Publications by authors named "H Lingner"
Article Synopsis
- Primary care goes beyond treating illness to include preventive care and chronic disease management, with Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs) like RaPHaeL in Germany providing essential support for clinical research.
- A survey of general practitioners involved in RaPHaeL assessed their demographic characteristics, infrastructure, and research readiness, revealing a 97.1% response rate and a mix of participants in terms of age and practice size.
- The study identified a significant variability in the readiness of GP practices for conducting clinical research, indicating a need for targeted training to improve their capabilities and enhance healthcare delivery.
Background: The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in several European countries involved collaboration between public health and Primary Health Care (PHC).
Objective: To highlight the role of PHC professionals in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, specifically in terms of vaccine administration, communication and contributing to vaccination population coverage.
Methods: A descriptive retrospective study of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign across 28 European countries was conducted, covering data from December 2020 to November 2021.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated changes in European healthcare systems, with a significant proportion of COVID-19 cases being managed on an outpatient basis in primary healthcare (PHC). To alleviate the burden on healthcare facilities, many European countries developed contact-tracing apps and symptom checkers to identify potential cases. As the pandemic evolved, the European Union introduced the Digital COVID-19 Certificate for travel, which relies on vaccination, recent recovery, or negative test results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Primary Health Care (PHC) plays a crucial role in managing the COVID-19 pandemic, with only 8% of cases requiring hospitalization. However, PHC COVID-19 data often goes unnoticed on European government dashboards and in media discussions. This project aims to examine official information on PHC patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, with specific objectives: (1) Describe PHC's clinical pathways for acute COVID-19 cases, including long-term care facilities, (2) Describe PHC COVID-19 pandemic indicators, (3) Develop COVID-19 PHC activity indicators, (4) Explain PHC's role in vaccination strategies, and (5) Create a PHC contingency plan for future pandemics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Variation exists in the capabilities of electronic healthcare records (EHRs) systems and the frequency of their use by primary care physicians (PCPs) from different settings. We aimed to examine the factors associated with everyday EHRs use by PCPs, characterise the EHRs features available to PCPs, and to identify the impact of practice settings on feature availability.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.