North Carolina's Response to the Directorate of Health Care Studies and Clinical Investigation's Final Report: Assessing Power Analysis Approaches for the Fort Bragg Evaluation Project

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
NORTH CAROLINA DEPT OF MENTAL HEALTH RALEIGH
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Power Analysis ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Fort Bragg ◽  
Evaluation Project

Kurzweil Reading Machine: Evaluation of Model One

1978 ◽  
Vol 72 (10) ◽  
pp. 415-418
Author(s):  
Lawrence A. Scadden
Keyword(s):  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Tactile Display ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Early Fall ◽  
Blind Individuals ◽  
Evaluation Project

In summary, the evaluation of the KRM has demonstrated that this approach and this specific machine can permit immediate access to printed material by most blind individuals. The greatest limitation at this stage of development is related to the confidence level that many users have placed in the ability of the machine to read various kinds of reading material. This factor has limited the use of the machine as an aid to employment of blind people. It is believed that many of the problems identified in the evaluation process can be overcome with further research and development of the KRM. The evaluation of the KRM by blind and sighted individuals throughout the country has led to the unanimous conclusion that further investigations with improved models of the KRM are warranted. The software in the existing models should be improved to eliminate some of the problems identified above. Hardware changes should be made to eliminate other identified problems. The concern regarding the lack of use of the KRM by employed blind individuals residing close to existing machines probably cannot be alleviated until reading machines of this kind can be located within the actual employment situation. Blind individuals are not willing, nor should they be, to travel to where machines are located in order to read work related materials. Other alternatives, including sighted readers, can be utilized within a work setting. This conclusion suggests the necessity of reaching the point at which speech-output reading machines can be affordable by individuals. Postscript: Since the completion of this evaluation project and the submission of the final report to the supporting governmental agency and to the manufacturer, KCP announced plans for Model Three of the KRM, a desk-top unit. The design includes most of the recommendations suggested in this report such as a hand-scanning option, a small tactile display to assist in format recognition, automatic contrast control with manual override capability, and a spell-next-letter feature. In addition, KCP announced several innovative features. The new model will permit the improved speech synthesizer to speak at rates up to 250 words per minute. Model Three will also have the capability of attaching to a braille embosser to provide direct print to braille conversion. The unit can also be attached to a computer to provide immediate full vocabulary output for computers. A new program is being developed to be used with all KRM's to permit the reading machines to be used as high-powered, programmable, scientific calculators. The new models and programs are scheduled for distribution in early fall 1978. Comprehensive evaluation of these advances is planned.

scholarly journals Demonstration of thermally sprayed metal and polymer coatings for steel structures at Fort Bragg, NC : final report on Project F07-AR10

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Stephenson ◽  
Alfred Beitelman ◽  
Richard Lampo ◽  
Ashok Kumar ◽  
Douglas Neale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Steel Structures ◽  
Polymer Coatings ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Fort Bragg ◽  
Thermally Sprayed

Canadian Health Care Evaluation Project Questionnaire

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daren K. Heyland ◽  
Deborah J. Cook ◽  
Graeme M. Rocker ◽  
Peter M. Dodek ◽  
Demetrios J. Kutsogiannis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Canadian Health ◽  
Canadian Health Care ◽  
Health Care Evaluation ◽  
Care Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Project

National Policy on CAM: The White House Commission Report

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen M. Boozang
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Final Report ◽  
White House ◽  
Health Care Professions ◽  
Commission Report ◽  
Policy Proposals ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

In March 2000, President William Clinton signed Executive Order 13,147, establishing the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, to develop public policy proposals geared toward maximizing “the benefits to Americans of complementary and alternative medicine.” Disconcertingly, the Commission's charge presumed the safety and efficacy of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). In so doing, it placed the proverbial cart before the horse by setting the Commission on a mission to “address education and training of health care practitioners in CAM; [coordinate] research to increase knowledge about CAM products; [provide] reliable and useful information on CAM to health care professions, and [provide] guidance on the appropriate access to and delivery of CAM.”The Commission's final report (“Commission Report”), issued in March 2002, similarly skirts the fundamental question of whether evidence exists that CAM interventions are safe or offer sufficient benefit to justify their proliferation.

scholarly journals Towards Excellence in Asthma Management: Final Report of an Eight-Year Program Aimed at Reducing Care Gaps in Asthma Management in Quebec

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 302-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis-Philippe Boulet ◽  
Eileen Dorval ◽  
Manon Labrecque ◽  
Michel Turgeon ◽  
Terrence Montague ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Disease Management ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Inhaled Corticosteroids ◽  
Asthma Management ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Asthma Care ◽  
Treatment Needs ◽  
Care Gaps ◽  
Care System

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Asthma care in Canada and around the world persistently falls short of optimal treatment. To optimize care, a systematic approach to identifying such shortfalls or ‘care gaps’, in which all stakeholders of the health care system (including patients) are involved, was proposed.METHODS: Several projects of a multipartner, multidisciplinary disease management program, developed to optimize asthma care in Quebec, was conducted in a period of eight years. First, two population maps were produced to identify regional variations in asthma-related morbidity and to prioritize interventions for improving treatment. Second, current care was evaluated in a physician-patient cohort, confirming the many care gaps in asthma management. Third, two series of peer-reviewed outcome studies, targeting high-risk populations and specific asthma care gaps, were conducted. Finally, a process to integrate the best interventions into the health care system and an agenda for further research on optimal asthma management were proposed.RESULTS: Key observations from these studies included the identification of specific patterns of noncompliance in using inhaled corticosteroids, the failure of increased access to spirometry in asthma education centres to increase the number of education referrals, the transient improvement in educational abilities of nurses involved with an asthma hotline telephone service, and the beneficial effects of practice tools aimed at facilitating the assessment of asthma control and treatment needs by general practitioners.CONCLUSIONS: Disease management programs such as Towards Excellence in Asthma Management can provide valuable information on optimal strategies for improving treatment of asthma and other chronic diseases by identifying care gaps, improving guidelines implementation and optimizing care.

scholarly journals RELEVANCE OF CANADIAN HEALTH CARE EVALUATION PROJECT (CANHELP) QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PATIENTS ON HOMECARE IN MUMBAI

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A83.3-A84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arunangshu Ghoshal ◽  
Manjiri Dighe ◽  
Jayita Deodhar ◽  
Sunil Dhiliwal ◽  
Anuja Damani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Canadian Health ◽  
Canadian Health Care ◽  
Health Care Evaluation ◽  
Care Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Project
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