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Increased adherence – Effective communication and patient education increases patient motivation to adhere to treatments. Patient outcomes – Patients more likely to respond well to their treatment plan – fewer complications. Informed consent – Patients feel you've provided the information they need to make informed decisions [8]
Pay for performance systems link compensation to measures of work quality or goals. Current methods of healthcare payment may actually reward less-safe care, since some insurance companies will not pay for new practices to reduce errors, while physicians and hospitals can bill for additional services that are needed when patients are injured by mistakes. [1]
Predictive patient risk modeling uses patterns in data to find groups at greater risk of adverse events. [34] Predictive care risk and outcome models identify situations that are at greater risk of poor care. [35] Clinical decision support systems use patient algorithms applied to patient data to make specific treatment recommendations.
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How→When asked to teach-back, patients should be able to clearly describe or explain the information provided to them. Depending on the patient's successful or unsuccessful teach-back, the provider will clarify or modify the information and reassess the teach-back to confirm the patient's comprehension and understanding. [3]
Whiteside has about 10 patients at a given time, and she worries most about the ones who aren’t texting or calling. She hadn’t heard from Mary in a couple days. Mary (not her real name) was 41 at the time, with a good job in a nearby school system, and she worked very hard to hide her thoughts of suicide from friends and co-workers.