Stage division and pattern discovery of complex patient care processes

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1136-1159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingyan Wang ◽  
Xin Tian ◽  
Ming Yu ◽  
Xin Qi ◽  
Lan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Pattern Discovery ◽  
Complex Patient ◽  
Care Processes ◽  
Stage Division

Intrapulmonary artery balloon pumping after CABG surgery

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
D Holzum
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Pulmonary Blood Flow ◽  
Nursing Management ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Cabg Surgery ◽  
Complex Patient ◽  
Surgery Patient

Involvement in complex patient care situations is commonplace in critical care settings today. Nurses come in contact with situations in which new techniques and innovative ideas are being implemented. Nursing management can favorably affect the prognosis of the CABG surgery patient with RV failure receiving intrapulmonary artery balloon pumping. Timing should be adjusted to promote pulmonary blood flow and decrease workload of the RV.

Intellectual disability and ageing

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 669-675
Author(s):  
Maria Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Patient Group ◽  
Background Knowledge ◽  
Know How ◽  
Complex Patient ◽  
Age Related

As people with intellectual disability are now living to a greater age, promoting and maintaining health, recognising disease and co-ordinating pathways of patient care, become increasingly important. The GP needs to understand problems associated with increased longevity in this complex patient group and to know how to support ageing patients. This article will provide background knowledge, advice and resources to better understand common age-related problems in people with intellectual disability and to support patients and their families in managing these issues.

scholarly journals Competence in Patient Safety: A Multifaceted Experiential Educational Intervention for Resident Physicians

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P Lukela ◽  
Vikas I Parekh ◽  
John W Gosbee ◽  
Joel A Purkiss ◽  
John Del Valle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Faculty Attitudes ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Faculty Evaluations ◽  
Safe Patient Care ◽  
Safety Improvement ◽  
Care Processes ◽  
Comprehensive Survey

Abstract Background The need to provide efficient, effective, and safe patient care is of paramount importance. However, most physicians receive little or no formal training to prepare them to address patient safety challenges within their clinical practice. Methods We describe a comprehensive Patient Safety Learning Program (PSLP) for internal medicine and medicine-pediatrics residents. The curriculum is designed to teach residents key concepts of patient safety and provided opportunities to apply these concepts in the “real” world in an effort to positively transform patient care. Residents were assigned to faculty expert-led teams and worked longitudinally to identify and address patient safety conditions and problems. The PSLP was assessed by using multiple methods. Results Resident team-based projects resulted in changes in several patient care processes, with the potential to improve clinical outcomes. However, faculty evaluations of residents were lower for the Patient Safety Improvement Project rotation than for other rotations. Comments on “unsatisfactory” evaluations noted lack of teamwork, project participation, and/or responsiveness to faculty communication. Participation in the PSLP did not change resident or faculty attitudes toward patient safety, as measured by a comprehensive survey, although there was a slight increase in comfort with discussing medical errors. Conclusions Development of the PSLP was intended to create a supportive environment to enhance resident education and involve residents in patient safety initiatives, but it produced lower faculty evaluations of resident for communication and professionalism and did not have the intended positive effect on resident or faculty attitudes about patient safety. Further research is needed to design or refine interventions that will develop more proactive resident learners and shift the culture to a focus on patient safety.

Acute burn injury: a trauma case report

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
JF Byers ◽  
MB Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Patient Outcome ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Burn Injury ◽  
Care Nurse ◽  
Critical Care Nurse ◽  
Physiological Processes ◽  
Complex Patient ◽  
Major Burn ◽  
Optimal Patient Care ◽  
Trauma Case

Acute major burn injury provides the critical care nurse with a dynamic and complex patient care challenge. Understanding the physiological processes associated with acute major burn injury allows for proactive assessment and interventions. A thorough knowledge base regarding acute burn injury facilitates optimal patient care and improves the probability of a quality patient outcome.

Emerging Mobile Service Applications

2012 ◽  
pp. 290-309
Author(s):  
Ygal Bendavid ◽  
Ramin Deban
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Mobile Service ◽  
Care Processes ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
Enhance Patient Care ◽  
Technological Options ◽  
Specific Comparison

This chapter discusses the adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies as an emerging phenomenon enabling innovative mobile service applications. More specifically, it focuses on the healthcare sector by examining how RFID-enabled Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) can be used to enhance patient care processes while reducing costs of operations. Since different technological designs can be elaborated for a single application, there is a need for practitioners to have a better understanding of the technological options available on the market. Although much information is already available in the literature, many of it is not vendor neutral, resulting in more confusion for practitioners. This chapter addresses this gap by identifying specific comparison variables and using them to highlight the key differences between various RFID-enabled RTLS systems.

Studying and Supporting Collaborative Care Processes

2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1074-1078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Dominguez ◽  
Paul Uhlig ◽  
Jeff Brown ◽  
Systems Safety Group ◽  
Olga Gurevich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Collaborative Care ◽  
Physician Assistants ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Hospital Units ◽  
Post Surgery ◽  
Care Processes ◽  
Shared Goal

In patient care today, teams of practitioners from various disciplines must coordinate their efforts in order to deliver care successfully. Frontline nurses and physicians must interact with social workers, therapists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and others to develop and carry out coordinated plans of care. Also, clinical team members must communicate with patients and their families in language that can be understood and acted upon. In support of these goals, JCAHO standards require patient care to be planned and provided in an interdisciplinary, collaborative manner. As hospital units develop processes for collaborative care in complex environments such as post-surgery and critical care units, it is important to understand what constitutes success for these processes and how they can be enabled and supported. This report documents a series of field visits and simulations designed to observe, videotape, and interview collaborative care team members, patients, and family members engaged in varying forms of collaborative practice. This ongoing research is being conducted by a multi-disciplinary team of medical and social scientists with a shared goal of studying and supporting collaborative care processes.

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