Beyond the Ovaries: Renaming a common yet neglected hormonal condition could be the key to unlocking better care for patients by Stewart, Lily

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Entangled Amid Misaligned Seams: Limitations to Technology-Mediated Care for Repairing Infrastructural Breakdowns in a Youth Empowerment Program by Choi, Adrian, Pfohl, Grace, D'Ignazio, Catherine, Foucault Welles, Brooke, Parker, Andrea

“…The COVID-19 pandemic broke down the human infrastructure of many community-based programs, disrupting in-person care services for low-resourced families. Yet, minimal work has explored how actors repair these breakdowns and how other infrastructures may interfere with repairs in such contexts. …”
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A perspective on the role of point-of-care "immuno-triaging" to optimize COVID-19 vaccination distribution in a time of scarcity by Zhang, Yi, Rogers, Angela, Nadeau, Kari, Gu, Jun, Yang, Samuel

“…To ensure successful implementation of the proposed framework, point-of-care (POC) immunodiagnostic testing is needed to quickly ramp up the testing capability. …”
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Design and build a Microsoft product or software for Microsoft Imagine Cup 2018 (C) : integrated elderly care system by Fong, Thomas Guo Zhen

“…This project aims to develop a complete integrated elderly care system to assist caregivers in monitoring the physical well-being of an elderly living alone at home. …”
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Predictive factors for the diagnosis of coeliac disease in children and young people in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Farrier, CE, Wanat, M, Harnden, A, Paterson, A, Roberts, N, Saatci, D, Hirst, J

Evaluating the impact, implementation experience and political economy of primary care networks in Kenya: protocol for a mixed methods study by Amboko, B, Nzinga, J, Tsofa, B, Mugo, P, Musiega, A, Maritim, B, Wong, E, Mazzilli, C, Ng’ang’a, W, Hagedorn, B, Turner, G, Musuva, A, Murira, F, Ravishankar, N, Hussein, S, Barasa, E

“…Background: Primary care networks (PCNs) are increasingly being adopted in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to improve the delivery of primary health care (PHC). …”

Protocol: evaluating engagement with HIV care for people on ART in a high-burden, low-resource setting in South Africa by Keene, C, Phillips, T, Mody, A, Euvrard, J, McKnight, J, English, M, Orrell, C

Suspect screening in mussels cultured in straits of Tebrau leading to public perception and awareness survey on pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) by Yong, Zhi Yuan, Chong, Yen San, Mohamad Hanafi, Muhammad Arif Haikal, Abdul Wahab, Mohd. Firdaus, Lee, Hooi Ling, Bakar, Mohd. Bakri, Abdul Majid, Zaiton, Basar, Norazah, Chandren, Sheela, Hasbullah, Hasrinah, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Chan, Wei Yee, Jaafar, Siti Nur Tahirah, Yong, Ee Ling

“…The presence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in Malaysian waters and farmed aquatic species in its estuarine environment suggests contamination due to pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). However, this issue has lacked serious attention. …”

Prevalence of offering menopause hormone therapy among primary care doctors and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study by Low, Tiong Lim, Cheong, Ai Theng, Devaraj, Navin Kumar, Ismail, Rohayah

“…All PCDs provided services in government primary care clinics from the three states were invited through the doctor in charge of each clinic. …”
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Development and validation of questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceived barriers related to nutrition care process among clinical dietitians in Malaysia by Bahari, Zaini

“…The introduction of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) by the American Dietetics Association (ADA) in 2003 provides a standardised framework for clinical dietitians in nutrition care delivery. …”
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The MR Cap: A single‐sided MRI system designed for potential point‐of‐care limited field‐of‐view brain imaging by McDaniel, Patrick C., Cooley, Clarissa Zimmerman, Stockmann, Jason P., Wald, Lawrence L.

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Nonspecific Signs and/or Symptoms of Cancer: A Retrospective, Observational Analysis from a Secondary Care, US Community Oncology Dataset by Benton, Christopher B., He, Ding, Todoroff, Karen, Coignet, Marie V., Luan, Ying, Wong, Jason C., Kurtzman, Kathryn N., Zackon, Ira

“…To help determine the unmet need for improved diagnostic tools to evaluate patients with nonspecific signs and/or symptoms (NSSS) and suspicion of cancer, we examined patient characteristics, diagnostic journey, and cancer incidence of patients with NSSS within The US Oncology Network (The Network), a secondary care community oncology setting. This retrospective, observational cohort study included patients aged ≥40 years with ≥1 NSSS in their problem list at their first visit within The Network (the index date) between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2020. …”
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DropLab: an automated magnetic digital microfluidic platform for sample-to-answer point-of-care testing-development and application to quantitative immunodiagnostics by Hu, Xuyang, Gao, Xiangyu, Chen, Songlin, Guo, Jinhong, Zhang, Yi

“…In point-of-care testing (POCT), tests are performed near patients and results are given rapidly for timely clinical decisions. …”
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British unpaid carers’ perspectives on what impacts their resilience when providing end of life care at home- a scoping review by Gould, S, Borgstrom, E, McCallum, K, Wee, B, Garcia, R

Time to speed up scientific deliveries in fibrotic interstitial lung disease: innovative clinical trial design to improve patient care by Kawano-Dourado, L, Kulkarni, T, Ryerson, CJ, Richards, DB

“…<p><strong> Conclusion </p></strong>By using an innovative and efficient adaptive multi-interventional trial platform design, we aim to accelerate and improve care for patients with fILD. Through worldwide collaboration, novel analytical methodology and pragmatic trial delivery, REMAP-ILD aims to overcome major limitations associated with conventional randomised controlled trial approaches to rapidly improve the care of people living with fILD.…”

Developing a digital phenotype to subdivide adult immunosuppressed COVID-19 outcomes within the English Primary Care Sentinel Network by Leston, M, Kar, D, Forbes, A, Jamie, G, Wimalaratna, R, Jiwani, G, Ordóñez-Mena, JM, Stewart, DE, Whitaker, H, Joy, M, Lee, LYW, Hobbs, FDR, de Lusignan, S

Evaluating machine learning for predicting youth suicidal behavior up to 1 year after contact with mental-health specialty care by O’Reilly, LM, Fazel, S, Rickert, ME, Kuja-Halkola, R, Cederlöf, M, Hellner, C, Larsson, H, Lichtenstein, P, D’Onofrio, BM

After neonatal care, what next? A qualitative study of mothers’ post-discharge experiences after premature birth in Kenya by Maluni, J, Oluoch, D, Molyneux, S, Boga, M, Jones, C, Murila, F, English, M, Ziebland, S, Hinton, L

“…Minimal involvement in their baby’s care while in the neonatal unit appeared to contribute to the mothers’ lack of confidence in caring for their babies independently post-discharge when they no longer had the support of the clinical and nursing staff. …”

GP Workforce Sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review of what works, for whom and in what circumstances? by Owen, E, Burford, B, Duddy, C, Goodman, C, Lamb, L, Rapley, T, Rees, E, Vance, G, Park, SE

Developing feasible and acceptable strategies for integrating the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in gender-affirming care: an implementation study by Kamran, R, Jackman, L, Laws, A, Stepney, M, Harrison, C, Jain, A, Rodrigues, J

“…<p><strong>Objective</strong></p> Use CFIR guidance to create comprehensive, evidence-based, feasible, and acceptable gender-affirming care PROM implementation strategies. <p><strong> Design, setting, participants</strong></p> A 3-Phase participatory process was followed to design feasible and acceptable strategies for integrating PROMs in gender-affirming care. …”