Decrease in (Major) Amputations in Diabetics: A Secondary Data Analysis by AOK Rheinland/Hamburg by Melanie May, Sebastian Hahn, Claudia Tonn, Gerald Engels, Dirk Hochlenert

“…The networks integrate health care providers in an organised system of shared care. …”
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Mental Health Insurance in India: An Examination of Policy Implementation Post-MHCA 2017 by Vijaya Chandra Reddy Avula, Sangha Mitra Godi, Shashidhara Munivenkatappa, Sridhar Amalakanti

“…Purpose of review: Owing to the high cost of care and huge treatment gap associated with mental illnesses in India, this review investigated the implementation of mental health insurance coverage in India following the mandate of the Mental Health Care Act of 2017 (MHCA 2017). Collection and analysis of data: We systematically identified health insurance providers in India through the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) website. …”
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A Prospective Observational Comparative study Between qSOFA and SIRS Scores for Early Prediction of Sepsis Outcome in an Emergency Medicine Department , Kozhencherry, South Centr... by Rahul Rajeev, , J S Krishna Raj, Anu T R, Pratibha Dabas, Roshni, Seeja Sumedhan

“…Methods A prospective observational study was conducted on 63 patients aged 18-80 years presenting with suspected sepsis at Muthoot Health Care, Kozhencherry. Patients were assessed using both qSOFA and SIRS criteria. …”
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Facilitators and barriers of relatives' involvement in nursing care decisions and self-care of patients with acquired brain injury or malignant brain tumour: A scoping review proto... by Rikke Guldager, Mia Ingerslev Loft, Sara Nordentoft, Lena Aadal, Ingrid Poulsen

“…This scoping review will consider studies that involve nurses caring for individuals with an acquired brain injury or malignant brain tumour in all settings (community, primary care, health care centres, hospital and long-term care institutions). …”
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Identification of Pediatric Oral Health Core Competencies through Interprofessional Education and Practice by D. Hallas, J. B. Fernandez, N. G. Herman, A. Moursi

“…Mentoring interprofessional students in all health care professions to collaboratively assess, analyze, and care-manage patients demands that faculty reflect on current practices and determine ways to enhance the curriculum to include evidence-based scholarly activities, opportunities for interprofessional education and practice, and interprofessional socialization. …”
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The application of resilience assessment grid in healthcare: A scoping review. by Mariam Safi, Bettina Ravnborg Thude, Frans Brandt, Robyn Clay-Williams

“…Supplementary searches included Google Scholar, web and citation searches, and hand searches of the nine seminal edited books on Resilience Engineering and Resilient Health Care. All English language, empirical studies of RAG application in the healthcare setting were included. …”
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Evaluación de la asignatura Medicina General Integral VII en el policlínico universitario by Cynthia Olivia Morales Pérez, Maricel Castellanos González, Jorge Prudencio Cañellas Granda, Adis Castro Barberena, Regla Odalys La Llama Hernández, Armando German Chamizo Avello

“…It ensures that when Medicine Doctors obtain their degrees they have acquired all the knowledge that allows them to perform multiple tasks in health care services. <strong>Objective:</strong> to assess the subject General Medicine VII, in the university polyclinic as part of the educational process. …”
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The Relationship between a New Biomarker of Vagal Neuroimmunomodulation and Survival in Two Fatal Cancers by Y. Gidron, M. De Couck, D. Schallier, J. De Greve, J. L. Van Laethem, R. Maréchal

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Prevalence of Parasitosis in Elderly residents and Workers of Institutions of Long Permanence in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre and the Mountain Region of Rio Grande do... by Anne Brandolt Larré, Camila Duarte Bürgie, Paula Engroff, Geraldo Attilo De Carli

“…Despite enteroparasites compromise the nutritional status of the elderly and health care quality in general, studies addressing the occurrence and prevention of intestinal parasites in this population segment are scarce. …”
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Video as a Documentation Method: A Qualitative Study of Physiotherapists' Experiences by Silje Bechmann Granås, Ingrid Konstanse Ledel Solem, Ingrid Eitzen, Jenny M. Bergschöld, Cecilie Våpenstad, Wencke Vooren Aase, Trond Halvorsen

