Cost Per Patient in Non Interventional Studies and Added Value of Direct To Patient Contact Service

Cost Per Patient in Non Interventional Studies and Added Value of Direct To Patient Contact Service.

 Criteria to select proposals and associated budgets included the presence of all following elements: non-interventional study, prospective and longitudinal patient follow-up, full Contract Research Organization (CRO) services. Criteria to exclude proposals/budgets included the presence of one of the following elements: retrospective study design or chart review, patient-reported outcome valid...

Nurse value-added and patient outcomes in acute care.

OBJECTIVE The aims of the study were to (1) estimate the relative nurse effectiveness, or individual nurse value-added (NVA), to patients' clinical condition change during hospitalization; (2) examine nurse characteristics contributing to NVA; and (3) estimate the contribution of value-added nursing care to patient outcomes. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Electronic data on 1,203 staff nurses mat...

Patient Education Improvement: an Interventional Study in Iran

Bringing Value-Based Perspectives to Care: Including Patient and Family Members in Decision-Making Processes

Background Recent evidence shows that patient engagement is an important strategy in achieving a high performing healthcare system. While there is considerable evidence of implementation initiatives in direct care context, there is limited investigation of implementation initiatives in decision-making context as it relates to program planning, service delivery and developing policies. Research ...

Assessment of Patient Radiation Dose in Interventional Procedures at Shahid Madani Heart Center in Khorramabad, Iran

Introduction: Coronary angiography is the most common angiographic procedure for diagnosis and treatment of the heart diseases. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the entrance surface dose (ESD), dose area product (DAP), as well as cancer risk in interventional cardiology procedures. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted during July-December 2015 at Shahid Madani Heart Center in Khorramabad...