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Patients being admitted to hospital are becoming more complex and they often require a team of health professionals (doctors from different disciplines, nurses, and allied health professionals) working together to meet their needs. Effective communication among this team and with patients is essential to providing high quality patient-centered care. Care Connector is an electronic tool that was developed to help health professionals communicate about patient care with each other. It also incorporates best practice whenever possible (such as the used of Patient Oriented Discharge Summary [PODS] developed at University Health Network) during care transitions. We want to understand whether using electronic tools can address the communication issues faced by patients/families, and whether they impact on repeat visits to the Emergency Department or the hospital after discharge. In this study, we will be asking patients and families who have recently been discharged from hospital to describe their experience with communication and care transitions through a brief telephone survey. All of them will be discharged from units where Care Connector was used. However, some of the units would have used the PODS feature while others will not. A small group will also be invited to participate in an in-depth telephone interview. The results of this study will be used to improve Care Connector and to enhance communication and patient experience in general.
Many patients in intensive care units (ICUs) rely on family members or surrogates to make medical decisions on their behalf. One of the recommended ways to improve a surrogate's experience is to invite him or her to participate in daily, multidisciplinary ICU rounds. In practice, this is often a challenging way for clinicians to engage with the patient's surrogates. Surrogates of non-decisional ICU patients will be randomized to receive a written rounding summary every day or every other day that the patient is in the ICU. The summary will be organized as follows for each of the most important ICU problems: 1) Description of the problem, 2) Ways the ICU team is addressing the problem i.e. consultations, diagnostic tests, and treatments. 3) An assessment of whether the problem is improving or worsening. The investigators hypothesize that surrogates who receive written rounding summaries will be more satisfied with ICU care than surrogates who receive usual care. Satisfaction will be measured by the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) questionnaire.
Introduction: The white coat is a physician attire worn since the antiquity time. Several studies in other countries have shown that it influences doctor-patient's relationship and that there is some kind of preference over what a doctor should wear. In Portugal there are few data on this subject. Objectives: Investigate the influence of the white coat on satisfaction, confidence and empathy in relation to patients. Secondly, its impact on what patients perceive about medical knowledge, patients' opinions about medical clothing, and the level of satisfaction and comfort of physicians in consultation with or without the use of a white coat. Methods: An interventional study with a quasi-randomized representative sample of the population attending the health centers belonging to ARS Centro, consisting of 286 participants. The investigators collaborated with 16 doctors, male and female and of different ages which usually wore white coat in their medical appointments. The investigators included the first and last patients in consultation every day for 10 consecutive days, and every other day the doctor consulted with the use of a white coat or without the use of a white coat. At the end of the consultation, a questionnaire was distributed to the patient. This questionnaire had simple questions with a Lickert scale response, the portuguese version of the scale "Trust in physician" to assess the trust in the physician, both globally and in the medical-patient's relationship and their medical competences, and the JSPPPE-VP scale to evaluate empathy. A questionnaire was also distributed to the physician in which the doctor indicated what type of attire that used on that appointment and how satisfied and comfortable was with the consultation.
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a psychosocial eHealth intervention on the proposed primary outcomes, TKI adherence and health related quality of life (HRQoL), in patients taking TKIs for cancer management. The intervention components include psychosocial management strategies, cancer medication knowledge and embedded physician reports. The intervention will be delivered via an online application over an 8-week period. Participants in the intervention will complete bi-weekly side effect questionnaires as part of their study involvement, which may trigger an alert to their prescribing physician if they reach a certain threshold. Participants in the control will not complete these questionnaires. Participants are randomized into either an intervention application (described above) or a control application (health information and general health promotion strategies). Aside from having access to the online application for the recommended 8 weeks, participation in this study includes three assessments: baseline (at the beginning of the research study), post-intervention (8 weeks after baseline) and a 6-month follow-up.
