Aim: This study aims to determine common symptoms in COVID-19 confirmed patients who were followed up at home by primary health care services. Methods: descriptive was conducted Kırklareli, Turkey between July 2020 and December 2020. The with 315 aged 18 years over positive the Polymerase Chain Reaction test a Family Health Center. Results: mean age of participants 43.13±16.33 years. 53.7% male...

To determine whether adding telehealth technology to traditional home care services increases health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and home care satisfaction, and decreases resource utilization among home care patients. This trial included 37 home care patients receiving services in a Veterans Affairs medical center, randomized into intervention and control groups. Outcome measures included p...

As home healthcare agencies examine new and innovative ways to deliver quality care more efficiently, the historical role of information technology as a way to automate clerical tasks will be significantly broadened to facilitate the true value of technology to home care providers. More importantly, a reduction in time spent on paperwork will allow agency caregivers to spend more time with clie...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE In Nigeria, most deliveries take place at home or with traditional birth attendants (TBAs). This study examined the factors that influenced or determined utilization of healthcare facility delivery services among women who attended antenatal care (ANC) services. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 220 women who registered for ANC at a hospital and deli...

This paper presents an e-health mobile application, called DITIS, which supports networked collaboration for home healthcare. The system was originally developed with a view to address the difficulties of continuity of care and communication between the members of a home health care multidisciplinary team. The paper introduces the system DITIS, identifies the needs and challenges of co-ordinate...

HOME HEALTH CARE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE fastest-growing sectors in the health care industry, but the prevention of occupational exposures in this setting has not received the attention it deserves. Of the more than 8 million U.S. health care workers who work in hospitals and other health care settings1, between 650,000 and 850,000 are employed in home health care.2 There are few data and no nation...

Home care is the preferred option for most people with a terminal illness. Providing home care relies on good community-based services, and a general practice workforce competent in palliative care practice and willing to accommodate patients' needs. Structured palliative care training of general practitioners is needed at undergraduate and postgraduate level, with attention to barriers to team...

T he monitoring of a patient’s blood glucose level is an important component of routine diabetes care. In home care and hospice patients, capillary blood is typically sampled using a fingerstick device and tested with a portable blood glucose meter. During this procedure, the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can be easily transmitted if infection prevention and control procedures are not meticulously ad...