Essays Tagged: "patient satisfaction"
Collaborative Practice in Health Care
in health care occurs when a member of the health care team consults with another member to provide patient care. Collaboration most often occurs between doctors and nurses. "Collaboration is defined ... respect not only of each other but of the work and perspectives each contributes to the care of the patient" (Phipps and Schaag, 1995, p. 19). Effective collaborative practice amongst all health care ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Communication & Satisfaction whilst undergoing Barium Enema examination.
Health communication covers a wide range of topics, but a central focus is health care provider-patient communication, specifically, issues involving patient satisfaction and compliance. Patient c ... nvolving patient satisfaction and compliance. Patient compliance is defined as "the extent to which patients follow clinical prescriptions" (Burgoon, Bark, & Hall, 1991). Patient satisfaction is l ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies
Reduction Mammaplasty: An Assessment Of Risk Factors For Post-Operative Complications And Patient Satisfaction
ABSTRACTA retrospective study was designed to determine whether patient specific factors - age, smoking and obesity (Body Mass Index) and intra-operative factors, s ... s, such as weight of tissue removed and duration of operation, influence the complication rates in, patients after reduction mammaplasty. Additionally, it evaluates the long-term results and patient s ... ted through a combination of reviewing medical records and telephone questionnaires. We reviewed 67 patients who had bilateral breast reduction at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Adelaide) between 1993- ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
America and Canada: Two Healthcare Systems, Same Crisis
for the same reasons? Both countries are looking at a growing shortage of doctors to provide care, patients from both countries are crossing the borders in search of what they can't get in their home ... what they can't get in their home countries, and through the turmoil, statistics show that overall patient satisfaction is pretty comparable in both countries. So which system is better?A looming doc ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Nursing
1.) Warner, R. (1992). Nurses' Empathy and Patients Satisfaction With Nursing Care. Journal of The New York State Nurses Association, 23, 8-11. ... rnal of The New York State Nurses Association, 23, 8-11.2.) Quantitative measure of empathy against patient satisfaction. Graphs were used, numerical comparisons 3.) Non-experimental, no elements, var ... better quality of care cane be provided.5.) Is nursing empathy training a necessary tool for better patient satisfaction? 6.) Is nursing empathy training necessary to provide better quality nursing ca ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Collaborative Practice
in health care occurs when a member of the health care team consults with another member to provide patient care. Collaboration most often occurs between doctors and nurses. "Collaboration is defined ... respect not only of each other but of the work and perspectives each contributes to the care of the patient" (Phipps and Schaag, 1995, p. 19). Effective collaborative practice amongst all health care ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Monroe Hospital
ting facilities to meet ambulatory needs. The hospital is also faced with the uncertainties of it?s patient?s health care insurance coverage. A recent study suggested that alternative delivery systems ... nly through partnerships and associations can the hospital control resources that are used to treat patients and achieve it?s new mission to serve the community through decentralized family care cente ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Risk Management: Falls
are system is continuously changing especially with all the concern with hospital reimbursement and patient satisfaction scores. These days risk management plays a critical role in the health care set ... ossibly affect reimbursement and satisfaction scores though means such as audits, incident reports, patient and family comments "good" or "bad" and patient surveys. Potential risks are analyzed and ev ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine