The emerging class of urgent geoscience workflows are capable of quickly allocating computational resources for time critical tasks. To date, no urgent computing capabilities for data services exists. Since urgent geoscience and Earth science workflows are typically data intensive, urgent data services are necessary so that these urgent workflows do not bottleneck on inappropriately managed or ...

The purpose of this study was to explore patient perspectives of rapid and routine HIV-testing in an urgent care center at an urban public hospital. We conducted structured focus groups during a clinical trial comparing routinely offered rapid HIV-testing, routinely offered enzyme immunoassay (EIA) testing, and conventional EIA testing. Participants of the six focus groups were 89% African Amer...

BACKGROUND In 2010, a new telephone service, NHS 111, was piloted to improve access to urgent care in England. A unique feature is the use of non-clinical call takers who triage calls with computerized decision support and have access to clinical advisors when necessary. Aim. To explore users' acceptability of NHS 111. DESIGN Cross-sectional postal survey. SETTING Four pilot sites in Englan...

A 7-year-old boy went to emergency department with severe abdominal pain of 20 hours, located in the right iliac fossa. Fever. Alimentary vomit. Normal bowel movements. On examination, the child had general status affectation. Abdominal palpation aimed to voluntary defense in FID. Blumberg and psoas signs were positive. Laboratory tests showed leukocytosis with neutrophilia and eosinophilia. Ul...