Quality of outpatient clinical notes: a stakeholder definition derived through qualitative research.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Telemedical programs for patients with chronic heart failure have shown inconsistent effects on survival and hospitalization. Few studies analyzed effects of telemedical interventions on health costs, although this outcome may determine whether or not a successful program will be adopted by health insurance ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Herold R,Hoffmann W,van den Berg N

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver function tests (LFTs) are routinely performed in primary care, and are often the gateway to further invasive and/or expensive investigations. Little is known of the consequences in people with an initial abnormal liver function (ALF) test in primary care and with no obvious liver disease. Further inves...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Donnan PT,McLernon D,Steinke D,Ryder S,Roderick P,Sullivan FM,Rosenberg W,Dillon JF

更新日期：2007-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients are undernourished during hospitalisation. The clinical consequences of this include lassitude, an increased risk of complications and prolonged convalescence. The aim of the study is 1) to implement a new organisation with a focus on improving the quality of the nutritional care of medical inp...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lassen KO,Grinderslev E,Nyholm R

更新日期：2008-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The lack of availability of skilled providers in low- and middle- income countries is considered to be an important barrier to achieving reductions in maternal and child mortality. However, there is limited research on programs increasing the availability of skilled birth attendants in developing countries. ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Okeke EN,Pitchforth E,Exley J,Glick P,Abubakar IS,Chari AV,Bashir U,Gu K,Onwujekwe O

更新日期：2017-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient safety has been a priority for many societies and health care systems in the last decades. Identification of preventable risks and aversion of potentially unsafe situations and fatal complications in maternity units is life saving. The explicit need to focus on quality of care underpins the aim of th...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Raftopoulos V,Savva N,Papadopoulou M

更新日期：2011-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nursing care plays a prominent role in determining the overall satisfaction of patients' hospitalization experience. Studies have shown that satisfaction with nursing care is the best indicator of patients' satisfaction with healthcare facilities. The aim of the current study was intended to determine the le...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kasa AS,Gedamu H

更新日期：2019-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implementation of interventions concerning prevention and health promotion in health care has faced particular challenges resulting in a low frequency and quality of these services. In November 2011, the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare released national clinical practice guidelines to counteract...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kardakis T,Jerdén L,Nyström ME,Weinehall L,Johansson H

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital governance is broadening its orientation from cost and production controls towards 'improving performance on clinical outcomes'. Given this new focus one might assume that doctors are drawn into hospital management across OECD countries. Hospital performance in terms of patient health, quality of ca...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rotar AM,Botje D,Klazinga NS,Lombarts KM,Groene O,Sunol R,Plochg T

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Observational research frequently uses administrative codes for mental health or substance use diagnoses and for important behaviours such as suicide attempts. We sought to validate codes (International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition, clinical modification diagnostic and E-codes) entered in Veterans...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kim HM,Smith EG,Stano CM,Ganoczy D,Zivin K,Walters H,Valenstein M

更新日期：2012-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cesarean section rates is often used as an indicator of quality of care in maternity hospitals. The assumption is that lower rates reflect in developed countries more appropriate clinical practice and general better performances. Hospitals are thus often ranked on the basis of caesarean section rates. The ai...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fantini MP,Stivanello E,Frammartino B,Barone AP,Fusco D,Dallolio L,Cacciari P,Perucci CA

更新日期：2006-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The GRADE method represents a new approach to grading the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in the preparation of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG). In the context of a pilot study to assess the implementability of the system in Spain, we considered it relevant to gain an insight into the ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Calderón C,Rotaeche R,Etxebarria A,Marzo M,Rico R,Barandiaran M

更新日期：2006-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective is to estimate the effects of therapeutic oxytocin supply chain factors and social determinants of health on patient access to oxytocin in low-income settings using system dynamics modeling. Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), a major cause of maternal mortality disproportionately affects women in low...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nadkarni D,Gravelyn S,Brova M,Rashid S,Yee R,Guttieres D,Clifford K,Desai D,Zaman M

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Albanian immigrants in Greece comprise a highly mobile population with unknown health care profile. We aimed to assess whether these immigrants were more or less likely to undergo laparotomy for suspected appendicitis with negative findings (negative appendicectomy), by performing a controlled study with ind...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tatsioni A,Charchanti A,Kitsiou E,Ioannidis JP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several years have passed since the rural New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) in China was established and policies kept continuous improvement. Its policies on chronic diseases vary by county but have certain shared characteristics. Following this modification of medical insurance policy, this study reass...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wang J,Chen L,Ye T,Zhang Z,Ma J

更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The migration of health professionals from southern Africa to developed nations is negatively affecting the delivery of health care services in the source countries. Oftentimes however, it is the reasons for the out-migration that have been described in the literature. The work and domestic situations of tho...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Muula AS,Maseko FC

