Identifying, categorising, and mapping actors involved in resilience in healthcare: a qualitative stakeholder analysis by Veslemøy Guise, Mary Chambers, Hilda Bø Lyng, Cecilie Haraldseid-Driftland, Lene Schibevaag, Birte Fagerdal, Heidi Dombestein, Eline Ree, Siri Wiig

“…Results Identified stakeholders were Patients, Family Carers, Healthcare Professionals, Ward/Unit Managers, Service or Case Managers, Regulatory Investigators, Policy Makers, and Other Service Providers. …”
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The Pharmacists’ and pharmacy technicians’ scopes of practice in the management of minor ailments at community pharmacies in Indonesia: a cross-sectional study by Vinci Mizranita, Tin F. Sim, Bruce Sunderland, Richard Parsons, Jeffery D. Hughes

“…Limited research exists regarding the perceptions of Indonesian pharmacists’ and pharmacy technicians’ scopes of practice in providing minor ailments management services. Objective: To evaluate pharmacists’ and pharmacy technicians’ understanding of their scopes of practice, perceived competency and factors influencing the delivery of minor ailments services in Indonesian community pharmacies. …”
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Moose Browsing Tends Spruce Plantations More Efficiently Than a Single Mechanical Release by Laurent De Vriendt, Nelson Thiffault, Alejandro A. Royo, Martin Barrette, Jean-Pierre Tremblay

“…Favouring browsers in controlling the density of competing species could increase the hunting experience and income, while providing an effective, cost-free, and socially acceptable forest vegetation management service.…”
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Leadership, governance and management for improving district capacity and performance: the case of USAID transform: primary health care by Binyam Fekadu Desta, Azeb Abitew, Ismael Ali Beshir, Mesele Damte Argaw, Sualiha Abdlkader

“…In addition, district health offices manage service delivery facilities working on provision of PHC – primary hospitals, health centers and health posts. …”
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The role of emergency incident type in identifying first responders’ health exposure risks by Emily J. Haas, Katherine N. Yoon, Alexa Furek, Megan Casey, Susan M. Moore

“…Fire-based emergency management service (EMS) personnel are dispatched to various incidents daily, many of which have unique occupational risks. …”
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Healthcare utilization in older patients using personal emergency response systems: an analysis of electronic health records and medical alert data by Stephen Agboola, Sara Golas, Nils Fischer, Mariana Nikolova-Simons, Jorn op den Buijs, Linda Schertzer, Joseph Kvedar, Kamal Jethwani

“…To address this gap and better understand the needs of older patients on PERS, we analyzed longitudinal healthcare utilization trends in patients using PERS through the home care management service of a large healthcare organization. Methods Retrospective, longitudinal analyses of healthcare and PERS utilization records of older patients over a 5-years period from 2011–2015. …”
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Satellite-Based Flood Mapping through Bayesian Inference from a Sentinel-1 SAR Datacube by Bernhard Bauer-Marschallinger, Senmao Cao, Mark Edwin Tupas, Florian Roth, Claudio Navacchi, Thomas Melzer, Vahid Freeman, Wolfgang Wagner

“…The presented algorithm is part of the ensemble flood mapping product of the Global Flood Monitoring (GFM) component of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS).…”
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A multicomponent intervention for the management of chronic pain in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Sheung-Tak Cheng, Ka Long Chan, Rosanna W. L. Lam, Monique H. T. Mok, Phoon Ping Chen, Yu Fat Chow, Joanne W. Y. Chung, Alexander C. B. Law, Jenny S. W. Lee, Edward M. F. Leung, Cindy W. C. Tam

“…Discussion Because the activities included in the multicomponent intervention were carefully selected for ready implementation by allied health professionals in general, the results of this study, if positive, will make available an efficacious, nonpharmacological pain management program that can be widely adopted in clinical and social service settings and will hence improve older people’s access to pain management services. Trial registration Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR-IIR-16008387. …”
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COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: A scoping review of governance issues affecting response in public sector by Syed Masud Ahmed, Mahruba Khanam, Noshin Sayiara Shuchi

“…Diagnostic and case management services gained strength after some initial faltering; however, the stewardship functions were not seamless. …”
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A Framework for Implementing IT Service Management in the Field of Pre-hospital Emergency Management with an Integrated Approach COBIT Maturity Model and ITIL Framework by saeed saeedinezhad, Amirreza Naghsh, Hamid Reza Peikari

“…Introduction: The purpose of this research is to provide an appropriate framework forimplementing IT management services in the field of pre-hospital emergencies with anintegrated approach of COBIT maturity model and ITIL framework.Methods: In a qualitative part, experts familiar with the field of pre-hospital emergency andinformation technology were purposefully selected. …”
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Development of a MyData Platform Based on the Personal Health Record Data Sharing System in Korea by Wona Choi, Ji-Won Chun, Seo-Joon Lee, Se-Hyun Chang, Dai-Jin Kim, In Young Choi

