Optimizing Early Discharge Planning in Oncology: Improving Health Service using Lean Six Sigma Methodologies DOI Open Access

Mashan Mohammed AlGhaithi,

Amal Alkalbani,

Shamsa AlMusharrafi

и другие.

The Open Public Health Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 18(1)

Опубликована: Май 27, 2025

Background Early discharge planning (EDP) in oncology is essential for ensuring continuity of care, reducing prolonged hospital stays, and optimizing resource utilization. Prolonged stays can increase the risk infections, delay access to new admissions, strain healthcare resources. Implementing Lean Six Sigma methodologies significantly improved by workflow inefficiencies, enhancing compliance, The structured use DMAIC process capability analysis led reduced lower bed occupancy, patient transitions, highlighting LSS as a practical framework continuous quality improvement care. Purpose This study aimed improve efficiency, outcomes implementing methodologies. Methods was conducted at Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care Research Center; this pre-and post-intervention applied (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) cycle identify inefficiencies implement targeted interventions. Cp (Process Capability Index) Cpk Index Centering) are key indicators used evaluate process's ability meet specified limits. Length stay, compliance rates, occupancy were also analyzed. Qualitative data supplemented findings from staff interviews mapping. Results Post-intervention, mean rate increased 89.54% 68.10% (p-value <0.05). By 68.82%, observations below 80% threshold reduced. Process indices improved, with Pp rising 0.41 0.22 Ppk increasing 0.39 -0.27. As reflected improvements Z.Bench score, Variability -0.80 1.18. experienced noticeable decline 77% September 2024 95% June An overall decrease average length stay (LOS) shown be 6.5 days 2024, compared 9.0 Conclusion efficiency compliance. significant reduction LOS reflects success improving safety, utilization, leading better underscore potential optimize workflows foster culture healthcare.

Язык: Английский

Transforming equipment management in oil and gas with AI-Driven predictive maintenance DOI Creative Commons

Dazok Donald Jambol,

Oludayo Olatoye Sofoluwe,

Ayemere Ukato

и другие.

Computer Science & IT Research Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5(5), С. 1090 - 1112

Опубликована: Май 5, 2024

The oil and gas industry faces significant challenges in managing equipment maintenance due to the complexity criticality of its assets. Traditional approaches are often reactive inefficient, leading costly downtime safety risks. However, emergence artificial intelligence (AI) predictive technologies offers a transformative solution these challenges. This paper explores role AI-driven revolutionizing management sector. leverages machine learning algorithms analyze data predict when is required before breakdown occurs. By monitoring performance real-time, AI can identify potential issues early, allowing operators take proactive actions. approach helps minimize downtime, reduce costs, improve overall reliability safety. implementation requires comprehensive strategy that includes collection, analysis, integration with existing practices. Successful adoption lead benefits for companies, including increased uptime, extended asset lifespan, enhanced operational efficiency. reviews current landscape industry, highlighting limitations traditional practices need more approach. It then examines principles maintenance, showcasing real-world examples successful implementation. Finally, discusses considerations implementing provides recommendations companies looking transform their Keywords: Transforming Equipment; Management; Oil Gas; AI-Driven; Predictive Maintenance.

Язык: Английский

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AI-enhanced healthcare management during natural disasters: conceptual insights DOI Creative Commons

Samira Abdul,

Ehizogie Paul Adeghe,

Bisola Oluwafadekemi Adegoke

и другие.

Engineering Science & Technology Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5(5), С. 1794 - 1816

Опубликована: Май 21, 2024

Natural disasters often lead to significant disruptions in healthcare delivery, exacerbating the already formidable challenges faced by systems. Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) offers a promising approach mitigate these and enhance management during after natural disasters. This conceptual paper aims propose framework for integration of AI into disaster response efforts, with focus on optimizing resource allocation, improving patient triage, enhancing overall system resilience. Through comprehensive review existing literature, this identifies gaps current practices explores potential address shortcomings. By analyzing case studies examples from previous disasters, highlights transformative impact that technologies such as predictive analytics, machine learning, robotics can have delivery crisis situations. The objectives are twofold: define strategic incorporating protocols outline expected outcomes implementing framework. Expected benefits include expedited triage processes, more accurate improved communication systems, ultimately leading better enhanced efficiency. proposed emphasizes importance interdisciplinary collaboration between professionals, technologists, policymakers, experts. It also addresses ethical considerations associated implementation settings. In conclusion, underscores critical role bolstering capabilities leveraging technologies, systems become adaptive, responsive, resilient face unforeseen challenges, saving lives minimizing communities. Keywords: AI-Enhanced Healthcare Management, Disasters, Conceptual Insights.

Язык: Английский

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Public-private partnerships in health sector innovation: Lessons from around the world DOI Creative Commons

Samira Abdul,

Ehizogie Paul Adeghe,

Bisola Oluwafadekemi Adegoke

и другие.

