scholarly journals Patients\' Perception of the Benefits of Pharmaceutical Care Services in the Management of Hypertension in a Tertiary Health Care Facility in Benin City

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P O Erah ◽  
N A Chuks-Eboka
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Benin City ◽  
Care Services

scholarly journals Impact and Adaptation of Reproductive Training During COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Abdul Kadir Abdul Karim ◽  
◽  
Muhammad Azrai Abu ◽  
Mohd Faizal Ahmad ◽  
Norazilah Mat Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Medicine ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Simulator Training ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the community at large. It has affected almost everyone and every aspect of social, economic and educational activities. Training in reproductive medicine has not been spared, as training in this field requires a combination of clinical interaction with patients, procedural experience, constant discussions and the element of research. The changes to numbers of new infections or active cases dictate the restrictions placed on the community and health care services alike. At the beginning of the pandemic, both the patients’ fear of going to a health care facility and movement restrictions had caused a significant reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases. Furthermore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) Malaysia’s recommendation to withhold all non-essential medical services, including those related to reproductive medicine, falls under this category. Therefore, it could negatively impact the quality of training and lead to an extension of training duration in reproductive medicine. Thus, the procedural experience could be supplemented with simulator training, teleconsultation could replace standard clinic sessions and online meeting platforms could replace routine academic meetings. Any modifications must be adaptable or flexible, as similar infectious pandemics and restrictions could recur from time to time.

scholarly journals Study of utilization of antenatal care services and its determinants among pregnant women admitted in a tertiary care hospital in Mangaluru, Karnataka, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1960
Author(s):  
Hemant Kumar ◽  
Iybu V. Chacko ◽  
Seema Mane ◽  
Narayanan N. Govindan ◽  
Sneha Prasanth
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Pregnant Mothers

Background: Globally only 64% of women receive antenatal (prenatal) care four or more times throughout their pregnancy. National family health survey (NFHS) -4, brings out that in India, 21% of pregnant women utilized full ANC, ranging from 2.3-65.9% across the states. Quality health care during pregnancy and childbirth can prevent many pregnancy related deaths. The objective of the present study was to examine utilization of antenatal care services among the study subjects and find out its determinants, including out of pocket expenditure incurred on management of the pregnancies.Methods: The study was conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital among full term pregnant mothers and those who had recently delivered. Purposive sampling method was used and sample size of 368 was calculated.Results: The study brought out that 100% women had their registration, 75.5% of them within 12 weeks of pregnancy. Majority of the women (69.5%) preferred private health care facility clinic for antenatal check-up. However, the utilization of various government schemes in place for the benefit of pregnant mothers were underutilized (26.6%).The study also revealed that 16.0% of the families suffered catastrophic expenditure as the cost of treatment on antenatal care and treatment went beyond household budget and they had to borrow money for the treatment.Conclusions: A significant association was found between number of antenatal visits and increasing age, higher socio-economic status, higher educational status, Hindu religion, place of residence (urban), nuclear type of family and early registration.

scholarly journals Patient Satisfaction With Health Care Services In Outpatient Department Of A Dental College Hospital In Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Munawar Hussain Soomro ◽  
Mansoor Magsi ◽  
Oussama Lahmar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Waiting Time ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Services

Introduction: Patient satisfaction is one of the important factors to determine the success of health care facility. The real challenge is not getting ready with mere requirements, but also delivers services ensuring good quality. Thus, there is a need to assess the health care systems regarding patient satisfaction as often as possible. The aim of this study was to determine the patient satisfaction with health care services in out-patient department (OPD) of a dental college hospital in Pakistan.Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional pilot study was undertaken during the month of May 2015 in the OPD of Bibi Asifa Dental College and Hospital, Larkana, Pakistan. A randomly selected 100 patients were interviewed by using pre-structured questionnaires. The questionnaires had semi-structured, open-ended and closed questions. While analyzing, they were grouped into categories like availability of services, clinical care, waiting time and cost.Results: The overall opinions about the satisfaction level of patients for availability of health services in the hospital were good. As location of the hospital and timings of the OPD were convenient to the most of the patients 86% and 93% respectively. Availability of the doctors was also found adequate. However, regarding seating arrangements one fourth of the total patients were found to be unsatisfied. Efficiency of the doctor was found satisfactory by 83%, while majority of the patients did not faced any kind of language problem.Conclusion: According to patient’s opinion, the study revealed that the degree of satisfaction was satisfactory with respect to waiting time and availability of the doctors in the hospital, which need to be further explored and corrected.Update Dent. Coll. j: 2018; 8 (1): 55-60

scholarly journals Patient Involvement in Decision-Making: An Important Parameter for Better Patient Experience—An Observational Study (STROBE Compliant)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Namrata Makkar ◽  
Kanika Jain ◽  
Vijaydeep Siddharth ◽  
Siddharth Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Patient Experience ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Treatment Team ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Services

