Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / A study design has been developed that employs a dual modeling approach to identify factors associated with facility-level cancer screening improvement and how this is mediated by the use of clinical decision support. This dual modeling approach combines principles of (1) Health Informatics, (2) Cancer Prevention and Control, (3) Health Services Research, and (4) Organizational Change/Theory. The study design builds upon the constructs of a conceptual framework developed by Jane Zapka, namely, (1) organizational and/or practice settings, (2) provider characteristics, and (3) patient population characteristics. These constructs have been operationalized as measures in a 2005 HRSA/NCI Health Disparities Cancer Collaborative inventory of 44 community health centers. The first, statistical models will use: sequential, multivariable regression models to test for the organizational determinants that may account for the presence and intensity-of-use of clinical decision support (CDS) and information systems (IS) within community health centers for use in colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer screening. A subsequent test will assess the impact of CDS/IS on provider reported cancer screening improvement rates. The second, computational models will use a multi-agent model of network evolution called CONSTRUCT® to identify the agents, tasks, knowledge, groups, and beliefs associated with cancer screening practices and CDS/IS use to inform both CDS/IS implementation and cancer screening intervention strategies. This virtual experiment will facilitate hypothesis-generation through computer simulation exercises. The outcome of this research will be to identify barriers and facilitators to improving community health center facility-level cancer screening performance using CDS/IS as an agent of change. Stakeholders for this work include both national and local community health center IT leadership, as well as clinical managers deploying IT strategies to improve cancer screening among vulnerable patient populations.

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree in Masters of Technology in Nursing, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2015. / Background The current health care system in South Africa and its diverse settings of health care delivery system require a nurse who can make decisions, think critically, solve problems and work effectively in a team. Traditional nursing education teaching strategies have over the years relied on didactic and often passive approaches to learning. In pursuit of quality, academics and students must be continually engaged in a process of finding opportunities for improving the teaching and learning process. Purpose of the study The purpose of this study was to evaluate the structure and the process in case based learning at the University of Technology. Methodology This study is qualitative in nature, governed by an interpretive paradigm. This is a case study, which enabled the researcher to merge student interview data with records in order to gain insight into the activities and details of case based learning as practised at the University of Technology under study. Most importantly, the case study method was deemed appropriate for the current study, since case-based learning as a pedagogical approach (and a case) cannot be abstracted from its context for the purposes of study. Case based learning is evaluated in its context namely, the undergraduate nursing programme, using the Donabedian framework of structure, process and product. Results The study recorded that students were positive towards case based learning though some identified dynamics of working in groups as demerits of case based learning. The structures that are in place in the programme and the CBL processes are adequate and support CBL. There are however areas that need attention such as the qualification of the programme coordinator, the size of the class-rooms and the service of the computer laboratory. Conclusion The study found that apart from a few minor discrepancies, case based learning is sufficiently implemented, and experienced as invaluable by students, at the University of Technology under study.

