Know the score: management of patients with a new diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
D'Marieanne Koomson ◽  
Neil Smith ◽  
Simon McPherson ◽  
Vivek Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Patient Outcome ◽  
Pulmonary Embolism ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Acute Pulmonary Embolism ◽  
Improve Patient Care ◽  
Confidential Enquiry ◽  
New Diagnosis ◽  
Improve Patient

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death review into the quality of care provided to UK patients with a new diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism highlights both clinical and organisational changes that should be made to improve patient care and outcomes.

scholarly journals Improving the quality of healthcare data through information design

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermina Noël ◽  
Janet Joy ◽  
Carmen Dyck
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Improve Patient Care ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Quality Of Patient Care ◽  
Improve Patient ◽  
Insight Into

Improving the quality of patient care, generally referred to as Quality Improvement (QI), is a constant mission of healthcare. Although QI initiatives take many forms, these typically involve collecting data to measure whether changes to procedures have been made as planned, and whether those changes have achieved the expected outcomes. In principle, such data are used to measure the success of a QI initiative and make further changes if needed. In practice, however, many QI data reports provide only limited insight into changes that could improve patient care. Redesigning standard approaches to QI data can help close the gap between current norms and the potential of QI data to improve patient care. This paper describes our study of QI data needs among healthcare providers and managers at Vancouver Coastal Health, a regional health system in Canada. We present an overview of challenges faced by healthcare providers around QI data collection and visualization, and illustrate the advantages and disadvantages of different visualizations. At present, user– centred and evidence–based design is practically unknown in healthcare QI, and thus offers an important new contribution.

scholarly journals A community integrated respiratory team can improve patient care, quality of life and reduce hospital stays

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. s33-s33
Author(s):  
Michael Apps ◽  
Jan Minter ◽  
James Whitfield ◽  
Sue Field ◽  
Ronni Pearce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Improve Patient Care ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Patient Care Quality ◽  
Hospital Stays ◽  
Improve Patient

scholarly journals Incorporating palliative care principles to improve patient care and quality of life in urologic oncology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee A. Hugar ◽  
Elizabeth M. Wulff-Burchfield ◽  
Gary S. Winzelberg ◽  
Bruce L. Jacobs ◽  
Benjamin J. Davies
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Improve Patient Care ◽  
Urologic Oncology ◽  
Improve Patient

scholarly journals Determinants of Patient Care and Satisfaction in Pakistan- A Scoping Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zouina Sarfraz ◽  
Azza Sarfraz ◽  
Hafiza Hussain ◽  
Fareeha Jabeen ◽  
Arham Nadeem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Improve Patient Care ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Public And Private

Background: Pakistan established the Punjab healthcare commission to improve patient care catering to professional accountability in the public and private sectors. As per the World Health Organization, quality of care comprises of six dimensions where the care must be effective, efficient, accessible, patient-centered, equitable, and safe. Objectives: The objectives are to determine if patients are satisfied with the quality of services in public and private sectors, or if any neglect was present. Methods: The literature on patient care and satisfaction was compiled using a scoping review methodology. PubMed, CINAHL Plus, and Scopus were used to collate information. Duplicates were removed using Endnote X9. Results: Of the 467 abstracts and titles that were screened for relevance, 74 were considered for full-text review and potential inclusion in the scoping review. Out of 16 included studies, 7 (43.8%) of the included studies originated from Pakistan. The characteristics of included studies such as quality of care and patient satisfaction are tabulated. Conclusion: Current literature does not provide quality- and satisfaction- focused studies, and has methodological discrepancies. It is required that the medical profession adopt a sense of self-monitoring. Gaps in service provision must be addressed by healthcare managers, policymakers, and physicians in Pakistan.

‘The NCEPOD Method’ – How the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death designs and delivers national clinical outcome review programmes

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa Mason
Keyword(s):  
Patient Outcome ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Surgical Mortality ◽  
Confidential Enquiry ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Reference Document

Introduction This publication describes the method used by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) to run confidential enquiries. With its history based around the review of surgical mortality, NCEPOD has now grown into a medical as well as surgical review and expanded its remit to review overall quality of care of all patients. Methods and analysis The work will describe the qualitative method used by NCEPOD to conduct a national confidential enquiry, starting with how a topic is selected through to report production. Covering all hospitals in the UK and using a network of local contacts, NCEPOD reviews a sample of cases from each hospital and provides in-depth multidisciplinary peer review to give a national picture on the quality of care provided. The peer review data collected is underpinned by quantitative data collected using questionnaires, and all analyses are undertaken using pivot tables in Excel. The paper will highlight the strengths, limitations and challenges of this qualitative method. Ethics and dissemination NCEPOD does not interact directly with patients and therefore does not require ethics approval. NCEPOD does, however, gain approvals through the relevant regulations in all UK countries to collect identifiable or anonymised data without consent. Conclusion The paper will be useful for those who need a reference document for the general approach to enquiries that NCEPOD now uses. It could also be read by those who would like to undertake their own local enquiry and would like a method to base it on.

