scholarly journals Successful interventions to improve efficiency and reduce patient visit duration in a retina practice

Retina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles C. Lin ◽  
Angela S. Li ◽  
Hung Ma ◽  
Xiaomei Lin ◽  
Montserrate Zamora Olivares ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-230
Author(s):  
Palas Roy

Abstract Photogenerated charge carriers in organic photovoltaics (OPVs) suffer relaxation and recombination losses. However, extracting these carriers at higher energy (‘Hot-carriers’) has been found to be effective to overcome such loss pathways and improve efficiency of OPVs. Excess energy and long delocalization length promotes hot-carrier escape from Coulombic attraction and dissociation into free charges. Here, I have reviewed the ways to generate hot-carriers and their extraction in organic backbones. In-depth understanding of their energetics and dynamics will help designing hot-carrier photovoltaics.


2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-416
Author(s):  
Brian Murray ◽  
Matthew J. Streitz ◽  
Michael Hilliard ◽  
Joseph K. Maddry

Introduction. Adverse medication events are a potential source of significant morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients, where dosages frequently rely on weight-based formulas. The most frequent occurrence of medication errors occurs during the ordering phase. Methods. Through a prospective cohort analysis, we followed medication errors through patient safety reports (PSRs) to determine if the use of a medication dosage calculator would reduce the number of PSRs per patient visits. Results. The number of PSRs for medication errors per patient visit occurring due to errors in ordering decreased from 10/28 417 to 1/17 940, a decrease by a factor of 6.31, with a χ2 value of 4.063, P = .0463. Conclusion. We conclude that the use of an electronic dosing calculator is able to reduce the number of medication errors, thereby reducing the potential for serious pediatric adverse medication events.


Author(s):  
Daniel Memije Garduno ◽  
Oscar Carranza Castillo ◽  
Jaime Jose Rodriguez Rivas ◽  
Ruben Ortega Gonzalez ◽  
Edgar Peralta Sanchez

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