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Small is set to be the new big. It has been projected that by 2020, 22% of the country's GDP will come from Small and Medium Enterprises. This is 5% more than what this segment contributes today. To maintain this flux and achieve higher targets, SMEs need a strong, reliable and conducive IT support, vital for a business to thrive.
In any business, from retail to real estate and textile to travel, use of cloud-based apps can help a company cut down IT expenditure by 40%. These apps make data accessible anywhere and anytime, thereby increasing productivity. For SMEs, which are low on capital, cloud-based apps make for smart investment. Business apps help SMEs automate mundane tasks. As a result, there is more time to focus on improving sales. With these apps, it's much easier to spot opportunities, collaborate efficiently and connect better with the customers.
Hyther Nizam, Vice President of Product Management at Zoho shares details Zoho products with Small Enterprise
Zoho is a one-point stop for all IT needs of SMEs. It offers over 30 apps, designed specifically for SMEs, which can help them maximize their potential and become the next big thing. Some of its popular offerings are:
Zoho CRM
Customer Relationship Management is a vital function of any business. Zoho CRM helps streamline sales, marketing, customer support and inventory management under a single system. One of its key features is sales force automation, which helps in lead generation & qualification, sales pipeline analysis, sales stage & probability analysis, competitor analysis, real-time sales forecasting and other useful metrics.
Users can track business opportunities and close more deals in less time. One can also identify bottleneckswell in advance and utilize customer data for cross-selling and up-selling opportunities.
Its 'Territory Management' feature allows grouping of customers under various sections such as geographic locations, industry type and expected revenue. This helps in identifying profit-making regions, better plan resource allocation, and ultimately, exceed sales forecasts.
Apart from standard modules, users can create 'Custom Modules' which can import and export data, configure workflow rules, link with standard reports and generate insightful reports. On the other hand, 'Documents Module' creates a secure, central repository within the CRM, ensuring that all users have access to the latest versions of sales-related collateral.
CRM's Mail Magnet feature scans users' mailboxes and displays only relevant emails. Users can reply to emails, add follow-up tasks and write important notes from the Mail Magnet panel.
Users can also create web form with the new What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get editor by just dragging and dropping the required fields, set field alignment, mark fields as mandatory and much more. There are also options to upload fields and add captcha to make the form spam-proof. What's more, Zoho CRM can be easily synced with Gmail, Google Docs and other Google products.
The Zoho CRM mobile app enables users to access customer information, receive sales notifications, create tasks, call from the app and log them, find customers nearby and also look for driving directions.
Zoho Sites
Increasingly, websites are becoming face of a company. Even if someone hears about a product through word-of-mouth, the first thing they do before buying is check out the website. Zoho Sites is a drag-and-drop Site builder. Users can create simple, yet beautiful, websites, without typing a single line of code. Websites created on the builder are also automatically optimized for mobile.
The builder also has a slew of stylish themes, whose every element can be customized using the 'Visual Editor'. Options have also been built-in to enable users to add a variety of multimedia content, including Slideshows, Banners, Galleries, Videos and more.
Zoho Sites also provides freedom to revert to earlier 'Page versions', have 'Multiple Authors', instantly create 'Blogs' and 'Custom 404 Pages', include 'Social Buttons' and much more.
Zoho Books
Easy-to-use accounting software is a demand for many SMEs today. Zoho Books is an easy to use andaffordable solution on this context. It helps the users the to raise invoices, track expenses, income, inventory, timesheets and more.
Zoho Books is a cloud-based application which can be managed by multiple team members can to ensure an uninterrupted business. Zoho Books have complete visibility with reports and dashboard, along withautomated mundane tasks like sending invoices and tracking payments. It can be customised according to each business's unique needs like discounts in invoice, shipping costs, including sales personnel names in bills, etc
For freelancers and businesses which primarily focus on invoicing and managing only incoming cash, there isZoho Invoice. It's is an online invoicing software, ideal for people looking for a free plan.
Zoho Creator
From large enterprises to small businesses and schools to NGOs, all organizations have their unique needs. Zoho Creator, an intuitive drag-and-drop app builder, helps users make their own apps to suit their custom needs. It is a cost-effective and faster do-it-yourself alternative for non-programmers.
Users can access these apps from anywhere, create reports and dashboards, and share it with customers and employees. The apps can be integrated with other services such as payment gateway and SMS services via APIs. Also, the whole app or just a form or report can be published on websites, wiki or blogs.
Zoho Mail
Email is still the core communication tool for businesses and Zoho Mail offers minimalist interface and powerful features geared for professional communication. Zoho likes to keep user interface clean and clutter-free, so much so that even their free email hosting plan is Ad-free. Zoho's Calendar, Tasks, Contacts and Notes applications are integrated within its webmail. It also comes bundled with Zoho Docs.
As Zoho Mail is on cloud, it frees businesses from the pain of manual upgrades and rigorous maintenance. Unlike other popular email services, Zoho Mail supports both multilevel folders and labels, making it simpler to stay organized.
Accessing and working on email while a user is on the move is hassle-free with IMAP/POP access from external email clients, push mail support through MS ActiveSync and mobile apps. Additionally, users canstore email attachments in Zoho Docs or view them without downloading.
While SMEs (10- 50 users) form majority of the customer base, larger businesses, with 100+ users, are also switching to Zoho Mail which enables them to access other Zoho business apps via single sign on (SSO).
Zoho Projects
Zoho Projects is a collaboration app which is especially helpful for teams working from different cities or countries on a particular project or event. It helps users to coordinate and keep a track of everything right from simple tasks to complex projects -- all in one place. On Zoho Projects, users can plan, keep a time-track, reportand more.
Zoho Projects lets users view tasks in comparison to what was planned, which helps them see what is on schedule and what is falling behind. Users get alerts on the missed deliverables and can view critical requests.
The mobile app lets users update progress of various tasks from wherever they are. What's more, the app isintegrated with Google Apps, which allows users to sync tasks from Gmail and import files from Google Drive.
Zoho Docs
Zoho Docs is an online office suite to manage documents from a centralized location. It starts with 5GB of free storage space, followed by different affordable packages. It lets users sync documents to their desktop, and even work offline.
Zoho Docs has built-in online editor that allows users to create word documents, presentations and spreadsheets. Users can share files within and outside their organization and still keep the information secured with password policies and security settings.
Zoho Docs is ideal for teams working from across the globe as it offers real-time collaboration features that allows the team to co-create content, review and instantly share ideas. It can also be customized to suit specific IT needs.
There are a number of support apps for Zoho Docs like Zoho ShowMote which lets users control presentations through mobile. Users can use it as clicker, pointer and also jump to any slide, refer to speaker notes, highlight any part of the slide, all using their smartphone.

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Building off of the momentum of past successful conferences, Golden Networking brings Wearable Computing Conference 2013 New York City (www.wearable-computing-conference.com), "Revolutionizing the Human Experience Through Next-Generation Technology", November 7.
New York City, NY, USA (October 16, 2013) -- Wearable technologies have already demonstrated many applications, including usage recognition software to quickly access information about the user and health monitoring that can help with early disease detection. What types of applications of wearable technology can be foreseen? How will the usage of wearable technology impact job market and productivity? How will this change the human experience?
These and other questions will be debated at Golden Networking's Wearable Computing Conference 2013 (http://www.wearable-computing-conference.com), "Revolutionizing the Human Experience Through Next-Generation Technology", to be held in New York City, on November 7.
Wearable computers, also known as body-borne computers are miniature electronic devices that are worn by the bearer under, with or on top of clothing. This class of wearable technology has been developed for general or special purpose information technologies and media development. Wearable computers are especially useful for applications that require more complex computational support than just hardware coded logics.
One of the main features of a wearable computer is consistency. There is a constant interaction between the computer and user, i.e. there is no need to turn the device on or off. Another feature is the ability to multi-task. It is not necessary to stop what you are doing to use the device; it is augmented into all other actions. These devices can be incorporated by the user to act like a prosthetic. It can therefore be an extension of the user's mind and/or body.
We are now at an inflexion point in the advancement of the adoption of wearable computing. To expand the market for wearable technologies, it is necessary for developers and manufacturers to lead the world to show how the usage of these technologies can revolutionize every aspect of the human experience.
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A few days ago I found this picture shared by an Italian musician on Facebook.
It's a newspaper article about the systematic killing of stray dogs in Ukraine. Because of the European soccer championship, the journalist says, the Ukrainian government ordered the massacre of 30.000 stray dogs. The origin is the work of the photographer Andrea Cisternino.
What I find extremely interesting is not the fact itself. Take a look at some reactions on Facebook.
What am I supposed to think? That animal lovers are racist?
I think that we do not consider that what we write online is public for anyone to read. I think that what we may say in a moment of rage shouldn't be something your aunt and your employer can read two years from now. I also think that we have the pointless tendency to blame the easiest target available. I hope these people don't really believe in what they wrote.
Besides, I wonder whether this kind of stuff is related to the Social Media platforms or not. Is Facebook made to show the dark side of people?
