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Measuring The Impact Of Patient-Engaged Research: How A Methods Workshop Identified Critical Outcomes Of Research Engagement, Ellis C. Dillon, Leah Tuzzio, Sarah Madrid, Heather Olden, Robert T. Greenlee

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews

Purpose: While strategies to evaluate the influence of engaging patient partners in research, such as the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) WE-ENACT surveys, are beginning to emerge, a systematic set of measures for assessing the impact of patient engagement in research (PER) on study approaches and outcomes is lacking. This article describes a workshop and process used to identify and develop Critical Outcomes of Research Engagement (COREs). It proposes preliminary measures for assessing the impact of PER on the research process and outcomes of research studies.

Methods: A group of 24 researchers and 5 patient partners participated in a PCORI-funded …

Positive Impact On Patient Satisfaction And Caregiver Identification Using Team Facecards: A Quality Improvement Study, Nicole M. Martin, Khalil Odeh, Lamya Boujelbane, Marvi V. Rijhwani, Susan Olet, Aijaz Noor, Colleen Nichols, Richard Battiola

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews

Background: Patients satisfaction is an increasingly important metric in measuring the quality of care that hospitals and physicians provide. It can be difficult for patients to remember their providers and their roles, all of which may potentially impact a patient’s overall satisfaction.

Purpose: To see if giving facecards with pictures and names of caregivers and description of roles improved patient satisfaction and identification of care team members.

Methods: Team facecards were designed and distributed to the patients during the interventional period of the study. Patients’ identification of team members, the role of each physician and overall satisfaction was measured using …

College Students, Experiences On Smart Phone Technology Usage: A Qualitative Content Analysis Study, Fatemeh Jafarzadeh-Kenarsari, Parand Pourghane

The Qualitative Report

Besides many benefits of the cell phone technology, numerous arguments are raised on the different and important negative effects of such a technology. This qualitative content analysis study explored the common usages of smart phone technology, its challenges, and benefits among Iranian college students. Participants were 32 bachelor degree students who were recruited using purposive sampling method with maximum variation. Data were collected through 11 individual semi-structured interviews and 3 focus group discussions (5-8 students in each group). Data analysis was done based on a conventional content analysis approach. Data analysis resulted in 3 main themes and 12 sub-themes. The …

Evaluating Patient Preferences For Different Incentive Programs To Optimize Pharmacist-Provided Patient Care Program Enrollment, Daniel M. Tomaszewski, Tim Cernohaus, Rajiv Vaidyanathan

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

BACKGROUND: Employers have increased efforts to engage employees in health and wellness programs. Providing employees with incentives to participate in these programs has been shown to improve overall enrollment and engagement. One program that has had challenges with enrollment and engagement is medication therapy management (MTM).

OBJECTIVES: To (a) determine how individuals evaluate different financial incentives to improve participation in an MTM program and (b) measure the effect of participant characteristics on incentive preference.

METHODS: This study was composed of a paper-based survey administered to participants after focus group sessions. Participants included MTMeligible beneficiaries from 2 employer groups and included …

Reducing Medication Errors In Pneumonia Patients During Transitions Of Care, Laressa Bethishou, Noah Fang, Lisa Shieh

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Purpose: At Stanford Health Care, as part of a hospital-wide initiative to reduce pneumonia readmission rates, an interdisciplinary collaborative effort was created between physicians and transitions of care (ToC) pharmacists to optimize discharge planning and medication management for pneumonia patients. The purpose of this study was to describe the impact of the ToC pharmacist in identifying and reducing medication errors on discharge for pneumonia patients.

Methodology: Retrospective chart review was conducted on patients discharged with a pneumonia diagnosis between December 2015 to Feb 2016. Patients were stratified based on whether they received ToC pharmacist medication review vs. standard …

Strategi Pemasaran Poli Bedah Estetik Bali Royal Hospital (Bros) Denpasar, Deity Indrayati Nugraha

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

This study aims to create a good marketing strategy to determine the problems faced so it is expected that in the end the number of visits to the aesthetic surgery surgery BROS Denpasar has increased. This research uses qualitative method with observation, and in-depth interview. From the product-price mix, there are several strategies, namely by providing variations of products or additional services, buying aesthetic surgical instruments with the latest technology, and can also lower the rates of aesthetic surgery services. For the price place mix, the strategy is to move the esthetic surgical poly to a more private room. The …

