A qualitative assessment of West Virginia pharmacist activities and attitude in diabetes management.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this paper were to investigate quality of care for individuals with osteoarthritis (OA) and to determine if those most in need had the outcome of a total joint replacement (TJR). Key quality indicators were involvement in treatment decisions, appropriate information provision and outcomes o...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： McHugh GA,Campbell M,Luker KA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical malpractice claims can be analysed to gain insights aimed at improving quality of care. However, using medical malpractice claims in medical research raises epistemological and methodological concerns related to certain features of the litigation process. Medical research should therefore approach medical malp...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Garon-Sayegh P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Medication non-adherence is a major contributor to poor outcomes following discharge from psychiatric hospitals. It is therefore imperative that staff are able to accurately assess the extent to which patients have engaged with treatment. This study presents data on a new observer rating instrument of patien...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Byrne MK,Deane FP,Willis A,Hawkins B,Quinn R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use structured implicit review following large-scale explicit audit of antipsychotic polyprescribing to: (1) determine the true rate of antipsychotic polytherapy that deviated from best practice for schizophrenia treatment; and (2) assess whether explicit antipsychotic polytherapy criterion was appropriate...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Wheeler A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of protocol-based care on nursing roles, practice and service delivery. DESIGN:Case study evaluation informed by realistic evaluation methodology. Qualitative data collection methods were used including non-participant observation, post-observation interviews with nurses and patients, ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Rycroft-Malone J,Fontenla M,Bick D,Seers K

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent research indicates that allied health clinicians have difficulty articulating client needs and priorities into specific and measurable goals. As a result, a number of strategies to facilitate improvement in allied health clinicians' goal-setting skills have been recommended in the literature. In order...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Marsland E,Bowman J

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Little attention has been given to perceptions of pharmacist availability and role in the community setting following policy changes. The Pakistani model is particularly interesting as it encompasses three different pharmacy practice licensure types with major differences in credentials,...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Qadeer G,Amin MEK

更新日期：2020-04-22 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：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Patients can play an important role in reducing health care harm. Finding strategies to encourage patients to take on an active role in issues related to the quality and safety of their care is therefore essential. The aim of this study was to examine patients' and health care professiona...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Davis RE,Pinto A,Sevdalis N,Vincent C,Massey R,Darzi A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND AIMS:Among the problems to the publicly funded national health services are the waiting lists. Patients who need elective surgery generally have long waiting times before treatment. We aimed to develop a new prioritization tool for primary hip and knee replacement. METHODS:Criteria were developed using a...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Escobar A,Quintana JM,Bilbao A,Ibañez B,Arenaza JC,Gutiérrez L,Azkárate J,Güenaga JI,Vidaurreta I

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to examine Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption among Florida doctors who treat the elderly. This analysis contributes to the EHR adoption literature by determining if doctors who disproportionately treat the elderly differ from their counterparts with respect to the utilizati...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Yeager VA,Menachemi N,Brooks RG

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The standard of preventive care for poorly controlled seasonal allergic rhinitis (AR) is subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) with allergen extracts, administered in a physician's office. As an alternative to SCIT, sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) is now an option for patients with seasonal A...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Dranitsaris G,Ellis AK

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Group B streptococcus (GBS) neonatal infection can be prevented by screening pregnant women for GBS colonization from the 34th to the 38th week of gestation, as has been recommended in France since 2001. We assessed guideline adherence among midwives and obstetricians. METHODS:From 2006 to 2008, new and mand...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Albouy-Llaty M,Nadeau C,Descombes E,Pierre F,Migeot V

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Very few studies have addressed the magnitude of the effect of the condition of the patients and the surgical volume on possible cost savings in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The objectives of this study were to analyse and compare the costs of the CABG operating room (OR) between two hospitals, and...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Chung WC,Fan PL,Chiu HC,Yang CY,Huang KL,Tzeng DS

