Program Development
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Montérégie Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre: integrating nurse navigators in Montérégie's oncology teams: one aspect of implementing the Cancer Control Program--Part 1]

29 Nov 2009 The oncology patient navigator role was developed to ensure both continuity and consultation in the delivery of care to cancer patients and their families. In Québec, this role is filled by a nurse. This first article in a series of two, aims to ... Read more...

Redesign of a university hospital preanesthesia evaluation clinic using a queuing theory approach.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Changes in patient length of stay (the duration of 1 clinic visit) as a result of the introduction of an electronic patient file system forced an anesthesia department to change its outpatient clinic organization. In this study, we ... Read more...

Faith Moves Mountains: an Appalachian cervical cancer prevention program.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To provide a conceptual description of Faith Moves Mountains (FMM), an intervention designed to reduce the disproportionate burden of cervical cancer among Appalachian women. METHODS: FMM, a community-based participatory research program ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Program Development'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Montérégie Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre: integrating nurse navigators in Montérégie's oncology teams: one aspect of implementing the Cancer Control Program--Part 1] 29 Nov 2009
• Lessons from nursing leaders on implementing TCAB. 30 Oct 2009
• Participation of unit nurses: front-line implementation on TCAB pilot units. 30 Oct 2009
• TCAB in the curriculum: creating a safer environment through nursing education. 30 Oct 2009
• Spreading TCAB across network hospitals. 30 Oct 2009
• Quiet time: a daily period without distractions benefits both patients and nurses. 30 Oct 2009
• Resident orientation: nurses create a program to improve care coordination. 30 Oct 2009
• TCAB: the 'how' and the 'what'. 30 Oct 2009
• The development of TCAB: an initiative to improve patient care and nursing retention. 30 Oct 2009
• Redesign of a university hospital preanesthesia evaluation clinic using a queuing theory approach. 30 Oct 2009
• Faith Moves Mountains: an Appalachian cervical cancer prevention program. 30 Oct 2009
• Use of lung cancer risk models in planning research and service programs in CT screening for lung cancer. 29 Sep 2009
• Career mapping: developing nurse leaders, reinvigorating careers. 29 Sep 2009
• Creation of a scholars program in dental leadership (SPDL) for dental and dental hygiene students. 29 Sep 2009
• The development, design, testing, refinement, simulation and application of an evaluation framework for communities of practice and social-professional networks. 13 Sep 2009
• Drugs are scarce as mix of programs aims to ease access. 13 Sep 2009
• The SAIL Databank: building a national architecture for e-health research and evaluation. 2 Sep 2009
• Program offers disadvantaged teens a gateway to health and science careers. 31 Aug 2009
• Criteria for the evaluation of quality improvement programs and the use of quality improvement data. 30 Aug 2009
• Improving the health of transgender people: transgender medical education in Arizona. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Program Development'

Definition: The process of formulating, improving, and expanding educational, managerial, or service-oriented work plans (excluding computer program development).

Descriptor UI: D016730

Alternative terms: Program Development; Development, Program; Program Descriptions; Description, Program; Descriptions, Program; Program Description; Progress Report; Progress Reports; Report, Progress; Reports, Progress; Field Report; Field Reports; Report, Field; Reports, Field;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; methods; statistics & numerical data; standards;

Tree Number: N04.452.760;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: coord IM with specific subject (IM); not for computer programs