Health care provided on a continuing basis from the initial contact, following the patient through all phases of medical care.
The interactions between physician and patient.
The degree to which the individual regards the health care service or product or the manner in which it is delivered by the provider as useful, effective, or beneficial.
Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organized around patients rather than around specialized departments. (From Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14)
Programs of training in medicine and medical specialties offered by hospitals for graduates of medicine to meet the requirements established by accrediting authorities.
A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.
Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)
Any group of three or more full-time physicians organized in a legally recognized entity for the provision of health care services, sharing space, equipment, personnel and records for both patient care and business management, and who have a predetermined arrangement for the distribution of income.
The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others.
The different methods of scheduling patient visits, appointment systems, individual or group appointments, waiting times, waiting lists for hospitals, walk-in clinics, etc.
The interactions between individuals of different generations. These interactions include communication, caring, accountability, loyalty, and even conflict between related or non-related individuals.
The misinterpretation of a real external, sensory experience.
The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.
A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal organ systems of adults.
Interactions between health personnel and patients.
Insurance providing benefits for the costs of care by a physician which can be comprehensive or limited to surgical expenses or for care provided only in the hospital. It is frequently called "regular medical expense" or "surgical expense".
Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc.
Those physicians who have completed the education requirements specified by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Physicians who are employed to work exclusively in hospital settings, primarily for managed care organizations. They are the attending or primary responsible physician for the patient during hospitalization.
Health care services provided to patients on an ambulatory basis, rather than by admission to a hospital or other health care facility. The services may be a part of a hospital, augmenting its inpatient services, or may be provided at a free-standing facility.
Any type of research that employs nonnumeric information to explore individual or group characteristics, producing findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other quantitative means. (Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997)
Statistical measures of utilization and other aspects of the provision of health care services including hospitalization and ambulatory care.
Brief accounts or narratives of an incident or event.
Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey instrument.
The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups.
The transferring of patient care responsibility from one health-care professional to another.
Visits made by patients to health service providers' offices for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.
Care of patients by a multidisciplinary team usually organized under the leadership of a physician; each member of the team has specific responsibilities and the whole team contributes to the care of the patient.
Communication, in the sense of cross-fertilization of ideas, involving two or more academic disciplines (such as the disciplines that comprise the cross-disciplinary field of bioethics, including the health and biological sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences and law). Also includes problems in communication stemming from differences in patterns of language usage in different academic or medical disciplines.
A method of data collection and a QUALITATIVE RESEARCH tool in which a small group of individuals are brought together and allowed to interact in a discussion of their opinions about topics, issues, or questions.
A province of Canada lying between the provinces of Manitoba and Quebec. Its capital is Toronto. It takes its name from Lake Ontario which is said to represent the Iroquois oniatariio, beautiful lake. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p892 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p391)
Conversations with an individual or individuals held in order to obtain information about their background and other personal biographical data, their attitudes and opinions, etc. It includes school admission or job interviews.
Anxiety experienced by an individual upon separation from a person or object of particular significance to the individual.
The term "United States" in a medical context often refers to the country where a patient or study participant resides, and is not a medical term per se, but relevant for epidemiological studies, healthcare policies, and understanding differences in disease prevalence, treatment patterns, and health outcomes across various geographic locations.
Organized services in a hospital which provide medical care on an outpatient basis.
Theoretical representations and constructs that describe or explain the structure and hierarchy of relationships and interactions within or between formal organizational entities or informal social groups.
Patient-based medical care provided across age and gender or specialty boundaries.
Confidence in or reliance on a person or thing.
A medical specialty concerned with maintaining health and providing medical care to children from birth to adolescence.
Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time.
I'm sorry for any confusion, but the term "Delaware" is not a medical concept or condition that has a defined meaning within the medical field. It is a state in the United States. If you have any questions about a specific medical topic or condition, I would be happy to help answer those!
Practice of a health profession by an individual, offering services on a person-to-person basis, as opposed to group or partnership practice.
Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.
Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.
The reciprocal interaction of two or more professional individuals.
Great Britain is not a medical term, but a geographical name for the largest island in the British Isles, which comprises England, Scotland, and Wales, forming the major part of the United Kingdom.
Hospitals which provide care for the military personnel and usually for their dependents.
Professional nurses who have received postgraduate training in midwifery.
The practice of assisting women in childbirth.
The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.
Public attitudes toward health, disease, and the medical care system.
