Clinicians' views of formats of performance comparisons.

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The onset of acute illness may be accompanied by a profound sense of disorientation for patients. Addressing this vulnerability is a key part of a physician's purview, yet well-intended efforts to do so may be impeded by myriad competing tasks in clinical practice. Resolving this dilemma ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Schrewe B,Ruitenberg CW

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosology is the science of defining and classifying diseases. Meta-nosology is the study of how we do this, on what principles nosological practices are based, the quality of the resulting medical taxonomy, and primarily whether/how diseases can be defined better than they are now. In modern Western medicine, there ar...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Livingstone-Banks J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The implementation of automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) in healthcare facilities appears to be increasing, in particular within Australian hospital emergency departments (EDs). While the investment in ADCs is on the increase, no studies have specifically investigated the impacts of ADC...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Fanning L,Jones N,Manias E

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to systematically evaluate the quality of methodological guidelines for androgenetic alopecia (AGA) using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) II instrument by searching and analysing the available worldwide guidelines. This could pr...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Huang M,Zhou X

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are many technologies designed to improve medication safety. Although limited evidence supports their use, there are pressures to implement them. OBJECTIVE:To determine the uptake of technologies designed to improve medication safety, plans for adopting technologies, attitudes towards technology use, ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Saginur M,Graham ID,Forster AJ,Boucher M,Wells GA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES: "Implementation science," the scientific study of methods translating research findings into practical, useful outcomes, is contested and complex, with unpredictable use of results from routine clinical practice and different levels of continuing assessment of implementable interventio...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Rapport F,Clay-Williams R,Churruca K,Shih P,Hogden A,Braithwaite J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and review evidence relating to the measurement properties of published multi-item outcome measures for the conservative management of lateral ligament injuries of the ankle. METHODS:Systematic literature searches were used to identify measures, which were then assessed against pre-defined criter...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Haywood KL,Hargreaves J,Lamb SE

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:A national guideline was proposed to enable shared care in hearing complaints and therefore to change patient flows. In this study the effect of this guideline is evaluated. METHODS:From a total of 3500 patients with hearing complaints, consulting the Ear Nose and Throat Department of a ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Duijvestijn JA,Grutters JP,Chenault MN,Joore MA,Manni JJ,Anteunis LJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The study aims to support decision making on how best to redesign diabetes care by investigating three potential sources of heterogeneity in effectiveness across trials of diabetes care management. METHODS:Medline, CINAHL and PsycInfo were searched for systematic reviews and empirical studies focusing on: (1) ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Elissen AM,Steuten LM,Lemmens LC,Drewes HW,Lemmens KM,Meeuwissen JA,Baan CA,Vrijhoef HJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD) are associated with substantial burden in adults (≥50 years). Moreover, adults with vascular, metabolic or respiratory diseases have been shown to have a 3-6 times higher risk of IPD when compared with their healthy controls. These persons at higher ri...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Martikainen JA,Soini EJ,Laine J,Ahman H,Postila V,Klemets P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONAL, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Registries are a powerful tool to assess specific performance measurements and quality of care in acute coronary syndromes (ACSs). In Portugal, ProACS is a nationwide registry of ACS that has been active for the past 15 years, and our objective was to assess specific quality indicators fo...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Timóteo AT,Mimoso J,ProACS Investigators.

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Local health administrators implemented chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure admission order sets to increase guideline adherence. We explored the impact of these order sets on workflows and guideline adherence in the internal medicine specialty in two Canadian teachin...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lander B,Balka E

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Virtues are an important component in the practice of clinical medicine. Prudence or wisdom and charity or love are often viewed as crucial for virtuous practice. Generally, the two virtues are discussed separately, with no connection between them; however, a synergy exists between the two virtues as a compou...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Marcum JA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In clinical medicine, a balance needs to be struck between reductionism (the view that a system can be fully understood in terms of its isolated parts) and holistic complexity appreciation (the view that the whole may not be discernible from knowledge of its parts). Reductionism, which currently is associated with ren...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Welsby PD

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a court in Belgium awarded a sum of 400 000 euros to the parents of a child with disability who at that point had already died of Sanfilippo syndrome. Their charge was not that the baby was born with disability, but that the child was born. The charge was brought in the child's name, and so effectively, the ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Devisch I

