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McDonnell P, Jagadamma KC, Rangra P. A clinical audit of the Emergency Department: Doctors' opinions on the diagnosis and management of cervical spine radiculopathy. Musculoskeletal Care 2024; 22:e1878. [PMID: 38553832 DOI: 10.1002/msc.1878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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OBJECTIVE A clinical audit was carried out on the opinions of doctors working in the Emergency Department (ED) of a large urban hospital regarding the diagnosis and management of cervical spine radiculopathy (CSR). Using international guidelines and current research, it aimed to determine if patients attending this ED were diagnosed and managed in line with best practice, and to identify any discrepancies or areas for improvement in relation to this. METHOD Doctors working in this ED were sent an online questionnaire and descriptive analysis was performed on the results to ascertain how they diagnose and manage patients who present with symptoms of CSR. It covered; presentation and definitions of CSR, identification of red flags, clinical tests used, diagnostic test criteria, appropriate management, education and advice given, and the criteria for further management. Additionally, it looked at their opinion on the services' needs. RESULTS Most agreed that CSR will improve within 4 weeks with non-operative management; however, there was a lack of consensus regarding the most affected nerve root, differential diagnosis and appropriate diagnostic tests. Opinions aligned regarding the identification of red flags and early management, especially with widespread neurological deficits. However, the management of ongoing pain or new neurological signs, differed between clinicians. Most participants strongly agreed that access to MRIs affected referrals within an ED episode. CONCLUSION Overall, the opinions matched recommended guidelines; however, some gaps in knowledge and differing management approaches were identified, indicating the need for ongoing education and standardisation of management.
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Lee HA, Poon N, Dolan P, Darzi A, Vlaev I. Patients' subjective well-being: Determinants and its usage as a metric of healthcare service quality. J Health Psychol 2024:13591053241246933. [PMID: 38641947 DOI: 10.1177/13591053241246933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/21/2024] Open
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It is commonly suggested that patients' subjective well-being (SWB) can be affected by pre-treatment conditions and treatment experiences, and hence SWB can be used to measure and improve healthcare quality. With data collected in a hospital in the UK (N = 446), we investigated the determinants of patients' SWB and evaluated its use in healthcare research. Our findings showed strong relationships between pre-treatment conditions and patients' SWB: anxiety and depression negatively predicted SWB across all three domains, mobility positively predicted the life satisfaction and happiness domains, while the ability to self care and pain and discomfort also predicted SWB in some domains. In contrast, patients' satisfaction with the treatment only played minor roles in determining SWB, much less so the characteristics of their nurses. The general lack of associations between treatment experiences and patient's SWB highlighted the challenges of using SWB to measure healthcare quality and inform policy making.
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- University of Bristol, UK
- University of Warwick, UK
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Potere N, Mahé I, Angchaisuksiri P, Cesarman-Maus G, Tan CW, Rashid A, AlGahtani FH, Imbalzano E, van Es N, Leader A, Olayemi E, Porreca E, Ní Áinle F, Okoye HC, Candeloro M, Mayeur D, Valerio L, Clark RC, Castellucci LA, Barco S, Di Nisio M. Unmet needs and barriers in venous thromboembolism education and awareness among people living with cancer: a global survey. J Thromb Haemost 2024:S1538-7836(24)00177-6. [PMID: 38582384 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2024.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major preventable cause of morbidity, disability, and mortality in subjects with cancer. A global appraisal of cancer-associated VTE education and awareness is not available. OBJECTIVES To evaluate VTE-related education, awareness, and unmet needs from the perspective of people living with cancer using a quantitative and qualitative approach. METHODS This cross-sectional study used data from an online-based survey covering multidimensional domains of cancer-associated VTE. Data are presented descriptively. Potential differences across participant subgroups were explored. RESULTS Among 2262 patients with cancer from 42 countries worldwide, 55.3% received no VTE education throughout their cancer journey, and an additional 8.2% received education at the time of VTE diagnosis only, leading to 63.5% receiving no or inappropriately delayed education. When education was delivered, only 67.8% received instructions to seek medical attention in case of VTE suspicion, and 36.9% reported scarce understanding. One-third of participants (32.4%) felt psychologically distressed when becoming aware of the potential risks and implications connected with cancer-associated VTE. Most responders (78.8%) deemed VTE awareness highly relevant, but almost half expressed concerns about the quality of education received. While overall consistent, findings in selected survey domains appeared to numerically differ across age group, ethnicity, continent of residence, educational level, metastatic status, and VTE history. CONCLUSION This study involving a large and diverse population of individuals living with cancer identifies important unmet needs in VTE-related education, awareness, and support across healthcare systems globally. These findings unveil multilevel opportunities to expedite patient-centered care in cancer-associated VTE prevention and management.
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- Nicola Potere
- Department of Medicine and Ageing Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, "G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti, Italy.
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- Innovative Therapies in Haemostasis, INSERM UMR_S1140, INNOVTE-FRIN Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Paris, France
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Hematology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Section of Haematology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine/Oncology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Oncology Center, Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Pulmonary Hypertension and Thrombosis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Hematology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Medicine, Hematology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York, USA
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- Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, "G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; School of Medicine, University College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Hematology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria
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- Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, "G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti, Italy
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- Medical Oncology, Transversal Department of Supportive Care, Association Francophone des Soins Oncologiques de Support, Centre Georges-François Leclerc, Dijon, France
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- Centers for Thrombosis and Hemostasis and Cardiology, University Hospital Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Programs and Education, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Centers for Thrombosis and Hemostasis and Cardiology, University Hospital Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Department of Angiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine and Ageing Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, "G. D'Annunzio" University, Chieti, Italy
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d'Agincourt-Canning L, Ziabakhsh S, Morgan J, Jinkerson-Brass ES, Joolaee S, Smith T, Loft S, Rosalie D. Addressing the need for Indigenous-specific PROMs and PREMS: A focus on methodology. J Eval Clin Pract 2024; 30:429-434. [PMID: 38146615 DOI: 10.1111/jep.13952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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PURPOSE Differences in Indigenous worldviews, practices and values highlight the need for Indigenous-specific health quality indicators, such as patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs). The purpose of this paper is to present our methodology, as part of a larger study that sought to develop a framework for creating Indigenous-specific PROMs and PREMs. METHODS The research design was informed by Indigenous research methodology and a community-based participatory approach. It had three core components: (1) a literature exploration of existing Indigenous-specific PROMs and PREMs; (2) interviews with researchers with expertise in PROMs and PREMs developed for Indigenous populations and community leaders interested in using these Indigenous-informed evaluation tools; and (3) conversations with Indigenous community members about their experiences with health surveys. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim; transcripts were analyzed qualitatively using an inductive and deductive approach. Themes and sub-themes were identified to build a framework that honours Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing. Results were validated with select research participants and the Project Advisory Committee. RESULTS Findings demonstrate how relationship building is the necessary starting point for engagement when developing survey instruments with Indigenous peoples. Engagement requires respectful collaboration through all stages of the project from determining what questions are asked to how the information will be collected, interpreted, and managed. A relational stance requires responsibility to Indigenous communities and peoples that goes beyond research carried out using a western scientific lens. It means ensuring that the project is beneficial to the community and framing questions based on Indigenous knowledge, worldviews, and community involvement. CONCLUSIONS This study employed a collaborative, participatory qualitative approach to develop a framework for creating PROMs and PREMs with Indigenous peoples. The methods described offer concrete examples of strategies that can be employed to support relationship-building and collaboration when developing Indigenous-specific survey instruments.
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- BC Children's and Women's Hospitals & Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Indigenous Health Program, BC Children's and Women's Hospital & Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Indigenous Health Program, BC Children's and Women's Hospital & Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Mokhele I, Huber A, Rosen S, Kaiser JL, Lekodeba N, Ntjikelane V, Hendrickson C, Scott N, Pascoe S. Satisfaction with service delivery among HIV treatment clients enrolled in differentiated and conventional models of care in South Africa: a baseline survey. J Int AIDS Soc 2024; 27:e26233. [PMID: 38528370 DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Differentiated service delivery (DSD) models aim to increase the responsiveness of HIV treatment programmes to the individual needs of antiretroviral therapy (ART) clients to improve treatment outcomes and quality of life. Little is known about how DSD client experiences differ from conventional care. METHODS From May to November 2021, we interviewed adult (≥18) ART clients at 21 primary clinics in four districts of South Africa. Participants were enrolled consecutively at routine visits and stratified into four groups: conventional care-not eligible for DSD (conventional-not-eligible); conventional care eligible for but not enrolled in DSD (conventional-not-enrolled); facility pickup point DSD model; and external pickup point DSD model. Satisfaction was assessed using questions with 5-point Likert-scale responses. Mean scores were categorized as not satisfied (score ≤3) or satisfied (>3). We used logistic regression to assess differences and report crude and adjusted odds ratios (aORs). Qualitative themes were identified through content analysis. RESULTS Eight hundred and sixty-seven participants (70% female, median age 39) were surveyed: 24% facility pick-up points; 27% external pick-up points; 25% conventional-not-eligible; and 24% conventional-not-enrolled. Seventy-four percent of all study participants expressed satisfaction with their HIV care. Those enrolled in DSD models were more likely to be satisfied, with an aOR of 6.24 (95% CI [3.18-12.24]) for external pick-up point versus conventional-not-eligible and an aOR of 3.30 (1.95-5.58) for facility pick-up point versus conventional-not-eligible. Conventional-not-enrolled clients were slightly but not significantly more satisfied than conventional-not-eligible clients (1.29, 0.85-1.96). Those seeking outside healthcare (crude OR 0.57, 0.41-0.81) or reporting more annual clinic visits (0.52, 0.29-0.93) were less likely to be satisfied. Conventional care participants reporting satisfaction with their current model of care perceived providers as helpful, respectful, and friendly and were satisfied with care despite long queues. DSD model participants emphasized ease and convenience, particularly not having to queue. CONCLUSIONS Most adult ART clients in South Africa were satisfied with their care, but those enrolled in DSD models expressed slightly greater satisfaction than those remaining in conventional care. Efforts should focus on enrolling more eligible patients into DSD models, expanding eligibility criteria to cover a wider client base, and further improving the models' desirable characteristics.
