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Improving weekend review for trauma and elective orthopaedic patients in the post-operative period
Alexandra Khoury, Mark Jones, Christopher Buckle, Mark Williamson, Guy SlaterWeekend surgery carries higher mortality than weekday surgery, with complications most commonly arising within the first 48 hours. There is a reduced ability to identify…
Assessing health care quality in adolescent clinics, implications for quality improvement
Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba, Aaron Asibi AbuosiAdolescents are more exposed to risky health behaviors. However, many adolescents do not seek health care due to the poor quality of care. The purpose of this paper is to assess…
Recurrent pregnancy losses vis-à-vis anemia and vitamin (Folate/B12) imbalance
Lovejeet Kaur, Manju Puri, Kallur Nava Saraswathy, Shubha Sagar Trivedi, Mohinder Pal SachdevaRecurrent pregnancy losses (RPL), a major contributor of reproductive wastage, affect maternal health both physically and mentally. Folate and B12 (Vitamin B12) deficiency anemia…
Novel approaches to vaccine development in lower-middle income countries
Ria Christine Siagian, Jorge Emilio OsorioThe purpose of this paper is to identify, analyze and describe the novel approaches that affect vaccine development in lower-middle income countries (LMICs).
Designing an interactive model of factors affecting the health technology assessment (HTA) in Iran
Mohammadkarim Bahadori, Ramin Ravangard, Mahya Tohidi Nezhad, Naeimeh Pourtaheri, Sayyed Morteza Hosseini-ShokouhAccording to the great importance of community health as well as the ever-increasing development of health technologies, the importance of designing an interactive model of…
Why clinicians involved with adverse events need much better support
Ashley K. Kable, Allan D. SpigelmanThe purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the problem of second victims involved in adverse events and their need for adequate support.
The health decentralization process in Greece: the insiders’ perspective
Athanasios Athanasiadis, Nikoleta Ratsika, Constantinos Trompoukis, Anastas PhilalithisGreece has legislated health decentralization several times since the 1920s, but none had been implemented until 2001. Even so, the decentralized system was subsequently modified…
ISSN:
2059-4631Renamed from:
Clinical Governance: An International JournalOnline date, start – end:
2016Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Irina Ibragimova
- Dr Helen Phagava