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Missed Healthcare Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study

Jethel Hernandez, Stephanie Batio, Rebecca Mullen Lovett, Michael S. Wolf et al. • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2024)

Introduction: Missed visits have been estimated to cost the U.S. healthcare system $50 billion annually and have been linked to healthcare inefficiency, higher rates of emergency department visits, and worse outcomes. COVID-19 disrupted exi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21501319241233869

A Collaborative Approach to Improving Breast Cancer Screening and Follow-Up Through Multicomponent Interventions and Process Improvements: The Links to Care Community Grants Project study protocol and baseline findings

Emily A. Prentice, Abby Moler, Amanda Sweeney, Karla Wysocki et al. • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2025)

Background: The Links to Care Community Grants Project was developed to improve breast cancer outcomes by increasing access to appropriate follow-up care, improving processes for care transitions, and enhancing care coordination between com...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21501319251357987

i-MoMCARE: AI-enabled mobile app for maternal and child health care in Cambodia – a pilot implementation and evaluation study

Vonthanak Saphonn, Siyan Yi, Chhavarath Dary, Sreymom Oy et al. • BMJ Health & Care Informatics (2026)

Objectives In Cambodia, village health support groups (VHSGs) are central to maternal and child health (MCH) service delivery, yet maternal mortality remains high with regional disparities. Although digital health solutions show promise, th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjhci-2025-101691

Handbook of Medical Informatics

Jan H. van Bemmel, Mark A. Musen • Springer eBooks (1997)

Data Processing.- Database Management.- Telecommunication, Networking, and Integration.- Coding and Classification.- The Patient Record.- Biosignal Analysis.- Medical Imaging.- Image Processing and Analysis.- Primary Care.- Clinical Departm...

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Conceptualisation and design of a protocol for a novel social drivers and primary care screening tool in paediatric orthopaedics: a quality improvement initiative

Devika A Shenoy, Kathryn Radulovacki, Christian Zirbes, Rachelle Shao et al. • BMJ Open Quality (2025)

Introduction Paediatric patients with elevated healthcare needs have limited access to care, contributing to insufficient preventive services. Social drivers of health (SDOH), such as inadequate nutrition and poor community support, contrib...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2025-003454

Demographic determinants of patient satisfaction in medical outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in North India

Gaurav Batta, Deepak Khushalrao Mundhe, R. Vishnuprasad, Anshita Batta et al. • Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care (2025)

Introduction: Patient satisfaction surveys are widely used in European countries to ensure high-quality healthcare through systematic feedback. India, through its National Health Mission, is now adopting this practice to measure satisfactio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_430_25

Effectiveness of an electronic clinical decision support system in improving the management of childhood illness in primary care in rural Nigeria: an observational study

Marek Kwiatkowski, Rodolfo Rossi, Torsten Schmitz, Fenella Beynon et al. • BMJ Open (2022)

Objectives To evaluate the impact of ALgorithm for the MANAgement of CHildhood illness (‘ALMANACH’), a digital clinical decision support system (CDSS) based on the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness, on health and quality of care ou...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055315

Effects of an interactive web-based support system via mobile phone on preference-based patient participation in patients living with hypertension – a randomized controlled trial in primary care

Hanna Vestala, Marcus Bendtsen, Patrik Midlöv, Karin Kjellgren et al. • Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care (2024)

AbstractObjective To estimate the effects of an interactive web-based support system via mobile phone on preference-based patient participation in patients with hypertension treated in primary care (compared with standard hypertensive care ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/02813432.2023.2301567

Exploring health literacy pertaining to general wellbeing and chronic disease management among population registered within Primary Healthcare System: A Study protocol.

Muslim Abbas Syed, Ahmed Sameer Alnuaimi, Mohamed Ahmed Syed • PLoS ONE (2025)

BackgroundEvidence suggests that high level of health literacy among patients is associated with high levels of accessibility to healthcare, better understanding consent-to-treat forms, increased compliance to treatment (particularly in tak...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0333194

Multilevel factors associated with self-reported sexually transmitted infections among sexually active women in Africa: a socio-ecological analysis

Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-Ansah, Eugene Budu, Cyprian Issahaku Dorgbetor, Rabbi Tweneboah et al. • BMC Public Health (2026)

Abstract Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to pose a significant public health challenge globally, negatively impacting reproductive health and increasing the likelihood of infertility, complications during pregnanc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-28423-9

Why do healthcare professionals fail to escalate as per the early warning system (EWS) protocol? A qualitative evidence synthesis of the barriers and facilitators of escalation

