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Open AccessIntervention to promote preventive dental care for older Korean-American Medi-Cal enrollees in Los Angeles
In California, preventive dental care is covered by Medi-Cal (California’s Medicaid program). However, many beneficiaries do not use their dental benefits. Given that a lack of knowledge about oral health and ...
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Bringing Lose Sheep into the Fold: Redesigning Women-In-Tech (WIT) App for Women of Three Age Groups
The pandemic limits inter-personal communication and eliminates jobs in the real economy such as hospitality and travel industry. On the contrary, digital technology, especially mobile internet emerges and cre...
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Open AccessAssessment of Machine Learning Methods to Predict Massive Blood Transfusion in Trauma
Accurately predicting which patients are most likely to benefit from massive transfusion protocol (MTP) activation may help patients while saving blood products and limiting cost. The purpose of this study is ...
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Perceptions and Expectations of Women-In-Tech (WIT) Application: Insights from Older Women in Rural Areas
Digital learning platforms are notably an important tool for education and socialization. The ability to learn independently as one advances in age becomes critical for most rural communities. The Covid-19 Pan...
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Latino and Alzheimer’s: Social Determinants and Personal Factors Contributing to Disease Risk
This chapter forecasts the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on the Latino population of the United States and examines the role of place and social determinants for increasing or decreasing disease risk. Latinos ...
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An agent-based simulation model of patient choice of health care providers in accountable care organizations
Accountable care organizations (ACO) in the United States show promise in controlling health care costs while preserving patients’ choice of providers. Understanding the effects of patient choice is critical i...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Obstacles of Utilizing a Self-management App for Taiwanese Type II Diabetes Patients
The Intergenerational Mobile Technology Opportunities Program (IMTOP) tested the impact of a custom-built diabetes self-management application (IMTOP app) and an eight-week education program on 237 older adul...
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Open AccessRandomized controlled trial of a coordinated care intervention to improve risk factor control after stroke or transient ischemic attack in the safety net: Secondary stroke prevention by Uniting Community and Chronic care model teams Early to End Disparities (SUCCEED)
Recurrent strokes are preventable through awareness and control of risk factors such as hypertension, and through lifestyle changes such as healthier diets, greater physical activity, and smoking cessation. Ho...
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Open AccessAn agent-based simulation model to study accountable care organizations
Creating accountable care organizations (ACOs) has been widely discussed as a strategy to control rapidly rising healthcare costs and improve quality of care; however, building an effective ACO is a complex pr...
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Integrating Science and Engineering to Implement Evidence-Based Practices in Health Care Settings
Integrating two distinct and complementary paradigms, science and engineering, may produce more effective outcomes for the implementation of evidence-based practices in health care settings. Science formalizes...
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Open AccessLow-income minority patient engagement with automated telephonic depression assessment and impact on health outcomes
We investigated dimensions of low-income minority patient engagement in the context of diabetes-depression care-management with automated telephone assessment (ATA) calls as a facilitator.
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Open AccessExploring the uncertainties of early detection results: model-based interpretation of mayo lung project
The Mayo Lung Project (MLP), a randomized controlled clinical trial of lung cancer screening conducted between 1971 and 1986 among male smokers aged 45 or above, demonstrated an increase in lung cancer surviva...
