scholarly journals The Association Between Prediabetes and Dyslipidemia Among Attendants of Primary Care Health Centers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol Volume 12 ◽  
pp. 2735-2743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Turki Al Amri ◽  
Suhad Bahijri ◽  
Rajaa Al-Raddadi ◽  
Ghada Ajabnoor ◽  
Jawaher Al Ahmadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Primary Care Health ◽  
Care Health

scholarly journals Do electronic reminders alter recorded diagnoses in primary care office-hours practices of health centers: A register-based study in a Finnish city

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 205031212110361
Author(s):  
Mika Lehto ◽  
Kaisu Pitkälä ◽  
Ossi Rahkonen ◽  
Merja K Laine ◽  
Marko Raina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Record System ◽  
Electronic Reminder ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Care Health ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Care Health

Objectives: One purpose of electronic reminders is improvement of the quality of documentation in office-hours primary care. The aim of this study was to evaluate how implementation of electronic reminders alters the rate and/or content of diagnostic data recorded by primary care physicians in office-hours practices in primary care health centers. Methods: The present work is a register-based longitudinal follow-up study with a before-and-after design. An electronic reminder was installed in the electronic health record system of the primary health care of a Finnish city to remind physicians to include the diagnosis code of the visit in the health record. The report generator of the electronic health record system provided monthly figures for the number of various recorded diagnoses by using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition, and the total number of visits to primary care physicians, thus allowing the calculation of the recording rate of diagnoses on a monthly basis. The distribution of diagnoses before and after implementing ERs was also compared. Results: After the introduction of the electronic reminder, the rate of diagnosis recording by primary care physicians increased clearly from 39.7% to 87.2% (p < 0.001). The intervention enhanced the recording rate of symptomatic diagnoses (group R) and some chronic diseases such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes and other soft tissue disorders. Recording rate of diagnoses related to diseases of the respiratory system (group J), injuries, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (group S), and diseases of single body region of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (group M) decreased after the implementation of electronic reminders. Conclusion: Electronic reminders may alter the contents and extent of recorded diagnosis data in office-hours practices of the primary care health centers. They were found to have an influence on the recording rates of diagnoses related to chronic diseases. Electronic reminders may be a useful tool in primary health care when attempting to change the behavior of primary care physicians.

Innovations by primary care health centers

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven A. Finkler ◽  
Karla L. Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Primary Care Health ◽  
Care Health

scholarly journals External aggressions to health personnel in health centers of primary care in the city of Ibarra

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (29) ◽  
pp. 202
Author(s):  
Verónica Gordillo Corrales ◽  
Michelle Ferrer Villalobos ◽  
Cindy Elizabeth Burbano ◽  
Pamela Merino-Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Health Personnel ◽  
Nursing Assistants ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Primary Care Health ◽  
Care Health ◽  
Work Affect ◽  
The City

IntroductionAlthough the events of aggression in the work affect practically all the sectors and categories of the working population, there are groups with greater risk of suffering the objectiveof this study is to determine the frequency and the types of aggression towards the health professionals of centers of primary care in the city of Ibarra. Materials and methodsThis is an exploratory study carried out in 181 medical professionals, nurses and nursing assistants. The study variables included sociodemographic characteristics of the persons attacked, as well as the type and characteristics of the aggression, which were described by means of frequencies and percentages. Results66.9% of the participants reported assaults, of which 61.9% were verbal. The main aggressors were the patient or his relatives, women (61.2%), and people between 31 to 50 years (68, 6%). DiscussionIn a similar way to previous studies, in the present study it was observed that more than half of the participants have been victims of external aggressions in their workplace ConclusionsThe most frequent triggers were the delay in attention and the lack of resources . The high frequency of external aggressions in primary care health personnel requires establishing prevention, action and notification plans for these events.

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