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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"phone call"”.
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Implementing Change to Decrease the Re-admission Rate for Clients of a Care Transition Program
… rates by implementing an initial follow-up phone call within one day of discharge in 75% of the care transition clients by April 30, 2016. This project was based on research articles that stated that readmission rates were decreased with a follow-up phone call. Melton et al. (2012) state …
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Minimizing Inpatient Readmissions Through the Use of Discharge Phone Calls
<p>Discharge phone call is a new approach that many hospitals are utilizing to ensure a patient’s safe transition home. A study showed that 65 percent of patients said, during hospitalization, no one discussed about managing their care at home (Clark et al., 2005). Hospital reimbursements are based …
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Reducing Avoidable Interruptions During the Medication Administration Process
… medication errors by reducing the number of phone call and call light interruptions during the medication administration process.</p> <p>Methods: Lippitt’s Change Theory was used to address the objective of decreasing medication errors by reducing the amount of phone call interruptions during …
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Improving Appointment Keeping at an Eye Care Clinic Using a Revised Process Package
… training, mailed postcard reminders and two phone call reminders. Results indicate appointment keeping by pre-appointed patients increased over baseline. The intervention was also shown to be cost-beneficial.
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A Phenomenological Study of How Anti-Racist Leadership Training Principles Impact the Actions of Middle School Principals
… initial ninety-minute interview and a follow-up phone call. The ten identified principals' were from varied racial and cultural backgrounds.</p>
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Look Who's Talking : mechanisms for sharing interpersonal context and social titles as awareness information
… automatic, and often much more persistent than a phone call. Although there are many ways in which awareness information can be useful, the privacy of the individual can become more of an issue as more information is made available. Prototype awareness systems developed to date have therefore …
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One thing I love: A novel and, Balance in creation: A novelist's view of the psychology of inspiration, an accompanying essay
… her American husband Jake. Jake is characteristically enthusiastic; Anna is less sure. As the pregnancy progresses, Jake and Anna attend pregnancy yoga class, have a power struggle over turning the computer room into the nursery, and fend off interference from Jake's parents, who are 20, 000 km, …
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Examining Strategic Information Technology in Relationship to the Need for Technology Modernization
… were mailed a survey packet followed by a phone call for all non-responding organizations. The findings that resulted from this research showed that there is statistical evidence to support that organizations do perform the business process of developing a strategic plan. This research also …
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Increasing Patient Participation in the Medication Reconciliation Process
… patient posters, brochures and pre-appointment phone call reminders to bring in their medications. The barriers to implementing the patient awareness intervention in this clinic were in part related to resistance to change and lack of understanding of the medication reconciliation process. The …
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Determination of the Effectiveness of the Immunization Auto Dialer and Post Card Reminder System
… was to determine the effectiveness of a telephone autodialer and postcard parental reminder system on the incidence of immunizations in children under two years of age. The study group consisted of all consenting parents of newboms bom at a Midwestem hospital who resided within the hospital's …
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Registered Nurses' Attitudes Towards Orientation Program
… personally delivered, or mailed with a follow up phone call, to 41 registered nurses completing an orientation program in a 450+ bed Midwestern hospital. The descriptive analysis and hypothesis testing is based on the 40 registered nurses who returned the completed tool. The findings indicated …
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A Soft Landing
… him, undo in him. Then one morning he receives a phone call from his uncle, Sontaga, to come fetch his mother, Violet, and take her to a mental institution because her mental health is deteriorating. As if given a last chance, on this trip, long-repressed memories flood his head and dull his days …
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Identifying Factors Contributing to Post-discharge Appointment Attendance for Patients with Heart Failure: A Quality Improvement Project
… system, and a 72-hour transitional care phone call. This hospital’s HF Cardiology Rounding Team (HF-CRT) provided specific HF support for patients admitted to the Advanced HF Service, ensuring a one-week post-discharge follow-up appointment was scheduled, however the HF-CRT did not assist …
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Identifying recruitment efforts college freshmen see as most influential
… one of these organizations was receiving a phone call from someone involved with recruitment at the University of Illinois.
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The Extent of Distraction of Cell Phone Conversations for Passengers in Simulated Flight
… passengers are forbidden from making cell phone calls during flights in the United States due to cellular electronic interference. However, some related research has demonstrated that the use of cell phones has little interference with avionics. Furthermore, any potential electronic …
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The Development of Romantic Relationships Through Computer-Mediated Communication: Synchronous Vs. Asynchronous Interaction
… identified, including email communication, telephone, letters and pictures, as well as synchronous communication channel use. Numerous turning point events that influenced the intensity and/or the direction of these relationships were identified in the study, including the first phone call, the …
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Visualizing the conversation pathways of telephone linked care in a directed graph
Telephone linked care (TLC) is a telehealth intervention that has been shown to be effective in a variety of clinical settings. TLC is an interactive computerized telephone system. The system 'speaks' to patients, asking them questions and understanding their responses. There is logic built into …
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Implementing Risk Tools to Prevent Hospital Readmission
… score patients referred receive a post discharge phone call within 48 hours, and are assessed for their risk of medication management issues as part of their initial assessment, by August 1<sup>st,</sup> 2017.</p> <p><strong>Setting</strong>: The TP provides short term case management for patients …
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The incidence of postoperative vomiting in children undergoing elective surgery at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
… and 24hours postoperatively, the guardian was called using a structured phone call to assess if the participant vomited. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25 and binary logistic regression was done to assess associations. Results: Overall incidence of PONV was 6% and the established risk …
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COMBINING EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION & A PEDOMETER-BASE PROGRAM TO REDUCE CVD RISK FACTORS IN MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS
… exercise prescription in conjunction with weekly phone calls added to the student prescription would differentially reduce CVD risk, and 3) to determine if either of these interventions in middle-aged adults improves quality of life (QOL). Methods: Forty-two participants (21 males, 21 females) …
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