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Outcome of the first-trimester Down syndrome screening in younger population was less reported before. We present the outcome of this screening in Taiwanese women younger than 35 years old. We also test whether or not the first-trimester Down syndrome screening of women <35 years of age and women >35 years o...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Chou CY,Hsieh FJ,Cheong ML,Lee FK,She BQ,Tsai MS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVE:Accrediting health care organizations against standards is a recognized safety and quality intervention. The credibility of an accreditation programme relies on surveying reliability. We investigated accreditation survey coordinators' perceptions of reliability issues and their continued r...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Greenfield D,Hogden A,Hinchcliff R,Mumford V,Pawsey M,Debono D,Westbrook JI,Braithwaite J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Wide variations in referral practice from primary to secondary care have been observed. Clinical, demographic and referrer characteristics explain little of this variation. Patient psychological characteristics have been suggested as a potential explanation of this, biasing referral. The objective of this stu...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Glozier N,Prince M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the editorial to the first philosophy thematic edition of this journal was published in 2010, critical questioning of underlying assumptions, regarding such crucial issues as clinical decision making, practical reasoning, and the nature of evidence in health care, was still derided by some prominent contributors ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Loughlin M,Bluhm R,Buetow S,Borgerson K,Fuller J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:It has been proposed that delivery should be accomplished within 30 minutes after diagnosis of fetal distress. The objective of this study was to determine the decision-to-delivery interval (DDI) in emergency caesarean delivery for non-reassuring fetal heart rate (FHR). METHODS:A total o...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Boriboonhirunsarn D,Watananirun K,Sompagdee N

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To describe the application of systems and complexity science principles to real patient care. RATIONALE:Our current global health care system is not sustainable. It is structured based on the principles of reductionist science, which was discovered and developed over the past 400 to 600 years. Bec...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ramshaw B

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The types of diseases, or categories of suffering, referred to as medically unexplained symptoms or syndromes (MUS) are the focus for the following commentary. Such cases seem to invite reflection. The very nature of such complex patterns of disease and suffering raises a number of fundamental epistemological and onto...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Eriksen TE,Kirkengen AL

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Research indicates that multifaceted practice development (PD) interventions are more effective than single strategies. However, models of education in health care need to consider cost-effectiveness. OBJECTIVES:This paper presents a research-based, PD theory called the Individual Practice Development Theor...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Melton J,Forsyth K,Freeth D

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The goal is to fully automate the calculation of a breast ptosis measure from clinical photographs through automatic localization of fiducial points relevant to the measure. METHODS:Sixty-eight women (97 clinical photographs) who underwent or were scheduled for breast reconstruction were...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lee J,Kim E,Reece GP,Crosby MA,Beahm EK,Markey MK

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The incidence of falls and fall-related injuries in older age is predicted to increase concomitantly with global population ageing, representing a serious challenge to health care systems. In spite of the availability of policy and practice guidelines for the prevention of falls and fall-...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Peel NM,Travers C,Bell RA,Smith K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to apply the 'systems approach' to patient safety in order to identify causes for delays and errors in lung cancer diagnoses following an abnormal chest radiograph. METHODS:In the first part of this study, the systems approach to patient safety was comprehensively review...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Bhaludin BN,Shelmerdine SC,Arora S,Senbanjo T,Parthipun A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to examine the validity of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) in terms of change in relation to sex, clinical characteristics and level of clinical change as assessed using other measures. METHODS:The sample consisted of N = 690 admissions from one ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Egger ST,Weniger G,Prinz S,Vetter S,Müller M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Self-assessed health (SAH) status is a very simple four-, or five-category self-reported measure of health status that has been shown to be a powerful predictor of mortality, service use and total cost of medical care treatment. It is therefore reasonable to suggest that pre-intervention SAH may influence the...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Long MJ,McQueen DA,Lescoe-Long M,Schurman JR 2nd

更新日期：2005-10-01 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