(1) Background: While there is extensive documentation on the medical experience of breast cancer, a thorough understanding of the various stages of endocrine therapy remains insufficient. The aim of this study was to map the experiences and coping s...
Targeted therapies against specific driver gene mutations have become the standard first-line treatment for most patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). While these therapies significantly prolong survival, the entire cancer treatm...
The demand for healthcare services using mobile devices has surged owing to the ageing population and increasing interest in personal healthcare. In particular, extensive efforts have been made to utilise mobile personal health records (PHRs) to prov...
Peripheral neuropathy is a neurological disease characterised by pain, numbness, tingling, swelling or muscle weakness due to nerve damage, caused by multiple factors such as trauma, infections and metabolic diseases such as diabetes. In Kuwait 54% o...
Community pharmacists have become increasingly exposed to opioid use disorders in recent decades. However, both pharmacist training and traditional practice environments have not been adequate to prepare the pharmacist for both the patient care needs...
Based on the treatment journey, this study aimed to present insights into improving the patient-centered service experience for head and neck cancer (HNC) patients. We interviewed and observed patients, caregivers, and doctors. We conducted a qualita...
10 September 2020
Nowadays, assessing and improving customer experience has become a priority, and has emerged as a key differentiator for business and organizations worldwide. A customer journey (CJ) is a strategic tool, a map of the steps customers follow when engag...
Salient findings and interpretations from the canimpact clinical cancer research study are visually represented in two synthesis maps for the purpose of communicating an integrated presentation of the study to clinical cancer researchers and policyma...
Background: Hemophilia is a rare X-linked bleeding disorder. Prophylaxis has improved outcomes, but there are still unmet needs to be addressed. The aim of this study was to develop a patient journey in pediatric patients with hemophilia, a visual to...
30 July 2022
The study retraces the healthcare pathway of patients affected by diabetic macular edema (DME) through the direct voice of patients and caregivers by using a “patient journey” and narrative method approach. The mapping of the patient&rsqu...
Patients living with multiple myeloma (MM) have a substantial disease burden and face multiple barriers to care. Building upon our previous research using mixed methods, this focus group research aimed to identify patients’ priorities regarding...
This case study aims to explore how customer journey concepts can apply to a hypothetical scenario, centring on a patient (customer persona) within the dentistry arena, and with a particular focus on special care dentistry. As an educational exercise...
More than three decades ago, we embarked on a number of bioengineering explorations using the most advanced materials and fabrication methods. In every area we ventured into, it was our intention to ensure fundamental discoveries were deployed into t...
Background: Blockchain technology has revolutionized the healthcare sector, including emergency medicine, by integrating AI, machine learning, and big data, thereby transforming traditional healthcare practices. The increasing utilization and accumul...
Background/Objectives: The burden of ulcerative colitis (UC) is increasing in Saudi Arabia (KSA), and patients with UC often suffer from delays in diagnosis and appropriate management. This study investigates the current UC patient journey in KSA fro...
Salvage surgeries of head and neck cancer are often complicated and do not always show decent results. This type of procedure is tough on the patient, as many crucial organs can be affected. A long period of reeducation usually follows the surgery be...
Technologies utilizing cutting-edge methodologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL), present powerful opportunities to help evaluate, predict, and improve patient outcomes by drawing insights from r...
Increasing demand and changing case-mix have resulted in bottlenecks and longer waiting times in emergency departments (ED). However, many process improvement efforts addressing the bottlenecks have limitations, as they lack accurate models of the re...
Computer vision (CV), a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses digital videos or a sequence of images to recognize content, has been used extensively across industries in recent years. However, in the healthcare industry, its applications are...
Cancer disclosure represents a complex healthcare dynamic. Physicians or caregivers may be prompted to withhold diagnosis information from patients. This study aims to comprehensively map and synthesize available evidence about diagnosis nondisclosur...
(1) Objective: We explore the predictive power of a novel stream of patient data, combining wearable devices and patient reported outcomes (PROs), using an AI-first approach to classify the health status of Parkinson’s disease (PD), multiple sc...
Patients with sarcoma often report prolonged time to diagnosis, which is attributed to the rarity of sarcoma and the low awareness of pre-diagnostic signs and symptoms. Aims: To describe patients’ experiences of pre-diagnostic signs/symptoms an...
Introduction: Pelvic exenteration (PEx) is a radical procedure used in the treatment of locally advanced (LARC) and locally recurrent rectal cancer (LRRC). With recent advancements in perioperative treatment regimens, there has been renewed interest...
22 February 2023
The diagnosis of breast cancer (BC) can make the affected person vulnerable to suffering the possible consequences of the use of low-quality health information. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) may be a useful and efficient resource to improve dig...
Background: Tele-prehabilitation is a behaviour change intervention that facilities the modification of unhealthy lifestyle behaviours. Understanding patients’ experiences of tele-prehabilitation provides important insights into service improve...
Background/Objectives: Upper limb amputation presents considerable physical and psychological challenges, especially in young, active individuals. This case study outlines the rehabilitation journey of a 33-year-old patient, an Italian national Paral...
28 March 2022
The youth mental health sector is persistently challenged by issues such as service fragmentation and inefficient resource allocation. Systems modelling and simulation, particularly utilizing participatory approaches, is offering promise in supportin...
Background/Objectives: Patient safety is a critical component of healthcare quality, yet there remains a significant gap in understanding how patient safety knowledge progresses among nursing students throughout their educational journey. This scopin...
The prognosis for Hormonal Receptor positive-HER2-negative (HR+ HER2-negative) metastatic breast cancer (mBC) has significantly improved by advances in hormone therapies, targeted drugs, and antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs). Nevertheless, mainta...