Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleBEST PRACTICES FOR HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE INPATIENT SETTINGCynthia C. AkpakaThis study discusses the strategies that have proven successful in improving adherence to hand hygiene policies among health care providers working in acute care, inpatient settings. Review of literature suggests that while some efforts to improve hand hygiene compliance have focused on environmental engineering other efforts have focused mostly on broad-based educational and motivational initiatives, such as online educational programs … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 14 May 2014 · 7,322 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsThe Economics of Autism in EgyptRoger Lee MendozaProblem statement: This was the first study ever done on the cost consequences of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Egypt or any other developing/industrializing country. The following questions were empirically investigated: What are the economic costs of ASD in Egypt and how do they compare with developed/industrialized countries? Why are cost consequences important in formulating ASD policy in Egypt and … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 11,735 accessesView PDFCite
Case ReportOpen accessIn the abstractLessons Learned: Barriers to Hemoglobin A1c Monitoring in Rural Northern TanzaniaAndrea Fortson Knopp, Erika Metzler SawinIn sub-Saharan countries, Non-communicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs), including diabetes, are on the rise. Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is a Point Of Care (POC) diagnostic tool for diabetic monitoring that is unavailable in many resource-constrained environments worldwide. Theoretically, HbA1c measurement is practical in these settings because fasting is not required, the test is not generally repeated before 120 days and travel time … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 8 Jan 2021 · 6,228 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractService Delivery Innovation in Health Care for Patient Satisfaction at Primary and Secondary LevelHarpreet Kaur Grang, Moshiur Bhuiyan, P.W.C. Prasad et al.The purpose of this research is to identify and address the service delivery issues faced by patients in hospitals including emergency departments. It illustrates the available solutions and determines the one that best fits the solution among service delivery methods in hospitals to provide quick and quality care with better efficiency. There are various software tools that are used to … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Issue 2 · 7 Mar 2019 · 7,666 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvaluation of an Intelligent Electronic Prescription Ontology Using Open Source Tools: A Botswana Case StudyTshiamo Sigwele, Eunice Okon, Tshepiso Mokgetse, Onkemetse TshenyegoHealthcare interoperability in Botswana is hindered by fragmented information exchange across public and private providers, resulting in prescription conflicts, duplicated treatment, and delayed care. In prior work, we developed the Intelligent Electronic Prescription Ontology (IEPO), an open-source OWL 2 ontology for semantically standardized prescription data exchange. Although IEPO was previously validated using competency question-driven metrics (recall, precision, and F1-score), those … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 22, Issue 10 · 29 Sep 2026 · 500 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractChronic Mental Stress Induces Reversible Reduction of Natural Killer Cells and CD56dim SubpopulationManar M. IsmailGenerally, studying to be a health care provider is a stressful and demanding field and the students have to face many stressors that may affect their general health status including the immune system. This work aimed at studying the effect of prolonged naturalistic life-stress exposure on the percentage of peripheral blood T-lymphocytes and Natural Killer (NK) cells in female laboratory … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 13, Issue 3 · 30 Aug 2017 · 7,792 accessesView PDFCite
InvestigationOpen accessIn the abstractDiabetes Group Visit in a Primary Care SettingSelma Mujezinovic RochesterThe group visits models one innovation in the field of chronic illness management that shows promise in meeting the growing demands for this type of care. Patients get significant peer and healthcare provider support during group visits. Group visits typically last 90 min and occur on a regularly scheduled basis. The study design was a quasi-experimental pre-post-test with a comparison … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2017 · 7,227 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractInternational Journal of Research in Nursing: Contribution to Basic and Clinical Nursing ScienceVictor V. ChabanTaking into consideration the expansive growth of scientific knowledge, a successfultranslation of clinical or basic observations into new forms of therapy wouldhave a great impact on society. These days, acknowledging and responding to publicconcerns are just as important for the investigator as performing the researchstudies themselves. Clinicians and practitioners have become more aware of therole of research in their line … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 26 Aug 2015 · 6,916 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTHE PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION AND ITS RISK FACTORS AMONG MALAY ELDERLY IN RESIDENTIAL CARER. Normala, C. Azlini, M. J. Nurul, Z. M. LukmanThe motivation for the study is to improve the quality of life for elderly in residential care particularly the mental health aspect. Hence, the aim of this study is to examine the prevalence of depression and to identify risk factors related to depression among Malay elderly in residential care. Changes in social structure and economic status have shifted the direction … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 9 · 3 Jul 2014 · 7,127 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA LIGHT-WEIGHT CRYPTOGRAPHY ANALYSIS FOR WIRELESS BASED HEALTHCARE APPLICATIONSS. Sangari, Martin Leo ManickamPatient health monitoring devices are flexible. Powerful ECG acquisition system is used at anytime and anywhere in the patient monitoring system. The increasing feasibility and convenience of mobile healthcare has already introduced several significant challenges in hospitals, healthcare providers, policy makers and patients. This study provides adaptive humming bird algorithm of light weight cryptography. This method has higher level of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 10 · 28 Jun 2014 · 6,893 accessesView PDFCite