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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Healthcare personnel"”.
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Ραδιενεργά απόβλητα υγειονομικών μονάδων: Δυνητικοί κίνδυνοι για υγειονομικό προσωπικό και ασθενείς / Radioactive waste from healthcare facilities : Potential risks for healthcare personnel and patients
Η παρούσα εργασία διερευνά τους πιθανούς κινδύνους, που σχετίζονται με τα ραδιενεργά απόβλητα υγειονομικών μονάδων για το προσωπικό το οποίο εργάζεται σε χώρους υγειονομικής περίθαλψης και τους ασθενείς, λόγω της αυξανόμενης χρήσης της πυρηνικής ιατρικής και της ακτινοθεραπείας στη σύγχρονη …
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Doctor of nursing practice quality improvement project : free medical clinic diagnostic testing process improvement
… consequences for health organizations and personnel alike (Callen et al., 2012). Kwan et al. (2019) report that deficient laboratory testing processes can be attributed to safety concerns for patients. According to the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (2022c), in quality …
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Location optimization for vaccination centers of the andean region in Peru
… a tight health budget and shortage of healthcare personnel. The objective of this study is to define the optimal location for vaccination centers in the most adverse regions of Peru. A mathematical model for the optimization of the location is presented taking as a reference the Set …
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Flexibilidad psicológica y burnout en trabajadores de salud: revisión aplicada
Healthcare workers represent an especially vulnerable population to burnout (BO) syndrome, for which it is necessary to study potentially protective personal resources such as psychological flexibility (PF). The purpose of this review is to identify the relationship between PF and BO symptoms in …
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Pregnancy Related Experiences of Bangladeshi Immigrant Women Living in a Major US Metropolitan Area
… interviews with hospital administrators, healthcare personnel, non governmental agency executives; and documents analysis. The study and the design of the interview guide were influenced by the theoretical framework of the PEN-3 Model (Airhihenbuwa, 1995). A combination of purposeful and …
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A case study of the drivers and barriers of implementation of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) within a rural sub-district in South Africa
… demonstrated that personal experiences of healthcare personnel may impact on the information offered to mothers. In addition, the operational manager of a facility possessed significant influence to ensure a policy was implemented and adhered to. Recommendations include advocating for …
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Exploring the influence of management practices in retaining nurses in Dunedin's elderly care facilities
The New Zealand healthcare sector, particularly aged care, faces significant challenges due to an ageing population and a shortage of healthcare personnel. This study employs a qualitative research methodology, utilising semi-structured interviews and interpretive analysis, to examine the impact of …
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A Model of Patient Satisfaction and Behavioral Intention in Managed Care
… the effect of frequency of exposure to healthcare personnel attributes and behaviors on patient perceptions of their managed care experience, and their intention to return and to recommend the system.</p>
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Application of CAST to hospital adverse events
… goal to dramatically improve the quality of healthcare delivery in the United States has yet to be accomplished. While the report and subsequent efforts make frequent reference to the challenges of designing and obtaining system safety, few system tools have been applied in the healthcare …
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Improved access to large medical databases for clinical research and quality improvement
… medical databases are now commonplace in healthcare environments. Information is routinely stored for each clinical encounter, be it an inpatient, outpatient, telephone, or even computer-based interaction. In the past, the vast majority of this data concerned the demographic and financial …
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Assessing eHealth knowledge diffusion within the public health sector in Kenya using social network analysis
High disease morbidity coupled with limited healthcare personnel places the health sector in Kenya under strain, leaving parts of the population with limited access to health services. Electronic health (eHealth), the utilisation of information and communication technologies in healthcare, is an …
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Assessment of evacuation devices used in South African hospitals
… of evacuation devices and the preparedness of healthcare personnel in managing such scenarios. To measure device performance, practical evacuation drills were carried out. Data was collected from 16 drill trials in which an 80kg mannequin was evacuated through 5 floors of the Tygerberg Medical …
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Integrating Natural Light for Wellbeing, Performance, and Quality Care Delivery in Healthcare Environments
… issues in society impose significant burdens on healthcare professionals, affecting their comfort, overall well-being, and performance. While issues like inadequate funding and medical equipment shortages are frequently discussed, a growing recognition centres on the pivotal role that …
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A Study to Identify the Burden of Chronic Disease on a Private Emergency Medical Service in the Southern Sub-District of Cape Town, and if there is a Need for Palliative Care Provision in the Pre-Hospital Healthcare Sector
Introduction Paramedics are often the first healthcare personnel to provide contact and care to patients with exacerbation of their chronic, non-communicable disease. Many of these patients will call for assistance multiple times during the trajectory of disease, and may benefit from a palliative …
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ECMO Therapy in Intensive Care Settings: A Global Perspective on Outcomes and Observational Practices – Examining Factors Associated With ECMO Survival
… on patients’ survival. The Saudi Arabian healthcare system faces various challenges, including resource limitations, unequal allocation of healthcare personnel, and limited clinical data to guide patient selection criteria and the timing of venoarterial ECMO initiation. </p> …
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Advanced nurse practitioners'(emergency) perceptions of their role, positionality and professional identity
… (Emergency) role and scope of practice amongst healthcare personnel; forging links between nursing academics and ANP clinicians to create appropriate course curricula for ANPs’ continuing professional development; and the processes of reviewing future planning of nursing roles to include ANPs at …
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Transitioning Adolescents with Type I Diabetes to Adult Care
… as hospital discharge or movement from one healthcare setting to another, are currently a major concern for healthcare providers and policy makers alike. These care transitions are occurring in the context of increasingly fragmented care and have been known to result in hospital …
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Design, development, and evaluation of a web-based information tool to support decisions on treatment options for people with advanced pancreatic cancer: A mixed-methods study.
… with patients’ preferences when providing healthcare. However, exploring patients’ preferences is complex, especially for people diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer (APC), because of the associated low incidence and high mortality rates of the disease compared to other cancers. APC is …
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An Exploration of Resilience and Burnout among Healthcare Workers in the United States
<p>Healthcare workers (HCW) have historically suffered from high rates of burnout, and these rates have continued to rise during the pandemic (Sexton et al., 2022). Burnout among healthcare workers carries significant consequences for both HCWs (Davidson et al., 2018; Stathopoulou et al., 2011) and …
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Data Analytics for Statistical Learning
… operation, unstructured text-data reported by healthcare personnel, various demographic information of households from census surveys, and the range of communication data that define communities and social networks. Big data analytics generally follows this framework: first, a digitized process …
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