Comparing the prevalence of multimorbidity using different operational definitions in primary care in Singapore based on a cross-sectional study using retrospective, large administrative data by Lee, Janis Yi An, Xie, Ying, Lee, Sabrina Poay Sian, Lee, Eng Sing

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Gaps In Primary Care And Health System Performance In Six Latin American And Caribbean Countries by Macinko, James, Guanais, Frederico C., Mullachery, Pricila, Jimenez, Geronimo

Subjects: “…Organization and Delivery of Care…”
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CRISPR-enabled point-of-care genotyping for APOL1 genetic risk assessment by Greensmith, Robert, Lape, Isadora T., Riella, Cristian V., Schubert, Alexander J., Metzger, Jakob J., Dighe, Anand S., Tan, Xiao, Hemmer, Bernhard, Rau, Josefine, Wendlinger, Sarah, Diederich, Nora, Schütz, Anja, Riella, Leonardo V.

“…However, current methods, relying on hybridization or sequencing, are unsuitable for point-of-care settings. In contrast, CRISPR-based-diagnostics offer high sensitivity and specificity for point-of-care applications. …”
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Pet loss in Singapore: understanding anticipatory grief and the role of advance care planning by Harindran, Ravin

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Person-centred care for dementia patients (back-end and front-end development) by Leow, Mandfred Hong Jie

“…This report documents the development and transition of the Person-Centred Care System (PEAR) from a monolithic .NET 5-based application to a microservices architecture with ReactJS for the front end. …”
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Creation of a world class manufacturing system in a health-care company by Tay, Albert Kim Chuan.

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Automated mean arterial pressure control for postoperative patients in intensive care conditions by Ma, Jie

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The fate and transformation of pharmaceutical and personal care products in wastewater treatment plants – (ii) by Ng, Thai Yeng

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Pear person-centred care for dementia patients (front end Android app) by Ng, Jian Xiong

“…With so much emphasis placed on the individualism of eachpatient, this could stress out the caregivers in a care centre. To reduce the workload on the caregiver, technology could play apart and give rise to more effective healthcare services.In this project, a Person-Centred Care system was created to assist the caregivers who were responsible for taking care of their patients and increasing the efficiency of dementia care in a care centre. …”
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Improving clinical care of patients in Nipah outbreaks: moving beyond 'compassionate use' by Hassan, MZ, Rojek, A, Olliaro, P, Horby, P

“…Current care relies on supportive measures and the ‘compassionate use’ of unapproved drugs like ribavirin and remdesivir. …”

Investigating the health and care needs of pregnant women with multiple long-term conditions by D'Arcy, R

Sharing is caring? International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology review and recommendations for sharing programming code by Tazare, J, Wang, SV, Gini, R, Prieto Alhambra, D, Arlett, P, Morales Leaver, DR, Morton, C, Logie, J, Popovic, J, Donegan, K, Schneeweiss, S, Douglas, I, Schultze, A

A systematic analysis of the contribution of genetics to multimorbidity and comparisons with primary care data by Murrin, O, Mounier, N, Voller, B, Tata, L, Gallego-Moll, C, Roso-Llorach, A, Carrasco-Ribelles, LA, Fox, C, Allan, LM, Woodward, RM, Liang, X, Valderas, JM, Khalid, S, Dudbridge, F, Lamb, SE, Mancini, M, Farmer, L, Boddy, K, Bowden, J, Melzer, D, Frayling, TM, Masoli, JAH, Pilling, LC, Violán, C, Delgado, J

“…We address this gap by integrating large-scale primary-care and genetic data from multiple studies to interrogate multimorbidity patterns and producing digital resources to support future research.…”

First nosocomial cluster of COVID-19 due to the Delta variant in a major acute care hospital in Singapore: investigations and outbreak response by Lim, Wei Yen, Tan, Glorijoy Shi En, Htun, Htet Lin, Phua, Hwee Pin, Kyaw, Win Mar, Guo, Huiling, Cui, Lin, Mak, Tze Minn, Poh, Bee Fong, Wong, Judith Chui Ching, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Ang, Brenda Sze Peng, Chow, Angela Li Ping

“…Objectives: The first large nosocomial cluster of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Singapore in April 2021 led to partial closure of a major acute care hospital. This study examined factors associated with infection among patients, staff and visitors; investigated the possible role of aerosol-based transmission; evaluated the effectiveness of BNT162.b2 and mRNA1273 vaccines; and described the successful containment of the cluster. …”
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Individual, clinical and system factors associated with the place of death : a linked national database study by Tan, Woan Shin, Bajpai, Ram, Low, Chan Kee, Ho, Andy Hau Yan, Wu, Huei Yaw, Car, Josip

Subjects: “…Palliative Care…”
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Ethics education for successful infectious disease control of COVID-19 by Lim, Hannah Yeefen

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Cost-utility analysis of molnupiravir plus usual care versus usual care alone as early treatment for community-based adults with COVID-19 and increased risk of adverse outcomes in the UK PANORAMIC trial by Png, ME, Harris, V, Grabey, J, Hart, ND, Jani, BD, Butler, D, Carson-Stevens, A, Coates, M, Cureton, L, Dobson, M, Dorward, J, Evans, P, Francis, N, Gbinigie, OA, Hayward, G, Holmes, J, Hood, K, Khoo, S, Ahmed, H, Lown, M, McKenna, M, Mort, S, Nguyen-Van-Tam, J, Rahman, N, Richards, DB, Thomas, N, van Hecke, O, Hobbs, FR, Little, P, Yu, L-M, Butler, CC, Petrou, S

“…<p><strong> Aim </p></strong>To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of molnupiravir relative to usual care alone among mainly vaccinated community-based people at higher risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19 over 6 months. …”

Care, competency, or honesty? Framing emergency preparedness messages and risks for nuclear energy in Singapore by Ho, Shirley S., Kim, Nuri, Looi, Jiemin, Leong, Alisius D.

“…Messages centered on care influenced participants’ trust in government the most. …”
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Mortality forecasts for long-term care subpopulations with longevity risk : a bayesian approach by Kogure, Atsuyuki, Fushimi, Takahiro, Kamiya, Shinichi

“…This article aims to propose a new Bayesian methodology to forecast mortality rates of long-term care (LTC) subpopulations with longevity risk. A major obstacle to developing such a method is lack of data on the number of deaths in LTC subpopulations, which would prevent us from using conventional mortality models such as the Lee-Carter model. …”
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Nintendo Wii as an intervention : improving the well-being of elderly in long-term care facilities. by Koay, Jing Li., Ng, Janissa Sihui., Wong, Gladys Li Chieh.

“…A six week-long intervention was held in SASCO Senior Citizens’ Home, a long-term care facility in Singapore. 45 residents aged between 56 and 92 years old took part in the study. …”
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