Who uploaded the picture said that Facebook is a great way to make information. I see people distorting this information in any way they like. Is there something wrong in this process? The whole conversation is online here.


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Borussia Dortmund hosts Bayern Munich in Saturday's "Der Klassiker," Germany's version of La Liga's 'El Clasico,' in the midst of a huge injury crisis. In fact, the BVB's entire starting defense that it won the double with in 2012 is missing through injury. Center backs Mats Hummels and Neven Subotic have both been lost to long-term injuries, while Marcel Schmelzer and Lukasz Piszczek are also unavailable. Earlier this week, Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp signed free agent Manuel Friedrich as cover for his ailing defense.
"I have never seen such an extreme situation at Dortmund," said Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke. "Our entire defense with which we won the double (in 2012) has been obliterated. We should not be talking about the title now. We have to keep on their heels."
Bayern, which recently set a German record with its 37th consecutive Bundesliga game without defeat, is not without its injuries, too. Ballon d'Or contender Franck Ribery will miss the game with a cracked rib, and vice captain Bastian Schweinsteiger is also still a long-term absentee.
Though Dortmund is only four points behind Bayern, the media has labeled Saturday's clash at Signal Iduna Park a must-win game if the BVB wants to sustain a title challenge against Pep Guardiola's men.


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Field trip: Kalustyan's
Posted by domaphile in inspiration on April 30, 2011
I have been planning to make kimchi for some time now, but my lack of gochugaru keeps thwarting my efforts. What is gochugaru, you ask? That was precisely my question. Gochu (chili pepper) garu (powder) is traditionally created in Korea by drying red chilis in the sun and is the key ingredient in any decent kimchi, I'm told. The difference between gochugaru and regular chili flakes is the level of capsaicin, the active component in chilis that make them spicy. The beauty of a traditionally dried Korean red chili is in the balance between flavor and heat, which is why it is worth the effort to seek it out. One source for all things Asian in New York is Hmart. You can order online, but I was looking for a field trip.
So off to Kalustyan's I went. Founded in 1944, this specialty store in Murray Hill is a food landmark in NYC. According to their own website, they carry over 30 varieties of chilis and I can vouch for the accuracy in their advertising. They literally seem to have everything and Korean chili powder was no exception. Wandering the aisles might be on my top 10 list of things I love doing. But if you don't live in the area, fear not – they sell it all online, too.
So now I have my gochugaru and no more excuses for not making up a batch of kimchi. Stay tuned for the report! Any advice on this matter is welcome.


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Anthony Femia is Australia's best cheesemonger. He would have been the world's best, if it weren't for a fatal mistake made during the final stage of the Cheesemonger World Championships in France in 2013.
"I didn't cut the cheese correctly," says Femia. "You've got to cut 250 grams by sight. But no one in Australia ever buys that much, and I wasn't used to it. So I cut 200 grams all across the board. That one error cost me first place. I've had nightmares ever since."
Femia's mistake caused him to slip to a respectable fourth. Despite his credentials, there's no pretence to the immensely likeable cheesemonger. He is as enthusiastic about a cheese toastie as he is a 36-month-old Comte.
But this isn't why we love Femia. We love Femia for his cheese.
His business, Maker & Monger, operates from a wooden cart inside the Prahran Market in Melbourne. It sells a small range of cheese at the moment, although it will grow. People come for the famous "grillz", flaming Reubens (made with Wagyu brisket pastrami from Gary's Organic Meats and cheese melted with a blowtorch), and the raclette. Especially the raclette.
A thick hunk of washed-rind raclette cheese is placed under a hot grill or purpose-built raclette machine. The surface of the cheese warms, blisters, then bubbles. The air grows thick with the smell. When around a centimetre of cheese has melted through, it's scraped over soft potatoes, meats – anything you like. It'd be delicious scraped over a piece of plywood.
Raclette – which refers to both the cheese and the process – is native to Valais in Switzerland, and dates back to the 11th century. In winter, cheese that had gone a little dry or stale would be melted over the fire and scraped over the day's rations. Its popularity spread through the alpine regions of France, Italy, Austria and Germany, partly because those were cheese-making regions, and partly because, well, it's cold in the Alps, and what's not to like about hot melted cheese?
Raclette is still relatively unknown in Australia – very few places offer it. Perhaps this is why it draws crowds at Maker & Monger.
"We turn the raclette machine on and a minute later there's 10 people watching it and another 10 taking photos," says Femia. "The smell of melting cheese lingers and carries through the market. It draws people in."
A recent study by the University of Michigan found that the protein casein, found in cheese, can be as addictive as heroin. Melted over potatoes, cheese only gets better. But we love Femia's raclette because of the cheesemaker's love for the form, and his intense attention to detail.
Rather than boiled potatoes, which can turn powdery, Femia uses kipfler potatoes that have been cooked confit (in fat – in this case, vegetable oil); a technique that "keeps the potatoes silky soft". Raw, sliced shitake mushrooms are added for a hit of umami, and the dish is finished with a couple of cornichons. It's rich, but balanced. "The steam from the potatoes and the heat of the cheese releases the huge flavour of the shitake," says Femia. "It's just out of this world."
Mongering is a sensory job, and Femia is largely self-taught. His love affair with dairy began when he was studying applied finance at Macquarie University in Sydney. He landed a weekend job at the deli where his Calabrian-born mother, Maria worked. Perhaps prophetically, he was put in charge of the cheese counter. He became fascinated with cheese, and read everything on it he could find.
After graduating he travelled and worked on farms and at cheese producers overseas (he still spends a month each year learning how to make cheese with different producers around the world). He taught himself dairy science. He landed the job of head cheesemonger at Richmond Hill Cafe and Larder. He then took up the same position at Spring Street Grocer, and set up Australia's first cheese-maturation cellar in the basement. Femia loves cheese as much as we love what he does with it.
In 2012 he was awarded a Jack Green Churchill Fellowship. This allowed him to travel to study the art of affinage, or cheese maturation. He spent three months last year in the UK, France and America, at places such as Neal's Yard Dairy, Jasper Hill, and with Ivan Larcher. He understands the microbiology of cheese, and the maturation process in a way that no cheesemonger in Australia – and few in the world – truly do.
Armed with this knowledge, Femia has plans. When Maker & Monger moves into a proper shop, Femia wants to install a cheese-making room where he can make fresh cheeses – the "maker" part of Maker & Monger. He also wants to turn a shipping container into a cheese-maturation room, and teach Australian producers how to properly mature their own cheese.
But ultimately, Femia wants Maker & Monger to be more than just a retail experience, he wants it to be a destination – another reason we love his approach. "We have our home, we have our work, and we have our third place that we like to go to," says Femia. "We want Maker & Monger to be that third place for people.
"Cheese evokes memory," he continues. "It has the comfort factor and the feel-good factor. When it's in the form of raclette … watching that cheese waterfall get scraped over whatever you're having with it, be it potato, charcuterie or boiled meats, the smell, and the visual, watching that oozing cheese just rush down …" Femia's eyes light up. "It's like that TLC song. You want to chase this waterfall."


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Monday, April 30, 2012
Tikki Tikki Tembo
Written by: Arlene Mosel
First line: Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, it was the custom of all the fathers and mothers in China to give their first and honored sons great long names.
Why you should read this book: This classic and popular retelling of an old Chinese legend recounts the perils of a boy with a ridiculously long name—Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo—which, according to the text, means "the most wonder thing in the whole wide world." While fooling around, the boy's younger brother falls into the well, and is quickly rescued, but, when the same mishap befalls the older boy, the time it takes to say his ridiculously long name means that it takes the adults an extraordinarily long time to rescue him. Children love the repetition of the strange name along with the interesting illustrations, evoking a distant era in a foreign land.
Why you shouldn't read this book: Love both your children equally.
Grandfather's Journey
Written by: Alan Say
First line: My grandfather was a young man when he left his home in Japan and went to see the world.
Why you should read this book: In a bittersweet memoir, the author truncates his grandfather's biography to a story about wanderlust and love of travel, of seeing new places and, eventually, pining for old ones. As a young man, his grandfather traveled America, eventually bringing his childhood sweetheart from Japan and raising a thoroughly American daughter (whose story is recounted in another Say story, Tea with Milk) before returning to Japan. World War Two made his desired return to America impossible, and Say, also in love with two cultures, finds himself feeling closer to his grandfather as he contemplates his homesickness no matter what country he's in.
Why you shouldn't read this book: Total homebody.
Edwina the Emu
Written by: Sheena Knowles
First line: There once were two emus who lived in a zoo, One was Edwina and Edward was two.
Why you should read this book: In this inexplicable yet endearing story, an emu who has just laid ten eggs leaves her mate at the zoo to mind the nest while she goes off in search of a job. Despite the fact that Edwina can read, write, and understand the bus schedule, the humans she encounters find her ill-suited for work in the entertainment and service sectors. Eventually, Edwina decides that her place is at home, where she and Edward will raise the babies together.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You support the right of a woman to work outside the home.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Runaway Bunny
Written by: Margaret Wise Brown
First line: Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away.
