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PLoS One
January 2025
Evidence-based Public Health, Centre for International Health Protection, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Health system resilience is defined as the ability of a system to prepare, manage, and learn from shocks. This study investigates the resilience of the German health system by analysing the system-related factors that supported health care workers, a key building block of the system, during the COVID-19 pandemic. We thematically analysed data from 18 semi-structured interviews with key informants from management, policy and academia, 17 in-depth interviews with health care workers, and 10 focus group discussions with health care workers.
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December 2025
Kuang Health Clinic, Pekan Kuang, Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia.
There are approximately 220 million (about 12% regional prevalence) adults living with diabetes mellitus (DM) with its related complications, and morbidity knowingly or unconsciously in the Western Pacific Region (WP). The estimated healthcare cost in the WP and Malaysia was 240 billion USD and 1.0 billion USD in 2021 and 2017, respectively, with unmeasurable suffering and loss of health quality and economic productivity.
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December 2024
Jiang Xi Hospital of China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330052, P.R. China.
Background: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a crucial role in intraspecies and interspecies communication, significantly influencing physiological and pathological processes. Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) secreted by Gram-negative bacteria are rich in components from the parent cells and are important for bacterial communication, immune evasion, and pathogenic mechanisms. However, the extraction and purification of OMVs face numerous challenges due to their small size and heterogeneity.
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December 2024
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Objective: Clinicians face challenges in managing the growing population of patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) and hearing loss (HL) in the United States. This study seeks to investigate provider perspectives on evaluating, counseling, and treating HL in LEP patients.
Study Design: Prospective descriptive study.
Introduction: The DMAIC approach is a five-phase improvement cycle which enables the advancement of pre-existing processes and was implemented as part of the "lean" process improvement initiative. The present study aims to improve the work efficiency of chemotherapy daycare unit (CDU) at a cancer hospital. The objectives include studying the process flow of the CDU, estimating the patient wait time (PWT) before infusion at the CDU, and implementing new measures to improve its functioning.
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