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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"ambulatory care"”.
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Network space in ambulatory care facilities
Thesis. 1979. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Nursing professional development in ambulatory care: what is it?
… in ensuring the quality and safety of nursing care and in guiding nurses through practice transitions. In recent years, an increasing number of NPD practitioners have been employed in ambulatory care settings, yet little is known about how the ambulatory practice setting affects or is affected …
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Nurse-Patient Rapport During Videoconferencing Visits in Oncology Ambulatory Care
<p>Care of individuals with cancer represents a significant aspect of nursing; projections of new cases will continue to rise nationally and internationally. Rapport is generated within the context of an interaction between individuals and is especially important in oncological care. Interpersonal …
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Staff Perceptions Of Risk Factors For Violence And Aggression In Ambulatory Care
… of violent acts by patients and visitors in the ambulatory care environment is an important issue that research has not addressed. This report utilizes research conducted in inpatient healthcare settings regarding violence, patient and visitor risk factors for violence, staff characteristics that …
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A wireless wide area network PDA application for on-call ambulatory care physicians
… similar technology is optimized and used in the ambulatory care setting. We have performed a study of Partners HealthCare System (PHS) physicians to determine user requirements, implemented a formal method (not previously used within the PHS Information Systems division) to create a Software …
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The Influence of Federally Qualified Health Centers on Selected Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in Georgia
<p>Author's Abstract: Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) resulting in hospitalizations make up a substantial proportion of health care costs, but should not because these conditions are manageable in quality primary care settings that promote prevention in an effort to avoid exacerbations …
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Transforming the Journey for Newly Licensed Registered Nurses: A Community Based Transition-to-Practice Program in Ambulatory Care Settings
… (nurse residency) program in ambulatory care described in this manuscript was developed and implemented as an innovative and alternative approach to traditional residency programs that has proven successful in increasing the employability of new RN graduates. The program …
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The clinical use and indications for head computed tomography scans in paediatric ambulatory care (short stay ward and medical emergencies) at a children’s hospital over a one-year period, 1st January-31st December 2013
… risks to patients and cost to the healthcare system. Aims: The study aimed to retrospectively investigate clinical presentation and indications of head CT at a tertiary paediatric hospital. Methods: Records of children presenting with acute illness to the medical emergency unit, excluding …
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Gender Differences in Opioid Prescribing Patterns among Adults in the US
… gender differences in opioid prescribing in ambulatory care and emergency department settings. The retrospective analysis of opioid prescribing rates in the US included all adult medical visits from 2006-2016. Data was collected from two nationally representative surveys, The National …
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The Multilevel, Multicultural, and Multi-Temporal Ecosocial Framework of Population Health : How Neighborhoods, Culture, and History Impact Health Outcomes and Produce Health Disparities
… disease risk factors and hospitalization due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions are tested in multilevel models. Dependent variables included: total physical activity scores, hypertension status, diabetes status, hypercholesterolemia status, and hospitalizations due to ambulatory care …
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The Competitive Effects of Health Maintenance Organizations
The rising cost of health care is a serious problem in the United States today. This thesis examines the competitive effect of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) on traditional providers of health care as a mechanism for cost control. First, a theoretical foundation for addressing the issue is …
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Antibiotikų vartojimo ypatumai 2003 - 2008 m. Lietuvoje /
… with antibiotics of the population, ambulatory and also hospital antibiotic use. The results showed that wrong perception about antibiotics is characteristic to Lithuanian population, as there is lack of privity, while traditions of self-medication and also habits to apply the …
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Strategies Ambulatory Practice Leaders Use In Optimizing Electronic Medical Record Systems
… record systems (EMRs) were quickly adopted by ambulatory care practices due to federal government programs encouraging their rapid adoption and implementation. The accelerated implementation and adoption of these digital care systems introduced new forms of administrative burdens that have …
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Increasing Patient Participation in the Medication Reconciliation Process
<p>It is estimated, that ambulatory care settings have a 25% adverse drug events (ADEs) rate, and 39% of those event were preventable errors (Taché, Sönnichsen, and Ashcroft, 2011). Considering many adverse drug events are related to medication errors, preventing medication errors is fundamental to …
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A qualitative study of healthcare workers' and patients' perspectives on changing the model of care from outpatient to in-home for the infusion of natalizumab
… of flexible delivery of natalizumab by ambulatory care nurses for people with multiple sclerosis. Currently, people with multiple sclerosis receive natalizumab intravenous infusions through an outpatient intravenous therapy service. Using a hospital in the home model to offer people with …
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Bacterial pneumonia hospitalization and pneumonia inpatient mortality in Texas, 1999-2007
… impact on the elderly. It is considered as an ambulatory care-sensitive condition by the Agency for Healthcare and Research (AHRQ), for which good outpatient care can potentially prevent the need for hospitalization or for which early intervention can prevent complications or more severe …
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Designing A Care Delivery System Through Interprofessional Coordinated Care In A Medical Neighborhood Setting
… <p>The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) has two significant aims: to improve the quality of healthcare and in doing so, to lower the cost of healthcare. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, …
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Relationships between Urban Environments and Crdiovascular Disease Risk
… were drawn from the Cardiovascular Health in Ambulatory Care Research Team (CANHEART) cohort, derived from health administrative databases. The population studied were community-dwelling, working-age adults. The first study examined cross-sectional associations between neighbourhood …
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Sociolinguistic Dimensions of Nurse Practitioner Practice: A Question of Power
… in the study in both private and public ambulatory care settings. Data analysis yielded two concurrent story lines which I labeled "language as process" and "patterns of language". These two story lines eventually converged on the question of power in nurse practitioner encounters with …
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