4 results match your criteria: "University of Oxford (Dr Dopson); and Oxford University Hospitals (Dr Darwent)[Affiliation]"

Importance: Longer-term outcomes and risk factors associated with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) are not well established.

Objective: To investigate longer-term risk of relapse and factors associated with this risk among patients with MOGAD.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This large, single-nation, prospective cohort study was conducted among 276 patients with MOGAD at 5 health care centers in the UK.

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Objectives: Improving patient experience is widely regarded as a key component of health care quality. However, while a considerable amount of data are collected about patient experience, there are concerns this information is not always used to improve care. This study explored whether and how frontline staff use patient experience data for service improvement.

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Staff Perceptions of Improving Emergency Care for Children: A Qualitative Study.

Health Care Manag (Frederick)

May 2019

Author Affiliations: Department of Paediatrics and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; and Divisions of Emergency Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children (Dr Ratnapalan), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Kings College London (Mrs Bennett); and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (Dr Dopson); and Oxford University Hospitals (Dr Darwent), Oxford, United Kingdom.

The objective of this study was to identify staff perceptions of a service improvement for pediatric emergency care at a university teaching hospital. Semistructured qualitative interviews of stakeholders were conducted, and grounded theory approach was used for analysis. Forty-one interviews were conducted with physicians, nurses, managers, and health care workers.

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Background: Cognitive problems in people with schizophrenia predict poor functional recovery even with the best possible rehabilitation opportunities and optimal medication. A psychological treatment known as cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) aims to improve cognition in neuropsychiatric disorders, with the ultimate goal of improving functional recovery. Studies suggest that intervening early in the course of the disorder will have the most benefit, so this study will be based in early intervention services, which treat individuals in the first few years following the onset of the disorder.

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