Health P.E.I. staff say they have improved their processes used to track whether patients have been informed of their rights ...

Historically, cancer care largely focused on the fight for survival. Now, thanks to advancements in screening and treatment, many patients are living decades beyond their diagnosis.

For many patients, getting ready to have surgery means getting their blood drawn, their heart rhythm checked, or having other tests in the weeks ...

Objective To explore whether living alone and loneliness 1) are associated with poor patient-reported outcomes at hospital ... Inclusion of patients is presented in the flow chart (figure 1). A total ...

Second, the data management with the standardisation of collected variables and the evaluation and the assessment of the risk-of-bias ... The process of trial selection is represented in the PRISMA ...

Neonates are excluded if they: (1) previously received phototherapy, or (2) have parents who are unable to understand the patient information sheet due ... Figure 1 displays a flow chart with an ...

Whether a research subject had joined MDT care was based on the medical record, which declared a Cancer Patient Treatment Planning and Consultation ... care to those who did not at a ratio of 1:2. A ...

Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

The ASC Quality Collaboration has released a safety and quality assessment tool, according to a Feb. 3 report from Ambulatory Surgery Center News. ASCQC focuses on advancing patient safety and quality ...

Background Primary prevention strategies for cardiovascular disease (CVD) conventionally rely on 10-year risk estimates of ...