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Patient-initiated hospital follow-up for rheumatoid arthritis (2000)
Journal Article
Hewlett, S., Kirwan, J. R., Mitchell, K., Hogg, J., Korendovych, E., & Paine, T. (2000). Patient-initiated hospital follow-up for rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology, 39, 990-997

Objectives: To evaluate the clinical efficacy, cost and acceptability of a shared care system of patient- or general practitioner (GP)-initiated hospital review in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: A 2-yr randomized controlled trial of routine... Read More about Patient-initiated hospital follow-up for rheumatoid arthritis.

Rheumatology telephone helplines: An activity analysis (2000)
Journal Article
McCabe, C., MacDowell, J., Cushnaghan, J., Butts, S., Hewlett, S., Stafford, S., …Breslin, A. (2000). Rheumatology telephone helplines: An activity analysis. Rheumatology, 39, 1390-1395

Background: Anecdotal evidence suggests that the services offered by rheumatology telephone helplines in the UK vary widely between NHS Trusts because of the lack of national or European guidelines. Objective: To conduct an activity analysis of s... Read More about Rheumatology telephone helplines: An activity analysis.

Information in resource management: Ward managers' perceptions (1999)
Journal Article
Hughes, M., & Hughes, M. (1999). Information in resource management: Ward managers' perceptions. Health Informatics Journal, 5(1), 20-29. https://doi.org/10.1177/146045829900500104

With the third wave of UK National Health Service reforms now several years old and resource management firmly established, this study investigated ward managers' perceptions of their clinical information needs and their information processes in rela... Read More about Information in resource management: Ward managers' perceptions.

Nursing workload: An unquantifiable entity (1999)
Journal Article
Hughes, M., & Hughes, M. (1999). Nursing workload: An unquantifiable entity. Journal of Nursing Management, 7(6), 317-322. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2834.1999.00148.x

Background: In the increasingly prominent drives towards cost containment and efficiency nursing is under pressure to justify its value to healthcare. On the surface nursing workload assessment methods would appear to offer a means to quantify the nu... Read More about Nursing workload: An unquantifiable entity.

Do hand gestures, verbal descriptors and degree of pain radiation as reported by patients with acute chest pain assist in differentiating those with acute myocardial infarction (1999)
Presentation / Conference
Albarran, J. (1999, September). Do hand gestures, verbal descriptors and degree of pain radiation as reported by patients with acute chest pain assist in differentiating those with acute myocardial infarction. Paper presented at BACCN Annual Conference, Nottingham University, Nottingham, UK

Training is the key to confronting abuse (1999)
Presentation / Conference
Fear, T. (1999, July). Training is the key to confronting abuse. Paper presented at IV European Congress of Gerontology, Berlin, Germany

Adolescent asthma care (1999)
Presentation / Conference
Francis, C. (1999, June). Adolescent asthma care. Paper presented at National asthma campaign, London, UK

Women's experiences of coronary heart disease (1999)
Presentation / Conference
Lockyer, L. (1999, June). Women's experiences of coronary heart disease. Poster presented at Royal College of Nursing Inernational Nursing Research Conference, Keel University, UK