Significant healthcare resource utilisation in the management of skin and soft tissue infections in the Torres Strait, Australia
CONCLUSION: Healthcare costs associated with SSTIs in the Torres Strait are substantial. The implementation of effective preventative and primary care interventions may enable resources to be reallocated to address other health priorities in the Torres Strait.PMID:38632695 | DOI:10.22605/RRH8572 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Haylee Fox Allison Hempenstall Pelista Pilot Emily Callander Simon Smith Malcolm I McDonald Josh Hanson Source Type: research
Handle with Care: Transformative Learning as Pedagogy in an Under-Resourced Health Care Context
Teach Learn Med. 2024 Apr 18:1-10. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2024.2332885. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIssue: A significant component of health professions education is focussed on students' exposure to the social determinants of health and the challenges that patients within the health care system face. An appropriate way to provide such exposure is through distributed clinical training. This usually entails students training in smaller groups along the continuum of care, away from tertiary academic hospitals. This also means students are away from their existing academic and social support systems. It is evident that knowl...
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Jana M üller Rhoda Meyer Jason Bantjes Elize Archer Ian Couper Source Type: research
Strategies that enabled access to chronic care during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond in South Africa
CONCLUSION: The findings of this study revealed a range of effective and noteworthy approaches that facilitated access to treatment and continuity of care. As a result, enhancing telemedicine as well as structural systems such as appointment scheduling, decanting choices, mobile and medication home delivery can improve access to care and treatment.CONTRIBUTION: The burden of disease and avoidable death will be eventually addressed by maximising the use of telemedicine and sustaining the new norm of ongoing care through digital and remote care and decanting strategies.PMID:38628228 | PMC:PMC11019043 | DOI:10.4102/hsag.v29i0...
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sheillah H Mboweni Source Type: research
Decentralised clinical trials in rural Australia: Opportunities and challenges
CONCLUSION: Decentralising clinical trials could improve access to clinical trials, strengthen the social capital of rural communities and help address the health inequalities that exist between rural and metropolitan communities.PMID:38629864 | DOI:10.1111/ajr.13109 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sandra Walsh Pascale Dettwiller Lee Puah Hannah Beks Vincent Versace Martin Jones Source Type: research
Health equity in clinical trials for regional, rural and First nations communities: Need for networked clinical trial system, through a values and purpose-aligned system culture
Aust J Rural Health. 2024 Apr 17. doi: 10.1111/ajr.13122. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38629873 | DOI:10.1111/ajr.13122 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sabe Sabesan Melanie Poxton Source Type: research
Why surveys are 'very hard': exploring challenges and insights for collection of authentic patient experience information with speakers of Australian First Nations languages
CONCLUSION: Profound implications for the acceptability of a survey tool as well as data quality arise from differences between First Nations cultural and communication contexts and the cultural context within which survey methods have evolved. When data collection processes are not linguistically and culturally congruent there is a risk that patient experience data are inaccurate, miss what is important to First Nations patients and have limited utility for informing relevant healthcare improvement. Engagement of First Nations cultural and language experts is essential in all stages of development, implementation and eval...
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Anne Lowell Yomei Jones Robyn Aitken Dikul R Baker Judith Lovell Samantha Togni Dianne Gon D Arra Beth Sometimes Margaret Smith Julie Anderson Rachael Sharp Maria Karidakis Sarita Quinlivan Mandy Truong Paul Lawton Source Type: research
Strategies that enabled access to chronic care during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond in South Africa
CONCLUSION: The findings of this study revealed a range of effective and noteworthy approaches that facilitated access to treatment and continuity of care. As a result, enhancing telemedicine as well as structural systems such as appointment scheduling, decanting choices, mobile and medication home delivery can improve access to care and treatment.CONTRIBUTION: The burden of disease and avoidable death will be eventually addressed by maximising the use of telemedicine and sustaining the new norm of ongoing care through digital and remote care and decanting strategies.PMID:38628228 | PMC:PMC11019043 | DOI:10.4102/hsag.v29i0...