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- Idah Mokhele
- Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Department of Global Health, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Austin EE, Cheek C, Richardson L, Testa L, Dominello A, Long JC, Carrigan A, Ellis LA, Norman A, Murphy M, Smith K, Gillies D, Clay-Williams R. Improving emergency department care for adults presenting with mental illness: a systematic review of strategies and their impact on outcomes, experience, and performance. Front Psychiatry 2024; 15:1368129. [PMID: 38487586 PMCID: PMC10937575 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1368129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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Background Care delivery for the increasing number of people presenting at hospital emergency departments (EDs) with mental illness is a challenging issue. This review aimed to synthesise the research evidence associated with strategies used to improve ED care delivery outcomes, experience, and performance for adults presenting with mental illness. Method We systematically reviewed the evidence regarding the effects of ED-based interventions for mental illness on patient outcomes, patient experience, and system performance, using a comprehensive search strategy designed to identify published empirical studies. Systematic searches in Scopus, Ovid Embase, CINAHL, and Medline were conducted in September 2023 (from inception; review protocol was prospectively registered in Prospero CRD42023466062). Eligibility criteria were as follows: (1) primary research study, published in English; and (2) (a) reported an implemented model of care or system change within the hospital ED context, (b) focused on adult mental illness presentations, and (c) evaluated system performance, patient outcomes, patient experience, or staff experience. Pairs of reviewers independently assessed study titles, abstracts, and full texts according to pre-established inclusion criteria with discrepancies resolved by a third reviewer. Independent reviewers extracted data from the included papers using Covidence (2023), and the quality of included studies was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute suite of critical appraisal tools. Results A narrative synthesis was performed on the included 46 studies, comprising pre-post (n = 23), quasi-experimental (n = 6), descriptive (n = 6), randomised controlled trial (RCT; n = 3), cohort (n = 2), cross-sectional (n = 2), qualitative (n = 2), realist evaluation (n = 1), and time series analysis studies (n = 1). Eleven articles focused on presentations related to substance use disorder presentation, 9 focused on suicide and deliberate self-harm presentations, and 26 reported mental illness presentations in general. Strategies reported include models of care (e.g., ED-initiated Medications for Opioid Use Disorder, ED-initiated social support, and deliberate self-harm), decision support tools, discharge and transfer refinements, case management, adjustments to liaison psychiatry services, telepsychiatry, changes to roles and rostering, environmental changes (e.g., specialised units within the ED), education, creation of multidisciplinary teams, and care standardisations. System performance measures were reported in 33 studies (72%), with fewer studies reporting measures of patient outcomes (n = 19, 41%), patient experience (n = 10, 22%), or staff experience (n = 14, 30%). Few interventions reported outcomes across all four domains. Heterogeneity in study samples, strategies, and evaluated outcomes makes adopting existing strategies challenging. Conclusion Care for mental illness is complex, particularly in the emergency setting. Strategies to provide care must align ED system goals with patient goals and staff experience.
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- Elizabeth E. Austin
- The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Science, Macquarie University, Macquarie, NSW, Australia
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- The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Science, Macquarie University, Macquarie, NSW, Australia
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- The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Science, Macquarie University, Macquarie, NSW, Australia
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- The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Science, Macquarie University, Macquarie, NSW, Australia
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- The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Science, Macquarie University, Macquarie, NSW, Australia
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- The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Science, Macquarie University, Macquarie, NSW, Australia
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- The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Science, Macquarie University, Macquarie, NSW, Australia
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- The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Science, Macquarie University, Macquarie, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University Business School, Macquarie University, Macquarie, NSW, Australia
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- Western Sydney Local Health District, New South Wales Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Emergency Care Institute, New South Wales Agency for Clinical Innovation, New South Wales Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Quality and Safeguards Commission, National Disability Insurance Scheme, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Science, Macquarie University, Macquarie, NSW, Australia
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Shen HC, Li CC, Yeh SCJ. Do hospitals attaining a public recognition for treating nurses fairly deliver better-quality health care? Evidence from cross-sectional analysis of California hospitals. J Adv Nurs 2024. [PMID: 38382902 DOI: 10.1111/jan.16123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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AIM This study explored whether hospitals that allocate greater resources to their nursing staff provide better healthcare services than those that invest less in their nursing personnel. DESIGN Cross-sectional logistic and tobit analyses. METHODS We examined a sample of 314 California hospitals in 2017. We obtained a hospital's public recognition for treating nurses fairly between 2015 and 2017 from Nurse.org, the largest online community of nurses. We derived a hospital's healthcare quality in 2018 from the 2019-2020 Best Hospitals rankings released by U.S. News, a well-known media company publishing independent healthcare assessments periodically. RESULTS Our results showed that a nurse-friendly workplace was a crucial determinant of its overall healthcare quality. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Healthcare administrators keen to enhance the quality of healthcare services should consider creating nurse-friendly workplaces. Furthermore, their evaluation of nurses' contributions to overall healthcare quality should not solely depend on the nurse-assessed quality of care, but rather comprise not only broad aspects of patient outcomes in primary care but also patient experiences, care-related factors and expert opinions. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION Our study helped address the overwhelmed healthcare system, whose long-running shortage of nurses has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our work suggested that a hospital's investment in a nurse-friendly workplace can enhance its acquisition, retention and devotion of the nursing staff. This, in turn, can have profound impacts on its overall healthcare quality. WHAT ALREADY IS KNOWN Existing empirical evidence on the relation between nurse-friendly workplace and healthcare quality is limited and inconclusive. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS We documented evidence that the quality of healthcare services provided by hospitals varies with their treatment of nursing staff. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE/POLICY Our results provided insights into key policies that have the potential to improve healthcare quality.
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- Hsiu-Chu Shen
- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Business Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Health Systems Management, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Business Management, Institute of Health Care Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Buclin CP, Uribe A, Daverio JE, Iseli A, Siebert JN, Haller G, Cullati S, Courvoisier DS. Validation of French versions of the 15-item picker patient experience questionnaire for adults, teenagers, and children inpatients. Front Public Health 2024; 12:1297769. [PMID: 38439757 PMCID: PMC10910618 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1297769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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Objectives No French validated concise scales are available for measuring the experience of inpatients in pediatrics. This study aims to adapt the adult PPE-15 to a pediatric population, and translating it in French, as well as to establish reference values for adults, teenagers, and parents of young children. Methods Cultural adaptation involved forward and backward translations, along with pretests in all three populations. Dimensional structure and internal consistency were assessed using principal component analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and Cronbach's alpha. Construct validity was assessed by examining established associations between patient satisfaction and inpatient variables, including length of stay, and preventable readmission. Results A total of 25,626 adults, 293 teenagers and 1,640 parents of young children completed the French questionnaires. Factor analysis supported a single dimension (Cronbach's alpha: adults: 0.85, teenagers: 0.82, parents: 0.80). Construct validity showed the expected pattern of association, with dissatisfaction correlating with patient- and stay-related factors, notably length of stay, and readmission. Conclusion The French versions of the PPE-15 for adults, teenagers and parents of pediatric patients stand as valid and reliable instruments for gauging patient satisfaction regarding their hospital stay after discharge.
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- Clement P. Buclin
- Division of Quality of Care, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Quality of Care, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Quality of Care, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Sociology, Geneva School of Social Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Quality of Care, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Women, Child and Adolescent, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Quality of Care, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Quality of Care, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Population Health Laboratory (#PopHealthLab), Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Division of Quality of Care, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Isaacs A, Lambert C, Lawn S, Dyer A. Shortcomings of services for persons with severe and persistent mental health challenges: a qualitative study of service users and family carers. Front Psychiatry 2024; 15:1341248. [PMID: 38419901 PMCID: PMC10899316 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1341248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Introduction The opinions of service users and carers are crucial to identifying ways to innovate and implement system change. This study aims to explore the views and experiences of service users and carerson the services they have used for their mental health challenges and their suggestions for service reform. Methods Twenty participants (15 carers and 5 service users) were interviewed for the study. Results Eight categories emerged from the data. They were: Several gaps in the system, Barriers to accessing services, Services are not fit for purpose, Services operate in isolation, System is not person focused, Service users and carers are treated poorly, Services are overloaded and under resourced and Recommendations for service reform. Respondents reported that a persistent lack of funding and resources for mental health services was a main cause of these shortcomings. Respondents also noted that innovations were needed to re-orient services to enable continuity of care, and training of mental health professionals was needed for a better understanding of the needs of service users and their carers. Discussion Additional research is needed with larger and more diverse samples to further explore these findings.
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- Anton Isaacs
- School of Rural Health, Monash University, Warragul, VIC, Australia
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- Tandem Inc., Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
- RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Lived Experience Australia, Brighton, SA, Australia
- Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Latrobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon, VIC, Australia
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Fiore M, Bianconi A, Acuti Martellucci C, Rosso A, Zauli E, Flacco ME, Manzoli L. Impact of the Italian Healthcare Outcomes Program (PNE) on the Care Quality of the Poorest Performing Hospitals. Healthcare (Basel) 2024; 12:431. [PMID: 38391807 PMCID: PMC10887701 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12040431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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One of the main aims of the Italian National Healthcare Outcomes Program (Programma Nazionale Esiti, PNE) is the identification of the hospitals with the lowest performance, leading them to improve their quality. In order to evaluate PNE impact for a subset of outcome indicators, we evaluated whether the performance of the hospitals with the lowest scores in 2016 had significantly improved after five years. The eight indicators measured the risk-adjusted likelihood of the death of each patient (adjusted relative risk-RR) 30 days after the admission for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, femur fracture or lung and colon cancer. In 2016, the PNE identified 288 hospitals with a very low performance in at least one of the selected indicators. Overall, 51.0% (n = 147) of these hospitals showed some degree of improvement in 2021, and 27.4% of them improved so much that the death risk of their patients fell below the national mean value. In 34.7% of the hospitals, however, the patients still carried a mean risk of death >30% higher than the average Italian patient with the same disease. Only 38.5% of the hospitals in Southern Italy improved the scores of the selected indicators, versus 68.0% in Northern and Central Italy. Multivariate analyses, adjusting for the baseline performance in 2016, confirmed univariate results and showed a significantly lower likelihood of improvement with increasing hospital volume. Despite the overall methodological validity of the PNE system, current Italian policies and actions aimed at translating hospital quality scores into effective organizational changes need to be reinforced with a special focus on larger southern regions.
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- Matteo Fiore
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Environmental and Prevention Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Medical Translation, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Environmental and Prevention Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Jabin MSR, Pan D, Nilsson E. Characterizing patient details-related challenges from health information technology-related incident reports from Swedish healthcare. Front Digit Health 2024; 6:1260521. [PMID: 38380372 PMCID: PMC10876894 DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2024.1260521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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Introduction Despite many benefits offered by Health Information Technology (HIT) systems, new technology brings new and unforeseen risks to healthcare quality and patient safety if they're not properly planned, designed, implemented, and managed. This study examined health information technology-related (HIT) incidents to identify patient details-related issues, their association with contributing factors, and outcomes. Methods Sources of information comprised retrospectively collected incident reports (n = 95) using two sampling methods, i.e., purposive and snowball sampling. The incident reports were analyzed using both the inductive method (thematic analysis) and the deductive approach using an existing framework, i.e., the International Classification for Patient Safety. Results The studies identified 90 incidents with 120 patient details-related issues-categorized as either information-related (48%) or documentation-related (52%) problems; around two-thirds of the 120 issues were characterized by human factors. Of the total sample, 87 contributing factors were identified, of which "medical device/system" (45%) and "documentation" (20%) were the most common contributing factors. Of 90 incidents, more than half (59%) comprised patient-related outcomes-patient inconvenience (47%) and patient harm (12%) and the remaining 41% (n = 37) included staff or organization-related outcomes. Discussion More than half of the incidents resulted in patient-related outcomes, namely patient inconvenience and patient harm, including disease risks, severe health deterioration, injury, and even patient death. Incidents associated with patient details can cause deleterious effects; therefore, characterizing them should be a routine part of clinical practice to improve the constantly changing healthcare system.
