Background: Laboratory test request forms usually accompany patient’s samples to the laboratory, providing biodata and clinical details of patient. This information is for purposes identification guiding pathologists accurately interpret result. Clinicians however do not provide all required information, thus making interpretation difficult. The frequency such incompleteness assessed in this ...

Background and Objectives: With the emergence of COVID-19, telemedicine use has increased dramatically as clinicians patients have looked for alternatives to face-to-face care. Prior research shown high levels patient satisfaction comparable quality Video visits been hypothesized be one way reduce burnout among clinicians, but there minimal on physician views virtual We sought measure family ex...

OBJECTIVES In this paper we present a method for processing and presentation of data recorded through structured observation of clinicians' information and communication activities. The activities are encoded as sequences of distinctive speech acts, and resulting profiles of communicative behaviour are visualized in radar graphs. Example profiles resulting from the analysis of three clinicians'...

A typical joint venture is structured as a limited liability company (LLC). Under this nontaxable structure, income passes directly through to the owners, which benefits both physicians and hospitals. For taxable owners, such as physicians, the income is not subject to “double taxation” (where earnings are taxable both to the corporation and to the individual investor). And for a nonprofit enti...

challenges to physicians – those with specific business interests as well as those whose sole focus is patient care. Understanding the law and knowing which, if any, of the many Stark exceptions apply to your arrangement is essential. Part I of this series explained the purpose of the Stark statute, how it differs from the anti-kickback statute and how you can determine whether it applies to ...

Abstract Purpose of Review People with fatal neuromuscular diseases such as ALS want to access investigational products. Trials are our preferred pathway for this, but most people these will not be able participate due restrictive inclusion criteria, travel burdens, or design features they accept. This leaves FDA Expanded Access Programs (EAPs), the Right To Try (RTT) pathway, and self-purchase...

BACKGROUND Patients with early stage melanoma have high survival rates but require long-term follow-up to detect recurrences and/or new primary tumours. Shared care between melanoma specialists and general practitioners is an increasingly important approach to meeting the needs of a growing population of melanoma survivors. METHODS In-depth qualitative study based on semi-structured interview...

Task shifting should not be viewed as a panacea for the human-resources challenges facing sub-Saharan Africa. Rather, it must be part of an overall strategy that includes measures to increase, retain, and sustain health staff . In health care, the term “task shifting” generally refers to a process of delegation of tasks to health workers with lower qualifi cations. It may include task shifting ...