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HOW to START a DIRECT PATIENT CARE TEAM

QRB - Quality Review Bulletin, 1992
Many American hospitals are embracing the philosophies of continuous quality improvement (CQI) or total quality management (TQM). To date, case studies in the literature have largely dealt with administrative processes. However, CQI can also improve direct patient care (clinical) processes using direct patient care teams.
J E, McEachern, L, Schiff, O, Cogan
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Team Care for the Patient With Cleft

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2009
To meet the medical, dental, and psychologic needs of the individual with a complex craniofacial birth defect such as cleft lip and palate, a team of specialists must be involved. The currently accepted standards of care can only be met if the appropriate specialists work together in the diagnostic workup and in the immediate and long-term planning and
Karin, Vargervik, Snehlata, Oberoi, William Y, Hoffman   +2 more
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Team-based care of the thoracic surgical patient

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2023
Purpose of review Although team-based care has been shown in many sectors to improve outcomes, very little work has been done with the thoracic surgical patient. This review article focuses on this and, extrapolating from other closely related surgical fields, teamwork in thoracic surgery will be reviewed for outcome efficacy ...
Charlie, Slowey, Jake, Abernathy
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Supporting the Health Care Team in Caring for Patients With AIDS

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1989
PHYSICIANS and other health care professionals caring for patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) may assume a greater degree of responsibility and face a more complicated array of problems than in treating almost any other patient group.
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Team Care of the Patient with Cleft Lip and Palate

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, 2008
u u m l t f F o b A rcheological data and ancient historical records document the presence of cleft lip and palate and even attempts to surgically epair the cleft defect. Current estimates suggest hat as many as 6500 babies are born each year in he United States with orofacial clefts, including left palate and cleft lip with and without cleft alate ...
Eileen F, Kasten, Stephen P, Schmidt, Candace F, Zickler, Elissa, Berner, Lee Ann K, Damian, Glenda McDonald, Christian, Heather, Workman, Manuel, Freeman, Mark D, Farley, Todd Leander, Hicks   +9 more
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An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Geriatric Patient Care

Psychiatric Services, 1973
In a state psychiatric institution a cross section of skilled and volunteer mental health personnel are working as a team to provide a graduated treatment milieu for 770 geriatric patients. The team screened the patients, divided them into groups, and planned and implemented appropriate treatment programs according to their individual needs and ...
P F, Birjandi, M J, Sclafani
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Skin care in burn patients: a team approach

Burns, 2001
Skin care is an important but often neglected issue in burn management. Newly healed burn skin is fragile, itchy, dry, and susceptible to sunburn. Without proper skin care in burn patients, they may suffer from sleep and mood disturbances, depression, and poor compliance to treatment that can jeopardize the rehabilitation process.
W S, Ho, H H, Chan, S Y, Ying, H S, Cheng, C S, Wong   +4 more
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Care Coordination and Multispecialty Teams in the Care of Colorectal Cancer Patients

Medical Care, 2018
Objectives: To estimate the association between provider and team experience and adherence to guidelines, survival, and utilization among colorectal cancer patients in North Carolina. Subjects: The analysis cohort included 7295 patients diagnosed with incident stage II/III ...
Justin G, Trogdon, Yunkyung, Chang, Saray, Shai, Peter J, Mucha, Tzy-Mey, Kuo, Anne M, Meyer, Karyn B, Stitzenberg   +6 more
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Establishing an Interdisciplinary Patient Care Team

The Journal of Nursing Administration, 1996
The authors describe how an interdisciplinary team used skills in communication and collaboration to improve patient care on a busy surgical service. A major goal was to establish and maintain continuity of care in the face of decreasing lengths of stay and increasing patient acuity.
M, McHugh, P, West, C, Assatly, L, Duprat, L, Howard, J, Niloff, K, Waldo, J, Wandel, J, Clifford   +8 more
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[Pain and the patient care team in intensive care].

Revue de l'infirmiere, 2014
Pain is an indicator of the quality of care, especially in intensive care. It gives rise to a questioning of practices. It requires formalised measures and standardised methods as well as a common language within the teams. The assessment and management of pain is multidisciplinary and responsibility is shared.
Claudine, Gniadek, Sylvie, de Lattre, Gisèle, Tondut, Samir, Jaber, Gérald, Chanques   +4 more
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