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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Medical centers"”.
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The Organization and Administration of Continuing Education in Academic Medical Centers
… organization and administration of Continuing Medical Education (CME) in one of the settings in which it occurs, the academic medical center. Because of the scarcity of research findings on which to base generalizations about the organization and administration of CME in academic medical …
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Optimization-simulation framework to optimize hospital bed allocation in academic medical centers
… are major challenges that many large, academic centers currently face. To address these challenges, hospitals must effectively utilize available beds through proper strategic bed allocation and robust operational day-to-day bed assignment policies. Since patient daily demand for beds is highly …
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Policy Systems and Their Complexity Dynamics: Academic Medical Centers and Managed Care Markets
… networked organizational groups. Academic medical centers (AMCs), a large-scale social and policy system that plays a key role in the education of physicians, the conduct of research, and the provision of specialized clinical care, were chosen as an example to demonstrate the enhanced …
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From bench to bedside : impact of conflict-of-interest restrictions at academic medical centers on clinical trials
… there has been increasing concern at academic medical centers about the impact of relationships with industry on patient care and student education. This has generally resulted in more stringent conflict-of-interest rules. This paper seeks to better understand the impact of these …
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By Chance or by Design: the Organizational Identification of Academic Directors in Academic Medical Centers in the U.S.
Academic medical centers (AMCs) are complex, bureaucratic organizations with multiple, interconnected missions and constituencies. What happens in the classroom affects the operating room and lab. Clinical medical school faculty who become clerkship or course directors (called “academic directors” …
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Improving relationships between public transit authorities and medical centers : case studies and applications to the Illinois Medical District (Chicago, Illinois) and Centro Medico (Sun Juan, Puerto Rico)
… addresses transportation and mobility at urban medical centers, concluding that prioritizing transit access at medical centers has the potential to fundamentally transform the hospital experience by reducing congestion, increasing efficiency, improving the built environment, avoiding the …
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Building An Evidence Based Succession Planning Tool For Chief Nurse Executives
… Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) role within academic medical centers. The purpose of this project was to design and validate a tool that could be used by Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and CNOs to prospectively implement development plans for qualified internal nurse leaders. This project is based on …
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Analysis of a hospital network transportation system with discrete event simulation
… transportation to veterans between eight medical centers and over 35 Community Based Outpatient Clinics across New England. Due to high variation in its geographic area, it has been a continuous challenge for VISN1 to develop an optimal transportation system that has low operation costs, …
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Imaging Analysis and Deep Learning based approaches for Automated Lung Ultrasound Pattern Classification
… in a real-world scenario, across different medical centers and different populations, is also an area worth investigating. Most importantly, a thorough analysis of state-of-the-art methods for the assessment of LUS patterns at the frame and video level, along with an extensive evaluation of …
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Comparison Of Surgeon Perception Of Preoperative Patient Risk With The Acs Nsqip® Surgical Risk Calculator
… SRC.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>In this project in 2 medical centers, 10 surgeons completed a tool in which they estimated the risk of complications for patients undergoing elective surgical procedures. A NSQIP-trained reviewer determined SRC estimates for the same patients. Agreement was determined …
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Design and Development of a Wearable Wireless Health Monitoring System: A Smart Watch Approach
… data to the computer via Bluetooth and to the medical centers via Global System for Mobile (GSM) Long-Term Evolution (LTE) where the doctors can monitor their patients and act when they are in an emergency.</p> <p>Here, the proposed prototype is implemented in the watch by which the data are …
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Assessment of Geriatric Depression: Construction of a New Screening Inventory
… as well as inpatients and outpatients from two medical centers. All participants completed the 26-item Thorndyke Geriatric Depression Inventory (TGDI) and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). A subset of participant completed the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). Factor analysis was used to …
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Effect of wireless glucose meter on hyperglycemia and prenatal visits
… randomized clinical trial will take place in medical centers around Boston. Two hundred participants diagnosed with gestational diabetes will be recruited over a period of 24 months from these centers and randomly placed into two groups. One group will follow traditional treatment, and the …
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Introducing Wireless Grids Technology to the Field of Telemedicine
… Foundation, took place at two large military medical centers over a twelve-month period of time. Data was gathered from 568 healthcare professionals using quantitative survey instruments. Ninety-six respondents provided additional quantitative and qualitative inputs at various times during a …
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Application Of The Green House Model To The U.s. Geriatric Veteran Population
… compared with the experience of three state VA Medical Centers’ adoption of the model. In addition, VA Green House homes were assessed for their readiness to implement the change using a “Knowledge to Action framework.” Studies reviewed were compared with the three states and found the same …
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Characteristics of Patients Who Visit the Emergency Department with Self-inflicted Injury
During visits to emergency medical facilities, the primary care of and risk identification for individuals who have attempted suicide is considered an important element in suicide prevention. With the ultimate goal of helping to prevent suicide, the aim of the present study was to determine the …
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Planning Towards Equal Spatial Accessibility of NCI Cancer Centers Across Geographic Areas and Demographic Groups in the U.S.
The Cancer Centers designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) form the “backbone” of the cancer care system in the United States. Awarded via a peer-review process and being re-evaluated every 3 to 5 years, an NCI Cancer Center receives substantial financial support from NCI grants. When the …
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Medical equipment planning and construction of a interventional neuroradiology suite
… of medicine. It is composed of two renowned medical centers, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The hospital's strategic planning group identified the need to expand the Interventional …
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Impact of the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Code of Conduct on medical device physician-industry collaboration
The Massachusetts Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Code of Conduct (PCOC) or 105 CMR 970.000 was enacted by the Massachusetts state legislature and adopted by the Department of Public Health (DPH) in July 2009 under Chapter 305 of the Acts of 2008, An Act To Promote Cost Containment, …
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