Introdução: A Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS) é considerada pela Organização Mundial da Saúde como o componente essencial para a organização da assistência à saúde. Muitas evidências dos benefícios da APS são descritas, entretanto, verifica-se uma grande heterogeneidade na assistência oferecida, o que repercute nos resultados em saúde. Dessa forma, os estudos que avaliam a qualidade da APS têm sido considerados fundamentais para identificar como o cuidado tem sido oferecido, em que pontos estão ocorrendo falhas e quais são as prioridades para a atuação, buscando aumentar a efetividade e a eficiência da atenção prestada. O Brasil passa, atualmente, por um momento de reestruturação do sistema e de organização da APS. As avaliações realizadas em nosso meio, até o momento, têm verificado alguns impactos positivos, porém os resultados ainda são inconsistentes. Um desses resultados é a manutenção de taxas elevadas de Internações por Condições Sensíveis À Atenção Primária (ICSAP) além da constatação de aumento dessas condições no município de São Paulo. Esse estudo partiu da hipótese de que as altas porcentagens de ICSAP devem estar relacionadas a uma baixa orientação aos princípios norteadores (atributos) da APS dos serviços de atenção básica oferecidos à população infantil. Objetivo: Avaliar os atributos da atenção primária oferecida às crianças moradoras da região oeste do município de São Paulo e que foram internadas por condições sensíveis à atenção primária. Métodos: Estudo de corte transversal de abordagem quanti-qualitativa. A população alvo foram as crianças internadas na enfermaria pediátrica do Hospital Universitário da USP, de 1º de janeiro a 31 de dezembro de 2011, usuárias de uma das 14 Unidades Básicas de Saúde (UBS) da região oeste do município de São Paulo. Foram entrevistados também os profissionais dessas UBS. Os dados quantitativos foram obtidos com o Instrumento de Avaliação da Atenção Primária à Saúde (Primary Care Assessment Tool validado no Brasil - PCATool-Brasil) e os dados qualitativos foram obtidos por entrevista semi-estruturada. As variáveis independentes foram: idade, escolaridade materna, renda familiar, tipo de diagnóstico e modelo de atenção oferecido, e as variáveis dependentes foram os atributos de APS, de acordo com o referencial de Starfield. Realizou-se análises bivariadas e um modelo hierárquico final. Resultados: 65,2% das hospitalizações foram ICSAP. Foram entrevistados 501 usuários e 42 profissionais. Sob a perspectiva dos usuários, com exceção do atributo coordenação, todos os demais apresentaram baixa orientação aos princípios da APS, verificando-se influência das variáveis nos resultados obtidos pelas análises bivariadas. O modelo hierárquico final demonstrou modelo de Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF) foi associado a 2 vezes mais chances de uma melhor avaliação do Escore Geral da APS oferecida. Os profissionais atribuíram bons escores para a maioria dos atributos avaliados, com exceção do acesso, observando-se diferenças em comparação às avaliações feitas pelos usuários. Conclusões: A proporção de ICSAP foi alta na população estudada. Sob a perspectiva dos usuários, foi verificada uma baixa orientação aos princípios da APS, com exceção do atributo coordenação. O modelo da ESF apresentou o dobro de chance de que seus usuários avaliassem melhor o serviço. Com exceção do atributo acesso, os profissionais avaliaram bem os serviços de APS oferecidos / Introduction: The World Health Organization considers the Primary Health Care (PHC) as an essential component for the organization of health care. Much evidence of the benefits of APS are described, however, there is a great heterogeneity in the care provided, which affects health outcomes. Thus, studies that evaluate the quality of health care have been considered essential to identify how care has been offered, in which points are occurring faults and what are the priorities for action, seeking to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of care provided. Actually, the Brazilian health system and the PHC organization are being restructured. Evaluations undertaken in our country are showing some positive impacts, but the results are still inconsistent. One of these results is the maintenance of high rates of Hospitalizations for Primary Care Sensitive Conditions (ICSAP) and the increase of these conditions the city of São Paulo. We believe that the high ICSAP percentages must be related to a low orientation to principles (attributes) of PHC offered to the child population. Objective: Evaluate the attributes of primary care offered to children living in the western region of São Paulo who were hospitalized for conditions sensitive to primary care. Methods: It\'s a cross-sectional study with a quantitative and qualitative approach. The target population were children admitted to the pediatric ward of the University Hospital of University of São Paulo, from January 1 to December 31, 2011, users of the 14 Basic Health Units (BHU) in the western region of São Paulo. The UBS\'s professionals were also interviewed. Quantitative data were obtained with the Primary Care Assessment Tool validated in Brazil (PCATool - Brazil) and qualitative data were collected by semi-structured interview. The independent variables were: age, maternal literacy, family income, type of diagnosis and model of care offered, and the dependent variables were the attributes of PHS, according to the Starfield\'s referential. We conducted bivariate analyzes and a hierarchical model approach. Results: 65.2 % of hospitalizations were ICSAP. We interviewed 501 users and 42 professionals. From the perspective of users, the attributes showed lower orientation to the PHC