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- Md Shafiqur Rahman Jabin
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
- Faculty of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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Mohamed S. The State of Mental Health Services for Incarcerated Adults in Ontario: A Scoping Review. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 2024:306624X241228218. [PMID: 38314705 DOI: 10.1177/0306624x241228218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Individuals with mental illness are significantly overrepresented in the Canadian justice system. Given the high rate of mental illness among individuals who are incarcerated, correctional facilities must implement accessible and effective mental health resources. This not only improves their health and well-being but also contributes to their rehabilitation efforts. However, evidence suggests that the care provided in prisons is inadequate. This scoping review asks, "What is known about the access and quality of mental health care services for adults who are incarcerated in Ontario?" Mental health care services included non-acute interventions and care that is provided in the institution. This scoping review followed the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews methodology. Databases searched include MedLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Criminal Justice Abstracts, JSTOR, Google Scholar, and the grey literature. The search yielded 354 titles and abstracts of which 16 met the inclusion criteria. Conducted from 2010-2022, the 16 studies included qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods. Common themes that were identified related to segregation, mental health assessments, medication prescribing and access, opioid agonist therapy, psychiatric service access, systemic and institutional barriers, mental health perception, and the need for collaboration. Despite the significant demand for mental health care in Ontario correctional facilities, limitations to quality care are evident. Such limitations intersect and are then exacerbated, resulting in poor mental health care provision among the incarcerated population. More research is warranted regarding the access, quality, and efficiency of mental health care in Ontario prisons, and how factors including ethnicity, gender, and prison classification (provincial vs. federal) may influence mental health care and its outcomes.
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- Sara Mohamed
- Department of Applied Health Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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Huang SW, Weng SJ, Chiou SY, Nguyen TD, Chen CH, Liu SC, Tsai YT. A Study on Decision-Making for Improving Service Efficiency in Hospitals. Healthcare (Basel) 2024; 12:405. [PMID: 38338290 PMCID: PMC10855065 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12030405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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The provision of efficient healthcare services is essential, driven by the increasing demand for healthcare resources and the need to optimize hospital operations. In this context, the motivation to innovate and improve services while addressing urgent concerns is critical. Hospitals face challenges in managing internal dispatch services efficiently. Outsourcing such services can alleviate the burden on hospital staff, reduce costs, and introduce professional expertise. However, the pressing motivation lies in enhancing service quality, minimizing costs, and exploring innovative approaches. With the rising demand for healthcare services, there is an immediate need to streamline hospital operations. Delays in internal transportation services can have far-reaching implications for patient care, necessitating a prompt and effective solution. Drawing upon dispatch data from a healthcare center in Taiwan, this study constructed a decision-making model to optimize the allocation of hospital service resources. Employing simulation techniques, we closely examine how hospital services are currently organized and how they work. In our research, we utilized dispatch data gathered from a healthcare center in Taichung, Taiwan, spanning from January 2020 to December 2020. Our findings underscore the potential of an intelligent dispatch strategy combined with deployment restricted to the nearest available workers. Our study demonstrates that for cases requiring urgent attention, delay rates that previously ranged from 5% to 34% can be notably reduced to a much-improved 3% to 18%. However, it is important to recognize that the realm of worker dispatch remains subject to a multifaceted array of influencing factors. It becomes evident that a comprehensive dispatching mechanism must be established as part of a broader drive to enhance the efficiency of hospital service operations.
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- Su-Wen Huang
- Department of General Affairs, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan; (S.-W.H.); (S.-Y.C.)
- Department of Information Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 41349, Taiwan
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Enterprise Information, Tunghai University, Taichung 40704, Taiwan; (S.-J.W.); (C.-H.C.)
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- Department of General Affairs, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan; (S.-W.H.); (S.-Y.C.)
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- Department of Business Administration, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402202, Taiwan;
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Enterprise Information, Tunghai University, Taichung 40704, Taiwan; (S.-J.W.); (C.-H.C.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Enterprise Information, Tunghai University, Taichung 40704, Taiwan; (S.-J.W.); (C.-H.C.)
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- Department of Information Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
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Shurenova M, Kurakbayev K, Abildaev T, Tazhiyeva A. Availability and quality of primary health care in the compulsory health insurance system in Kazakhstan. Med Glas (Zenica) 2024; 21:159-165. [PMID: 38341755 DOI: 10.17392/1675-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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Aim To evaluate patient satisfaction with primary healthcare services and determine effectiveness indicators within Kazakhstan's compulsory health insurance system. Methods An analytical observational study with cross-examination was conducted in Kazakhstan's primary healthcare (PHC) organizations. Patient satisfaction was assessed through a 35-item closed-question questionnaire. An analysis of stimulating component result indicators for per capital standard financing in PHC organizations based on their achieved outcomes was performed. Results Among surveyed patients, 54.0% (1.80±1.108) expressed complete satisfaction with medical care, while 59.4% (1.82±1.269) perceived laboratory tests as readily accessible. Notably, males exhibited higher satisfaction levels with medical care and the availability of laboratory tests compared to females. The city polyclinics № 3 and № 14 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, achieved significant performance indicators, resulting in a 1.1-fold increase in the incentive component of per capital funding. Conclusion Within the framework of compulsory health insurance, primary healthcare organizations in Kazakhstan offer affordable and effective medical care, as attested by surveyed patients and the final result indicators of the polyclinics.
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- Makhabbat Shurenova
- Kazakhstan Medical University, Higher School of Public Health, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Kazakhstan Medical University, Higher School of Public Health, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Almaty Branch of the Non-Profit Joint Stock "Social Health Insurance Fund", Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Patel VJ, Delano V, Juttu A, Adhora H, Zaheer A, Vargas L, Jacobs B. The Implications of Socioeconomic Status by ZIP Code on Maternal-Fetal Morbidity and Mortality in San Antonio, Texas. Cureus 2024; 16:e54636. [PMID: 38523982 PMCID: PMC10959557 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.54636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
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Introduction Over the past 20 years, the number of pregnancy-related fatalities in the United States has been on the rise. Increases in maternal and fetal mortality have been attributed to low socioeconomic status (SES). This raises the question of whether all geographical locations are proportionally affected by this upward trend in pregnancy-related fatalities. San Antonio is one of the largest cities in the United States and is known for its economic segregation. This study aims to compare the maternal and fetal health outcomes of mothers from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in San Antonio, Texas. Methods To analyze the relationship between pregnancy-related mortality rates and SES in San Antonio, Texas, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes for maternal and fetal demise and their associated risk factors were identified. The ICD-10 codes were used to compare the health outcomes of pregnant women from the highest SES ZIP Code (78255, median income $124,397) to women from the lowest SES ZIP Code (78207, median income $25,415) using the Texas Inpatient Public Use Data File for 2016, which contains information on 93-97% of all hospital discharges in San Antonio, Texas. Results Notably, pregnant women from the high SES ZIP Code were admitted to the hospital from clinics or a physician's office (68.8%), while pregnant women from the low SES ZIP Code were admitted to the hospital from non-healthcare facilities like home or workplace (62.5%). In addition, a greater percentage of patients from the low SES ZIP Code were Black (4.3% vs 1.3%) or Hispanic (88.5% vs 35.1%). Compared to women from the high SES ZIP Code, women from the low SES ZIP Code experienced more fetal deaths and a higher prevalence of maternal and fetal risk factors such as obesity (47.6% vs 32.5%), asthma (1.7% vs 1.3%), hypertension (0.8% vs 0%), substance abuse (0.5% vs 0%), diabetes mellitus (9.8% vs 7.8%), preeclampsia (7.7% vs 2.6%), and multiple C-sections (35.5% vs 28.6%). Finally, fetal mortality rates were higher in the low SES ZIP Code (1.1% vs 0%). Although there were no statistically significant maternal or fetal mortality differences between the ZIP Codes, the trend suggests that women's health outcomes in San Antonio are not equitable. Discussion Analysis reveals disproportionate health outcomes for women in south San Antonio. Further investigation is warranted to better understand the role social and medical factors play in these results. Investigating the relationship between SES and pregnancy-related mortality can help to better inform healthcare providers and identify ways to improve women's health outcomes in San Antonio, Texas.
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- Vaishnavi J Patel
- Office of Research and Innovation, University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine, San Antonio, USA
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- Office of Research and Innovation, University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine, San Antonio, USA
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- Office of Research and Innovation, University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine, San Antonio, USA
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- Office of Research and Innovation, University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine, San Antonio, USA
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- Office of Research and Innovation, University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine, San Antonio, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Metropolitan Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine, San Antonio, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine, San Antonio, USA
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Ohta R, Yawata M, Sano C. Effectiveness of Doctor Clerks Supporting Physicians' Work in Japan: A Systematic Review. Cureus 2024; 16:e53407. [PMID: 38435195 PMCID: PMC10908375 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.53407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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The burgeoning administrative workload on physicians in Japan's healthcare system has necessitated innovative approaches to optimize clinical care. Integrating doctor clerks, tasked with administrative and clerical duties, has emerged as a potential solution to alleviate this burden. This systematic review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of doctor clerks in improving physicians' working conditions and patient care quality. A comprehensive literature search was conducted using Ichushi Web and Google Scholar from January 2000 to September 2023. Data were extracted on publication year, study setting, department focus, work scope, and outcomes of doctor clerk implementation. The search identified 3570 studies, with 17 meeting the inclusion criteria. Most studies were performed in general hospitals with 76.5% (13/17). The studies regarding university hospitals were 17.6% (3/17). Only one study was performed in a community hospital with 5.9% (1/17). More than half of doctor clerks worked not explicitly allocated to one department and did their work not specific to one department with 52.9% (9/17). Three studies report that doctor clerks collaborate with orthopedic surgeons. Two studies report that doctor clerks collaborate with emergency medicine physicians. Each study reports that doctor clerks collaborate with respiratory or general medicine. The most frequent is document support, with 94.1% (16/17). The second most frequent working content is consultation support, with 47.1% (8/17). The third most frequently working content is ordering support, with 23.5% (4/17). Call response, secretary work, education support, research support, conference support, and other professional support are included, each with 5.9% (1/17). Regarding clinical outcomes, five studies assessed a reduction in physician paperwork time (29.4%). Four studies assessed the frequency of the contents of doctor clerks' work (23.5%). Four studies assessed the positive perception of physicians (23.5%). Four studies assessed the amount of the reduction in physicians' overtime work (23.5%). Three studies assess the amount of the reduction in hospital costs (17.6%). One study assessed part-time physicians' fatigue reduction (5.9%). Each study assessed the quality of patient care, such as doctor's clerk education for standardization, increase in the number of patients accepted, reduction in medical incidents, decrease in patient waiting time, and primary to tertiary prevention. Introducing doctor clerks in Japan's healthcare system shows promise in enhancing physicians' working conditions and potentially improving patient care. However, conclusive evidence on the impact on patient care quality necessitates further investigation, serving as a foundation for future policy and healthcare system optimization.
