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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Healthcare Facility"”.
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Re-strategizing healthcare facility design : the comprehensive outpatient center
During the past decade, medical facility design has gone through enormous change not only because of new health care management system but exploding technological advances in diagnostic equipments and fast communication system. New imaging equipment is now, better, smaller, less noisy. And …
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Nutritional and health status of HIV+ adults stable on HAART attending a healthcare facility in Cape Town, South Africa
Background: PLWH have twice the chances of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) when compared to the uninfected population. This and other NCDs are important cause of non-AIDS related mortality among PLWH, and its prevalence may increase as PLWH continue to age. Factors that may have association …
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Added value through design for healthcare facilities/buildings in Saudi Arabia within the legislative regulations of Saudi Arabia
… can promote health and well-being. A healthcare facility with an environment that is user centered, welcoming, and accessible, while also supporting staff and patient privacy and security has been found to enhance medical outcomes, and patient and staff comfort and well-being, which in …
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Armature: Infill, A Health Care Facility in Verón, Dominican Republic
… memory. This project takes on the program of a healthcare facility in the community of Verón located in the Dominican Republic. Through the exploration of materials, the identity of the project is defined by a series of walls that bring order and scale to not only the clinic but the surrounding …
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Community Pressure Ulcer Occurrence: Description On Hospital Admission
… was the community; the remainder came from a healthcare facility (23.9%). The community-dwelling subjects (N=1,022) had a mean age of 72.7 ± 15.4; 52.4% were male, 80.3% white, 30.9% lived alone, 99.2% were insured, and 30.6% college educated. They presented with a mean of 1.46 pressure …
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Interstitial Building Space and its Relationship to Evidence Based Design
Healthcare facilities are dynamic, long-term investments that must be able to respond to change in order to avoid obsolescence. Flexibility is a response used in healthcare facility design and construction to counter uncertainties, such as changing medical technologies, medical science and …
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The prevalence and risk factors associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension among HIV-infected individuals in a tertiary hospital in Durban
… with it in individuals living with HIV in a healthcare facility in Durban between 2022 and 2023
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An Integrated BIM Framework to Support Facility Management in Healthcare Environments
The quality of healthcare environments has been linked to patient safety, patient and staff stress, clinical output, and patient outcome. As part of maintaining the physical environment within the healthcare settings facility managers need to ensure that complex systems are working properly. …
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A study of the preferences of the elderly in the design of ambulatory health care facilities
… guidelines that can be utilized for ambulatory healthcare facility design.
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Cleaning up hospitals : using participatory professional development to teach environmental sustainability practices to healthcare cleaning staff
… teach environmental sustainability practices to healthcare cleaning staff, using the guidance of the Participatory Adult Learning Strategy (Dunst & Trivette, 2009). Two questions were answered: (1) What impact does the selected PPD have for cleaning staff at a healthcare facility have in terms …
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A Comparison of Stages of Adoption of Exercise and Decisional Balance for Exercise in Nurses and Non-Nurses
… A convenience sample of 93 employees of a rural healthcare facility, The Decisional Balance for Exercise and Stages of Adoption of Exercise tools (Marcus, 1992) were utilized. Demographic data was also collected. Findings: This study found that there was no significant difference in the …
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Outpatient Oncology Center: A Journey Realized, Dallas, Texas
… The Outpatient Oncology Center will be a healthcare facility for adult and pediatric patients dealing with various types of cancer. The facility will service 100 adult and 100 pediatric patients a day. Services include Chemotherapy, Clinical Treatment, and Radiation Therapy. Remembering …
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Pain knowledge and attitudes of final year medical students at the University of Cape Town: a cross-sectional survey
… presenting complaint in patients visiting a healthcare facility. Healthcare professionals need adequate knowledge of pain to be able to manage it effectively. Aim: To determine the Pain Knowledge and Attitudes of the 2018 final year medical students at the University of Cape Town (UCT). …
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A retrospective descriptive analysis of prehospital advanced airway management in a South African private emergency medical service
… from mostly providing patient transport to healthcare facilities to the provision of emergency care interventions on scene or en route to a healthcare facility. Endotracheal intubation is one of these interventions but despite being performed in the prehospital setting for nearly two …
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Experiences of community service nurses and unit managers in a rural public hospital in Zululand district, Kwazulu-Natal province
… community service for one year, in public healthcare facility. The period of transition from being a student nurse to becoming a qualified professional nurse is often stressful. The nurses surfing through this transition sometimes feel inadequately prepared for the clinical environment. …
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Analysing the technique of blood pressure measurement in primary care: a single pilot study
… technique is often suboptimal in primary healthcare facilities, potentially leading to misdiagnosis and inappropriate management. Objective: To assess the quality of BP measurement technique in a primary healthcare facility in the Western Cape, South Africa, and to identify factors that …
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Design that Heals
… health, safety, and welfare. Ironically, healthcare facilities, whose programs focus on those elements, often seem to fall short of those basic design standards. The evolution of healthcare practices has brought us to a stage of design that focuses on the machine rather than the patient. …
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"A Hospital Built By Them, For Them": The Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital Building Fund Campaign and the Evolution of Black Healthcare Traditions in Columbia, South Carolina
… in hopes of building a new, state-of-the-art healthcare facility. As Director of the GSWH Building Fund Campaign, Modjeska Monteith Simkins successfully incorporated self-help principles to mobilize community support and raise funds for the proposed hospital from 1944 through early 1947. When …
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Proximity and Prenatal Care: Geographic Accessibility to Healthcare Facilities in N’Djamena, Chad
… neonatal mortality rates. Yet, accessibility to healthcare facilities remains an understudied challenge in many sub-Saharan African countries. This study examines the spatial accessibility to healthcare facilities in N’Djamena, Chad, across various transportation modes, as well as the …
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