A5102993548- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Health Services Management and Policy
- Global Health Care Issues
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Cloud Computing and Resource Management
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Software System Performance and Reliability
- Distributed systems and fault tolerance
- Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Voice and Speech Disorders
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Access Control and Trust
- Network Security and Intrusion Detection
- Security and Verification in Computing
Nuffield Trust
2015-2024
University of Birmingham
2004-2024
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
1996-2024
Faculty of Public Health
2024
Stanford University
2018
Hewlett-Packard (United Kingdom)
1994-2015
Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness
2014
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
2014
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
2014
Zoetis (United States)
2014
Abstract In recent years, the emergence of several highly pathogenic zoonotic diseases in humans has led to a renewed emphasis on interconnectedness human, animal, and environmental health, otherwise known as One Health. For example, Hendra virus (HeV), paramyxovirus, was discovered 1994, since then, infections have occurred 7 humans, each whom had strong epidemiologic link similarly affected horses. As consequence these outbreaks, eradication bat populations discussed, despite their crucial...
Abstract Background and Aims What is the relationship between blood tests for iron deficiency, including anaemia, response to intravenous in patients with heart failure? Methods In IRONMAN trial, 1137 failure, ejection fraction ≤ 45%, either serum ferritin < 100 µg/L or transferrin saturation (TSAT) 20% were randomized ferric derisomaltose (FDI) usual care. Relationships investigated baseline anaemia severity, TSAT, changes haemoglobin from 4 months, Minnesota Living Heart Failure...
This article describes an authorization model suitable for cloud computing that supports hierarchical rolebased access control, path-based object hierarchies, and federation. The authors also present system architecture implementing the model.
<h3>ABSTRACT</h3> Smaller hospitals internationally are under threat. The narratives around the closure of smaller hospitals, regardless size and location, all constructed three common problems – cost, quality workforce. literature is reviewed, demonstrating that there little hard evidence to support contention hospital merger/closure solves these problems. disbenefits mergers closures, including loss resources, increased pressure on neighbouring organisations, shifting risk from healthcare...
Utility computing aims to aggregate server, network, and storage systems into a single, centrally managed pool of resources. SoftUDC, virtual machine monitor, lets applications administrative domains share physical resources while maintaining full functional isolation.
The automated provisioning of services in cloud computing presents many challenges. Users can request virtual machines from infrastructure providers, but these have to be configured and managed properly. This article describes an architecture that enables the deployment management software deployed cloud. takes a template description service, which encapsulates requirements, options, as well behavior for collection resources orchestrates this service into newly created set resources. is used...
Background Oral glucocorticoids are widely used to reduce pruritus and dermatitis associated with allergic dermatitis. Data suggest that oclacitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor, is safe effective alternative. Hypothesis/Objectives To evaluate the efficacy safety of oclacitinib compared prednisolone for control in single‐masked, controlled clinical trial randomized complete block design. Animals Client‐owned dogs ( n = 123) presumptive diagnosis moderate severe as assessed by pet owner were...
Public hospitals are well known to be difficult reform. This paper provides a comprehensive six-part analytic framework that can help policymakers and managers better shape their organizational institutional behavior. The first describes three separate structural characteristics which, together, inhibit effective problem description policy design for public hospitals. These constraints i) the dysfunctional found in most organizations, ii) particular dysfunctions of professional health sector...
A number of evaluations models integrated care have not produced the expected result reduced hospital admissions, and in some cases even found people receiving services using hospitals more than matched controls. We tested three hypotheses for these surprising results with a group 50 experts seminar: (1) problems model; (2) implementation; (3) evaluation. Our did rule out any came up advice as to manage issues. For example, model designers should rigorously test underlying logic;...
This paper reviews the evidence base for vertical integration in health care. We describe its impact on organisational structures, how services are provided, and such outcomes as cost, clinical patient experience. also outline conditions that support successful integration.
The Submucous Resection (S.M.R.) operation ascribed to Killian, still widely taught as the standard surgical treatment of obstructive septal deformities, has serious deficiencies in many common clinical situations. reasons for this are critically discussed light anatomy and physiology nose a whole. rational, conservative versatile principle septoplasty evolved over half century, until today author considers that it should largely supersed old S.M.R. principles indications discussed. basic...