A communication tool to improve the patient journey modeling process

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 4726-4730

  Curry, Joanne ^a   McGregor, Carolyn ^a   Tracy, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION TOOLS; HEALTH CARE ORGANISATIONS (HCO); PATIENT JOURNEY MODELING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGEMENT; MIDWIFE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 34047112870     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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