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Background/Objectives: For families with a child with type 1 diabetes, it is often complex and challenging to decide how responsibilities for diabetes care should be divided between parents and children, and how and when these responsibilities should...

The Discharge Medicines Review (DMR) referral system, Refer-to-Pharmacy (RTP), PharmOutcomes and Help for Harry are UK transfer of care systems that aim to reduce the risks associated with hospital discharge. These systems use technology to facilitat...

The excretion care robot’s (ECR) accurate recognition of transfer-assisted actions is crucial during its usage. However, transfer action recognition is a challenging task, especially since the differentiation of actions seriously affects its re...

Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between two molecules in nanoscale distances is utilized in significant number of applications including biological and chemical applications, monitoring cellular activities, sensors, wireless communications a...

Inter-hospital transfers remain a significant part of emergency care service missions, even though efforts have been made to change this. We examined the use of prehospital emergency care units in inter-hospital patient transfers in one wellbeing ser...

Background/Objectives: In hospital settings, the wide variability of acute and complex chronic conditions—among both adult and pediatric patients—requires advanced approaches to detect early signs of clinical deterioration and the risk of...

Background/objectives: Transferring pediatric palliative care patients nearing the end of life (EOL) between care locations is clinically and logistically complex, potentially causing significant stress for families and patients. This study aimed to...

The high-profile case of “Little Heart”, a 3-year-old girl who, shortly after being reunited with her biological parents, was found dead in her home, has contributed to strengthening the rights of children placed in foster care in Sweden. However, th...

Background: In Europe, the majority of healthy women give birth at conventional obstetric units with the assistance of registered midwives. This study examines the relationships between the intrapartum transfer of care (TOC) from midwife to obstetric...

Health care facilities have not increased in response to the growing population. Therefore, government and health agencies are constantly seeking cost-effective alternatives so they can provide effective health care to their constituents. Around the...

Residents of Aged Care Facilities (RACF) experience burdensome hospital transfers in the last year of life, which may lead to aggressive and potentially inappropriate hospital treatments. Anticipating these transfers by identifying risk factors could...

The South Korean population is rapidly aging, and the number of older patients in long-term-care hospitals (LTCHs) continues to increase. This study aims to investigate the epidemiologic data, characteristics, and clinical outcomes of patients aged 6...

Based on ethnographic research at Brooklyn Community High School (BCHS), a transfer high school in New York City I demonstrate that students narrate their educational histories in terms of their experience of care, or lack of care, from teachers. Con...

Background: Safe inter-hospital transport of critically ill patients is a complex procedure where nurses are integral to maintaining patient safety. A structured checklist is pivotal to ensuring the transfer process mitigates potential complications....

Despite the remarkable development related to Point-of-Care devices based on optical technology, their difficulties when used outside of research laboratories are notable. In this sense, it would be interesting to ask ourselves what the degree of tra...

Inpatient rehabilitation should be assessed to improve each functional domain in patients with brain tumor. However, no previous study has reported risk factors for unplanned transfer of this patient population to primary acute care units during a co...

Introduction: This study evaluated the impact of parallel-level patient transfers on bed utilization efficiency within the Mayo Clinic Health System in Southern Minnesota, focusing on optimizing resources across tertiary and critical access hospitals...

Indigenous Australians experience significantly poorer health compared to other Australians, with chronic disease contributing to two-thirds of the health gap. We report on an evaluation of an innovative model that leverages mainstream and Aboriginal...

Few studies have investigated the characteristics of stroke inpatients after post-acute care (PAC) rehabilitation, and few studies have applied propensity score matching (PSM) in a natural experimental design to examine the longitudinal impacts of a...

Background: As national and international reports reveal, significant health care transition (HCT) service disparities exist for youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (YYAs with IDD). The development of the HCT model...

This review discusses risks, benefits, and alternatives in patients already taking benzodiazepines when care transfers to a new clinician. Prescribers have the decision—sometimes mutually agreed-upon and sometimes unilateral—to continue, discontinue,...

Background: Although medical costs need to be controlled, there are no easily applicable cost prediction models of transfer to palliative care (PC) for terminal cancer patients. Construct a cost-saving prediction model based on terminal cancer patien...

Limited adoption of mobile technology for informal learning and continuing professional development within Australian healthcare environments has been explained primarily as an issue of insufficient digital and ehealth literacy of healthcare professi...

Background: The first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic led to a rapid and unexpected saturation of the French ICU, forcing the health care system to adapt. Among other emergency measures, inter-hospital transfers were carried out. Objective: To assess t...

This paper outlines a design approach for biomedical wireless power transfer systems with a focus on three-coil inductive links for neonatal intensive care unit applications. The relevant literature has been explored to support the design approach, e...

