Lower storage costs with increased performance: Additional cost savings with storage optimization software; simplified storage and networking by using the server RAM as primary storage to lower CAPEX and OPEX costs; eliminate storage and network bottlenecks that cause session freezes, poor application performance and help desk calls; automated deployment that reduces mistakes, while enabling hi...

BACKGROUND Much has been written about the patient-centred approach in doctor-patient consultations. Little is known about interactions and communication processes regarding healthcare providers' and patients' perspectives on expectations and experiences of diagnostic imaging investigations within the medical encounter. Patients journey through the health system from the point of referral to th...

As efforts to address unmet need for family planning and contraception (FP/C) accelerate, voluntary use, informed choice and quality must remain at the fore. Active involvement of affected populations has been recognized as one of the key principles in ensuring human rights in the provision of FP/C and in improving quality of care. However, community participation continues to be inadequately a...

Provider profiles are an important component of efforts to improve both healthcare productivity and quality. Risk adjustment is the attempt to account for differences in the risk for specific outcomes of cases in different groups in order to facilitate more meaningful comparisons. The value of provider profiles, whether used internally or released to the public, depends both on adequate risk ad...

General self-efficacy (GSE), the expectation that one is able to perform a behavior successfully, may differentiate those who are able to successfully utilize self-care symptom management strategies (SCSMS). This subanalysis (n=569) of an international 12 site longitudinal randomized controlled trial (RCT) (n=775), investigated GSE as an important factor determining symptom burden, SCSMS, engag...

Background: Stress is a critical problem facing many healthcare institutions. The consequences of stress include increased provider burnout and decreased quality of care for patients. Ironically, a key factor that may help buffer the impact of stress on provider well-being and patient health outcomes—compassion—is low in healthcare settings and declines under stress. This gives rise to an urgen...

Opioid overdose and death from continue to present a pressing problem in the United States. It is well-established that range of social economic factors, often referred as determinants health (SDOH), are associated with increased opioid death. Few studies have examined healthcare provider reports on barriers treatment. Healthcare providers (N = 161) participating Project ECHO (Extension for Com...