BACKGROUND This article describes the development of a virtual glaucoma clinic, whereby technicians collect information for remote review by a consultant specialist. DESIGN AND METHODS This was a hospital-based service evaluation study. Patients suitable for the stable monitoring service (SMS) were low-risk patients with "suspect", "early"-to-"moderate" glaucoma who were deemed stable by thei...

This paper describes a patient initially diagnosed with autoimmune thyroiditis who undergoes a diagnostic and investigatory journey.

Doris Howell RN, PhD is RBC Chair, Oncology Nursing Research and Education at Princess Margaret Hospital in toronto, ON and Lead, guidelines and standards, Cancer Journey Portfolio, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC); Barry Bultz, PhD, CPsych is Director of the Department of Psychosocial Resources at the tom Baker Cancer Centre, university of Calgary and Lead, screening for Distress, Ca...

BACKGROUND There is a significant trend toward implementing health information technology to reduce administrative costs and improve patient care. Unfortunately, little awareness exists of the challenges of integrating information systems with existing clinical practice. The systematic integration of clinical processes with information system and health information technology can benefit the pa...

OBJECTIVE In 2010, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK published Clinical Guideline 95 (CG95) advocating risk stratification of patients using 'CADScore' to guide appropriate cardiac investigations for chest pain of recent onset. Implementation of the guideline in the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was evaluated to see if it led to a ...

Emergency departments (EDs) are the most challenging ward with respect to patient delay. The goal of this study is to present strategies that have proven to reduce delay and overcrowding in EDs. In this review article, initial electronic database search resulted in a total of 1006 articles. Thirty articles were included after reviewing full texts. Inclusion criteria were assessments of real pat...