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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"patient needs"”.
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STANDARDIZATION OF SHIFT REPORT BY IMPLEMENTING A NURSING REPORT SHEET AND ADDRESSING PATIENT VALUES TO MEET PATIENT NEEDS
… (AHRQ) (2013) reported that approximately 70% of patient adverse events are attributed to communication failures between healthcare providers. Nurses remain inconsistent with information sharing during bedside shift report leading to communication gaps. The object of the clinical nurse leader …
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Paediatric Palliative Care - describing patient needs and the experiences of caregivers and health care workers in a Cape Town Paediatric Intermediate Care Facility
Aim: The study describes the population (and care needs) of children admitted to the facility, the experiences of their primary caregivers and the health care workers caring for them. Methodology: This was a descriptive study that utilised elements of both prospective and crosssectional design. The …
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Paediatric Palliative Care - describing patient needs and the experiences of caregivers and health care workers in a Cape Town Paediatric Intermediate Care Facility
… context, little is known about the specific care needs of these children and the experiences of caregivers and health care workers during the child's stay at an intermediate / step down facility. Aim: The study describes the population (and care needs) of children admitted to the facility, the …
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Analyzing factors affecting patient satisfaction using the Kano model
"Customer needs associated with the healthcare sector are constantly evolving with the technological advancements, rising costs, and shifts in patient demographics. Challenges associated with understanding patient needs impact the quality of care and life, safety, and satisfaction. The objective of …
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The views of healthcare providers on providing a brief treatment to address methamphetamine use among patients with a dual diagnosis
… treatment for MA use within a psychiatric inpatient setting would allow adjustment of the treatment according to individual patient needs. It is important to understand the patient needs and potential service barriers to care before formulating a treatment. This study begins to address this …
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Data-driven Analysis of Clinical Trials
… (BDA), balancing FDA safety standards with patient needs. This method provides a quantitative way to consider both the patient’s perspective and the disease’s impact. The second study uses machine learning models to predict how long clinical trials will take. By analyzing a large dataset, it …
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A Holistic Framework for Designing Mental Health Technology
… In order to create MHT that can meet real patient needs, keep users engaged in the long run, while meeting the requirements of external stakeholders such as regulatory bodies, clinical systems and healthcare payers, I propose a holistic framework for designing MHT that integrates …
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MUSIC THERAPY PRACTICES FOR INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL (IST) PATIENTS IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS: CONTENT ANALYSIS
… music therapy in competency restoration for IST patients. This study aimed to examine current music therapy practices with IST patients by exploring music therapists’ perspectives on patient needs and goals, the use of music in competency restoration, and the specific methods and techniques …
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Justice in Health Care Access Measuring Attitudes of Health Care Professionals
… on the scale measuring fairness to individual patients. Conclusion. In a convenience sample of health care professionals at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana, equity in distributing access to health care among individual patient needs was found to more closely meet their …
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PATIENT LENGTH OF STAY: PREDICTIVE VARIABILITY AMONG FORENSIC AND CIVIL PSYCHIATRIC UNITS AND POPULATIONS
Patient length of stay (LOS) in psychiatric inpatient services has become one of the most popular but least understood measures of treatment efficiency and total cost of care. The initiative to decrease LOS in an effort to reduce total treatment costs will ultimately be more costly, unless LOS …
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The Relationally-Centered Integrated Behavioral Health Model: Exploring Holistic Patient Health Outcomes
… (BPS) framework to provide holistic care to patients by organizing collaborative teams of biomedical and psychosocial health services. Due to the diversity of patient needs, many IPC models have been created with varying methods of organizational structure and foci. This dissertation explores …
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Engaged Scholarship in Partnership with a Local Hospice: A Qualitative Case Study in a Radiation Therapy Classroom
… to communicate with a unique population, patient needs, gained a more empathetic viewpoint, reframing their view of terminally ill patients, and changing viewpoint of the role of the radiation therapist. Emerging tensions are also described; pedagogical implications and avenues for future …
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The Variations of Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of Child Life Professionals
… and play-based education for pediatric patients and their families (Gaynard, 1998; Wojtasik & White, 2009). In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics (2006) recommended the role of the CCLS as an essential component of family-centered care in the hospital environment. Through their …
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A Digital Transformation Framework for Biopharma Manufacturing
… emphasize technology over strategies to address patient needs. However, the biggest problem is that the most commonly used frameworks are high-level models that need to provide guiding pathways for practitioners to follow. This study explores the evolution of the life science industry and …
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A Tailored Sleep Behavior Change Support System to Promote the Use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Machines: Theorizing the Solution
… less-than-optimal adherence or use. Up to 50% of patients who accept CPAP therapy fail to adhere to it. As a lack of commitment to CPAP therapy is one of the most significant factors that hinder OSA treatment effectiveness, patient motivation and education are critical to help alleviate the …
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In-Patient Self-Management Diabetes Education
… diabetes self-management education to the in-patient with diabetes. The specific aim is to improve and standardize diabetes education for the inpatient with diabetes by June 2015. The microsystem is a medical surgical unit for patients 18 years and older who present with diabetes as either a …
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New Tools for Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacterial Infections
… comes the ability to administer personalized patient treatments, an area which has become increasingly explored. In wound care applications, for example, different wound types may display impairments in various phases of the healing process, requiring distinct therapeutics to improve patient …
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Implementation and Evaluation of the "Human Trafficking 201 Workshop" Pilot conducted in partnership with Seattle Children's Center for Diversity and Health Equity
… to detect, support, and aid in the care of patients suspected of or known to be involved in HT. There have been many attempts to develop HT trainings for HCPs but there is no standard, evidence-based, HT-specific training curricula and/or course. Many HCPs are unaware of the ways in which HT …
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Termination For Fetal Anomaly: What Is The Impact of Genetic Counseling On Coping?
… as lacking to some extent. Given the overlap in patient needs and the practice scope of a genetic counselor (GC), this study aimed to examine how genetic counseling may impact coping as well as explore patient expectations of GCs pre- and post-TFA. An online survey, which included the Brief COPE …
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Exploring Responsive and Supportive Cancer Care for Racialized Adolescents and Young Adults
… upon participatory action research (PAR) and patient-oriented research (POR) methodologies, the study engaged healthcare professionals through a modified focus group and semi-structured interviews to explore how they could be more supportive and responsive to racialized AYAs navigating cancer …
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