patient quality Articles
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What tools are available for management of Lower Anterior Resection Syndrome - LARS
To address the lack of a standardized approach for the management of LARS, a bowel management program, called BOREAL, was developed and evaluated in this study, aiming to highlight the acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of timely assessment and treatment of LARS. Low anterior resection is a common after sphincter-preserving, rectal cancer surgery and can contribute to long-term bowel ...
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A comparative study of prescribing and transcribing between the women hospital pharmacy and the ASHP: a benchmark approach
The aim of this case study is to compare the performance of the Pharmacy Department in the Women Hospital of the Hamad Hospital Corporation (HMC) of Qatar, with that of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) national survey in terms of prescribing and transcribing of drugs that was conducted in 2001. The methods used in this case study include observation, secondary data ...
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Introducing a formal quality system in a medical department: case study of the ENT (ORL) Department at the Catholic University Leuven
This paper describes the experience of introducing a formal Quality System in the ENT (Ear - Nose - Throat - Head & Neck surgery) department of the Medical Faculty at K.U.Leuven. This department is a typical medical unit in a university environment with responsibilities for education, research and patient service. Today, formal Quality Systems are well introduced in production organisations and ...
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ZAP Surgical Receives CE Mark Clearance for its ZAP-X Gyroscopic Radiosurgery Platform
ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc. today announced it has received CE mark clearance to the new EU MDR for its ZAP-X® Gyroscopic Radiosurgery® platform. The CE mark makes it possible for healthcare providers to begin treating patients with the ZAP-X system in the European Union. For select indications including many primary and metastatic brain tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is proven ...
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Improving Quality of Life with a Bionic Hand
Many upper limb amputees seek out a bionic hand in hopes that it will help them perform daily tasks and increase their quality of life. While these hopes themselves are enough to persuade patients to become bionic hand users, users find that they receive so much more once fitted with the hand. We believe that with a bionic hand, users can dramatically improve their quality of life - in more ...
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Project - Development of a free, easy-to-use electronic patient self-reporting outcomes solution to be deployed through our existing platform ONCOassist and made available globally
Project Description We are developing a free, easy-to-use electronic patient self-reporting outcomes solution to be deployed through our existing platform ONCOassist and made available globally. This will improve the quality of patient care and allow life science companies to gather real-world evidence about how their drugs are performing in the field. Cutting edge research shows ...
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Principal Care Management: Reimbursement for High-Value Care Management Services
It’s July and OCM has sunset, EOM is another year on the horizon, and you are wondering how to continue supporting your patients during this transitional period. Regardless of whether participating in a value-based care model is on your roadmap, PCM should be. Principal Care Management (PCM)1 is designed to reimburse specialty practices for providing needed care management services to ...
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High Energy Pelvic Trauma in a Geriatric Patient Treatment with the Curvafix IM System- Case Study
CASE PLANNING Intention to place three CurvaFix® IM Implants: one in S1 and one in each of the left and right anterior ...
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PTR Robots meet public demands and strengthen care solutions - Case Study
The development of PTR Robots Hospitals spend a lot of resources on conventional patient handling procedures which led Project University Hospital Køge to look for more efficient and flexible alternatives, that would benefit both patient and caregiver and integrate rehabilitation in the daily care routines. The purpose was also to create one solution that fits all situations to avoid ...
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How to reduce diagnostic errors through patient engagement
As patients, we like to think diagnostic errors are rare, but the reality is they are fairly common. According to a recent Medscape poll, one in six physicians reported making diagnostic errors daily. Aside from the ongoing risk to patient health and safety, diagnostic errors also pose a considerable financial threat, with one study suggesting they cost the U.S. economy $750 billion each ...
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Bridging Clinical Research to Real-World Patient Care Through Predictive Analytics
The ability to predict how a clinical trial participant will adhere to their treatment, and even respond to that treatment, has great promise to advance patient-centric clinical research. But, as we look to understand the impact a drug has on patients’ everyday health outside of a research environment, what happens to these unique, predictive findings around dosing and outcomes once a drug ...
By AiCure
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The Power of Outcome-Based Pricing
In February of 2019, CEOs and senior executives from seven major pharmaceutical companies met with the Senate Finance Committee about drug pricing. During that meeting, AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot discussed how value-based agreements have the potential to transform how medicines are priced and reimbursed in the U.S., and in doing so, triggered a host of discussions across the industry on the ...
By Vistex Inc
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UK Team to Test Robot-assisted Exercise to Improve Balance in MS Patients
Researchers at Kent and Canterbury Hospital, U.K., are recruiting 20 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who can walk at least eight meters with a walking aid to test the effectiveness of a five-week exercise program using assistive robotic technology. A patient completes balance and strengthening exercises using the Rex robot. (Photo courtesy of East Kent Hospitals University NHS ...
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Idience: developing selective and potent PARP inhibitor IDX-1197 for solid tumors
The first wave of PARP inhibitors has improved outcomes in people with a variety of solid tumors. However, Idience has identified opportunities to improve the efficacy of existing drugs and overcome resistance. The company plans to target homologous recombination repair-proficient patients with a clinical-phase PARP inhibitor that is now available for licensing. Ildong Holdings, a major ...
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The Need for an Expanded Role of Risk Management in Healthcare
The role of risk management in healthcare has come a long way over the years. But as risks to the healthcare industry multiply—both in number and costs—risk management and risk managers need to be at the forefront of the business. If not, healthcare organizations can’t thrive, or potentially even survive. How healthcare risk management has evolved Today’s ...
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Top Advances in Echocardiography Transforming Cardiac Imaging on World Heart Day
In honor of World Heart Day on September 29, we're diving into the world of cardiovascular diagnostics. Echocardiography, one of the most widely used screening and diagnostic modalities in healthcare, has seen a resurgence thanks to advances and groundbreaking innovations within the last few years. Join us as we explore the top trends shaping these diagnostic methods. 1. ...
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Riskonnect Speeds Healthcare and Health and Safety Governance with Major Platform Updates
Riskonnect, the leading integrated risk management software solution provider, today announces the latest version of its platform Riskonnect 2019.2. The release delivers new, robust features for the healthcare and health and safety markets, including support for non-clinical rounding, long-term care event reporting and safety audits. The enhancements are designed to help risk professionals in ...
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Avail The Best Treatment of Liver Transplant in Delhi
The liver is one of the most vital organs of the body. It means one cannot live without the proper functioning of the liver. It performs many critical functions of the body which include enhancing metabolism of the body, removing degrading products, and synthesis of enzymes and proteins. The main function of the liver is that the blood enters the liver through two chains – one is the ...
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Introducing Navigating Cancer’s Medical Advisory Board Ahead of ASCO Presentations Illustrating Equitable Cancer Care Innovation
Navigating Cancer is filling an important role in the healthcare community during a time that has placed tremendous pressure on healthcare providers to better support a growing and diverse patient population, outside-of-the-clinic. Digital health tools and remote symptom monitoring enable more efficient care delivery and improve patient outcomes – while providing actionable insights based ...
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Endoform improves wound closure for Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Highlights A retrospective analysis of real-world data published in the ‘International Wound Journal’ compared the wound closure times for diabetic foot ulcers treated with either Endoform™ Natural (1150 wounds) or collagen/ORC (1072 wounds). The data was analyzed to evaluate the median time for wound closure, percentage of wounds healed at 12-,24- and 36- weeks and ...
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