Development of a Cloud-Based Clinical Decision Support System for Ophthalmology Triage Using Decision Tree Artificial Intelligence by Stuti M. Tanya, MD, Anne X. Nguyen, MD, Sean Buchanan, BSc, MBA, Christopher S. Jackman, MD, FRCSC

“…Referring providers included medical doctors (76.0%, n = 73), optometrists (20.8%, n = 20), and nurse practitioners (3.1%, n = 3). The CDSS (κ = 0.5898; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.4868–0.6928; P < 0.0001) performed equally well with 66.7% agreement in determining category when compared with referring providers (κ = 0.5880; 95% CI, 0.4798–0.6961; P < 0.0001). …”
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Primary care professionals providing non‐urgent care in hospital emergency departments by Gonçalves-Bradley, D, Khangura, JK, Flodgren, G, Perera, R, Rowe, BH, Shepperd, S

“…<p><strong>Main results</strong></p><p> <p>We identified four trials (one randomised trial and three non-randomised trials), one of which is newly identified in this update, involving a total of 11,463 patients, 16 general practitioners (GPs), 9 emergency nurse practitioners (NPs), and 69 EPs. These studies evaluated the effects of introducing GPs or emergency NPs to provide care to patients with non-urgent problems in the ED, as compared to EPs for outcomes such as resource use. …”

Absence of Nursing Position in the new Health Policies in Iran: A Dialogue with Nursing Scholars and Nursing Managers by Ahmad Kalateh Sadati, Mahnaz Siahi

“…Despite presenting interesting topics in the conference, the main missing issue was the role of nursing, specifically nursing practitioner (NP), in the conference. Experiences of other countries revealed that NP has an important role in primary health care (PHC),2,3 quality of care,3 diagnosis and treatment4 in healthcare system. …”
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The Value Proposition of Prevention: The Impacts of Pure North S’Energy Foundation’s Preventive Care Program on Acute Care Utilization in Alberta by J.C. Herbert Emery

“…Pure North offers participants in its eight-year-old program access to a variety of healthcare practitioners, including doctors, naturopaths, nurses, nurse practitioners and dentists. Participants receive lifestyle counselling and dietary supplements aimed at combating vitamin D insufficiency, obesity, insulin resistance and other problems that can lead to chronic disease. …”
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The Value Proposition of Prevention: The Impacts of Pure North S’Energy Foundation’s Preventive Care Program on Acute Care Utilization in Alberta by J.C. Herbert Emery

“…Pure North offers participants in its eight-year-old program access to a variety of healthcare practitioners, including doctors, naturopaths, nurses, nurse practitioners and dentists. Participants receive lifestyle counselling and dietary supplements aimed at combating vitamin D insufficiency, obesity, insulin resistance and other problems that can lead to chronic disease. …”
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The Value Proposition of Prevention: The Impacts of Pure North S’Energy Foundation’s Preventive Care Program on Acute Care Utilization in Alberta by J.C. Herbert Emery

“…Pure North offers participants in its eight-year-old program access to a variety of healthcare practitioners, including doctors, naturopaths, nurses, nurse practitioners and dentists. Participants receive lifestyle counselling and dietary supplements aimed at combating vitamin D insufficiency, obesity, insulin resistance and other problems that can lead to chronic disease. …”
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Impact of health professional training in breastfeeding on their knowledge, skills, and hospital practices: a systematic review by Patricia Carvalho de Jesus, Maria Inês Couto de Oliveira, Sandra Costa Fonseca

“…The training target populations were nursing practitioners, doctors, midwives, and home visitors. …”
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Pacientes com alteração da imagem facial: circunstâncias de cuidado Pacientes con alteración de la imagen facial: circunstancias de cuidado Patients with facial image alteration: c... by Sadja Cristina Tassinari de Souza Mostardeiro, Eva Néri Rubim Pedro

“…As a result, it was concluded that patients need not only the professional, technical and scientific-based care, but also a care based on carefully guided human values, which should always be discussed, studied, respected and treated as an object of commitment and responsibility by nursing practitioners.…”
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¿Cuál es la productividad de enfermería? Qual é a produtividade da enfermagem? Nursing productivity by MYRIAM ABAUNZA DE GONZÁLEZ, YURI ANDREA CASTELLANOS ROJAS, LUISA FERNANDA GARCÍA CASALLAS, JOHANA MILENA GÓMEZ RODRÍGUEZ

“…It highlights as results that productivity is related to and focused on efficiency, efficacy and effectiveness, aspects linked to products or interventions performed by nursing practitioners, whichshouldbeknown anddisseminated, andtheir achievements should be established. …”
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STEROID-INDUCED GLAUCOMA IN YOUNGSTERS: A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE OF NEAR FUTURE by Yousaf Jamal Mahsood

“… • Role of Allied Health Personnel (AHP): Allied healthcare professionals, such as physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, frequently prescribe steroids. Raised IOP is one of these medications' most harmful adverse effects. …”
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Optimising frontline learning and engagement between consultant-led neonatal teams in the West Midlands: a survey on the utility of an augmented simulation training technique by Thillagavathie Pillay, Lynsey Clarke, Lee Abbott, Pinki Surana, Asha Shenvi, Sanjeev Deshpande, Joanne Cookson, Matthew Nash, Joe Fawke, Vishna Rasiah, Jonathan Cusack

