Preparing for EQUIP by Measuring Mammography Image Quality.

Purpose: To determine the feasibility of objectively critiquing mammography images and quantitatively assessing technologist performance, and to determine whether results can be compared to analyze performance.

Methods: The authors assessed mammography examinations performed by 3 experienced technologists using a quality improvement method to track factors that affect image quality. A total of 147 examinations were evaluated prior to the technologists receiving standardized positioning training, and an equal number of examinations were evaluated 2 months after the training.

An Analysis of a Biometric Screening and Premium Incentive-Based Employee Wellness Program: Enrollment Patterns, Cost, and Outcome.

Since 2012, a large health care system has offered an employee wellness program providing premium discounts for those who voluntarily undergo biometric screenings and meet goals. This study evaluates the program impact on care utilization and total cost of care, taking into account employee self-selection into the program. A retrospective claims data analysis of 6453 employees between 2011 and 2015 was conducted, categorizing the sample into 3 mutually exclusive subgroups: Subgroup 1 enrolled and met goals in all years, Subgroup 2 enrolled or met goals in some years but not all, and Subgroup 3 never enrolled.

A randomised controlled trial of an iPad-based application to complement early behavioural intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Background: Technology-based interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have proliferated, but few have been evaluated within the context of a randomised controlled trial (RCT). This RCT evaluated the efficacy of one technology-based early intervention programme (Therapy Outcomes By You; TOBY) in young children with ASD.

Methods: TOBY is an app-based learning curriculum designed for children and parents as a complement to early behavioural intervention.

Randomised controlled trial of an iPad based early intervention for autism: TOBY playpad study protocol.

Background: Evidence for early intensive behavioural interventions (EIBI) by therapists as an effective treatment for children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is growing. High-intensity and sustained delivery of quality EIBI is expensive. The TOBY (Therapy Outcomes by You) Playpad is an App-based platform delivering EIBI to facilitate learning for young children with ASD, while enabling parents to become co-therapists.

Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework to categorise goals and assess goal attainment for transition care clients.

Aim: To classify goals according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and to examine factors associated with goal attainment for transition care program (TCP) clients.

Methods: Recorded goals at admission were rated at discharge as achieved, partially achieved or not achieved. Two researchers independently linked each statement to the most closely corresponding ICF categories.

TOBY play-pad application to teach children with ASD - A pilot trial.

Purpose: To investigate use patterns and learning outcomes associated with the use of Therapy Outcomes By You (TOBY. Playpad, an early intervention iPad application.

Methods: Participants were 33 families with a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aged 16 years or less, and with a diagnosis of autism or pervasive developmental disorder - not otherwise specified, and no secondary diagnoses.

Mobility criteria for upright sitting with patients in the neuro/trauma intensive care unit: an analysis of length of stay and functional outcomes.

Background And Purpose: Few studies have explored optimal advancement and variation in mobility and length of stay (LOS) data with critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). The purpose of this study was to analyze the outcomes and LOS of critically ill patients in the neurotrauma ICU involved in rehabilitation.

Methods: A bidirectional case-control study of a total of 30 patients admitted to a level 1 trauma hospital in the metropolitan Chicago area with Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) of ≤12 (3-12) were studied.