Conclusion: This integrated care model where the pulmonologist directly advises the GP provided a significant yet small improvement of COPD health status where one would expect a small decline in health status due to the natural course of the disease. Clinical implications however are unclear. ...
Community nurses did claim several tasks in asthma care, but knowledge did not always seem to be sufficient. Additional results indicated that nurses who had taken a refresher course did have a higher knowledge level than nurses who had not taken such a course. Regular contact with asthmatic ...
Community nurses did claim several tasks in asthma care, but knowledge did not always seem to be sufficient. Additional results indicated that nurses who had taken a refresher course did have a higher knowledge level than nurses who had not taken such a course. Regular contact with asthmatic ...
and gradually trickle down to the secondary and primary care centres and individual practices in urban and rural areas. In the past more than 3 decades, I have seen increasing number of ophthalmologists who
“…residential training is good, and you know the cost. They have to take care of the logistics and also pay for the transports and all the other out of pocket expenses” – State Health Official. “…if you increase it to 7 days, of course, it would be better, but it needs to ...
We report health worker and caregiver perspectives of the existing paediatric primary care context as well as the extent to which PACK Child functions to address perceived problems within the current local healthcare system. Methods This process evaluation involved 52 individual interviews with caregivers...
After 6 and 12 months, there was a refresher course for the intervention practices. Table 1 Components of IDM included in the RECODE course for multidisciplinary teams in primary care Full size table Web-based disease management application During the course, the team learned the details of an...
These refresher courses are highly recommended for MDs, Cardiologists, family physicians and health care practitioners in all faculties of medicine. Once the ground work is established to understand the intricacies of nutrition and its effect on high blood pressure, and its importance in preventive ...
Therapists were then asked to refer patients who are still in need of, and interested in, further treatment to specialty care. The short course of treatment and the potential to be a sufficient treatment for many patients, with the option for further care if needed, increases the PCIP's ...
There are a number of small studies which have examined possible methods of case finding through primary care, but no large RCTs that have adequately assessed the most cost-effective approach. Methods/Design In this study, using a cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) in 56 general practices...