| 4/7/2021 |
Comfort care interventions improve quality of life for patients with stroke |
healio.com |
Click Here to Manage Email Alerts Back to Healio We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact . Back to HealioComfort care interventions could improve quality of life in hospitalized patients with stroke , but disparities related to sex, race and income should be addressed, researchers reported.“Many stroke patients are candidates for comfort care, including palliative or hospice ... |
| 4/6/2021 |
Prescribing Phones to Address Health Equity Needs in the COVID-19 Era: The PHONE-CONNECT Program |
jmir.org |
... health directives (social isolation and contact tracing). Although similar programs addressing the same emerging issues have been recently described in the media, this is the first time phones have been provided as a health care intervention in an emergency department. This innovative emergency department point-of-care intervention may have a significant impact on improving health outcomes for vulnerable people during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.This is the ... |
| 4/6/2021 |
Novel Risk Score Identifies ICH Patients Who May Not Need ICU Admission |
Physicians Weekly |
... PhD, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and co-authors in Neurology .While the score needs prospective validation, it can “aid clinicians with triaging of ICH patients by reliably predicting the risk of critical care intervention s,” the researchers said. “Similarly, our score identifies ICH patients at low risk for critical care intervention s, and patients with a score 2 may be considered for management in a stroke unit without critical ... |
| 3/24/2021 |
The Practice of Home Visiting by Community Health Nurses as a Primary Healthcare Intervention in a Low-Income Rural Setting: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study in the Adaklu District of the Volta Region, Ghana |
hindawi.com |
... education, attitude, supervision challenges, lack of incentives, and lack of basic logistics to conduct HVs. It is imperative that CHNs HVs especially those with newborn children to assess the home environment and provide appropriate care intervention s and education as it was reported that 2.8% of 2641 newborns who did not receive a HV were readmitted to the hospital in the first 10 days of life with jaundice and/or dehydration ... |
| 3/24/2021 |
As Covid rages, world risks losing TB gains |
digitaljournal.com |
In the year since Covid-19 flipped the world on its head, diagnosis and treatment of another serious lung disease -- tuberculosis -- has plummeted, leaving experts fearful that progress in tackling that pandemic will be lost.Tuberculosis is treatable and easily diagnosed yet until Covid-19 emerged it was the world's biggest infectious killer, leading to 1.4 million deaths each year and infecting more than 10 million people.While TB has ... |
| 3/24/2021 |
As Covid rages, world risks losing TB gains |
newsbreak.com |
In the year since Covid-19 flipped the world on its head, diagnosis and treatment of another serious lung disease -- tuberculosis -- has plummeted, leaving experts fearful that progress in tackling that pandemic will be lost.Tuberculosis is treatable and easily diagnosed yet until Covid-19 emerged it was the world's biggest infectious killer, leading to 1.4 million deaths each year and infecting more than 10 million people.While TB has ... |
| 3/24/2021 |
Early Intervention May Improve PTSD Symptoms |
psychiatryadvisor.com |
Print The researchers said that efforts to target policy and funding should systematically incorporate the study findings into national trauma center requirements and verification criteria.A brief, stepped, collaborative care intervention program provided to patients with acute injuries with initial post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms was associated with a greater reduction in symptoms 6 months after injury compared to usual care, according to findings published in JAMA Surgery .The ... |
| 3/22/2021 |
Hearing loss, other auditory problems strongly linked with Covid-19 |
news-medical.net |
... discover what parts of the auditory system might be affectedThey will also explore the association between these and other factors such as lifestyle, the presence of one or more additional conditions and critical care intervention s.A recent study led by Professor Munro, suggested that more than 13 per cent of patients who were discharged from a hospital reported a change in their hearing.Ibrahim Almufarrij said: "Though the evidence ... |
| 3/22/2021 |
United Republic of Tanzania: Inter-Agency Operational Update #20 (February 2021) |
reliefweb.int |
... their voices are considered in the planning and implementation of activities. Additionally, 572 persons received rehabilitation services, 2,301 PSNs assisted with transport to access services, 2,963 PSNs were reached through monitoring and Home-Based Care Intervention s.▪ Community-Based Feedback Mechanism, Community mobilization, and communicating with communities’ activities proceeded well in February. Most of the issues raised by the PoCs during the reporting period were related to assistance. These ... |