Background and Aim: Preferences of service users is an important consideration for developing health-care services. This study aimed to assess the experiences of the patients with substance use disorders who were admitted to a tertiary health-care facility in India. Method: This cross-sectional sectional study recruited adult inpatients who stayed for a period of 7 days or more. The Picker Patient Experience questionnaire (PPE-15) was used to gather information about the views of the patients about the care received at the center. Results: Responses were available from 113 inpatients. Majority of the participants were males and were dependent on opioids. The experience was generally positive about being treated with respect and dignity and access to information. The participants were most satisfied with opportunity being given to discuss anxiety and fear about the condition or treatment (91.2% positive response) and least satisfied with differences in responses from doctors and nurses (43.4% positive response). Further attention seemed desired about communication with the staff and patients’ involvement in their own treatment-related decision-making. Conclusion: Efforts need to be made to involve patients in their own treatment-related decision-making and to improve communication with the treatment team. This might lead to better involvement in treatment process, which could enhance the treatment outcomes in this vulnerable population.

scholarly journals Maternal Health Care Expenditure among Women in Rural Areas of Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul -ur- Rehman ◽  
Muhammad Adnan ◽  
Hina Mahmood ◽  
Mahmoodul Hassan ◽  
Ayesha Humayun
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Private Health Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Private Health Care Facility

Background:  With Pakistan failing to achieve Millennium Development Goals we have now entered into a new era of Sustainable Development Goals. Decreasing child mortality, improving maternal health and increasing the proportion of births by trained birth attendants, are the areas with unmet goals. As 29.5% of population of Pakistan is below the poverty line, expenditure on maternal health care services is of great importance as it determines the utilization of health care services to a large extent.Objective:  To assess maternal health care expenditure and its sociodemographic predictors in rural Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan.Methodology:  In this cross sectional study average cost on delivery (both SVD and Cesarean section) was assessed in both public and private sector of ruralKhanewal. Total 257 women who had delivered in the last one year were included.Results:  Results revealed that 69.3% of mothers were illiterate.56.8% sought antenatal care in public health unit and 43.2% in a private health care facility. 49.8% delivered in a public health unit and 50.2% in private health care facility. Total expense on antenatal care and delivery was found to be <4,000PKR (<$38.16) in 55.6% (reportedly in a public health care unit) and was >16,000PKR (>$152.65) in 23.3% (reportedly in a private health care facility). A significant difference was found between expense, in public vs private sector and SVD vs. C-section.Conclusion:  This study revealed that there is high financial cost on maternal health services in both public and private sector of rural Khanewal. Although in private sector the cost is more as compared to public sector but still it is high keeping the notion of free health care services in Pakistan by the government. There-fore it is suggested to improve the quality of health care in public sector and if possible to provide free of cost services to mothers during delivery.

The Great Awakening - Digitalization in Dental Healthcare during the pandemic COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 380-384
Author(s):  
Priyanka Paul Madhu ◽  
Yojana Patil ◽  
Aishwarya Rajesh Shinde ◽  
Sangeeta Kumar ◽  
Pratik Phansopkar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
World Health ◽  
Record System ◽  
The World

disease in 2019, also called COVID-19, which has been widely spread worldwide had given rise to a pandemic situation. The public health emergency of international concern declared the agent as the (SARS-CoV-2) the severe acute respiratory syndrome and the World Health Organization had activated significant surveillance to prevent the spread of this infection across the world. Taking into the account about the rigorousness of COVID-19, and in the spark of the enormous dedication of several dental associations, it is essential to be enlightened with the recommendations to supervise dental patients and prevent any of education to the dental graduates due to institutional closure. One of the approaching expertise that combines technology, communications and health care facilities are to refine patient care, it’s at the cutting edge of the present technological switch in medicine and applied sciences. Dentistry has been improved by cloud technology which has refined and implemented various methods to upgrade electronic health record system, educational projects, social network and patient communication. Technology has immensely saved the world. Economically and has created an institutional task force to uplift the health care service during the COVID 19 pandemic crisis. Hence, the pandemic has struck an awakening of the practice of informatics in a health care facility which should be implemented and updated at the highest priority.

