Physician awareness of patient cardiac telemetry monitoring

Monitoring awareness during cardiac surgery.

I today’s anaesthesia, monitoring brain functions is of increasing concern to the anaesthesiologist. Over decades anaesthesiologists have been careful providers of safety for their patients. Attention was focused on haemodynamic stability, pulmonary function, metabolic balance and pain control. However, in the practical operation room settings, the brain seems to be merely a black box. But we h...

Patient awareness of and attitudes toward physician board certification.

Physician and patient exposure during cardiac catheterization.

A survey of the literature was conducted to establish the anticipated ranges of exposure to both physicians and patients during cardiac catheterization. A brief explanation of a technic for using time-lapse photography and a computer model for exposure calculation is presented. The thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) results used as controls for exposure values calculated by the developed techniq...

Monitoring heart functions using telemetry

UNLABELLED HEALTH-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND: The conditions for area-wide utilisation of telemedicine on national and European levels have to be developed. Before the nation-wide implementation in Germany can take place, the effectiveness of the structures and services of telemedicine has to be verified under everyday conditions. The utilisation of telemedicine has been assessed in recent HTA-reports...

Designing and Psychometric Assessing of Physician-Patient Communication Skills Tool

Background: Assessment of physicians’ communication skills with patients is essential to ensure effective treatment. Achieving such a goal requires the use of a valid, native, and culturally-based tool. This study aimed to design a physician-patient communication skills assessment tool and evaluate its validity and reliability among the medical students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences,...