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“A system is defined as a network of interdependent components that work together to try to accomplish a specific aim.” Source: Nelson, E.C., Batalden, P.B., Godfrey, M.M. (2007) Quality by Design. A Clinical Microsystems Approach. John Wiley & Sons Inc. (p. 230) “A system is an integrated series of parts with a clearly defined goal.”
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).
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 nurse operating medical equipment in an ambulatory care setting. Ambulatory care services typically consist of a multidisciplinary team of health professionals that may include (but is not limited to) physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, and other allied health professionals.
Clinical engineers are required to understand all modern medical technologies, as well as train, troubleshoot, and design entire clinical settings. Clinical engineering is a specialty within biomedical engineering responsible for using medical technology to optimize healthcare delivery.
Applied psychology is the use of psychological methods and findings of scientific psychology to solve practical problems of human and animal behavior and experience. . Educational and organizational psychology, business management, law, health, product design, ergonomics, behavioural psychology, psychology of motivation, psychoanalysis, neuropsychology, psychiatry and mental health are just a ...
Sample view of an electronic health record. An electronic health record (EHR) is the systematized collection of electronically stored patient and population health information in a digital format. [1] These records can be shared across different health care settings.
The CCC provides a unique framework and coding structure. Used for documenting the plan of care; following the nursing process in all health care settings. [1] The Clinical Care Classification (CCC), previously the Home Health Care Classification (HHCC), was originally created to document nursing care in home health and ambulatory care settings ...