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Outcomes: 1. Utilizing a discussion-based approach, participants will self-report the ability to inject humanism and dignity into patient care by utilizing and incorporating initiatives like the MMLO into their practice. 2. Evaluate and analyze the impact of initiatives such as the MMLO project on patients' families and on healthcare workers. Purpose(s): As COVID-19 surged, patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) experienced diminished recognition of patient personhood and increased burnout. Adapted from the University of Alabama's MMLO initiative, the UNC palliative care team implemented the MMLO initiative in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic to elicit personhood, restore patient dignity, and provide patient-centered care. The team also aimed to understand the MMLO's effect on HCWs and patient care. Method(s): Primary teams identified candidates and made referrals. The MMLO team called patients' loved ones to explain the initiative and ask questions from the MMLO form. Respondents' answers were posted at patients' bedsides along with collected patient photos. Survey data were collected from participants immediately prior to and 2-7 days after form completion. Quantitative and qualitative data from HCWs' experiences with MMLO were also collected after implementation. Result(s): Using a Mann-Whitney test, there is a significant improvement in median satisfactory level between the pre- and post-MMLO surveys of patients' loved ones regarding their perception of the care provided. Of the 21 HCWs surveyed, 96% agreed they learned something about their patients, and 58% stated they learned something about themselves after taking care of patients with a completed MMLO. Additionally, 90% of the HCWs stated that the MMLO increased their connectedness to their patients, and 76% stated that this project will positively change their future care of patients. Implications: The MMLO revealed the importance of connectedness and reflection. For HCWs, the connectedness to patients at a time of heightened stress reinforced a sense of purpose. Reflections concluded that the MMLO "visualized that people care" and provided a new lens for how others see the medical profession. Given these positive outcomes, we hope to universally implement the MMLO throughout the UNC Health Care system and promote it more broadly.Copyright © 2023
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Objectives:In March 30th 2020, a request was raised by the Austrian Ministry of Health (BMASGK) and further Austrian policy stakeholder to set up a Horizon Scanning System (HSS) for medicines and vaccines. The establishment of a HSS/ Horizon Scanning System for Covid-19 interventions has the intention of a. informing health policy makers at an early stage which interventions (vaccinations and drugs) are currently undergoing clinical trials and b. monitoring them over the next few months in order to support evidence-based purchasing, if necessary. Methods:To respond to the request by BMASGK, 1. As a first step an inventory, based on international sources, is being built. 2. As a second step, selective searches by means of searches in study registries are carried out for information on clinical studies in humans and the state of research. 3. The information gathered in the first two steps forms the basis for "vignettes" (short descriptions) for those products that are already at an "advanced" stage. 4. Subsequently, the products are being monitored with regard to their status of clinical studies up to approval and are finally evaluated for their benefit and harm. All work steps are conducted in close international (European) cooperation.
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Objectives:In March 30th 2020, a request was raised by the Austrian Ministry of Health (BMASGK) and further Austrian policy stakeholder to set up a Horizon Scanning System (HSS) for medicines and vaccines. The establishment of a HSS/ Horizon Scanning System for Covid-19 interventions has the intention of a. informing health policy makers at an early stage which interventions (vaccinations and drugs) are currently undergoing clinical trials and b. monitoring them over the next few months in order to support evidence-based purchasing, if necessary. Methods:To respond to the request by BMASGK, 1. As a first step an inventory, based on international sources, is being built. 2. As a second step, selective searches by means of searches in study registries are carried out for information on clinical studies in humans and the state of research. 3. The information gathered in the first two steps forms the basis for "vignettes" (short descriptions) for those products that are already at an "advanced" stage. 4. Subsequently, the products are being monitored with regard to their status of clinical studies up to approval and are finally evaluated for their benefit and harm. All work steps are conducted in close international (European) cooperation.
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Objectives:In March 30th 2020, a request was raised by the Austrian Ministry of Health (BMASGK) and further Austrian policy stakeholder to set up a Horizon Scanning System (HSS) for medicines and vaccines. The establishment of a HSS/ Horizon Scanning System for Covid-19 interventions has the intention of a. informing health policy makers at an early stage which interventions (vaccinations and drugs) are currently undergoing clinical trials and b. monitoring them over the next few months in order to support evidence-based purchasing, if necessary. Methods:To respond to the request by BMASGK, 1. As a first step an inventory, based on international sources, is being built. 2. As a second step, selective searches by means of searches in study registries are carried out for information on clinical studies in humans and the state of research. 3. The information gathered in the first two steps forms the basis for "vignettes" (short descriptions) for those products that are already at an "advanced" stage. 4. Subsequently, the products are being monitored with regard to their status of clinical studies up to approval and are finally evaluated for their benefit and harm. All work steps are conducted in close international (European) cooperation.