OBJECTIVES Although rates for first-time and recent mammography screening have increased for women in the US in the past decade, rates for repeat mammography remain low. This study aimed to conduct an analysis of women's mammography experience, to examine the rates of repeat mammography and to identify the significant predictors of repeat mammography within 12 and 18 months of the index mammogr...

OBJECTIVE To design an instrument composed of domains that would demonstrate physical therapy activities and generate a consistent index to represent the quality of care in physical therapy. METHODS The methodology Lean Six Sigma was used to design the tool. The discussion involved seven different management groups staff. By means of brainstorming and Cause & Effect Matrix, we set up the proc...

In 7 years between 1982-88, 122 complaints were lodged against the Accident and Emergency department of King's College Hospital. A high percentage mentioned more than one aspect per complaint. Commonest were those regarding attitude (37.7%), missed diagnosis (36.6%), waiting time (32.8%), cursory examination (14.7%) and poor communication (11.5%). These causes of complaint are amenable to impro...

In this work we propose to use fuzzy prototypes for classification tasks. We create the prototypes by first clusterizing, separately, the available data for each class. Then we create a fuzzy set around each class center, according to clusterization indices that take into account both local and global data. We also investigate the use of an index to guide the process of obtaining a suitable num...

In this work we propose to use fuzzy prototypes for classification tasks. We create the prototypes by first clusterizing, separately, the available data for each class. Then we create a fuzzy set around each class center, according to clusterization indices that take into account both local and global data. We also investigate the use of an index to guide the process of obtaining a suitable num...

BACKGROUND The majority of all surgeries are performed on an outpatient basis (day surgery). The Recovery Assessment by Phone Points (RAPP) app is an app for the Swedish Web-version of Quality of Recovery (SwQoR), developed to assess and follow-up on postoperative recovery after day surgery. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study are (1) to estimate the extent to which the paper and app vers...

In this work we propose to use fuzzy prototypes for classification tasks. We create the prototypes by first clusterizing, separately, the available data for each class. Then we create a fuzzy set around each class center, according to clusterization indices that take into account both local and global data. We also investigate the use of an index to guide the process of obtaining a suitable num...