A traditional term for all the activities which a physician or other health care professional normally performs to insure the coordination of the medical services required by a patient. It also, when used in connection with managed care, covers all the activities of evaluating the patient, planning treatment, referral, and follow-up so that care is continuous and comprehensive and payment for the care is obtained. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)
Professionals qualified by graduation from an accredited school of nursing and by passage of a national licensing examination to practice nursing. They provide services to patients requiring assistance in recovering or maintaining their physical or mental health.
Organized services to provide health care for children.
A pathological constriction that can occur above (supravalvular stenosis), below (subvalvular stenosis), or at the AORTIC VALVE. It is characterized by restricted outflow from the LEFT VENTRICLE into the AORTA.
Evaluation procedures that focus on both the outcome or status (OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT) of the patient at the end of an episode of care - presence of symptoms, level of activity, and mortality; and the process (ASSESSMENT, PROCESS) - what is done for the patient diagnostically and therapeutically.
The selection, appointing, and scheduling of personnel.
Services designed for HEALTH PROMOTION and prevention of disease.
The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
Those facilities which administer health services to individuals who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization.
Schedules of medical and nursing procedures, including diagnostic tests, medications, and consultations designed to effect an efficient, coordinated program of treatment. (From Mosby's Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary, 4th ed)
Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen.
Community health and NURSING SERVICES providing coordinated multiple services to the patient at the patient's homes. These home-care services are provided by a visiting nurse, home health agencies, HOSPITALS, or organized community groups using professional staff for care delivery. It differs from HOME NURSING which is provided by non-professionals.
Studies in which variables relating to an individual or group of individuals are assessed over a period of time.
The period of history before 500 of the common era.
The use of community resources, individual case work, or group work to promote the adaptive capacities of individuals in relation to their social and economic environments. It includes social service agencies.
Country located in EUROPE. It is bordered by the NORTH SEA, BELGIUM, and GERMANY. Constituent areas are Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, formerly included in the NETHERLANDS ANTILLES.
Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.
Patient involvement in the decision-making process in matters pertaining to health.
Disorders in which the essential feature is a severe disturbance in mood (depression, anxiety, elation, and excitement) accompanied by psychotic symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, gross impairment in reality testing, etc.
'Hospital bed capacity, under 100' refers to the maximum number of hospital beds available for patient care that is less than one hundred, indicating a smaller healthcare facility or a specific unit within a larger hospital with limited bed resources.
A territory of Australia consisting of Canberra, the national capital and surrounding land. It lies geographically within NEW SOUTH WALES and was established by law in 1988.
Transfer from pediatric to adult care.
Computer-based systems for input, storage, display, retrieval, and printing of information contained in a patient's medical record.
Research aimed at assessing the quality and effectiveness of health care as measured by the attainment of a specified end result or outcome. Measures include parameters such as improved health, lowered morbidity or mortality, and improvement of abnormal states (such as elevated blood pressure).
A malabsorption syndrome resulting from extensive operative resection of the SMALL INTESTINE, the absorptive region of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT.
Facilities which administer the delivery of psychologic and psychiatric services to people living in a neighborhood or community.
Providing for the full range of personal health services for diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation of patients.
An interval of care by a health care facility or provider for a specific medical problem or condition. It may be continuous or it may consist of a series of intervals marked by one or more brief separations from care, and can also identify the sequence of care (e.g., emergency, inpatient, outpatient), thus serving as one measure of health care provided.
Providers of initial care for patients. These PHYSICIANS refer patients when appropriate for secondary or specialist care.
A province of eastern Canada. Its capital is Quebec. The region belonged to France from 1627 to 1763 when it was lost to the British. The name is from the Algonquian quilibek meaning the place where waters narrow, referring to the gradually narrowing channel of the St. Lawrence or to the narrows of the river at Cape Diamond. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p993 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p440)
Norms, criteria, standards, and other direct qualitative and quantitative measures used in determining the quality of health care.
Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, administered by the states, that provides health care benefits to indigent and medically indigent persons.
Social and economic factors that characterize the individual or group within the social structure.
Planning, organizing, and administering activities in an office.
The services rendered by members of the health profession and non-professionals under their supervision.
The administrative process of discharging the patient, alive or dead, from hospitals or other health facilities.
The valve between the left ventricle and the ascending aorta which prevents backflow into the left ventricle.
Description of pattern of recurrent functions or procedures frequently found in organizational processes, such as notification, decision, and action.
Facilities which administer the delivery of health care services to people living in a community or neighborhood.