“…This movement has been specifically named as ‘MyData’ in South Korea and has variants such as ‘Self data’, ‘Midata’, ‘MesInfos’, ‘Personal Information Management Services’, ‘Personal Data Economy’ and ‘Internet of Me’ in other countries. …”
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A developmental evaluation of an intraprofessional Pharmacy Co mmunication Partnership (PROMPT) to improve transitions in care from hospital to community: A mixed-methods study by Sara J. T. Guilcher, Olavo Fernandes, Miles J. Luke, Gary Wong, Philip Lui, Karen Cameron, Pauline Pariser, Vanessa Raco, Karishma Kak, Shawn Varghese, John Papastergiou, Lisa M. McCarthy

“…Conclusion Improving intraprofessional collaboration, through interventions such as PROMPT, positions pharmacists as leaders of medication management services across care settings and has the potential to improve patient care; however, more co-design work is needed to enhance the intervention and its fidelity.…”
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Moving anticoagulation initiation and monitoring services into the community: evaluation of the Brighton and hove community pharmacy service by Samantha J. Ingram, Charlotte L. Kirkdale, Sian Williams, Elaine Hartley, Susan Wintle, Valerie Sefton, Tracey Thornley

“…This was achieved via a procurement process in 2008 resulting in the Community Pharmacy Anticoagulation Management Service (CPAMs) managed by Boots UK (a large chain of community pharmacies across the United Kingdom). …”
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EdgeAISim: A toolkit for simulation and modelling of AI models in edge computing environments by Aadharsh Roshan Nandhakumar, Ayush Baranwal, Priyanshukumar Choudhary, Muhammed Golec, Sukhpal Singh Gill

“…In EdgeAISim, we extended the basic components of the EdgeSimPy framework and developed new AI-based simulation models for task scheduling, energy management, service migration, network flow scheduling, and mobility support for edge computing environments. …”
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A pooled prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Babatope O. Adebiyi, Ferdinand C. Mukumbang

“…However, no study has systematically evaluated the available prevalence studies to provide estimates that may facilitate effective planning and delivery of prevention and management services. Therefore, we propose to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to report a pooled estimate of the FASD prevalence among children, youth and adults in South Africa. …”
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An empirical evaluation of technology acceptance model for Artificial Intelligence in E-commerce by Chenxing Wang, Sayed Fayaz Ahmad, Ahmad Y.A. Bani Ahmad Ayassrah, Emad Mahrous Awwad, Muhammad Irshad, Yasser A. Ali, Muna Al-Razgan, Yasser Khan, Heesup Han

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Building a measurement framework of burden of treatment in complex patients with chronic conditions: a qualitative study by Eton DT, Ramalho de Oliveira D, Egginton JS, Ridgeway JL, Odell L, May CR, Montori VM

“…We set out to build a conceptual framework of issues descriptive of burden of treatment from the perspective of the complex patient, as a first step in the development of a new patient-reported measure.Methods: We conducted semistructured interviews with patients seeking medication therapy management services at a large, academic medical center. …”
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The impact of primary care management and comorbidities of COPD on length of hospital stay by Kendal Smith, Mohammad Al Sallakh, Ashley Akbari, Gwyneth Davies

“…Objectives and Approach We investigated whether within HRGs, variations of LOS of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) admissions were associated with differences in COPD management services received in primary care. Individual-level primary and secondary care data from the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) databank of Wales was used for admissions in 2015 with high-volume (n>30) HRGs. …”
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A multisectoral and multidisciplinary endeavor: a review of diabetes self-management apps in China by Meifang Chen, Daniel Weissglass, Chengyi Li, Di Li, Zixuan Wu, Li Zhang

“…Different sectors and disciplines tended to work independently, without robust interactions, in providing diabetes management services in the reviewed apps. Conclusion Multisectoral and multidisciplinary features has presented in the current diabetes self-management apps in China; however, it is still in its infancy and significant limitations existed. …”
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Evaluation of pharmacist consults within a collaborative enhanced primary care team model to improve diabetes care. by Danielle Firkus, Rozalina G McCoy, John Matulis, Maya Kessler, Kristin Mara, Joseph Herges

“…<h4>Background</h4>An enhanced primary care team model was implemented to provide proactive, longitudinal care to patients with diabetes, grounded in close partnership between primary care providers (PCPs), nurses, and Medication Management Services (MMS) pharmacists. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the MMS pharmacist involvement in the enhanced primary care model for patients with diabetes.…”
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