OBJECTIVES Ambulatory care is a rapidly growing segment of overall healthcare delivery and populations seen in ambulatory care settings are aging resulting in many patients with mobility limitations. Mounting a fixed height examination table can present a challenge to a patient with mobility limitations and may be somewhat difficult for the general patient population. This study sought to inves...

Introduction Currently, one aspect of the discussion concerning healthcare reform in Austria focuses on strengthening the provision of ambulatory healthcare. Consequently, legal changes aim at fostering the development of new structures in healthcare (group practices), as well as implementing alternative payment mechanisms for those entities. In 2009, we started a research project in the field ...

The purpose of this report is to describe the utilization ‘analgesic drugs in office-based ambulatory care. The report ]bines the 1980 and 1981 findings of the National Ambula­ * y Medical Care Survey, an annual, sample survey of otTice­ based physicians conducted from 1973 through 198I by the National Center for Health Statistics. The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS ) is schedul...

BACKGROUND Time management in ambulatory patient visits is increasingly critical. Do patients who perceive a longer visit with internists report increased satisfaction? METHODS Prospective survey of 1486 consecutively encountered ambulatory visits to 16 primary care physicians (PCPs) in an academic primary care clinic. Patients were queried regarding demographics, health status, perception of...

The recovery care after ambulatory surgery is in a state of flux. There is increasing emphasis on rapid discharge home after ambulatory surgery. Discharge after surgery should be based on clinical criteria rather than based on time. Recent studies suggest that the insistence on oral intake and voiding before discharge is unnecessary and can delay discharge. This article reviews the recent devel...

introduction. there is an obvious gap between traditional medical education and occupational expectations of medical graduates. so in order to eliminate this problem and promote students competence in clinical process, a new educational strategy, entitled “ambulatory care education (ace)” have been suggested which is based on integration of individual clinical expertise and the medical educatio...

Problem addressed There is a lack of consensus around the optimal way to train family medicine residents to care for children. Objective of program Evaluation of an ambulatory versus an inpatient pediatrics rotation for family medicine residents. Program description A 4-week pediatrics rotation for second-year family medicine residents was introduced involving half-day ambulatory pediatric clin...

This paper explores the link between utilization of ambulatory care and the likelihood of rehospitalization for an avoidable reason in veterans served by the Veteran Health Administration (VA). The analysis used administrative data containing healthcare utilization and patient characteristics stored at the national VA data warehouse, the Corporate Franchise Data Center. The study sample consist...

BACKGROUND Healthcare reform and the shift of care to the ambulatory setting has created challenges for preparing nurses to practice in these complex clinical settings. Oncology is an area where dramatic transitions to ambulatory care have occurred, and the ambulatory oncology setting holds great potential for teaching evidence-based care to nursing students. OBJECTIVES The article summarizes...

Purpose. We investigated acute endophthalmitis incidence following cataract surgery vis-a-vis the current technological and postoperative care changes in higher and lower socioeconomic categories of patients in South India. Methods. In a retrospective case control study, we analyzed 62 cases of acute endophthalmitis and 5 controls for each endophthalmitis case from 46,095 cataract surgeries don...