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Benefits of clinical facilitators on improving stroke care in acute hospitals: a new programme for Australia
ConclusionFixed‐term employment of Facilitators was effective in positively influencing stroke care in hospitals through a range of change management strategies where stroke‐specific expertise had been previously limited.
Source: Internal Medicine Journal - July 4, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tara Purvis, Karen Moss, Linda Francis, Karen Borschmann, Monique F. Kilkenny, Sonia Denisenko, Christopher F. Bladin, Dominique A. Cadilhac Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

An Evaluation of Personal Cooling Systems for Reducing Thermal Strain Whilst Working in Chemical/Biological Protective Clothing
Conclusion: The IV, PCM, and SLIV produced lower heart rate, mean skin, rectal and mean body temperatures in addition to improved work times compared to control. The WS did not improve work times possibly as a result of the cooling capacity of the suit abating, and magnifying thermal insulation. Considering the added time and resources required to implement combination cooling in the form of ice slurry and ice vest (SLIV), there was no significant additive effect for perception, cardiovascular strain, rectal temperature and total trial time relative to the phase change vest or ice vest alone. This may be a product of a &#x...
Source: Frontiers in Physiology - April 11, 2019 Category: Physiology Source Type: research

Re ‐employment of people with chronic stroke: A single‐centre retrospective study
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, EarlyView.
Source: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - October 18, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Itaru Fukuzawa, Osamu Tokumaru, Nobuoki Eshima, Kira Bacal, Takaaki Kitano, Isao Yokoi Source Type: research

Tobacco Use in the Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Patient Behavior, Opinions, and Care
ConclusionsMPN patients with current or previous tobacco use demonstrate significantly higher symptom burden than non-smoking counterparts. In terms of patient care, less than half of patients who are current or previous smokers recall having a physician discuss their smoking habits with them. These results highlight the need for enhanced MPN patient counseling by health care providers, both regarding the risks of smoking and available methods to aid cessation.DisclosuresScherber: Orphan Pharmaceuticals: Honoraria; Incyte: Consultancy. Dueck: Phytogine: Employment; Pfizer: Honoraria; Bayer: Employment. Palmer: Novartis: Re...
Source: Blood - November 21, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Scherber, R. M., Geyer, H. L., Mazza, G., Langlais, B. T., Dueck, A. C., Palmer, J., Padrnos, L., Fleischman, A., Mesa, R. A. Tags: 902. Health Services Research-Malignant Diseases Source Type: research

Factors affecting general practitioners' decisions to adopt new prescription drugs - cohort analyses using Australian longitudinal physician survey data.
CONCLUSIONS: Our paper is one of the first to study the relationship between GPs' risk preferences, personality and their decisions to adopt new prescription drugs. Because NOACs are commonly prescribed and considered more cost-effective than their older counterpart, understanding factors affecting physicians' decisions to adopt NOACs has direct policy implications. Our results also highlight that even with universal coverage for prescription drugs, access to new drugs is different among patients, partially because who their doctors are and where they practice. PMID: 30728010 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Australian Family Physician - February 7, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Zhang Y, Méndez SJ, Scott A Tags: BMC Health Serv Res Source Type: research

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Use in Warfighting: Benefits, Risks, and Future Prospects
Conclusion The aim of this paper was to examine whether military tDCS use can be efficacious and ethical in military settings. Our assessment is that tDCS offers a number of cognitive, motor, and perceptual enhancement opportunities which could provide value in military situations like training and operations. There is potential scope for use in a number of key areas that directly affect practical battlefield advantage and survivability, such as deceptive capabilities, risk-taking, threat detection, perception, and physiological improvement. Additionally, tDCS has the potential to improve command and control decision maki...
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - April 17, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Exploring the lived return-to-work experience of individuals with acquired brain injury: use of vocational services and environmental, personal and injury-related influences
CONCLUSIONS: The use and effectiveness of vocational services were variable across participants and depended on insurance coverage and needs. Barriers and facilitators for RTW were affected by both the environment and the individual. Implications for vocational rehabilitation were identified.Implications for RehabilitationA supportive workplace and family, and access to appropriate vocational rehabilitation are important environmental facilitators for RTW in individuals with ABI.Workplaces with a poor understanding of ABI and employment service providers unable to find work for individuals with ABI are environmental barrie...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - April 1, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Charlotte L Brakenridge Charmaine Kai Ling Leow Melissa Kendall Ben Turner Donna Valiant Ray Quinn Venerina Johnston Source Type: research