follow-up of a patient
1Patient safety — is a new healthcare discipline that emphasizes the reporting, analysis, and prevention of medical error that often lead to adverse healthcare events. The frequency and magnitude of avoidable adverse patient events was not well known until the… …
2Patient safety and nursing — Nurses are knowledge workers whose main responsibility is to provide safe and effective care within constantly evolving health care systems. Nurses collaborate with one another, as well as doctors, aides and technicians, to provide holistic care… …
3Patient advocacy — A Patient Advocate acts as a liaison between patient and healthcare provider. The Patient Advocate is a vital instrument to both patient and physician in the optimal delivery of healthcare. The advocate is generally knowledgeable in healthcare… …
4Patient empowerment — The patient empowerment concept, a recent outgrowth of the natural health movement, asserts that to be truly healthy, people must bring about changes in their social situations and in the environment that influences their lives, not only in their …
5follow-up — fol·low up fäl ə .wəp, .fäl adj done, conducted, or administered in the course of following up persons esp. after institutionalization <follow up care for postoperative patients> follow up n maintenance of contact with or reexamination of a …
6follow-up — noun 1. a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work his new software is a follow up to the programs they started with • Syn: ↑followup • Derivationally related forms: ↑follow up (for: ↑followup), ↑follow up …
7follow-up — I. noun Date: 1916 1. a. the act or an instance of following up b. something that follows up 2. maintenance of contact with or reexamination of a person (as a patient) especially following treatment 3. a news story presenting new information on a …
8follow-up — /ˈfɒloʊ ʌp/ (say foloh up) noun 1. the act of following up. 2. a letter or circular sent to a person to increase the effectiveness of a previous one, as in advertising. 3. something to be done to reinforce or develop an initial action. 4.… …
9Doctor-patient relationship — The doctor patient relationship is central to the practice of healthcare and is essential for the delivery of high quality health care in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The doctor patient relationship forms one of the foundations of… …
10Barium follow-through — A barium follow through procedure is a type of medical imaging technique. It is used to evaluate the presence of disease in a person s small intestine.ExaminationThe patient drinks a contrast medium containing barium sulfate. This contrast medium …
