Academic Articles & Research Papers

Health insurance coverage and quality of care for reproductive and maternal health in LMICs: a multicountry propensity score matching study.

Quality of Care in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glaucoma.

Exploring the roles of informal healthcare providers in urban settings to improve access and quality of care for the urban poor: experience from Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal, and Nigeria.

A Comprehensive Analysis of Healthcare Big Data Management, Analytics and Scientific Programming

Healthcare systems are transformed digitally with the help of medical technology, information systems, electronic medical records, wearable and smart devices, and handheld devices. The advancement in the medical big data, along with the ava...

Socioeconomic inequalities in effective service coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health: a comparative analysis of 39 low-income and middle-income countries

Background: Reducing socioeconomic inequalities in access to good quality health care is key for countries to achieve Universal Health Coverage. This study aims to assess socioeconomic inequalities in effective coverage of reproductive, mat...

Familiar but neglected: identification of gaps and recommendations to close them on exclusive breastfeeding support in health facilities in Malawi

Abstract Background Exclusive breastfeeding is widely accepted as a key intervention with proven efficacy for improving newborn survival. Despite international commitments and targets to support and promote breastfeeding, there are still ga...

New Directions in Chronic Disease Management

A worldwide epidemic of chronic disease, and complications thereof, is underway, with no sign of abatement. Healthcare costs have increased tremendously, principally because of the need to treat chronic complications of non-communicable dis...

Why did an effective Dutch complex psycho-social intervention for people with dementia not work in the German healthcare context? Lessons learnt from a process evaluation alongside a multicentre RCT

Background The positive effects of the Dutch Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia programme on patients' daily functioning were not found in a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) in Germany.Objectives To evaluate possible ef...

Health Technology Assessment. Methodologies for Developing Countries

Evaluative research in area of health technology assessment (HTA) and training of researchers in medicine schools of public health and training programs in health management should be promoted. The focus when evaluating health technology in...

Methods for studying health disparities in U.S. nursing homes: a scoping review

Abstract Background Health disparities exist across healthcare settings, including nursing homes, contributing to preventable differences in care quality. Health disparities are a global issue, yet most studies on nursing home health dispar...

Integrating machine learning algorithms and explainable artificial intelligence approach for predicting patient unpunctuality in psychiatric clinics

This study addresses patient unpunctuality, a major concern affecting patient waiting time, resource utilization, and quality of care. We develop and compare four machine learning models, including multinomial logistic regression, decision ...

The relationship between informatics competency and clinical competency in nurses working in intensive care units: A Cross-sectional Study in Northeast Iran

Background: The use of information technology improves the competency of nurses at the bedside. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between informatics competency and clinical competency in nurses working in intensive car...

Healthcare Management using Blockchain

Healthcare management using blockchain technology refers to the use of blockchain to improve the efficiency, security and privacy of healthcare data management. Blockchain enables the creation of a decentralized, tamper-proof database that ...

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

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...

A Review of the Healthcare-Management (Modeling) Literature Published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

Healthcare systems throughout the world are under pressure to widen access, improve efficiency and quality of care, and reduce inequity. Achieving these conflicting goals requires innovative approaches, utilizing new technologies, data anal...

Policy Recommendations for Information Prescribing to Heart Failure Patients to Reduce Readmissions, Mortality, and Costs

Introduction: Heart failure is a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality, with frequent readmissions mainly due to poor self-care knowledge and low medication adherence. These readmissions increase healthcare costs and reduce patient...

Attitudes towards suicidal behavior in medical students of Lahore, Pakistan

Introduction The increasing global suicide rates pose a considerable strain on healthcare professionals. Subsequently, their attitudes toward suicide prevention may influence suicide risk and management, affecting the quality of care. Objec...

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

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 ...

Integrating clinical and public health knowledge in support of joint medical practice

Abstract Background Strong relations between medicine and public health have long been advocated. Today, professional medical practice assumes joint clinical/public health objectives: GPs are expected to practice community medicine; Hospita...

Machine learning-derived prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients with severe acute respiratory infection: analysis of claims data from the German-wide Helios hospital network

Abstract Background Severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) are the most common infectious causes of death. Previous work regarding mortality prediction models for SARI using machine learning (ML) algorithms that can be useful for both i...