“…Seventy-seven were consultants, supported by neonatal trainees, staff grade doctors, clinical fellows, advanced neonatal nurse practitioners and nurses in training. All were invited to participate in the survey. …”
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Shaping Primary Health Care Teams and Integrated Care in Québec by Paul Wankah, Mylaine Breton, Alexandra Lukey, Isabelle Gaboury, Mélanie Ann Smithman, Marie-Élaine Malo, Nelly Oelke

“…For instance, the introduction of nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and social workers with extended scopes of practice shaped the configuration of GMFs while enhancing inter-professional collaborative practices. …”
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Confidence and performance of health workers in cardiovascular risk factor management in rural Botswana: a cross-sectional study by Pooja Gala, MD, Bhavna Seth, MD, Veronica Moshokgo, MBBS, Rudy M'buse, MD, Emmanuel Kazadi, MBBS, Solomon Pharithi, FNP, Kabelo Gobotsamang, FNP, Keolebogile Dintwe, GN, Ruth Kesolofetse Olyn, GN, Brett Lewis, BSc, Kitenge Kalenga, MBBS, Neo Tapela, MPH, Tomer Barak, MD

“…Findings: Of 88 health care providers invited to participate, 44 registered nurses (80%), four family nurse practitioners (7%), and seven doctors (13%) completed the survey. …”
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Asia‐Pacific Consensus Recommendations on X‐Linked Hypophosphatemia: Diagnosis, Multidisciplinary Management, and Transition From Pediatric to Adult Care by Craig F Munns, Han‐Wook Yoo, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin, Rashida Vasanwala, Manju Chandran, Yumie Rhee, Wai Man BUT, Alice Pik‐Shan Kong, Pen‐Hua Su, Nawaporn Numbenjapon, Noriyuki Namba, Yasuo Imanishi, Roderick J Clifton‐Bligh, Xiaoping Luo, Weibo Xia

“…Overall, optimized care for XLH patients requires prompt diagnosis, timely multidisciplinary care, and a seamless transfer of care through the coordinated effort of pediatric and adult health care providers, nurse practitioners, parents or caregivers, and patients. …”
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Nursing productivity ¿Cuál es la productividad de enfermería? Qual é a produtividade da enfermagem? by GÓMEZ RODRÍGUEZ JOHANA MILENA, GARCÍA CASALLAS LUISA FERNANDA, CASTELLANOS ROJAS YURI ANDREA, ABAUNZA DE GONZÁLEZ MYRIAM

“…. &#13; &#13; It highlights as results that productivity is related to and focused on efficiency, efficacy and effectiveness, aspects linked to products or interventions performed by nursing practitioners, whichshouldbeknown anddisseminated, andtheir achievements should be established. …”
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Investigating the contribution of physician assistants to primary care in England: a mixed-methods study by Vari M Drennan, Mary Halter, Sally Brearley, Wilfred Carneiro, Jonathan Gabe, Heather Gage, Robert Grant, Louise Joly, Simon de Lusignan

“…Future research is required to investigate the contribution of PAs to other first contact services as well as secondary services; the contribution and impact of all types of mid-level practitioners (including nurse practitioners) in first contact services; the factors and influences on general practitioner and practice manager decision-making as to staffing and skill mix; and the reliability and validity of classification systems for both primary care patients and their presenting condition and their consequences for health resource utilisation. …”
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The Push to Integrate Mid-Level Providers into Dentistry by Angelica Dallas

“… Photo by lafayett zapata montero on Unsplash INTRODUCTION Mid-level providers are not new to the field of medicine. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants have been providing direct care for patients with the oversight of licensed physicians for many years. …”
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Experiences and Impacts of Harassment and Discrimination Among Women in Cardiac Medicine and Surgery: A Single-Center Qualitative Study by Shannon M. Ruzycki, MD, MPH, Chanda McFadden, MSW, RSW, Jessica Jenkins, MN, NP, Vikas Kuriachan, MD, Michelle Keir, MD, MSc

“…Results: There were 15 participants, including trainees, physicians in a variety of cardiac subdisciplines, and nurse practitioners. All participants had experienced sex- or gender-based discrimination at work, though the impact and perception of these experiences varied. …”
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A Librarian Consultation Service Improves Decision-Making and Saves Time for Primary Care Practitioners by Heather Ganshorn

“…The majority of these were physicians, but the sample also contained one resident, one nurse, and four nurse-practitioners. Methods – Subjects were trained in the use of a Web-based query form or mobile device to submit their point-of-care questions electronically. …”
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A Survey of Immunization Practices in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease by Gabrielle Sanatani, Sonia Franciosi, PhD, Jeffrey N. Bone, MSc, Brynn Dechert, RN, MSN, CPNP, CCDS, FHRS, Kevin C. Harris, MD, MHSc, Manish Sadarangani, BM, BCh, FRCPC, DPhil

“…Results: Majority of responses (n = 142) were from paediatric cardiologists (n = 98; 69%) and nurse practitioners (n = 27; 19%) located in the United States (n = 77; 54%) or Canada (n = 53; 37%) working in academic teaching hospitals (n = 133; 93.7%). …”
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