while respecting and incorporating their preferences, values and needs in their interventions [10,11,12]. Despite patients’ needs being a key element to patient-centred care, the term “need” remains a complex and poorly defined
If you’ve got a resourceful IT staff that can build custom tools for your team, there are a couple ways to improve on this system in Slack withcustom code. You can streamline submissions to triage channels by creating a form usingdialogs. At Slack, we’ve also built our own inte...
One of the most important uses ofremote patient monitoringis to engage patients and address any concerns as they arise simultaneously. Kwiatkowsky states, “Canopy helps providers engage the patients and elicit their issues. Then it helps providers triage those issues.” This tool...
Programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression is a key biomarker to screen patients for PD-1/PD-L1-targeted immunotherapy. However, a subjective assessment guide on PD-L1 expression of tumor-infiltrating immune cells (IC) scoring is currently adopted in clinical practice with low concordance. The...
This article focuses on the initial evaluation and treatment of psychotic patients in the ER, either by a psychiatric emergency service or a psychiatric consultant. This process can be broken down into: * triage or initial clinical assessment * initial psychiatric stabilization, including pharmacol...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2014, 14:321 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/14/321 REVIEW Open Access How to approach and treat viral infections in ICU patients Theodoros Kelesidis1, Ioannis Mastoris2, Aliki Metsini2 and Sotirios Tsiodras2* Abstract Patients with severe viral infections are ...
And I’ve listened to countless patients share about their experiences. On July 13, it was my turn to become the patient. I woke up around 2:50 am with pain very low in my right side. Going to the bathroom brought no relief. I went into our living room to see if using the ...
Lay Midwives: On the Front Lines of the Fight Against Maternal Mortality in Rural Guatemala Finally, institutional factors, such as overcrowding andmedication stockouts, all contribute to clinical uncertainly and instability that dramatically impacts patients’ experiences of the hospital environment. Workin...
to cause tumour regression in mice2. And when the molecule was developed into a drug, Kaelin helped convince the developer to test its product on patients with Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease — a genetic disorder that predisposes people to numerous cancers. The US Food and Drug Administration...
By leveraging MIH Paramedics in this capacity, South Shore also benefits from their unique ability to assess and triage patients in the home, and use a virtual consult to adjust a care plan or provide immediate intervention.Creating a shared platform to improve communication & care coordinationIn ...