Background: Despite greater care needs, patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are less likely to use telemedicine. Given the expansion of telemedicine since the COVID-19 pandemic, identifying ways to narrow the telemedicine care gaps experienced by people with LEP is essential.
Objective: Examine the telemedicine experiences of Mandarin-speaking adults with LEP, with a focus on perceived differences between in-person care, video, and telephone telemedicine.
J Sci Food Agric
February 2024
Background: Predictive microbiology is a tool that allows us to evaluate the behavior of the concentration of biomass and estimated cells under extrinsic conditions, providing scientific and industrial benefits. In the present study, the growth of L. lactis and L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: HER2-low has emerged as a new predictive biomarker in metastatic breast cancer. However, its prognostic value in early-stage carcinomas needs to be revisited. We aimed to evaluate the association of HER2-low carcinomas with PAM50 risk groups combined with clinicopathological variables in early breast cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Telemedicine's dramatic increase during the COVID-19 pandemic elevates the importance of addressing patient-care gaps in telemedicine, especially for patients with limited English proficiency.
Objective: To examine the associations of patient language and patient-provider language concordance with telemedicine visit type (video versus telephone visit).
Design: Cross-sectional automated data study of patient-scheduled primary care telemedicine appointments from March 16, 2020, to October 31, 2020.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)
September 2022
Background And Objectives: OVOL1 is a gene that negatively regulates mesenchymal transformation, which allows epithelial cells to invade the stroma. On the other hand, it negatively regulates c-Myc, which has a positive effect on cell proliferation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the expression of OVOL1 and c-Myc in ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN).
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