patient safety in health care

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2016, 13:55

... other data about the incidence of incidents in primary healthcare settings in the Netherlands [21] Aims and objectives Current data regarding patient safety in primary care in the Netherlands are ... healthcare services [7] In many countries, including the Netherlands, most patients receive most of their healthcare in primary care settings Although primary care may imply lower risks for the patient, ... following hypothesis: patient safety in primary care is relatively good, meaning that fewer incidents per 100,000 contacts occur in primary care than in hospital care, and fewer of these incidents...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... individuals whose main function in the health care setting is something other than interpreting These individuals may work within health care or outside it They provide interpreting services as a ... the patient, an employee acting as interpreter, or a full-time staff interpreter In the health care setting, linguistic competence in each language must include a strong command of health care ... knowledge of health care better in English than in Spanish but to socialize more comfortably in Spanish than in English In order to interact with patients in Spanish within the professional domain, they...

Ngày tải lên: 22/10/2013, 12:15

... effectiveness in protecting HCWs [health care workers] from M tuberculosis transmission in health care settings has not been determined Information concerning the transmission of M tuberculosis is incomplete ... Trainee Actively Involve the Trainee in the Training Allow Time for Adjustment Provide Feedback Provide Refresher Training 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 Tips For Reducing Resistance and Promoting Safety ... Each Use Inspection During Cleaning vii 28 28 28 28 30 Cleaning, Repairing, and Storing Respirators Used For Protection Against TB Introduction Cleaning A Disassembly B Cleaning and Sanitizing C...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 22:20

... family-centered care include integrating patient feedback on preferences, functional outcomes, and experiences of care into all care settings and care delivery Additional opportunities include increasing ... Improvement in Health Care Nationwide Initiative—Linking Patient Experiences to Provider Payment is now part of how Medicare pays for health care services Through rigorous surveys measuring patient- provider ... Veterans Health Administration Annual Progress Report to Congress National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care The Interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality met again in December...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... Perspective on Minority Health, ” Health Care Financing Review 21 (2000): 45–56 10 D R Williams and T D Rucker, “Understanding and Addressing Racial Disparities in Health Care, ” Health Care Financing Review ... available information on minority health, shows that minorities continue to lag behind whites on many important health indicators, including infant mortality rates, life expectancy, and health insurance ... in health care and recruiting minorities into the health professions.e Systemic cultural competence recommendations focus on eliminating systemic or institutional barriers to care and improving...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... health- care associated settings go beyond the previously defined facilities The term health- care setting” includes many types, such as inpatient settings, outpatient settings, TB clinics, settings in correctional ... which HCWs might be in contact with clinical specimens Various setting types might be present in a single facility Health care settings include inpatient settings, outpatient settings, and nontraditional ... in a health- care setting and the specific measures to reduce this risk HCWs receive various types of training; therefore, combining training for TB infection control with other related trainings...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... assist in assuring that patient safety principles are integrated into practices by emphasizing these in board certification examinations and by selecting relevant patient safety- related articles in ... use such technologies in the operating room on patients Incorporate patient safety education into all levels of training as a requirement for initial and continued board certification— from undergraduate ... outlined the (too) slow progress in patient safety efforts since the Institute of Medicine report was released in 1999.3 They Pearlman blamed in large part the so-called culture of medicine—a...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 14:20