Why you should read this book: In this beloved picture book, adored by children for seventy years, a little bunny threatens to run away from home, but no matter where his imagination takes him, his mother counters with a way for her to find and care for her child. The colorful pictures bring the shared fantasies to life until the little bunny accepts his lot and decides to stay at home with his mother. A sweet little book for families to share.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You're definitely running away.
Cheyenne Again
Written by: Eve Bunting
First line: One day he comes, The Man Who Counts, and says: "A boy, aged ten. He has to go!"
Why you should read this book: Poetic and heartbreaking, this work for children recounts the traumatic historical journey of a Native American child in the nineteenth century, stolen from his home and family, taken to a boarding school where the curriculum is intended to systematically erase his culture. Even at age ten, however, the boy recalls his own history and knows the difference between his own dreams and the white man's charted course for his destiny. The boy's memories cannot be erased, despite the pain, isolation, and punishment through which he suffers.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You dream of a nice, white-washed, assimilated future.
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Labels: children, education, freedom, historical fiction, identity
The Moorchild
Written by: Eloise McGraw
First line: It was Old Bess, the Wise Woman of the village, who first suspected that the bay at her daughter's house was a changeling.
Why you should read this book: Switched into the cradle of a human child, half-Moorfolk child Moql becomes Saaski, the daughter of the blacksmith and his wife, when her inability to hide from humans becomes apparent. Saaski is different from anyone else, with a strange face, an inhuman quickness, and a talent for playing wild fairy music on the bagpipes, and she is desperate to remember where she came from and who she really is. The story of an outsider who doesn't belong in any world, this Newbery-winning book has the power to warm the heart of anyone who has ever wondered if there is a place for them.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You burn outsiders.
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Labels: award, family, fiction, identity, monsters, Newbery, novel, speculative
Princess Academy
Written by: Shannon Hale
First line: Miri woke to the sleepy bleating of a goat.
Why you should read this book: Miri thinks that her father's refusal to allow her to work in the linder mines with everyone else in her village is the worst thing imaginable, until the day that king's messenger arrive in their isolated mountain stronghold to announce that one of the village's daughters is destined to be the prince's wife, and they all must attend princess academy to learn the courtly arts before the prince's arrival. This Newbery-winning book is much more than its title implies: Miri, although smaller than the other girls, must work to hold her own against the cruel tutor, Olana, while protecting the interests of the girls and their culture. Beautifully written, with a fine grasp of metaphorical language and a deep understanding of the need to belong while maintaining ones individuality.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You were born to be a princess.
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Sunday, 29 May 2016
Christmas Card Club - Carols
However I've managed to share some new in colours which are Emerald Envy and Dapper Denim. There's new washi in there too and some lovely snowflakes from the Perpetual Birthday stamp set. I've embossed some and just over stamped in denim also.
I love the variation on traditional colours and used a set of thin lets that retired but are just fab and so I can't part with them and I attached the peace with staples, it's much easier than fiddling with glue sometimes. The 'on earth' is from Holly JollyGreetings.
Please forgive my twist on a carol!
Have a great Sunday. I'm on my way home from Barcelona.
11 comments:
- Christine Harrop said...
It really is a gorgeous card Zoe and I just love the colour. A great idea for attaching the die cut - I might be "borrowing" it at some stage! Hugs Christine xx
- 29 May 2016 at 07:15
- MaryH said...
Love the very stylish design, and the yummy colors. I liked your staples on the die cut too..very clever to do it that way! Definitely Peace on Earth should be a carol. Heaven knows we need to sing that...all over the world. A really lovely card, and hope your cruise was just marvelous! TFS & Hugs
- 29 May 2016 at 08:28
- dutchess said...
great colours Zoe and a very modern card...loving the washi tape!....xxxxx
- 29 May 2016 at 09:12
- Rita said...
Good Morning Zoe. Your card is perfect for the challenge and it says what most of us wish for too. Thank You for joining me in this challenge. Enjoy your cruise, a perfect holiday. Hugs Rita xxx
- 29 May 2016 at 10:00
- cuilliesocks said...
Hi Zoe, your card is gorgeous, lovely contemporary still with lovely colours and a fab design and let's face it, what it says is what we strive for, enjoy the rest of your cruise, Kate x
- 29 May 2016 at 11:59
- Mrs A. said...
Well now that certainly is a natty way of attaching those oh so thin do hard to stick to anything sentiments. I'm joining the queue to use this idea . Love those super new colours and any thing cliff sings is ok by me. Hugs Mrs A.
- 29 May 2016 at 12:37
- rachel said...
I love your card Zoe - and I know what you mean about the weeks rolling by - I very nearly didn't get mine done! Great modern take - lovely x
- 29 May 2016 at 19:03
- Rainey's Craft Room said...
A lovely contemporary card and a beautiful take on the theme.
- 29 May 2016 at 20:23
- Pia S said...
I'm always wondering what to do with my tapes and how to stick vellum to my card, your card is a true inspiration and I love the cool, modern yet traditional look!
- 29 May 2016 at 20:51
- scrappymo! said...
I like this take on the carol theme. It is a fresh and fun twist!
Great card.
- 30 May 2016 at 00:28
- Carol said...
Love how you've done this Zoe, fabulous design. Sorry I'm so late commenting...will meet myself coming back soon! Carol x
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1.Alumina ceramics is a ceramic material which is the main body of aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃).
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Farewell ReceptionTo Chinese Ambassador
- By (é) Jean-Paul KOMON, Le président du CNAMSMD,
- 23 avril 2018 11:52
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Carnet diplomatique
Local dignitaries and foreign diplomats on April 20, 2018 felicitated Wei Wenhua for his achievements in three years.
The evening reception in the Chinese Embassy in Yaounde's Bastos neighbourhood on Friday, April 20, 2018, was attended by amongst others by the Minister of Communication, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, his counterpart of Public Health, André Mama Fouda. Also invited was the General Manager of Cameroon News and Publishing Corporation, SOPECAM, publisher of Cameroon Tribune newspaper.
In his address, Paul Patrick Biffot, Gabonese Ambassador to Cameroon and Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps in Cameroon, noted that Wei's tenure contributed immensely in boosting relations and cooperation between the two nations in areas such as public infrastructure, skills development, education and health. Wei Wenhua who arrived in Cameroon on January 6, 2015, leaves on Friday, April 27, 2018 with memories of pride, joy and gratitude. His achievements include boosting relations with Cameroon.
After the visit to China by Prime Minister Philemon Yang in June 2015, President Paul Biya was in Beijing last month on his sixth visit. Wei said win-win cooperation between the two nations in the past three years reached heights. China maintains its position as Cameroon's largest trade and financial partner, with major infrastructure projects in various areas to show.
Following President Biya's recent visit to China, Beijing agreed to donate to Cameroon this year 400 million RMB (34 billion FCFA) for the construction of a new National Assembly building, and 594 million RMB (50 billion FCFA) for water projects in nine towns in the country. Cameroon is one of the African countries with the highest number of students in China, he disclosed.
Since August 2017, the agreement on mutual exemption of visas for holders of diplomatic passports took effect. In a matter of days, the Table Tennis Centre in Yaounde donated by China to Cameroon will be commissioned. Some 627 Cameroonians were operated for cataract by Chinese medical teams. Wei's tenure permitted him to witness Cameroon's growth under the guidance of President Paul Biya, and how the country was able to surmount certain challenges, he said.
The outgoing Ambassador congratulated all those who worked with him in the past three years to make his task easy. "Cameroon is China's major partner in Africa, and Beijing is ready to continue to offer its sincere support to the socioeconomic development of Cameroon," he noted. China has made tremendous progress under President Xi Jinping, and will continue its peaceful development and win-win cooperation with other nations, he added.
Wei Wenhua announced that the next leaders' summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, FOCAC, holds in the Chinese capital, Beijing, next September. Leaders from both sides will discuss the strategy for renewed cooperation. The last summit took place in December 2015 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Background: Prostate cancer has increased in incidence worldwide and is the leading cause of cancer death in 24 countries. The most common treatment is radical prostatectomy. However, surgery is associated with postoperative complications such as urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction, causing decreased quality of life. If survivors are encouraged to be more active in self-care management, the symptom burden may decrease and quality of life may improve. An electronic health (eHealth) intervention based on motivational behavioral theory has been developed for this purpose.
Objective: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of standard care in combination with a tailored eHealth and mobile health self-management support system, electronic Patient Activation in Treatment at Home (ePATH), with standard care of adverse effects of prostate cancer treatment (urinary incontinence and sexual functioning) in men undergoing radical prostatectomy. The secondary aim was to test the effect on patient activation, motivation, overall well-being, and health literacy over time in and between groups.
Methods: A pragmatic multicenter, block-randomized controlled trial with 2 study arms, standard care (control) and eHealth-assisted standard care (intervention), for patients undergoing radical prostatectomy. For 80% power, a sample of 242 men will need to be recruited.
Results: Recruitment started in January 2018 and is expected to be completed by August 2019. Data collection will be completed in August 2020. The first cross-sectional results from this trial are anticipated to be published in January 2020.
Conclusions: With the increasing number of prostate cancer survivors, attention should be paid to rehabilitation, psychosocial care, and support for endurance of self-care to reduce suffering from adverse treatment effects, poor quality of life, and depression because of postoperative complications. This project may increase knowledge of how patients can be supported to feel involved in their care and returning to as normal a life as possible. The anticipated effects of ePATH could improve health outcomes for individuals and facilitate follow-up for health care professionals.
Objectives To investigate patients' perceptions of their meetings with healthcare professionals and the extent to which they believe they can influence patient safety in these meetings.
Design Cross-sectional survey of patients using a study-specific questionnaire. Data were analysed using both parametric and non-parametric statistics.
Setting The study was conducted in primary and secondary care in three county councils in southeast Sweden by means of a survey questionnaire despatched in January 2017.
Participants Survey data were collected from 1445 patients, 333 of whom were complainants (patients who had filed a complaint about being harmed in healthcare) and 1112 regular patients (patients recruited from healthcare units).
Main outcome measures Patients' perceptions of meetings with physicians and nurses, beliefs concerning patients' contributions to safer care and whether the patients had suffered harm in healthcare during the past 10 years.
Results Most respondents reported that it was easy to ask physicians and nurses questions (84.9% and 86.6%) and to point out if something felt odd in their care (77.7% and 80.7%). In general, complainants agreed to a higher extent compared with regular patients that patients can contribute to safer care (mean 1.92 and 2.13, p<0.001). Almost one-third (31.2%) of the respondents (both complainants and regular patients) reported that they had suffered harm in healthcare during the past 10 years.
Conclusions Most respondents believed that healthcare professionals can facilitate patient interaction and increase patient safety by encouraging patients to ask questions and take an active part in their care. Further research will need to identify strategies to support such questioning in routine practice and ensure that it achieves its intended goals.
Background: The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) is a recognized measure of how active patients are in their care, and has been translated into several languages and cultural contexts. Patient activity, self-care, and health literacy have become increasingly important aspects of health care, and thus reliable measures of these are needed. However, a Swedish translation of PAM is currently lacking. The aim of the study was to translate and assess the validity and reliability of the Swedish PAM-13. Methods: A self-report questionnaire was handed out to 521 patients at ten medical, geriatric, and surgical wards, and one Virtual Health Room. The Rasch model was employed, using the partial credit model, to assess the functioning of the PAM scale, item fit, targeting, unidimensionality, local independence, differential item functioning (DIF), and person-separation index. Evidence of substantive, content, structural, and external validity was examined. Results: Of the 521 patients who were consecutively handed a questionnaire, 248 consented to participate, yielding a response rate of 47.6%. The average measure for each category advanced monotonically. The difficulty of the PAM items ranged from - 1.55 to 1.26. The infit and outfit values for the individual items were acceptable. Items 1, 2, and 4 showed disordered thresholds. The mean person location was 1.48 (SD = 1.66). The person-item map revealed that there were no item representations at the top of the scale. The evidence for unidimensionality was ambiguous and response dependency was seen in some items. DIF was found for age. The person separation index was 0.85. Conclusion: The Swedish PAM-13 was reliable, but was not conclusively found to represent one underlying construct. It seems that the Swedish PAM-13 lacks strong evidence for substantive, content, and structural validity. Although valid and reliable measures of ability for activation in self-care among patients are highly warranted, we recommend further development of PAM-13 before application in everyday clinical care.
Background: For decades, patient safety has been recognized as a critical global healthcare issue. However, there is a gap of knowledge of all types of adverse events sensitive to nursing care within hospitals in general and within orthopaedic care specifically. Objectives: The aim of this study is to explore the incidence and nature of nursing-sensitive adverse events following elective or acute hip arthroplasty at a national level. Design: A retrospective multicenter cohort study. Outcome variables: Nursing-sensitive adverse events, preventability, severity and length of stay. Methods: All patients, 18 years or older, who had undergone an elective (degenerative joint disease) or acute (fractures) hemi or total hip arthroplasty surgery at 24 hospitals were eligible for inclusion. Retrospective reviews of weighted samples of 1998 randomly selected patient records were carried out using the Swedish version of the Global Trigger Tool. The patients were followed for readmissions up to 90 days postoperatively throughout the whole country regardless of index hospital. Results: A total of 1150 nursing-sensitive adverse events were identified in 728 (36.4%) of patient records, and 943 (82.0%) of the adverse events were judged preventable in the study cohort. The adjusted cumulative incidence regarding nursing-sensitive adverse events for the study population was 18.8%. The most common nursing-sensitive adverse event types were different kinds of healthcare-associated infections (40.9%) and pressure ulcers (16.5%). Significantly higher proportions of nursing-sensitive adverse events were found among female patients compared to male, p < 0.001, and patients with acute admissions compared to elective patients, p < 0.001. Almost half (48.5%) of the adverse events were temporary and of a less severe nature. On the other hand, 592 adverse events were estimated to have contributed to 3351 extra hospital days. Conclusions: This study shows the magnitude of nursing-sensitive adverse events. We found that nursing-sensitive adverse events were common, in most cases deemed preventable and were associated with different kinds of adverse events and levels of severity in orthopaedic care. Registered nurses play a vital role within the interdisciplinary team as they are the largest group of healthcare professionals, work 24/7 and spend much time at the bedside with patients. Therefore, nursing leadership at all hospital levels must assume responsibility for patient safety and authorize bedside registered nurses to deliver high-quality and sustainable care to patients. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Aim: The aim was to investigate the clinical performance of two different types of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Methods: Three investigators reviewed 2938 rhythm analyses performed by AEDs in 240 consecutive patients (median age 72, q1-q3 = 62-83) who had suffered cardiac arrest between January 2011 and March 2015. Two different AEDs were used (AED A n = 105, AED B n = 135) in-hospital (n = 91) and out-of-hospital (n = 149). Results: Among 194 shockable rhythms, 17 (8.8%) were not recognized by AED A, while AED B recognized 100% (n = 135) of shockable episodes (sensitivity 91.2 vs 100%, p < 0.01). In AED A, 8 (47.1%) of these episodes were judged to be algorithm errors while 9 (52.9%) were caused by external artifacts. Among 1039 non-shockable rhythms, AED A recommended shock in 11 (1.0%), while AED B recommended shock in 63 (4.1%) of 1523 episodes (specificity 98.9 vs 95.9, p < 0.001). In AED A, 2 (18.2%) of these episodes were judged to be algorithm errors (AED B, n = 40, 63.5%), while 9 (81.8%) were caused by external artifacts (AED B, n = 23, 36.5%). Conclusions: There were significant differences in sensitivity and specificity between the two different AEDs. A higher sensitivity of AED B was associated with a lower specificity while a higher specificity of AED A was associated with a lower sensitivity. AED manufacturers should work to improve the algorithms. In addition, AED use should always be reviewed with a routine for giving feedback, and medical personnel should be aware of the specific strengths and shortcomings of the device they are using. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Purpose: To investigate the performance of two different types of automated external defibrillators (AED) in out-of-hospital and in-hospital cardiac pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Performance criteria in terms of sensitivity and specificity have been established but real life data are sparse.
Materials and methods: Three investigators reviewed 2938 rhythm analyses performed by AED in 240 consecutive patients (38.3% women) suffering cardiac arrest between January 2011 and March 2015. The mean age was 70.1 ± 17.0 (3 months–104 years). Two different AED were used (AED A n = 105, AED B n = 135) in-hospital (n = 91) and out-of-hospital (n = 149).
Results: Among 194 shockable rhythms, 17 (8.8%) were not recognized by AED A, while AED B recognized 100% (n = 135) of shockable episodes (p < 0.001). In AED A, 8 (47.1%) of these episodes were judged to be algorithm errors while 9 (52.9%) were caused by external artifacts. Among 1039 non-shockable rhythms, AED A recommended shock in 11 (1.0%), while AED B recommended shock in 63 (4.1%) of 1523 episodes (p < 0.001). In AED A, 2 (18.2%) of these episodes were judged to be algorithm errors (AED B, n = 40, 63.5%) while 9 (81.8%) were caused by external artifacts (AED B, n = 23, 36.5%). Fine ventricular fibrillation was analyzed as a separate category since guidelines do not recommend shock in these cases. AED A advised shock in 24 (80%) of 30 episodes, while AED B advised shock in 8 (47%) of 17 episodes (p < 0.027).
Conclusions: Significant differences in performance could be detected between two different AED. A higher sensitivity of AED B was associated with a lower specificity while a higher specificity of AED A was associated with a lower sensitivity. Caregivers should be aware of the specific shortcomings of the device they are using. AED manufacturers should try to improve the algorithms in order to minimize the gap between sensitivity and specificity.
