Healio

Patient global assessment in RA: Keep or replace? Experts debate utility in treat-to-target

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “It is essentially a measure of disease impact, not disease activity,” da Silva said. “It is poorly related to ...
Medscape

Simulation Training Speeds Trauma Patient Assessment

CHICAGO — Injured patients were evaluated and received medical imaging tests 30% faster after an innovative performance improvement project was enacted at one hospital. "Being able to quickly identify ...
Campus Safety Magazine

How Proactive Security Management Improves Clinical Outcomes

By implementing appropriate security measures, threat assessment protocols, and compliance-driven policies, healthcare ...
ascopubs.org

Patient-Centered Preference Assessment to Improve Satisfaction With Care Among Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Population-Based Assessment of the Association Between Magnetic Resonance Imaging Background Parenchymal Enhancement and Future Primary Breast Cancer Risk Conjoint analysis is a technique for ...
WNEM on MSN

New risk assessment tool helps keep hospital patients and staff members safe

A risk assessment tool has helped bring down the number of injuries staff get from psychiatric hospital patients.
Nature

Chronic Illness Care and Patient Assessment

Chronic illness care has evolved into a multi‐faceted approach that integrates healthcare delivery with patient self‐management to address long‐term conditions such as diabetes, depression and ...
ascopubs.org

Designing and Validating a Comprehensive Patient-Reported Outcomes Measure for Ambulatory Cancer Settings: The Revised Edmonton Symptom Assessment System for Cancer

Financial Distress in Genitourinary Cancer: Insights From CDC National Health Interview Survey Stakeholder engagement, a review of the literature, and 2 years of CPC data collected in the cancer ...
Healio

Pain a 'key driver' of patient assessment of RA disease activity

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pain is a “key driver” of patients’ perceptions regarding disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis, with ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Patient-Centered Outcome Assessment May Lead to Different Conclusions and Different Treatment Decisions

Most illnesses today are measured in terms of their effects on daily activities, but who do not always consider the outcomes based on the patient's perspectives. Many clinical studies instead apply ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Contributor: The Critical Role of Patient Engagement in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research and Health Technology Assessment of Rare Disease Treatments

Patient engagement is a necessity when performing health technology assessment to help better assess and identify the outcomes of a rare disease. Rare diseases present distinct challenges to health ...
NBC Washington

Patient Comfort Assessment Guide

Some people find it difficult to talk about pain. They may not be able to find just the right words to describe what the pain feels like or to remember when it was at its worst or when they last felt ...