Results: A total of 873 nursing home residents made 1,488 ED visits. Mean age was 76.0 years; 66.4% were female, and 55.2% were white. Of the transfers, 42.9% occurred during regular working hours. The most common chief complaints were respiratory symptoms (14.4%), altered mental status ...
To ensure care homes meet the needs, secure the welfare and social inclusion of residents. Applies to all homes providing accommodation, nursing care and personal care for older people. Covers choice of home, individual needs and choices, lifestyle, personal and healthcare support, complaints ...
Government Health City of Framingham’s Public Health Nursing Clinic Closed This Weekeditor December 26, 2021 No Comments FRAMINGHAM – The City of Framingham’s Public Health Nursing Clinic will be closed this week, from Dec. 27-31. The clinic is located at 113 Concord Street in downtown...
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Negative patient comments were most often related to communication between health providers across the care continuum and the professionalism of personnel in the ED. Comments concerning home care became more neutral with the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion Patients were satisfied overall with acute care ...
In particular, they considered the widespread use of a web platform with access to personalised health data and medical records significant: “I think you see it more often—they [the patients] can access [the web platform] … So, when I tell them: “Your blood tests are completely normal...
Does the proportion of same-day and 24-hour appointments impact patient satisfaction? Qual Manag Health Care. 2017;26(1):22-28.PubMedGoogle Scholar 38. Parker MM, Moffet HH, Schillinger D, et al. Ethnic differences in appointment-keeping and implications for the patient-centered medical home...
Emergency department revisits among individuals with behavioral health complaints. Paper presented at Behavioral Health Interest Group meeting of the AcademyHealth 31st Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 8, 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Part II. Introduction to measures ...
The poor working environment has been cited as one of the push factors that drive the brain drain of nurses [31] and even complaints to working condition is one of the main triggering issues in strikes by health force in low-income countries [32]. In Ethiopia, hardly researches try to add...
Abdominal pain Patients’ perspectives Interview Emergency department Readmission Communication Patient involvement Emergency nursing Patients experience 1. Background Abdominal pain is one of the most common complaints when patients are admitted to an emergency department (ED) [1], [2], [3], [4]. ...