Background Adverse events (AEs) and no-harm incidents are common and of great concern in healthcare. A common method for identification of AEs is retrospective record review (RRR) using predefined triggers. This method has been used frequently in inpatient care, but AEs in home healthcare have not been explored to the same extent. The aim of this study was to develop a trigger tool (TT) for the identification of both AEs and no-harm incidents affecting adult patients admitted to home healthcare in Sweden, and to describe the methodology used for this development.
Methods The TT was developed and validated in a stepwise manner, in collaboration with experts with different skills, using (1) literature review and interviews, (2) a five-round modified Delphi process, and (3) two-stage RRRs. Ten trained teams from different sites in Sweden reviewed 600 randomly selected records.
Results In all, triggers were found 4031 times in 518 (86.3%) records, with a mean of 6.7 (median 4, range 1–54) triggers per record with triggers. The positive predictive values (PPVs) for AEs and no-harm incidents were 25.4% and 16.3%, respectively, resulting in a PPV of 41.7% (range 0.0%–96.1% per trigger) for the total TT when using 38 triggers. The most common triggers were unplanned contact with physician and/or registered nurse, moderate/severe pain, moderate/severe worry, anxiety, suffering, existential pain and/or psychological pain. AEs were identified in 37.7% of the patients and no-harm incidents in 29.5%.
Conclusion This study shows that adapted triggers with definitions and decision support, developed to identify AEs and no-harm incidents that affect patients admitted to home healthcare, may be a valid method for safety and quality improvement work in home healthcare.
Patient safety in home healthcare is largely unexplored. No-harm incidents may give valuable information about risk areas and system failures as a source for proactive patient safety work. We hypothesized that it would be feasible to retrospectively identify no-harm incidents and thus aimed to explore the cumulative incidence, preventability, types, and potential contributing causes of no-harm incidents that affected adult patients admitted to home healthcare.
A structured retrospective record review using a trigger tool designed for home healthcare. A random sample of 600 home healthcare records from ten different organizations across Sweden was reviewed.
In the study, 40,735 days were reviewed. In all, 313 no-harm incidents affected 177 (29.5%) patients; of these, 198 (63.2%) no-harm incidents, in 127 (21.2%) patients, were considered preventable. The most common no-harm incident types were "fall without harm," "deficiencies in medication management," and "moderate pain." The type "deficiencies in medication management" was deemed to have a preventability rate twice as high as those of "fall without harm" and "moderate pain." The most common potential contributing cause was "deficiencies in nursing care and treatment, i.e., delayed, erroneous, omitted or incomplete treatment or care."
This study suggests that it is feasible to identify no-harm incidents and potential contributing causes such as omission of care using record review with a trigger tool adapted to the context. No-harm incidents and potential contributing causes are valuable sources of knowledge for improving patient safety, as they highlight system failures and indicate risks before an adverse event reach the patient.
Objectives Preventing adverse events (AEs) after orthopaedic surgery is a field with great room for improvement. A Swedish instrument for measuring AEs after hip arthroplasty based on administrative data from the national patient register is used by both the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register and the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions. It has never been validated and its accuracy is unknown. The aim of this study was to validate the instrument's ability to detect AEs, and to calculate the incidence of AEs following primary hip arthroplasties.
Design Retrospective cohort study using retrospective record review with Global Trigger Tool methodology in combination with register data.
Setting 24 different hospitals in four major regions of Sweden.
Participants 2000 patients with either total or hemi-hip arthroplasty were recruited from the SHAR. We included both acute and elective patients.
Primary and secondary outcome measures The sensitivity and specificity of the instrument. Adjusted cumulative incidence and incidence rate.
Results The sensitivity for all identified AEs was 5.7% (95% CI: 4.9% to 6.7%) for 30 days and 14.8% (95% CI: 8.2 to 24.3) for 90 days, and the specificity was 95.2% (95% CI: 93.5% to 96.6%) for 30 days and 92.1% (95% CI: 89.9% to 93.8%) for 90 days. The adjusted cumulative incidence for all AEs was 28.4% (95% CI: 25.0% to 32.3%) for 30 days and 29.5% (95% CI: 26.0% to 33.8%) for 90 days. The incidence rate was 0.43 AEs per person-month (95% CI: 0.39 to 0.47).
Conclusions The AE incidence was high, and most AEs occurred within the first 30 days. The instrument sensitivity for AEs was very low for both 30 and 90 days, but the specificity was high for both 30 and 90 days. The studied instrument is insufficient for valid measurements of AEs after hip arthroplasty.
Background: Implementation of evidence-based practices in health care implies change. Understanding health care professionals' change responses may be critical for facilitating implementation to achieve an evidence-based practice in the rapidly changing health care environment. The aim of this study was to investigate health care professionals' responses to organizational and workplace changes that have affected their work. Methods: We conducted interviews with 30 health care professionals (physicians, registered nurses and assistant nurses) employed in the Swedish health care system. An inductive approach was applied, using a semi-structured interview guide developed by the authors. We used an analytical framework first published in 1999 to analyze the informants' change responses in which change responses are perceived as a continuum ranging from a strong acceptance of change to strong resistance to change, describing seven forms of change responses along this continuum. Change response is conceptualized as a tridimensional attitude composed of three components: cognitive, affective and intentional/behavioral. Results: Analysis of the data yielded 10 types of change responses, which could be mapped onto 5 of the 7 change response categories in the framework. Participants did not report change responses that corresponded with the two most extreme forms of responses in the framework, i.e., commitment and aggressive resistance. Most of the change responses were classified as either indifference or passive resistance to changes. Involvement in or support for changes occurred when the health care professionals initiated the changes themselves or when the changes featured their active input and when changes were seen as well founded and well communicated. We did not identify any change responses that could not be fitted into the framework. Conclusions: We found the framework to be useful for a nuanced understanding of how people respond to changes. This knowledge of change responses is useful for the management of changes and for efforts to achieve more successful implementation of evidence-based practices in health care.
Health care organizations are constantly changing as a result of technological advancements, ageing populations, changing disease patterns, new discoveries for the treatment of diseases and political reforms and policy initiatives. Changes can be challenging because they contradict humans' basic need for a stable environment. The present study poses the question: what characterizes successful organizational changes in health care? The aim was to investigate the characteristics of changes of relevance for the work of health care professionals that they deemed successful.
The study was based on semi-structured interviews with 30 health care professionals: 11 physicians, 12 registered nurses and seven assistant nurses employed in the Swedish health care system. An inductive approach was applied using questions based on the existing literature on organizational change and change responses. The questions concerned the interviewees' experiences and perceptions of any changes that they considered to have affected their work, regardless of whether these changes were "objectively" large or small changes. The interviewees' responses were analysed using directed content analysis.
The analysis yielded three categories concerning characteristics of successful changes: having the opportunity to influence the change; being prepared for the change; valuing the change. The interviewees emphasized the importance of having the opportunity to influence the organizational changes that are implemented. Changes that were initiated by the professionals themselves were considered the easiest and were rarely resisted. Changes that were clearly communicated to allow for preparation increased the chances for success. The interviewees did not support organizational changes that were perceived to be implemented unexpectedly and/or without prior communication. They conveyed that it was important for them to understand the need for and benefits of organizational changes. They particularly valued and perceived as successful organizational changes with a patient focus, with clear benefits to patients.
Organizational changes in health care are more likely to succeed when health care professionals have the opportunity to influence the change, feel prepared for the change and recognize the value of the change, including perceiving the benefit of the change for patients.
Patient participation for safer health care – interviews with physicians and nurses
Patient participation to achieve safer care is an area of growing policy, research and health care management and practice interest. Patients are uniquely placed to observe their treatment, care and physical environment throughout their journey in the health care system. However, very few studies have investigated health care providers' attitudes and beliefs concerning patient participation for improved patient safety. This study explored factors that acted as facilitators and/or barriers to patient participation for safer care, as perceived by physicians and nurses in Swedish health care. Interviews were conducted with 13 physicians and 11 nurses, using a purposeful sampling strategy to achieve a heterogeneous sample of providers. We identified nine categories of factors, many of which functioned as barriers to patient participation to achieve safer care.
Adverse events (AEs) occur in health care and may result in harm to patients especially in the field of surgery. Our objective was to analyze AEs in surgical patient care from a nationwide perspective and to analyze the frequency of AEs that may be preventable. In total 19,141 randomly selected admissions in 63 Swedish hospitals were reviewed each month during 2013 using a 2-stage record review method based on the identification of predefined triggers. The subgroup of 3301 surgical admissions was analyzed. All AEs were categorized according to site, type, level of severity, and degree of preventability. We reviewed 3301 patients' records and 507 (15.4%) were associated with AEs. A total of 62.5% of the AEs were considered probably preventable, over half contributed to prolonged hospital care or readmission, and 4.7% to permanent harm or death. Healthcare acquired infections composed of more than one third of AEs. The majority of the most serious AEs composed of healthcare acquired infections and surgical or other invasive AEs. The incidence of AEs was 13% in patients 18 to 64 years old and 17% in >= 65 years. Pressure sores and drug-related AEs were more common in patients being >= 65 years. Urinary retention and pressure sores showed the highest degree of preventability. Patients with probably preventable AEs had in median 7.1 days longer hospital stay. We conclude that AEs are common in surgical care and the majority are probably preventable.
