Publications by authors named "Mordechai Dayan"
The Community Oncology Unit (COU) in Nazareth, Israel, provides complete medical treatments to patients who live in the rural area of the country. During the COVID-19 pandemic, oncology nurses face additional challenges in facilitating cancer care. Pertinent adjustments are being made at the COU to maintain patients' safety and enable continuous oncology therapy by coordinating patients' COVID-19 testing and vaccination program.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Teaching Internal Medicine is mainly hospital-based. Chronic diseases are treated mostly in community-based ambulatory care. This study describes our experience during the first year of teaching Internal Medicine in the community, with a focus on chronic disease management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: This research was conducted to evaluate the impact of a telehealth service on re-hospitalization of patients with congestive heart failure at New York Heart Association II-IV.
Methods And Results: The telehealth service for congestive heart failure patients was designed to follow the patients after their daily weighing and to provide a response in cases of non-compliance or deviation from baseline weight. A weighing scale was installed in the patient's house together with a communication module connected to the telemedicine control centre through a telephone line.
Aims: To evaluate the performance of general practitioners (GPs) in the care of diabetic patients in areas represented or unrepresented by quality indicators.
Methods: An observational study in primary care practices. The study population was comprised of GPs who cared for 1799 patients with diabetes mellitus co-existing with stage 3 chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.