Background/Objectives: Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are chronic, life-threatening genetic disorders with a significant cumulative prevalence worldwide. Advances in early diagnosis and treatment have significantly increased life expectancy, under...

This study examined how learning transfer and its antecedents impacted job competency among geriatric caregivers who underwent dementia training. The dementia training program of the National Health Insurance Service of South Korea was selected for t...

Standardized transfer is an evidence-based framework designed to improve communication between healthcare professionals, reducing risks and ensuring safe, high-quality care. Despite its benefits, implementing this framework in clinical practice poses...

In-home elderly care faces a crucial challenge regarding mobility among essential assistive devices, for which dual-arm care robots present a viable solution. However, ensuring human comfort in human–robot interactions necessitate quantifiable...

Understanding human filovirus hemorrhagic fever (FHF) clinical manifestations and evaluating treatment strategies require the collection of clinical data in outbreak settings, where clinical documentation has been limited. Currently, no consensus amo...

Introduction: The examination of vital signs and their changes during illness can alert physicians to possible impending deterioration and organ dysfunction. The Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) is used worldwide as a track and trigger system that...

The aim of this brief report is to present the protocol and preliminary findings of a systematic review on key aspects of care provision that affect care transition of older adults 60+ within the long-term care systems. This brief report describes an...

Objective: To evaluate patient perceptions regarding ultrasound-guided embryo transfer, visualisation of embryos prior to transfer, and continuity of care with the same physician during in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments. Setting: Between Januar...

Serotonin is an important neurotransmitter that plays a major role in the pathogenesis of a variety of conditions, including psychiatric disorders. The detection of serotonin typically relies on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), an expen...

(1) Background: Globally, an estimated 1.7 million adolescents (aged 10–19 years) were living with HIV in 2023, with 82% residing in sub-Saharan Africa. For ALHIV, transitioning to adult care involves assuming responsibility for their own healt...

This paper aims to assist novice gardeners in identifying plant diseases to circumvent misdiagnosing their plants and to increase general horticultural knowledge for better plant growth. In this paper, we develop a mobile plant care support system (&...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health crisis exacerbated by the misuse of antibiotics in healthcare, agriculture, and the environment. In an intensive care unit (ICU), where high antibiotic usage, invasive procedures, and immunocompromised patient...

Digital health technologies (DHTs) at the intersection of health, medical informatics, and business aim to enhance patient care through personalised digital approaches. Ensuring the efficacy and reliability of these innovations demands rigorous clini...

Transfer of care is a sensitive process, especially for the elderly. Polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), drug-drug interactions (DDIs), and renal risk drugs (RRDs) are important issues in the elderly. The aim of the study was...

Introduction: Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) face factors that cause anxiety, fear, pain, depression, and adverse health behaviors. This qualitative study aims to determine patients’ experiences when transferred from the ICU to the war...

Background: Germany’s high density of under-equipped hospitals and anticipated surge in orthopedic and trauma surgery-related diseases by 2030, combined with personnel shortages, are expected to increase patient transfers between hospitals, an...

Introduction: Patients with soft tissue infection are often encountered in clinical practice. The mainstay of treatment typically includes antimicrobial therapy, followed by surgical debridement when indicated. Blood cultures are often performed prio...

Background/Objectives: According to the guidelines of the EndoCert initiative, certified maximum-care arthroplasty centers (ACmax) are obliged to admit patients from certified arthroplasty centers (AC) if these patients need to be transferred to the...

Background: The COVID-19 crisis has strained world health care systems. This study aimed to develop an innovative prediction score using clinical and biological parameters (PREDICT score) to anticipate the need of intensive care of COVID-19 patients...

(1) Background: Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIVs) experience significant challenges in adhering to treatment and remaining engaged in care as they transition from pediatric to adult HIV care programs. The aim of this qualitative evidence synthesis...

Severe burns are among the most traumatic injuries, characterized by tissue damage, systemic inflammation, significant fluid shifts, and a high risk of complications such as infections, organ failure, anemia, malnutrition, and psychological trauma. T...

Background and objectives: This study aimed to determine the frailty, prognosis, complexity, and palliative care complexity of nursing home residents with palliative care needs and define the characteristics of the cases eligible for receiving advanc...

Relocation of residents within or between long-term care facilities occurs regularly. To mitigate potential negative consequences, supportive relocation initiatives have been developed. This scoping review addresses types, aspects, and impact of relo...

There has been little focus on designing tailored diabetes management strategies in developing countries. The aim of this study is to develop a theory-driven, tailored and context-specific complex intervention for the effective management of type 2 d...

The increasing global patterns for asthma disease and its associated fiscal burden to healthcare systems demand a change to healthcare processes and the way asthma risks are managed. Patient-centered health care systems equipped with advanced sensing...