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- Community Medicine Management, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, JPN
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Nicholls K, Denaro C, Tchan M, Ellaway C, Bratkovic D, Campbell S, Fookes M, Thomas M. Fabry-specific treatment in Australia: time to align eligibility criteria with international best practices. Intern Med J 2024. [PMID: 38212950 DOI: 10.1111/imj.16327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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BACKGROUND Disease-specific therapy aims to improve symptoms, stabilise current disease and delay progression in patients with Fabry disease. In Australia, treatment access is subject to eligibility criteria initially established in 2004. Patients and their clinicians question why these criteria have remained unchanged despite significant progress in disease understanding. AIMS Appraise the clinical quality of the Australian treatment access criteria. METHODS The Fabry Australia Medical Advisory Committee (N = 6) used the Appraisal of Guidelines for REsearch and Evaluation Global Rating Scale (AGREE II GRS) to assess the clinical quality of the current treatment eligibility criteria. They reviewed the literature, developed 17 clinical statements to help guide reforms of the eligibility criteria and achieved consensus (achievement of ≥75% agreement in the range 5-7 on a 7-point Likert scale) through anonymous voting. The findings were applied to develop proposals for revised classification and treatment initiation criteria. RESULTS The current treatment eligibility criteria underperformed on the AGREE II GRS. They are pragmatic but out-of-step with contemporary data. Consensus was achieved on all 17 proposed clinical statements. There was strong agreement to differentiate classical male Fabry patients to facilitate timelier access to Fabry-specific treatment. There was also agreement on the value of adopting relevant organ involvement criteria in classical female patients and patients with non-classical disease. CONCLUSIONS Australian access criteria are misaligned with current clinical evidence. The clinical statements and proposed classification and initiation criteria should prompt discussions to support more equitable access to treatment and better align Australian practice with contemporary evidence and international guidelines.
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- Kathleen Nicholls
- Department of Nephrology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Aged Care, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Academy of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Genetic Metabolic Disorders Service, Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Aged Care, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Fabry Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Graf C, Suanet B, Wiepking P, Merz EM. How public trust and healthcare quality relate to blood donation behavior: Cross-cultural evidence. J Health Psychol 2024; 29:3-14. [PMID: 37277909 PMCID: PMC10757392 DOI: 10.1177/13591053231175809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023] Open
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Blood donors are indispensable for enabling a myriad of medical procedures and treatments. We examined how public trust in the healthcare system and healthcare quality relate to individuals' likelihood of donating blood, using survey data from representative samples of 28 European countries (N = 27,868). Our preregistered analyses revealed that country-level public trust, but not healthcare quality, predicted individual propensity to donate blood. Notably, public trust decreased over time in many countries, while healthcare quality increased. Our results highlight the role of subjective perceptions of the healthcare system, rather than the objective state of healthcare, for blood donation behavior in Europe.
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- Caroline Graf
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Donor Medicine Research, Sanquin Research, The Netherlands
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- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Donor Medicine Research, Sanquin Research, The Netherlands
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Chenoweth L, Burley C, Cook J, Cheah SL, Reyes P, Maiden G, McGuire J, McCade D, Brodaty H, Sukhapure M, Harrison F, Williams A. Improving Healthcare Quality and Clinical Outcomes for Persons with Dementia in the Sub-Acute Hospital Through Person-Centered Care Practice. J Alzheimers Dis 2024; 98:619-628. [PMID: 38427481 DOI: 10.3233/jad-231056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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Background Person-centered care is considered beneficial for persons with dementia. Objective To evaluate the impact of a person-centered knowledge translation intervention on the quality of healthcare and outcomes for persons with dementia. Methods Over nine months, sub-acute hospital nursing, allied health, and medical staff (n = 90) participated in online and/or face-to-face person-centered education and were supported by senior nursing, allied health, and medical staff champions (n = 8) to implement person-centered healthcare. The quality of healthcare service, ward climate and care delivery were evaluated pre/post study intervention. In the week following hospital admission (Time 1) and week of discharge (Time 3), agitation incidence (co-primary outcome) was assessed in participants with dementia (n = 80). Participant delirium (co-primary outcome), accidents/injuries, psychotropic medicines, length of stay, readmission and discharge destination (secondary outcomes) were compared with a retrospective group (n = 77) matched on demographics, cognition and function in activities of daily living. Results Improvements occurred post-intervention in service quality by 17.5% (p = 0.369, phi = 0.08), ward climate by 18.1% (p = 0.291, phi = 0.08), and care quality by 50% (p = 0.000, phi = 0.37). Participant agitation did not change from Time 1 to Time 3 (p = 0.223). Relative to the retrospective group, significant reductions occurred in participant delirium (p = 0.000, phi = 0.73), incidents/injuries (p = 0.000, phi = 0.99), psychotropic medicine use (p = 0.030, phi = 0.09), and hospital readmissions within 30 days (p = 0.002, phi = 0.25), but not in discharge to home (p = 0.171). Conclusions When person-centered healthcare knowledge is translated through staff education and practice support, persons with dementia can experience improved healthcare services and clinical outcomes, while healthcare services can benefit through reductions in unplanned service use.
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- Lynn Chenoweth
- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Discipline of Psychiatry, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Discipline of Psychiatry, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Discipline of Psychiatry, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Aged Health, Chronic Care and Rehabilitation, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Research Unit, Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, AGSM (G27), UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- War Memorial Hospital, St Vincent's Hospital Health Network, Sydney, Australia
- Discipline of Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- War Memorial Hospital, St Vincent's Hospital Health Network, Sydney, Australia
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- War Memorial Hospital, St Vincent's Hospital Health Network, Sydney, Australia
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- War Memorial Hospital, St Vincent's Hospital Health Network, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Discipline of Psychiatry, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Discipline of Psychiatry, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Discipline of Psychiatry, UNSW Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, NSW, Penrith, Australia
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Roos AKØ, Skaug EA, Helgesen AK. The Importance of Being Taken Care of-Patients' Experience with the Quality of Healthcare in a Norwegian Hospital. Nurs Rep 2023; 13:1742-1750. [PMID: 38133120 PMCID: PMC10745341 DOI: 10.3390/nursrep13040144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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As recipients of healthcare, patients provide invaluable contributions when assessing quality. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore and describe how patients experienced quality of care during their stay in a Norwegian hospital. In this study, 39 patients were interviewed. The data were analyzed via conventional content analysis. The results showed that patients' experiences of quality were associated with interactions with medical staff, while their physical surroundings had less of an impact. The quality of healthcare was described on a continuum from good to bad. Patients assessed quality positively when they felt they were taken care of. The feeling of not being taken care of provoked feelings of insecurity, resignation, being "overlooked", and inferiority. A prerequisite for patients to feel cared for was staff presence, which enabled and encouraged patients to share their thoughts. This required medical staff to have competency, interpersonal skills, and time accessibility. In addition, a culture that is person-oriented and not task-oriented was valued. From our study, we see the opportunity within healthcare systems to improve the quality of care by having staff engage in active listening, promote an environment of mutual respect, and encourage active participation from patients in their healthcare decisions and plans. This study was prospectively registered with the Norwegian Social Science Data Services on 9 July 2015 with registration number 44034.
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- Faculty of Health, Welfare and Organisation, Østfold University College, P.O. Box 700, 1757 Halden, Norway; (E.-A.S.); (A.K.H.)
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- Faculty of Health, Welfare and Organisation, Østfold University College, P.O. Box 700, 1757 Halden, Norway; (E.-A.S.); (A.K.H.)
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Kelley TN, Canfield S, Diamantides E, Ryther AMK, Pedersen CA, Pierce G. ASHP Survey of Health-System Specialty Pharmacy Practice: Practice Models, Operations, and Workforce - 2022. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2023; 80:1796-1821. [PMID: 37742303 DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/zxad235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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PURPOSE The results of the 2022 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Survey of Health-System Specialty Pharmacy (HSSP) Practice: Practice Models, Operations, and Workforce are presented. METHODS A total of 273 leaders in HSSPs were contacted by email to complete a survey hosted using Qualtrics. The survey sample was compiled from ASHP member lists, the presence of a specialty pharmacy indicated in previous ASHP surveys, and outreach to ASHP member organizational leaders. RESULTS The survey response rate was 35.9%. Most HSSPs dispense 30,000 or fewer specialty prescriptions annually. Most respondents have an annual revenue of $100 million or less, are part of a 340B-covered entity, operate one location, have 1 to 2 specialty pharmacy accreditations, dispense both nonspecialty and specialty medications, and employ an average of 15.5 pharmacists and 17.6 technicians. The majority (66.7%) dispense 50% or less of prescriptions written by internal providers due to payor and manufacturer network restrictions. Over one-third employ nonpharmacist and nontechnician professionals. Specialty pharmacists are involved in treatment decisions and therapy selection before prescription generation (69.8%), and 47.7% of respondents report pharmacists operating under collaborative practice agreements. Most (82.6%) offer experiential or formal education in specialty pharmacy. The top point of pride remains patient satisfaction and level of service. Top challenges include access to payor networks, the ability to hire and retain qualified staff, and shrinking reimbursement from payors. CONCLUSION The HSSP is a continually maturing integrated advanced practice model focused on providing patient-centric care to all patients and employees of the health system regardless of network status. HSSPs are raising the standards for quality in specialty pharmacy care.
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- Tara N Kelley
- Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy Services, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Clinical Program Development, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Seattle, WA, and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Member Relations, Section of Specialty Pharmacy Practitioners, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Wormgoor MEA, Rodenburg SC. Focus on post-exertional malaise when approaching ME/CFS in specialist healthcare improves satisfaction and reduces deterioration. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1247698. [PMID: 38107643 PMCID: PMC10722442 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1247698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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Background Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is considered a hallmark characteristic of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). This may also apply to subgroups of patients with long COVID-induced ME/CFS. However, it is uncertain to what extent PEM is acknowledged in routine specialist healthcare for ME/CFS patients, and how this affects patient outcomes. Objective This study aims to evaluate to what extent ME/CFS patients experienced focus on PEM in specialist healthcare practice and its significance for outcome and care quality. Methods Data from two online cross-sectional surveys covering specialist healthcare services for ME/CFS patients at rehabilitation institutes in Norway and two regional hospitals, respectively, were analyzed. Evaluations of 788 rehabilitation stays, 86 hospital consultations, and 89 hospital interventions were included. Logistic regression models and Mann-Whitney U-tests were used to quantify the impact of addressing PEM on health and functioning, care satisfaction, or benefit. Spearman's rank correlation and Cronbach's alpha of focus on PEM with the respondents' perception of healthcare providers' knowledge, symptom acknowledgment, and suitability of intervention were assessed as measures for care quality and their internal consistency, respectively. Results PEM was addressed in 48% of the rehabilitation stays, 43% of the consultations, and 65% of the hospital interventions. Failure to address PEM roughly doubled the risk of health deterioration, following rehabilitation (OR = 0.39, 95% CI 0.29-0.52; 40.1% vs. 63.2% P = <0.001) and hospital intervention (OR = 0.34, 95% CI 0.13-0.89; 22.4% vs. 45.2%, p = 0.026). The focus on PEM (PEM-focus) during the clinical contact was associated with significantly higher scores on patients' rated care satisfaction and benefit of both consultation and intervention. Furthermore, addressing PEM was (inter)related to positive views about healthcare providers' level of knowledge of ME/CFS, their acknowledgment of symptoms, obtained knowledge, and the perceived suitability of intervention (Cronbach's alpha ≥0.80). Discussion PEM is still frequently not acknowledged in specialist healthcare practice for ME/CFS patients in Norway. Not addressing PEM substantially increased the probability of a decline in health and functioning following the intervention and was strongly associated with reduced perceived care quality, satisfaction, and benefit. These findings may be related to the applied explanatory models for ME/CFS and are most likely of relevance to long COVID.