principles, with the exception of the coordination and we observe the influence of the variables on the results from bivariate analyzes. The hierarchical model showed that the Family Health Strategy (FHS) was associated with twice as likely to be better evaluated in relation to the traditional model of care. Professionals assigned scores good for most of the attributes evaluated, with the exception of access, observing differences in comparison to assessments made by users. Conclusions: The proportion of ICSAP was high in this population. From the perspective of users, there was a low orientation to the principles of PHC, with the exception of the coordination attribute. The model presented FHS double the chance that your users better evaluate the service. Except the attribute access, services were better evaluated by professionals

Introdução: A Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS) é considerada pela Organização Mundial da Saúde como o componente essencial para a organização da assistência à saúde. Muitas evidências dos benefícios da APS são descritas, entretanto, verifica-se uma grande heterogeneidade na assistência oferecida, o que repercute nos resultados em saúde. Dessa forma, os estudos que avaliam a qualidade da APS têm sido considerados fundamentais para identificar como o cuidado tem sido oferecido, em que pontos estão ocorrendo falhas e quais são as prioridades para a atuação, buscando aumentar a efetividade e a eficiência da atenção prestada. O Brasil passa, atualmente, por um momento de reestruturação do sistema e de organização da APS. As avaliações realizadas em nosso meio, até o momento, têm verificado alguns impactos positivos, porém os resultados ainda são inconsistentes. Um desses resultados é a manutenção de taxas elevadas de Internações por Condições Sensíveis À Atenção Primária (ICSAP) além da constatação de aumento dessas condições no município de São Paulo. Esse estudo partiu da hipótese de que as altas porcentagens de ICSAP devem estar relacionadas a uma baixa orientação aos princípios norteadores (atributos) da APS dos serviços de atenção básica oferecidos à população infantil. Objetivo: Avaliar os atributos da atenção primária oferecida às crianças moradoras da região oeste do município de São Paulo e que foram internadas por condições sensíveis à atenção primária. Métodos: Estudo de corte transversal de abordagem quanti-qualitativa. A população alvo foram as crianças internadas na enfermaria pediátrica do Hospital Universitário da USP, de 1º de janeiro a 31 de dezembro de 2011, usuárias de uma das 14 Unidades Básicas de Saúde (UBS) da região oeste do município de São Paulo. Foram entrevistados também os profissionais dessas UBS. Os dados quantitativos foram obtidos com o Instrumento de Avaliação da Atenção Primária à Saúde (Primary Care Assessment Tool validado no Brasil - PCATool-Brasil) e os dados qualitativos foram obtidos por entrevista semi-estruturada. As variáveis independentes foram: idade, escolaridade materna, renda familiar, tipo de diagnóstico e modelo de atenção oferecido, e as variáveis dependentes foram os atributos de APS, de acordo com o referencial de Starfield. Realizou-se análises bivariadas e um modelo hierárquico final. Resultados: 65,2% das hospitalizações foram ICSAP. Foram entrevistados 501 usuários e 42 profissionais. Sob a perspectiva dos usuários, com exceção do atributo coordenação, todos os demais apresentaram baixa orientação aos princípios da APS, verificando-se influência das variáveis nos resultados obtidos pelas análises bivariadas. O modelo hierárquico final demonstrou modelo de Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF) foi associado a 2 vezes mais chances de uma melhor avaliação do Escore Geral da APS oferecida. Os profissionais atribuíram bons escores para a maioria dos atributos avaliados, com exceção do acesso, observando-se diferenças em comparação às avaliações feitas pelos usuários. Conclusões: A proporção de ICSAP foi alta na população estudada. Sob a perspectiva dos usuários, foi verificada uma baixa orientação aos princípios da APS, com exceção do atributo coordenação. O modelo da ESF apresentou o dobro de chance de que seus usuários avaliassem melhor o serviço. Com exceção do atributo acesso, os profissionais avaliaram bem os serviços de APS oferecidos / Introduction: The World Health Organization considers the Primary Health Care (PHC) as an essential component for the organization of health care. Much evidence of the benefits of APS are described, however, there is a great heterogeneity in the care provided, which affects health outcomes. Thus, studies that evaluate the quality of health care have been considered essential to identify how care has been offered, in which points are occurring faults and what are the priorities for action, seeking to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of care provided. Actually, the Brazilian health system and the PHC organization are being restructured. Evaluations undertaken in