scholarly journals SATISFACTION SURVEY OF PATIENTS FOR TELEMEDICINE CONSULTATION DURING COVID 19 TRANSMISSIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuti Debnath
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
World Health ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Telemedicine Consultation

Telemedicine was defined by the World Health Organization as “the delivery of health care services by all health care professionals using technology for the exchange of valid information for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and injuries”. In the current scenario of COVID19, telemedicine played a vital role in our live by saving our time and also by helping us in maintaining the social distancing norms. Telemedicine consultation helps to minimize the spread of the virus by providing all kind of health care services without the need of going to the close contact to the clinicians. In our city both government and private hospitals have actively participated and provided their every possible way of contribution to various telemedicine activities. The aim & objective of this study is to find out, satisfaction of the patients in using telemedicine consultation during COVID-19 pandemic. A Survey was administered among 30 patients who had received at least one or more than one telemedicine consultation to know the satisfaction for telemedicine consultation during this COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was done among 30 people between the age group of 30- above 60 year during the year 2021. The survey was done through Google Form. Participants responded to survey questions about their telemedicine consultation during COVID-19 pandemic. The result of the survey shows, 60% people from 30-40 age group, 6.7% people from 41-50 age group, 23.3% people from 51-60 age group & 10% people from above 60 age group used telemedicine during this pandemic. My survey also shows that 20% for new complaint, 16.7% follow up, 33.3% for emergency & 30% for covid 19 related reasons used telemedicine and it also shows that 30% people for sick or well check, 40% people used for safety, 26.7% people used to save time and 3.3% people used telemedicine for other reason for most recent visit. From my study I found out that 53.3% people used telephone & 20% used video conference and 26.7%

scholarly journals A study on disease burden and treatment among patients attending teleconsultation during lockdown period

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 434
Author(s):  
Mounika Yedlapalli ◽  
Sai Pasupula Kiran ◽  
Sravani Potti ◽  
Devikala A. ◽  
Chandrakala Kambar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Medical Officer ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
World Health ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Disease Pattern ◽  
The Government ◽  
Health Organization

Background: Covid-19 has been announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. To maintain social distancing effectively, the Government of India announced a complete lockdown on March 25th, 2020. As there are no proper transport facilities for patients who need health care services, the Government of Andhra Pradesh started 104 sevakendram as a helpline. Medical services were also provided by this 104 sevakendram through teleconsultation with doctors. The aim and objectives of the study were to study the disease pattern and treatment given to patients attending teleconsultations, to analyze the disease burden among the patients attending teleconsultation, to study the treatment given to the patients attending teleconsultation.Methods: It is a retrospective, observational, and analytical study. After prior IEC clearance and permission from teleconsultation authority, we did the study at Dr.YSR Aarogyasri health care trust, Guntur. Data regarding all calls connected to 104 was collected. Detailed information of the calls related to the Medical officer about the age, gender, disease pattern, and treatment given to the patient was collected. Statistical analysis was done using MS excel software.Results: On average, 104 sevakendram received two hundred valid teleconsultations per day. Most of the calls are related to anxiety and these calls constitute twenty four percent. Treatment given was according to probable diagnosis, mostly symptomatic and continuation of the same treatment.Conclusions: 104 sevakendram has played a vital role in meeting the medical and health requirements of the people suffering from different diseases during the lockdown period. 

scholarly journals Structure and Distribution of Health Care Costs across Age Groups of Patients with Multimorbidity in Lithuania

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2767
Author(s):  
Laura Nedzinskienė ◽  
Elena Jurevičienė ◽  
Žydrūnė Visockienė ◽  
Agnė Ulytė ◽  
Roma Puronaitė ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
National Health Insurance ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Resource Usage ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care Costs

