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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Patient transfer"”.
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Patterns, predictors and outcomes of patient transfer in public sector chronic primary care services
Background: To maintain long-term care, patients with chronic conditions may require transfers between health facilities, jeopardising continuity of care. High levels of geographic mobility in low-and middle-income countries mean that patients may require transfers between primary health care (PHC) …
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Exploration of care continuity during the hospital discharge process
… is notoriously poor and negatively impacts on patient care. With the process being dependant on the quality of patient records during admission, junior doctors who write them and General Practitioners (GPs) who receive them, the objectives of this thesis were, with respect to discharge …
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The perceived barriers to timely therapeutic hypothermia treatment for neonates diagnosed with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy when born outside the cooling facility within the private healthcare setting
… within the private healthcare system and private patient transfer services, there are perceived barriers to timely care for HIE or Birth Asphyxia (BA) neonatal patients needing an urgent interhospital transfer. This study concluded that changes within the referral system are needed to mitigate the …
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The concept of similarity in interorganisational networks: an empirical application in healthcare
… is provided by longitudinal data collected on patient transfer relations within an Italian community of hospital organisations from 2006 to 2009. The results of the empirical analyses contribute to advance our understanding of social selection (i.e., network theory), social influence (i.e., …
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Reducing intraday patient wait times through just-in-time bed assignment
… School. The neuroscience units experience patient flow issues similar to those observed throughout MGH, including high bed utilization and long intraday patient wait times. This project focuses on the neuroscience units as a microcosm of the hospital. MGH consistently operates near …
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EMS to Trauma Care Transitions: An Investigation of Patient and Handoff Outcomes
… medical service transportation of trauma patients has a long history of effective use-cases dating back to its inception during the Vietnam war. Compared to ground-based emergency medical transit, helicopters have been able to reach severely injured patients in environments with …
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Exploring patient pressure relief, repositioning and transfer while in a bed
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-15 without embargo terms
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An analysis of neonatal mortality following gastro-intestinal and/or abdominal surgery in a tertiary hospital in South Africa
… was found in 9 conditions. An additional 57/762 patients (7%) died post-surgery between 30 days from surgery and 6 months of age. A further 34 patients (4%) died between 6 and 12 months of age. Mortality resulted from: sepsis (74%), palliation due to ultra-short bowel length (12%); in patients …
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Designing an Audit and Feedback System to Drive Handoff Redesign and Implementation
Pages i-vii are misnumbered as pages ii-viii.