A Call for a Patient Preference Predictor

A Call for a Backward Design to Knowledge Translation

Despite several calls to support evidence-informed policy-making, variations in uptake of evidence into policy persist. This editorial brings together and builds on previous Knowledge Translation (KT) frameworks and theories to present a simple, yet, holistic approach for promoting evidence-informed policies. The proposed conceptual framework is characterized by its impact-oriented approach and...

Use of a patient preference predictor to help make medical decisions for incapacitated patients.

The standard approach to treatment decision making for incapacitated patients often fails to provide treatment consistent with the patient's preferences and values and places significant stress on surrogate decision makers. These shortcomings provide compelling reason to search for methods to improve current practice. Shared decision making between surrogates and clinicians has important advant...

High -density lipoprotein cholesterol as a predictor for diabetes mellitus

Background: Diabetes is a prevalent chronic disease around the world. To evaluate risk of diabetes comprehensively, we developed a score model for the risk prediction with HDL-C as a protective factor. Methods: We extracted physical examination data of 2728 individuals. The data contain 18 demographic and clinical variables. To identify the statistical significant feature variables, the backwa...

Personality Theory as a Predictor for Agile Preference

Since their arrival on the software development scene, agile software development methods have been a source of intense study. One promising aspect of research in relation to agile methods is personality theory. Although there have been some studies utilizing personality theory, to date no research has been performed to investigate the potential link between personality attributes and preferenc...

Patient safety: a(nother) call for action.