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Shifting Role of Customer from Recipient To Partner of Care In Healthcare Organization [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2013
Most recent e-health initiatives perceive customers (patients) as recipients of medical care where they do not have a significant role in the process of health decision making. However, the advancement of Web 2.0 offers patients to have a greater role in the decision making process related to their health as they can be empowered with the ability to ...
arxiv  

Automated rapidplan model validation using Eclipse scripting API

open access: yesJournal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract RapidPlan offers efficiency gains and quality improvements in treatment planning. Prior to its use in the clinic, it requires an extensive validation procedure in which established clinical plans and those generated by the model are compared. The manual iterative nature of this process is resource intensive, as numerous iterations are required
Bradley Beeksma   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient satisfaction in the emergency department: a case of Sina hospital in Tabriz [PDF]

open access: yes
Objective: Patient satisfaction is one of the most important indicators for measuring the quality of emergency services and health care. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the patients’ satisfaction in the emergency department (ED) of Sina ...
Objective: Patient satisfaction is one of the most important ind,
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Patient Satisfaction and Ultrasound Use During Pregnancy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Use, number, and frequency of ultrasounds women receive during pregnancy vary widely in practice. Current evidence suggests that women presenting with pregnancy complications benefit from additional ultrasounds, although excessive ultrasound use in low ...
McGrath, Robert J.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Patient compliance: a determinant of patient satisfaction?

open access: yesThe Angle orthodontist, 2004
Recent studies have shown that there is a distinct relationship between patient satisfaction and patient compliance in orthodontic treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate whether patient compliance, as noticed and recorded by the orthodontist during treatment, can be used as a determinant of patient's satisfaction in the long run ...
Bos, A.   +3 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Postpartum Patients Reports of Satisfaction with a Welcome Meal after a Vaginal Delivery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Objective: The purpose of this research study was to assess patient perspectives regarding a special Welcome Meal. The focus was on patients\u27 feeling welcomed and important because prior research has shown that when a patient\u27s expectations are ...
Pinilla, Jessica R.
core   +1 more source

Treatment satisfaction in Chinese medicine outpatient care: a comparison of patients’ and doctors’ views

open access: yesBMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019
Background Both doctors’ and patients’ opinions are important in the process of treatment and healthcare of Chinese medicine. This study is to compare patients’ and doctors’ treatment satisfaction over the course of two visits in a Chinese medicine ...
Yanhong Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving pathology reports using business intelligence techniques: An experimental study [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2016
Health professionals use pathology reports to monitor and manage a patient's health. Typically, pathologists diagnose patients' conditions and produce these reports which are then used as reference by clinicians and eventually shared with the patient.
arxiv  

How Effective is Cultural Competence Training of Healthcare Providers on Improving Patient Satisfaction of Minority Groups? A Systematic Review of Literature.

open access: yesWorldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 2016
BACKGROUND With the rapid growth of minority populations in the United States, the need to train healthcare providers to give culturally competent care has never been greater.
Linda Govere, E. Govere
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Communicating prognostic uncertainty in potential end-of-life contexts: experiences of family members [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: This article reports on the concept of “communicating prognostic uncertainty” which emerged from a mixed methods survey asking family members to rank their satisfaction in seven domains of hospital end-of-life care. Methods: Open-ended
Gallagher, Romayne, Krawczyk, Marian
core   +2 more sources

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