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Modern Healthcare Consumer

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Introduction of healthcare technology , which has been seen to grow at a feasible rate, has changed everything we know about healthcare. With patient satisfaction being on the spotlight for healthcare stakeholders, connecting and appointing though simple means, managing health between visits, and a mobile patient experience are all the modern healthcare consumer wants. In modern healthcare, most patients do not want any more doctors’ visits. What made everything worse in the past was dreading the time off work, commuting to the doctor’s office and the worst of all, the wait time. It is not a surprise that modern healthcare consumers are looking forward to bypass all that. Accustomed to getting everything from entertainment on demand to banking services, they are more than ready to approach healthcare in the same manner. According to the recent statistics, there should be no more waiting time for the future of healthcare experience. Healthcare want new and simple ways in choosi...

Strategies for Promoting Patient Safety

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Medical errors may occur in different health care settings, and those that happen in hospitals can have serious consequences. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which has sponsored hundreds of patient safety research and implementation projects, offers these evidence-based tips to prevent adverse events from occurring in your hospital. Improve hand hygiene compliance The link between dirty hands and the transmission of health care-associated infections has strong backing in epidemiological literature, and the importance of hand hygiene has been touted by the World Health Organization, the Joint Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet rates of hand washing are low, averaging 39%, with many doctors and nurses underestimating the activity's safety value.Research shows that effective hand hygiene initiatives improve knowledge of when to clean and how to clean, require demonstration of the knowledge, ensure that alcohol-based rub ...