Background. Patients with multimorbidity account for ever-increasing healthcare resource usage and are often summarised as big spenders. Comprehensive analysis of health care resource usage in different age groups in patients with at least two non-communicable diseases is still scarce, limiting the quality of health care management decisions, which are often backed by limited, small-scale database analysis. The health care system in Lithuania is based on mandatory social health insurance and is covered by the National Health Insurance Fund. Based on a national Health Insurance database. The study aimed to explore the distribution, change, and interrelationships of health care costs across the age groups of patients with multimorbidity, suggesting different priorities at different age groups. Method. The study identified all adults with at least one chronic disease when any health care services were used over a three-year period between 2012 and 2014. Further data analysis excluded patients with single chronic conditions and further analysed patients with multimorbidity, accounting for increasing resource usage. The costs of primary, outpatient health care services; hospitalizations; reimbursed and paid out-of-pocket medications were analysed in eight age groups starting at 18 and up to 85 years and over. Results. The study identified a total of 428,430 adults in Lithuania with at least two different chronic diseases from the 32 chronic disease list. Out of the total expenditure within the group, 51.54% of the expenses were consumed for inpatient treatment, 30.90% for reimbursed medications. Across different age groups of patients with multimorbidity in Lithuania, 60% of the total cost is attributed to the age group of 65–84 years. The share in the total spending was the highest in the 75–84 years age group amounting to 29.53% of the overall expenditure, with an increase in hospitalization and a decrease in outpatient services. A decrease in health care expenses per capita in patients with multimorbidity after 85 years of age was observed. Conclusions. The highest proportion of health care expenses in patients with multimorbidity relates to hospitalization and reimbursed medications, increasing with age, but varies through different services. The study identifies the need to personalise the care of patients with multimorbidity in the primary-outpatient setting, aiming to reduce hospitalizations with proactive disease management.

scholarly journals Health-care Workforce Training to Effectively Support Family Caregivers of Seniors in Care

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-171
Author(s):  
Rachel Fisher ◽  
Jasneet Parmar ◽  
Wendy Duggleby ◽  
Peter George J. Tian ◽  
Wonita Janzen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Workforce Training ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Canadian Health Care System ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis

Introduction Family caregivers (FCGs) play an integral, yet often invisible, role in the Canadian health-care system. As the population ages, their presence will become even more essential as they help balance demands on the system and enable community dwelling seniors to remain so for as long as possible. To preserve their own well-being and capacity to provide ongoing care, FCGs require support to the meet the challenges of their daily caregiving responsibilities. Supporting FCGs results in better care provision to community-dwelling seniors receiving health-care services, as well as enhancing the quality of life for FCGs. Although FCGs rely upon health-care professionals (HCPs) to provide them with support and services, there is a paucity of research pertaining to the type of health workforce training (HWFT) that HCPs should receive to address FCG needs. Programs that train HCPs to engage with, empower, and support FCGs are required. Objective To describe and discuss key findings of a caregiver symposium focused on determining components of HWFT that might better enable HCPs to support FCGs. Methods A one-day symposium was held on February 22, 2018 in Edmonton, Alberta, to gather the perspectives of FCGs, HCPs, and stakeholders. Attendees participated in a series of working groups to discuss barriers, facilitators, and recommendations related to HWFT. Proceedings and working group discussions were transcribed, and a qualitative thematic analysis was conducted to identify key themes. Results Participants identified the following topic areas as being essential to training HCPs in the provision of support for FCGs: understanding the FCG role, communicating with FCGs, partnering with FCGs, fostering FCG resilience, navigating healthcare systems and accessing resources, and enhancing the culture and context of care. Conclusions FCGs require more support than is currently being provided by HCPs. Training programs need to specifically address topics identified by participants. These findings will be used to develop HWFT for HCPs.

scholarly journals Seminars in social psychiatry in Romania

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 340-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Wilkinson ◽  
Linda Gask ◽  
John Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
World Health ◽  
Psychiatric Training ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Post Graduate Training ◽  
Health Organization

For more than a decade there has been no opportunity for formal post-graduate training in psychiatry in Romania. In February 1992, as part of a World Health Organization (Regional Office for Europe) initiative, we travelled to Romania as WHO temporary advisers to give seminars on: (i) the role of primary health care services in providing mental health care; and (ii) the development of community-based services for the mentally ill and disabled. Our seminars were designed to complement the biological and clinical elements of a developing psychiatric training programme.

Spatio-Temporal Hot Spot Analysis of Epidemic Diseases Using Geographic Information System for Improved Healthcare

2019 ◽  
pp. 31-63
Author(s):  
Uma V. ◽  
Jayanthi Ganapathy
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Epidemiology Data ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Using Data

Health-care systems aid in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases. Epidemiology deals with the demographic study on frequency, distribution and determinants of disease in order to provide better health-care. Today information technology has made data pervasive i.e. data is available anywhere and in abundance. GIS in epidemiology enables prompt services to mankind or people at risk. It brings out health-care services that are amicable for prevention and control of disease spread. This could be achieved when epidemiology data is modeled considering temporal and spatial factors and using data driven computation techniques over such models. This chapter discusses 1) the need for integrating GIS and epidemiology, 2) various case studies that indicates the need for spatial analysis being performed on epidemiologic data, 3) few techniques involved in the spatial analysis, 4) functionalities provided by some of the widely used GIS software packages and tools.

scholarly journals Public psychiatric services: job satisfaction evaluation

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Ishara ◽  
Marina Bandeira ◽  
Antonio Waldo Zuardi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Satisfaction Evaluation ◽  
Student’S T