| 3/18/2021 |
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healio.com |
Coordinated care intervention to help stroke and transient ischemic attack survivors from low-income areas meet CV goals ... |
| 3/17/2021 |
Decision Support Training for Advanced Cancer Family Caregivers: The CASCADE Factorial Trial |
clinicaltrials.gov |
... tips for good communication, and decision support tools Behavioral: CASCADE (CAre Supporters Coached to be Adept DEcision partners) CASCADE (CAre Supporters Coached to be Adept DEcision partners) is a multicomponent, nurse coach-led supportive care intervention designed to increase family caregivers' skills in providing decision support to individuals with advanced cancer. In a series of weekly, one-on-one, 15-20 minute, in-person or telephone sessions, family caregivers receive psychoeducation ... |
| 3/17/2021 |
Non-covid-related care lagging behind for a year – now puts pressure on healthcare |
en24news.com |
... about 400 employees are affected. Although SKR approved it in December, it never needed to be applied in practice. However, something is being done now.– For a year, we have prioritized and paused care intervention s based on the resources we have. Initially, it is quite simple because many conditions can wait, but as you wait, even milder conditions become acute and need to be prioritized. It is possible to ... |
| 3/11/2021 |
Trauma Care Intervention Reduces PTSD Among Trauma Center Patients |
Physicians Weekly |
Trauma Care Intervention Reduces PTSD Among Trauma Center PatientsMar 12, 2021 But does it work over the long-term?A brief collaborative care intervention aimed at injured patients in trauma centers is effective in reducing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms over six months, researchers found —however, these benefits did not extend to 12 months, they added.Their randomized clinical trial, led by Douglas Zatzick, MD, Department of Psychiatry and ... |
| 3/11/2021 |
March 11, 2021: TSOS Study Intervention Reduces PTSD Symptoms in Injured Patients at Level I Trauma Centers |
rethinkingclinicaltrials.org |
by Damon Seils Dr. Doug ZatzickA collaborative care intervention for injured patients at trauma centers can reduce symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to the results of the Trauma Survivors Outcomes and Support (TSOS) study. The results were published online this week in JAMA Surgery .The TSOS study, an NIH Collaboratory Demonstration Project , was a stepped-wedge, cluster randomized pragmatic clinical trial testing the delivery of a stepped ... |
| 3/4/2021 |
CV OR RN – FT Days – Cardiovascular Surgery – Baptist Medical Center |
medacura.com |
... Functions:The Staff Registered Nurse’s management of the delivery and documentation of patient care includes, but is not limited to:. Assessment/re-assessments. Development of the plan of care. Implementation of appropriate patient care intervention s. Evaluation of appropriate patient care intervention s. Supervises and coordinates other licensed and non-licensed personnel in the provision of care to patients as assigned. Provides guidance and mentorship to non-licensed personnel and students ... |
| 3/2/2021 |
OR RN Circulator – FT (Day Shift – Integris Health – Oklahoma City, OK |
medacura.com |
... Functions: The Staff Registered Nurse’s management of the delivery and documentation of patient care includes, but is not limited to: Assessment/re-assessments Development of the plan of care Implementation of appropriate patient care intervention s Evaluation of appropriate patient care intervention s Supervises and coordinates other licensed and non-licensed personnel in the provision of care to patients as assigned Provides guidance and mentorship to non-licensed personnel and students ... |
| 2/24/2021 |
Dementia care report should be ‘catalyst for change,’ committee says - News |
mcknightsseniorliving.com |
... being of individuals with dementia and their caregivers.The resulting report, “Meeting the Challenge of Caring for Persons Living with Dementia and Their Care Partners and Caregivers: A Way Forward,” looks at which care intervention s for people with dementia, and their caregivers, are ready for dissemination and implementation on a broad scale. It also offers a blueprint to guide future research using rigorous methods that are inclusive, equitable and ... |
| 2/23/2021 |
Cardiologists’ perceptions on multidisciplinary collaboration in heart failure care - a qualitative study |
biomedcentral.com |
Abstract BackgroundCardiologists play a key role in multidisciplinary care by guiding heart failure (HF) management in the hospital and in the community. Regional implementation of multidisciplinary health care intervention s depends on how they perceive collaboration with other health care disciplines, yet research on this topic is limited. This study aimed to explore the views and opinions of cardiologists on multidisciplinary collaboration in HF care. MethodsWe conducted a qualitative ... |