scholarly journals Patient Information Maintaining & Analyzing

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VI) ◽  
pp. 107-110
Author(s):  
Mayank Ganvir
Keyword(s):  
Patient Information ◽  
Case History ◽  
Waiting Lists ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Operating Theatre ◽  
Management Standards ◽  
Multiple Copies ◽  
Knowledge Stores ◽  
Acquisition Management ◽  
In Transit

Hospitals presently use a manual system for the management and maintenance of essential info. This system needs various paper forms, with knowledge stores unfold throughout the hospital management infrastructure. Usually, info (on forms) is incomplete or does not follow management standards. Forms are usually lost in transit between departments requiring a comprehensive auditing method to confirm that no important info is lost. Multiple copies of similar info exist within the hospital and should result in inconsistencies in knowledge in numerous knowledge stores. A significant part of the operation of any hospital involves the acquisition, management, and timely retrieval of nice volumes of knowledge. This info generally involves; patient personal info and case history, staff information and ward scheduling, scheduling programming, operating theatre scheduling, and numerous facilities waiting lists. All of this info should be managed in an economical and cost-wise fashion so that an institution's resources could also be effectively utilized. Patient info maintaining & Analyzing can automate the management of the hospital creating additional economic and the error free. It aims at standardizing data, consolidating data, reducing inconsistencies, and ensuring data integrity.

Unsettling the aesthetics of air travel through participatory tourist photography

2021 ◽  
pp. 146879762110199
Author(s):  
Kaya Barry
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
In Transit

Air travel has been an integral part of contemporary tourism, but has been relatively under explored in terms of how it is visualised and represented as part of tourism experiences. This paper explores how the seemingly banal aspects of tourism – such as time spent waiting or transiting – are captured and represented through tourist photography. Reflecting on the process of creating a participatory artwork project, I show how tourists capture their interactions and experiences with an array of transit spaces that play a significant part of the journey. A participatory and creative methodology was employed that invited tourists to share photographs for public exhibitions. The paper explores how the photographs contributed to the artwork offer counter representations of high-speed and glamourized air travel, instead revealing a nuanced, mundane aesthetics of tourist photography and experiences of time spent in transit.

Applying changes made during the COVID-19 pandemic to the future: trauma and orthopaedics

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Hafiz Muhammad Umer ◽  
Hafiz Javaid Iqbal ◽  
Mark Webb ◽  
William James Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Level ◽  
Waiting Lists ◽  
Operating Theatre ◽  
Specialty Training ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
The Future ◽  
Collaborative Working ◽  
British Orthopaedic Association

The NHS has made significant changes to practice and specialty training in trauma and orthopaedics as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article looks at the positive and innovative changes along with lessons learnt, which could affect policies in a new challenging post-pandemic health service. At a national level, Public Health England, the British Orthopaedic Association and the Royal Colleges have issued a number of guidelines, which have evolved throughout the pandemic. Developing resilient rotas, virtual clinics, teleconsultations, webinar-based training and operating theatre reorganisation are just some examples of how collaborative working has led to positive changes, despite the huge challenges and hardships created by COVID-19. As we emerge from this crisis, the field of trauma and orthopaedics will need to prepare for the challenges of patient backlogs, neglected trauma and long waiting lists. A continuation of the innovative and collaborative working seen during the pandemic will be crucial to cope with the post-COVID-19 world of orthopaedics.

Mapping Information of Operating Theatre Waiting List Process

2008 ◽  
pp. 844-859
Author(s):  
Gerhardine Foo ◽  
Latif Al-Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Patient Flow ◽  
Waiting Lists ◽  
Waiting List ◽  
Operating Theatre ◽  
Economic Management ◽  
Operating Theatres ◽  
Elective Procedure ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Political Priority

An operating theatre waiting list (OTWL) is a list that patients are enrolled in once they opt to pursue an elective procedure, assuming they cannot get this procedure performed immediately (Chua 2005). Operating Theatre Waiting Lists are of great concern in society nowadays because of their societal and political priority, their link to the quality of individual patients’ life, relation to the economic management of operating theatres and management of patient flow through the hospital and distribution of scarce medical resources (Al-Hakim & Fitzgerald 2003; Foote, North & Houston 2004; NSW Health 2002). They are used by politicians as measures of success or otherwise of government action on the health services.