Difficulties with communication for patients requiring mechanical ventilation is known to be a source of distress in the acute care setting. The inability to speak has been associated with increased psychological distress and increased feelings of fear and anger and impact negatively on patient participation with caregivers and their overall recovery. Developing and maintaining communication between patients and hospital staff reduces patient stress and increases patient satisfaction and part of the standard pf care. According to the new and revised The Joint Commission standards, hospitals must identify and document patients' communication needs and communicate with patients during their care in a manner that meets those needs. Using the Dolores One device for patients can improve the ease and efficiency of communication while they are in the acute care setting. For non-speaking patients, nonverbal communication means are often used, including mouthing words and head nods to indicate yes/no responses. However, relying completely on nonverbal means can limit patient responses and lead to ineffective and frustrating communication exchanges. There have been several studies reviewing the negative effects of the inability to speak for intubated, mechanically ventilated patients. However, there is a need for more research to address communication difficulties in other mechanically ventilated populations, including patients receiving non-invasive ventilation and ventilator dependent tracheostomy patients. The Dolores One is comprised of an acoustic throat sensor and positioned at the patient's neck with a soft adjustable collar. The sensor gathers vocal cord vibrations and transmits signals to a control unit, processes the sensor signal, and finally, generates the patient's voice. The smart signal processing automatically accommodates both weak forced voices and whispers, producing a voice output to allow for normal conversation in a patient's natural voice, free from the sounds of rushing air or equipment noises secondary to Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation (NIMV) systems. The purpose of the study is to determine if the Dolores One devices can be used in the clinical acute care setting with patients in NIMV to improve their ability to communication as measured as ease to communicate and intelligibility, with family and the members of the medical team.
This is a single-institution cohort study with two tiers. All participants receive the interventions in Tier 1. Tier 1 is an education study where participants can complete electronic surveys on their pre and post intervention confidence, perform two simulated patient encounters and have their documentation of electronic template monitored longitudinally over 12 months. Participants are free to opt out of any activity related to education assessment or system-based interventions to promote the use of learned skills (e.g. priming or profile feedback). Signed informed consent will Not be required for this tier. Tier 2 includes additional measurements to the Tier 1 activities, and a priming intervention (e.g. provided the names of patients they have have). Participants in Tier 2 complete psychological inventories at three time points to measure emotion regulation and burnout, and participate in a semi-structured interview. after completing the training, they will complete a "priming" intervention. The investigators will require signed informed consent to participate in Tier 2.
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a significant public health issue affecting nearly 14 million people in the United States. HPV can lead to cervical, oropharyngeal, anal, and penile cancers as well as genital warts.The purpose of this study is to test the comparative effectiveness of two interventions, AFIX only vs. AFIX + communication training, to increase Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates among adolescent patients in outpatient clinic settings. Providers and staff at four pediatric practices will be randomized to receive an in-person AFIX consultation or an AFIX consultation combined with communication training and commitment poster displays. Provider and parent data will be collected via a tablet computer RedCap survey. Additional practice and provider level HPV vaccination rates will be collected via patient de-identified claims data. The results of this study could contribute to the existing body of literature that suggests provider recommendations and routine vaccination assessments are key to increasing HPV vaccination uptake. This project has the potential to lead to the implementation and dissemination of low resource interventions to increase HPV vaccination rates among children and adolescents.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a non-invasive communication aid for BPAP/CPAP masks. This study also looks to determine the potential impact of the device on patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and the individuals that interact with the device.
To assess whether the routine collection of patient-contextual data improves patient activation and communication, and can mitigate racial disparities in communication and engagement, we are inviting patients who have upcoming appointments at the participating health system to participate in a communication study. Patients will be randomized to having guided (facilitated) enrollment in a tool that collects patient contextual data, or to usual care. All patients are invited directly by the health system to use the tool. Statistical methods will be used to determine the impact of the tool's use on outcomes of interest, as well as the impact on completion by the use of the facilitated enrollment. The study will particularly focus on assessing the impact of patient-contextual data and communication on heath disparities.