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- Neuroscience and Cognition, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Al-Alawy K, Sayegh KA, Moonesar IA. Optimizing interventional cardiology services. Future Cardiol 2023; 19:695-705. [PMID: 37916604 DOI: 10.2217/fca-2023-0053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a common and prominent cause of morbidity and mortality interventional cardiology (IC) remains an important noninvasive intervention to improve patient outcomes and life expectancy. Aim: The study objectives were to explore how IC services could be optimized. Methods: We adopted multiple methods, including policy analysis, literature review and interviews. Results: The most prominent themes were medical devices and service integration and management. IC Consultant interviews suggest the need to balance supply and demand, implement standards of practice and establish centres of excellence. Conclusion: Optimizing IC services requires a comprehensive approach, including regulatory and financial oversight, organizational management, adoption of clinical and technological best practices, ongoing training, multidisciplinary working and service integration.
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Rosier PFWM, Valdevenito JP, Smith P, Sinha S, Speich J, Gammie A. ICS-SUFU standard: Theory, terms, and recommendations for pressure-flow studies performance, analysis, and reporting. Part 1: Background theory and practice. Neurourol Urodyn 2023; 42:1590-1602. [PMID: 37096828 DOI: 10.1002/nau.25192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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AIMS The working group (WG) initiated by the International Continence Society Standardization Steering Committee and supported by the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction has revised the (1997) ICS Standard for pressure flow studies. METHODS Based on the ICS standard for developing evidence-based standards, the WG developed this new ICS standard in the period from May 2020 to December 2022. A draft was posted on the ICS website in January 2023 to facilitate public discussion and the comments received have been incorporated into this final release. RESULTS The WG summarizes the theory and recommends the practice and the terms used for the diagnosis of voiding dysfunction for adult female and male patients without relevant neurological abnormalities, in part 1 of this standard. The WG has also recommended standard principles and parameters for objective and continuous grading of urethral resistance and detrusor voiding contraction on the basis of pressure flow studies in part 2. The recommendations for practice in this part have also the aim to increase the understanding of the physiology as well as the psychology of voiding. The potential effects of the laboratory situation of the test on the voiding as well as the role of the urodynamicist in this regard are discussed. The WG has recommended to use for diagnosis only the voidings that are considered representative by the patient. CONCLUSION A pressure flow study is the gold standard to assess voiding function and to quantify dysfunction. This part of the standard explains the clinical background, gives recommendations for the execution of a pressure flow study and lists relevant terms, parameters, and units of measurements.
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- Peter F W M Rosier
- Department of Urology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Surgery, UConn Health School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Urology, Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Fuseini AKJ, Teixeira da Costa EIM, de Matos FAS, Merino-Godoy MDLA, Nave F. Patient-Safety Culture among Emergency and Critical Care Nurses in a Maternal and Child Department. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:2770. [PMID: 37893844 PMCID: PMC10606642 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11202770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The quality of healthcare has multiple dimensions, but the issue of patient safety stands out due to the impact it has on health outcomes, particularly on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), expressly SDG3. In the services that we propose to study, the patient-safety culture had never been evaluated. AIM To evaluate nurses' perceptions of the patient-safety culture in the Emergency and Critical Care Services of the Maternal and Child Department of a University Hospital and to identify strengths, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement. METHODS This an exploratory, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture as an instrument for data collection. The population were all nurses working in the emergency and critical care services of the maternal and child-health department, constituted, at the time of writing, by 184 nurses, with a response rate of 45.7%. RESULTS Applying the guidelines from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), only teamwork within units had a score greater than 75%. For this reason, it is considered the strength (fortress) in the study. The lowest-rated were non-punitive responses to errors and open communication. CONCLUSION The overall average percentage score is below the benchmark of the AHRQ, indicating that issue of patient safety is not considered a high priority, or that the best strategies to make it visible have not yet been found. One of the important implications of this study is the opportunity to carry out a deep reflection, within the organization, that allows the development of a non-punitive work environment that is open to dialogue, and that allows the provision of safe nursing care.
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- Abdul-Karim Jebuni Fuseini
- Nursing Department, Health School, University of Algarve, 8000 Faro, Portugal (E.I.M.T.d.C.); (F.A.S.d.M.); (F.N.)
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- Nursing Department, Health School, University of Algarve, 8000 Faro, Portugal (E.I.M.T.d.C.); (F.A.S.d.M.); (F.N.)
- Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Nursing Department, Health School, University of Algarve, 8000 Faro, Portugal (E.I.M.T.d.C.); (F.A.S.d.M.); (F.N.)
- Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Nursing Department, Health School, University of Algarve, 8000 Faro, Portugal (E.I.M.T.d.C.); (F.A.S.d.M.); (F.N.)
- Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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Si Y, Chen G, Su M, Zhou Z, Yip W, Chen X. The Impact of Physician-Patient Gender Match on Healthcare Quality: An Experiment in China. medRxiv 2023:2023.10.03.23296202. [PMID: 37873451 PMCID: PMC10592995 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.03.23296202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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Despite growing evidence of gender disparities in healthcare utilization and health outcomes, there is a lack of understanding of what may drive such differences. Designing and implementing an experiment using the standardized patients' approach, we present novel evidence on the impact of physician-patient gender match on healthcare quality in a primary care setting in China. We find that, compared with female physicians treating female patients, the combination of female physicians treating male patients resulted in a 23.0 percentage-point increase in correct diagnosis and a 19.4 percentage-point increase in correct drug prescriptions. Despite these substantial gains in healthcare quality, there was no significant increase in medical costs and time investment. Our analyses suggest that the gains in healthcare quality were mainly attributed to better physician-patient communications, but not the presence of more clinical information. This paper has policy implications in that improving patient centeredness and incentivizing physicians' efforts in consultation (as opposed to treatment) can lead to significant gains in the quality of healthcare with modest costs, while reducing gender differences in care.
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- Yafei Si
- School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, University of New South Wales, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), University of New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia
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- School of Public Administration, Inner Mongolia University, China
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- School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
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- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, USA
- Department of Economics, Yale University, USA
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Van Gestel R, Broekman N, Müller T. Surgeon supply and healthcare quality: Are revision rates for hip and knee replacements lower in hospitals that employ more surgeons? Health Econ 2023; 32:2298-2321. [PMID: 37408140 DOI: 10.1002/hec.4727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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We study the link between department-wide surgeon supply and quality of care for two major elective medical procedures. Several countries have adopted policies to concentrate medical procedures in high-volume hospitals. While higher patient volumes might translate to higher quality, we provide evidence for a positive relationship between surgeon supply and hospital revision rates for hip and knee replacement surgery. Hence, hospital performance decreases with higher surgeon supply, and this finding holds conditional on patient volumes.
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- Raf Van Gestel
- Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management & Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Bern University of Applied Sciences and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Fassia MK, Charalel R, Talenfeld AD. Demonstrating the Value of Interventional Radiology. Semin Intervent Radiol 2023; 40:403-406. [PMID: 37927519 PMCID: PMC10622236 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1774407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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While national healthcare expenditures per capita in the United States exceed those in all other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, measures of health outcomes in the United States lag behind those in peer nations. This combination of high healthcare spending and relatively poor health has led to attempts to identify high- and low-value healthcare services and to develop mechanisms to reimburse health care providers based on the value of the care delivered. This article investigates the meaning of value in healthcare and identifies specific services delivered by interventional radiologists that have accrued evidence that they meet criteria for high-value services. Recognizing the shift in reimbursement to high-value care, it is imperative that interventional radiology (IR) develop the evidence needed to articulate to all relevant stakeholders how IR contributes value to the system.
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- Mohammad-Kasim Fassia
- Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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Sherwood G, Jones CB, Conklin JL, Dodd A. Quality and safety education for nurses: A bibliometric analysis. J Nurs Scholarsh 2023; 55:914-925. [PMID: 36645416 DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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PURPOSE Since its origin in the United States in 2005, Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) has guided nurses' preparation for alleviating preventable harm and improving quality safe care. QSEN's value is illustrated through specific inclusion in the competency-based 2021 American Association for Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials. The purpose of this bibliometric analysis is to explore publication patterns of the extant QSEN literature to assess QSEN's spread and global penetration and to map the available knowledge and data regarding quality and safety education for nurses. DESIGN Bibliometric analysis. METHOD Two QSEN investigators and two health science librarians completed database searches to identify articles with keywords QSEN or Quality and safety education for nursing. Inclusion criteria were (1) QSEN-specific and (2) published in a peer-reviewed journal. Using PRISMA screening, the final sample included 221 articles between 2007 and 2021. RESULTS Average annual QSEN publications was 14.5 articles; the highest was 26 publications in 2017. Article types were 84 research, 77 descriptive/reviews, 28 quality improvement projects or case studies, 20 statements, and 12 editorials. Focus analysis revealed 165 education articles, 35 clinical practice, 17 professional development, and 4 leadership/administration. Fourteen journals published three or more; eight were education journals. Nine topic clusters indicated areas of publication focus, including clinical teaching, simulations, performance, context, and criteria of analysis, factors of efficacy, innovation and advanced practice, patient care and outcomes, academic concepts, and research frameworks. CONCLUSIONS Results reveal far less QSEN penetration for guiding professional practice, research measuring outcomes and impact, and global collaboration to examine cultural implications for diversity and inclusion. Results present future recommendations to assure all nurses worldwide have access to competency development to alleviate preventable healthcare harm. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Originating in the United States (US), the QSEN project provided the seminal framework for transforming education and practice through defining the six quality and safety competencies (patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics) essential to alleviate preventable healthcare harm. Results reveal opportunities to advance QSEN penetration in developing professional practice, guiding research measuring outcomes and impact, and extending global collaboration to examine cultural implications for diversity and inclusion.
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- Gwen Sherwood
- Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Sarah Frances Russell Distinguished Professor, Director Hillman Scholars Program, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Health Sciences Librarian, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Data/Applications Analyst - Clinical, Academic, & Research Engagement, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Belz FF, Adair KC, Proulx J, Frankel AS, Sexton JB. Corrigendum: The language of healthcare worker emotional exhaustion: a linguistic analysis of longitudinal survey. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1243602. [PMID: 37599867 PMCID: PMC10436078 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1243602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1044378.].