scholarly journals ISTCs: College to audit patient outcomes

2007 ◽  
Vol 89 (9) ◽  
pp. 304-305
Author(s):  
Elaine Towell
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Waiting Lists ◽  
Patient Choice ◽  
Operating Theatre ◽  
Cherry Picking ◽  
Independent Sector

Independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) have proved controversial since they were brought into the health service in 2003 to meet the government's ambitious targets for reducing waiting lists to 18 weeks from GP referral to the operating theatre. Extensive media coverage on ISTCs has focused on both the positives: shorter waiting times and patient choice; and the negatives, accusing them of 'cherry-picking' the easiest patients, depriving the NHS of money and doctors of experience.

Alkaline Dissociation Products of Lumbricus Terrestris Hemoglobin Viewed with the STEM

1981 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 434-435
Author(s):  
O. H. Kapp ◽  
M. Ohtsuki ◽  
N. Robin ◽  
S. N. Vinogradov ◽  
A. V. Crewe
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Film ◽  
Lumbricus Terrestris ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Acetate Solution ◽  
Oxygen Carriers ◽  
Complex Molecules ◽  
Thin Carbon ◽  
Thin Carbon Film ◽  
Multiple Copies ◽  
Hill Coefficients

Annelid extracellular hemoglobins are among the largest known proteins (M.W = 3.9 x 106), and together with the hemocyanins are the largest known oxygen carriers. They display oxygen affinities generally higher than those o vertebrate hemoglobins with Hill coefficients ranging from slightly higher than unity to values as high as 5-6. These complex molecules are composed of multiple copies of as many as six different polypeptides and posse: approximately 150 hemes per molecule.The samples were diluted to 100-200 μg/ml with distilled water just before application to a thin carbon film (∽15 Å thick). One percent (w/v) uranyl acetate solution was used for negative staining for 2 minutes and dried in air. The specimens were examined with the high resolution STEM. Their general appearance is that of a hexagonal bilayer (Fig. 1), each layer consisting of six spheroidal subunits. The corner to corner hexagonal dimensic is approximately 300 Å and the bilayer thickness approximately 200 Å.

Misophonia: An Evidence-Based Case Report

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-690
Author(s):  
C. S. Vanaja ◽  
Miriam Soni Abigail
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Case History ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Physiological Responses ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Management Option ◽  
Pure Tone Audiogram

Purpose Misophonia is a sound tolerance disorder condition in certain sounds that trigger intense emotional or physiological responses. While some persons may experience misophonia, a few patients suffer from misophonia. However, there is a dearth of literature on audiological assessment and management of persons with misophonia. The purpose of this report is to discuss the assessment of misophonia and highlight the management option that helped a patient with misophonia. Method A case study of a 26-year-old woman with the complaint of decreased tolerance to specific sounds affecting quality of life is reported. Audiological assessment differentiated misophonia from hyperacusis. Management included retraining counseling as well as desensitization and habituation therapy based on the principles described by P. J. Jastreboff and Jastreboff (2014). A misophonia questionnaire was administered at regular intervals to monitor the effectiveness of therapy. Results A detailed case history and audiological evaluations including pure-tone audiogram and Johnson Hyperacusis Index revealed the presence of misophonia. The patient benefitted from intervention, and the scores of the misophonia questionnaire indicated a decrease in the severity of the problem. Conclusions It is important to differentially diagnose misophonia and hyperacusis in persons with sound tolerance disorders. Retraining counseling as well as desensitization and habituation therapy can help patients who suffer from misophonia.

