A research on patient satisfaction in family medicine

Emergency Medicine specialty May Improve Patient Satisfaction

Patient satisfaction in emergency medicine.

A systematic review was undertaken to identify published evidence relating to patient satisfaction in emergency medicine. Reviewed papers were divided into those that identified the factors influencing overall satisfaction in emergency department patients, and those in which a specific intervention was evaluated. Patient age and race influenced satisfaction in some, but not all, studies. Triage...

Patient satisfaction with access and continuity of care in a multidisciplinary academic family medicine clinic.

OBJECTIVE To determine patient satisfaction with care provided at a family medicine teaching clinic. DESIGN Mailed survey. SETTING Victoria Family Medical Centre in London, Ont. PARTICIPANTS Stratified random sample of 600 regular patients of the clinic aged 18 years or older; 301 responses were received. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Patient satisfaction with overall care, wait times for appoi...

Celebrating family medicine research.

In this issue of Canadian Family Physician (CFP) we celebrate the growth and diversity of family medicine research in Canada. In the past 2 decades, Canada’s family medicine research enterprise has grown remarkably. Many academic family medicine departments across the country have developed strong core groups of funded family-physician and allied-health researchers with stable infrastructure an...

Why Research in Family Medicine ?

The ultimate answer to the question, “Why research in family medicine?” is to provide better care for our patients. Through research we want to improve quality of primary care by improving our understanding and practice of it. This research will inevitably be specifi c for family medicine as family medicine is a specifi c discipline. In this article we fi rst explore what makes family medicine ...