A system of medical care regulated, controlled and financed by the government, in which the government assumes responsibility for the health needs of the population.
The creation and maintenance of medical and vital records in multiple institutions in a manner that will facilitate the combined use of the records of identified individuals.
Individuals responsible for various duties pertaining to the medical office routine.
Health services required by a population or community as well as the health services that the population or community is able and willing to pay for.
The science pertaining to the interrelationship of psychologic phenomena and the individual's response to the physical properties of sound.
The concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population.
Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures.
Interaction between the patient and nurse.
Specialized healthcare delivered as a follow-up or referral from a PRIMARY CARE provider.
Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care. (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
The comparative science dealing with the physical characteristics of humans as related to their origin, evolution, and development in the total environment.
A theoretical technique utilizing a group of related constructs to describe or prescribe how individuals or groups of people choose a course of action when faced with several alternatives and a variable amount of knowledge about the determinants of the outcomes of those alternatives.
The total amount of work to be performed by an individual, a department, or other group of workers in a period of time.
Various branches of nursing practice limited to specialized areas.
Any sound which is unwanted or interferes with HEARING other sounds.
The controlling of access to health services, usually by primary care providers; often used in managed care settings to reduce utilization of expensive services and reduce referrals. (From BIOETHICS Thesaurus, 1999)
Components of a national health care system which administer specific services, e.g., national health insurance.
Recording of pertinent information concerning patient's illness or illnesses.
The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results.
Hospital department which is responsible for the administration and provision of x-ray diagnostic and therapeutic services.
The interference of one perceptual stimulus with another causing a decrease or lessening in perceptual effectiveness.
The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care.
Medical care provided after the regular practice schedule of the physicians. Usually it is designed to deliver 24-hour-a-day and 365-day-a-year patient care coverage for emergencies, triage, pediatric care, or hospice care.
A readily reversible suspension of sensorimotor interaction with the environment, usually associated with recumbency and immobility.
An occupation limited in scope to a subsection of a broader field.
A tumor made up of nerve cells and nerve fibers. (Dorland, 27th ed)
I'm sorry for any confusion, but 'England' is not a medical term and does not have a medical definition. England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, known for its rich history, cultural heritage, and contributions to medical science. However, in a medical context, it may refer to the location of a patient, healthcare provider, or research study, but it is not a term with a specific medical meaning.
Province of Canada consisting of the island of Newfoundland and an area of Labrador. Its capital is St. John's.
Usually a written medical and nursing care program designed for a particular patient.
Interfacility or intrahospital transfer of patients. Intrahospital transfer is usually to obtain a specific kind of care and interfacility transfer is usually for economic reasons as well as for the type of care provided.
Physicians who serve in a medical and administrative capacity as head of an organized medical staff and who also may serve as liaison for the medical staff with the administration and governing board.
Systematic identification of a population's needs or the assessment of individuals to determine the proper level of services needed.
Organizations and individuals cooperating together toward a common goal at the local or grassroots level.
The attainment or process of attaining a new level of performance or quality.
Physicians whose practice is not restricted to a specific field of MEDICINE.
Surgical formation of an opening through the ABDOMINAL WALL into the JEJUNUM, usually for enteral hyperalimentation.
An infant during the first month after birth.
Surgical creation of an external opening into the ILEUM for fecal diversion or drainage. This replacement for the RECTUM is usually created in patients with severe INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES. Loop (continent) or tube (incontinent) procedures are most often employed.
Periods of sleep manifested by changes in EEG activity and certain behavioral correlates; includes Stage 1: sleep onset, drowsy sleep; Stage 2: light sleep; Stages 3 and 4: delta sleep, light sleep, deep sleep, telencephalic sleep.
The surgical construction of an opening between the colon and the surface of the body.
A course of study offered by an educational institution.
A plant genus of the family Lamiaceae. The species of Coleus should be distinguished from PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS - which is also known as Coleus forskohlii.
Practical experience in medical and health-related services that occurs as part of an educational program wherein the professionally-trained student works outside the academic environment under the supervision of an established professional in the particular field.
Theoretical representations that simulate the behavior or activity of systems, processes, or phenomena. They include the use of mathematical equations, computers, and other electronic equipment.
Human females who are pregnant, as cultural, psychological, or sociological entities.
A mass of histologically normal tissue present in an abnormal location.
Patterns of practice related to diagnosis and treatment as especially influenced by cost of the service requested and provided.