Information Technology in Critical Care: Review of Monitoring and Data Acquisition Systems for Patient Care and Research by Michael A. De Georgia, Farhad Kaffashi, Frank J. Jacono, Kenneth A. Loparo

“…There is a broad consensus that 21st century health care will require intensive use of information technology to acquire and analyze data and then manage and disseminate information extracted from the data. …”
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Australian Nurse Practitioner Practice: Value Adding through Clinical Reflexivity by Michelle Woods, Giuliana Murfet

“…The utility of CRI demonstrates how NP practice is integral to a continuous cycle of addressing health care services gaps, and the conversion of “products” into “value” and positions the NP to assimilate the role of the practitioner-researcher.…”
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Family Physicians May Benefit From Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills in Primary Care Setting. by Omer Serkan Turan

“…Dr Francis Peabody commented that the swing of the pendulum toward specialization had reached its apex, and that modern medicine had fragmented the health care delivery system too greatly. Thus the system was in need of a generalist physician to provide comprehensive personalized care. …”
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THE ROLE OF LIBRARIANS IN HEALTH INFORMATION DIFFUSION IN THE DIGITAL AGE by Olubanke M Bankole, Isaac O Busayo

“…The paper therefore provides an overview of the role that libraries could play to promote diffusion of information for quality health care in Nigeria drawing from examples of such practices in developed countries. …”
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COVID-19: Changing Trends and Its Impact on Future of Dentistry by Parin Bhanushali, Farhin Katge, Shantanu Deshpande, Vamsi Krishna Chimata, Shilpa Shetty, Debapriya Pradhan

“…Due to the characteristics of dental settings, the risk of cross infection between dental health care personnel (DHCP) and patients can be very high. …”
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Abstinence Self-Efficacy and Resilience in Persons with Substance Use Disorder by L. Iris Devi, Arunjyoti Baruah, Nurnahar Ahmed

“…Materials and Methods: Convenience sampling technique was used to select 60 patients in a tertiary mental health-care setting. The tools used were Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale and Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy Scale. …”
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Helicobacter pylori Eradication in Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia: Clearing up the Controversy by Carlo A Fallone

“…Nor were there differences in any of the individual symptoms, in the proportion of patients who achieved a certain MDSS score or in health care utilization, such as physician visits, need for additional prescriptions or days lost from work. …”
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Color Image Segmentation Using Fuzzy C-Regression Model by Min Chen, Simone A. Ludwig

“…Image segmentation is one important process in image analysis and computer vision and is a valuable tool that can be applied in fields of image processing, health care, remote sensing, and traffic image detection. …”
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Multidrug Resistance: An Emerging Crisis by Jyoti Tanwar, Shrayanee Das, Zeeshan Fatima, Saif Hameed

“…Due to the pacing advent of new resistance mechanisms and decrease in efficiency of treating common infectious diseases, it results in failure of microbial response to standard treatment, leading to prolonged illness, higher expenditures for health care, and an immense risk of death. Almost all the capable infecting agents (e.g., bacteria, fungi, virus, and parasite) have employed high levels of multidrug resistance (MDR) with enhanced morbidity and mortality; thus, they are referred to as “super bugs.” …”
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Medical Knowledge Graph: Data Sources, Construction, Reasoning, and Applications by Xuehong Wu, Junwen Duan, Yi Pan, Min Li

“…Medical knowledge graphs (MKGs) are the basis for intelligent health care, and they have been in use in a variety of intelligent medical applications. …”
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Connotations and practical category of public health nursing for full-dimensional and full-cycle health management by Zhongchen LUO, Zheng LI, Hongli CHEN, Qing WANG

“…In the light of the people′s health needs and the national health strategy, it is important to update the connotation of public health nursing in a timely manner, clarify its scope of practice, and explore the development path of public health nursing, so as to build a comprehensive health care system covering the entire life cycle and meet the people's increasingly diversified and differentiated health needs. …”
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Obesity and school bullying: its impact on sleep quality by Yudith Brito Pérez de Corcho, Sandra Cecilia Williams Serrano, Viana Ibert Williams, Luis Alberto Mass Sosa, Jean Chauvin Oropesa, Yanet Pardo Marrero

“…It is concluded that there is an association between obesity, bullying and the risk of suffering from sleep disorders, which, fundamentally from Primary Health Care, should be considered so that the corresponding protocols can be detected and applied to this population at risk and its environment, for which psycho-pedagogical actions and intersectoral coordination are recommended.…”
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The Profile of Saudi Nursing Workforce: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mohammad Alboliteeh, Judy Magarey, Richard Wiechula

“…The population of this study comprised Saudi Registered Nurses working in MOH hospitals in Riyadh which is the main health care provider in Saudi Arabia (Aboul-Enein, 2002; MOH, 2009). …”
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The Effectiveness of Medical Podcasts in Raising Women’s Health Awareness by P. Khairat

“…Podcast increased knowledge on gynecological diseases and is an effective learning tool for health care trainees in women's health. This study emphasizes the role of podcasts as a valuable educational resource within the society. …”
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Modeling the effect of information campaigns on the HIV epidemic in Uganda by Hem Joshi, Suzanne Lenhart, Kendra Albright, Kevin Gipson

“…The increasing prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Africa over the past twenty-five years continues to erode the continent's health care and overall welfare. There have beenvarious responses to the pandemic, led by Uganda, which has had the greatestsuccess in combating the disease. …”
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Indications, Measurements, and Complications of Ten Essential Neonatal Procedures by Zainab Bubakr Hamad Zubi, Ahmad Fadzil Bin Abdullah, Muhd Alwi Bin Muhd Helmi, Taufiq Hidayat Hasan, Noraida Ramli, Adam Al-Anas Bin Mat Ali, Mossad Abdelhak Shaban Mohamed

“…In order to support the neonates with the maximum possible benefits and reduce iatrogenic morbidity, health-care providers performing these procedures must be familiar with their indications, measurements, and potential complications. …”
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Studying and Analyzing Regional Inequalities (case study: cities of Ardabil province, Iran 2006 – 2011) by Bahram Imani, Roghayyeh Farshi, Reza Hashemi Masoomabad

“…In this study, to show the inequality between different cities in Ardebil province, 60 developmental indicators in different sections including health care, social, educational, cultural and infrastructural sections have been analyzed through VIKOR model. …”
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SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PRESCRIPTION ANTIBIOTIC AND MEDICINE USE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY MEDICINE by Abdullah Tirgil

“…Improper use and over-consumption of antibiotics have direct implications on the health of individuals as well as indirect consequences impacting limited health care budgets of countries. There is scarce evidence on the determinants of medicine and antibiotic consumption for developing nations. …”
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Herbal Use among Presurgical Patients in Turkey: A Cross-Sectional Study by Fulya Yilmaz, Hazal Ezgi Çifci

“…For centuries before the advent of modern medicine, traditional medicinal plants were the major agents for primary health care. Their use declined in most developed western countries during the last century’s industrialization and urbanization. …”
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Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening and Screening Modalities among Patients seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers Funded by the United States Health Resources and Servic... by Megan R.M. Aaronson, Nadereh Pourat, Connie Lu, Jayraan Badiee, Helen Yu-Lefler, Benjamin Picillo, Hank Hoang, Folasade P. May

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