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Healthcare, Volume 9, Issue 8

August 2021 - 170 articles

Cover Story: The world is facing multiple healthcare challenges because of the emergence of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The COVID-19 situation has forced research institutes and countries to rethink healthcare delivery solutions to ensure continuity of services while people stay at home and practice social distancing. Several researchers have focused on utilizing disruptive technologies, such as blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI), to provide solutions for these ongoing COVID-19 crises. In this article, we conceptually redefine the traditional healthcare model by integrating blockchain and AI for tackling COVID-19 in a patient-centric paradigm. This article aimed to provide an overview of how integrated technologies help to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by facilitating public healthcare strategies in a decentralized patient-centric environment. View this paper.
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Articles (170)

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
8,169 Views
11 Pages

Performance Improvement of a Negative-Pressurized Isolation Room for Infection Control

  • Fujen Wang,
  • Citra Chaerasari,
  • Dibakar Rakshit,
  • Indra Permana and
  • Kusnandar

23 August 2021

Negative-pressurized isolation rooms have been approved effectively and applied widely for infectious patients. However, the outbreak of COVID-19 has led to a huge demand for negative-pressurized isolation rooms. It is critical and essential to ensur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,610 Views
12 Pages

When Nurses Become Patients. Validation of the Content of the Diagnostic Label Professional Traumatic Grief

  • Ester Gilart,
  • Isabel Lepiani,
  • María José Cantizano Núñez,
  • Inmaculada Cabrera Roman and
  • Anna Bocchino

23 August 2021

(1) Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has put our healthcare systems to the test, exposing their vulnerability and demanding a high degree of commitment and dedication from healthcare teams to confront and contain the disease. In this sense, nursing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,247 Views
12 Pages

23 August 2021

Background: Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia has gained popularity over the last decade. This study aimed to assess whether YouTube videos sufficiently serve as an adjunctive tool for learning how to perform an ultrasound-guided brachial plexus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,640 Views
7 Pages

23 August 2021

Objective: Acquiring online health-related information has become increasingly widespread. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the quality of the most-viewed YouTube videos on dysphagia regarding exercises and compensated maneuvers. Method: We search...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,861 Views
11 Pages

23 August 2021

One of the major problems in cardiology practice is poor adherence to antihypertensive medication. This study aimed to evaluate medication adherence; we also aim to investigate the predictors of intentional and unintentional non-adherence. We issued...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,588 Views
21 Pages

23 August 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic represented a very difficult physical and psychological challenge for the general population and even more for healthcare workers (HCWs). The main aim of the present study is to test whether there were significant differences be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,672 Views
9 Pages

Psychosocial Well-Being of Patients with Kidney Failure Receiving Haemodialysis during a Pandemic: A Survey

  • Clare McKeaveney,
  • Helen Noble,
  • Claire Carswell,
  • William Johnston and
  • Joanne Reid

23 August 2021

Background: Living with kidney failure and undergoing hospital haemodialysis (HD) is associated with a high prevalence of mental health problems and poor quality of life. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought additional challenges for this patie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,821 Views
16 Pages

23 August 2021

Warranties for healthcare can be greatly beneficial for cost reductions and improvements in patient satisfaction. Under healthcare warranties, healthcare providers receive a lump sum payment for the entire care episode, which covers a bundle of healt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,793 Views
12 Pages

The First 1000 Days: Impact of Prenatal Tobacco Smoke Exposure on Hospitalization Due to Preschool Wheezing

  • Cyrielle Collet,
  • Michael Fayon,
  • Florence Francis,
  • François Galode,
  • Stephanie Bui and
  • Stephane Debelleix

23 August 2021

Preschool wheezing and related hospitalization rates are increasing. Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure (PTSE) increases the risk of wheezing, yet >20% of French women smoke during pregnancy. In this observational retrospective monocentric study, we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,201 Views
8 Pages

Factors Affecting Participation in Leisure Activities in Patients after Breast Cancer Surgery

  • Yoshiteru Akezaki,
  • Eiji Nakata,
  • Masato Kikuuchi,
  • Ritsuko Tominaga,
  • Hideaki Kurokawa,
  • Masaki Okamoto,
  • Makiko Hamada,
  • Kenjiro Aogi,
  • Shozo Ohsumi and
  • Shinsuke Sugihara

22 August 2021

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors related to patient’s participation in leisure activity in breast cancer patients with axillary lymph node dissection at 3 months after surgery. Methods: In total, 160 women who were...

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