Decentralised anticoagulant care

Decentralised anticoagulant care.

VIDEOCARE: Decentralised psychiatric emergency care through videoconferencing

BACKGROUND Today the availability of specialists is limited for psychiatric patients in rural areas, especially during psychiatric emergencies. To overcome this challenge, the University Hospital of North Norway has implemented a new decentralised on-call system in psychiatric emergencies, by which psychiatrists are accessible by videoconference 24/7. In September 2011, the new on-call system w...

Health inequalities in the decentralised Spanish health care system

The work of ANAEM is complemented by that undertaken within accommodation centres for asylum applicants that are run by CADA under ANAEM supervision.4 Here again, epidemiological investigations are undertaken. Monitoring procedures, like those used for type II diabetes, allow immigrants to assume personal responsibility for their own health when medical conditions are at a less advanced stage. ...

Improving the quality of care - the case of anticoagulant therapy.

With each year, medical care has more to offer, yet often at higher costs and seldom without increased risk. Hence, it is not surprising that there is an increasing concern about its quality both among patients and professionals. Continuous improvement is required to provide acceptable quality of medical care, which – given the resources available – minimizes the risks and maximizes the benefit...

Evaluation of an alternative model of anticoagulant care.

BACKGROUND Alternative models for the delivery of anticoagulant care are required in view of an estimated increase of 20% per annum in patients requiring treatment, and an inability for the present service to deal with this increase. This led to a restructuring of the anticoagulant service, which included the appointment of a nurse specialist and the implementation of a computer-assisted warfar...