Browsing by Subject "Healthcare"
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-01-01)
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(2020-06-18)Medical diagnosis is the most critical component in the treatment of a patient. But diagnosis often is a complicated process since a myriad of diseases share the same symptoms. If a patient is diagnosed with a disease in ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2014-01-01)
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(2013-05-06)Understanding the extent of infection control measures to be taken to protect immunosuppressed and other types of patients from airborne infection agents during construction is crucial knowledge for both healthcare and ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)This dissertation study presents a conceptual framework for implementing and assessing patient safety systems in healthcare institutions. The conceptual framework consists of critical processes and performance measures ...
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(2014-08-12)Aspergillosis spores enter buildings during renovation or construction. Recent research shows a causal link between new construction in existing healthcare facilities and increased infection rates in at risk patients. ...
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(2009-05-15)Color has a large impact on our psychological and physiological responses. This study examines the value of color as a component in a healing environment for pediatric patient rooms by measuring color preferences among ...
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(2022-04-07)This dissertation investigates how peers affect students’ educational and non-educational out-comes or how pension eligibility has an effect on retirement and healthcare utilization. For the causal identification, I rely ...
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The advent of machine learning has changed the way healthcare providers care for their patients. Utilizing data driven models, healthcare workers are now able to predict and account for symptoms in patients before they ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-12-01)Health care spending will always command public policy attention given the prominence of government payers in this market and the role played by the tax system in subsidizing health insurance purchases. But, with President-elect ...
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(2016-04-21)By how much can a hospital reduce cost level while maintaining the service provided? In our problem, we estimate an input oriented measure of inefficiency and a cost function to understand the relationship between cost and ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2014-12-01)At the end of 1998, China launched a government-run mandatory insurance program, the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI), to replace the previous medical insurance system. Using the UEBMI reform in China as a ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-05-01)
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Cultural competence, mandated by Federal law since 1964, has not been appropriately addressed due to its lack of specifics and the lack of specifics within subsequent mandates. This study was designed to determine specific ...
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(2011-08-08)In this study I investigate how healthcare workers, involved in the Texas Medicaid program as healthcare providers, cope with four workplace constraints. Healthcare workers are constrained by: 1) the policies and practices ...
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(2018-06-28)The task sets for operators in many data-rich domains are characterized by high mental workload and the need for effective attention management, so the ability to effectively divide attention among multiple tasks and sources ...
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(2021-12-10)Health care services received after discharge from an acute care are called post-acute care (PAC). These services improve patient functioning and help patients for better transition from hospitals to the community. PAC can ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-05-01)
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(2020-07-17)Hospital congestion is a pervasive problem that causes care delays, frustration for patients and their families, and stressed staff. This could potentially reduce the quality of care and ruin a hospital’s reputation. Hospital ...
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(2019-11-12)Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated digital devices such as home appliances which could connect, communicate and exchange data with each other. In the past ten years IoT has become an extensively studied ...