Practitioners

Awareness and use of five imaging decision rules for musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review – Priti Kharel et al.

2024-08-09T15:50:14+10:00Choosing Wisely, Imaging, Knee, Musculoskeletal, Practitioners, Publications, Spinal|

Several validated decision rules are available for clinicians to guide the appropriate use of imaging for patients with musculoskeletal injuries, including the Canadian CT Head Rule, Canadian C-Spine Rule, National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) guideline, Ottawa Ankle Rules and Ottawa Knee Rules. However, it [...]

Comparison of Telephone and Video Telehealth Consultations: Systematic Review – Oyungerel Byambasuren et al.

2024-04-06T14:51:43+11:00Clinical quality, COVID-19, Health professionals, Health system, Practitioners, Publications, Virtual Care/Telehealth|

Telehealth has been used for health care delivery for decades, but the COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated the uptake of telehealth in many care settings globally. However, few studies have carried out a direct comparison among different telehealth modalities, with very few studies having compared the [...]

Time to reflect on open-label placebos and their value for clinical practice – Caitlin M. P. Jones et al.

2023-12-01T12:25:49+11:00Practitioners, Publications, Research, Research ethics, Treatment|

Basic science has found limited evidence from small studies of genuine positive effects on health and wellbeing outcomes, caused by positive treatment expectations, known as placebo effects.1 Naturally, many researchers and clinicians are curious about how to harness the placebo effect in clinical practice to improve [...]

Preventive health checks in Australian general practice for women during mid-life – Louise F. Wilson et al.

2023-12-01T12:20:29+11:00Health system, Practitioners, Publications, Tests, Women's health|

The Australian mixed public and private health care model can lead to those most in need receiving the least or least effective care. We investigated whether this applied to preventive health checks in general practice for women in mid-life. Two types of mid-life preventive health [...]

Implementing patient decision aids into general practice clinical decision support systems: Feasibility study in cardiovascular disease prevention – Samuel Cornell et al.

2023-12-01T12:09:46+11:00Cardiovascular disease, Clinical guidelines, Practitioners, Publications|

Patient decision aids (DA) facilitate shared decision making, but implementation remains a challenge. This study tested the feasibility of integrating a cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention DA into general practice software.

Quantitative nitrous oxide usage by different specialties and current patterns of use in a single hospital – Angela Wong et al

2023-01-11T15:37:39+11:00Practitioners, Publications|

Our study introduces a method of measuring clinical N2O use in the absence of an anaesthesia machine that is relatively affordable, shareable between different clinical areas and even health facilities. Our method is important in order to confirm and track the presence of discrepancy (i.e. [...]

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