Magna Scientia Advanced Biology and Pharmacy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(1), С. 045 - 059

Опубликована: Май 29, 2024

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have emerged as a crucial mechanism for fostering innovation in the health sector globally. This review encapsulates lessons learned from diverse PPP models worldwide, highlighting their significance and impact. PPPs healthcare entail collaboration between governmental bodies, private enterprises, sometimes non-profit organizations to address challenges, such limited resources, expertise, infrastructure, while leveraging strengths of each sector. The success relies on effective governance structures, clear objectives, mutual accountability. One notable example is United Kingdom's NHS Innovation Accelerator, which partners with industry leaders fast-track adoption innovative technologies within National Health Service (NHS). Through this initiative, pioneering solutions, ranging digital platforms medical devices, been implemented, enhancing patient care operational efficiency. Similarly, low-resource settings like sub-Saharan Africa, played pivotal role improving access essential services. Projects Medicines Malaria Venture (MMV) collaborate pharmaceutical companies, governments, research institutions develop affordable antimalarial drugs tailored region's needs. In realm development, partnerships Coalition Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) demonstrated power international addressing global threats. CEPI brings together philanthropic organizations, expedite development vaccines against emerging infectious diseases, witnessed during COVID-19 pandemic. However, challenges persist implementation, including complex regulatory frameworks, funding uncertainties, divergent interests among stakeholders. Lessons successful underscore importance transparent communication, stakeholder engagement, sustained political commitment. conclusion, represent dynamic avenue catalyzing driving transformative change. By drawing insights experiences policymakers practitioners can refine existing frameworks foster sustainable tackle evolving effectively.

Язык: Английский

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Promoting health and educational equity: Cross-disciplinary strategies for enhancing public health and educational outcomes DOI Creative Commons

Samira Abdul,

Ehizogie Paul Adeghe,

Bisola Oluwafadekemi Adegoke

и другие.

World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 18(2), С. 416 - 433

Опубликована: Май 29, 2024

Promoting health and educational equity is a multifaceted challenge that requires cross-disciplinary strategies collaborative efforts. This review explores various approaches aimed at enhancing public outcomes through integration synergy between education disciplines. Addressing disparities crucial for ensuring equitable opportunities all individuals. highlights the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration sectors in tackling complex issues such as socio-economic inequality, access to quality healthcare, attainment. Key include early childhood interventions focus on nutrition, healthcare access, learning programs support cognitive physical development. Additionally, school-based initiatives, including comprehensive wellness mental services, play vital role promoting student well-being academic success. Furthermore, community engagement partnerships schools, providers, local organizations are essential creating supportive environments foster equity. By working together, stakeholders can address underlying social determinants disparities, poverty, discrimination, inadequate resources. underscores evidence-based practices, data-driven decision-making, policy advocacy drive systemic change improve underserved populations. adopting leveraging collective expertise, we create healthier, more communities where everyone has opportunity thrive.

Язык: Английский

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Deep Learning Framework for Advanced De-Identification of Protected Health Information DOI Creative Commons
Ahmad Aloqaily, Emad E. Abdallah,

Rahaf Al-Zyoud

и другие.

Future Internet, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(1), С. 47 - 47

Опубликована: Янв. 20, 2025

Electronic health records (EHRs) are widely used in healthcare institutions worldwide, containing vast amounts of unstructured textual data. However, the sensitive nature Protected Health Information (PHI) embedded within these presents significant privacy challenges, necessitating robust de-identification techniques. This paper introduces a novel approach, leveraging Bi-LSTM-CRF model to achieve accurate and reliable PHI de-identification, using i2b2 dataset sourced from Harvard University. Unlike prior studies that often unify Bi-LSTM CRF layers, our approach focuses on individual design, optimization, hyperparameter tuning both components, allowing for precise performance improvements. rigorous architectural design tuning, underexplored existing literature, significantly enhances model’s capacity tag detection while preserving essential clinical context. Comprehensive evaluations conducted across 23 categories, as defined by HIPAA, ensuring thorough security critical domains. The optimized achieves exceptional metrics, with precision 99%, recall 98%, F1-score underscoring its effectiveness balancing precision. By enabling medical records, this research strengthens patient confidentiality, promotes compliance regulations, facilitates safe data sharing analysis.

Язык: Английский

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Green architecture: Conceptualizing vertical greenery in urban design DOI Creative Commons

Azubuike Chukwudi Okwandu,

Dorcas Oluwajuwonlo Akande,

Zamathula Queen Sikhakhane Nwokediegwu

и другие.

Engineering Science & Technology Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5(5), С. 1657 - 1677

Опубликована: Май 5, 2024

This executive summary introduces the concept paper on Green Architecture, focusing specifically integration of vertical greenery in urban design. architecture, characterized by sustainable design principles and environmental consciousness, aims to enhance environments incorporating vegetation into built structures. Vertical greenery, a key component green involves strategic placement surfaces such as walls, facades, rooftops. explores potential mitigate issues areas, improve air quality, reduce heat island effect, biodiversity. The proposes conceptual framework for conceptualizing design, emphasizing importance integrating natural elements environment. It discusses various strategies implementing including selection suitable plant species, considerations irrigation structural stability, incorporation planning processes. Moreover, highlights social economic benefits improved health well-being residents, increased property values, enhanced aesthetics spaces. also emphasizes role stakeholder engagement, interdisciplinary collaboration, ongoing monitoring evaluation successful implementation projects. In conclusion, this outlines significance practices means promote sustainability, resilience, livability cities. By embracing architecture landscapes, cities can create healthier, more vibrant, environmentally communities current future generations. Keywords: Urban, Design, Green, Vertical.

