... designed to harness VA's health services research expertiseand resources in an ongoing system-wide effort toimprove the performance of the VA healthcare system and, thus, quality of carefor veterans ... support and involvement, plus modest real-time refinements tomaximize the likelihood of success andto study the process for replication requirements They employ formative evaluation (to monitor and ... this careand on the challenges to improving care EQUIP identified effective and ineffective methods and strategies for improving care, and provided results that can be of substantial use to people...
... designed to harness VA's health services research expertiseand resources in an ongoing system-wide effort toimprove the performance of the VA healthcare system and, thus, quality of carefor veterans ... support and involvement, plus modest real-time refinements tomaximize the likelihood of success andto study the process for replication requirements They employ formative evaluation (to monitor and ... this careand on the challenges to improving care EQUIP identified effective and ineffective methods and strategies for improving care, and provided results that can be of substantial use to people...
... baseline risk assessment using the following tools should be performed and documented in the record: The Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) to screen forrisk of opioid addiction The CAGE-AID to screen for alcohol ... three highlighted tools are recommended for their clinical utility in screening opioid therapy patientsTo Screen ForRisk of Opioid Addiction Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) See Page 19 To Monitor Current/Past ... and monitoring your patient Several screening tools are available to help assess riskfor aberrant drug-related behavior, current or former substance abuse, and mental health disorders High risk...
... designed to harness VA's health services research expertiseand resources in an ongoing system-wide effort toimprove the performance of the VA healthcare system and, thus, quality of carefor veterans ... interventions to achieve provider activation to ensure that providers have the skills and motivation toimprove their performance [24,29-31] Both the CCM and the Institute for Healthcare Improvements Breakthrough ... HIV/ Hepatitis QUERI Center was to increase access to, and uptake of, evidence-based HIV care, andtoimprove the care that veterans receive for their disease and associated comorbid diseases...
... designed to harness VA's health services research expertiseand resources in an ongoing system-wide effort toimprove the performance of the VA healthcare system and, thus, quality of carefor veterans ... interventions to achieve provider activation to ensure that providers have the skills and motivation toimprove their performance [24,29-31] Both the CCM and the Institute for Healthcare Improvements Breakthrough ... HIV/ Hepatitis QUERI Center was to increase access to, and uptake of, evidence-based HIV care, andtoimprove the care that veterans receive for their disease and associated comorbid diseases...
... helps to spread cultural tolerance and understanding as students get to know one another better through their writings Werderich (2002) and Nassaji and Cumming (2000) used the journals to target ... daily, and were given the option to respond to a question from the novel or to write on a topic of their choosing The researcher gave the students bookmarks and assigned them to read to page ... October 13, 2010 MEMORANDUM TO: Kaitlyn Datzman Marcia Imbeau FROM: Ro Windwalker IRB Coordinator RE: New Protocol Approval IRB Protocol #: 10-09-117 Protocol Title: Using Dialogue Journals to...
... correctness of forms and conventions, but also instills in writers the command of a wide variety of forms, genres, styles, and tones, and the ability to adapt to different contexts and purposes ... learning -to- write and writing -to- learn For learning -to- write, studies of the effectiveness of interventions designed toimprove students’ writing quality were looked forFor writing -to- learn, ... by learning to read with understanding and write with skill and clarity so not only for themselves and their families, but for our nation as well.They learn in order to preserve and enhance the...
... want to provide careand treatment for HIV-infected patients? There is no good compensation regimen to support staff working with HIV-infected patients There is no benefit to save the life of patients ... counsellors to provide counselling and follow-up of care (reducing the burden for health workers and improving the quality of counselling) andtoimprove the quality of services at a lower level to reduce ... isolated Health care workers are the key providers of medical care Stigma from health care workers can reduce patients' ability to manage their infection and gain access to health care [7,25] Persons...
... epidemiology and physiotherapy The protocol evolved from the need for a constant balance between assisting patientsto engage in an exercise program, whilst making it achievable and affordable and able to ... how minimal it may be is likely to be rudimentary to its success, and can allow for progressions to be made as the participants become more confident and adherent to the program PTSD affects an ... using a block randomisation sequence generated using random numbers in Excel and including randomly varying block sizes Participants and intervention staff are unable to be blinded to group allocation,...
... expressive writing in high- risk drug dependent patients in a primary care clinic, in terms of psychological health (depression, anxiety and stress) and physical health (perceived physical and mental disability) ... (e.g., because, why, reason) and insight (e.g., realise, see, understand) word scores for each day were standardized and summed, and a cognitive change score from first to last day of writing was ... to study design, coordination and supervision, performed data analysis and interpretation, and drafted the manuscript KW conceived of the study, participated in its design and coordination, and...
