The majority of the study population seemed to use strategies such as presenting essential information first, asking patients to demonstrate what has been taught and encouraging the presence of a family member. While these strategies have been shown to improve patient comprehension, other standardized ...
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Dr. Charles Swartis an Oxford-trained anaesthetist and pain management specialist. He has been practicing anaesthesia and pain management for more than twenty years. Dr. Swart introduced the treatment modality of radiofrequency therapy to Bermuda in 2009, the first of its kind. He is a full-tim...
First, the digital health technologies identified and reviewed were highly concentrated in a narrow range of HIT, most specifically around EHRs/electronic medical records, particularly with the use of alerts to help clinicians make appropriate clinical decisions. Though understandable given their high use...
Two reviewers (SN and YR) independently extracted the pre-specified data using a standardised approach to gather information on the study characteristics (the first author’s name, study design [cross-sectional survey, longitudinal survey, case–control, or cohort], study country, article type [pub...