The selection of fellows in radiology subspecialties has not been a well-organized process and has led to a high degree of dissatisfaction among all parties. The granting of positions in subspecialty training programs proceeds by means of an interview process that is not centrally organized, includes variable periods for timing of interviews, and allows differing periods during which offers can...

T here is growing recognition among investigators, funding agencies, and other constituencies that the clinical trial enterprise in the United States is not keeping pace with our health system's need for more and better information to guide clinical decision making. 1 The need for better information is largely driven by the rapid pace of discovery in biology, technology, and health services del...

Markovian regulatory networks constitute a class of discrete state-space models used to study gene regulatory dynamics and discover methods that beneficially alter those dynamics. Thereby, this class of models provides a framework to discover effective drug targets and design potent therapeutic strategies. The salient translational goal is to design therapeutic strategies that desirably modify ...

BACKGROUND Chiropractors frequently practice within health care systems requiring the business acumen of an entrepreneur. However, some chiropractors do not know the relationship between the level of business knowledge required for practice success and their current level of business knowledge. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between chiropractors' perceiv...

OBJECTIVE to analyze the answers of parents and health care professionals concerning the involvement of parents in the care provided to hospitalized children. METHOD exploratory study based on the conceptual framework of pediatric healthcare with qualitative data analysis. RESULTS three dimensions of involvement were highlighted: daily care provided to children, opinions concerning the invo...

The purpose of this paper is to describe how discrete event simulation should be used as a tool for continuous process verification in industrial system development. Results include a specification of the working procedures to be used in each life cycle phase of a development project, as well as a definition of the areas where efforts are needed in the future. The approach assures continuous ve...

Moving significant therapeutic discoveries beyond early biomedical translation or T1 science and into practice involves: (1) T2 science, identifying "the right treatment for the right patient in the right way at the right time" (eg, patient-centered outcomes research) and tools to implement this knowledge (eg, guidelines, registries); and (2) T3 studies addressing how to achieve health care del...

OBJECTIVE Rates of pregnancy among women living with HIV (WLHIV) have increased with the availability of effective HIV treatment. Planning for pregnancy and childbirth is an increasingly important element of HIV care. Though rates of unintended pregnancies are high among women in general, among couples affected by HIV, significant planning and reproductive decisions must be considered to preven...

In all data-rich industries, effective data management is essential if users and stakeholders are to expect value from corporate data. For market-driven enterprises, clean and readily accessible data is vital for maintaining a competitive edge. Quality, integrated data in comprehensive and targeted reports enables effective strategic and tactical decision-making, improves data security, increas...