Background: Health Care is of great value but despite increased efforts to improve patient safety, many patients still suffer harm caused by healthcare, and even more patients have encountered incidents that could have caused harm. Adverse events can be detected by using retrospective record review. The Harvard Medical Practice Study and the Global Trigger Tool are such methods. Retrospective record review has shown better coverage than the commonly used clinical incident reporting system to identify patient safety information.
Aims: The general aim of the thesis was to evaluate, compare and expand retrospective record review methods for clinical use in health care. The specific aims were;
Methods: A random sample of fifty patient records was reviewed by a team from each of five hospitals according to the Global Trigger Tool method (I). The teams were interviewed in focus groups concerning their experiences of the Global Trigger Tool method (II). In papers III and IV, a random sample of 350 orthopaedic admissions was examined. The outcomes from the Harvard Medical Practice Study and the Global Trigger Tool methods were compared (III). In paper IV the Harvard Medical Practice Study method was also used for identifying no harm incidents.
Results: The number of identified adverse events differed between the teams, corresponding to a level of adverse events ranging from 27.2 to 99.7 per 1000 hospital days. Differences were also found in the assessment of level of harm and judgment of preventability. Four of the teams made similar assessments while the fifth identified three times as many adverse events compared to the other teams (I).
Eight categories with their strengths and weaknesses emerged from the focus group interviews. The team members were constant in their generally positive experiences of the Global Trigger Tool method, even if the teams over time altered the application of the method (II).
With the Harvard Medical Practice Study and the Global Trigger Tool methods combined, 160 adverse events were identified in 105 (30%) of the 350 records. The Harvard Medical Practice Study method identified 155 (97%) adverse events in 104 of 350 records compared with 137 (86%) adverse events in 98 records using the Global Trigger Tool method. The adverse events causing the greatest differences were the ones causing minimal or moderate impairment (III).
In paper IV, results showed that 118 no harm incidents were detected in 91 (26%) of the 350 patient records. Ninety-four of the 118 (80%) no-harm incidents were classified as preventable. Sixteen no-harm incidents were identified by the five conventional incident reporting systems. Of these, ten no-harm incidents were also found by the Harvard Medical Practice Study method.
Conclusions: Retrospective record review enabled detection of adverse events as well as identification of no harm incidents. It is considered a useful method. There were differences both in agreement between reviewer teams and between review methods. Joint preparations and discussions seemed to increase the level of agreement in judgment between reviewers. By adding retrospective record review for findings of no-harm incidents to conventional incident reporting, healthcare providers can gain new important information about commonly occurring, no-harm incidents in order to improve patient safety.
Cancer and its treatment can severely impact quality of life, giving rise to complex needs with respect to follow-up care. To support patient needs and increase efficiency of care with limited resources, the Swedish government has launched national reforms to redesign cancer care pathways.
The aim of this study was to explore how prostate cancer patients experience their journey through the healthcare system when their care is provided according to the standardized care pathway, as described in healthcare policy documents.
A qualitative, descriptive approach with individual interviews was used. A template of a standardized prostate cancer pathway, created together with healthcare professionals, was used during interviews. Fourteen interviews were conducted with prostate cancer patients all operated on at a midsized hospital in southeast Sweden between October 2015 and April 2016. The interviews were analyzed with qualitative content analysis and illustrated in a patient journey map.
We identified an overall theme, "walking a tightrope," consisting of 4 categories: "waiting," "becoming familiar with a troublesome body," "adjusting to a different life," and "information challenges."
The clinical implementation of the standardized care pathway is described as a straight path through care, but patients described their experiences as walking a tightrope. Lack of information, especially about cancer treatment and its adverse effects, was the most common experience.
Implications for Practice
Our findings indicate areas where further healthcare tools could improve patient experiences of cancer treatment. This could include offering individualized information and tools to increase patient empowerment, as well as patient/caregiver collaboration (co-care).
Objective: There is a paucity of research on physicians' perspectives on involving patients to achieve safer care. This study aims to explore determinants of patient participation for safer care, according to physicians in Swedish health care.
Methods: We used a deductive descriptive design, applying qualitative content analysis based on the Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behaviour framework. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 physicians in different types of health care units, to achieve a heterogeneous sample. The main outcome measure was barriers and facilitators to patient participation of potential relevance for patient safety.
Results: Analysis of the data yielded 14 determinants (ie, subcategories) functioning as barriers and/or facilitators to patient participation of potential relevance for patient safety. These determinants were mapped to five categories: physicians' capability to involve patients in their care; patients' capability to become involved in their care, as perceived by the physicians; physicians' opportunity to achieve patient participation in their care; physicians' motivation to involve patients in their care; and patients' motivation to become involved in their care, as perceived by the physicians.
Conclusion: There are many barriers to patient participation to achieve safer care. There are also facilitators, but these tend to depend on initiatives of individual physicians and patients, because organizational-level support may be lacking. Many of the determinants are interdependent, with physicians' perceived time constraints influencing other barriers.
Objectives The aim was to describe the strengths and weaknesses, from team member perspectives, of working with the Global Trigger Tool (GTT) method of retrospective record review to identify adverse events causing patient harm.
Design A qualitative, descriptive approach with focus group interviews using content analysis.
Setting 5 Swedish hospitals in 2011.
Participants 5 GTT teams, with 5 physicians and 11 registered nurses.
Intervention 5 focus group interviews were carried out with the five teams. Interviews were taped and transcribed verbatim.
Results 8 categories emerged relating to the strengths and weaknesses of the GTT method. The categories found were: Usefulness of the GTT, Application of the GTT, Triggers, Preventability of harm, Team composition, Team tasks, Team members' knowledge development and Documentation. Gradually, changes in the methodology were made by the teams, for example, the teams reported how the registered nurses divided up the charts into two sets, each being read respectively. The teams described the method as important and well functioning. Not only the most important, but also the most difficult, was the task of bringing the results back to the clinic. The teams found it easier to discuss findings at their own clinics.
Conclusions The GTT method functions well for identifying adverse events and is strengthened by its adaptability to different specialties. However, small, gradual methodological changes together with continuingly developed expertise and adaption to looking at harm from a patient's perspective may contribute to large differences in assessment over time.
BACKGROUND: Many patients are harmed as the result of healthcare. A retrospective structured record review is one way to identify adverse events (AEs). One such review approach is the global trigger tool (GTT), a consistent and well-developed method used to detect AEs. The GTT was originally intended to be used for measuring data over time within a single organisation. However, as the method spreads, it is likely that comparisons of GTT safety outcomes between hospitals will occur.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate agreement in judgement of AEs between well-trained GTT teams from different hospitals.
METHODS: Five teams from five hospitals of different sizes in the southeast of Sweden conducted a retrospective review of patient records from a random sample of 50 admissions between October 2009 and May 2010. Inter-rater reliability between teams was assessed using descriptive and κ statistics.
RESULTS: The five teams identified 42 different AEs altogether. The number of identified AEs differed between the teams, corresponding to a level of AEs ranging from 27.2 to 99.7 per 1000 hospital days. Pair-wise agreement for detection of AEs ranged from 88% to 96%, with weighted κ values between 0.26 and 0.77. Of the AEs, 29 (69%) were identified by only one team and not by the other four groups. Most AEs resulted in minor and transient harm, the most common being healthcare-associated infections. The level of agreement regarding the potential for prevention showed a large variation between the teams.
CONCLUSIONS: The results do not encourage the use of the GTT for making comparisons between hospitals. The use of the GTT to this end would require substantial training to achieve better agreement across reviewer teams.
Patients had several suggestions on how to improve healthcare meetings in order to create safer care
An open question "Do you have suggestions on how to improve meetings between patients and healthcare professionals in order to create safer care?" was incorporated into a questionnaire survey to 2673 patients in Sweden. The survey addressed patient participation for safer care. The open question was answered by 591 respondents. Content analysis was used to analyze the responses. The proposed suggestions concerned both the individual level (healthcare staff's competence and trust in the patient) and the system level (forms of communication, planning and structure, and time and staffing). The study findings show that there are many ways to improve meetings in healthcare of potential relevance for patient safety. Further research is needed to develop, apply and evaluate interventions based on patient suggestions.
Objective Home healthcare is an increasingly common part of healthcare. The patients are often aged, frail and have multiple diseases, and multiple caregivers are involved in their treatment. This study explores the origin, incidence, types and preventability of adverse events (AEs) that occur in patients receiving home healthcare.
