Publications by authors named "Elease J McLaurin"

Background: Effective communication in transitions between healthcare team members is associated with improved patient safety and experience through a clinically meaningful reduction in serious safety events. Family-centered rounds (FCR) can serve a critical role in interprofessional and patient-family communication. Despite widespread support, FCRs are not utilized consistently in many institutions.

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  • People with dementia have a higher risk of getting long-lasting wounds, but not much research studies them.
  • Researchers looked at 36 articles about these wounds but found gaps in important details like the severity of dementia and racial backgrounds.
  • More studies are needed to understand chronic wounds in dementia patients who live alone or have family caregivers, especially since their wound care can be complicated by their behavior.
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One challenge in using naturalistic driving data is producing a holistic analysis of these highly variable datasets. Typical analyses focus on isolated events, such as large g-force accelerations indicating a possible near-crash. Examining isolated events is ill-suited for identifying patterns in continuous activities such as maintaining vehicle control.

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