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sheillah H Mboweni Source Type: research
Decentralised clinical trials in rural Australia: Opportunities and challenges
CONCLUSION: Decentralising clinical trials could improve access to clinical trials, strengthen the social capital of rural communities and help address the health inequalities that exist between rural and metropolitan communities.PMID:38629864 | DOI:10.1111/ajr.13109 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sandra Walsh Pascale Dettwiller Lee Puah Hannah Beks Vincent Versace Martin Jones Source Type: research
Health equity in clinical trials for regional, rural and First nations communities: Need for networked clinical trial system, through a values and purpose-aligned system culture
Aust J Rural Health. 2024 Apr 17. doi: 10.1111/ajr.13122. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38629873 | DOI:10.1111/ajr.13122 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Sabe Sabesan Melanie Poxton Source Type: research
Optimizing remote and rural prehospital resources using air transport of thrombectomy candidates
CONCLUSION: A hybrid strategy to transport thrombectomy candidates with an ambulance and a helicopter reallocates the EMS resources markedly faster back to their own district.PMID:38627852 | DOI:10.1186/s13049-024-01203-3 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Pauli Vuorinen Piritta Set älä Sanna Hoppu Source Type: research
"Navigating chaos": Urban, Rural, and Remote Patient Experiences in Accessing Healthcare with Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Perspectives of Living with Chronic Low Back Pain
CONCLUSION: Participants identified a range of challenges and facilitators as well as recommendations for improving access to care for chronic low back pain, with unique barriers for rural, remote, and Indigenous participants.PMID:38616950 | PMC:PMC11008541 | DOI:10.1080/24740527.2024.2318706 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Katie Crockett Stacey Lovo Alison Irvine Catherine Trask Sarah Oosman Veronica McKinney Terrence McDonald Nazmi Sari Rosmary Martinez-Rueda Harini Aiyer Bertha Carnegie Marie Custer Stacey McIntosh Brenna Bath Source Type: research
Operational Impact of Neurology Rural Access Model: Reflections on the Importance of Demand-Shaping
DISCUSSION: The opening of a regional "spoke" clinic resulted in the generation of greater referral volumes that exceeded the capacity created by the clinic. Owing to this, there was an increase in the number of patients seen from the regional counties in the hub clinics, negating the potential benefit of improving access for high-complexity patients. Importance of demand-shaping and appropriate utilization as part of the value equation are discussed, followed by discussion of mitigation strategies.PMID:38617554 | PMC:PMC11010244 | DOI:10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200274 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Alexis Kurek Kennedy Boone-Sautter Cynthia M Hingtgen Aiesha Ahmed Source Type: research
Thermal imaging and computer vision technologies for the enhancement of pig husbandry: a review
This study provides valuable insights for researchers and farmers regarding IRT application in pig production, highlighting notable approaches and the latest research findings in this field.PMID:38618025 | PMC:PMC11007457 | DOI:10.5187/jast.2024.e4 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Md Nasim Reza Md Razob Ali None Samsuzzaman Md Shaha Nur Kabir Md Rejaul Karim Shahriar Ahmed Hyunjin Kyoung Gookhwan Kim Sun-Ok Chung Source Type: research
Exploring the County Level Mortality Pattern Variations in Rural Areas of Iran (2006- 2016)
CONCLUSION: The findings indicate significant spatial and temporal variations in rural mortality rates in Iran. Policymakers can use this information to plan and enhance healthcare infrastructure in specific counties. The findings serve for evaluating the effectiveness of health policies, enabling policymakers to make informed decisions, allocate resources efficiently and design targeted interventions for improved public health outcomes.PMID:38618838 | DOI:10.34172/ijhpm.2024.8032 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Mehrangiz Rezaee Nader Tavakoli Siamak Tahmasbi Source Type: research
"Navigating chaos": Urban, Rural, and Remote Patient Experiences in Accessing Healthcare with Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Perspectives of Living with Chronic Low Back Pain
CONCLUSION: Participants identified a range of challenges and facilitators as well as recommendations for improving access to care for chronic low back pain, with unique barriers for rural, remote, and Indigenous participants.PMID:38616950 | PMC:PMC11008541 | DOI:10.1080/24740527.2024.2318706 (Source: Rural Remote Health)
Source: Rural Remote Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Rural Health Authors: Katie Crockett Stacey Lovo Alison Irvine Catherine Trask Sarah Oosman Veronica McKinney Terrence McDonald Nazmi Sari Rosmary Martinez-Rueda Harini Aiyer Bertha Carnegie Marie Custer Stacey McIntosh Brenna Bath Source Type: research