Design A study using retrospective record review and trigger tool methodology. setting and methods Ten teams with experience of home healthcare from nine regions across Sweden reviewed home healthcare records in a two-stage procedure using 38 prede ned triggers in four modules. A random sample of records from 600 patients (aged 18 years or older) receiving home healthcare during 2015 were reviewed. Primary and secondary outcome measures The cumulative incidence of AEs found in patients receiving home healthcare; secondary measures were origin, types, severity of harm and preventability of the AEs.
results The patients were aged 20–79 years, 280 men and 320 women. The review teams identi ed 356 AEs in 226 (37.7%; 95% CI 33.0 to 42.8) of the home healthcare records. Of these, 255 (71.6%; 95% CI 63.2 to 80.8) were assessed as being preventable, and most (246, 69.1%; 95% CI 60.9 to 78.2) required extra healthcare visits or led to a prolonged period of healthcare. Most of the AEs (271, 76.1%; 95% CI 67.5 to 85.6) originated in home healthcare; the rest were detected during home healthcare but were related to care outside home healthcare. The most common AEs were healthcare-associated infections, falls and pressure ulcers.
conclusions AEs in patients receiving home healthcare are common, mostly preventable and often cause temporary harm requiring extra healthcare resources. The most frequent types of AEs must be addressed and reduced through improvements in interprofessional collaboration. This is an important area for future studies.
Background: In contrast to other safety critical industries, well-developed systems to monitor safety within the healthcare system remain limited. Retrospective record review is one way of identifying adverse events in healthcare. In proactive patient safety work, retrospective record review could be used to identify, analyze and gain information and knowledge about no-harm incidents and deficiencies in healthcare processes. The aim of the study was to evaluate retrospective record review for the detection and characterization of no-harm incidents, and compare findings with conventional incident-reporting systems. Methods: A two-stage structured retrospective record review of no-harm incidents was performed on a random sample of 350 admissions at a Swedish orthopedic department. Results were compared with those found in one local, and four national incident-reporting systems. Results: We identified 118 no-harm incidents in 91 (26.0%) of the 350 records by retrospective record review. Ninety-four (79.7%) no-harm incidents were classified as preventable. The five incident-reporting systems identified 16 no-harm incidents, of which ten were also found by retrospective record review. The most common no-harm incidents were related to drug therapy (n = 66), of which 87.9% were regarded as preventable. Conclusions: No-harm incidents are common and often preventable. Retrospective record review seems to be a valuable tool for identifying and characterizing no-harm incidents. Both harm and no-harm incidents can be identified in parallel during the same record review. By adding a retrospective record review of randomly selected records to conventional incident-reporting, health care providers can gain a clearer and broader picture of commonly occurring, no-harm incidents in order to improve patient safety.
Perceptions of risks in decision making for home healthcare were examined. Twenty home healthcare professionals were interviewed. Content analysis yielded one theme (management of known and unpredictable risks) and four categories. Healthcare professionals had to handle both known and unpredictable risks in daily work in patients' homes concerning communication challenges, a fragmented organization at several levels, risky medication management, and balancing respect for patient autonomy and involvement in care against risk taking. Priority must be given to creating safer care in this setting.
In previous research we have learned that patients with chronic or complex diseases often experience difficulties when transitioning from hospital care to self-care in their home. We address these difficulties by developing an eHealth tool for patients - ePATH (electronic Patient Activation in Treatment at Home) - intended to empower each patient to manage their individual situation. We have employed a user-centered design process involving both patients and healthcare personnel to specify the content and functionality of ePATH. The system is deployed as a web application with secure login for patients. In this article, we describe the main content and functionality of the system that makes it possible for a patient to manage symptoms development in relation to treatment progression Interactive functionality, e.g., reminders and social support, is included to make the ePATH a useful and informative bridge between patients, next-of-kin and different caregivers. One lesson learned is that it is necessary to incorporate motivational components in the development of an eHealth tool to successfully overcome the "intention-behavior" gap. The self-determination theory of motivation can be used to ensure that important aspects are not missed.
Introduction: A high quality of chest compressions, e.g. sufficient depth (5-6 cm) and rate (100-120 per min), has been associated with survival. The patient's underlay affects chest compression depth. Depth and rate can be assessed by feedback systems to guide rescuers during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Aim: The purpose of this study was to describe the quality of chest compressions by healthcare professionals using real-time audiovisual feedback during in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Method: An observational descriptive study was performed including 63 cardiac arrest events with a resuscitation attempt. Data files were recorded by Zoll AED Pro, and reviewed by RescueNet Code Review software. The events were analysed according to depth, rate, quality of chest compressions and underlay. Results: Across events, 12.7% (median) of the compressions had a depth of 5-6 cm. Compression depth of >6 cm was measured in 70.1% (median). The underlay could be identified from the electronic patient records in 54 events. The median compression depth was 4.5 cm (floor) and 6.7 cm (mattress). Across events, 57.5% (median) of the compressions were performed with a median frequency of 100-120 compressions/min and the most common problem was a compression rate of <100 (median=22.3%). Conclusions: Chest compression quality was poor according to the feedback system. However, the distribution of compression depth with regard to underlay points towards overestimation of depth when treating patients on a mattress. Audiovisual feedback devices ought to be further developed. Healthcare professionals need to be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of their devices.
AIM: To explore nurses' perceptions and experiences of patient involvement relevant to patient safety.
DESIGN: Qualitative design using individual semi-structured interviews.
METHODS: Interviews with registered nurses (n = 11) and nurse assistants (n = 8) were conducted in 2015-2016. Nurses were recruited from five different healthcare units in Sweden. The material was analysed using conventional content analysis.
RESULTS: The analysis resulted in four categories: healthcare professionals' ways of influencing patient involvement for safer care; patients' ways of influencing patient involvement for safer care; barriers to patient involvement for safer care; and relevance of patient involvement for safer care. The nurses expressed that patient involvement is a shared responsibility. They also emphasized that healthcare provider has a responsibility to create opportunities for the patient to participate. According to the nurses, involvement can be hindered by factors related to the patient, the healthcare provider and the healthcare system. However, respondents expressed that patient involvement can lead to safer care and benefits for individual patients.
There has been a theoretical debate as to which retrospective record review method is the most valid, reliable, cost efficient and feasible for detecting adverse events. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility and capability of two common retrospective record review methods, the "Harvard Medical Practice Study" method and the "Global Trigger Tool" in detecting adverse events in adult orthopaedic inpatients.
We performed a three-stage structured retrospective record review process in a random sample of 350 orthopaedic admissions during 2009 at a Swedish university hospital. Two teams comprised each of a registered nurse and two physicians were assigned, one to each method. All records were primarily reviewed by registered nurses. Records containing a potential adverse event were forwarded to physicians for review in stage 2. Physicians made an independent review regarding, for example, healthcare causation, preventability and severity. In the third review stage all adverse events that were found with the two methods together were compared and all discrepancies after review stage 2 were analysed. Events that had not been identified by one of the methods in the first two review stages were reviewed by the respective physicians.
Altogether, 160 different adverse events were identified in 105 (30.0%) of the 350 records with both methods combined. The "Harvard Medical Practice Study" method identified 155 of the 160 (96.9%, 95% CI: 92.9-99.0) adverse events in 104 (29.7%) records compared with 137 (85.6%, 95% CI: 79.2-90.7) adverse events in 98 (28.0%) records using the "Global Trigger Tool". Adverse events "causing harm without permanent disability" accounted for most of the observed difference. The overall positive predictive value for criteria and triggers using the "Harvard Medical Practice Study" method and the "Global Trigger Tool" was 40.3% and 30.4%, respectively.
More adverse events were identified using the "Harvard Medical Practice Study" method than using the "Global Trigger Tool". Differences in review methodology, perception of less severe adverse events and context knowledge may explain the observed difference between two expert review teams in the detection of adverse events.
Background Despite increased attention and knowledge in palliative care, there is still confusion concerning how to interpret the concept of palliative care and implement it in practice. This can result in difficulties for healthcare professionals in identifying patients whom would benefit from palliative care, which, in turn, could lead to a delay in meeting patients' needs. Aim To explore healthcare professionals' perceptions of palliative care. Method Data were collected through twelve interprofessional focus group interviews in community care and hospital wards in south Sweden (n = 74). All interviews were analysed with latent content analysis. Results Three domains were revealed: first, a blurred conceptual understanding as participants described palliative care using synonyms, diagnoses, phases, natural care and holism; second, a challenge to communicate transitions concerned the importance of how and when the transition to palliative care was communicated and documented; finally, a need for interprofessional collaboration was described as well as the consequences for severely ill persons, relatives and healthcare professionals when it was not established. Conclusion The perceptions about how to interpret palliative care differed as well as when palliative care should be offered and decided, which might have practical consequences. How long a person has left to live is of great significance for decision-making, caregiving and preparation in palliative care. The challenge is to use interprofessional communication to promote understanding and collaborate across varied care levels. Integrating palliative care across diverse care levels could be one way to reduce the ambiguity of palliative care.


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Articles in the Tradition Category
Headline, Olympic Sports Articles, Tradition, Women's Soccer »
It took BYU nearly a full 90 minutes, but the No. 1-seeded and 2nd-ranked Cougars were finally able to put away Auburn 1-0 Thursday night and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Women's Soccer College Cup.
