An essential characteristic of advanced practice nurses is the use of theory in practice.
Clinical nurse specialists apply theory in providing or directing patient care, in their work as …

Multimorbidity refers to the coexistence of two or more chronic diseases in one person.
Therefore, patients with multimorbidity have multiple and special care needs. However, in …

Home spirometry is gaining acceptance in the medical community because of its ability to
detect pulmonary exacerbations and improve outcomes of chronic lung ailments. However …

Abstract Models of disease progression are instrumental for predicting patient outcomes and
understanding disease dynamics. Existing models provide the patient with pragmatic …

Background/Objective: Few studies have examined whether chronic heart failure (HF)
outcomes can be improved by increasing patient engagement (known as activation) in care …

As the general public rely more on social media for accessing health information, it is
important to investigate how patients with complex chronic diseases use social media for …

The path to improving healthcare quality for individuals with complex health conditions is
complicated by a lack of common understanding of complexity. Modern medicine, together …

This research examines physician-driven online health communities (OHC), a social media
application in healthcare that engages both patients and physicians. Drawing on the" patient …

Background: Multimorbidity (the presence of multiple chronic conditions) is associated with
high levels of healthcare utilization and associated costs. We investigated the association …

Patients on dialysis are subject-ed to an ongoing onslaught of therapies and lifestyle ch
anges that affect their psych ological and psychosocial well-being. Pa tients are asked to …