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Health Systems
The Health Systems Area of Excellence (AoE) develops knowledge about health system learning and innovation to guide evidence-based practice and evidence-informed decision- and policy making across health care sectors and acute, continuing, ambulatory and community settings.
Items in this Collection
- 3Cummings, Greta G.
- 1Armijo-Olivo, Susan
- 1Carleton, Heather L.
- 1Cooper, Sarah L.
- 1Egger, Matthias
- 1Fuentes, Jorge
- 1Clinical trials
- 1Epidemiology
- 1Frail elderly
- 1Health manpower
- 1Health services accessibility
- 1Home care services
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2015
Hewko, Sarah J., Cooper, Sarah L., Reid, Shawna, Huynh, Hanhmi, Spiwek, Trish L., Carleton, Heather L., Cummings, Greta G.
Background: Healthcare aides (HCAs) are the primary caregivers for vulnerable older persons. They have many titles and are largely unregulated, which contributes to their relative invisibility. The objective of this scoping review was to evaluate the breadth and depth of the HCA workforce...
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2011
Scott, Shannon D., VandenBeld, Brenda, Cummings, Greta G.
Using findings from our recent study that found that a context of uncertainty in the work environment hindered nurses' research utilization, we suggest strategies for nurse managers and leaders to optimize clinical environments and support efforts to put research into clinical practice (knowledge...
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2015
Fuentes, Jorge, Cummings, Greta G., Ha, Christine, Egger, Matthias, da Costa, Bruno R., Saltaji, Humam, Armijo-Olivo, Susan
Objective: There is debate on how the methodological quality of clinical trials should be assessed. We compared trials of physical therapy (PT) judged to be of adequate quality based on summary scores from the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale with trials judged to be of adequate...