OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of an integrated, clinician-focused telehealth monitoring system on the probability of hospitalization within the first 30-day episode of home healthcare. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective, nonexperimental design. METHODS The study sample includes 2009 data from 5873 Medicare beneficiaries receiving home healthcare services through a network of community-based home ...

background: home visit program can be effective in infants’ growth and development. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of home visit program on preterm infants’ growth and development within 6 months. methods: it was a double-blind clinical trial study. the study was conducted in hafez, hazrat-e-zeinab, and namazee hospitals affiliated to shiraz university of medical sciences, sh...

Introduction. Information and communication technology (ICT) are becoming a natural part in healthcare both for delivering and giving accessibility to healthcare for people with chronic illness living at home. Aim. The aim was to review existing studies describing the use of ICT in home care for communication between patients, family members, and healthcare professionals. Methods. A review of s...

The benefits of Person- and Family-Centred Care (PFCC) are well documented, and many healthcare organizations have expressed their commitment to take this approach. Yet, it can be a difficult endeavour, with common barriers identified at the point-of-care, organizational and system levels. We implemented a PFCC education program with healthcare leaders, providers, and support staff working in h...

BACKGROUND While benefits of workplace physical exercise on physical health is well known, little is known about the psychosocial effects of such initiatives. This study evaluates the effect of workplace versus home-based physical exercise on psychosocial factors among healthcare workers. METHODS A total of 200 female healthcare workers (Age: 42.0, BMI: 24.1) from 18 departments at three hosp...

In this paper, to deliver healthcare service pervasively, especially to the home space, we first discuss the status and activities on healthcare infrastructures and systems using mobile devices and sensor networks. We also provide the information and illustrate the reasons why home healthcare will be even more hot space in the near future. With the advance of wireless network, mobile devices be...

INTRODUCTION In population-based studies, transfers into hospitals and hospital deaths are typically considered to be indicators of potentially inappropriate care settings at the end of life. Despite a plethora of research into where people die, few studies have examined whether hospital transfers at the end of life differ in rural versus urban areas. In the present study hospitalizations in th...