Tracking Medical Procedures with Outcomes Reporting

2012 ◽  
pp. 207-226
Author(s):  
Brent Metfessel
Keyword(s):  
Medical Procedures

Parental behavior and child distress and pain during pediatric medical procedures: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 558-572
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Sobol-Kwapińska ◽  
Marek Sobol ◽  
Ewa Woźnica-Niesobska
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Parental Behavior ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Medical Procedures ◽  
Child Distress

A General Model of Drug Prescription

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (04) ◽  
pp. 310-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Séné ◽  
I. de Zegher ◽  
C. Milstein ◽  
S. Errore ◽  
F de Rosis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Drug Prescription ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Drug Prescriptions ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Medical Procedures ◽  
Dosage Regimens ◽  
Structured Representation

Abstract:Currently, there is no widely accepted structured representation of drug prescription. Nevertheless, a structured representation is required for entering and storing drug prescriptions avoiding free text in computerized systems, and for drug prescription reviews. Derived from part of the work of the European OPADE project, we describe an object-oriented model of drug prescription which incorporates important concepts such as the phase and triggering event concepts. This model can be used to record all drug prescriptions, including infusions, in a structured way avoiding free text. The phase concept allows the storage of sequentially ordered dosage regimens for a drug within the same prescription. The prescription triggering event concept allows recording of the administration of a drug conditional to dates, symptoms and clinical signs, medical procedures, and everyday life events. This model has been implemented within the OPADE project; the corresponding aspects of the user interface are presented to show how this model can be used in practice. Even if other new attributes may be added to the described objects, the structure of this model is suitable for general use in software which requires the entry, storage and processing of drug prescriptions.

Corporate Social Responsibility in Hospitals: Need for Transparent CSR Initiatives for Internal and External Stakeholders

Think India ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Vedantam Leela
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Medical Procedures ◽  
Healthcare Industry ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Good For ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Strategic Balance

Social Responsibility initiatives are the indispensible strategies for governance and this applies equally well in the field of Corporate framework also. In the recent times, the corporate houses other than healthcare industry, evidently demonstrated that strategic balance among social, environmental, and commercial goals can be accomplished. Corporate hospitals contemporary functioning rests on the anarchic assumptions that healthcare industry functions on the notion that what is good for patients or society cannot be good for business. At a time when patients are overexposed to medical procedures and medical treatment is within the reach of affordability of only those who are well insured, there arises a question,is it not essential for corporate hospitals to adopt CSR initiatives. An important corollary question, that also needs to be examined, is whether and for what reasons CSR initiatives must be nurtured by Corporate Hospitals. Drawing up from the existing research studies on CSR in corporate hospitals in Indian scenario i.e., corporate hospitals and healthcare sector, this paper (i) undertakes a thorough examination of the CSR initiatives needs a thorough examination, (ii) examines the implications of modelling of CSR in corporate hospitals so as to create a right balance between their social and economic objectives, (iii) to this extent, the paper hypothesizes that (a) employee costs of corporate hospitals may positively increase due to CSR initiatives, (b) profit maximization i.e. positive increases due to CSR initiatives, and (c) the degree of workforce efficiency positively increases sales turnover due to CSR initiatives.

Expectations about pain and analgesic treatment depend on medical providers’ facial appearances

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Necka ◽  
Carolyn Amir ◽  
Troy C. Dildine ◽  
Lauren Yvette Atlas
Keyword(s):  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Medical Procedures ◽  
Medical Providers ◽  
Analgesic Treatment ◽  
Digital Services ◽  
Receive Treatment ◽  
Facial Images ◽  
Trait Impressions

There is a robust link between patients’ expectations and clinical outcomes, as evidenced by the placebo effect. These expectations are shaped by the context surrounding treatment, including the patient-provider interaction. Prior work indicates that the provider’s behavior and characteristics, including warmth and competence, can shape patient outcomes. Yet humans rapidly form trait impressions of others prior to any in-person interaction. Here, we tested whether trait-impressions of hypothetical medical providers, based purely on facial images, influence participants’ choice of medical providers and expectations about their health following hypothetical medical procedures performed by those providers in a series of vignettes. Across five studies, participants selected providers who appeared more competent, based on facial visual information alone. Further, providers’ apparent competence predicted participants’ expectations about post-procedural pain and medication use. Participants’ perception of their similarity to providers also shaped expectations about pain and treatment outcomes. Our results suggest that humans develop expectations about their health outcomes prior to even setting foot in the clinic, based exclusively on first impressions. These findings have strong implications for health care, as individuals increasingly rely on digital services to choose healthcare providers, schedule appointments, and even receive treatment and care, a trend which is exacerbated as the world embraces telemedicine.

Categories Related to Gender Identity in ICD-11 and DSM-5 Sensitivity, Specificity and Ability to Predict Gender-Affirming Medical Procedures

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebeca Robles ◽  
Jared W. Keeley ◽  
Hamid Vega-Ramírez ◽  
Jeremy Cruz-Islas ◽  
Victor Rodríguez-Pérez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Medical Procedures ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Sensitivity Specificity

The Uniform Status of Children of Assisted Conception Act: Does It Protect the Best Interests of the Child in a Surrogate Arrangement?

1990 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-553
Author(s):  
Mimi Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Insemination ◽  
Medical Technology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Medical Procedures ◽  
Assisted Conception ◽  
Regulatory Scheme ◽  
Infertile Couples ◽  
Definition Of

Medical technology is easing the plight of many infertile couples by offering such reproductive alternatives as in vitro fertilization, artificial insemination and surrogacy. In response to the changes in our society's definition of family, wrought by scientific advances, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform States Laws promulgated the Uniform Status of Children of Assisted Conception Act. The purpose of this Act is to protect the interests of children born through extraordinary medical procedures. This Note analyzes the Act's provisions regarding surrogacy and focuses on how the Commission's regulatory scheme fails to protect the child's interests. The Act's alternative of voiding the surrogacy contract also does not protect the child's interests. A more complete regulatory scheme which protects the adult parties’ interests, as well as the child's, should be devised, as the adequacy of the adult parties’ protection ultimately affects the child's well-being.

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