This study considers the role of digital communication in helping young people engage with services and the clinical teams providing their care. Data are drawn from 165 young people and 173 NHS staff across 20 clinical settings in the UK treating a variety of long-term conditions. Although not ...
Understanding the drivers of health and economic cost for the treatment of mental health conditions is critical to meet the accelerating demands for care. We conducted an economic evaluation of real-world healthcare-systems data from 27,540 patients rece
Abstract Many of those who advance criticisms of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) conclude that RCTs of social interventions are rarely, if ever, appropriate. However, it should be possible to combine the strengths of a randomized approach with the ‘theory-driven’ or ‘realistic’ approach ...
The age of antibiotics, spanning only 80 years, is now entering a period of progressive and widespread emergence of drug-resistant organisms that threaten to bring this era to an end1,2,3,4. Microbial pathogens, including fungi, tend to have short generation times, plastic genomes, and the...
A qualitative evaluation of an NHS Weight Management Programme for obese patients in Liverpool forqualitativeresearchintheareaofhealthserviceweightmanagementprogrammesandhighlightstheimportanceoflong-termsupportinempoweringpatientsbyexploringtheirlivedexperienceofthe... Richard,Webb,Ian,... - 《Nutrition & Food ...
of STEMI patients in a difficult situation due to the need to balance timely reperfusion therapy and maintaining strict infection control practices [13,14]. Telemedicine, which is used to deliver health care services using information or communication technology, provides an opportunity to carry out ...
The WHO surgical safety checklist: survey of patients' views Evidence suggests that full implementation of the WHO surgical safety checklist across NHS operating theatres is still proving a challenge for many surgica... SJ Russ,S Rout,J Caris,... - 《Bmj Quality & Safety》 被引量: 23发表:...
Nonetheless, 75% of patients with CRC liver metastases are not surgical candidates due to their medical status, advanced disease, and/or comorbidities [3,6]. NCCN recommends Thermal ablation as a standalone therapy or in combination with surgery provided that all visible tumors can be eradicated ...
Qualitative data analysis using a framework approach highlighted the crucial role of communication partners when using accessible information, deficits in current National Health Service (NHS: UK’s publicly funded health care system) information provision in the UK, and possible broader relevance of ...
The WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 highlighted the need for the NHS and the medical device companies it works with to focus on cyber security measures