A Web-Based Interactive Map to Promote Health-Care Facility Flood Preparedness

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Elena Grossman ◽  
Michelle Hathaway ◽  
Amber Khan ◽  
Apostolis Sambanis ◽  
Samuel Dorevitch
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Interactive Map

Abstract Objectives: Little is known about how flood risk of health-care facilities (HCFs) is evaluated by emergency preparedness professionals and HCFs administrators. This study assessed knowledge of emergency preparedness and HCF management professionals regarding locations of floodplains in relation to HCFs. A Web-based interactive map of floodplains and HCF was developed and users of the map were asked to evaluate it. Methods: An online survey was completed by administrators of HCFs and public health emergency preparedness professionals in Illinois, before and after an interactive online map of floodplains and HCFs was provided. Results: Forty Illinois HCFs located in floodplains were identified, including 12 long-term care facilities. Preparedness professionals have limited knowledge of whether local HCFs were in floodplains, and few reported availability of geographic information system (GIS) resources at baseline. Respondents intended to use the interactive map for planning and stakeholder communications. Conclusions: Given that HCFs are located in floodplains, this first assessment of using interactive maps of floodplains and HCFs may promote a shift to reliable data sources of floodplain locations in relation to HCFs. Similar approaches may be useful in other settings.

scholarly journals Can public sector community health workers deliver a nurturing care intervention in South Africa? The Amagugu Asakhula feasibility study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja Klingberg ◽  
Esther M. F. van Sluijs ◽  
Stephanie T. Jong ◽  
Catherine E. Draper
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Primary Health Care Facility ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Primary Health

Abstract Background Nurturing care interventions have the potential to promote health and development in early childhood. Amagugu Asakhula was designed to promote developmentally important dietary and movement behaviours among children of preschool age (3–5 years) in South Africa. An initial formative study in Cape Town found the intervention to be feasible and acceptable when delivered by community health workers (CHWs) linked to a community-based organisation. This study evaluated the delivery of the Amagugu Asakhula intervention by CHWs linked to a public sector primary health care facility in Soweto, as this mode of delivery could have more potential for sustainability and scalability. Methods A qualitative design was utilised to assess feasibility, acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, implementation, fidelity and context. CHWs (n = 14) delivered the intervention to caregivers (n = 23) of preschool-age children in Soweto over 6 weeks. Following the completion of the intervention, focus group discussions were held with CHWs and caregivers. Further data were obtained through observations, study records and key informant interviews (n = 5). Data were analysed using deductive thematic analysis guided by a process evaluation framework. Results The delivery of the Amagugu Asakhula intervention through CHWs linked to a primary health care facility in Soweto was not found to be feasible due to contextual challenges such as late payment of salaries influencing CHW performance and willingness to deliver the intervention. CHWs expressed dissatisfaction with their general working conditions and were thus reluctant to take on new tasks. Despite barriers to successful delivery, the intervention was well received by both CHWs and caregivers and was considered a good fit with the CHWs’ scope of work. Conclusions Based on these findings, delivery of the Amagugu Asakhula intervention is not recommended through public sector CHWs in South Africa. This feasibility study informs the optimisation of implementation and supports further testing of the intervention’s effectiveness when delivered by CHWs linked to community-based organisations. The present study further demonstrates how implementation challenges can be identified through qualitative feasibility studies and subsequently addressed prior to large-scale trials, avoiding the wasting of research and resources.

scholarly journals COVID-19 in an Asymptomatic Renal Transplant Recipient Employed in the Health Care Setting: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harsha Adnani ◽  
Akshay Khatri ◽  
Nirav Agrawal ◽  
Ernesto Molmenti ◽  
Madhu Bhaskaran
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Renal Transplant ◽  
Transplant Recipient ◽  
Renal Transplant Recipient ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Asymptomatic Patients

AbstractDuring the ongoing pandemic, there have been varying presentations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, with the concern that patients who are immunosuppressed (due to underlying medical conditions and/or therapies) are at higher risk of severe disease. We report the case of an elderly renal transplant recipient working in a long-term health care facility who was being monitored by weekly surveillance testing and tested positive for COVID-19 by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, despite having no clinical symptoms. He recovered with supportive care, despite being on multiple long-term immunosuppressant drugs and having multiple comorbidities. Additionally, it was found that he did not mount an antibody response, when he tested negative by serologic testing. Through this case, we wish to highlight the unique clinical scenario of asymptomatic patients who may have an underwhelming immune response to COVID-19, but may nevertheless be an important source of dissemination. We further discuss the probable mechanism of such asymptomatic presentations in immunosuppressed patients, while reinforcing the importance of self-isolation of COVID-19 patients (particularly in asymptomatic health care workers).

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