What characteristics of provider payment mechanisms influence health care providers' behaviour? A literature review

AbstractPostpartum exercise is a series of movements performed after childbirth so that the muscles that have been stretched during pregnancy and childbirth can return to their normal condition, and the fundal height can decrease well. The purpose of this scientific work was to determine the decreasing fundal height in postpartum mothers doing and not doing postpartum exercise. This was a literature review of three articles taken from Google Shcolar with “postpartum exercise” and “fundal height” as the keywords, in the form of fulltext articles, published in 2013, 2017, and 2019. The respondents of the three articles were 100 postpartum mothers. The result of the analysis showed the decreasing fundal height occured to 43 (83%) respondents doing postpartum exercise and 10 (21%) respondents not doing the exercise. The conclusion was that fundal height could decrease better in respondents who did postpartum exercise than those who did not do the exercise. Therefore, health care providers are expected to be able to teach postpartum exercise to postpartum mothers so that their fundal height can decrease better. Keywords:postpartum mother, postpartum exercise, fundal hight AbstrakSenam nifas adalah serangkaian gerakan yang dilakukan setelah melahirkan supaya otot-otot yang mengalami peregangan selama kehamilan dan persalinan dapat kembali seperti semula diikuti dengan penurunan tinggi fundus uteri. Tujuan penulisan adalah untuk mengetahui penurunan tinggi fundus uteri pada ibu postpartum yang melakukan dan tidak melakukan senam nifas berdasarkan literature review. Desain karya tulis ilmiah berupa literature review dengan jumlah artikel tiga yang diambil dari laman jurnal google scholar dengan kata kunci “senam nifas” dan “tinggi fundus uteri” berupa artikel fulltex,berjumlah 3 arikel yang terbit tahun 2013, 2017 dan 2019. Responden dari ketiga artikel sebanyak 100 responden. Hasil dari literature review ketiga artikel menunjukkan perbedaan penurunan tinggi fundus uteri kategori baik yaitu sejumlah 43 (83%) pada responden yang melakukan senam nifas dan sejumlah 10 (21%) pada responden yang tidak melakukan senam nifas. Simpulannya adalah responden yang melakukan senam nifas penurunan tinggi fundus uterinya lebih baik dibandingkan dengan yang tidak melakukan senam nifas. Saran bagi tenaga kesehatan diharapkan dapat mengajarkan senam nifas pada ibu postpartum agar penurunan tinggi fundus uteri lebih baik. Kata kunci: ibu postpartum, senam nifas, tinggi fundus uteri

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Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes About Breast Cancer Screening in Latin America and the Caribbean: An In-Depth Narrative Review

Journal of Global Oncology ◽

10.1200/jgo.18.00053 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

Aubrey L. Doede ◽

Emma M. Mitchell ◽

Dan Wilson ◽

Reanna Panagides ◽

Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Health Care ◽

Latin America ◽

Literature Review ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Health Workers ◽

Preventive Health Care ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Care Providers ◽

The Caribbean

Purpose Breast cancer (BCA) is the most common cancer and leading cause of cancer mortality among women in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and the number of deaths from BCA is expected to continue to increase. Although barriers to care include the physical accessibility of screening resources, personal and cultural barriers must be explored to understand necessary next steps to increase access to preventive care. The purpose of this in-depth narrative literature review was to explore empiric literature that surrounds the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs toward BCA screening practices among women in LAC. To our knowledge, this is the first literature review to include articles from all countries and national languages (Portuguese, English, and Spanish) that pertain to this topic. Methods OVID Medline, CINAHL, and Web of Science/SciELO were used to identify articles. Thirty-five articles were included according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results Themes identified in the literature included knowledge about screening procedures and cause of cancer; knowledge sources; catalysts and deterrents for screening, such as family support, family history; social support or taboo, fear, self-neglect, cost, and transportation; and the perception of the screening experience. Conclusion In addition to physical availability of resources and health care personnel, there is a necessity for culturally competent community educational interventions across all aspects of BCA screening and prevention. In light of the barriers to preventive health care, providers such as nurses and community health workers are uniquely qualified to provide culturally appropriate and individualized health education to address cultural and psychological barriers to BCA screening.

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Cloth Face Coverings for Use as Facemasks During the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Pandemic: What Science and Experience Have Taught Us

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness ◽

10.1017/dmp.2020.354 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Raymond J. Roberge ◽

Marc R. Roberge

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽

Literature Review ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Preventive Measure ◽

Research Data ◽

Government Agencies ◽

Protective Equipment ◽

Care Providers ◽

N95 Respirators

ABSTRACT The current coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2]) pandemic has resulted in severe shortages of personal protective equipment, including respiratory protective equipment, such as N95 respirators. This has led some government agencies to suggest the use of cloth face coverings (CFCs) by health-care providers and the general public as a last resort when standard respiratory protective equipment is unavailable. Although such coverings have been in use for over a century and have found widespread use during some previous pandemics, research data are relatively scant for the protective value of this measure. This article, a literature review, explores the development of CFCs and reviews available scientific research regarding the efficacy of this intervention as a preventive measure in the spread of airborne infectious diseases

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Simplifying Glasgow Coma Scale Use for Nurses

