OBJECTIVES: To increase the number of essential consult elements (ECEs) included in initial inpatient consultation requests between pediatric residents and fellows through implementation a novel communication tool. METHODS: Literature review previous needs assessment were used to identify 4 specific ECEs. From February June 2018, audited verbal at medium-sized, quaternary care children’s hospit...

Los primeros trabajos sobre inmigración y atención sanitaria en España comienzan a publicarse entre mediados de los años 801 y principios de los 902, aunque la eclosión de estudios parece producirse en torno al año 20003-5. Sin pretender ser exhaustivos, la mayoría de ellos se han dedicado al estudio de enfermedades infecciosas6,7, atención a la mujer durante el embarazo8 y población pediátrica...

a r t i c l e i n f o Tacit knowledge affects the trade-off between entrepreneurship and technology transfer. I present a formal model in which an inventor and the existing firm engage in a strategic innovation game by choosing whether to compete or to cooperate through technology transfer. The model highlights how the problem of tacit knowledge affects the inventor's R&D investment and the exi...

Acute respiratory tract infection is the commonest reason for children consulting, and about one-fifth re-consult for the same illness episode. Fifty-nine audiotape recordings from nine general practitioners (GPs) consulting with children with acute respiratory tract infections were examined. Prognosis was mentioned in only 22 consultations, with GPs predicting a brief course in 11, a possibly ...

BACKGROUND In the United States, people with limited English proficiency (LEP) receive poorer medical care than those proficient in English. Few studies demonstrate how linguistic barriers complicate psychiatric care; in consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry, there are no published data about care disparities for patients with LEP or for whom English is not the preferred language (PL). OBJECT...