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Showing 1 to 20 of 101 for “"patient information"”.
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Issues In Patient Information Transmission: Standardizing Home Health Admission
<p>When 84 patients, current and former, complained about lack of information during the intake process within five months period, a uniform "Patient Screening Tool" (Appendix L) was developed to improve the admissions process to this home health agency. Intake staff is responsible for receiving …
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Impact of using social media to increase patient information provision, networking and communication
… systems that enable sharing, networking and information generation on an unprecedented scale. However, there is limited evidence as to how social media mechanisms are adopted by patients within health to engage with others, locate and generate information, or as a source of support. The …
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Patient information system for national health care : an intranet internet-based model for the State of Kuwait
… and recommend the basis for the best possible patient information and national healthcare delivery system in the State of Kuwait. The research question is directed towards the appropriateness and usefulness of introducing the pay-per-use concept in the context of national (Kuwait) and global …
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Application and Evaluation of Unified Medical Language System Resources to Facilitate Patient Information Acquisition through Enhanced Vocabulary Coverage
… framework for studying the process of patient information acquisition and 2) to develop and evaluate automated techniques for identifying domain-specific vocabulary terms contained in, or missing from, a standardized controlled medical vocabulary with emphasis on those terms necessary …
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Ownership of Patient Information in the Context of Big Data // Собствеността върху пациентската информация в контекста на Големите данни
The issue of patient information ownership in the context of Big Data represents an increasingly important area which modern technological reality shapes in interesting way. Healthcare delivery systems nowadays are undergoing a peculiar change. This is partly because of the rapid digitalization and …
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Utilization of the vacuum form machine: Custom mouthguards versus esthetic bleaching trays
… types of appliances recommended, and types of patient information provided.Methods: Questionnaires were constructed and mailed to 2500 dentists.Results: 80% of dentists utilized vacuum form machines, 42.5% recommended mouthguards, 60.2% recommended home bleaching trays, 37.6% provided patient …
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Evaluation of a Scientifically Developed Anesthesiology Handoff Protocol
… failures can cause error in the transfer of patient information. A multitude of factors can affect the transmission of patient information between providers including transactive memory, power distance, and conversational noise; however, literature suggests that the use of handoff protocols …
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Exploiting hierarchical and temporal information in building predictive models from EHR data
… not only in lower costs but also in better patient outcomes. Electronic health records (EHR), which contain large volumes of detailed patient information, are a great resource for learning accurate predictive models using advanced machine learning and data mining techniques. In this thesis …
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Fast track assessment of the conscious sedation patient at the pre treatment consultation in a dental day clinic
… the fast track assessment of the referred dental patient for conscious sedation in a day clinic. The assessment took in consideration patient information, medical history, anatomical observations, treatment required, phobic aspects and patient expectations.
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GUARDIAN : automated patient monitoring system
… to monitor, examine, and consult with patients remotely by transferring medical information via wireless communication technologies. This thesis describes the design and implementation of a new automated patient monitoring system. In many cases, vital signs, location data, and other …
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A review of the routine monitoring data for antiretroviral patients in the public health sector in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
[Introduction] The first patients started on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the Western Cape Province public health service began treatment as early as January 2001. These patients were funded jointly by non-government sources, such as the Desmond Tutu Foundation (DTF) and Medecins Sans Frontieres …
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An investigation into information security in general medical practice
Increased demand by governments and patients for better healthcare communication has seen a growth in adoption of electronic medical records, with general practice as the cornerstone of this distributed environment. In this progressively more electronic state, general practice is charged with the …
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Bedside handover: structure, process and content - a mixed methods study
Background: The handover (also termed handoff) of patient information and patient care is an essential, albeit risk laden and time consuming activity in clinical nursing practice. Therefore, this nursing practice is both of importance and concern for patient safety and nursing management. The …
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What do healthcare providers think of patients who use the Internet?: An exploratory study
… (i.e. cognitive and social). Adults who seek information on the Internet about their health conditions are becoming more common. Providers have been wary of patient information searches, fearing that, at worst, conflicting information may provoke confrontation and doubt and, at best, the …
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The management of acute infective conjunctivitis in general practice
… is limited on GPs current management of AlC, patients' understanding of conjunctivitis or the most appropriate management strategy for AlC in general practice.<br/><br/>The aims of this thesis where to: 1) To determine GPs' current management strategies for AlC 2) To gain an understanding of …
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Bayesian networks for cardiovascular monitoring
… Unit, physicians have access to many types of information when treating patients. Physicians attempt to consider as much of the relevant information as possible, but the astronomically large amounts of data collected make it impossible to consider all available information within a reasonable …
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Comparison of natural language processing algorithms for medical texts
… that people are exploring to extract useful patient information. NLP applications in clinical medicine are especially important in domains where the clinical observations are crucial to define and diagnose the disease. There are a variety of different systems that attempt to match words and …
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perception and performance of emergency room nurse's protecting behavior for the patient privacy
… recognition, and practice in protecting patient privacy is important, leakage of private information may substantially threaten the very notion of the patient’s freedom. In other words, along with medical care, patient management including protecting individual privacy and assuring social …
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Strengthening Specimen Management to Eliminate Specimen Errors
… of 2016. These errors included labeling, patient information, requisition forms, labs, and fixatives. Data from quality assurance reports, specimen logs, and variance reports will be reviewed to monitor the effectiveness of the 3-step verification process. The methodology that will be used …
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A heuristic self-inquiry into the clinical decision making process of a medical music therapist when selecting music for patients who cannot or chose to not share preferred music
… hospitalized adults, especially when using patient-preferred music. However, limited research exists on music therapy in adult medical settings where patients cannot or choose not to share their music preferences. The purpose of this heuristic self-inquiry was to identify the factors that …
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