... two forms: spoken form and written form Oral vocabulary including the words, phrases or sentences are used for listening and speaking, and the words which we recognize and use for reading and ... good idea for learners to expand their reading comfort zone When learners create a reading habit, they read more and more and their reading comfort zone should expand It is important for both ... usually related to pleasure, information, and general understanding and are determined by the nature of the material and the interest of the students Students are encouraged to read for a variety...
... importance to the author herself as well as to all teachers of English It helps to reinforce students‟ English proficiency and suggests ways toimprove the teaching of English in general and reading ... appropriate reading strategies and background knowledge Therefore, students face a lot of difficulties in reading and understanding the long texts especially the texts relating to economic fields which ... have inspired me to carry out the study on “Using Supplementary Reading Materials with the Course book Business Basics toImprove the Efficiency of Reading Teaching and Learning for Second-year...
... base and professional dental guidelines regarding topical fluoride use with high- risk children n Reviewing the concept of riskand defining high- risk children n Identifying risk factors and settings ... level and ultimately decided to adopt a more liberal two-tiered model (high riskand low risk) and focus this guidance on the high- risk group Translating Professional Dental Guidelines into Recommendations ... have developed three-tiered risk categories (low “moderate -risk category? risk, moderate risk, high risk) specific to children.17,18 Considering the target audience for the decision support matrix,...
... well informed about their best options forcare Policy reforms in long-term care will require methods to contain costs, to fairly divide these costs between care recipients and taxpayers, andto ... acute- and primary -care services, and by making a greater effort to meet the demand for long-term care The provinces could, for example, put more emphasis on cash or voucher subsidies to patients, ... Plan to Help with Future Costs of Long-Term CareTo encourage voluntary pooling of the risk of high costs of long-term care – andto reduce the tendency for individuals to overlook such risk...
... instructor coordinator for a San Francisco traffic violator school Traffic school in California is a sort of penance for speeders and stop sign cruisers—regular folks like you and me They opt to ... innate and a learned ability to feel good andto like each other tools ❖ How humor can be used to make information “feel real” ❖ How humor and play can help your brain to breathe H ❖ How humor and ... rather than training trainers to be funny? This book is written to provide a low -risk, affordable way for teachers, trainers, and speakers to start putting humor to work for them In the process, however,...
... F-measure of 56.3 for BNEWS, 61.8 for NPAPER, and 51.7 for NWIRE The performance of MaxEnt is comparable to that of RIPPER for the BNEWS and NPAPER data sets but slightly worse for the NWIRE data ... NPs to be misclassified and allows the coreference system to find a correct antecedent for some of them, and (2) decreasing cr causes more truly non-anaphoric NPs to be correctly classified and ... Since our goal is to evaluate the effect of anaphoricity information on coreference resolution, we make no attempt to modify our system to adhere to the rules specifically designed for ACE The coreference...
... the hand trajectory became shorter, less curved, and the bubble trajectory was intercepted earlier than on the first trial To reach the bubble, the participant leaned forward and used his leg to ... therapeutic tools, off-the-shelf games cannot replace customized tasks because of the inflexible gaming content, absence of strict requirements for defining and monitoring the precision of motor performance, ... following symptoms: ataxia of gait, stance, upper and lower extremities, dysdiadochokinesis, intention tremor, and dysarthria on a 6-point scale, with grade (symptom is absent) to (unable to perform)...
... order K An high value for K leads to improved SNR performances but also to an increased circuit complexity andto the risk of loop instability Our analysis proves that stable loops and good trade-offs ... filter to remove high frequency spurious repetitions of the baseband signal The higher the oversampling factor M is, the higher (↑ M) the PWM carrier frequency is and hence the transition bandwidth ... Compared to mask 1, mask features more stringent requirements in terms of pass-band ripple and stop-band attenuation (needed to meet a target THD < 0.2%) but allows for a larger transition band;...
... years, range 5189 years) All patients had at least two previously described high- risk factors, two patients had high- risk factors, and one patient had high- risk factors One patient developed a ... review of literature highlights the potential limitations of SLN biopsy for SCC and the critical importance of careful long-term follow-up in these high- riskpatients Though cytokeratin immunostaining ... biopsy in this unique subset of SCC patients Meanwhile, it is incumbent upon treating physicians and teams to closely follow these high- riskpatients at greater riskfor recurrence whether they undergo...