Improving the quality of physician communication with rapid-throughput analysis and report cards

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 248-255

  Farrell, Michael H ^a,b,c   Christopher, Stephanie A ^a   Kirschner, Alison La Pean ^a   Roedl, Sara J ^a   O'Tool, Faith O ^a   Ahmad, Nadia Y ^a   Farrell, Philip M ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Cystic fibrosis; Neonatal screening; Professional patient relations; Quality indicators (health care); Sickle cell trait

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; NEWBORN SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TELECONSULTATION; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEONATAL SCREENING; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84908220732     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.07.028     Document Type: Article

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