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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"US Healthcare System"”.
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Transformation of the US healthcare system with the advent of wireless sensing technologies
The US healthcare system is looked at from the point of view of various stakeholders and how its current structure has emerged over the years. With the shifting demographics, change in disease mix, ICT revolution and other factors at play, the system is in a state of flux. Sensor technology on the …
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Healing at the Margins: A Cultural/Historical Perspective on International Medical Graduates in the US Healthcare System
… has also long been controversial, engendering suspicion from organized medicine and concerns from policy analysts about physician surpluses in the United States and a “brain drain” of needed medical talent from much poorer nations. The past, current, and future role of IMGs is a window into …
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'Healthcaring': Learning to Resist the Logic of Letting Go through Arts-Based Curriculum in a Student-Run Free Clinic
Contemporary healthcare education does not adequately prepare students for some of the most persistent moral challenges of medical practice in the United States. Healthcare in the US includes practices and policies of exclusion limiting who has access to life- extending and life-saving treatments. …
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A multi-domain process design and improvement framework
Processes in manufacturing, services, and healthcare are complex socio-technical systems composed of intricately sequenced activities supported by elements drawn from multiple domains. While many of these processes offer high performance, their complexity can make their design, improvement, …
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System interfaces to facilitate follow-up pharmaceutical care in the United States
System interfaces are crucial in complex engineered systems but are understudied in follow-up pharmaceutical care. Therefore, this study aimed to develop a working definition of the concept "system interface" within the context of follow-up pharmaceutical care in the US Healthcare System. To …
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An integrative predictive model for hospital acquired complications
Hospital Acquired Complications (HACs) are a serious problem affecting modern day healthcare institutions. It is estimated that in US hospitals, HACs cause an approximately 10% increase in total inpatient hospital costs. With US hospital spending totaling nearly $900 billion per year, the …
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A case study of Vioxx using STAMP
… investigate and demonstrate the application of a systems approach to drug safety. The recall of the prescription drug Vioxx (Rofecoxib) was used as a test case to study whether STAMP (Systems Theoretic Accident Model and Processes) could be used to outline the interactions between the different …
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Use Of Teach-Back During Informed Consent In Cancer Clinical Trials
… diagnosed with cancer in the United States (US) enroll annually in a clinical trial (American Cancer Society, 2021; Institute of Medicine Committee on Cancer Clinical Trials; National Cancer Institute Cooperative Group Program, 2010). Flawed research consent practices are detrimental to …
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Abortion Beyond the Binary: Transgender people have historically been left out of abortion and reproductive health research. Now, two researchers are bringing their experiences to light.
… to accessing abortions and other reproductive healthcare, transgender people throughout the United States face a minefield of issues—from getting insurance coverage to dealing with medical providers who don’t know how to treat them, to weathering discrimination—but very little research exists …
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Healthcare technology, patient engagement and adherence : systems and business opportunity analysis
In the current shift in the US healthcare system, lower cost, higher quality of care, access and safety are the main drivers that are effecting changes. Patient compliance with medication and technology enabled wellness and engagement programs play an important role in ensuring the cost and quality …
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Dyad Management Model in the Healthcare Setting: A Case Study
The US healthcare system has been heavily criticized for its disintegrated nature; more so, it is very much alarming to have reports show that numbers are increasing on the restorable errors of medical professionals that have led to death or injury. With the situation in 2015 of the emergency …
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An Analysis of Trends of Generic Drugs and Biologic Prices in the U.S.
… Drug prices are a significant problem for the US healthcare system. Generic and biosimilar market competition reduces drug and biologic prices, results in substantial savings, and improves patient access and outcomes. As the costs of healthcare and prescription drugs continue to rise, the …
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Shifting Emergency Department Utilization Patterns Among Vulnerable Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Background: COVID-19 is a contagious respiratory illness caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of March 10, 2023, the virus infected nearly 104 million Americans. Many individuals were wary of seeking medical attention for issues unrelated to COVID-19 for …
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Human Cognitive Performance in Healthcare Information System Environment and its Application on Nursing Tasks
<p>The US healthcare system has serious issues in care quality and patient safety. Patients often do not receive the care they need or the given care service cause harm. In addition, the significant amounts of medical and medication errors occur, and recurring adverse drug events due to damaging …
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Reducing Patient No-Show Rates in Diabetes Clinic
… In addition, no-shows are estimated to cost the US healthcare system $150 billion a year (Toland 2013). At many clinics no-shows have necessitated overbooking clinic slots to maintain efficiency (Muthuraman and Lawley 2008). However, patient no-shows themselves and the overbooking that no-shows …
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Delivery, design, and mechanism of antimicrobial peptides
… hospital-acquired bacterial infections, which causes the death of 100,000 patients and costs the US healthcare system over $21 billion. These infections have become dangerously resistant to our existing line of antibiotics and are rapidly spreading outside of hospitals and into communities. As …
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Early Predictors of Post-stroke Motor Recovery
Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. Despite robust spontaneous biological recovery mechanisms and provision of intensive rehabilitation therapies, most stroke survivors experience persistent loss of upper extremity function which is directly related to reduced independence …