The 2020 Rourke Baby Record release: A time for reflection and looking forward

Abstract The Rourke Baby Record (RBR) is a health supervision guide for providing care and anticipatory guidance to children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada. First developed in 1979, it has been revised regularly to ensure that it remains current and evidence-informed. The RBR has a longstanding relationship with the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS), and relies on this organization for its expertise to inform the RBR guide’s content. The 2020 edition of the RBR includes many recommendations based on evidence provided in current CPS position statements. The RBR Working Group is planning to develop app-based resources and an adapted RBR for clinical care provision in this challenging pandemic time to ensure that Canadian infants and children continue to receive high-quality care.

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An Interprofessional Education Project to Address Veterans’ Healthcare Needs

International Journal of Higher Education ◽

10.5430/ijhe.v6n1p1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jane Peterson ◽

Margaret Brommelsiek ◽

Sarah Knopf Amelung

Keyword(s):

Interprofessional Education ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Quality Care ◽

Primary Care Clinic ◽

Military Culture ◽

Team Approach ◽

High Quality ◽

Care Clinic ◽

High Quality Care ◽

Healthcare Needs

Background/Objective: The number of veterans and their families seeking healthcare and support within civilian communities is increasing worldwide. There is a need for healthcare providers to provide sensitive, comprehensive care for veterans with both physical and behavioral health conditions. Many civilian providers are unfamiliar with veterans’ issues and need training on military culture and combat experiences in order to provide compassionate, high quality care. An interprofessional (IPE) course to increase health professional students’ understanding of military culture and the associated health problems of veterans was implemented and evaluated. Methods: An 8-week IPE immersion course was offered for students with clinical experience at a Veterans’ Health primary care clinic and a didactic component. The class content included military culture, behavioral and physical health disorders common among veterans, and the related behavioral and pharmacological treatments. Faculty-led discussions with students in IPE teams used veteran-focused case studies and standardized patients to prepare students to work in IPE teams in the clinical care of veterans. Results: This educational project was evaluated using quantitative surveys and qualitative reflection questions and focus groups. Students scored high for readiness for interprofessional learning pre-course. Post-course students reported valuing the team approach to veterans care and students engaged in high levels of communication and collaboration within the team. Students’ knowledge scores increased related to understanding of military culture and their patient advocate role. Conclusions: Students learned about military culture and the provision of humanistic, high quality care for military veterans in this clinical and didactic immersion IPE course.

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Patient dignity and privacy: same-sex accommodation

Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England ◽

10.1308/147363510x481610 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 92 (1) ◽

pp. 16-17

Author(s):

Susan Woodward

Keyword(s):

Health Professionals ◽

Quality Care ◽

Hospital Environment ◽

Process Of Care ◽

Same Sex ◽

High Quality ◽

High Quality Care ◽

Complex Process ◽

The Right ◽

To Receive

Every patient has the right to receive high-quality care that is safe and effective, with decisions based on the needs of each individual patient, not the constraints of the environment or the convenience of staff. The hospital environment, familiar to doctors, nurses and other health professionals, is unfamiliar for the patient and is often a bewildering, extremely hectic world in which the patient finds that he or she is just one of many. Already anxious in having to deal with his or her condition, the patient can feel vulnerable, unassertive and dependent and almost incidental to the complex process of care.

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Performance-based funding: A case study in Madagascar

Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ◽

10.3126/njog.v13i2.21891 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Seth Cochran

Keyword(s):

Obstetric Fistula ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Quality Care ◽

Standards Of Care ◽

Monetary Incentives ◽

High Quality ◽

High Quality Care ◽

Performance Based Funding ◽

Quality Of Surgery ◽

Number Of Patients

Aims: To successfully introduce a digital performance-based funding system into Sambava Hospital in the SAVA region of Madagascar in order that surgeons and clinical care workers would be incentivized to provide high-quality care to a greater number of patients. Methods: We used a combination of monetary and non-monetary incentives, the first is that we provide a cash transfer when Dr. Fidèle and his team perform in line with our minimum standards of care; the quality of surgery and the entire continuum of care is measured by the use of Operation Fistula’s Global Obstetric Fistula Electronic Registry (GOFER) application. The non-monetary incentives include visualisations of Dr. Fidele’s surgical progress so that he can more effectively monitor the practices of the team. Results: This pilot in Sambava Hospital revealed that the data collection tool serves three purposes: It ensures that the surgeries performed and nursing care maintained meet a minimum standard of care; It acts as a verification mechanism that triggers payment; and The data collected enables Dr. Fidèle to track and measure his own surgical progress, with our surgical dashboards. Conclusions: The initial outcome of this pilot program has yielded positive results. From March to September, the treatment of 40 patients has been accounted for and transfers have been made, on receipt of corresponding data. Keywords: Funding, high quality care, patients

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