our country are showing some positive impacts, but the results are still inconsistent. One of these results is the maintenance of high rates of Hospitalizations for Primary Care Sensitive Conditions (ICSAP) and the increase of these conditions the city of São Paulo. We believe that the high ICSAP percentages must be related to a low orientation to principles (attributes) of PHC offered to the child population. Objective: Evaluate the attributes of primary care offered to children living in the western region of São Paulo who were hospitalized for conditions sensitive to primary care. Methods: It\'s a cross-sectional study with a quantitative and qualitative approach. The target population were children admitted to the pediatric ward of the University Hospital of University of São Paulo, from January 1 to December 31, 2011, users of the 14 Basic Health Units (BHU) in the western region of São Paulo. The UBS\'s professionals were also interviewed. Quantitative data were obtained with the Primary Care Assessment Tool validated in Brazil (PCATool - Brazil) and qualitative data were collected by semi-structured interview. The independent variables were: age, maternal literacy, family income, type of diagnosis and model of care offered, and the dependent variables were the attributes of PHS, according to the Starfield\'s referential. We conducted bivariate analyzes and a hierarchical model approach. Results: 65.2 % of hospitalizations were ICSAP. We interviewed 501 users and 42 professionals. From the perspective of users, the attributes showed lower orientation to the PHC principles, with the exception of the coordination and we observe the influence of the variables on the results from bivariate analyzes. The hierarchical model showed that the Family Health Strategy (FHS) was associated with twice as likely to be better evaluated in relation to the traditional model of care. Professionals assigned scores good for most of the attributes evaluated, with the exception of access, observing differences in comparison to assessments made by users. Conclusions: The proportion of ICSAP was high in this population. From the perspective of users, there was a low orientation to the principles of PHC, with the exception of the coordination attribute. The model presented FHS double the chance that your users better evaluate the service. Except the attribute access, services were better evaluated by professionals

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / In Brazil, Primary Health Care is the gateway of users into the health system, based on individual and collective actions, presenting as one of the fundamental principles the universal and equitable access of the population to these actions. In order for this level of attention to be strengthened, guaranteeing access, evaluation is essential, as it allows to leverage available resources according to local demands. Thus, considering the importance of Primary Health Care as a health care provider, with access as an indispensable attribute and evaluation as a tool to change realities, the present study to evaluate the access in APS services of the municipalities that are part of the 4th Regional Health Coordination from the perspective of health professionals. It is a study with a quantitative, transversal approach, carried out in the Primary Health Care services of the 4th Regional Health Coordination of Rio Grande do Sul, composed of the Entre Rios and Verdes Campos Health Regions. Data collection took place between February and July 2015, using computerized Epi Info® 7.0 software, using tablets, with application of the Primary Care Assessment Tool-Brazil professional version. The sample comprised 207 higher-level health professionals. Statistical Analysis System (SAS) version 9.0 was used to analyze the data. The score was dichotomized at low score, if <6.6 or high score, if ≥6.6. The normality of the variables was evaluated by the Shapiro Wilk test. Pearsson's Correlation was used to verify the degree of relationship between First Contact Access items and the score, and Poisson Regression to identify the dependence between the score and its socio-spatial context. The ethical precepts respected Resolution 466/2012. The article 1, a descriptive study in which the attribute First Contact Access obtained a low score (4.68), being the issues related to the time and day of operation of the health unit, the ones that most influenced this result. Article 2, a multilevel study, with contextual and individual variables found low First Contact Access score in most of the municipalities surveyed (83.6%), presenting a level of significance only in the variable population size, in which municipalities with up to five thousand inhabitants Higher prevalence of the attribute. Article 3, a study of trends about access of the elderly in Primary Health Care, shows that access does not prevail as an object of research, related to quality of life and integral care of the elderly, as well as organizational