Integrating an interprofessional educational exercise into required medical student clerkships – a quantitative analysis by Jennifer E. Schwartz, Paul Ko, Stephanie Freed, Neelum Safdar, Megan Christman, Renee Page, Deborah R. Birnbaum, Paul M. Wallach

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Vaccination Coverage of the Elderly in Greece: A Cross-Sectional Nationwide Study by Dimitrios Papagiannis, Georgios Rachiotis, Anargiros Mariolis, Efterpi Zafiriou, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis

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Unilateral Vulvar Pneumatocele (Pneumolabium) Diagnosed during Robotic Hysterectomy by Dani Zoorob, Mahala Spalsbury, Tiffany Slutz, Madeleine Oliver, Ibrahim Tsolakian, Jeffrey Judis

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Professional improvement’s characterization in the Public Health National School, Cuba by Esther Paredes Esponda, María Luisa Quintana Galende, Indira Barcos Pina, Inarvis Medina González

“…The topics broached in the programs correspond to the Minsap work objectives and the National Health System’s prioritized programs.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the Public Health National School has contributed to the professionals’ improvement in different topics. …”
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Conducting a Grounded Theory Study in the Wake of a Traumatic Event: A Research Protocol by Adele Ferguson, Kim Ward, Rachael Parke

“…Implications for the Profession and for Patient Care The results from this grounded theory research will provide data for healthcare practitioners in developing resources and policies to enhance health system preparedness and responsiveness to disasters, improving future crisis management protocols. …”
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Consideraciones sobre la organización de los servicios hospitalarios ante una epidemia de Influenza A (H1N1). Experiencia en Cienfuegos 2009 by Grupo operativo provincial de atención médica a los enfermos adultos hospitalizados

“…Investigation in systems and services of the health system, where a wide bibliographical revision was made, combined with group’s techniques (for the progressive definition of the organizational strategy) and the experiences contained in the "portfolio of decisions" created for that purpose. …”
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Real-Time Fall Risk Assessment Using Functional Reach Test by Brian Williams, Brandon Allen, Zhen Hu, Hanna True, Jin Cho, Austin Harris, Nancy Fell, Mina Sartipi

“…In order to meet these requests, we explore the Functional Reach Test (FRT) for real-time fall risk assessment and implement the FRT function in mStroke, a real-time and automatic mobile health system for poststroke recovery and rehabilitation. mStroke is designed, developed, and delivered as an Application (App) running on a hardware platform consisting of an iPad and one or two wireless body motion sensors based on different mobile health functions. …”
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The Construction of Smart Chinese Medicine Cloud Health Platform Based on Deep Neural Networks by Yaofeng Miao, Yuan Zhou

“…Combining with deep neural network technology, a cloud-based Chinese medicine cloud health system has been developed through big data analysis technology. …”
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Safety-netting strategies for primary and emergency care: a codesign study with patients, carers and clinicians in Sweden by Sara Riggare, Rita Fernholm, Karin Pukk Härenstam, Carolina Wannheden, Johanna Hagman

“…Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis and reported using the Consolidated criteria for Reporting Qualitative research guidelines.Setting Primary and emergency care in Sweden, focusing on the Stockholm region.Participants 7 (5 women) individuals with patient expertise, 1 (man) individual with carer expertise, 18 (12 women) individuals with clinical expertise.Results Three main categories reflecting strategies for applying safety-netting were developed: first, conveying safety-netting advice, which involves understanding patient concerns, tailoring communication and using appropriate modalities for communicating; second, ensuring common understanding, which involves summarising information, asking a teach-back question and anticipating questions post consultation; and third, supporting safety-netting behaviour, which involves facilitating reconsultation, helping patients and carers to navigate the health system and explaining the care context and its purpose.Conclusions Our study highlights the collaborative nature of safety-netting, engaging both the clinician and patient, sometimes supported by carers, in an iterative process. …”
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Yoga and cancer-related fatigue during breast cancer treatment: protocol for a randomized clinical trial by Iamara Rodrigues Acosta, Cristine Lima Alberton, Cristiane Rios Petrarca, Stephanie Santana Pinto

