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Virtual Reality in Today’s Healthcare Settings: An Analysis Using the Alberta Quality Matrix for Health
Virtual reality (VR) is emerging as a treatment modality across a variety of healthcare settings. Integrating a new technology as a form of therapy requires informed analysis to ensure that it is an effective, efficient, safe and valuable addition to the client experience. Using the Alberta Quality Matrix for Health as a framework, this detailed analysis examines the application of VR in pain management, mental health, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care. Through this multifocal lens, gaps are identified and a glimpse is provided into VR's potential for widespread adoption across healthcare settings.
Source: Healthcare Quarterly - July 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Comfort care beneficial for hospitalized stroke patients, yet disparities in use persist
(American Heart Association) A new study finds comfort care, including palliative care and hospice care, can improve quality of life in hospitalized stroke patients.Although comfort care for stroke patients is increasingly being used, disparities in use persist that may be related to gender, race, income and other factors.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 7, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Hispanic Hospice Utilization: Integrative Review and Meta-analysis.
Abstract Hospice is patient-centered end-of-life care. Hispanics are underrepresented among hospice patients (7.1%) relative to the U.S. population (17%). We conducted a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis to understand this underrepresentation further. In palliative care, Hispanic hospice enrollment is comparable to that of non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs) (RR 1.02, 95% CI: 0.93-1.12; z=0.49; p = .627). However, in cases of heart failure (OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.37-0.66) and stroke (OR 0.77, 95% CI 0.63-0.94), Hispanics are much less likely to use hospice than NHWs. Cancer studies are mixed, but in meta-ana...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - May 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rising ML, Hassouneh DS, Lutz KF, Berry P, Lee CS Tags: J Health Care Poor Underserved Source Type: research

Provide stroke patients with palliative care support minus the label
(Canadian Medical Association Journal) When caring for stroke patients, health care providers should focus on the social and emotional issues facing patients, rather than only physical rehabilitation, according to a new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Occupational Therapy: Cost-Effective Solutions for Changing Health System Needs
This article aligns the discussion of health system transformation with literature identifying the cost-effectiveness of occupational therapy in Canada.
Source: Healthcare Quarterly - January 30, 2013 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research