“…Video allows for new practices, including opportunities for sharing videos with other health care professionals, parents and institutions. …”
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Current Status of Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Systematic Review by Kyriakos Spiliopoulos, Gregory Giamouzis, George Karayannis, Dimos Karangelis, Stelios Koutsias, Andreas Kalogeropoulos, Vasiliki Georgiopoulou, John Skoularigis, Javed Butler, Filippos Triposkiadis

“…Heart failure is a major public health problem and its management requires a significant amount of health care resources. Even with administration of the best available medical treatment, the mortality associated with the disease remains high. …”
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Deliberate self-poisoning and suicidality: A qualitative analysis of the factors that influence repetitive suicidal behavior by Kelečević Igor M., Vejnović Ana-Marija T., Mijatović-Jovin Vesna M.

“…Hence, it is important to identify individuals at high risk of suicide and work on adequate measures of secondary prevention, while the follow-up period should be long enough in order to reduce the rates of successful suicide following the first episode of suicide attempt by self-poisoning. Health care professionals, family, and society should play an important role in suicide prevention activities.…”
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Adherence to CRC Screening and Surveillance Guidelines when Using Split-Dose Bowel Preparation by Stacy B. Menees, H. Myra Kim, Grace H. Elta, Sheryl Korsnes, Philip Schoenfeld

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Tuberculosis commodities supply chain performance in the WHO African region: A scoping review. by Alison T Mhazo, Stanford Miyango, Lifton Palani, Charles C Maponga

“…The strengths we found included the existence of pooled procurement mechanisms [PPM], availability of funding through external sources, existence of logistics management information systems [LMIS] and integration of PSM systems into primary health care. The main challenge was frequent stock outs which mainly affected medicines for treating TB in children and those for preventing TB. …”
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Factors influencing the utilization of total knee replacement in osteoarthritis knee: A web-based survey of treating doctors by Naman Jain, Yogesh Preet Singh, G C Yathish, Lokesh Veerappa, G Mallinath, Hemant Kalyan, Ishita Shah, Vaibhavi Velangi

“…Background: India, with its aging population is going to face a major health-care burden due to osteoarthritis (OA) knee in the coming decades. …”
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Investigation on the Influence of Design Parameters of Streamline Flow Tubes on Pump Performance by Kan Bian, Zhi Huang, Jietao Dai, Fan Zhang, Xiaosheng Chen, Zhenlin Chen, Liyi Lai, Jianhui Zhang

“…Studies have shown that the valveless piezoelectric pump with streamline flow tubes (VPPSFTs) can increase the flow rate while reducing the vortex, which has a broad application prospect and conforms to the huge potential demand in the fields of medical treatment, sanitation, and health care. The flow runner of the VPPSFT was designed as two segments with a smooth transition between the hyperbola segment and the arc segment. …”
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Life Science 2.0: reframing the life science sector for ‘the benefit on mankind’ by Michaela Vallin, Göran Tomson, Beate Kampmann, Eivind Engebretsen, Stefan Swartling Peterson, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Ole Petter Ottersen

“…Improved and more equitable health care should be centre stage for global health action and a core mission of a reframed Life Science sector – what we call Life Science 2.0. …”
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Maternal education, health profession and cigarette smoking are decisive factors for self-medication in children by parents by Duborija-Kovacevic Natasa, Martinovic Milica, Belojevic Goran, Lausevic Dragan, Asanin Bogdan

“…Univariate logistic regression showed that maternal socio-demographic characteristics (educational level, employment status, health care profession and smoking habits) were relevant for SMCP. …”
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Testing the Dual-State-Process assumption in the preventive care services use by Dimitris Zavras

“…Several health, socioeconomic, demographic and structural factors of the Greek health care system were used as independent variables. …”
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Detection of Hemoglobinopathies in Cuban Pregnant Women from the Program: Sickle Cell Anemias in Cuba by Yadira Valdés Fraser, Tatiana Acosta Sánchez, Jacqueline Pérez Rodríguez, Beatriz Suárez Besil, Sandra Bárbara Correa Jiménez

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> prenatal detection of hemoglobinopathies in Cuba is performed on all pregnant women in Pri-mary Health Care, through hemoglobin electrophoresis to identify high-risk couples. …”
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