Asthma, the most significant cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality, is exacerbated by adverse environmental conditions, especially substandard housing. The clinical care provider is often unable to address housing and environmental trigger issues. In Boston, Massachusetts, a web-based referral system called Breathe Easy At Home has been put in place, through which clinicians can refer pati...

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ANA made a formal pledge to develop educational materials on health information technology for registered nurses to share with consumers, in support of the Consumer eHealth Program established by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The ANA initiative will help people understand the benefits of using ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of the role of a discharge coordinator whose sole responsibility was to plan and coordinate the discharge of patients from medical wards. DESIGN An intervention study in which the quality of discharge planning was assessed before and after the introduction of a discharge coordinator. Patients were interviewed on the ward before discharge and seven to 10...

introduction: toxoplasma gondii is an obligatory intracellular protozoan with a worldwide distribution. we reported here the cerebral toxoplasmosis in an iranian hiv-positive patient. case report: a 35-year-old woman that hospitalized at golestan province, in summer 2016 because of dizziness, fever, and headache. after treatment, she showed severe pain and then paralysis symptoms. magnetic reso...

abstract the genus aspergillus, which consists of a few hundred opportunistic mold species found in various climatic conditions, causes diseases including localized infections, fatal diseases, allergic responses, and inhaled conidia in humans. herein, we present an overview of the most common diseases and allergic infections caused by aspergillus species and their associated health hazards in v...

the efficiency of the health care system is significantly dependent on the appropriate leadership and guidance of employees. one of the most frequently used new approaches in human resources management is the study of competencies and competency models. the aim of this research is to develop a competency model for leaders in nursing, and to compare it with the leadership competency model for st...

background : although infection of dromedary camels with cryptosporidium spp. is rare in iran, it is considered a zoonotic threat to the keepers and herders of camels. thus we investigated the prevalence of cryptosporidium in these two hosts in yazd province, a semi-arid region in center of iran. methods : this study was conducted during 4 seasons (winter 2008, summer 2009, winter 2009 and summ...

Washtenaw County Community Mental Health (CMH) is the primary mental health services provider for more than 5,000 children and adults living with serious mental illness, developmental disabilities, or emotional disturbances in Washtenaw County, Michigan. To improve care coordination with healthcare and social services providers in the area, CMH and other mental health agencies and community par...

background very few studies have assessed performance of botswana public hospitals. we draw from a large research study assessing performance of the botswana ministry of health (moh) to evaluate the performance of public hospital system using the world health organization health systems performance assessment framework (who hspaf). we aimed to evaluate performance of botswana public hospital sy...