and bureaucratic barriers. Article 4, integrative review on the access of the elderly in this level of attention, showed the Family Health as a facilitator of access, work processes and infrastructure as real barriers to elderly access. In this way, it can be seen that there are still barriers in access, mainly referring to the structure of primary health care services. This study is expected to help in the expansion and quality of the population's access to this level of care. / No Brasil, a Atenção Primária à Saúde é a porta de entrada dos usuários no sistema de saúde, fundamentando-se na realização de ações individuais e coletivas, apresentando como um dos princípios fundamentais o acesso universal e equânime da população a essas ações. Para que esse nível de atenção se fortaleça, garantindo o acesso, a avaliação é essencial, pois permite potencializar os recursos disponíveis conforme as demandas locais. Assim, considerando a importância da Atenção Primária à Saúde como ordenadora do sistema de saúde, tendo o acesso como um indispensável atributo e a avaliação como uma ferramenta para mudar as realidades, o presente estudo tem como objetivo avaliar o acesso em serviços de APS dos municípios integrantes da 4ª Coordenadoria Regional de Saúde na perspectiva dos profissionais de saúde. Trata-se de estudo com abordagem quantitativa, transversal, realizado nos serviços de Atenção Primária à Saúde da 4ᵃ Coordenadoria Regional de Saúde do Rio Grande do Sul, composta pelas Regiões de Saúde Entre Rios e Verdes Campos. A coleta dos dados ocorreu entre os meses de fevereiro e julho de 2015, de maneira informatizada por meio do software Epi Info® 7.0, utilizando tabletes, com aplicação do instrumento Primary Care Assessment Tool-Brasil versão profissionais. Compuseram a amostra 207 profissionais de saúde de nível superior. Para a análise dos dados foi utilizado o Statistical Analisys System (SAS) versão 9.0. O escore foi dicotomizado em baixo escore, se <6,6 ou alto escore, se ≥6,6. A normalidade das variáveis foi avaliada pelo Teste de Shapiro Wilk. Utilizou-se a Correlação de Pearsson para verificar o grau de relacionamento entre os itens do Acesso de Primeiro Contato e o escore, e a Regressão de Poisson para identificar a dependência entre o escore e o seu contexto sócio-espacial. Os preceitos éticos respeitaram a Resolução 466/2012. O artigo 1, estudo descritivo em que o atributo Acesso de Primeiro Contato obteve-se um baixo escore (4,68), sendo as questões relativas ao horário e dia de funcionamento da unidade de saúde, as que mais contribuíram para esse resultado. O artigo 2, estudo multinível, com variáveis contextuais e individuais encontrou baixo escore Acesso de Primeiro Contato na maioria dos municípios pesquisados (83,6%), apresentando nível de significância apenas na variável porte populacional, em que os municípios com até cinco mil habitantes obtiveram maior prevalência do atributo. O artigo 3, estudo de tendências acerca do acesso do idoso na Atenção Primária à Saúde, mostra que o acesso não prevalece como objeto de pesquisa, vindo relacionado à qualidade de vida e integralidade da atenção dos idosos, além de barreiras organizacionais e burocráticas. O artigo 4, revisão integrativa sobre o acesso do idoso nesse nível de atenção, evidenciou a Saúde da Família como facilitadora do acesso, e os processos de trabalho e a infraestrutura como barreiras reais ao acesso do idoso. Dessa forma percebe-se que ainda há barreiras no acesso, principalmente referentes à estrutura dos serviços de Atenção Primária à Saúde. Espera-se que este estudo possa auxiliar na ampliação e qualidade do acesso da população esse nível de atenção.

La satisfaction du patient et du personnel sont considérés comme des indicateurs importants afin de mesurer la qualité dans le secteur hospitalier.<p>Dans les services de revalidation, les rencontres thérapeutes-patients présentent une valeur significative par le temps consacré, l'approche thérapeutique mais également la relation qui découle du processus de soin.<p>L'objectif de la recherche fut d'évaluer la satisfaction du personnel travaillant dans les services de revalidation physique (thérapeutes et techniciens ou assistants) et les différents variables démographiques ou liés à l'environnement du travail ainsi que la satisfaction des patients traités dans ces services.<p><p>Une analyse transversale par questionnaire a permis de mesurer la satisfaction au travail et les éléments de productivité dans les services de revalidation. Simultanément, une enquête concernant la satisfaction des patients a été réalisée dans ces mêmes départements. La recherche fut effectuée au sein de dix centres hospitaliers au moyen d'un questionnaire d'enquête commun basé sur le modèle " Effort- Reward Imbalance" ou “déséquilibre efforts-récompenses” et des informations complémentaires sur les conditions de travail ont étés collectées au moyen de questionnaires spécifiques. L’étude met en évidence des variables démographiques tells l'âge, la nationalité, le niveau d'éducation, ainsi que la charge travail et les types de cas traités comme facteurs significatifs influençant le stress au travail.