Disease relevance of Continuity of Patient Care

• In this article, the vehicle used to demonstrate the Continuity of Care Prism Process is a congestive heart failure clinical pathway [1].

High impact information on Continuity of Patient Care

• CONCLUSIONS: Continuity of care with a primary care provider is associated with better glucose control among patients with type 2 diabetes [2].
• This combination of benefits offers the advantages of both an indemnity benefit (Freedom of choice in treatment) and an in-house service program (greater continuity of care, more flexible use of resources, reduction of reliance on hospital care) [3].
• Continuity of care in family practice. Part 1: dimensions of continuity [4].
• Continuity of care in family practice. Part 2: implications of continuity [5].
• Rates of favourable outcomes and intracranial haemorrhage comparable with those in randomised trials can be achieved in routine clinical practice; however, translation of net benefit from tPA therapy requires organised and coordinated stroke management across the continuum of care [6].

Associations of Continuity of Patient Care with chemical compounds

• Enhanced continuity of care increased abstinence from cocaine at week 3 and increased attendance at individual counseling sessions throughout the 12 weeks of the study [7].
• The converted hospital (Saint Mary's in Orange) would be a key component of a full continuum of care for area residents [8].
• Primary care--as we know it--is under siege from a number of trends in healthcare delivery, resulting in loss of physician autonomy, disrupted continuity of care and potential erosion of professional values (Rastegar 2004; Future of Family Medicine Project Leadership Committee 2004) [9].
• Interventions aimed at promoting continuity of care to the high users led to a 66% reduction in meperidine prescribed to this group in the emergency room and to a shift in their care to the clinics [10].
• CONCLUSION: Condition management strategies should be developed to deal with the unique needs of the dual-eligible population to ensure continuity of care [11].

Gene context of Continuity of Patient Care

• Thus, older patients with COPD should ideally be the object of a continuum of care throughout all the stages of their disease, in order to minimize the decline in personal independence and worsening health [12].
• They can enlarge their role in respect of patients with known epilepsy and improve continuity of care [13].
• In the long-term, contracting with NHS tertiary centres is most likely to ensure continuity of care and appropriate clinical monitoring of patients [14].
• The Continuity of Care Prism Process was developed to meet the need to guide clients along the continuum of care and to achieve continuity of care [1].
• Does continuity of care matter? Yes: consistent contact with a physician improves outcomes [15].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Continuity of Patient Care

• Alternative prenatal care. Impact of reduced visit frequency, focused visits and continuity of care [16].
• Hospital admissions, Emergency Department and clinic visits, use of beta 2 agonists and anti-inflammatory drugs, number of chest radiographs, and continuity of care were recorded for a mean of 58.1 months before and 11.2 months after the intervention [17].
• CONCLUSION: The MADAM model functions as a forum for exchange of up-to-date scientific information, development of evidence-based treatment protocols and continuity of care through the pre-, peri- and postnatal periods [18].

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