Patient reported outcomes have become increasingly important in the evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) over recent years. Besides pain and functional capacity, fatigue, sleep and well-being are also import
Patient satisfaction surveys are self-reported assessments that gather patients’ feedback about their healthcare experience at multiple stages of their visit. Healthcare organizations can use data from patient satisfaction surveys—along with metrics like patient volume, visit length, wait times and rete...
financial, and material—will actually move the needle on patient satisfaction. While hotel-like amenities are a bonus to a hospital stay,investing more deeply in communication and patient education is more likely to yield improvements.
Patients might report that what is important to them are everyday life impacts, concepts that can be very different from the more typical clinical outcomes we often track. In this paper, we encourage expanding current thinking to all “impacts,” not only health outcomes, but also the other ...
A gender diverse medical workforce might also translate into improved patient outcomes. There is evidence that different patients prefer to be treated by a specific gendered doctor,112 which is important for equity of access to care. A study investigating mortality of female patients with acute myoca...
In recent years, there has been a trend towards more clinically relevant model systems, some of which are also patient specific. At a simpler level, this includes heterogenous cell systems for higher-throughput testing, as well as considering parameters such as cell–cell interactions in 3D [63...
However, deep learning has many practical applications that businesses are using today, and many more that will be used as research continues. Popular uses today include: Retail In the retail industry, it’s important to stay one step ahead of customer expectations. Deep learning is making ...
“There are some that just really enjoy the work and continue to work for the joy of interacting (with others),” said Crystal McKeon, a certified financial planner with Houston-based TSA Wealth Management, in an email. “They often move to a new job that provides ...
There are several reasons for the shorter duration used in children. The most important ones are that (i) this duration is based on the natural history of viral-related cough and (ii) to ensure that a serious underlying condition is not missed [11,13]. A multicenter study that used a ...
We put the heaviest reliance on outcomes because of the self-evident connection between a patient's outcomes, including survival and the quality of their care. Other data, such as the number of patients and the ratio of nurses and patients, are less obviously related to quality, but ample...