International Journal of Advanced Nursing Studies ◽

10.14419/ijans.v4i2.4639 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 69

Author(s):

Hamza AL-Quraan ◽

Mohannad AbuRuz

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Literature Review ◽

Glasgow Coma Scale ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Research Literature ◽

Original Research ◽

Care Providers ◽

Gold Standard Method ◽

Coma Scale

Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was introduced in 1974 as a tool to standardize the assessment of the level of consciousness of patients. Since it was introduced and used, GCS was considered to be the gold standard method for this purpose. Despite plenty of strengths GCS has (i.e. objectivity and easy communication on the results between the health care providers); GCS was considered to be ambiguous and confusing for nurses and infrequent users. Moreover, lack of knowledge and training about GCS might affect the accuracy and inter-rater reliability among health care professionals. The purpose of this paper was to simplify the use of GCS step by step for the beginner health care professionals.This literature review was done by searching the following search engines: Pubmed, Midline, CINHAL, Ebsco host, and Google Scholar for the key words of: Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), flow chart, nurses, and consciousness.Types of articles included: original research, literature review and meta-analysis. This review included the following sections:1) Definition of the related concepts2) The historical development of the GCS3) How to score the GCS4) Recommendation for clinical settings, and5) Conclusion

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The Impact of Visualization Dashboards on Quality of Care and Clinician Satisfaction: Integrative Literature Review (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.9328 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Saif Sherif Khairat ◽

Aniesha Dukkipati ◽

Heather Alico Lauria ◽

Thomas Bice ◽

Debbie Travers ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Literature Review ◽

Patient Outcomes ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Care Setting ◽

Data Gathering ◽

Clinical Information ◽

Care Providers ◽

Life Threatening

BACKGROUND Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in the United States admit more than 5.7 million people each year. The ICU level of care helps people with life-threatening illness or injuries and involves close, constant attention by a team of specially-trained health care providers. Delay between condition onset and implementation of necessary interventions can dramatically impact the prognosis of patients with life-threatening diagnoses. Evidence supports a connection between information overload and medical errors. A tool that improves display and retrieval of key clinical information has great potential to benefit patient outcomes. The purpose of this review is to synthesize research on the use of visualization dashboards in health care. OBJECTIVE The purpose of conducting this literature review is to synthesize previous research on the use of dashboards visualizing electronic health record information for health care providers. A review of the existing literature on this subject can be used to identify gaps in prior research and to inform further research efforts on this topic. Ultimately, this evidence can be used to guide the development, testing, and implementation of a new solution to optimize the visualization of clinical information, reduce clinician cognitive overload, and improve patient outcomes. METHODS Articles were included if they addressed the development, testing, implementation, or use of a visualization dashboard solution in a health care setting. An initial search was conducted of literature on dashboards only in the intensive care unit setting, but there were not many articles found that met the inclusion criteria. A secondary follow-up search was conducted to broaden the results to any health care setting. The initial and follow-up searches returned a total of 17 articles that were analyzed for this literature review. RESULTS Visualization dashboard solutions decrease time spent on data gathering, difficulty of data gathering process, cognitive load, time to task completion, errors, and improve situation awareness, compliance with evidence-based safety guidelines, usability, and navigation. CONCLUSIONS Researchers can build on the findings, strengths, and limitations of the work identified in this literature review to bolster development, testing, and implementation of novel visualization dashboard solutions. Due to the relatively few studies conducted in this area, there is plenty of room for researchers to test their solutions and add significantly to the field of knowledge on this subject.

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Social Media and Health Care, Part I: Literature Review of Social Media Use by Health Care Providers (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.23205 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Deema Farsi

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Social Media ◽

Literature Review ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Health Care Industry ◽

Public Health Care ◽

Care Providers ◽

Care Industry ◽

Digital World ◽

The World

BACKGROUND As the world continues to advance technologically, social media (SM) is becoming an essential part of billions of people’s lives worldwide and is affecting almost every industry imaginable. As the world is becoming more digitally oriented, the health care industry is increasingly visualizing SM as an important channel for health care promotion, employment, recruiting new patients, marketing for health care providers (HCPs), building a better brand name, etc. HCPs are bound to ethical principles toward their colleagues, patients, and the public in the digital world as much as in the real world. OBJECTIVE This review aims to shed light on SM use worldwide and to discuss how it has been used as an essential tool in the health care industry from the perspective of HCPs. METHODS A literature review was conducted between March and April 2020 using MEDLINE, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Science for all English-language medical studies that were published since 2007 and discussed SM use in any form for health care. Studies that were not in English, whose full text was not accessible, or that investigated patients’ perspectives were excluded from this part, as were reviews pertaining to ethical and legal considerations in SM use. RESULTS The initial search yielded 83 studies. More studies were included from article references, and a total of 158 studies were reviewed. SM uses were best categorized as health promotion, career development or practice promotion, recruitment, professional networking or destressing, medical education, telemedicine, scientific research, influencing health behavior, and public health care issues. CONCLUSIONS Multidimensional health care, including the pairing of health care with SM and other forms of communication, has been shown to be very successful. Striking the right balance between digital and traditional health care is important.

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