“…This article describes the protocol for a randomized clinical trial that aims to analyze the effects of a Yoga program, compared to a control group, on the physical and psychological outcomes of patients diagnosed with breast cancer, undergoing treatment within the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS) in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. …”
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Perspectives on delivering sexual and reproductive health and rights information and services to young people: focus group discussions with civil society organizations in the Democ... by Landry Egbende, Viviane Mayala, Branly Mbunga, Nina Viberg, Mala Ali Mapatano, Tobias Alfvén, Eva Åkerman

“…Results Young people’s barriers to SRHR information and services were described as multi-layered, linked to individual, community, societal, institutional, and health system levels. The most common barrier in delivering SRHR information was the widespread view of sexuality as a taboo subject in communities and churches as well as in young people’s families. …”
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Burden and pattern of diseases among tribes of South-West Rajasthan by Rakhi Dwivedi, Prachi Goel, Riddhi Jain, Aditya Sharma, Pradeep Dwivedi, Pratibha Singh, Kuldeep Singh

“…Materials and Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of health data from the records of the government health system in the district Sirohi, Rajasthan, for the last three years, from 2020 to 2022. …”
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Pharmacist prescriber in Italy and possible changes to current legislation: survey of attitudes among pharmacists, family doctors and users by Francesca Baratta, Irene Pignata, Lorenzo Ravetto Enri, Paola Brusa

“…The extension of the duties of the Italian pharmacist to include prescribing would be extremely important considering the challenges the National health system is facing regarding the shortage of healthcare workers.Methods In this article, we report the findings of a survey on the role of the pharmacist prescriber conducted among pharmacists, family doctors, and pharmacy users in the North-West of Italy. …”
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Chronic Kidney Disease in the Eastern Region of the State of Mexico: Implication of the Social Determinants of Health by Luis Enrique Hernández Gamundi, Donovan Casas Patiño, Alejandra Rodríguez Torres, Angélica Heredia Sánchez

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the voice of the disease is relegated to be devastating in its attention and way of living; income due to constant travel, medical care costs and unemployment conjugates a deadly trap that conditions the economic fragmentation of the patient; public policies are unattainable -referring to the transplant program-; culture shows a religious symbolism of protection to the health coupled with social stigmatization for suffering chronic kidney disease CKD; the health system transits in lack of service guarantees -dialysis, hemodialysis, lack of supplies-; gender shows equality in care but overload of women in patient care. …”
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Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)/Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) Epidemiology and Mortality Rate at King Fahad Specialist Hospital (KFSH) in Qassim Region of Saudi Arabia: A Retrosp... by Abdullah Alajaji, Jagannath Chandra Shekaran, Omar Mohammed Aldhabbah, Hajar Abdullah Alhindi, Nouf Salem Almazyad, Ziyad Abdulrahman Aljutayli, Saleh Abaalkhail, Saleh Alfouzan

“…The Careware information health system is used at KFSH, and patients were identified searching the diagnosis SJS/TEN. …”
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Exploring the inequalities experienced by health and care workforce and their bases - A scoping review protocol. by Roomi Aziz, Anuj Kapilashrami, Reza Majdzadeh

“…Planning for investment in human resources for health (HRH) is critical to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and establish a sustainable health system. Informed planning warrants a better understanding of the health labour market (HLM) to tackle a variety of health and care workforce challenges: from addressing critical supply shortage, to ensuring optimal skills mix and distribution, and addressing motivation and performance challenges. …”
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The Late 1980s HIV Outbreak in the Southeast of Soviet Russia: Soviet Government and Its Policy against the Epidemic (The Case of Kalmykia) by Margarita V. Baduginova

“…The then changes did negatively affect such an important social sphere as healthcare, which led to a severe decline of what once had been a leading public health system of the world. …”
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Addressing challenges in the implementation of precision oncology: An in-depth examination of limitations and disparities in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer in the Braz... by Luma Princess Schneider, Jean Henri Maselli-Schoueri, Barbara de Souza Gutierres Aguiar, Pedro Nazareth Aguiar, Auro del Giglio

“…However, equitable access to molecular testing and targeted therapies remains a challenge, particularly in resource-limited settings such as the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS). To identify the challenges faced by SUS in caring for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in terms of access to Precision Oncology. …”
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Perceptions of Singaporeans towards informed consent: a cross-sectional survey by Mehek Gupta, Sudharsan Madhavan, Felicia Siok Ying Teo, Jee Keem Low, Vishal G. Shelat

“…Introduction: In a patient-centric health system, it is essential to know patients’ views about informed consent. …”
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