Aligning POLST orders with wishes: Time to put evidence into practice

Minimal Intervention in Dentistry Put into Practice

The minimal intervention in dentistry (MID) is a response to traditional concepts of operative dentistry developed by Black, more than a century ago. The MID philosophy is based on the knowledge of caries disease process and adhesive dentistry. Its main goal is to maintain tooth in function for life. Some procedures/protocols that represent MID philosophy are caries risk assessment, early carie...

Strategic philanthropy: principles put into practice.

The SeniorGezond Recommender: Exploration Put into Practice

Recommender systems suggest objects to users navigating a web site. They observe the pages that a user visits and predict which other pages may be of interest. On the basis of these predictions recommenders select a number of pages that are suggested to the user. By far the most popular recommendation strategy is to select the pages of which the recommender believes they are the most interestin...

A national strategy to put accountable care into practice.

The concept of accountable care organizations (ACOs) has been set forth in recently enacted national health reform legislation as a strategy to address current shortcomings in the U.S. health care system. This paper focuses on implementation issues related to these organizations, building on some initial examples. We seek to clarify definitions and key principles, provide an update on implement...

Open Source and Healthcare in Europe - Time to Put Leading Edge Ideas into Practice

Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) is a process of software development, a method of licensing and a philosophy. Although FLOSS plays a significant role in several market areas, the impact in the health care arena is still limited. FLOSS is promoted as one of the most effective means for overcoming fragmentation in the health care sector and providing a basis for more efficient, timely...