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The hospital patient service in transition: A study of the development of totality of care [PDF]

, 2000
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University.A concept of "total patient care" was developed in Hong Kong to enhance public hospital services.
Lam, Z., Lam, Zarina
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CARE TRANSITION FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME: INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2017
The present study aimed to identify nurses’ activities in the transition of care from hospital to home based on literature evidence. Integrative review conducted in August 2015, through search of PubMed, Cumulative Index to
Luciana Andressa Feil Weber, Maria Alice Dias da Silva Lima, Aline Marques Acosta, Giselda Quintana Maques   +3 more
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Investigating organizational quality improvement systems, patient empowerment, organizational culture, professional involvement and the quality of care in European hospitals: the 'Deepening our Understanding of Quality Improvement in Europe (DUQuE)' project. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Hospitals in European countries apply a wide range of quality improvement strategies. Knowledge of the effectiveness of these strategies, implemented as part of an overall hospital quality improvement system, is limited.
Andrew Thompson, Klazinga, Niek, Arah Onyebuchi A, Suñol, Rosa, Arah, O.A., Groene Oliver, Klazinga Niek, Charles Bruneau, Thompson, Andrew, Cordula Wagner, Klazinga, N., Groene, O., Wagner, C., Wagner, Cordula, Suñol Rosa, Arah, Onyebuchi A.., Onyebuchi A Arah, Arah, O. A., Thompson Andrew, Rosa Suñol, Deepening our Understanding of Quality Improvement in Europe Res, Sunol, R., Arah, Onyebuchi A, ?, ?, Niek Klazinga, null null, Oliver Groene, Bruneau, Charles, Wagner Cordula, Bruneau Charles, Arah, Onyebuchi A., Groene, Oliver, Suñol Sala, Rosa, Bruneau, C., Thompson, A.   +34 more
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Is patient-centredness in European hospitals related to existing quality improvement strategies? Analysis of a cross-sectional survey (MARQuIS study). [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: There is growing recognition of patients' contributions to setting objectives for their own care, improving health outcomes and evaluating care.
Lombarts, MJMH, Klazinga, N., Groene, O., Groene, O, Thompson, A, Lombarts, M.J.M.H., Lombarts, M. J. M. H., Klazinga, N, Suñol, R, Suñol, R., Groene, Oliver, Suñol Sala, Rosa, Alonso, J., Alonso, J, Thompson, A.   +14 more
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Identifying sources of patient dissatisfaction when seeking care for a chronic and complex disease [PDF]

, 2023
Patients’ evaluations of healthcare often rely on patient satisfaction and encounter-specific approaches. Instead, valuable information can be gained by focusing on patient dissatisfaction with healthcare over time.
Harsin, Amanda, Katharine J Head, Rebecca J Bartlett Ellis, Amanda Harsin, Anna K Forster, Bartlett Ellis, Rebecca J, Head, Katharine J, Forster, Anna K., Bartlett Ellis, Rebecca J., Head, Katharine J., Forster, Anna K   +10 more
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Transition of care at discharge from the Intensive Care Unit: a scoping review

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2020
Objective: to map the available evidence on the components of the transition of care, practices, strategies, and tools used in the discharge from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to the Inpatient Unit (IU) and its impact on the outcomes of adult patients ...
Michele Elisa Weschenfelder Hervé, Paula Buchs Zucatti, Maria Alice Dias Da Silva Lima   +2 more
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Nurses’ shift length and overtime working in 12 European countries: the association with perceived quality of care and patient safety [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Despite concerns as to whether nurses can perform reliably and effectively when working longer shifts, a pattern of two 12- to 13-hour shifts per day is becoming common in many hospitals to reduce shift to shift handovers, staffing overlap ...
Aiken, L.H., Simon, Michael, Aiken, LH, Griffiths, P., Griffiths, P,, Dall'Ora, C., Simon, M., Schoonhoven, L., Rafferty, A-M, Schoonhoven, Lisette, Ball, Jane, Rafferty, A.M., Tishelman, Carol, Rafferty, Anne-Marie, Schoonhoven, L, Dall'ora, Chiara, RN4CAST Consortium, Ball, J., Ball, J,, Griffiths, Peter, Lindqvist, Rikard, Tishelman, C., Lindqvist, R., Lindqvist, R,, Aiken, Linda H., Dall'Ora, C, Simon, M, Tishelman, C,, et al.   +28 more
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The integrated care pathway for melanoma: the Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata experience in Rome

AboutOpen, 2019
Introduction: The Integrated Care Pathway (ICP) represents a multidisciplinary outline of anticipated care, placed in an appropriate timeframe, to support patients with specific conditions or symptoms.
Francesco Ricci, Alessio Caggiati, Vincenzo Ziparo, Maurizio Elia, Giandomenico Russo, Stefania D'Atri, Cristina Maria Failla, Annarita Panebianco, Giorgio Annessi, Francesca Passarelli, Marie Perez, Tommaso Tartaglione, Giovanni Di Lella, Sabatino Pallotta, Cinzia Mazzanti, Maurizio Nudo, Cristina Fortes, Damiano Abeni, Federica De Galitiis, Paolo Marchetti   +19 more
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Continuity of care and clinical outcomes in the community care of patients with psychosis [PDF]

, 2015
Continuity of care in mental health care is considered both an important objective of NHS policy and vital to clinical practice. However, it remains poorly defined and there is little research into its association with outcomes.
Puntis, Stephen Robert, Stephen Robert Puntis   +1 more
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Continuity of care for patients with malignant disease [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1978
Summary The first year of running a new continuing Care Unit for patients with malignant disease demonstrated the importance of continuity of care in their management after curative measures have ceased to be appropriate. This was achieved by regular home visiting by Unit ataff, liaison with home care services and the promise of ...
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