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- Franz F Belz
- Duke School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, United States
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- Safe and Reliable Healthcare, Evergreen, CO, United States
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- Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, United States
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de Mélo Silva Júnior ML, Valença MM, Sampaio Rocha-Filho PA. Characteristics of residency programs and residents' learning experience in Brazil: a multispecialty, nation-wide study. PSYCHOL HEALTH MED 2023; 28:2329-2340. [PMID: 35773980 DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2022.2093928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Factors associated with the optimal physician resident learning are yet to be fully understood. We aimed to correlate the characteristics of residency programs with the learning perception of residents. This was a cross-sectional study using an online structured questionnaire published on social networks, enrolling physician residents from almost all specialties in Brazil. The collection tool was settled considering the current national standards of medical residency programs in Brazil and it was internally validated. The response rate was 71.4% (n = 1,419). The median age was 28 years (IQR = 27-30), 51.9% were from clinical areas and 69.9% from the first or second postgraduation year. Adequate quality of faculty supervision was reported by 50.9%; frequent supervision of assistance activities in 22.1%; proper structure for carrying out healthcare in 82.1%, formal appraisals in 81.8%, classroom activities more than three times a week in 12.3%. Learning was rated as satisfactory by 70.8%. We found an 'inverted-U' shape correlation between duty hours and learning - briefer and longer workloads were associated with unsatisfactory learning. The factors independently associated with learning satisfaction were quantity (OR = 10.79, 95%CI = 7.38-15.77) and quality (1.68, 1.19-2.37) of preceptorship, structure for healthcare (2.10, 1.44-3.08), formal evaluations (1.83, 1.26-2.67), and briefer workload (0.18, 0.04-0.90) and age (0.94, 0.89-0.99) (AUROC = 0.838, 95%CI = 0.816-0.860). We conclude that the perception of satisfactory learning was influenced by higher frequency and quality of faculty supervision, adequate structure for healthcare, formal assessments, and reduced duty hours and age. Regulatory institutions should reinforce strategies to guarantee the fulfillment of residency standards and faculties should receive continued formal training to maximize their teaching skills.
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- Mário Luciano de Mélo Silva Júnior
- Division of Neuropsychiatry, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Brazil
- Neurology Unit, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, Brazil
- Medical School, Uninassau, Recife, Brazil
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- Division of Neuropsychiatry, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Brazil
- Headache Clinic, Hospital Universitario Oswaldo Cruz, University of Pernambuco (UPE), Recife, Brazil
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Afework A, Tamene A, Tesfaye A, Tafa A, Gemede S. Status and Factors Affecting Patient Safety Culture at Dilla University Teaching Hospital: A Mixed-Method Cross-Sectional Study. Risk Manag Healthc Policy 2023; 16:1157-1169. [PMID: 37396934 PMCID: PMC10312320 DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s419990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Background Patient safety culture is now at the forefront of the global health agenda and has been designated as a human right. Assessing safety culture is seen to be a prerequisite for improving safety culture in health-care organizations. However, no research has been conducted to examine the current study setup. Therefore, this study aims at assessing the status and factors influencing patient safety culture at Dilla University Teaching Hospital. Methods This cross-sectional institutional-based study was conducted from February to March 2022 at Dilla University Hospital. The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods. A total of 272 health professionals were included in the survey. The qualitative data was collected using Key Informant Interviews and In-depth Interviews and 10 health professionals were selected purposively to meet the study objective. Results The overall composite positive patient safety culture response rate in the current study hospital was 37% (95% CI: 35.3, 38.8). Out of the 12 dimensions, teamwork within hospital units was the highest (75.3%), while frequency of event reporting was the lowest (20.7%) positive percentage response. Only two of the 12 dimensions scored above 50%. Factors affecting patient safety culture majorly at organizational and individual level were poor/low attitude of health professionals, poor documentation practice, and poor cooperation by clients, lack of training and continuous education, lack of standard operating procedure, Staff shortage and high work load. Conclusion This study revealed that the overall composite positive patient safety culture response rate within the surveyed facility was alarmingly low compared to other hospitals in various countries. The results indicate that there is a need for improvement in areas such as event reporting, documentation, health-care workers' attitude, and staff training. Hospitals must prioritize patient safety by cultivating a strong safety culture through effective leadership, adequate staffing, and education to enhance overall patient care.
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- Abel Afework
- Infection Prevention and Control Department, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Department of Environmental Health, Wachemo University, Hosanna, Ethiopia
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- Infection Prevention and Control Department, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Infection Prevention and Control Department, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Infection Prevention and Control Department, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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Zuckerman AD, Mourani J, Smith A, Ortega M, Donovan JL, Gazda NP, Tong K, Simonson D, Kelley T, DeClercq J, Choi L, Pierce G. 2022 ASHP Survey of Health-System Specialty Pharmacy Practice: Clinical Services. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2023; 80:827-841. [PMID: 36999452 DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/zxad064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Results of the first ASHP national survey of clinical services provided by health-system specialty pharmacies (HSSPs) are presented. METHODS A survey questionnaire was developed by 26 HSSP contacts after reviewing available literature on the role and services of HSSPs. After pilot and cognitive testing resulting in a final questionnaire of 119 questions, a convenience sample of 441 leaders in HSSPs was contacted using email and invited to participate in the survey. RESULTS The survey response rate was 29%. Almost half of respondents (48%) had offered pharmacy services for 7 years or more, and most (60%) dispensed more than 15,000 prescriptions annually. Respondents most commonly (42%) reported a specialist model wherein staff are dedicated to specific specialty disease states. Over half of respondents reported providing several medication access, pretreatment assessment, and initial counseling services to patients referred to them, regardless of whether the HSSP was used for medication fulfillment. All HSSP activities were noted to be documented in the electronic health record and visible to providers frequently or always. Almost all respondents noted that HSSP pharmacists have a role in specialty medication selection. Disease-specific outcomes were tracked in 95% of responding HSSPs, with 67% reporting that outcomes were used to drive patient monitoring. HSSPs were often involved in continuity of care services such as transitions of care (reported by 89% of respondents), referral to other health-system services (53%), and addressing social determinants of health (60%). Most respondents (80%) reported providing clinical education to specialty clinic staff, including medicine learners (62%). Though only 12% of respondents had dedicated outcomes research staff, many reported annually publishing (47%) or presenting (61%) outcomes research. CONCLUSION HSSPs are a clinical and educational resource for specialty clinics and have developed robust patient care services that encompass the patient journey from before specialty medication selection through treatment monitoring and optimization.
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- Autumn D Zuckerman
- Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- University Specialty Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Tufts Medicine Specialty Pharmacy, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Outpatient Pharmacy Services, Yale New Haven Health, Hamden, CT, USA
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- Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Ako-Egbe L, Seifeldin R, Saikat S, Wesseh SC, Bolongei MB, Ngormbu BJ, George R, Ocan C, Peter Lasuba CL. Liberia health system's journey to long-term recovery and resilience post-Ebola: a case study of an exemplary multi-year collaboration. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1137865. [PMID: 37404281 PMCID: PMC10317185 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1137865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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This article is part of the Research Topic 'Health Systems Recovery in the Context of COVID-19 and Protracted Conflict' Liberia is one of the three countries worst hit by the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola Virus disease (EVD) outbreak, during which it recorded over 10,000 cases, including health workers. Estimates suggest that the non-EVD morbidity and mortality resulting from the collapse of the health system exceeded the direct impact of EVD. Lessons from the outbreak were clear, not only for Liberia but also for the regional and global communities: that building health system resilience through an integrated approach is an investment in population health and wellbeing, as well as economic security and national development. It is therefore no surprise that Liberia made recovery and resilience a national priority from the time the outbreak waned in 2015. The recovery agenda provided the platform for stakeholders to work toward the restoration of the pre-outbreak baseline of health system functions while aiming to build a higher level of resilience, informed by lessons from the Ebola crises. Based on the co-authors' experiences of on-the-ground country-support work, this study sought to provide an overview of the Liberia Health Service Resilience project (2018-2023) funded by KOICA, and propose a set of recommendations for national authorities and donors, derived from the authors' perceptions of best practices and key challenges associated with the project. We used both quantitative and qualitative approaches to generate the data represented in this study by reviewing published and unpublished technical and operational documents, and datasets derived through situational and needs assessments and routine monitoring and evaluation activities. This project has contributed to the implementation of the Liberia Investment Plan for Building a Resilient Health System and the successful response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Liberia. Although limited in scope, the Health Service Resilience project has demonstrated that health system resilience could be operationalized by applying a catchment and integrated approach and encouraging multi-sectoral collaboration, partnership, local ownership, and promoting the Primary Health Care approach. Principles applied in this pilot could guide the operationalization of health system resilience efforts in other resource-limited settings similar to Liberia and beyond.
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- Louis Ako-Egbe
- Health Systems Strengthening, World Health Organization - Country Office for Liberia, Monrovia, Montserrado, Liberia
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- World Health Organization - Country Office for Liberia, Monrovia, Montserrado, Liberia
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- National Public Health Institute of Liberia, Monrovia, Montserrado, Liberia
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- World Health Organization - Country Office for Liberia, Monrovia, Montserrado, Liberia
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Rodrigues NJP. Public-Private Partnerships Model Applied to Hospitals-A Critical Review. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:1723. [PMID: 37372841 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11121723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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In this paper, a conceptual framework for investigating the PPP model as it relates to hospitals is proposed. When the PPP model is applied to healthcare (hospitals), it is possible to discover the path to success by developing a critical assessment and deriving a clear model. It is concluded that most PPP model implementations in hospitals around the world have produced favorable outcomes, both in terms of the performance of healthcare units and in terms of cost-effectiveness. Additionally, a path-to-success model that applies to hospitals is offered, taking into account six PPP model dimensions: (i) Environment; (ii) Potentiate Benefits; (iii) Constant Measure; (iv) Evaluation; (v) Management; and (vi) Enhance Strengths. The PPP model only applies case by case and under specific requirements that should be met cumulatively to provide additional value to healthcare's quality of service. The right conditions are created, the right benefits are amplified, public concerns are frequently assessed, private contributions are carefully considered, and all pressing challenges are managed by enhancing both public and private strengths. Leading decision- and action-making processes in corporate, governmental, and social sectors is the goal of managing PPP models.
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- Nuno J P Rodrigues
- Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, REMIT, Portucalense University, Rua Dr. António Bernardino Almeida, 541-619, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
- School of Management, ISLA-Polytechnic Institute of Management and Technology, Rua Diogo Macedo n.º 192, 4400-107 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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Klemann D, Rijkx M, Mertens H, van Merode F, Klein D. Causes for Medical Errors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:healthcare11111636. [PMID: 37297775 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11111636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Background: Quality strategies, interventions, and frameworks have been developed to facilitate a better understanding of healthcare systems. Reporting adverse events is one of these strategies. Gynaecology and obstetrics are one of the specialties with many adverse events. To understand the main causes of medical errors in gynaecology and obstetrics and how they could be prevented, we conducted this systematic review. Methods: This systematic review was performed in compliance with the Prisma 2020 guidelines. We searched several databases for relevant studies (Jan 2010-May 2023). Studies were included if they indicated the presence of any potential risk factor at the hospital level for medical errors or adverse events in gynaecology or obstetrics. Results: We included 26 articles in the quantitative analysis of this review. Most of these (n = 12) are cross-sectional studies; eight are case-control studies, and six are cohort studies. One of the most frequently reported contributing factors is delay in healthcare. In addition, the availability of products and trained staff, team training, and communication are often reported to contribute to near-misses/maternal deaths. Conclusions: All risk factors that were found in our review imply several categories of contributing factors regarding: (1) delay of care, (2) coordination and management of care, and (3) scarcity of supply, personnel, and knowledge.