With the score knotted at 0-0 with 44 seconds left, BYU freshman Michele Murphy was fouled in the box by Auburn junior Blanca Sierra and BYU was awarded a penalty kick.
Senior Carlee Payne-Holmoe placed the ball down on the spot, stepped back, stared down Auburn senior goalkeeper Amy Howard, and then with nerves …
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The biggest obstacle for BYU as it embarks on its path of independence in football next season isn't scheduling, television contracts, integrating its other sports into the WCC or finding a home for programs like softball and swimming and diving.
The whole plan will live and die by the success BYU can generate on the football field.
Seeing that the master plan calls for playing a national schedule with nationally prominent programs, the key to everything will be for BYU to recruit student athletes that can abide by the school's honor code …
The Daily Grind, Tradition, Univ of New Mexico Week »
In all honesty the weather doesn't play a huge role in the outcome of the game. Yeah it's cold in the stands, but down on the field the training and equipment staff take numerous precautions to keep the players warm.
For instance there are propane furnaces stationed all over the sidelines. These sideline space heaters keep your legs and feet warm in between series. The equipment staff also passes out those giant coats that are extremely insulated and keep the rain/snow off of your body.
Coaching Staff, Former Cougars, Tradition »
This is a hush-hush post that only about twenty people know about. So lucky for all of you, I was one of the twenty that got in on the meeting. After Coach Crowton was asked to resign and before Coach Whittingham was offered the job as the head coach for BYU, about fifteen players got together and stole a few minutes from Tom Holmoe's day. We went up to the Athletic Directors office and we told him how strongly we felt about Coach Mendenhall becoming the Head Coach. It wasn't …
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September 22, 2008
If he goes there will be trouble and if he stays there will be….another national championship. (I am not just hoping and wishing, lightning will strike again. Tyrone, will be turning in his coaching carriers grave.) It's no secret to any BYU fan that Bronco has alluded to leaving after 5 years. I think I've heard it more than once out of his mouth. I've also heard that he believes he will not be like Lavell and coach at BYU for his entire career. Or would he? I …
Community Involvement, LDS Church, Tradition, Wyoming week »
Coach Mendenhall has said time and time again that the most important thing in life is not football. He's also wise enough to see that the only way that we will get enough publicity to get people interested in the Church is by winning football games. Coach has talked to the team on numerous occasions about the importance of playing from a different place so that when others watch us play football they will notice something different about us, then upon further inquiry we will be able to speak about how …
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The man has a very long and impressive resume including: 27 years at BYU , he has been a Cougar assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, co-offensive coordinator, quarterback coach, receivers coach, recruiting coordinator and graduate assistant. In 12 of 18 years as offensive coordinator at BYU, Chow led the offense to a place in the NCAA's top 10 in total offense. And those are only his numbers at BYU! The man is a very good coach, so to say he will have his team ready is an understatement.
Current Cougars, Lavell Edwards Stadium, Tradition, UCLA week »
There is always some sort of a home field advantage. Whether it is being familiar with the game day routine, or the crowd, or not having to travel. I always felt so comfortable playing in Lavelle Edwards Stadium. I would arrive at the stadium walk to my locker, go get taped-up and drink a Powerade. Then I would put on my socks, pants and cleats and walk out the tunnel to the field. When I got to the field, I would walk down the home sideline to the opposite goal line, across …
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I wanted to post a few answers on the main page that I thought more people could appreciate. This one came via Rex who asked if I could explain zone coverage's a little bit…I would love to.
Cover 2:
Cover 2 is a basic 5 under 2 deep zone coverage. There are 5 underneath zones that are occupied by 3 linebackers and 2 corners. The safeties play over the top providing coverage and help on the deep balls. Zones are based on players' positions on the field. Corners cover the outside shallow routes, outside linebackers …
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We just had a somewhat questionable performance on Saturday, and everyone watched the UCLA game last night. Lets not get ahead of ourselves and start looking forward to the UCLA game. Coach Mendenhall will do his job keeping the team focused on the task at hand, but the team will be back in school. That means they will be approached by students, and faculty about what they thought about the UCLA game. Wait, what? Don't we play Washington this week. It can be tough for some guys to stay focused during …


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It is always a beautiful sight to see hot-air balloons launch in a rainbow of colors into the sky. Saturday morning in Helen, Georgia, this was definitely the case. We watched the crews lay the balloons out then use a big fan to blow air in and then the burners to heat the air and make it float. They don't all lift off at the same time but drift up one or two at a time for a great scene.
This is also a sport that is very dependent on the weather. Each time there is a balloon launch, there is a distinct possibility that it won't happen. As a member of one of the crews told me, it's kind of a Goldilocks type thing. Not too hot or too cold, not too windy or too calm or it is a No Go. On this morning, things were pretty good but the wind was on the very light side. If they had been launching for the race, it probably would not have gone off.
The race that is the center of this annual balloon festival is a unique event. The balloons launch from the city of Helen in the North Georgia mountains, bound for the Atlantic Coast. There is no pre-determined end location but the finish line is Interstate Highway 95 (I-95) that runs all along the east coast of the US. The shortest possible distance is 225 miles away but, technically, the finish line could be crossed anywhere from Maine to Florida.
44th Annual Helen to the Atlantic Balloon Race & Festival
Helen, Georgia, USA
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Armed men abducted the head of the transportation services in South DarfurŌĆÖs capital Nyala on Sunday.
ŌĆ£An armed group linked to the government stormed the office of El Tahir Ali El Tahir in Nyala, and took him at gunpoint to an unknown destination on Sunday,ŌĆØ several witnesses reported to Radio Dabanga.
The witnesses said that the gunmen accused El Tahir of being involved in the scheming of armed robberies. ŌĆ£They had given him one day, Saturday, to produce details. On Sunday, he was abducted.ŌĆØ
The South Darfur State authorities on Saturday evening announced a night curfew for Nyala in response of the escalation of assaults and robberies in the city.
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A brief history of Tateossian…
Tateossian was established in 1990 by Robert Tateossian, whose own international lifestyle and keen sense of aesthetics is at the heart of the company's success.
His unique and original style has revolutionized the cufflink industry. Fun, functional and fashionable cufflink designs have soon gained him the accolade "The King of Cufflinks". The men's collection has expanded from cufflinks to jewellery and watches. With this success, Tateossian has moved into the women's jewellery market using the same formula of winning designs, securing him three UK British Export Awards for Accessories.
According to the London-based jeweller Robert Tateossian, a.k.a. the King of Cufflinks, the market is poised to take off… "A lot of guys have stopped wearing ties, but they still want to look polished when wearing a suit. How do you do this? You finish off your look with a pair of cufflinks."The Globe and Mail


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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Repost by Request: Hypnotic Sound: A Mix Tape By The Cowboys From Sweden (2009)
Get it while it's fresh! New mixes by the Cowboys From Sweden are coming soon!
01 Ennio Morricone/Matto, Caldo, Soldi, Morto ... Girotondo
02 Françoise Hardy/Le Temps De L'Amour
03 Dino/Ho Messo Gli Occhi Su Di Te
04 Serge Gainsbourg/Initials B.B.
05 Brigitte Bardot/Contact
06 Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab/Dedicated To Love
07 Christy/Deep Down
08 Sohail Rana/Soul Sitar
09 Armando Trovajoli/L'Arcidiavolo
10 Isabelle/Amstramgram
11 Eddie Warner/Shut Up
12 France Gall/Laisse Tomber Les Filles
13 Ennio Morricone/La Festa Di Sabato
14 Nino de Luca/Rappimento In Sicilia
15 Bruno Nicolai/Autostrada Per Los Angeles
16 Ennio Morricone/L'Alibi No. 3
17 Brigitte Bardot/Moi Je Joue
18 Nino Ferrer/Mirza
19 Fred Bongusto/Il Tigre (Party Music)
20 France Gall/Frankenstein
21 Jacques Dutronc/Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi
22 Cherie/Je Ne Suis Quune Rose
23 Nino de Luca/La Ragazza Con La Pistola
24 Sergio Nilo/Esquetando Os Tamborinos E Cuica
25 Piero Piccioni/Spiral Waltz
26 Marcello Giombini/Sabata (Version 3)
27 Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab/There's No Satisfaction
28 Astrud Gilberto/Argomenti
29 Nora Orlandi/Marcel-Deborah
30 Piero Umiliani & Edda Dell'Orso/The Girl With The Skin Of The Moon
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8 comments:
- Psychedelicsister said...
These are AWESOME!
Thanks for posting them ;)
- November 2, 2009 at 11:10 AM
- jrn said...
thanks! It was definitely worth waiting for! Very nice track selection
- November 2, 2009 at 11:08 PM
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oui oui!!
- November 6, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- Thule said...
Amazing Amazing Amazing
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- E.M. said...
Who's the blonde actress in the cover of this compilation? And in which movie?
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The girl on the cover is Marisa Mell. The still is from Mario Bava's film "Danger: Diabolik" from 1968, which totally rules....
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