchez, Francisco Riaño-Casallas, Martha
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Background: Economic burden due to premature mortality has a negative impact not only in health systems but also in wider society. The aim of this study was to estimate the potential years of work lost (PYWL) and the productivity costs of premature mortality due to Chagas disease in Colombia from 2010 to 2017. Methods: National data on mortality (u...
Safizadeh, Hossein Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Parvin Hafezpour, Sara
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International quarterly of community health education
Breast cancer is the most common cause of premature mortality among women, and screening is one of the most important means of early diagnosis of breast cancer. This qualitative study was conducted to explore strategies for promoting breast cancer screening behaviors from the perspective of health volunteers in south-east Iran. Data collection was ...
Hirschmann, Krista Rosler, Greta Fortin VI, Auguste H
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Journal of Patient Experience
In 2018, Yale Medicine (YM)—an academic multispecialty practice—and Yale New Haven Health System (YNHH), partnered with the Academy of Communication in Healthcare to develop a one-day interprofessional workshop to introduce relationship-centered communication skills to all of their nurses and physicians. Relationship-centered communication skills i...
Peuchot, Jeremy Allard, Etienne Dureuil, Bertrand Veber, Benoit Compère, Vincent
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JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Background Establishing pre- and postoperative contact with patients is part of successful medical management in outpatient surgery. In France, this is mostly done via telephone. Automated information with short message service (SMS) reminders might be an interesting alternative to increase the rate of compliance with preoperative instructions, but...
Amlung, Joseph Huth, Hannah Cullen, Theresa Sequist, Thomas
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JAMIA Open
Objective To identify recurrent themes, insights, and process recommendations from stakeholders in US organizations during the health information technology (HIT) modernization of an existing electronic health record (EHR) to a commercial-off-the-shelf product in both resource-plentiful settings and in a resource-constrained environment, the US Ind...
Hart, Alexander Hertelendy, Attila Ciottone, Gregory R.
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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Siarkowski, Michael Lin, Katie Li, Shari S Al Sultan, Abdulaziz Ganshorn, Heather Kamal, Noreen Hill, Michael Lang, Eddy
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BMJ Open Quality
Background Door-to-needle time (DTN) has an important impact on thrombolysis and reperfusion outcomes in the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke. This systematic review is a critical synthesis of studies evaluating DTN reduction strategies. Method Ovid MEDLINE, PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CINAHL, ProQuest dissertations and LILA...
Martinez, Diego A Cai, Jiarui Oke, Jimi B Jarrell, Andrew S Feijoo, Felipe Appelbaum, Jeffrey Klein, Eili Barnes, Sean Levin, Scott R
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Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Timely availability of intravenous infusion pumps is critical for high-quality care delivery. Pumps are shared among hospital units, often without central management of their distribution. This study seeks to characterize unit-to-unit pump sharing and its impact on shortages, and to evaluate a system-control tool that balances inventory across all ...
Hano, Mary Clare Wei, Linda Hubbell, Bryan Rappold, Ana G.
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Citizen science : theory and practice
As the application of citizen science expands to address increasingly complex social problems (e.g., community health), there is opportunity to consider higher-order engagement beyond that of individual members of a community. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to foster public engagement in science through Smoke Sense, which i...
Hatcher, Katherine M Royston, Sara E Mahoney, Megan M
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The European journal of neuroscience
Circadian rhythms are physiological and behavioral processes that exhibit a 24-hr cycle. These daily rhythms are essential for living organisms to align their behavior and physiology with the environment to increase the likelihood of survival. In mammals, circadian rhythms synchronize with the environment primarily by the suprachiasmatic nucleus, a...
