AIM To measure the prevalence of overall satisfaction with the previous medical consultation and their associated factors, among adults aged 20 years or more, in a city located in southern Brazil. METHODS A cross-sectional population-based study was performed in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, from July to December 2009. Systematic sampling was used with a probability proportional to the size of ea...

In a conventional eye department of hospital, an optometrist samples the eyes of a patient with medical instruments (e.g. camera, ophthalmoscope), and then delivers the medical records to an ophthalmologist or eye expert for consulting the patient. This face-to-face mode suffers from some limitation such as locality and time. TeleOph allows a trained medical optometrist in a primary clinic to c...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of timing of a psychiatry consultation during pediatric hospitalization on length of hospital stay and total hospitalization charges. METHODS The charts of 279 pediatric patients (totaling 308 consultations) referred to the psychiatry consultation liaison service at a freestanding tertiary pediatric hospital between January 1, 20...