Analisis Kesiapan Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Kramat Jati Menjadi Health Promoting Hospital Tahun 2017, Winarto Winarto

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

The readiness of Regional General Hospital (RSUD) of Kramat Jati to become Health Promoting Hospital (HPH) is very important based on Health Promotion Standard of Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia Year 2011. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to know the preparedness of RSUD Kramat Jati become Health Promoting Hospital, done by qualitative approach. The results showed that from six (6) standard of hospital health promotion, one (1) standard of hospital health promotion has been fulfilled by RSUD Kramat Jati, while five (5) standard of health promotion of hospital have not been fulfilled. Preparation of technical policies for …

Analisis Kesiapan Sistem Remunerasi Berdasarkan Peraturan Gubernur Provinsi Dki Jakarta Nomor 222 Tahun 2016 Di Rsud Pesanggrahan Tahun 2017, Endah Kartika Dewi

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

RSUD Pesanggrahan as a Health Service Unit of Special Capital Region of Jakarta which has applied financial pattern of Regional Public Service Board (BLUD). This research uses quantitative with simulation of system calculation to be applied and qualitative with explore stakeholder perception readiness with indepth interview. From the result of research it is known that in general the informant is satisfied with the income received now. And from the simulate conducted, RSUD Pesanggrahan has not been able to apply the system based on Governor Regulation No. 222/2016 yet. Suggestion to the Health Department as a regulator is to give the …

Analisis Elemen Bauran Pemasaran Yang Mempengaruhi Loyalitas Pelanggan Rumah Sakit: Systematic Review, Elisabeth Dewi Agustine

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

Increasing the number of hospitals improves the competitive of medical services. Hospitals must have the right marketing strategy to retain old customers and attract new customers. To increase of the hospital customer loyalty, the marketing mix can be use as tool. Aim: To know the marketing mix elements that influence the loyalty of hospital customers. Preferred report items for systematic reviews and meta-analyzes (PRISMA) are evidence based methods for performing systematic reviews. There are 33.33% of the 9 studies that mention 7 elements (product, price, place, people, process, physical evidence, promotion) in the marketing mix, all of which affect the …

Analisis Penerapan Program Pencegahan Dan Pengendalian Infeksi Di Ruang Rawat Inap Rsud Tebet Tahun 2017, Tetyana Madjid

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

The focus of this research is indentifying infection prevention and control program in Tebet hospital through observation of nursing action on infusion, bandage, injecting and waste management, and indentifying nurse’s characteristics, policies, facilities, monitoring and reporting of infection. This research using qualitative and quantitative approach. Unit analysis of this research is 105 of actions mentioned above by all nurses in the inpatient room. The results of this study show that most of the actions performed by the nurses were good, analysis with univariat, bivariat and logistic regression of multivariat. The most affecting variables is the reporting of infection. Suggestions for …

Analisis Standar Kompetensi Tenaga Kesehatan Di Rumah Sakit Bhakti Yudha Depok Tahun 2017, Syifa Silviana

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

Competency of healthcare provider has significant impact on performance of the hospital. Measuring competency of healthcare provider are essential to improve better quality of service provisioned. The study evaluates competency of healthcare provider at Bhakti Yudha Hospital by using the competency standards established by multiple organizations of Indonesian national healthcare provider association mapped against eight units of health provider. The result stated that competency level of healthcare providers at Bhakti Yudha Hospital have had not met the expectations. It is concluded that working experiences and number of relevant training received has significant impact on competency level of healthcare provider.

Penerapan Lean Thinking Untuk Mereduksi Waktu Boarding Pasien Igd Ke Rawat Inap Di Rsud Koja Tahun 2017, Theryoto Theryoto

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

The implementation of the National Health Insurance Program (Program JKN) affects the increased number of patients to emergency unit and boarding patients that resulting crowding in the emergency unit. Koja Hospital has implemented bed management in order to reduce the boarding time of emergency unit patients but has not succeeded, so an effort to help reducing the boarding time of emergency unit patients to inpatient in order to continuous improvement was done using the lean thinking principle. This research uses operational research method and intervention with PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Action) cycle. The study revealed that lean thinking approach could …

