Qualitative subjective assessment of a high-resolution database in a paediatric intensive care unit-Elaborating the perpetual patient's ID card.

abstract：:Evidence-based health care (EBHC), previously evidence-based medicine (EBM), is considered by many to have modernized health care and brought it from an authority-based past to a more rationalist, scientific grounding. But recent concerns and criticisms pose serious challenges and urge us to look at the fundamentals o...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Wieringa S,Engebretsen E,Heggen K,Greenhalgh T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare glycaemic control, as reflected in the A1c level, of diabetic patients with primary care vs. with specialist care. METHODS:The study used administrative data from eastern Ontario, Canada, and a database containing the results of all A1c tests from this region between 1 September 1999 and 1 Septemb...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Shah BR,Hux JE,Laupacis A,Mdcm BZ,Austin PC,van Walraven C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although anxiety disorders are highly prevalent, lack of correct diagnosis and related concerns about treatment are serious clinical problems. Several factors affect, positively or negatively, management of anxiety and its improvement. A literature review and thematic analysis was executed to obtain an ove...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Smolders M,Laurant M,van Wamel A,Grol R,Wensing M

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：: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: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:Variability in indications for total hip replacement (THR) and unequal waiting times may limit health care access. OBJECTIVE:To analyse the relationship between appropriateness and previously developed surgical priority instruments. METHOD:Multicentre cross-validation study of patients placed on the waiting...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Allepuz A,Quintana JM,Espallargues M,Escobar A,Moharra M,Arostegui I

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartwright and Munro argued that extrapolation of findings from randomized controlled trials to other settings can be difficult because information about the underlying causal structure and subgroups is often not available. They advocated the use of 'capacities' - that is fixed causal contributions - in predicting eff...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Hubbeling D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcomes assessment holds great promise to improve the quality and efficiency of health care. By subjecting practices to rigorous and systematic analysis, we should be in a position to make judgments about what does and does not work in clinical practice. However, the outcomes of outcomes assessment themselves should ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Gunderman R

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Patient safety culture may have a significant influence on safety processes and outcomes. Therefore, it is important to have valid tools to measure patient safety culture in order to identify potential levers for cultural change that could improve patient safety. The 65-item Department of...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Shiner B,Ronconi JM,McKnight S,Young-Xu Y,Mills PD,Watts BV

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The efficiency of a hospital's operating room (OR) management can affect its overall profitability. However, existing indicators that assess OR management efficiency do not take into account differences in hospital size, manpower and functional characteristics, thereby rendering them unsuitable for multi-ins...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Tanaka M,Lee J,Ikai H,Imanaka Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:A valid tool to measure clinical competency early in medical school could identify students who may require special educational attention. The overall aim is to assess the relationship between students' scores on an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) given in the second year...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Simon SR,Bui A,Day S,Berti D,Volkan K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive improvements in antihypertensive drug therapy over the past four decades have provided clear benefits in limiting cardiovascular complications. Unfortunately, and largely inexplicably, the inclusion in meta-analyses of defective trials plus the employment of inappropriate diagnostic criteria for adverse co...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Robertson JI

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Models for the structured delivery of care rely on organizational attributes of practice teams. The Survey of Organizational Attributes for Primary Care (SOAPC) is known to be a valid instrument to measure this aspect in the primary care setting. The aim of this study was to determine the validity of a transl...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Ose D,Freund T,Kunz CU,Szecsenyi J,Natanzon I,Trieschmann J,Wensing M,Miksch A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD) and Health of Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA) are both measures of outcome for adolescent mental health services. AIMS:To compare the ADAD with HoNOSCA; to examine their clinical usefulness. METHODS:Comparison of the ADAD and HoNOSCA o...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Holzer L,Tchemadjeu IK,Plancherel B,Bolognini M,Rossier V,Chinet L,Halfon O

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Complex problems require strategies to engage diverse perspectives in a focused, flexible manner, yet few options exist that fit with the current health care and public health system constraints. The Complex Network Electronic Knowledge Translation Research model (CoNEKTR) brings together...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Norman CD,Charnaw-Burger J,Yip AL,Saad S,Lombardo C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health management programmes are generally evaluated as point treatment studies in which only a baseline and outcome measurement are used in the analysis, even when multiple observations for each individual are available. By summarizing observations into two distinct measurements the evaluator loses any ability to dis...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Linden A,Adams JL

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:The Central Research and Development Committee is seeking to involve lay perspectives in the NHS R&D Programme. This paper describes some recent examples of lay involvement in each step of the research process from setting the agenda to making use of research findings. Innovative approaches have involved lay people in...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Oliver S

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Data about health care organizations (HCOs) are not useful until they are interpreted. Such interpretations are influenced by the theoretical lenses used by the researcher. OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to suggest the usefulness of theories of complex adaptive systems (CASs) in guiding research interpretation. S...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Jordon M,Lanham HJ,Anderson RA,McDaniel RR Jr

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:This paper reports an initiative which promoted evidence-based practice in pressure risk assessment and management among home nursing clients in Melbourne, Australia. AIM AND OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the introduction and uptake of the Australian Wound Management Association Guidelines...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Kapp S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trauma prevention starts with to find out the extent of the problem and who it affects. Insight into morbidity figures is therefore necessary. AIM:To explore sex differences in traumatology and secondary medical care utilization in primary care related to age and socio-economic status (SES). METHODS:Data w...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Lagro-Janssen T,Grosicar J

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES:Drug-related morbidity is common, which results in suffering for the patients and a high cost to society. SÄKLÄK2 is a multi-professional intervention model aiming at improving drug safety in primary health care. The objective of this study was to elucidate the perceptions of the partici...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Skoog J,Lenander C,Modig S

更新日期：2020-02-01 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:Human brain connectome is a new and rapidly developing field in neuroscience. The pattern of structural and functional connectivity in the brain is not fixed but is continuously changing in response to experiences. Exploring these phenomena opens a powerful arsenal of analyses and comput...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Popova F,Kovacheva A,Garov P,Sivkov S,Kandilarova S,Sirakov N,Stoeva M,Velkova KG

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Non-routine events (NREs) are atypical or unusual occurrences in a pre-defined process. Although some NREs in high-risk clinical settings have no adverse effects on patient care, others can potentially cause serious patient harm. A unified strategy for identifying and describing NREs in these domains will ...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Alberto EC,Jagannath S,McCusker ME,Keller S,Marsic I,Sarcevic A,O'Connell KJ,Burd RS

更新日期：2020-08-16 00:00:00

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：: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:Focusing on the implementation of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the management of adult cancers, the objectives of this study were to (a) describe the intrinsic elements known to influence CPG use; (b) identify the ways in which CPGs are implemented; and (c) explore how CPG cha...

journal_title：Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

authors： Urquhart R,Woodside H,Kendell C,Porter GA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00