Emotional burden and self-care strategies among individuals in the sex trade during COVID-19 in Israel by Nour Shimei, Yeela Lahav-Raz, Ayelet Prior, Guy Shilo, Einat Peled

“…Building on these insights, this article examines how self-care practices functioned as relational and strategic responses to crisis. …”
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Opportunities, challenges, and requirements for Artificial Intelligence (AI) implementation in Primary Health Care (PHC): a systematic review by Farzaneh Yousefi, Reza Dehnavieh, Maude Laberge, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Mohammad Mehdi Ghaemi, Mohsen Nadali, Najmeh Azizi

“…Abstract Background Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly reshaped Primary Health Care (PHC), offering various possibilities and complexities across all functional dimensions. …”
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Telemonitoring for Chronic Heart Failure: Narrative Review of the 20-Year Journey From Concept to Standard Care in Germany by Sebastian Spethmann, Gerhard Hindricks, Kerstin Koehler, Stefan Stoerk, Christiane E Angermann, Michael Böhm, Birgit Assmus, Sebastian Winkler, Martin Möckel, Mirja Mittermaier, Monika Lelgemann, Daniel Reuter, Ralph Bosch, Alexander Albrecht, Stephan von Haehling, Thomas M Helms, Stefan Sack, Tarek Bekfani, Jan Wolfgang Gröschel, Magdalena Koehler, Christoph Melzer, Jan Wintrich, Bettina Zippel-Schultz, Georg Ertl, Claus Vogelmeier, Nikolaos Dagres, Jasmin Zernikow, Friedrich Koehler

“… BackgroundChronic heart failure (CHF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, placing a significant burden on health care systems. The concept of telemedicine for CHF was first introduced in the late 1990s, and since 2010, studies have demonstrated its potential to improve patient outcomes and reduce health care costs. …”
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The Mobility Makeover: Exploring the Interest, Need and Feasibility of a Mobility Aid Personalisation Programme in Long-Term Care by Pauli Gardner, Jaclyn Ryder, Colleen Whyte, Norma Restivo

“…There are several important implications of this research including identifying the potential benefits of a device personalisation programme and how this might ‘work’ in a care home and providing insight into what may be lost in current systems where the function and efficiency of mobility device prescription are prioritised. …”
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Expert review in diagnostic, therapeutic and follow-up of Fabry disease in Latin America based on patient care standards by Roberto Giugliani, Juan Politei, Ana Martins, Nelson Murillo, Paula Rozenfeld, Mauricio Lopera, Sergio Salgado, Gustavo Quirós, Charles Marques Lourenço, Osvaldo Vieira, Hernán Amartino, Fernando Perretta, Sandra Marques e Silva, Joseph Brooks, Laura Titievsky, Jacobo Villalobos, Cassiano Braga, Harris A. Peñaranda

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Continuity of Ideas and Generations. Historical Facts About the Activities of the Sheremetev Hospital (for the 100th Anniversary of the N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Eme... by S. A. Kabanova, Yu. S. Goldfarb, E. V. Grafova, E. E. Lukyanova, S. S. Petrikov, M. L. Rogal, M. Sh. Khubutiya

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Monitoring Quality of Care in the WHO Africa Region-A study design for measurement and tracking, towards UHC attainment by Regina Titi-Ofei, Doris Osei-Afriyie, Humphrey Karamagi

“…This paper reports on the design of a study to generate a quality of care index for countries in the World Health Organization Africa Region. …”
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5G-MobiCare: A Secure 5G Assisted Remote Mobile Health Monitoring Platform by Hemangi Goswami, Tarun Pandey, Hiten Choudhury

“…Lightweight cryptographic functions ensure data security without overburdening sensors. …”
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Exploring the Acceptance and Opportunities of Using a Specific Generative AI Chatbot to Assist Parents in Managing Pediatric Rheumatological Chronic Health Conditions: Mixed Method... by Cheryl W Y Lau, Klaudia Kupiec, Polly Livermore

“…While there is some research on integrating artificial intelligence into pediatric care, no study has focused on the opportunity of implementing a generative artificial intelligence chatbot for pediatric rheumatology. …”
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Empowering pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients with cancer utilizing generative AI chatbots to reduce psychological burden and enhance treatment engagement: a pilot stu... by Joe Hasei, Mana Hanzawa, Akihito Nagano, Naoko Maeda, Shinichirou Yoshida, Makoto Endo, Nobuhiko Yokoyama, Motoharu Ochi, Hisashi Ishida, Hideki Katayama, Tomohiro Fujiwara, Eiji Nakata, Ryuichi Nakahara, Toshiyuki Kunisada, Hirokazu Tsukahara, Toshifumi Ozaki

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AI in Home Care—Evaluation of Large Language Models for Future Training of Informal Caregivers: Observational Comparative Case Study by Clara Pérez-Esteve, Mercedes Guilabert, Valerie Matarredona, Einav Srulovici, Susanna Tella, Reinhard Strametz, José Joaquín Mira

