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NMC stalls on making med college assessments public
Despite orders to disclose medical college assessment reports, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has yet to make these ...
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Patient-assessment Techniques for Cataract Surgery
Patient-assessment Techniques for Cataract Surgery Nino Hirnschall; Oliver Findl Disclosures Expert Rev Ophthalmol. 2011;6 (2):211-219.
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Gender-specific secondary prevention? Differential psychosocial risk factors for major cardiovascular events - Open Heart
Extent of each participant's concurrent comorbidity was measured using the Charlson Comorbidity Index adjusted for age. 18 Demographic profile, clinical profile (heart failure classification, kidney ...
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Implementation of NICE Clinical Guideline 95 for assessment of stable chest pain in a rapid access chest pain clinic reduces the mean number of investigations and cost per patient
The mean number of tests per patient postguidelines was 0.78 compared to 0.97 for preguidelines. An approximate twofold increase in patients not requiring tests was seen post-CG95 implementation (245 ...
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How does context affect interventions to improve patient safety? An assessment of evidence from studies of five patient safety practices and proposals for research | BMJ ...
Background Logic and experience suggest that it is easier in some situations than in others to change behaviour and organisation to improve patient safety. Knowing which ‘context factors’ help and ...