更新日期：2006-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe underutilization of healthcare facilities and lack of timely, affordable and effective access to healthcare services in resource-constrained, bottom of pyramid (BoP) settings are well-known issues, which foster a negative cycle of poor health outcomes, catastrophic health expenditures and poverty. Und...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Černauskas V,Angeli F,Jaiswal AK,Pavlova M

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adverse drug events (ADEs) are frequent in hospitals, occurring either in patients before admission or as a nosocomial event, and either as a drug reaction or as a consequence of a medication error. Routine data primarily recorded for reimbursement purposes are increasingly being used on a national level bot...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Stausberg J

更新日期：2014-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As in other resource limited settings, the Ministry of Health in Zambia is challenged to make affordable and acceptable PMTCT interventions accessible and available. With a 14.3% HIV prevalence, the MOH estimates over one million people are HIV positive in Zambia. Approximately 500,000 children are born annu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Torpey K,Kabaso M,Kasonde P,Dirks R,Bweupe M,Thompson C,Mukadi YD

更新日期：2010-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Japan, as the number of elderly covered by the Long-term Care Insurance (LTCI) system has increased, demand for long-term care services has increased substantially and consequently growing expenditures are threatening the sustainability of the system. Understanding the predictive factors associated with l...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Olivares-Tirado P,Tamiya N,Kashiwagi M,Kashiwagi K

更新日期：2011-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Home blood pressure (BP) is closely linked to patient outcomes. However, the prevalence of its documentation has not been examined. The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence and factors affecting documentation of home BP in routine clinical care. METHODS:A retrospective study of 142,973 enco...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kramer MH,Breydo E,Shubina M,Babcock K,Einbinder JS,Turchin A

更新日期：2010-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General Practitioners (GPs) in the Netherlands routinely register all patient contacts electronically. These records include longitudinally gathered clinical information of the patient contacts in coded data and free text. METHODS:Diagnoses are coded according to the International Coding of Primary Care (IC...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Smeets HM,Kortekaas MF,Rutten FH,Bots ML,van der Kraan W,Daggelders G,Smits-Pelser H,Helsper CW,Hoes AW,de Wit NJ

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lack of adherence to international normalised ratio (INR) monitoring in rheumatic heart disease (RHD) patients is a contributor to cardio-embolic complications. This population-based observational study investigated whether the distance between home and an INR clinic affects the maintenance of therapeutic IN...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Barth DD,Zühlke LJ,Joachim A,Hoegger T,Mayosi BM,Engel ME

更新日期：2015-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Substance use is a potentially modifiable risk factor for suicidal behaviour. Little is known about the epidemiology of substance use among self-harm patients in South Africa. This study set out to collect epidemiological data about the prevalence, correlates, and patterns of medical service utilisation amon...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Breet E,Bantjes J,Lewis I

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite efforts by professional societies to reduce low value care, many reports indicate that unnecessary tests, such as nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), are commonly used in contemporary practice. The degree to which lack of awareness and professional liability concerns drive these behaviors war...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kline KP,Shaw L,Beyth RJ,Plumb J,Nguyen L,Huo T,Winchester DE

更新日期：2017-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the general association between socioeconomic status (SES) and hospitalization has been well established, few studies have considered the relationship between SES and hospital length of stay (LOS), and/or hospital re-admission. The primary objective of this study therefore, was to examine the relati...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McGregor MJ,Reid RJ,Schulzer M,Fitzgerald JM,Levy AR,Cox MB

更新日期：2006-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The safety culture has recently attracted the attention of healthcare organizations. Considering the importance of the roles of nurses with regard to patient safety, their knowledge and experiences of the challenges that influence patient safety culture can facilitate the development and implementation of be...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Farokhzadian J,Dehghan Nayeri N,Borhani F

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health systems are expected to serve the population needs in an effective, efficient and equitable manner. Therefore, the importance of strengthening of public, private and community health systems has been emphasized time and again. In most of the developing countries, certain weaknesses and gaps in the gov...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ejaz I,Shaikh BT,Rizvi N

更新日期：2011-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When it was initiated in 2001, England's national patient survey programme was one of the first in the world and has now been widely emulated in other healthcare systems. The aim of the survey programme was to make the National Health Service (NHS) more "patient centred" and more responsive to patient feedba...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： DeCourcy A,West E,Barron D

更新日期：2012-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continuous medical education strategies, including academic detailing (AD), have mixed effects on the quality of prescribing in general practice. Alongside a cluster-randomized controlled trial (cRCT) to assess the effectiveness of AD visits (on appropriate prescribing of analgesics for chronic pain in osteo...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Anthierens S,Verhoeven V,Schmitz O,Coenen S

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General practitioners (GPs) adopt clinical practice guidelines to varying degrees. Several factors have been found to influence application of guidelines in practice and the GP is apparently the key actor. Studies are needed to increase our understanding of how GPs' attitudes influence their use of guideline...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Carlsen B,Norheim OF

更新日期：2008-10-22 00:00:00