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 17:20

... disparities in healthcare Finding 4-1: Bias, stereotyping, prejudice, and clinical uncertainty on the part of healthcare providers may contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare While indirect ... Understanding Clinical Decision-Making and the Roles of Stereotyping, Uncertainty, and Bias, 236 Understanding Patient- Level Influences on Care, 237 Understanding the Influence of Healthcare Systems ... law define discrimination in varying ways, some focusing on intent and others emphasizing disparate impact Finally, in defining racial and ethnic minority groups, the committee uses the definitions...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... for Health 2009, 7:53 Background There is growing evidence that informal payments are, in many low- and middle-income countries, the main source of health care financing [1] In this paper, informal ... informal payment for health care Social Science and Medicine 2005, 60:1445-1447 Lewis M: Informal payments and the financing of health care in developing and transition countries: Informal payments ... businesses, growing vegetables to sell at the market, doing extra jobs not in the health sector, working in the private sector as health professionals, and charging informally for services Moving to the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... (8.3%) worked at inpatient, outpatient, intensive care, operating room, and laboratory units Of the subjects who worked in the inpatient, outpatient, intensive care, and operating room units 34.6%, ... tuberculosis in health care workers, particularly in the in- and outpatient units Policy development regarding tuberculosis infection control programs focused on workplace prevention in health care facilities ... Debanne S, King C, Whalen CC: Tuberculosis infection among health care workers in Kampala, Uganda IntJ Tuberc Lung Dis 2005, 9:686-8 Swinker M: Occupational infections in health care workers:...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... "Treat, Train and Retain" initiative, echoing the important lead of UNESCO/EI-EFAIDS in supporting teachers living with HIV [18] The GIPA statement requires investment in people with HIV in order ... This means understanding that a functioning health system is everybody's business It means listening to, working with and supporting the meaningful involvement of people living with HIV to understand ... primary interest is to promote, restore or maintain health [8] Health systems include a mother caring for a sick child at home, private providers, behaviour change programmes, health insurance...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... or in wards, gossiping about patients' status, verbally harassing patients, avoiding and isolating HIV-positive patients, and referring patients for HIV testing without counselling [17] In Indian ... setting, outlined below, are also applicable in other health care settings, such as primary care clinics and health posts Involve all staff members, not just health professionals, in training ... HIV Posting relevant policies, handwashing procedures or other critical information in key areas in the health care setting enables health workers to maintain better quality of patient care Policy...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... counselling, providing detailed information about coping with HIV, approaches to maintaining health, and de-stigmatizing HIV This suggests that hospitals and health providers may be preparing to ... and receive health care without fear Likewise, curricula related to marginalization and stigma should be developed and included in the training of all health care providers Competing interests ... enhancing doctors' skills in interacting with HIV patients, providing counselling, and demonstrating positive attitudes towards their patients This holistic approach should improve the quality of health...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... by input at varying stages from research team members with expertise in one or more of nursing, medicine, pharmacy, HF engineering, healthcare ethics, law, patient advocacy, healthcare administration, ... distinctness of safety in home care as compared to patient safety in institutions while addressing the importance of continuity across the continuum of care Consideration of HF principles contributes ... as co-investigator and collaborators from the project's inception, including provincial health ministries, national health information, patient safety, and accreditation bodies, and provincial...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... an outbreak in turn can have significant consequences for patients and continuity of care in healthcare institutions such as those with long-term care, including nursing homes [9] In The Netherlands, ... information concerning the reduction in reducing the risk to infect patients with of infecting patients (leaflets, posters, website, plenary influenza meeting) - Interactive information provision ... Discussion in smaller groups Information received through an information meeting Conducting an information meeting Execute an information meeting with plenary information on influenza and influenza...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... Maynard DW: Introduction: Analyzing interaction between doctors and patients in primary care encounters In Communication in medical care: Interaction between primary care physicians and patients ... locally-occurring, informal conversation as one aspect of communication and discuss conversation's role in improving and inhibiting the sensemaking and learning required for successful interventions in health ... conversation are nonlinear, as are the resulting patterns of meaning and relating that are so important in intervention success [10,30] In addition to creating and maintaining cohesion, conversation...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... monitoring) The CWG continues to be involved in this phase to assist researchers in interpreting feedback from the evaluation process Training Training of selected staff members at participating ... sustain the intervention (e.g., incorporation into job duties, securing funding, and training new personnel), re-customizing intervention delivery as circumstances change, and preparing the refined ... services based on the intervention's core elements Among health care purchasers and health plans, sustainability may involve making the business case for initiating financial incentives to provide...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:22

... Maynard DW: Introduction: Analyzing interaction between doctors and patients in primary care encounters In Communication in medical care: Interaction between primary care physicians and patients ... locally-occurring, informal conversation as one aspect of communication and discuss conversation's role in improving and inhibiting the sensemaking and learning required for successful interventions in health ... conversation are nonlinear, as are the resulting patterns of meaning and relating that are so important in intervention success [10,30] In addition to creating and maintaining cohesion, conversation...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20