“… BackgroundThe aging population presents an accomplishment for society but also poses significant challenges for governments, health care systems, and caregivers. Elevated rates of functional limitations among older adults, primarily caused by chronic conditions, necessitate adequate and safe care, including in-home settings. …”
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Real-world evaluation of ImmuCare-PRO patient-reported outcomes in melanoma patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors by S. Belkaïd, S. Milley, R. Saux, M. Bonjour, A. Augros, P.-J. Souquet, D. Maillet, D. Maucort-Boulch, C. Dolla, L. Thomas, S. Dalle

“…False alerts often resulted from functional or non-specific symptoms (32.3%), such as fatigue or general pain. …”
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Optimizing the Management and Outcomes of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Proposal of a Standardized Multidisciplinary Team Care Pathway by Kliment Gatzinsky, Sam Eldabe, Jean-Philippe Deneuville, Wim Duyvendak, Nicolas Naiditch, Jean-Pierre Van Buyten, Philippe Rigoard

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Type I IFN induces long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 1 to generate a phosphatidic acid reservoir for lipotoxic saturated fatty acids by Shelley Barnhart, Masami Shimizu-Albergine, Eyal Kedar, Vishal Kothari, Baohai Shao, Melissa Krueger, Cheng-Chieh Hsu, Jingjing Tang, Jenny E. Kanter, Farah Kramer, Danijel Djukovic, Vadim Pascua, Yueh-Ming Loo, Lucrezia Colonna, Sadie J. Van den Bogaerde, Jie An, Michael Gale, Jr., Karen Reue, Edward A. Fisher, Sina A. Gharib, Keith B. Elkon, Karin E. Bornfeldt

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Contribution of health system governance in delivering primary health care services for universal health coverage: A scoping review. by Resham B Khatri, Aklilu Endalamaw, Daniel Erku, Eskinder Wolka, Frehiwot Nigatu, Anteneh Zewdie, Yibeltal Assefa

“…<h4>Results</h4>Seventy-four studies were included in the final review. Various functions of HSG influenced PHC systems and services, including:1) formulating health policies and strategic plans (e.g., addressing epidemiological and demographic shifts and strategic financial planning), 2) implementing policy levers and tools (such as decentralization, regulation, workforce capacity, and supply chain management), 3) generating intelligence and evidence (including priority setting, monitoring, benchmarking, and evidence-informed decision-making), 4) ensuring accountability (through commitments to transparency), and 5) fostering coordination and collaboration (via subnational coordination, civil society engagement, and multisectoral partnerships). …”
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Research on residents' (re)mediation and dismissal in the interest of society by Judith Godschalx-Dekker, Walther van Mook

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Integration of medical education into the Iranian health system from the perspective of experts: A qualitative analysis by Soleiman Ahmady, Masomeh Kalantarion, Sara Shahbazi, Sara Bagheri, Somaye Sohrabi, Samane Babaei, Amirreza Allahgholipour, Mohammad Barary, Rezvan Hosseinzadeh

“…By doing so, policymakers can create a healthcare system that is more responsive to the needs of patients, more efficient in delivering care, and more effective in educating the next generation of healthcare professionals.…”
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User-centred design of ChestCare: mHealth app for pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD; a mixed-methods sequential approach by Suad J. Ghaben, Arimi Fitri Mat Ludin, Nazlena Mohamad Ali, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh

“…Conclusions The development and validation of the ChestCare app resulted from conducting UCD iterative design and sequential MMR, which identified 13 functionalities, including symptom assessment, tracking lung volume, functional capacity test, action plan, intervention program, COPD education, COPD community, monitoring and reminders.…”
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Piloting a minimum data set (MDS) in english care homes: a qualitative study of professional perspectives on implementation and data use by Rachael E. Carroll, Nick Smith, Sinead ER Palmer, Jennifer Kirsty Burton, Adam Lee Gordon, Ann-Marie Towers, Stacey E. Rand, Freya Tracey, Anne Killett, Lucy Webster, Barbara Hanratty, Karen Spilsbury, Gizdem Akdur, Kaat De Corte, Julienne E. Meyer, Liz Jones, Claire Goodman

“…Our objectives were to explore (1) care home staff opinions and experiences of collecting structured measures of quality of life, cognition and function for residents and (2) how a minimum data set data might be used by staff and other professionals interested in care homes. …”
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Efficacy of an Intelligent and Integrated Older Adult Care Model on Quality of Life Among Home-Dwelling Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial by Rongrong Guo, Jiwen Zhang, Fangyu Yang, Ying Wu

“…Eligible participants were randomly allocated 1:1 to either the SMART group, receiving routine discharge instructions and personalized integrated care interventions across 11 domains (decreased or lost self-care ability, falls, delirium, dysphagia, incontinence, constipation, urinary retention, cognitive decline, depression, impaired skin integrity, and common diseases) generated by the SMART system, or the usual care group, receiving only routine discharge instructions. …”
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