Student Pharmacists And Street Children: A Mutually Beneficial Relationship, Mario A. Hoyos, Monica L. Miller, Ellen M. Schellhase, C. Ryan Tomlin, Sonak Pastakia, Samuel Kimani, Tim Mercer

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

The Tumaini Children’s Drop-In Center is a daytime drop-in center for the street children of Eldoret, Kenya. It is part of a partnership between the Purdue University College of Pharmacy, the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare program, Eldoret community members, and numerous individuals in both Kenya and the US. Through the efforts of local staff and Purdue student pharmacists, who work at the local hospital on an eight-week clinical rotation, the center has helped a population of nearly 400 local street children by providing a safe haven from life on the streets. Purdue student pharmacists aid the center by …

Managing The Cost Of Diabetes, Laressa Bethishou

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

"This is of concern to health care providers because inadequate management of diabetes results in short- and long-term complications. Patients with diabetes and no health insurance have fewer physician visits and are prescribed fewer medications for management of their diabetes. Patients with diabetes make up 11.9% of all emergency department visits in the United States.Hispanic and non-Hispanic blacks are at greater risk for developing diabetes and serious associated health complications, including chronic kidney disease. This may be attributed to a combination of genetics, diet, and exercise. However, access to health care resources may also play an important role."

Drawbacks Of Utilizing The Logit Link In Propensity Score Weighting Adjustment, Evrim Oral

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

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International Black-Market Organ Trade, Marni E. Granzow

Student Publications

The human organ trade is a global epidemic as citizens of developed-countries look to developing-countries to find organ donors, specifically exploiting the poor for their own personal gain. The impoverished organ donors are treated in an inhumane manner, as they are often left with serious medical complications and are not treated equally in the transaction.

Mathematical Modeling For Predicting Chemotherapy And Nanoparticle Treatment Efficacy In Breast Cancer, Terisse Arielle Brocato

Biomedical Engineering ETDs

Breast cancer treatment response varies by subtype, treatment regiment, and additionally by vasculature characteristics. For this reason, breast cancer is a model disease for the development of both targeted therapy and prognostic and predictive biomarkers. Mathematical modeling allows for personalized patient specific prediction of treatment outcome based on parameters found to be important to the cancer type. Mathematical modeling is beneficial in providing insight into why cancer treatment fails and in what cases, additionally determining what characteristics result in a successful treatment. Presented in Chapter 1 is a scientific introduction and discussion focusing on representative modeling works specified towards breast …

Yawns Are Cool, Andrew C. Gallup, Omar T. Eldakar

Biology Faculty Articles

Although we yawn each and every day, most people have little understanding of why we do it. In fact, the function of yawning has remained mysterious for centuries, even among scientists, and this has only changed quite recently. Contrary to what people have believed for a long time, it is now understood that yawns have nothing to do with breathing or the amount of oxygen we are taking in. Instead, new and growing research has revealed that yawns serve as a brain cooling mechanism. This new perspective on yawning as a response to elevated brain temperature has transformed our understanding …

Identifying The Factors For Acute Cardiac Arrest For Establishing A New Recognition Protocol In Detecting Pre-Arrest Symptoms, Sarah Power

Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium

Abstract

Background: Worsening physiological symptoms can easily go overlooked or unmanaged. The early detection of clinical signs that precede cardiac arrest can reduce the risk of worsening condition or death. Determining a nursing protocol to recognize pre-arrests symptoms would allow a systematic way to evaluate patients and their health status before adverse events occur.

Objectives: The purpose of an integrative literature review was to identify signs and symptoms that precede cardiac arrest, and to specify a recognition protocol that ameliorates patient care outcomes.

Method: An integrative literature review was conducted undergoing an extensive search to identify acute cardiac arrest and …

The Roles Of Ecdysoneless In Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress And Oncogenesis, Appolinaire A. Olou

Theses & Dissertations

Tumor cells are well known to exhibit ER stress as a result of their altered environment characterized by redox and calcium imbalance, deregulation of protein synthesis to meet their oncogenic demands, and decreased vascularization associated with nutrient limitation and hypoxia, all of which are conducive of ER stress. Accordingly, markers of ER stress signaling response are up-regulated in various cancers. The outcome of ER stress signaling response varies from survival and adaption to apoptosis. Although pro-apoptotic ER stress signaling molecules are up-regulated in cancer, the mechanisms by which cancer cells seem refractory to, or evade, their apoptotic signaling are not …