Supply Chain Competence Center (Germany)

Adoption of, attitudes towards, and perceived challenges of digital health in hospice and palliative care among professionals in Germany: a national cross-sectional web-based survey

Abstract Background Digital health technologies may support communication, symptom management, continuity of care, and access to services in hospice and palliative care. National data on their adoption, on professionals’ attitudes, and on perceived barriers are scarce. We examine...

Teacher grades for university entrance qualification: comparing classroom grades with standardised examination scores before and after a grading reform

For university entrance qualifications, there is tension between relying on teacher grades and external examination results. In 2020, an Austrian grading reform allowed teacher grades to be averaged with examination results to form university entrance grades, raising concerns abo...

Homicide at home: setting the agenda for an international collaboration to improve support for children bereaved due to family violence

Background: Bereavement due to fatal family violence (e.g. intimate partner homicide, filicide, parricide, siblicide) is a profoundly disruptive experience for children, with lifelong psychosocial consequences. Although the need for fatal family violence prevention is increasingl...

JAK2 V617F Clonal Dynamics from Clonal Hematopoiesis to Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: A Systems Biology Review of Digital PCR-Based Molecular Monitoring

Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is an age-associated premalignant state defined by somatic mutations in hematopoietic cells at a variant allele frequency (VAF) ≥2% in the absence of overt hematologic malignancy. Among CHIP-associated mutations, JAK2 V617F i...