In addition to being a concerned son, the professor is an expert in patient safety.
However, they praised the way relatives and carers were encouraged to be involved in patient care.
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Extra staff have been called in after a big rise in patient numbers, the hospital said.
In addition, a focus on patient safety led to an extraordinary 80 percent reduction in patient falls.
However, he stressed that the findings would need to replicated before they could be used in patient treatment.
The inquiry came after the NHS Lothian scandal over the use of "unavailable" codes in patient waiting list logs.
That computerized doctor ordering automatically results in a big improvement in patient safety.
He said bosses were "not interested in patient safety" and instructed him to hit the targets "whatever the demand".
Boosting adherence, bending the cost curve and shifting from treatment to prevention will require dramatic shifts in patient behavior.
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Variability in patient care wastes billions of dollars and puts patients at risk.
One area of leadership is in patient registries for battlefield-related conditions such as wounds, brain trauma and eye injuries.
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Organizations interested in patient care could undertake or promote testing of new medicines.
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They say their evidence, published in the journal Retrovirology, shows the virus found in patient samples arose from laboratory contamination.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) said it had made "significant improvements" in patient safety and mortality rates had dropped.
From a random sample of 1, 006 admissions, 324 patient safety incidents were found - 136 (42%) resulting in patient harm.
Calling and e-mailing their doctor or nurse can save some time, but result in patient data scattered all over the place.
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The book also provides colorful anecdotes about Dr. Topol's own sampling of these products, as both a doctor and stand-in patient.
Robert Harrison, the hospital's director of performance and delivery, said there was no one clear cause for the rise in patient numbers.
Another fix is to smooth out the massive volatility in patient traffic.
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Chris Ringwood, who has been involved in patient representation for more than 10 years, said more needed to be done to penalise spurious callers.
As was outlined in Patient Engagement is the Blockbuster Drug of the Century, weaving the patient into the care process can have a dramatic impact.
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The shift in patient behaviour may help alleviate pressure on hospitals and GP surgeries, according to Leanne Hawker, who helps manage the NHS Direct Wales site.
While some GPs continued to be sceptical about the scheme, many others had seen first hand the "vital role" it could have in patient care, he said.
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What if their choices were analyzed for diverse purposes, from forecasting food purchasing needs to ascertaining if any eating patterns coincided with changes in patient health?
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In chronic illness, and especially end of life illness, patient empowerment is one of the last considerations when it should be the primary step in patient care.
In general, these findings argue strongly against the idea that the effect of expanding coverage on utilization can be deduced simply from the reduction in patient cost sharing.
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The government needs to strike the right balance in getting treatment to those who really need it, putting in patient safeguards and minimising the risk to the public.
One study performed in Scotland was typical, finding that male doctors wearing formal suits and female doctors wearing white coats scored higher in patient satisfaction than dressed-down counterparts.
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