Article: LA: alcohol treatment pt. fled, fell, & died: RN calling Dr. re patient's vitals not liable.(Legal Case Briefs for Nurses)

Article: Patient data, early SARS epidemic, Taiwan.(Dispatches)
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... an airplane (Figure 1B). Patient 9 did not fly with the four patients but had contact with them in ... bacteremia also occurred in patient 9. One of the patients who received ventilator support (patient 2) had concomitant bacterial ...

Article: Patients bearing gifts
Medical Economics;  January 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... payment for treating a patient may be a thing of the ... that doesn't mean patients have stopped trying ... call, and crush of patient responsibilities were ... when one of my favorite patients handed me an envelope ... Christmas card from a patient: I thought. `What ...

Article: Patients Being Discharged Against Medical Advice; Mayo ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  March 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... reports. Physician-patient communication ... management. Identifying patients likely to leave ... elements of care for patients who make this decision ... decision means that the patient has arrived at the ... together to care for patients, joined by common ... the needs of the patient come ...

Article: Patients' Understanding of and Compliance With ...
Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... physicians encounter with patient compliance. All of their 43 patients spoke English. Only 28% of the patients were able to list all ... medications was 3.89 per patient, but the authors did ... percentage would be if patients were taking 6 or more ...

Article: Satisfied patients can spell financial well-being. ...
Healthcare Financial Management;  February 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... programs must address patient satisfaction monitoring ... purchasers, payers, and patients. A stumbling block ... providers is whether patient satisfaction reflects ... objection to monitoring patient satisfaction is that patients untrained in medicine ...

Article: Imaging patients with chronic disabilities.
Radiologic Technology;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... profound effect on a patient's psychological state. Helping Patients Adjust Listen to ... depression. Often, the patient will be preoccupied ... about the loss. As patients try to resolve their ... and depression, patients with disabilities ... For example, a patient may be overcome ...

Article: Patients are untapped resource for improving care, study ...
NewsRx Health;  March 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... to be aimed at how to better equip patients to improve their health care. A 15-month study looking at 21,860 patients and 110 primary care physicians from ... Vanguard health centers found that patients who received mailed reminders that ...