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- Désirée Klemann
- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht University, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Executive Board, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht University, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht University, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6228 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Sureshkumar S, Mustapha F, Yusoff H, Mwangi KJ, Marcus K, Kohlbrenner B, Issom D, Benissa MR, Aebischer-Perone S, Braha N, Candela E, Chhabra KG, Desikachari BR, Dondi A, Etchebehere M, Gathecha G, Kengne AP, Missoni E, Palafox B, Pati S, Madhu PP, Peer N, Quint J, Tabrizi R, Oris M, Beran D, Balabanova D, Etter JF. An Online Survey of the Perceptions of Clinical and Non-Clinical Professionals on Healthcare for Non-Communicable Diseases and COVID-19 Measures During the Pandemic in Malaysia. Int J Public Health 2023; 68:1605861. [PMID: 37304500 PMCID: PMC10247991 DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1605861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Objectives: This study assesses the opinions of health professionals in Malaysia on the disruption of non-communicable disease (NCD) services during the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 to January 2022. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional online survey with 191 non-clinical public health workers and clinical health service workers in Malaysia from November 2021 to January 2022. Participants were recruited by the Malaysian Ministry of Health using major networks including key experts and practitioners. Secondary respondents were subsequently enrolled through snowballing. Results: The most notable issues raised by the survey participants relate to NCD service disruption, the redirection of NCD care resources, and NCD care being overburdened post-pandemic. Respondents also reported accounts of resilience and prompt reaction from the healthcare system, as well as calls for innovation. Conclusion: Most respondents perceived that the challenges arising from COVID-19 were mostly managed well by the healthcare system, which was able to provide the necessary services to NCD patients during this health emergency. However, the study identifies gaps in the health system response and preparedness capacity, and highlights solutions for strengthening NCD services.
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- Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health (Malaysia), Putrajaya, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine and Public Health, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia
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- Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health (Kenya), Nairobi, Kenya
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- Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FICSAE), Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health (Kenya), Nairobi, Kenya
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Noncommunicable Diseases Research Centre, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
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- Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Johnson WV, Blaes AH, Booth CM, Ganguli I, Gupta A. The unequal burden of time toxicity. Trends Cancer 2023; 9:373-375. [PMID: 36828772 PMCID: PMC10616757 DOI: 10.1016/j.trecan.2023.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Many cancer treatments impose large time investments on patients. We have termed these time burdens 'time toxicity' and have urged their consideration as adverse events of treatment. Here, we discuss time toxicity measures while considering inequitable access to healthcare, time as a resource, and patterns of time toxicity.
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- Whitney V Johnson
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Roman A. A Closer Look Into Brazil's Healthcare System: What Can We Learn? Cureus 2023; 15:e38390. [PMID: 37265925 PMCID: PMC10231901 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.38390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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Brazil's healthcare system has made significant progress in recent years but still faces major challenges. In this editorial, we examine the greatest flaws and achievements of Brazil's healthcare system, focusing on population coverage, quality metrics, spending over the last ten years, and estimates of per capita spending over the next decade. We discuss the role of the government, private sector, and civil society in shaping Brazil's healthcare landscape and provide recommendations for improvement. Despite the challenges, Brazil has made impressive strides in healthcare, such as the implementation of the family health program, which has improved primary care access and reduced infant mortality rates. However, much work remains to be done, and Brazil must prioritize investment in healthcare infrastructure, workforce development, and the integration of digital technologies to ensure universal access to quality care for all.
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- Alex Roman
- Neurological Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, ARE
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Chen A, Väyrynen K, Leskelä R, Torkki P, Heinonen S, Tekay A, Acharya G. The acceptability of implementing patient-reported measures in routine maternity care: A systematic review. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2023; 102:406-419. [PMID: 36647292 PMCID: PMC10008272 DOI: 10.1111/aogs.14506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Patient-reported measures (PRMs) are becoming popular as they might influence clinical decisions, help to deliver patient-centered care, and improve health care quality. However, the limited knowledge and consensus about the acceptability of implementing PRMs in maternity care hinder their widespread use in clinical practice, and evidence-based recommendations are lacking. This systematic review aims to synthesize available evidence on the acceptability of implementing PRMs in routine maternity care. MATERIAL AND METHODS Literature on the implementation of PRMs in maternity care was electronically searched in six databases (PsycARTICLES, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and CINAHL), screened and selected for the topic of "acceptability". Theoretical Framework of Acceptability was used as the basic framework guiding data analysis and synthesis. Evidence was thematically analyzed and synthesized. Mixed Method Appraisal Tool and GRADE-CERQual approach were used to assess the quality of studies and evaluate the confidence in the review findings. RESULTS Overall, 4971 articles were screened. From 24 studies, we identified five themes regarding the acceptability of implementing PRMs in routine maternity care: (1) user's action and behavior, (2) stakeholders' attitudes, (3) perceived benefits, (4) perceived challenges and risks, and (5) stakeholders' preferences and suggestions on implementation. While pregnant and postpartum women, health professionals and other stakeholders involved in maternity care were generally positive about the implementation of PRMs in routine care and recognized the potential benefits (eg health improvement, women empowerment, care and services improvement and healthcare system advancement), they pointed out possible challenges and risks in answering PRMs questions, responding to answers, and setting up integrated information systems as well as suggested solutions in the aspects of PRMs data collection, follow-up care, and system-level management. The confidence in the review findings was moderate due to methodological limitations of included studies. CONCLUSIONS Available empirical evidence suggested that the use of PRMs in routine maternity care is acceptable among stakeholders involved in maternity care and the potential benefits of its integration in routine clinical practice to healthcare improvement has been recognized. However, possible challenges in data collection, follow-up care arrangement and system-level integration should be appropriately addressed.
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- An Chen
- Institute of Healthcare Engineering, Management and Architecture (HEMA), Department of Industrial Engineering and ManagementAalto UniversityEspooFinland
- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyHelsinki University Hospital and University of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
- Nordic Healthcare Group OyHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyCentral Finland Central HospitaJyväskyläFinland
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- Institute of Healthcare Engineering, Management and Architecture (HEMA), Department of Industrial Engineering and ManagementAalto UniversityEspooFinland
- Nordic Healthcare Group OyHelsinkiFinland
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of MedicineHelsinki UniversityHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyHelsinki University Hospital and University of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyHelsinki University Hospital and University of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Division of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC)Karolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
- Women`s Health and Perinatology Research grroup, Department of Clinical MedicineUiT The Arctic University of NorwayTromsøNorway
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Servetkienė V, Puronaitė R, Mockevičienė B, Ažukaitis K, Jankauskienė D. Determinants of Patient-Perceived Primary Healthcare Quality in Lithuania. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023; 20:4720. [PMID: 36981628 PMCID: PMC10048695 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20064720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Patient-centered care is considered to be one of the essential pillars of a modern healthcare system. Thus, quality assessment based on patients' perceptions, views and experiences in their journey through the healthcare system is recognized as one of the key principles for quality improvement initiatives. Measuring patient satisfaction can be confounded by expectations and prior experiences, which can be at least partly overcome by evaluating patient-perceived healthcare quality (PPHQ). Understanding the principal constituents of PPHQ may aid healthcare professionals and decision makers in the healthcare management process and help in creating instruments to meaningfully measure patient feedback. Herein, we aimed to analyze the primary determinants of PPHQ and their interactions, with a focus on patient experiences and healthcare accessibility, using the example of Lithuanian primary healthcare. For this purpose, we conducted a cross-sectional representative telephone survey that included a total of 1033 respondents (48% male) who had encountered primary healthcare during last 3 years. Survey questions consisted of sociodemographic characteristics, patient perceptions of healthcare service provision, patient experiences, self-reported health status and overall PPHQ ranked with a 5-point Likert scale as the primary outcome. The classification-regression tree (CRT) technique was used to analyze the relationship between different explanatory variables and PPHQ, as well as their relative importance and interactions. The majority of respondents (89%) evaluated PPHQ as acceptable or good. CRT analysis identified staff behavior, organizational accessibility and financial accessibility as the most important factors affecting PPHQ. Importantly, the latter factors surpassed the effect of other known PPHQ determinants, such as sociodemographic characteristics or health status. Further analysis has revealed that the relative importance of staff behavior, including understanding, attention and empathy, increased when more problems with organizational accessibility were encountered. In conclusion, our study suggests that PPHQ in primary healthcare may primarily be determined by organizational and financial accessibility and staff behavior, which may also act as an important mediating factor.
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- Vaida Servetkienė
- Health Research Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University, 08303 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Health Research Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University, 08303 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania
- Clinic of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, 03101 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Laffan M, Benson G, Farrelly C, Gomez K, Jones A, Maclean R, O'Donnell J, Lavin M. An expert consensus to define how higher standards of equitable care for von Willebrand disease can be achieved in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Haemophilia 2023; 29:819-826. [PMID: 36877609 DOI: 10.1111/hae.14765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Von Willebrand Disease (VWD) is the most common inherited bleeding disorder. However, recognition of the disease by both the public and healthcare professionals lags behind that of other bleeding disorders, leading to delays in diagnosis and treatment for patients. Updated national guidelines are needed to highlight an appropriate pathway for managing VWD patients in a timelier manner. AIM To identify ways in which care for VWD can be achieved on a more equitable basis. METHODS Using a modified Delphi approach, a panel of VWD experts developed 29 statements across five key themes. These were used to form an online survey that was distributed to healthcare professionals involved in VWD care across the UK and Republic of Ireland (ROI). Stopping criteria comprised 50 responses received, a 3-month window for response (February-April 2022) and 90% of statements passing consensus threshold. Threshold for consensus for each statement was agreed at 75%. RESULTS A total of 66 responses were analysed with 29/29 statements achieving consensus of which 27 attained ≥90% agreement. From the high degree of consensus, eight recommendations were derived regarding how detection and management of VWD can be improved to provide equity of care between men and women. CONCLUSION Implementation of these eight recommendations across the VWD pathway has the potential to raise the standard of care for patients in the UK and ROI by reducing delays to diagnosis and treatment initiation.
