Patient Care Team - Organization & administration
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Impact of a comanaged Geriatric Fracture Center on short-term hip fracture outcomes.

10 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Hip fractures are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality for older adults. Patients sustaining hip fractures usually have comorbid conditions that may benefit from comanagement by geriatricians and orthopedic surgeons. ... Read more...

Enhancing multiyear guideline concordance for bipolar disorder through collaborative care.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Implementation of evidence-based care for serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder has been suboptimal. Improving and sustaining concordance with clinical practice guidelines has been a cornerstone of efforts to enhance ... Read more...

Postnatal diagnosis of Down syndrome: synthesis of the evidence on how best to deliver the news.

26 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Many parents of children with Down syndrome (DS) have expressed dissatisfaction with how they learned about their child's diagnosis. DS remains the most common chromosomal condition, occurring in 1 of every 733 births, with the majority of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Patient Care Team - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• New models of collaboration between criminal justice and mental health systems. 30 Oct 2009
• Impact of a comanaged Geriatric Fracture Center on short-term hip fracture outcomes. 10 Oct 2009
• Health is global. Oct 2009
• Enhancing multiyear guideline concordance for bipolar disorder through collaborative care. 29 Sep 2009
• Caring for patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm: data, knowledge, and wisdom. 29 Sep 2009
• NIDCAP: new controversial evidence for its effectiveness. 26 Sep 2009
• NIDCAP: testing the effectiveness of a relationship-based comprehensive intervention. 26 Sep 2009
• Postnatal diagnosis of Down syndrome: synthesis of the evidence on how best to deliver the news. 26 Sep 2009
• Improving care at cystic fibrosis centers through quality improvement. 14 Sep 2009
• Impact of family presence during pediatric intensive care unit rounds on the family and medical team. 5 Sep 2009
• Rural hospital beats the odds in South Africa. 3 Sep 2009
• Developing a school team to improve links between education and mental health services. 30 Aug 2009
• The 600-step program for type 1 diabetes self-management in youth: the magnitude of the self-management task. 30 Aug 2009
• [The social worker, an ant tested by psychosis] 30 Aug 2009
• On the threshold to the adult medical home: care coordination in transition. 30 Aug 2009
• Achieving effective care coordination in the medical home. 30 Aug 2009
• Emergency traumatologists as partners in trauma care. 30 Aug 2009
• Perspectives on autonomy. 30 Aug 2009
• Numbers of simultaneous turnovers calculated from anesthesia or operating room information management system data. 30 Aug 2009
• Hypoplastic left heart syndrome. 13 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Patient Care Team'

Definition: Care of patients by a multidisciplinary team usually organized under the leadership of a physician; each member of the team has specific responsibilities and the whole team contributes to the care of the patient.

Descriptor UI: D010348

Alternative terms: Patient Care Team; Care Team, Patient; Care Teams, Patient; Patient Care Teams; Team, Patient Care; Teams, Patient Care; Medical Care Team; Care Team, Medical; Care Teams, Medical; Medical Care Teams; Team, Medical Care; Teams, Medical Care; Interdisciplinary Health Team; Health Team, Interdisciplinary; Health Teams, Interdisciplinary; Interdisciplinary Health Teams; Team, Interdisciplinary Health; Teams, Interdisciplinary Health; Healthcare Team; Healthcare Teams; Team, Healthcare; Teams, Healthcare; Health Care Team; Care Team, Health; Care Teams, Health; Health Care Teams; Team, Health Care; Teams, Health Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N04.590.715;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: consider also NURSING, TEAM