Clinical risk management in hospitals: strategy, central coordination and dialogue as key enablers.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a program of training, education and awareness on the accuracy of the data collected from hospital discharge abstracts. Four random samples of hospital discharge abstracts relating to four different periods were studied. The evaluation of the impact of systematic tra...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lorenzoni L,Da Cas R,Aparo UL

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Switzerland, there is a dearth of information on the extent to which patients with chronic illnesses receive care congruent with the Chronic Care Model (CCM). To drive quality improvement programmes, it is necessary to have practical assessment tools in the country's own language to evaluate the delivery ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Steurer-Stey C,Frei A,Schmid-Mohler G,Malcolm-Kohler S,Zoller M,Rosemann T

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the commonest primary hepatic malignancy and the third most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Incidence remains highest in the developing world and is steadily increasing across the developed world. The majority of HCC occurs on a background of cirrhosis, principally cau...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Patel M,Shariff MI,Ladep NG,Thillainayagam AV,Thomas HC,Khan SA,Taylor-Robinson SD

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:RATIONAL AND AIMS: In recent years, guidelines for treatment of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have been updated. Insight in current pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of CHF in primary care, which was non-optimal in earlier studies, is limited. We aim to describe current pharmacolo...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Bosch M,Wensing M,Bakx JC,van der Weijden T,Hoes AW,Grol RP

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several philosophers of medicine have attempted to answer the question "what is disease?" In current clinical practice, an umbrella term "chronic kidney disease" (CKD) encompasses a wide range of kidney health states from commonly prevalent subclinical, asymptomatic disease to rare end-stage renal disease requiring tr...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Smart BTH,Stevens RJ,Verbakel JY

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONAL, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence based strategy for facilitating employment among adults with severe mental illness (SMI) where staff may lead mock job interviews to prepare clients for real-world interviews (a method with limited scalability and cost effectiveness). A...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Smith MJ,Graham AK,Sax R,Spencer ES,Razzano LA,Smith JD,Jordan N

更新日期：2020-08-01 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: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：OBJECTIVE:The obvious gap between evidence and practice in health care is unfavourable for patient care and requires the promotion of a scientific attitude among health care professionals. The aim of the present study was to determine the utilization of knowledge of and interest in research and development among primar...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Morténius H,Marklund B,Palm L,Fridlund B,Baigi A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper proposes that frameworks typical to metaphysics and art could be used in clinical treatment in somatic and psychiatric contexts to ensure improved care. The concept of the "body electric" of somatic patients which I introduced in previous work is developed further and paired with the "mind electric" of psych...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Pârvan A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the evidence for tai chi in reducing resting blood pressure (BP) in the elderly. METHODS:Databases were searched up to February 2009. All randomized clinical trials (RCTs) testing the effects of tai chi on resting BP in the elderly were considered. The selection of studies, data extraction and val...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lee MS,Lee EN,Kim JI,Ernst E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system approach termed P4 medicine has recently been proposed in the field of oncology. This approach has been advanced as an extension of what is usually called 'personalized' or 'genomic medicine'. P4 medicine creates effective predictive, personalized, preventive and participatory models to treat patients. In ord...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Pravettoni G,Gorini A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Mortality prediction models using logistic regression analysis play a pivotal role in intensive care quality evaluation, allowing a hospital's performance to be compared with a standard. However, when a difference between predicted and observed mortality exists, that is, the numerator of ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Foltran F,Berchialla P,Giunta F,Malacarne P,Merletti F,Gregori D

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been considerable political and organizational moves to involve 'consumers' (patients, carers, service users, potential users, local communities and the public at large) in the provision, planning and monitoring of health services. Such developments beg the question 'what constitutes good practice in user i...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kelson M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:This paper is the third of three related papers exploring the ways in which the principles of Learning Organizations (LOs) could be applied in Primary Care settings at the point of service delivery. METHODS:Here we provide a systematic literature review of contextual factors that either ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Rushmer R,Kelly D,Lough M,Wilkinson JE,Davies HT

更新日期：2004-08-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate control of blood pressure (BP) and diabetes and the associated risk factors in diabetic hypertensives treated by diabetic clinic primary care physicians. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of the medical records of diabetic hypertensives from six primary care diabetic clinics in Bahrain. RESULTS:T...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Al Khaja KA,P Sequeira R,Damanhori AH

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of the quality of allocation concealment with heterogeneity in age, the P value of the primary outcome and statistical significance of the primary outcome. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:We extracted data from articles published in four major medical journals in 2017 and 2018 that reporte...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Mitchell A,Moe-Byrne T,Cunningham-Burley R,Dean A,Rangan A,Roche J,Torgerson DJ

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:What factors determine the use of an anaesthesia preparation room and shorten non-operative time? METHODS:A logistic regression is applied to 18 751 surgery records from AZ Sint-Jan Brugge AV, Belgium, where each operating room has its own anaesthesia preparation room. Surgeries, in whic...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Mulier JP,De Boeck L,Meulders M,Beliën J,Colpaert J,Sels A

更新日期：2015-04-01 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: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：:One knowledge translation method, of putting evidence into practice, is the use of clinical practice guidelines (CPG). The purpose of this brief report is to describe an 8-step process of "how to" contextualize a training programme to increase CPG-uptake for a targeted audience in a clearly defined setting. This proce...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Stander J,Grimmer K,Brink Y

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In many developed nations, the state of publicly administered health care is increasingly precarious as a result of escalating numbers of chronically ill patients, inadequate medical personnel and hospital facilities, as well as sparse funding for ongoing upgrades to state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic technol...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Genuis SJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIM AND OBJECTIVE:As the prescribing of drugs in secondary care is known to influence prescribing in primary care and because an understanding of prescribers' reasoning is essential for evaluating prescribing appropriateness, the aim of this study was to investigate secondary care doctors' views of appropria...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ljungberg C,Lindblad AK,Tully M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Work on resilience in health and illness has been approached from a number of perspectives. These are the biological and psychosocial with a focus on the individual's responses to cope and adapt to changing circumstances wrought by changing physical health states. This we argue has a place but is far too narrow emphas...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Walker C,Peterson CL

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aims to obtain the mean relative weights (MRWs) of the cost of care through the retrospective application of the adjusted clinical groups (ACGs) in several primary health care (PHC) centres in Catalonia (Spain) in routine clinical practice. METHODS:This is a retrospective study based on computerize...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Sicras-Mainar A,Velasco-Velasco S,Navarro-Artieda R,Aguado Jodar A,Plana-Ripoll O,Hermosilla-Pérez E,Bolibar-Ribas B,Prados-Torres A,Violan-Fors C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The foundationalist and anti-foundationalist conceptions of medical knowledge have been at loggerheads for decades. Evidence-based medicine (EBM), the most prominent form of foundationalism, has attained wide appeal and acceptance among authorities. It proposes that evidence is the "base" upon which all clinical decis...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ghinea N

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of renal transplantation have improved steadily over the years. This article reviews the current status of patient and graft survival and discusses major causes of mortality and renal allograft failure. Review of recent literature demonstrates that the traditional enemies of transplantation, acute rejection an...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Jurewicz WA,Miles A

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Patient involvement is increasingly recognized as a key component on the international health care agenda. This attention has brought a need for developing generic and standardized open-source methods, tools, and guidelines on how to systematically implement patient involvement initiative...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Jørgensen MJ,Pedersen CG,Martin HM,Lomborg K

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00