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- Mike Laffan
- Centre for Haematology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NI Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Centre, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- Haemophilia Centre and Thrombosis Unit, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, UK.,National Coagulation Centre, St James's Hospital, Dublin, UK
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- Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, UK.,National Coagulation Centre, St James's Hospital, Dublin, UK
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Halligan D, Janes G, Conner M, Albutt A, Debono D, Carland J, Sheppard-Law S, Taylor N, Middleton S, McInnes E, Ferguson C, Lawton R. Identifying Safety Practices Perceived as Low Value: An Exploratory Survey of Healthcare Staff in the United Kingdom and Australia. J Patient Saf 2023; 19:143-50. [PMID: 36729436 DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Up to 30% of healthcare spending is considered unnecessary and represents systematic waste. While much attention has been given to low-value clinical tests and treatments, much less has focused on identifying low-value safety practices in healthcare settings. With increasing recognition of the problem of "safety clutter" in organizations, it is important to consider deimplementing safety practices that do not benefit patients, to create the time needed to deliver effective, person-centered, and safe care. This study surveyed healthcare staff to identify safety practices perceived to be of low value. METHODS Purposive and snowball sampling was used. Data collection was conducted from April 2018 to November 2019 (United Kingdom) and May 2020 to November 2020 (Australia). Participants completed the survey online or in hard copy to identify practices they perceived to not contribute to safe care. Responses were analyzed using content and thematic analysis. RESULTS A total of 1394 responses from 1041 participants were analyzed. Six hundred sixty-three responses were collected from 526 UK participants and 515 Australian participants contributed 731 responses. Frequently identified categories of practices identified included "paperwork," "duplication," and "intentional rounding." Five cross-cutting themes (e.g., covering ourselves) offered an underpinning rationale for why staff perceived the practices to be of low value. CONCLUSIONS Staff identified safety practices that they perceived to be low value. In healthcare systems under strain, removing existing low-value practices should be a priority. Careful evaluation of these identified safety practices is required to determine whether they are appropriate for deimplementation and, if not, to explore how to better support healthcare workers to perform them.
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Mitchell P, Cribb A, Entwistle V. Patient Safety and the Question of Dignitary Harms. J Med Philos 2023; 48:33-49. [PMID: 36592336 PMCID: PMC9935492 DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhac035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Patient safety is a central aspect of healthcare quality, focusing on preventable, iatrogenic harm. Harm, in this context, is typically assumed to mean physical injury to patients, often caused by technical error. However, some contributions to the patient safety literature have argued that disrespectful behavior towards patients can cause harm, even when it does not lead to physical injury. This paper investigates the nature of such dignitary harms and explores whether they should be included within the scope of patient safety as a field of practice. We argue that dignitary harms in health care are-at least sometimes-preventable, iatrogenic harms. While we caution against including dignitary harms within the scope of patient safety just because they are relevantly similar to other iatrogenic harms, we suggest that thinking about dignitary harms can help to elucidate the value of patient safety, and to illuminate the evolving relationship between safety and quality.
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Udoh II, Mpofu E, Prybutok G. Dementia and COVID-19 among Older African American Adults: A Scoping Review of Healthcare Access and Resources. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023; 20:3494. [PMID: 36834189 PMCID: PMC9967955 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20043494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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African American/Black communities comprise 12.2% of the U.S. population, with a COVID-19 infection rate of more than 18% and marginal access to healthcare services. This scoping review synthesizes the emerging evidence on healthcare accessibility among older African American adult communities with dementia and COVID-19, as well as the resource requirements for this population during the pandemic. Searches of different databases for empirical studies and other sources on dementia and COVID-19 among older African American adults yielded 13 studies that met the following inclusion criteria: (a) focus on dementia and COVID-19, (b) sampled older African American adults, (c) investigated healthcare accessibility and resources, and (d) published between 2019 and 2022. Following the initial selection of the studies, eight were selected for relevance based on the Population, Concept, and Context (PCC) inclusion and exclusion criteria. Thematic analysis indicated that older African Americans with dementia and COVID-19 experienced longer delays in accessing timely healthcare, including transportation, intensive care units (ICUs), and mechanical ventilation. They also had reduced healthcare resources associated with a lack of health insurance, low financial resources, and an increased length of hospital stay, which further aggravated the negative effects of comorbid dementia and COVID-19 infections. Evidence showed that racial and age disparities affected older African American adults with dementia and COVID-19, resulting in lower healthcare access and marginal resources. This is consistent with historical and systemic inequities in meeting the healthcare needs of people of color in the United States, which was compounded for older African Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Idorenyin Imoh Udoh
- Rehabilitation and Health Services, University of North Texas, Chilton Hall, 410 Avenue C, Suite 289, Denton, TX 76201, USA
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- Rehabilitation and Health Services, University of North Texas, Chilton Hall, 410 Avenue C, Suite 289, Denton, TX 76201, USA
- School of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
- Educational Psychology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa
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- Rehabilitation and Health Services, University of North Texas, Chilton Hall, 410 Avenue C, Suite 289, Denton, TX 76201, USA
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van Ballegooie C, Heroux D, Hoang P, Garg S. Assessing the Functional Accessibility, Actionability, and Quality of Patient Education Materials from Canadian Cancer Agencies. Curr Oncol 2023; 30:1439-1449. [PMID: 36826071 PMCID: PMC9955234 DOI: 10.3390/curroncol30020110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Revised: 01/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Patient education materials (PEM)s were extracted from provincial cancer agencies to determine their organizational health literacy by evaluating the quality, actionability, and functional accessibility (e.g., readability and understandability) of their PEMs. PEMs from 10 provincial agencies were assessed for their grade reading level (GRL), using eight numerical and two graphical readability scales, and underwent a difficult word analysis. The agencies were assessed for PEM quality using two methods (JAMA benchmarks and DISCERN), while actionability and understandability were assessed using the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT). Seven hundred and eighty-six PEMs were analyzed. The overall average GRL was 9.3 ± 2.1, which is above the recommended 7th GRL for health information. The difficult word analysis showed that 15.4% ± 5.1% of texts contained complex words, 35.8% ± 6.8% of texts contained long words, and 24.2% ± 6.6% of texts contained unfamiliar words. Additionally, there was high overlap between the most frequently identified difficult words in the PEMs and the most frequently misunderstood words by cancer patients identified in the literature. Regarding quality indicators, no agency displayed all four indicators according to the JAMA benchmarks and DISCERN scores ranged between 38 (poor) to 66 (excellent). PEMAT scores ranged between 68% to 88% for understandability and 57% to 88% for actionability. PEMs continue to be written at a level above the recommended GRL across all provinces, and there was overall high variability in the quality, understandability, and actionability of PEMs among provincial agencies. This represents an opportunity to optimize materials, thus ensuring understanding by a wider audience and improving health literacy among Canadian cancer patients.
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- Courtney van Ballegooie
- Experimental Therapeutics, BC Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
- Faculty of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Experimental Therapeutics, BC Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
- Correspondence:
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- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, BC M5T 2S8, Canada
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- Experimental Therapeutics, BC Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Queiroz NSF, Martins CDA, Quaresma AB, Olivera Sendra PA, Ernest-Suarez K, Kotze PG. IBD barriers across the continents: a continent-specific analysis: Latin America. Therap Adv Gastroenterol 2023; 16:17562848231167953. [PMID: 37124371 PMCID: PMC10134129 DOI: 10.1177/17562848231167953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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Latin America (LATAM) is a large region comprising 47 countries and territories. Each one carries a different cultural and historical background, diverse political systems, and a particular approach to healthcare management. There is a lack of high-quality data on the epidemiology of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) in this region, including broad and detailed information about the penetration of biological and advanced therapies as treatment strategies. From an IBD perspective, patients experience, in general, fragmentations and inequities in the healthcare systems, with different and usually delayed access to qualified health services. This review explores the barriers to accessing IBD care throughout LATAM. The authors compiled data from multiple sources, such as studies focusing on epidemiology, biological penetration, and surgical rates. In addition, overall access to IBD treatments was assessed through a questionnaire distributed to physicians in LATAM via email and direct messaging to capture local perspectives.
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- Health Sciences Graduate Program, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brazil
- Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina (UNOESC), Joaçaba, Brazil
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- IBD Unit, Gastroenterology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigación Clínica (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hospital México, Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, San José, Costa Rica
- Gastroenterology Postgraduate Program, School of Medicine, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Health Sciences Graduate Program, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brazil
- IBD Outpatient Clinics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brazil
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Darak HL, Osiro OA, K'Owino DO, Mua BN. Trends of patients' visit at the University Dental Hospital prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study. Pan Afr Med J 2023; 44:87. [PMID: 37193107 PMCID: PMC10182371 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2023.44.87.37372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
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- Halima Leruk Darak
- Department of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi Dental Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi Dental Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
- Corresponding author: Olivia Awino Osiro, Department of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi Dental Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Department of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi Dental Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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Kelley AT, Weiner SJ, Francis J. Directly Observed Care: Crossing the Chasm of Quality Measurement. J Gen Intern Med 2023; 38:203-207. [PMID: 36127536 PMCID: PMC9849645 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07781-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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After more than two decades of national attention to quality improvement in US healthcare, significant gaps in quality remain. A fundamental problem is that current approaches to measure quality are indirect and therefore imprecise, focusing on clinical documentation of care rather than the actual delivery of care. The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has identified six domains of quality that are essential to address to improve quality: patient-centeredness, equity, timeliness, efficiency, effectiveness, and safety. In this perspective, we describe how directly observed care-a recorded audit of clinical care delivery-may address problems with current quality measurement, providing a more holistic assessment of healthcare delivery. We further show how directly observed care has the potential to improve each NAM domain of quality.
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- A Taylor Kelley
- Vulnerable Veteran Innovative Patient Aligned Care Team (VIP) Initiative, Informatics, Decision-Enhancement, and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Center, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. .,Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, Room 5R218, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA. .,Program for Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge and Advocacy (PARCKA), Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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- Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.,Division of Academic Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Office of Analytics and Performance Integration, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC, USA
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Ortner J, Moya D, Manzanera R, Torres M, Vives A, Farrus X, Grau N, Mira JJ. Adverse events in the global healthcare practice of an Occupational Mutual Insurance Company in Spain. Work 2023; 76:1157-1165. [PMID: 37248933 DOI: 10.3233/wor-220203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Patient safety is currently a main issue in healthcare practice. Adverse events (AEs) management is a key instrument for the application of strategies to prevent harm to patients. OBJECTIVE To analyze the type, severity and preventability, according to validated scales, of AEs occurring annually in the healthcare practice of an Occupational Mutual Insurance Company in order to implement action plans to improve patient safety. METHODS We analyzed the reported AEs in an Incident Reporting System and AEs detected in the Audit program of clinical records as a result of treating injured or ill workers in our 88 ambulatory care centers. RESULTS We detected 28 AEs in the clinical records (CR), representing 0.05 AE/CR, with maximum values in the COM sample (26 AEs, 0.11) and much lower in INT (1 AEs, 0.02) and MIN (1 AE, 0.02). The most frequent AE type was procedure-related, followed by infection and care. AEs of severity level D (11 cases) and E (9 cases) predominated, while level F was also detected (6 cases). Intermediate values in preventability (3 and 4) predominated, 61.5% were preventable. With the Incident Reporting System, 27 AEs were identified, predominated by procedural type. Most reported AE severities was in levels E (10 cases) and C (8 cases), 89% were preventable. CONCLUSION Our company detects AEs via the Incident Reporting System and annual Audit program of clinical records, both of which are complementary, and may result in the implementation of more effective Patient Safety measures.
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- Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain
- Departamento de Salud, Alicante-Sant Joan, Alicante, Spain
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