Health care utilization
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Medical consortiums have been extensively established to facilitate the integration of health resources and bridge the technical gap among member institutions. This study aimed to investigate the differences in influencing mechanisms of clinicians’ hepatic contrastenhanced ultrasound technology (CEUS) utilization behavior between leading and subordinate hospitals within medical consortiums, thus providing clues for expanding effective and appropriate technologies within integrated care systems.
11p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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Cervical cancer is a preventable disease. However, it remains the commonest and deadly cancer in women worldwide. Health care seeking behaviour is not well studied in Ethiopia even though it is crucial in averting cervical cancer by maximizing cervical cancer screening utilization.
10p vishanshan 27-06-2024 2 1 Download
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Depression is prevalent among Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/ OIF) Veterans, yet rates of Veteran mental health care utilization remain modest. The current study examined: factors in electronic health records (EHR) associated with lack of treatment initiation and treatment delay; the accuracy of regression and machine learning models to predict initiation of treatment.
10p vishanshan 27-06-2024 3 1 Download
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Patient navigation is an evidence-based intervention that reduces cancer health disparities by directly addressing the barriers to care for underserved patients with cancer. Variability in design and integration of patient navigation programs within cancer care settings has limited this intervention’s utility.
20p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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Emergency departments (ED) worldwide have to cope with rising patient numbers. Low-acuity consulters who could receive a more suitable treatment in primary care (PC) increase caseloads, and lack of PC attachment has been discussed as a determinant. This qualitative study explores factors that contribute to nonutilization of general practitioner (GP) care among patients with no current attachment to a GP.
10p vishanshan 27-06-2024 2 1 Download
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The intricate balance between the advantages and risks of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) impedes the utilization of lung cancer screening (LCS). This study aimed to explore the decisional needs and support for shared decision-making for LCS among health care providers and high-risk groups in China.
16p vishanshan 27-06-2024 2 1 Download
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Polygenic risk scores (PRS), which ofer information about genomic risk for common diseases, have been proposed for clinical implementation. The ways in which PRS information may infuence a patient’s health trajectory depend on how both the patient and their primary care provider (PCP) interpret and act on PRS information. We aimed to probe patient and PCP responses to PRS clinical reporting choices.
16p viellison 28-03-2024 3 2 Download
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Ebook "Health care spending in the new EU member states: Controlling costs and improving quality" are to take stock of recent trends in health expenditure aggregates in the public sector and to identify specific areas of reform consistent with the objectives of consolidating the fiscal situation in these countries without adversely affecting the production, delivery and utilization of health services.
72p tuongnhuoclan 28-11-2023 6 4 Download
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Part 1 of ebook "Accountants' handbook - Volume 2: Special industries and special topics (11th edition)" provides readers with contents including: oil, gas, and other natural resources; real estate and construction; financial institutions; producers or distributors of films; regulated utilities; state and local government accounting; not-for-profit organizations; providers of health care services;...
410p mocthanhdao0210 20-11-2023 5 4 Download
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Event notifications are real-time, electronic, automatic alerts to providers of their patients’ health care encounters at other facilities. Our objective was to examine the effects of organizational capability and related social/organizational issues upon users’ perceptions of the impact of event notifications on quality, efficiency, and satisfaction.
8p visteverogers 24-06-2023 5 3 Download
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Access to online patient portals is key to improving care, but we have limited understanding of patient perceptions of online portals and the characteristics of people who use them. Using a national survey of 3677 respondents, we describe perceptions and utilization of online personal health information (PHI) portals.
5p visteverogers 24-06-2023 8 3 Download
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We explored patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives on electronic health record (EHR)–generated outpatient after-visit summaries (AVSs) to inform efforts to maximize the document’s utility.
8p visteverogers 24-06-2023 3 2 Download
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To assess whether electronic health information exchange (HIE) is associated with improved emergency department (ED) care processes and utilization through more timely clinician viewing of information from outside organizations.
8p visteverogers 24-06-2023 4 2 Download
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The goal of this investigation was to determine whether automated approaches can learn patientoriented care teams via utilization of an electronic medical record (EMR) system. To perform this investigation, we designed a data-mining framework that relies on a combination of latent topic modeling and network analysis to infer patterns of collaborative teams.
10p visteverogers 24-06-2023 6 2 Download
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A major focus of health care today is a strong emphasis on improving the health and quality of care for entire patient populations. One common approach utilizes electronic clinical alerts to prompt clinicians when certain interventions are due for individual patients being seen.
6p visteverogers 24-06-2023 6 3 Download
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Comorbidity adjustment is often performed during outcomes and health care resource utilization research. Our goal was to develop an efficient algorithm in structured query language (SQL) to determine the Elixhauser comorbidity index.
6p visteverogers 24-06-2023 2 2 Download
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To understand potential utilization of clinical services at a rural integrated health care system by generating optimal groups of telemedicine locations from electronic health record (EHR) data using geographic information systems (GISs).
6p visteverogers 24-06-2023 6 2 Download
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Given the complexity of high-acuity health care, designing an effective clinical note template can be beneficial to both document patient care and clarify how telemedicine is used. We characterized documented interactions via a standardized note template between bedside intensive care unit (ICU) providers and teleintensivists in 2 Veterans Health Administration ICU telemedicine support centers.
6p visteverogers 24-06-2023 4 2 Download
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To provide recommendations on how to most effectively implement advanced features of acute care patient portals, including: (1) patient-provider communication, (2) care plan information, (3) clinical data viewing, (4) patient education, (5) patient safety, (6) caregiver access, and (7) hospital amenities.
10p visteverogers 24-06-2023 6 3 Download
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Telemedicine can facilitate population health management by extending the reach of providers to efficiently care for high-risk, high-utilization populations. However, for telemedicine to be maximally useful, data collected using telemedicine technologies must be reliable and readily available to healthcare providers.
6p visteverogers 24-06-2023 6 2 Download