<p>Les résultats confirment une corrélation positive entre le stress au travail par le déséquilibre Efforts-Récompenses et la performance quantitative (productivité) des thérapeutes en revalidation. Il est basé sur la satisfaction des thérapeutes en fonction des heures de travail, du nombre moyen de patients par jours ainsi que des mesures de productivité élevées du département. En ce qui concerne les récompenses perçues comme positives, le soutien du médecin et du superviseur apparaissent comme facteurs de motivation importants. Il a été également déterminé que les thérapeutes appréciaient la participation et l’expression de son opinion dans la gestion thérapeutique du patient. Bien qu’une corrélation entre la satisfaction des patients et le degré de stress au travail des thérapeutes n’ait pas été démontrée, ces deux mesures varient de manière significative en fonction des types d’hôpitaux et du degré de « Over-commitment » des thérapeutes dans leur travail.<p>Les déterminants essentiels de la satisfaction des patients en revalidation apparaissent toutefois liés à l’intervention du thérapeute tel que sa capacité à rassurer le patient ou la qualité de l’information liée au plan de traitement et doivent être considérés dans l’approche thérapeutique en revalidation.<p>Les résultats de l’étude ont permis de concevoir un modèle systémique de satisfaction et de stress au travail résumant les éléments liés de manière significative au déséquilibre des efforts et récompenses dans les services de revalidation physique et qui pourrait inspirer les directeurs ou gestionnaires hospitaliers a promouvoir une atmosphère de travail positive. <p><p>Patient and staff satisfaction are considered as important indicators to monitor quality in healthcare. In rehabilitation services the patient and therapist encounters are of significant value by the amount of time, the therapeutic approach but also the personal relations in the care process. The aim of the research was to evaluate the staff job satisfaction in physical rehabilitation services and the related variables as well as its correlations to patients’ satisfaction. <p><p>A cross sectional survey approach in the rehabilitation services has measured the job satisfaction and the related elements of productivity. Simultaneously a survey of the patients’ satisfaction was performed. As the research in the physical rehabilitation services was conducted in ten different health care facilities of the Jeddah region, a common assessment tool was utilized based on the Effort Reward Imbalance (ERI) model and complementary information were collected using specifically developed survey questionnaires. Socio-demographic variables such as age, nationality, work specialty, educational levels, as well as the caseload and workload appeared also as significantly influencing job satisfaction. <p>The findings confirmed a positive correlation between the Effort Reward Imbalance and the quantitative performance (productivity) of the rehabilitation staffs. It is supported by the level of job satisfaction of the therapists which is related to the number of patients per day, caseload, hours of work and high productivity measures. From the aspects of positive rewards, the role of the supervisor and doctors appear as important motivators. It was also found that therapists valued the fact of being given the opportunity to participate and discuss opinions in the patient management and quality improvement.<p>While no evidence confirmed a positive correlation between patients’ satisfaction about the rehabilitation treatments and the staff job satisfaction, both measured patients’ and staff satisfaction varied significantly according to the hospital type and the degree of Over-commitment. <p>Essential determinants of patients’ satisfaction appeared however related to the therapists' input, such as the ability to reassure or the quality of information given in the treatment plan and have to be taken into account when delivering the patients’ care.<p>All the results allowed the design of a systemic model of staff job satisfaction resuming the significant related elements of effort and reward in the rehabilitation services and could be utilized to inspire the hospital leaders, managers and executive directors to promote a healthy work life environment based on a valued human resources approach. <p> / Doctorat en Sciences de la santé publique / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Introduction<p>Dans le monde, presque 10,6 millions d’enfants meurent chaque année avant d’avoir atteint leur cinquième anniversaire. En dépit de l’existence théorique d’interventions curatives efficaces, on constate que la mortalité intrahospitalière peut demeurer très élevée dans les services de pédiatrie de nombreux pays à faible revenu notamment en Afrique. Pour améliorer la prise en charge des enfants dans ces hôpitaux et par conséquent la survie des enfants, il est nécessaire avant tout de faire le constat de la situation et de la reconnaître, d’en analyser les causes, de s’attaquer aux déterminants vulnérables et de se doter d’outils d’évaluation de la qualité de soins dans les hôpitaux. En tant que pédiatre oeuvrant à l’HPG, j’ai constaté que la mortalité intrahospitalière était élevée. Fruit d’une démarche personnelle, ce travail avait pour objectif global la réduction de cette mortalité.