Counseling Parents at the Time of Diagnosis: Moving Toward Client-Centered Practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
David Luterman
Keyword(s):  
Case History ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Diagnostic Process ◽  
Separate Entity ◽  
Initial Examination ◽  
Personal Adjustment ◽  
Flow Of Information ◽  
Ultimate Purpose

Purpose The purpose of this article is to present a client-centered model of counseling that integrates information and personal adjustment counseling. Research has indicated that audiologists are more comfortable with counseling that is information based than with personal adjustment counseling. The prevailing model of diagnosis appears to be the medical model in which, first, a case history is taken, then testing and, finally, counseling. This model lends itself to audiologist as expert and the counseling as a separate entity based on information and advice. Further research has indicated parents retain little of the information provided in the initial examination because of their heightened emotions. This article presents a client-centered model of diagnosis in which information is provided within an emotionally safe context, enabling the parents to express their feelings and have the ability to control the flow of information. The ultimate purpose of a client-centered model is to empower parents by making them active participants in the diagnostic process rather than passive recipients. Conclusion The client-centered model has wide implications for the diagnostic process as well as for the training of students.

School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists' Adherence to Practice Guidelines for Assessment of English Learners

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Virginia L. Dubasik ◽  
Dubravka Svetina Valdivia
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Practice Guidelines ◽  
Case History ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Dynamic Assessment ◽  
Federal Legislation ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
School Based

Purpose The purpose of this study was to ascertain the extent to which school-based speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) assessment practices with individual English learners (ELs) align with federal legislation and professional practice guidelines. Specifically, we were interested in examining SLPs' use of multiple tools during individual EL assessments, as well as relationships between practices and number of types of training experiences. Method School-based SLPs in a Midwestern state were recruited in person or via e-mail to complete an online survey pertaining to assessment. Of the 562 respondents who completed the survey, 222 (39.5%) indicated past or present experience with ELs, and thus, their data were included in the analyses. The questionnaire solicited information about respondent's demographics, caseload composition, perceived knowledge and skills and training experiences pertaining to working with ELs (e.g., graduate school, self-teaching, professional conferences), and assessment practices used in schools. Results The majority of respondents reported using multiple tools rather than a single tool with each EL they assess. Case history and observation were tools used often or always by the largest number of participants. SLPs who used multiple tools reported using both direct (e.g., standardized tests, dynamic assessment) and indirect tools (e.g., case history, interviews). Analyses revealed low to moderate positive associations between tools, as well as the use of speech-language samples and number of types of training experiences. Conclusions School-based SLPs in the current study reported using EL assessment practices that comply with federal legislation and professional practice guidelines for EL assessment. These results enhance our understanding of school-based SLPs' assessment practices with ELs and may be indicative of a positive shift toward evidence-based practice.

Holistic Communication Assessment for Young Children With Cleft Palate Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health:Children and Youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 914-938
Author(s):  
Anna Cronin ◽  
Sharynne McLeod ◽  
Sarah Verdon
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Cleft Palate ◽  
Case History ◽  
Significant Others ◽  
International Classification ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Holistic Assessment

Purpose Children with a cleft palate (± cleft lip; CP±L) can have difficulties communicating and participating in daily life, yet speech-language pathologists typically focus on speech production during routine assessments. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: Children and Youth Version (ICF-CY; World Health Organization, 2007 ) provides a framework for holistic assessment. This tutorial describes holistic assessment of children with CP±L illustrated by data collected from a nonclinical sample of seven 2- to 3-year-old children, 13 parents, and 12 significant others (e.g., educators and grandparents). Method Data were collected during visits to participants' homes and early childhood education and care centers. Assessment tools applicable to domains of the ICF-CY were used to collect and analyze data. Child participants' Body Functions including speech, language, and cognitive development were assessed using screening and standardized assessments. Participants' Body Structures were assessed via oral motor examination, case history questionnaires, and observation. Participants' Activities and Participation as well as Environmental and Personal Factors were examined through case history questionnaires, interviews with significant others, parent report measures, and observations. Results Valuable insights can be gained from undertaking holistic speech-language pathology assessments with children with CP±L. Using multiple tools allowed for triangulation of data and privileging different viewpoints, to better understand the children and their contexts. Several children demonstrated speech error patterns outside of what are considered cleft speech characteristics, which underscores the importance of a broader assessment. Conclusion Speech-language pathologists can consider incorporating evaluation of all components and contextual factors of the ICF-CY when assessing and working with young children with CP±L to inform intervention and management practices.

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