Browsing by Subject "Healthcare"
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A comparative examination of healthcare use related to hearing impairment in Europe
(2016)Impaired health resulting from whatever source presents challenges to individuals and societies. These challenges can be presented in terms of an economic burden - costs and dis-utilities - that arise from the experience ... -
Dashboards for supporting cancer care in value-based healthcare context – Information needs, design principles and acceptance
(NUI Galway, 2021-09-19)Improving the value of care is central to the value-based healthcare model. This model emphasises the active role of patients in decision making and providing them with the information they require during the different ... -
The impact of medical cyber–physical systems on healthcare service delivery
(Emerald, 2022-04-12)Purpose The pandemic has reinforced the need for revamping the healthcare service delivery systems around the world to meet the increased challenges of modern-day illnesses. The use of medical cyber–physical system (MCPS) ... -
An introduction to human factors for healthcare workers
(Health Services Executive, 2021-11-20)This document: (1) provides a comprehensive overview of human factors; (2) supports healthcare workers to identify the human factors issues in their workplace; (3) supports the identification of the human factors contributors ... -
Lean Six Sigma as an enabler for healthcare operational excellence in COVID-19
(Purdue University, 2021-06-22)Purpose -This paper aims to present the results of a qualitative research interview study on the utilization and importance of Lean Six Sigma methods in the Healthcare sector in COVID-19 and in pandemics in general. Des ... -
Learning from complaints about hospital care
(National University of Ireland Galway, 2022)Complaints are often seen as a negative experience in healthcare, with patients or family members writing about poor experiences of care, or things that went wrong. These things that go wrong may be small issues or ... -
A mixed-methods investigation of health professionals' perceptions of a physiological track and trigger system
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2015-10-09)Background Physiological track and trigger systems (PTTSs) regulate the monitoring of patients vital signs and facilitate the detection and treatment of deteriorating patients. These systems are widely used although ... -
One size does not fit all: querying web polystores
(IEEE, 2019-01-17)Data retrieval systems are facing a paradigm shift due to the proliferation of specialized data storage engines (SQL, NoSQL, Column Stores, MapReduce, Data Stream, and Graph) supported by varied data models (CSV, JSON, ... -
The role of work-life balance policies in healthcare human resources management
(2011)Currently a European wide study has surveyed some 1,406 nurses in 115 units within over 30 hospitals as part of a longer study. This study looks at nurses' qualifications, productivity, their working environment as well ... -
SAFE: SPARQL federation over RDF data cubes with access control
(BioMed Central, 2017-02-01)Several query federation engines have been proposed for accessing public Linked Open Data sources. However, in many domains, resources are sensitive and access to these resources is tightly controlled by stakeholders; ...