Quality assessment of a telephone care system utilizing non-physician personnel.

Non-melanoma skin cancer: Training of physician support personnel

Physician Quality Reporting System.

A brief review of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) is presented highlighting the program's legislative history, eligibility requirements and incentive payment plan. Specifically, PQRS measures applicable to neuroradiology practice are discussed. Several steps are suggested for individual physicians or group practices to start participation in the program. Resources are also provide...

Which doctor for primary health care? Quality of care and non-physician clinicians in India.

The scarcity of rural physicians in India has resulted in non-physician clinicians (NPC) serving at primary health centers (PHC). This study examines the clinical competence of NPCs and physicians serving at PHCs to treat a range of medical conditions. The study is set in Chhattisgarh state, where physicians (medical officers) and NPCs: Rural Medical Assistants (RMA), and Indian system of medic...

A profile of communication in primary care physician telephone consultations: application of the Roter Interaction Analysis System.

BACKGROUND Telephone consultations are a part of everyday practice, there is surprisingly little research on the subject. AIM To describe the variation of consulting skills within a body of telephone consultations in primary care, highlighting the performance of one method of assessing the process of the consultation-- the Roter Interaction Analysis System-- with telephone consultations. DE...

Efficient organisation of intensive care units with a focus on quality: the non-physician provider

Adequate staffing in intensive care units (ICUs) is an increasing problem worldwide. We would like to elaborate on staffing problems that arise in ICUs across Europe, including the Dutch situation. This staffing problem is caused by the increased use of ICUs because of expanding and aging populations and economic welfare [1]. Also, migration to cities leaves several rural areas in Europe depriv...