Publications by authors named "F J Hans"

Article Synopsis
  • The Broad Consent (BC) framework was created to guide patient consent for using medical data and biomaterials for research in compliance with GDPR, particularly focusing on emergency departments (EDs) with diverse patient demographics.
  • The study aimed to analyze how successful different consent methods were in a German tertiary ED and to identify factors influencing consent and dropout rates among patients.
  • In a study of 11,842 ED visits, researchers found that out of 151 eligible patients, 68 (45.0%) consented to BC, while 24 (15.9%) declined participation, indicating varying levels of acceptance based on the method of consent offered.
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Background: Germany has one of the oldest social security systems in the world. Population coverage has subsequently increased, reaching coverage of approximately 90% of the population in the statutory health insurance (SHI) system today. Before this background, Germany has been pioneering the integration of digital therapeutics (DTx) into its SHI system by the introduction of the Digital Healthcare Law (Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz, DVG) in 2019.

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Background: Medical staff are regularly confronted with workplace violence (WPV), which poses a threat to the safety of both staff and patients. Structured de-escalation training (DET) for Emergency Department (ED) staff has been shown to positively affect the reporting of WPV incidents and possibly reduce its impact. This study aimed to describe the development of incidence rates, causes, means, targets, locations, responses, and the time of WPV events.

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Background: Increasing numbers of patients treated in the emergency departments pose challenges to delivering timely and high-quality care. Particularly, the presentation of patients with low-urgency complaints consumes resources needed for patients with higher urgency. In this context, patients with non-specific back pain (NSBP) often present to emergency departments instead of primary care providers.

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Background: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a crucial skill for emergency medical services. As high-risk-low-frequency events pose an immense mental load to providers, concepts of crew resource management, non-technical skills and the science of human errors are intended to prepare healthcare providers for high-pressure situations. However, medical errors occur, and organizations and institutions face the challenge of providing a blame-free error culture to achieve continuous improvement by avoiding similar errors in the future.

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