<p>Pour y arriver, les objectifs spécifiques étaient les suivants :<p>1) Décrire et évaluer la qualité des soins intrahospitaliers chez les enfants à l’HPG.<p>2)Préciser la mortalité intrahospitalière globale ainsi que les mortalités spécifiques.<p>3)Etudier l’importance des facteurs associés à la surmortalité des enfants à l’Hôpital Provincial de Goma.<p>4)Construire un modèle de prédiction de la mortalité globale intrahospitalière ainsi qu’un score pronostique adapté au contexte.<p>5)Mettre en place un programme de formation et de supervision du personnel médical et paramédical.<p>6)Etudier l’impact de ce programme sur la mortalité intrahospitalière. <p><p>Méthodologie<p>Les analyses ont porté sur les données des études qui se sont déroulés dans le service de pédiatrie de l’hôpital provincial de Goma (HPG), il s’agit des études suivantes: une étude descriptive d’observation d’évaluation de la qualité des soins intrahospitaliers des enfants en décembre 2004 (étude qualitative utilisant la méthode de Nolan), une étude de cohorte prospective intrahospitalière portant sur les indicateurs prédictifs de la mortalité (du 1er avril 2003 au 31 mars 2004) (« avant ») ,suivi d’une intervention dont l’impact avait été évalué de nouveau par une étude de cohorte prospective intrahospitalière (du 1er janvier 2005 au 31 décembre 2005) (« après ») (étude d’intervention quasi-expérimentale). <p><p>Résultats<p>Les résultats du travail étaient les suivants :<p>A) -Les facteurs qui augmentent le risque de décès étaient la référence tardive et la sévérité de la maladie à l’admission. <p>-Les facteurs limitant la qualité de la prise en charge et qui contribuaient probablement au mauvais pronostic étaient :<p>1)A l’admission, le triage n’était pas toujours correctement fait, les soins d’urgences étaient retardés l’après-midi et la nuit et 12% des admissions étaient différés. Il n’y avait pas de grille d’évaluation initiale, ni des guides pratiques de l’OMS, ni les guides standardisés de prise en charge, ni de kit d’urgence.<p>2)En hospitalisation, il y avait une insuffisance en nombre du staff (surtout l’après-midi et la nuit), le monitoring de base et les soins infirmiers étaient insuffisants surtout la nuit, les cliniciens notaient les signes cliniques, mais ne les documentaient pas toujours, le délai pour avoir le diagnostic était trop long et l’indisponibilité des médicaments prescrits.<p>-Le staff du service avait des connaissances théoriques et pratiques insuffisantes et une motivation insuffisante<p>B)-Durant la première étude de cohorte, une mortalité globale de 15,9% et des mortalités spécifiques anormalement élevées ont été observés. Les enfants les plus à risque de décès avaient, à l’admission, les caractéristiques suivantes :un âge < 1 an, un périmètre brachial < 115 mm ou un retard de croissance pondérale (-3< Z-PPA ≤ -2 et Z-PPA ≤ -3), une altération de la conscience, une raideur de la nuque, un tirage intercostal et une infection.<p>C)-Ces premières données avaient permis de construire le modèle Goma1 basé essentiellement sur les indicateurs suivants :l’âge,le périmètre brachial, l’état de conscience et le type d’infection. Grâce au score pronostique, il était destiné à la sélection à l’admission des enfants à risque élevé de décès pour une admission en soins intensifs et à la standardisation de la mortalité en vue de l’évaluation de la qualité de prise en charge. <p>D)-Une intervention a été menée, en décembre 2004 portant essentiellement sur la formation et la supervision du personnel de santé œuvrant à l’HPG. Grâce à une évaluation avant-après, on a pu déterminer l’impact probable de cette intervention :la mortalité globale a diminué de 15,9% (avant l’intervention) à 4,6% (après l’intervention) et restait toujours plus basse après l’intervention et après ajustement à l’aide du modèle. <p><p>Conclusions<p>La mortalité pédiatrique intrahospitalière est généralement beaucoup trop élevée et c’était le cas à l’HPG.<p>Notre démarche après ce constat et l’évaluation de la qualité des soins donnés aux enfants sur base d’un questionnaire qualitatif a été d’intervenir sur un des points mis en exergue par cette évaluation (formation et supervision du personnel insuffisante) et d’évaluer l’impact de ce programme sur la mortalité globale.<p>Les résultats ont suggéré un impact positif de ce programme (mortalité globale de 15,9% avant l’intervention et de 4,6% après l’intervention).<p>Si de nombreuses critiques liées à la méthodologie (évaluation uniquement qualitative, étude quasi-expérimentale avant-après, intervention limitée, etc) doivent être épinglées et limitent la portée de ce travail, la démarche entreprise a cependant permis de mobiliser le personnel de santé œuvrant dans des conditions difficiles, autour d’un projet commun et améliorer ainsi la prise en charge des enfants hospitalisés à l’HPG. / Doctorat en Sciences médicales / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

