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Epilepsia
January 2025
Department of Neurology, Neurocritical Care, and Neurorehabilitation, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Member of European Reference Network EpiCARE, Christian Doppler University Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Objective: People with epilepsy (PWEs) often face difficulties in obtaining or keeping employment. To determine the views on this topic of the heads of human resources (HHRs) and occupational physicians (OCPs).
Method: Twelve HHRs and five OCPs underwent a telephone interview concerning the opportunities and limitations of job applications for PWEs.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA.
Disparities in autism research and practices based on race and ethnicity are evident across many outcomes and life course stages. However, most of the research has focused on outlining differences and not the underlying systemic inequities driving these disparities. In this conceptual paper, we aim to shift the focus by outlining mechanisms of structural racism within the institutions of science, healthcare, and residential segregation and educational systems in the United States (U.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth Policy Plan
January 2025
University of Cape Town, Health Systems and Policy Division and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Falmouth Road, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
Understanding health systems as comprising interacting elements of hardware and software acknowledges health systems as complex adaptive systems (CAS). Hardware represents the concrete components of systems, whereas software represents the elements which influence actions and underpin relationships, such as processes, values and norms As a specific call for research on health system software was made in 2011, we conducted a qualitative scoping review considering how and for what purpose the concept has been used since then. Our overall purpose was to synthesise current knowledge and generate lessons about how to deepen research on, and understanding of, health system software.
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January 2025
Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Health Secur
January 2025
Michael Redlener, MD, FAEMS, is Medical Director, Mount Sinai West Department of Emergency Medicine; Co-Director, Center for Healthcare Readiness; and an Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine; all at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY.
Hospital patient boarding in emergency departments has reached unprecedented crisis levels over the past 4 years. Boarding and crowding has been demonstrated by prior literature to have adverse effects on patient care as well as increased associated costs. Importantly, the increase in hospital patient boarding has created critical shortcomings in disaster preparedness by limiting the capacity of emergency departments to respond to mass casualty incidents due to space and staffing constraints.
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