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Experiences influencing physician rural practice and retention : a phenomenological study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
that influenced physicians' choices. Family, partners, and loan forgiveness were experiences that influenced practice type and location. Professional support and integration into the community were experiences influencing retention....
Patient and Physician Discordance in Reporting Symptoms of Angina: Insights From the Angina Prevalence and Provider Evaluation of Angina Relief (APPEAR) Study
(2016)
A principal goal of treating patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) is to minimize
their angina and optimize their quality of life. In order to accomplish this, physicians must
accurately assess the presence and ...
Analysis of the information needs of primary care physicians in an electronic health record (EHR)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
. An interdisciplinary team conceptualized nine interview questions over weekly group sessions and fictitious but typical acute and chronic physician's documentation (progress notes) was created by two family medicine physicians (JLB and RJK). An analysis of hour long...
A quantitative performace measurement framework for health care systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
of changing ten percent of the physician and nursing manpower, the clinic's expenses, patients' turnout to the operating margin of the clinic. The major accomplishments of this work included the incorporation of a system engineering tool to health care system...
From ‘Remedy Highly Esteemed’ to ‘Barbarous Practice’: The Rise and Fall of Acupuncture in Nineteenth-Century America
(2015-05-27)
considerable popularity in the United States as far back as the early part of the nineteenth century, with American physicians conducting similar experiments on patients in an effort to determine acupuncture’s underlying mechanism of action. In the second half...
Impact of Nurse Practitioner Practice Regulation on Access to Healthcare Services
(2014-09-26)
Nurse practitioner (NP) practice regulations vary from state to state across the United States. Despite strong evidence supporting the quality of care and satisfaction with care provided by NPs, restrictive regulations ...
How and in what context do osteopathic medical students learn about interprofessional practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study was to explore how and in what context osteopathic medical students learn about interprofessional practice. A mixed method design was used to gather data on attitudes of first- and second-year ...
An arc of death : suicide, alcoholism, murder, accidents, and other early deaths in St. Louis, Missouri, 1875 to 1885
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
and interpreting deaths. These factors were whether the deceased had family members who testified on their behalf, whether the coroner believed that it was possible that another person may have caused or contributed to the death that he was investigating...
AI-driven techniques for enhanced efficiency in psychiatry clinical scheduling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
of tolerating early and late arrivals include disruption of the timetable and lengthier wait times for incoming patients, which may lead to patient dissatisfaction and physician fatigue. Considering these problems, psychiatric clinics strive to improve...
Insights for rural health care provider retention : a quantitative survey analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
. In this thesis, I examine the role of provider background and familial characteristics, workplace characteristics, and community characteristics that may impact a provider's likelihood to consider leaving a rural community. I use data from a survey of over 900...
Assisted living facilities residents' and relatives' preferences for family access to their medical and personal information
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
right for every American. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) as well as the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT's Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) project are prime examples...
Team communication and collaboration in hospice pain management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
, partnering with patients/families, and using a holistic approach to assessment of physical pain. There was a common vision but different perspectives. Implications include need for leadership and structure to support creative approaches to complex health...
Investigating the Role of Clinical Rotation Payment in Clinical Education Quality and Student Self-Efficacy for Physician Assistant Education
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
As the need for Physician Assistants (PAs) increases in the United States,
education programs have a responsibility to graduate competent providers to help fill the
nation’s healthcare workforce needs. To do this, PA ...
A medicare benefit expansion: inpatient clinical and economic outcomes in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
(University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011-07-08)
Background: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, (CMS) implements National Coverage Decisions (NCD) to expand access or eliminate regional reimbursement differences. Policymakers may estimate clinical and economic ...
A study on the relationship of death anxiety and the completion of advance directives for oncology social workers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This study examined the extent to which the death anxiety of oncology social workers impacts the facilitation of the completion of their personal advance directives, and communication about advance directives with patients. ...
A grave injustice : institutional terror at the State Industrial Home for Negro girls and the paradox of delinquent reform in Missouri, 1888-1960
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This thesis examines the treatment of African American juvenile delinquent girls in Missouri from 1888-1960. It finds demonstrates that during the era of the training schools, Missouri's reformatories developed a reputation for their repressive...
Primary care provider prep prescribing practices : southern United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The Southern United States (U.S.) accounts for more than half of new HIV cases annually and African Americans make up the majority of new HIV diagnoses in this region. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective biomedical HIV prevention...
"That's what happens when you sleep around" : women's intergenerational family stories about sexual health, HPV, and cervical cancer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
interventions and guide family conversations around cervical cancer prevention and treatment. Future research can build upon this study by examining these story types in other family and gender roles (e.g., father-son stories), cancer types (e.g., prostate...
NGOMSL simulation model in an emergency department
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
significantly influence the quality of patient care. This study advances our understanding of time and workload related to the clinical processes in an ED. To understand the current ED workflow and observe physicians and nurses' behavior, we visited the ED...
Cultural framing of diabetes from a public health perspective: a comparative content analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This content analysis of 161 newspaper articles identified public health facts and socio-cultural schema within two Los Angeles County newspapers, La Opinión and the Daily News of Los Angeles. It extended Rodgers and ...