Using quality-improvement techniques to enhance patient education and counselling of diagnosis and management

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-213

  Varkey, Prathibha ^a   Sathananthan, Airani ^a   Scheifer, Amanda ^a   Bhagra, Sumit ^a   Fujiyoshi, Akira ^b   Tom, Andrea ^c   Murad, Mohammad Hassan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Patient counselling; Patient education; Plan do study act; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION;

COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 67651148295     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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