Agile Patient Care with Distributed M-Health Applications

2009 ◽  
pp. 282-304
Author(s):  
Rafael Capilla ◽  
Alfonso del Río ◽  
Miguel Ángel Valero ◽  
José Antonio Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Improve Patient Care ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Online Access ◽  
Care Demands ◽  
Improve Patient

This chapter deals with the conceptualization, design and implementation of an m-health solution to support ubiquitous, integrated and continuous health care in hospitals. As the life expectancy of population grows in modern societies, effective healthcare becomes more and more important as a key social priority. Medical technology and high quality, accessible and efficient healthcare is currently demanded by citizens. Existing technologies from the computer field are widely used to improve patient care but new challenges demand the use of new communication, hardware and software technologies as a way to provide the necessary quality, security and response time at the point of care need. In this scenario, mobile and distributed developments can clearly help to increase the quality of healthcare systems as well as reduce the time needed to react to emerging care demands. In this chapter we will discuss important issues related to m-health systems and we deeply describe a mobile application for hospital healthcare. This application offers a modern solution which makes more agile doctor and nurse rounds on behalf of an instant online access to patient records through wireless networks. We also provide a highly usable application that makes simple patient monitoring with handheld devices.

scholarly journals Determinants of Patient Care and Satisfaction in Pakistan- A Scoping Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zouina Sarfraz ◽  
Azza Sarfraz ◽  
Hafiza Hussain ◽  
Fareeha Jabeen ◽  
Arham Nadeem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Improve Patient Care ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Public And Private

Background: Pakistan established the Punjab healthcare commission to improve patient care catering to professional accountability in the public and private sectors. As per the World Health Organization, quality of care comprises of six dimensions where the care must be effective, efficient, accessible, patient-centered, equitable, and safe. Objectives: The objectives are to determine if patients are satisfied with the quality of services in public and private sectors, or if any neglect was present. Methods: The literature on patient care and satisfaction was compiled using a scoping review methodology. PubMed, CINAHL Plus, and Scopus were used to collate information. Duplicates were removed using Endnote X9. Results: Of the 467 abstracts and titles that were screened for relevance, 74 were considered for full-text review and potential inclusion in the scoping review. Out of 16 included studies, 7 (43.8%) of the included studies originated from Pakistan. The characteristics of included studies such as quality of care and patient satisfaction are tabulated. Conclusion: Current literature does not provide quality- and satisfaction- focused studies, and has methodological discrepancies. It is required that the medical profession adopt a sense of self-monitoring. Gaps in service provision must be addressed by healthcare managers, policymakers, and physicians in Pakistan.

Agile Patient Care with Distributed M-Health Applications

2011 ◽  
pp. 633-654
Author(s):  
Rafael Capilla ◽  
Alfonso del Río ◽  
Miguel Ángel Valero ◽  
José Antonio Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Improve Patient Care ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Online Access ◽  
Care Demands ◽  
Improve Patient

This chapter deals with the conceptualization, design and implementation of an m-health solution to support ubiquitous, integrated and continuous health care in hospitals. As the life expectancy of population grows in modern societies, effective healthcare becomes more and more important as a key social priority. Medical technology and high quality, accessible and efficient healthcare is currently demanded by citizens. Existing technologies from the computer field are widely used to improve patient care but new challenges demand the use of new communication, hardware and software technologies as a way to provide the necessary quality, security and response time at the point of care need. In this scenario, mobile and distributed developments can clearly help to increase the quality of healthcare systems as well as reduce the time needed to react to emerging care demands. In this chapter we will discuss important issues related to m-health systems and we deeply describe a mobile application for hospital healthcare. This application offers a modern solution which makes more agile doctor and nurse rounds on behalf of an instant online access to patient records through wireless networks. We also provide a highly usable application that makes simple patient monitoring with handheld devices.

An audit of NCEPOD quality of care standards for acute pulmonary embolism

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. e11
Author(s):  
L. Chang ◽  
S. Patel ◽  
A. Rhodes ◽  
L. Smith ◽  
K. Bessame
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Embolism ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Acute Pulmonary Embolism
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