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WestREN: a description of an Irish academic general practice research network
(BioMed Central, 2010-10)
Background:Primary care research networks have been established internationally since the 1960s to enable diverse practitioners to engage in and develop research and education and implement research evidence.
The newly ...
The SPHERE Study. Secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: protocol of a randomised controlled trial of tailored practice and patient care plans with parallel qualitative, economic and policy analyses.
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2005-07-29)
Background:
The aim of the SPHERE study is to design, implement and evaluate tailored practice and personal care plans to improve the process of care and objective clinical outcomes for patients with established coronary ...
Responses to language barriers in consultations with refugees and asylum seekers: a telephone survey of Irish general practitioners
(BioMed Central, 2008)
Background:
Refugees and asylum seekers experience language barriers in general practice. Qualitative studies have found that responses to language barriers in general practice are ad hoc with use of both professional ...
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 ...
Improving antimicrobial prescribing: a multinomial model identifying factors associated with first- and second-line prescribing
(Elsevier, 2018-12-13)
Background/objectives: Broad-spectrum, second-line antimicrobials may be prescribed when initial first-line options prove ineffective. This study compares prescribing practices and identifies potential influencing factors ...
Changing antibiotic prescribing in General Practice – The results of the SIMPle process evaluation
(Sciedu Press, 2017)
Objective: The Supporting the Improvement and Management of Prescribing for Urinary Tract Infections (SIMPle) study, a cluster randomized trial, sought to improve the quality of antibiotic prescribing for Urinary Tract ...
Barriers and facilitators related to the implementation of a physiological track and trigger system: A systematic review of the qualitative evidence
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2017-11-21)
Purpose
To identify the barriers to, and facilitators of, the implementation of physiological track and trigger systems (PTTSs), perceived by healthcare workers, through a systematic review of the extant qualitative ...
A systematic review of interventions to foster physician resilience
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-02-21)
This review aimed to synthesise the literature describing interventions to improve resilience among physicians, to evaluate the quality of this research and to outline the type and efficacy of interventions implemented. ...
A systematic review of measurement tools for the proactive assessment of patient safety in general practice
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017-04-04)
Background
Primary care physicians have reported a difficulty in understanding how best to measure and improve patient safety in their practices.
Objectives
The aims of the study were to identify measures of patient ...
A systematic review of patient complaints about general practice
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019-11-19)
Objective
This review aimed to synthesize the extant research on complaints in general practice.
Methods
Five electronic databases were searched: Medline, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Academic Search Complete. ...