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In Sweden, where a decentralized healthcare system is applied, all patients are registered at a primary healthcare center. To access most of the publicly funded specialized care clinics, patients need to be referred by a general physician at the primary healthcare center. However, long waiting times and queues to access specialized care clinics in Sweden, has been a serious problem and concern for decades. Addressing this issue is important for improving patients’ transition to specialized care and the functionality of the Swedish healthcare system. The aim of this thesis is to explore the Swedish healthcare system to analyze the transition of patients to specialized care clinics and identify the reasons for long waiting times and queues. This was done by analyzing the Swedish healthcare system and develop a serious game prototype which models the process of access to specialized care within the Swedish healthcare system. The prototype was used to understand the delay that happens in patients’ transition and access process to specialized care services.  A system analysis including a literature review is conducted to gain an understanding of the Swedish healthcare system and gather data to be used in the designed prototype. The outcome of the system analysis is a visual representation of the Swedish healthcare system including laws and stakeholders. A game frame is developed from the system analysis. Maps, tables, and a flow-diagram are developed to visualize patients’ access to specialized care. All of this was used to design the game prototype. The final prototype is developed through an iterative process, where several prototypes are designed and tested through game sessions with experts. The prototypes are evaluated after each game session. Finally, learning and findings gained from the prototypes design and the game sessions are documented. This includes reasons for long waiting times for a first visit at a specialized care clinic such as the structure of the Swedish healthcare system, mainly that the PHC is the foundation of the system. Staff shortages, and the need for a referral to access most of the specialized clinics are also discussed and stated along with other reasons. / I Sverige tillämpas decentraliserat sjukvårdssystem där alla patienter registeras vid en vårdscentral. För att få tillgång till de flesta offentligt finansierade specialistvårdsmottagningar remitteras patienterna av en allmänläkare vid vårdscentralen. Dock har långa väntetider och köer till specialiserad sjukvård varit ett allvarligt problem och bekymmer i Sverige i årtionden. Att hantera denna fråga är avgörande för att förbättra patienternas övergång till specialiserad vård och för att den svenska sjukvården ska fungera smidigt. Målet med detta projekt är att utforska det svenska sjukvårdssystemet för att analysera patientövergångar till specialistvårdsmottagningar och identifiera orsakerna till de långa väntetiderna och köerna. Detta uppnåddes genom att analysera det svenska sjukvårdssystemet och utveckla en prototyp av ett seröst simuleringssspel som simulerarr processen att få tillgång till specialiserad vård inom det svenska sjukvårdssystemet. Prototypen användes för att förstå förseningar som uppstår under patientövergångar och tillgång till specialvårdtjänster. En systemanalys inklusive en litteraturöversikt genomförs för att få en djupare förståelse för det svenska sjukvårdssystemet och samla in data som kommer att användas i den utformade prototypen. Resultatet av systemanalysen är en visuell representation av det svenska sjukvårdssystemet, inklusive juridiska lagar och berörda parter. Genom systemanalys utvecklas ett spelramverk. Kartor, tabeller och ett flödesschema utvecklas för att visuellt framställa patienternas tillgång till specialiserad vård. Allt detta användes sedan för att designa spelprototypen. Den slutliga prototypen utvecklas genom en iterativ process, där flera prototyper designas och testas genom spel sessioner med experter. Prototyperna utvärderas och dokumenteras efter varje spel-sessioner. Slutligen dokumenteras de lärdomar och resultat som erhållits från prototyputformningen och spel-sessionerna. Detta inkluderar orsaker till långa väntetider för ett första besök på en specialiserad vårdmottagning såsom strukturen i den svenska sjukvården, främst att PHC är grunden i systemet. Personalbrist och behovet av remiss för att komma åt de flesta specialiserade klinikerna diskuteras också och anges tillsammans med andra skäl.