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The effects of walk-in centers on ED attendance are uncertain
Evidencias COVID-19
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection. Evidence Aid
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased demand on hospital emergency departments. Research into alternative ways of managing less urgent cases (such as walk-in centers and General Practitioner cooperatives) may provide information that would help ease this demand. In this systematic review, the authors searched for research on the effects of walk-in centers and General Practitioner (GP) cooperatives on local ED attendances. They restricted their search to articles published in English between 2000 ...
ver más ... 2017The use of general practitioner cooperatives to reduce non-urgent visits to emergency departments is recommended
Evidencias COVID-19
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection. Evidence Aid
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased demand on hospital emergency departments. Research into alternative ways of managing less urgent cases (such as walk-in centers and General Practitioner cooperatives) may provide information that would help ease this demand. In this systematic review, the authors searched for research on the effects of walk-in centers and General Practitioner (GP) cooperatives on local ED attendances. They restricted their search to articles published in English between 2000 ...
ver más ... 2017It is not recommended formulary restrictions to reduce costs and use of prescription drugs
Evidencias COVID-19
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection. Evidence Aid
The COVID-19 pandemic is placing a strain on healthcare services and resources. Existing research on the impact of formulary restrictions (restrictions to reduce costs and use of prescription drugs) for medications may provide information to help policy makers with this. In this systematic review, the authors searched for research on the effects of formulary restrictions. They restricted their search to articles published in English between 2005 and February 2017. They included 48 retrospective ...
ver más ... 2017Combined learning (which combines e-learning with face-to-face learning) is recommended to improve the knowledge and skills of health workers
Evidencias COVID-19
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection. Evidence Aid
As knowledge about COVID-19 and how to deal with the pandemic spreads, it is important that healthcare workers are trained appropriately, which might require a shift from face-to-face learning to online e-learning during times of social distancing. In this Campbell systematic review, the authors searched for research assessing the effectiveness of e‐learning for improving evidence‐based health care knowledge and practice among healthcare workers. They did not restrict their search by ...
ver más ... 2017There is uncertainty about the effectiveness of quality improvement (QI) initiatives in reducing avoidable hospital readmissions of patients within 30 days.
Evidencias COVID-19
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection. Evidence Aid
The COVID-19 pandemic is placing a strain on health services. Decreasing the rate of avoidable readmissions from skilled nursing facilities to acute care hospitals can reduce this strain and improve patient outcomes. In this systematic review, the authors searched for experimental research evaluating the effectiveness of quality improvement (QI) initiatives in reducing avoidable hospital readmissions of patients within 30 days of their original discharge to skilled nursing facilities ...
ver más ... 2017