The site dispenses a wide variety of information and resources designed to help patient advocates of any type function effectively (a small fee is charged for the membership-based site, but visitors can apply for a free trial membership to investigate the available information before joining). One...
Patient adherence is a key factor in achieving orthodontic treatment success [1,2,3]. Poor patient adherence during and after active treatment may result in less satisfactory treatment outcomes, deleterious effects, longer duration of orthodontic treatment, and relapse after treatment [1,3]. Although...
Lost between the divergent viewpoints of industry advocates and academic critics, however, are the voices of people who are engaging with social media related to their health and illness. They blur the boundaries between these ideological distinctions through their lived experience with illness. In ...
Third, we assessed the relationship between patient satisfaction in one year and health care utilization and expenditures in the following year, which may differ from the relationship between sustained patient satisfaction and longer-term utilization and expenditures. Advocates of patient experience metrics...
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Advocates of patient experience metrics argue that systematic routine measurement of patient satisfaction is a powerful quality improvement tool for physicians and health plans.1While we do not believe that patient satisfaction should be disregarded, our data suggest that we do not fully understand what...
(WHO)n.d.), and it advocates for reducing disparities in access to health care and improving health outcomes for all patients, regardless of socio-economic status, ethnicity, or religion. Moreover, by providing equitable palliative care that recognises and considers gender-specific needs and ...
And all the criticism of this theory counts for nothing if, as some of its advocates, suggest, the number of people dying for lack of sunlight is four times as high as those dying from skin cancer. At the same time, those advocates must not overstate their case. Everyone wants to save...
MacDonald, like every massage therapist who works with cancer patients, advocates a careful consultation with the patient’s physician before any massage. If patients have been in remission for more than a year, she generally does not consult the physician. If they are recently diagnosed or in ...
“care where people are consulted on all aspects of their care, and care is focused on the whole person, care is planned in partnership with the patient and their carers and family as agreed with the person or their advocates” [35]. While this definition is clearer than that in the NSW...