Health care

  1. Pilot trainees report six barriers to seeking healthcare
    Qualitative study identifies six barriers to healthcare seeking among undergraduate pilot trainees, including fear of career jeopardy, limited health system knowledge, and financial constraints.
  2. NABH digital health standards align with major international frameworks
    Scoping review mapping NABH Digital Health Standards against international maturity models, identifying convergences and gaps in AI governance, cybersecurity, interoperability, and health equity.
  3. ESC report highlights gaps in cardiovascular guideline implementation
    Review of cardiovascular clinical practice guideline implementation barriers and evidence-based strategies to improve adoption across diverse healthcare systems
  4. Private equity investment in emergency medicine raises ethical tensions
    Concept review examining private equity investment in emergency medicine, identifying conflicts between profit maximization and clinical ethics alongside regulatory gaps and research needs.
  5. Model for Improvement described for nurse-led quality improvement
    Quality improvement methodology using the Model for Improvement to enhance patient care delivery in nursing and health settings through structured problem-solving.
  6. Review describes peer review denials, burdens, and navigation
    Comprehensive review of insurance peer review processes, examining how prior authorization and peer-to-peer reviews impact physicians, patients, and healthcare quality.
  7. Online osteoporosis information often falls short of evidence-based standards
    Study evaluates quality of online osteoporosis information across 146 German and English websites using evidence-based criteria, finding significant gaps in diagnostic, treatment, and prevention.
  8. Teacher care linked to middle school social-emotional competence
    Teacher care influences middle school students' social-emotional competence through teacher-student relationships, with differential effects based on migration status using CEPS data.
  9. Rivaroxaban controversy linked to synthetic certainty
    Analysis of regulatory closure and synthetic certainization in rivaroxaban authorization, examining how institutional power consolidated therapeutic claims despite device defects.
  10. Poland and Lebanon differed in access, communication, and autonomy
    Comparative study of healthcare quality management in Poland and Lebanon examining patient communication, service accessibility, and decision-making autonomy across public and private systems.
  11. Telehealth expanded access across care levels in São Paulo
    Implementation study of telehealth services across primary, secondary, and tertiary care levels in São Paulo State's public health system, serving Brazil's Unified Health System population.
  12. Designing Care-fully: Robots for Acute Cancer Care
    Care ethics framework for designing social robots in acute cancer care, examining how robots can amplify compassion in emergency department settings through collaborative stakeholder research.
  13. Patients reported high satisfaction in most hospital care areas
    Cross-sectional patient satisfaction assessment in cardiology department, Senegal, highlighting communication gaps and clinical care quality indicators across 203 hospitalized patients.
  14. Workplace stress affects healthcare workers in Ethiopia
    Cross-sectional study of 496 Ethiopian healthcare workers found 53% experienced workplace stress, with levels linked to qualifications, facility type, and salary.
  15. Students reported mixed satisfaction in primary care training units
    Study analyzing satisfaction among final-semester medical students in primary health care units during mandatory community service in Mexico, identifying deficiencies in safety and infrastructure.
  16. Drug shortages create risks in obstetric care
    Clinical analysis of drug shortages in obstetric care addressing causation, prediction, and systematic response mechanisms for healthcare institutions.
  17. District resident programme is introduced for postgraduate training
    District Resident Programme overview: National Medical Council postgraduate training initiative for MD/MS students in district healthcare systems and National Health Programme implementation.
  18. Little Havana seniors face multiple barriers to orthopedic care
    Descriptive analysis of social determinants and orthopedic care access gaps among seniors in Little Havana, Miami, identifying insurance, transportation, language, and service availability barriers.
  19. Discrimination measure validated for family planning settings
    Psychometric validation of a nine-item discrimination measure in family planning settings reveals two factors and strong reliability across diverse populations, confirming disparities in.
  20. Chinese stigma scale for healthcare professionals shows reliable validity
    Validation study of the Chinese PSSS-HCP scale measuring healthcare professional stigma toward patients with persistent somatic symptoms, demonstrating strong psychometric properties for clinical use.