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS & OBJECTIVES:A variety of transition of care interventions has been evaluated to date to reduce readmissions. No studies evaluated effectiveness of clinical pharmacist's home-visits to recently discharged Medicare Advantage patients with the goal of preventing subsequent readmissions and urgent care use...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Shcherbakova N,Tereso G

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Cambodia is one of the 22 countries with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB). People often first seek treatment for cough and other TB symptoms through private pharmacies. The National Tuberculosis Programme trained willing private sector pharmacies to refer TB symptomatic clients to their...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Bell CA,Ilomäki J,Pichenda K,Duncan GJ,Saini B

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Short-term intensive insulin therapy (IIT) early in the course of type 2 diabetes can improve pancreatic beta-cell function and even induce normoglycemia that persists post-therapy. In spite of this benefit, insulin is often delayed until late in the course of disease partly because of it...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Opsteen C,Qi Y,Zinman B,Retnakaran R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unattended home sleep studies have been implemented to minimize the cost and delay in establishing obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) diagnosis and therapy. However, their accuracy and validity remain disputed. The purpose of our study is to assess their effectiveness (i.e. their technical reliability ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Domingo C,Vigil L

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Individual comparisons of the performance of risk-adjustment indices have been widely conducted. Few reviews have been conducted to summarize the performance of different risk-adjustment indices. A 30-day mortality rate is widely used to evaluate the quality of care in hospitals by federa...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Yang M,Mehta HB,Bali V,Gupta P,Wang X,Johnson ML,Aparasu RR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:This paper aims to show how the focus on eradicating bias from Machine Learning decision-support systems in medical diagnosis diverts attention from the hermeneutic nature of medical decision-making and the productive role of bias. We want to show how an introduction of Machine Learning systems alters the dia...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kudina O,de Boer B

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:I discuss the lack of precision in the term 'clinical reasoning' and its relationship to evidence-based medicine and critical thinking. I examine critical thinking skills, their underemphasis in medical education and successful attempts to remediate them. Evidence-based medicine (and evidence-based psychiatry) offer m...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Wells LA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVE:To identify factors important in determining whether an obese child achieves significant reductions in Body Mass Index Standard Deviation Score (BMI SDS) within a UK, hospital-based paediatric obesity service aimed at lifestyle modification. DESIGN:Observational Study. SUBJECTS:137 obese children (...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Sabin MA,Ford A,Hunt L,Jamal R,Crowne EC,Shield JP

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Ward rounds present opportunities for medical officers, nurses, allied health clinicians, and patients to interact and plan patient care. A recent literature review found eight types of rounding processes. Different purposes, varying levels of representation from clinical professions, an...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Walton V,Hogden A,Long JC,Johnson J,Greenfield D

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Geographical inequalities in lung cancer treatment and patient survival have been described. We hypothesized that lung cancer patients' access to treatment may be influenced by deprivation and the pathway to care. METHODS:Case notes were reviewed for patients resident in south-east London who were registere...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Jack RH,Gulliford MC,Ferguson J,Møller H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:A common approach to assessing treatment effects in nonrandomized studies with time-to-event outcomes is to estimate propensity scores and compute weights using logistic regression, test for covariate balance, and then estimate treatment effects using Cox regression. A machine-learning al...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Linden A,Yarnold PR

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small percentage of emergency department (ED) visitors account for a disproportionate portion of ED visits. Little is known about their relationships with their primary care providers (PCPs). This study compares frequent and infrequent ED visitors' primary care utilization and perceptions of primary care access, con...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Cunningham A,Mautner D,Ku B,Scott K,LaNoue M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In Canada, Aboriginal people, particularly First Nations experience significant health disparities and a lower health status compared with the non-Aboriginal population. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine the demographic and clinical characteristics of First Nations patients admitte...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lafond G,Haver CR,McLeod V,Clarke S,Horsburgh B,McLeod KM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few randomized clinical trials focus on patients' symptoms of the first post-operative week following outpatient (OPS) versus inpatient (IPS) laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). The objective was to compare these treatment modalities with regard to patients' perceptions of pain and other post-operative sympto...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Barthelsson C,Anderberg B,Ramel S,Björvell C,Giesecke K,Nordström G

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper evaluates the importance of conceptions underlying practices in medicine and in medical education. It uses a study of anaesthetists' approaches to practice, and of lectures in problem-based learning, to illustrate the influence of a conception of 'applying knowledge in, or to, practice' and of its apparently...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Margetson DB

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00