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Standardizing Patient Outcomes Measurement

New England Journal of Medicine, 2016
Acceleration of outcomes measurement can unlock the potential of value-based health care for driving improvement. It requires a commitment to measuring a minimum sufficient set of outcomes for every major medical condition.
Michael E, Porter, Stefan, Larsson, Thomas H, Lee   +2 more
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Standard Procedures for Standard Patients?

2007
A variety of procedures is available to repair a groin hernia, including several techniques for open repair and a couple for laparoscopic repair. Most of these techniques have been assessed in multiple, randomized controlled trials and evaluated in meta-analyses, showing similar recurrence data from laparoscopic vs. Lichtenstein technique [1], but with
H. Kehlet, M. Bay-Nielsen
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Standardized patients: The “other” simulation

Journal of Critical Care, 2008
Although rarely thought of as simulations by anesthesia educators, the use of standardized patients to simulate clinical encounters spans 4 decades (Mt Sinai J Med. 1996;63:241-249; J Am Med Assoc. 1997;278:790-791; Int J Dermatol. 1999;38:893-894). Although its efficacy for education and evaluation in the medical community has been well established ...
Adam I, Levine, Mark H, Swartz
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Meeting JCAHO Patient-Education Standards

Nursing Management (Springhouse), 1997
Specific standards and interdisciplinary coordination improve educational services and help to meet the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization's standards. A flow chart detailing the patient/family education process is provided.
B, Miller, E, Capps
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JCAHO's patient safety standards

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2002
THE JOINT COMMISSION on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is committed to improving safety for patients in health care organizations. The mission of the JCAHO is to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of accreditation of health care organizations.
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Effectiveness of standardized patient instruction

Journal of Dental Education, 1996
To prepare freshmen dental students for clinical experiences, standardized patients (SPs) were used to teach basic skills in communication, examination, and record keeping. SPs allow students to practice and be assessed in a realistic, predetermined, and controlled setting.
J A, Johnson, K C, Kopp
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Standardized Patient Training: Using ANGER to quickly evoke anger in standardized patients

Medical Teacher, 2014
Dear SirDuring clinical skill tests, Standardized Patient (SP) trainers typically encounter challenges in rapidly inducing the emotions suitable for such examinations.
Chia-Shen, Liao, Ming-Chen, Hsieh
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Scoring and Standard Setting with Standardized Patients

Evaluation & the Health Professions, 1993
The purpose of this study was to compare the continuous method of scoring a performance test composed of standardized patients with a derivative method that assigned each examinee a dichotomous score and to explore the use of Ang off 's method at the case level with these two scoring methods.
John J. Norcini, Paula L. Stillman, Alton I. Sutnick, Mary Beth Regan, Heather L. Haley, Reed G. Williams, Miriam Friedman   +6 more
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The Biomechanics of Patient Room Standardization

HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 2012
Background: The prevailing focus on cognitive load reduction in healthcare environment standardization excludes a domain of healthcare delivery that could contribute significantly to safety and efficiency through standardization, but it has escaped discussion in the context of the biomechanics of care delivery.
Pati, Debajyoti, Cason, Carolyn, Harvey, Thomas E., Evans, Jennifer, Erwin, Andrea M.   +4 more
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How standardized are standardized patients?

Research in medical education : proceedings of the ... annual Conference. Conference on Research in Medical Education, 1989
The accuracy and reproducibility of the standardized patient's presentation of a clinical problem was evaluated in 15 cases used in the evaluation of fourth year medical students in two universities. There were differences in the quality of standardized patient presentation between institutions and among the cases presented.
R, Tamblyn, G, Schnabl, D, Klass, M, Kopelow, M, Marcy   +4 more
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