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the satisfaction of health-care professionals in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric hospitals of a Brazilian medium-sized city. METHOD: The study evaluated 136 health-care professionals from six hospitals; of which two were outpatient hospitals, two general hospitals, and two psychiatric hospitals. All professionals answered the Brazilian Mental Health Services' Staff Satisfaction Scale. RESULTS: An average satisfaction score of 3.26 was observed, which is situated between indifference (level 3) and satisfaction (level 4). Factors "service quality" (3.48) and "relationships at work" (3.48) showed higher scores compared to "service participation" (3.20) and "work conditions" (2.97) (p < 0.001). The female patient unit in the psychiatric hospital presented lower satisfaction scores (p < 0.001). Satisfaction was higher in the category "technicians" compared to "physicians" and "nurses" (p = 0.004). Moreover, day workers reported higher satisfaction compared to night workers regarding "service quality" and "service participation" (Student's t, p = 0.01 and p = 0.007). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Results show an intermediate level between indifference and satisfaction with services, with higher scores regarding care provided to the patients. Comparisons among the studied facilities revealed the numerous factors involved in determining one's satisfaction. They suggest advancements and reform measures likely to occur in the region's psychiatric health-care services. Monitoring satisfaction proved useful in predicting service quality improvements.

scholarly journals Being Heard, Exerting Influence, or Knowing How to Play the Game? Expectations of Client Involvement among Social and Health Care Professionals and Clients

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5653
Author(s):  
Elina Weiste ◽  
Sari Käpykangas ◽  
Lise-Lotte Uusitalo ◽  
Melisa Stevanovic
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Focus Group Research ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Significant Movement ◽  
Client Involvement ◽  
Actual Decision

Contemporary social and health care services exhibit a significant movement toward increasing client involvement in their own care and in the development of services. This major cultural change represents a marked shift in the client’s role from a passive patient to an active empowered agent. We draw on interaction-oriented focus group research and conversation analysis to study workshop conversations in which social and health care clients and professionals discussed “client involvement”. Our analysis focuses on the participants’ mutually congruent or discrepant views on the topic. The professionals and clients both saw client involvement as an ideal that should be promoted. Although both participant groups considered the clients’ experience of being heard a prerequisite of client involvement, the clients deviated from the professionals in that they also highlighted the need for actual decision-making power. However, when the professionals invoked the clients’ responsibility for their own treatment, the clients were not eager to agree with their view. In addition, in analyzing problems of client involvement during the clients’ and professionals’ meta-talk about client involvement, the paper also shows how the “client involvement” rhetoric itself may, paradoxically, sometimes serve to hinder here-and-now client involvement.

Videoconferencing and Dietitian Services: In Rural Ontario Communities

2012 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 176-180
Author(s):  
Diana Stenlund
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Access To Health

Registered dietitians (RDs) are regulated health professionals in short supply in Ontario and throughout Canada. Projected workforce studies indicate the situation will likely worsen. Accessing these nutrition specialists is an even greater concern for residents living in rural or remote regions of the province. Smaller communities are increasingly using telehealth as a way to deliver health care services and to improve access to health care professionals. The adoption of interactive videoconferencing as a telehealth application is examined as an alternative approach for accessing RDs in rural communities. While valid reasons exist for implementing videoconferencing, other issues must be considered. These include costs, technological requirements, organizational readiness, and legal and ethical concerns. Future research must fully address the concept of videoconferencing in relation to the Canadian dietetic workforce and practice requirements.

Addressing inequities in access to primary health care: lessons for the training of health care professionals from a regional medical school

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Larkins ◽  
Tarun Sen Gupta ◽  
Rebecca Evans ◽  
Richard Murray ◽  
Robyn Preston
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Services

Attention to the inequitable distribution and limited access to primary health care resources is key to addressing the priority health needs of underserved populations in rural, remote and outer metropolitan areas. There is little high-quality evidence about improving access to quality primary health care services for underserved groups, particularly in relation to geographic barriers, and limited discussion about the training implications of reforms to improve access. To progress equity in access to primary health care services, health professional education institutions need to work with both the health sector and policy makers to address issues of workforce mix, recruitment and retention, and new models of primary health care delivery. This requires a fundamental shift in focus from these institutions and the health sector, to each view themselves as partners in an integrated teaching, research and service-oriented health system. This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities for primary health care professionals, educators and the health sector in providing quality teaching and clinical experiences for increasing numbers of health professionals as a result of the reform agenda. It then outlines some practical strategies based on theory and evolving experience for dealing with some of these challenges and capitalising on opportunities.

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