Patient Care category: 3822 books
Why Hospitals Should Fly
The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
“How can it be that in 2008, a checked bag on an airline flight is still exponentially safer than a patient in an American hospital? Simply put, one industry has learned the realities of what it takes to make a human system safe, and the other has not.
So what does it take to...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
The integration of mobile technology into the medical industry has revolutionized the efficiency and delivery of healthcare services. Once limited by distance and physical barriers, health professionals can now reach patients and other practitioners with ease. M-Health Innovations for Patient-Centered...
Remaking the American Patient
How Madison Avenue and Modern Medicine Turned Patients into Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
In a work that spans the twentieth century, Nancy Tomes questions the popular--and largely unexamined--idea that in order to get good health care, people must learn to shop for it. Remaking the American Patient explores the consequences of the consumer economy and American medicine having come of...
Your Health, Your Decisions
How to Work with Your Doctor to Become a Knowledge-Powered Patient
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
In nearly every medical-decision-making encounter, the physician is at the center of the discussion, with the patient the recipient of the physician's decisions. Dr. Robert Alan McNutt starts from a very different premise: the patient should be at the center. McNutt challenges the physician-directed,...
Vital Conversations
Improving Communication Between Doctors and Patients
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
The health-care system in the United States is by far the most expensive in the world, yet its outcomes are decidedly mediocre in comparison with those of other countries. Poor communication between doctors and patients, Dennis Rosen argues, is at the heart of this disparity, a pervasive problem that...
by Elizabeth Oyekan
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
In this value-based healthcare era, governments, insurers, and healthcare organizations are under increasing pressure to address the various healthcare challenges and simultaneously meet these five goals: reduce total healthcare costs, improve the quality of care delivered, optimize patient health...
Talking to Your Doctor
A Patient's Guide to Communication in the Exam Room and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
The last time you went to your doctor, you might have emerged feeling dissatisfied and disoriented. Nothing was clear after you left the office, and you don’t know whether it’s your fault or the doctor’s. While patients need to take control of the visit and set their agenda, the latest research...
by Mitchell D. Feldman, John F. Christensen
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2014
The #1 guide to behavioral issues in medicine Thorough, practical discussion of the full scope of the physician-patient relationship
The goal of Behavioral Medicine is to help practitioners and students understand the interplay between psychological, physical, social and cultural issues of patients....
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Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Ethical medical treatment is an important aspect of healthcare that is affected by multiple influencing factors in, both private and public, medical organizations. By understanding and adapting the components of the health system to these influencing factors, healthcare can have better outcomes for...
by Gary Rosenberg, Andrew Weissman
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
An essential resource for social work professionals!
As the focus of the health care industry shifts from predominantly hospital-based care to out-patient managed care, social workers must adapt to a new environment. Owing to changes driven by major advances in medical care knowledge, technology,...
Care of the Dying
A pathway to excellence
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
Even for the most experienced healthcare professional, managing the last few days of life can be difficult. This unique book provides guidelines for the care of the dying based on the Liverpool Integrated Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP). Developed at a hospice, the information can be disseminated...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Health care organizations have made investments in health information technologies such as electronic health records, health information exchanges, and many more, which have increased the importance of Health Information Technology studies. Cases on Healthcare Information Technology for Patient Care...
Distracted
How Regulations Are Destroying the Practice of Medicine and Preventing True Health-Care Reform
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
After the many bureaucratic changes that followed the passing of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and other legislation, patient care has become secondary to satisfying the whims of government and giant insurance company administrators, who are in total control. The result is a web of complicated...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Industry professionals, government officials, and the general public often agree that the modern healthcare system is in need of an overhaul. With organizations concerned with the long-term care of patients, new strategies, practices, and organizational tools must be developed to optimize the current...