Publications by authors named "S R Kirkhorn"
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- * A life cycle assessment reveals that the processes involved, especially landfilling, significantly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, primarily due to the decomposition of carbon-rich peat.
- * Strategies to reduce emissions by 17% include using renewable fuels, electric excavators, and reusing materials, though the need to excavate carbon-rich soil poses a major challenge to minimizing environmental impacts.
Background: Numerous drugs pose harm to healthcare workers. Medical surveillance (MS) questionnaires often do not capture desired information. Social cognitive theory, plain language, and quality improvement were explored to design an MS questionnaire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Qualitative analyses can yield critical lessons for learning organizations in healthcare. Few studies have applied these techniques in the field of occupational and environmental medicine (OEM).
Aims: To describe the characteristics of complex cases referred for OEM subspecialty evaluation and variation by referring provider's training.
Objective: Occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) physician specialty practices continue to grow in scope and intensity across the Veterans Health Administration. This study characterizes the implementation of a novel, nationwide telemedicine program that provides OEM specialty consultation to providers across the Veterans Health Administration.
Methods: We examined provider requests and specialist responses for a 6-month pilot from May to October 2013.