Intro to Concept Of Hospitalization Flashcards
Why is inter-professional collaboration important?
▫️improved patient outcomes
▫️better coordination of care
▫️improve cost efficiency
▫️improved health profession satisfaction
Why effective communication important?
▫️Errors are often the result of poor/miscommunication
____ is the provision of comprehensive health services to patients by multiple health caregivers who work collaboratively to deliver quality care within and across settings.
Inter professional Care
The failure to complete a planned action as it was intended or when an incorrect plan is used in attempt to achieve a given aim.
(deficient process of care)
Medical error
____An unexpected and undesired incident directly associated with the care or services provided to the patient.
or
▫️An incident that occurs during the process of providing health care results in patients injury or death;
▫️An adverse outcome for a patient, including an injury or complication.
Adverse Event
bad outcome from care
The reduction and mitigation of unsafe acts within the health-care system, as well as through the use of best practices shown to lead to optimal patient outcomes.
🔺working to avoid, manage and treat unsafe acts within the health care system.
Patient safety
How do we respond to safety issues?
▫️we report error, talk about them and use them as a teaching opportunity that will remind us the next time we walk into the room we know the red flag.
How do we communicate inter professional Care
▫️Situation
▫️Background
▫️Assessment
▫️Recommendation/Request
It is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the a sense of disease and infirmity.
Health
The meaning of health is dependent on a multitude of factors unique to every ____
▫️individual
According to WHO, it is one of the fundamental rights of every human being.
▫️the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health.
Integrated method of ____ oriented toward maximizing potential within the environment where she/he is functioning
▫️functioning
🔺ADL is a core in determining their functioning
Defining health and wellness are dependent upon the following:
▫️emotional, spiritual, social, cultural and physical processes
Strength based approach vs. Defect based approach
▫️Illness is everything that goes wrong with you. It’s all your strength. Can people having illness still be well? i.e. diabetes, arthritis, asthma, kidney disease, etc
Health promotion increased emphasis on:
- Reduction on disease (prevention)
- Increased participation in Health Promotions activities (linking with community agencies)
- Targeted services that reduce health hazards (harm reduction)
