Chronic Kidney Disease Drains Irish Hospitals of €320 Million in a Single Year
A national analysis of all Irish hospital discharges in 2022 found that chronic kidney disease drove more than 35,000 admissions, ...
Tag: health services research
Patients and Staff Co-Design Four Tools to Make Emergency Departments Fairer for Ethnic Minorities
A five-workshop Experience-Based Co-Design study in Australia produced four interventions, including a bilingual pain scale and waiting room display, to ...
One in Five Older Americans Uses Mental Health Care, and Comorbidity Helps Explain Who
A new analysis of more than 128,000 U.S. adults finds that roughly one in five middle-aged and older Americans used ...
Europe’s Older Adults Face a Care Divide as Geriatricians and Psychiatrists Unite
A joint European task force of geriatricians and psychiatrists warns that fragmented physical and mental healthcare is shortening the lives ...
When Hospital Spending Strays From the Norm: Cost Deviation Emerges as a Real-Time Financial Warning Signal
A four-year analysis of 30 clinical departments in a Chinese tertiary hospital shows that case-mix-adjusted cost deviation tracks same-month financial ...
Digital Pre-Visit Questionnaires Dramatically Boost Medical Record Completeness in Rheumatic Disease Screening
A randomized German pilot study found that pre-visit computer-assisted history-taking with a copy-ready summary raised documentation completeness in inflammatory rheumatic ...
Deliberately Breaking Medical Devices: A Three-Method Test Could Make Hospital Technology Safer
Researchers propose a triangulated assessment paradigm combining deliberate misuse testing, heuristic evaluation, and simulated-use testing to uncover medical device safety ...
Free on Paper, Blocked in Practice: Why Migrants and Maya Communities Struggle to Reach Care in Belize
A qualitative study of 67 participants and five health facilities finds that Belize's formally free healthcare system still imposes hidden ...
What Self-Care Really Means for Nurses: A New Six-Dimension Framework
A hybrid concept analysis combining literature review and interviews with 17 nurses defines nursing self-care as a dynamic, six-dimensional process ...
Why Patients With Positive Bowel Cancer Screening Tests Never Get Their Colonoscopy
A qualitative study of seventeen Alberta healthcare providers reveals that barriers to colonoscopy after a positive fecal immunochemical test arise ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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