Articles: patients.
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Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. · Apr 2013
Integrating patients' perspectives into integrated tuberculosis-human immunodeficiency virus health care.
Escalating rates of tuberculosis-human immunodeficiency virus (TB-HIV) co-infection call for improved coordination of TB and HIV health care services in high-burden countries such as South Africa. Patient perspectives, however, are poorly understood in the context of current integration efforts. ⋯ Our study highlights the imperative to address service fragmentation, HIV medical confidentiality and provider mistrust within the health care system, and the cultural differences associated with TB and HIV disease control.
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This study aims to examine the technical quality of videoconferencing used in hospice to engage caregivers as "virtual" members of interdisciplinary team meetings and their impressions of telehealth. Furthermore, it aims to compare the quality of plain old telephone service (POTS) and Web-based videoconferencing and provide recommendations for assessing video quality for telehealth group interactions. ⋯ This study highlights the potential of telehealth to improve communication in hospice and the need for new tools that capture the quality of video-mediated communication among multiple stakeholders and strategies to improve the ongoing documentation of telehealth group sessions' technical quality.
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Despite the importance of timely management of patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA), delays exist in its diagnosis and treatment. ⋯ This review identified three main areas of delay to care for patients with IA and potential solutions for each. A co-ordinated effort will be required by the rheumatology and primary care community to address these effectively.