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Another related measure scores patient-doctor encounters using three components of patient-centered communication: the physician's ability to conceptualize illness and disease in relation to a patient's life; to explore the full context of the patient's life setting (e.g. work, social supports, family) and personal development; and to reach ...
The doctor and patient's values and perspectives about disease, life, and time available play a role in building up this relationship. A strong relationship between the doctor and patient may lead to frequent, freely-offered quality information about the patient's disease and as a result, better healthcare for the patient and their family.
Access to care plays a role in patient adherence, whereby greater wait times to access care contributing to greater absenteeism. [2] The cost of prescription medication also plays a major role. [3] Compliance can be confused with concordance, which is the process by which a patient and clinician make decisions together about treatment. [4]
Still others are modules added onto an existing electronic medical record (EMR) system. What all of these services share is the ability of patients to interact with their medical information via the Internet. At times, the lines between an EMR, a personal health record, and a patient portal can be blurred due to feature overlap. [1]
Concierge medicine, also known as retainer medicine, is a relationship between a patient and a primary care physician in which the patient pays an annual fee or retainer. In exchange for the retainer, doctors agree to provide enhanced care, including commitments to ensure adequate time and availability for each patient. [1]
Patient management software is classified as either Class I or Class II. Software that is intended to be used to view images, or other real time data, as an adjunct to the monitoring device itself, for the purpose of aiding in treatment or diagnosis of a patient, would be Class I medical devices.
A Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) is a computerized tool designed to assist healthcare providers in making clinical decisions by integrating medical knowledge with patient data. These systems utilize algorithms, databases, and patient information to provide tailored recommendations, alerts, and reminders to healthcare professionals at ...
A clinical pathway is a multidisciplinary management tool based on evidence-based practice for a specific group of patients with a predictable clinical course, in which the different tasks (interventions) by the professionals involved in the patient care are defined, optimized and sequenced either by hour (ED), day (acute care) or visit (homecare).