Closing out the Visit

Wrapping things up: a qualitative analysis of the closing moments of the medical visit.

The purpose of this preliminary study is to develop an operational definition of the closure phase of the medical visit. A listening group developed a definition of closure by consensus based on audiotaped data from 22 office visits to physicians. The group noted new problems in closure not previously raised. Closure was defined as the final phase of the medical visit in which the doctor and pa...

The Visit

flowers, gay curtains hide the marks on the windowsills where the bars used to be. I climb the stairs and go along the endless corridors with the cell-like bedrooms on one side and the open ward on the other. More visitors today, wives are going home for Bank Holiday and husbands have brought suitcases... Grandma holds up a baby to his mother: 'Hasn't he grown! You'll be home soon, Jean shuffle...

The KTH Visit in Semi-Markov Processes

Closing the Calibration Loop: An Inside-out-tracking Paradigm for Augmented Reality in Orthopedic Surgery

In percutaneous orthopedic interventions the surgeon attempts to reduce and fixate fractures in bony structures. The complexity of these interventions arises when the surgeon performs the challenging task of navigating surgical tools percutaneously only under the guidance of 2D interventional X-ray imaging. Moreover, the intra-operatively acquired data is only visualized indirectly on external ...

The prenatal visit.

As advocates for children and their families, pediatricians can support and guide expectant parents in the prenatal period. Prenatal visits allow the pediatrician to gather basic information from expectant parents, offer them information and advice, and identify high-risk conditions that may require special care. In addition, a prenatal visit is the first step in establishing a relationship bet...