Язык: Английский

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Understanding Nurses' perspectives on electronic health records in Egypt: Insights from a cross-sectional study DOI
Abdelaziz Hendy, Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abdelaliem, Yasmine M Osman

и другие.

Journal of Pediatric Nursing, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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E-Health implementation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Current position DOI Open Access

Kalema Josue Djamba,

Vincent Havyarimana,

Businge Phelix Mbambazi

и другие.

International Journal of Health Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 9(1), С. 210 - 222

Опубликована: Фев. 21, 2025

E-health holds significant potential to address healthcare challenges in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a nation grappling with limited resources, vast geographical distances, and fragile health system. This paper examines current state e-health implementation DRC, exploring existing initiatives, key achievements, persistent obstacles. While nascent, adoption is gaining momentum, driven by factors like increasing mobile phone penetration government recognition its potential. Successful projects include mHealth programs for disease surveillance, maternal health, HIV/AIDS management, demonstrating positive impacts on data collection, patient follow-up, outcomes. However, remain. These inadequate infrastructure, particularly reliable internet access electricity, funding, shortage skilled human resources ICT informatics, issues interoperability between different systems. Furthermore, regulatory frameworks national strategies are still under development, hindering coordinated sustainable implementation. concludes highlighting need strategic investments capacity building, policy development unlock full improve delivery DRC.

Язык: Английский

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Medical Laboratories in Healthcare Delivery: A Systematic Review of Their Roles and Impact DOI Open Access

Adebola Adekoya,

Mercy A. Okezue,

Kavitha Menon

и другие.

Laboratories, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 2(1), С. 8 - 8

Опубликована: Март 17, 2025

Medical laboratories (MLs) are vital in global healthcare delivery, enhancing diagnostic accuracy and supporting clinical decision-making. This systematic review examines the multifaceted contributions of ML, emphasizing their importance pandemic preparedness, disease surveillance, integration innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). equally crucial to practices, offering essential services identify diseases like infections, metabolic disorders, malignancies. They monitor treatment effectiveness by analyzing patient samples, enabling providers optimize therapies. Additionally, they support personalized medicine tailoring treatments based on genetic molecular data ensure test through strict quality control measures, thereby care. The methodology for this follows PRISMA-ScR guidelines systematically map evidence key concepts, theories, sources, knowledge gaps related roles impact MLs public health delivery. involved searching filtering literature from various databases, focusing studies 2010 2024, primarily Africa, Asia, Europe. selected were analyzed assess outcomes, strengths, limitations regarding MLS roles, impacts, within systems. goal was provide comprehensive insights recommendations gathered data. article highlights challenges that face, especially low- middle-income countries (LMICs), where resource constraints hinder effective It discusses potential AI improve processes outcomes while addressing ethical infrastructural challenges. underscores necessity collaborative efforts among stakeholders enhance laboratory services, ensuring accessible, efficient, capable meeting evolving demands Overall, findings advocate strengthened infrastructures adoption advanced globally.

Язык: Английский

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Sustainable architecture: Envisioning self-sustaining buildings for the future DOI Creative Commons

Azubuike Chukwudi Okwandu,

Dorcas Oluwajuwonlo Akande,

Zamathula Queen Sikhakhane Nwokediegwu

и другие.

International Journal of Management & Entrepreneurship Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 6(5), С. 1512 - 1532

Опубликована: Май 4, 2024

Sustainable Architecture: Envisioning Self-Sustaining Buildings for the Future explores imperative sustainable design practices in construction industry. With global environmental challenges becoming increasingly urgent, need buildings that are not just energy-efficient but also self-sustaining is paramount. This report delves into principles, technologies, and strategies can transform traditional structures reduce impact enhance quality of life. The begins by highlighting pressing architecture, emphasizing role contributing to carbon emissions, resource depletion, degradation. It then outlines key principles including energy efficiency, water conservation, waste reduction, use environmentally friendly materials. A major focus on innovative technologies be employed create buildings. These include passive such as orientation, shading, natural ventilation, well active like solar panels, rainwater harvesting systems, green roofs. Case studies successful from around world illustrate practical application these technologies. Finally, discusses barriers implementing cost considerations, lack awareness, regulatory hurdles. concludes with a call action stakeholders industry embrace work towards creating built environment regenerative, positively planet its inhabitants. "Sustainable Future" provides comprehensive overview drive transition more environment. serves valuable architects, designers, policymakers, anyone interested future. Keywords: Sustainability, Building, Future, Architecture.

Язык: Английский

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