S. M. O’Neill, B. Clyne, M. Bell, A. Casey et al. • BMC Emergency Medicine (2021)

Abstract Background Early warning systems (EWSs) are used to assist clinical judgment in the detection of acute deterioration to avoid or reduce adverse events including unanticipated cardiopulmonary arrest, admission to the intensive care ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12873-021-00403-9

Parents’ Perceptions of the Problems in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Qualitative Study

Masume Zareei, Seyed Abolfazl Tohidast, Masoomeh Salmani • Iranian Rehabilitation Journal (2022)

Objectives: Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have valuable experiences of the possible developmental problems and other issues of their children as the primary caregivers. The present study aimed to obtain proper info...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ)

Meeting unmet needs following minor stroke: the SUN randomised controlled trial protocol

Emma Finch, Michele Foster, Tegan Cruwys, Jennifer Fleming et al. • BMC Health Services Research (2019)

Abstract Background Whilst there are comprehensive guidelines for the rehabilitation of people with severe impairments from stroke, there has been less attention on the health and rehabilitation needs of people with minor stroke. Our study ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4746-1

Moving from crisis response to a learning health system: Experiences from an Australian regional primary care network

Bianca Forrester, Georgia Fisher, Louise A. Ellis, Andrew Giddy et al. • Learning Health Systems (2025)

Abstract Introduction The COVID‐19 pandemic challenged primary care to rapidly innovate. In response, the Western Victorian Primary Health Network (WVPHN) developed a COVID‐19 online Community of Practice comprising general practitioners (G...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/lrh2.10458

The journey to a learning health system in primary care: a qualitative case study utilising an embedded research approach

Genevieve Dammery, Louise A. Ellis, Kate Churruca, Janani Mahadeva et al. • BMC Primary Care (2023)

Abstract Background Healthcare systems may be resilient and adaptive, but they are not fit for purpose in their current state. Increasing threats to health system sustainability have underscored the need to move towards a learning health sy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12875-022-01955-w

The Effect of Health Literacy on a Brief Intervention to Improve Advance Directive Completion: A Randomized Controlled Study

Paige C. Barker, Neal P. Holland, Oliver Shore, Robert L. Cook et al. • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2021)

Objective Completion of an advance directive (AD) document is one component of advanced care planning. We evaluated a brief intervention to enhance AD completion and assess whether the intervention effect varied according to health literacy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21501327211000221

Gestão do trabalho, da educação, da informação e comunicação na atenção básica à saúde de municípios das regiões Sul e Nordeste do Brasil Management of work, education, information, and communication in primary healthcare in cities in Southern and Northeastern Brazil

Denise Silva da Silveira, Luiz Augusto Facchini, Fernando Vinholes Siqueira, Roberto Xavier Piccini et al. • Cadernos de Saúde Pública (2010)

A descentralização das ações no Sistema Único de Saúde requer competências específicas para a gestão municipal. As demandas incluem o gerenciamento de equipes de trabalho, estrutura física e tecnológica, e organização de insumos e estratégi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2010000900005

Protocol for a mixed methods process evaluation for a randomised controlled trial to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines: the iFraP study [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

Terence W O'Neill, Robert Horne, Clare Jinks, Christian D Mallen et al. • NIHR Open Research (2026)

Background High quality shared decision-making (SDM) conversations involve people with or at risk of osteoporosis and clinicians working together to decide, where appropriate, which evidence-based medicines best fit the person’s life, belie...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3310/nihropenres.13751.3

Predicting hospital admissions from individual patient data (IPD): an applied example to explore key elements driving external validity

Rafael Perera, Marjan Van Den Akker, Kym I E Snell, Joerg J Meerpohl et al. • BMJ Open (2021)

Objective To explore factors that potentially impact external validation performance while developing and validating a prognostic model for hospital admissions (HAs) in complex older general practice patients.Study design and setting Using ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045572

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF INCLISIRAN BY BASELINE BODY MASS INDEX: A POST HOC POOLED ANALYSIS OF THE ORION-9, ORION-10 AND ORION-11 PHASE III RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS

Lawrence A Leiter, David G Kallend, Wolfgang Koenig, Ulf Landmesser et al. • American Journal of Preventive Cardiology (2023)

Therapeutic Area: ASCVD/CVD Risk Factors Background: Excessive bodyweight, often associated with dyslipidemia, may affect the pharmacology of drugs. Inclisiran, a small interfering RNA targeting PCSK9 hepatic mRNA, is an effective LDL-C low...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2022.100403