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Patients' experiences of seeking help for emotional concerns in primary care: doctor as drug, detective and collaborator [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background NICE guidelines for the management of emotional concerns in primary care emphasise the importance of communication and a trusting relationship, which is difficult to operationalise in practice.
Byng, R.   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Patients report improvements in continuity of care when quality of life assessments are used routinely in oncology practice: Secondary outcomes of a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
INTRODUCTION AND AIM: In a randomised trial investigating the effects of regular use of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in oncology practice, we previously reported an improvement in communication (objective analysis of recorded encounters) and ...
Aaronson   +29 more
core   +1 more source

Transition of care at discharge from the Intensive Care Unit: a scoping review

open access: yesRevista 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   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Continuity of Nursing Care in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death worldwide and patient continuity of care is essential. Health professionals can help in the transition stage by providing resources to achieve pharmacological treatment adherence, as well as social ...
Gloria Posadas-Collado   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Continuity of Care and Healthcare Costs among Patients with Chronic Disease: Evidence from Primary Care Settings in China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Integrated Care, 2022
Background: Though critical to primary care, continuity of care has rarely been examined in China. This study aims to assess the relationship between continuity of care and healthcare costs among patients with chronic diseases within primary care ...
Di Liang   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Planning Strategies for Home Health Care Delivery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In home health care, continuity of care, wherein a patient is always visited by the same nurse, can be just as important as cost, as it is closely correlated to quality of care.
Hewitt, Mike   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

The integrated care pathway for melanoma: the Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata experience in Rome

open access: yesAboutOpen, 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   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of care during rural care transitions: a qualitative study on structural conditions

open access: yesBMC Nursing, 2023
Background Registered nurses are critical for the delivery of high-quality healthcare during care transitions from hospital to home. Older co-morbid patients are most vulnerable during these transitions. A growing population of older adults with a higher
Idun Winqvist   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of patient-held alert cards in promoting continuity of care for Heart Failure Patients

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2014
Background: Patients with heart failure managed by community heart failure specialist nurses (CHFSNs) may have episodes of (often unrelated) ill-health managed separately in hospital.
A. Mcbride   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Why does continuity of care with family doctors matter?

open access: yesCanadian Family Physician Médecin de famille canadien, 2021
Objective To summarize and synthesize qualitative studies that report patient and physician perspectives on continuity of care in family practice. Data sources MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), and PsycInfo (Ovid) were searched for qualitative primary ...
D. A. Nowak   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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